1990 Crown Victoria Station Wagon

[Grand Marquis GT]

Lies and slander.

[Freshmeat]

No lies, no slander!

Friday I ordered a set of Speedway springs to drop it down a bit and tighten up the suspension. Last night I ordered a set of center caps for the 18s. That's why I haven't taken pictures yet- it looks like garbage without the center caps. I'm anxious to get those caps and springs installed so it'll look less ghetto.

Today I went to the junk yard. I pulled another GT40 intake since I promised Scott I'd send him the other one. I also pulled a pair of exhaust manifolds from a '90 Town Car. This way I'll be able to take literally one step at a time and do the head/cam/intake swap without having to dive off into the cost of a new exhaust system at the same time. I'm aware the stock single exhaust will be a massive choke, but it'll help me keep things situated properly to not be forced to do it all at once.

I was also able to find a washer fluid reservoir with a good pump and a low fluid sensor. I'll wire the new connectors to my stock stuff and hook it up when I get a chance. That'll finalize the clean "stock cold air" install.

Then on the way out I found an Explorer Sport, which had the black grill and headlight surrounds, so I snatched those for my Ex so I can ditch the chrome grill since the front bumper is now black.

[87gtVIC]

What car and year did the washer fluid reservoir come out of?

[Freshmeat]

1990 Town Car. They have a bunch of them at the yard right now. I could get you a bottle if you'd like. I'll ship you the bottle, you ship me that pillar pod you have.

[87gtVIC]

I dont have a low washer fluid light to worry about installing a low washer fluid equipped reservoir. Thanks though.

[marquisman]

no pics? what a tease lol

[Freshmeat]

Today my dad and I finally made time to transfer the title. I went ahead and insured and tagged it. $80/mo for a car I'll barely drive. Insane!

The springs should be here Wednesday. I'm ready to have this bad boy going. I want to hit the dyno and the track while it's still stock to get an idea of some sort of baseline, then start adding the goodies and track its progress.

[GoodSamaritan]

[85crownHPP]

$80?? did you get full coverage on it??

[gabegt90]

X1

[Freshmeat]

Soon, man. I promise. I'm planning to finish the Explorer Tuesday, so Sunday I'll be able to throw on the drop springs and get some shots of it. I just don't like taking pictures during the ugly stages. Sitting on 18s that don't even have center caps at stock height is ugly to me. I tagged it today but very likely still won't even drive it until it's dropped and the center caps come in the mail.

Besides... I have a metric butt ton of parts piled in it that I need to install and/or store up in the garage!

X1

+1
or
x2
would be perfectly acceptable.

x1 is entirely negligible.
FYI.

$80?? did you get full coverage on it??

Insurance in the state of Louisiana is terrible. So many lawsuits and uninsured drivers and whatnot.
It would be $50/mo for flat out minimum coverage. Another $30/mo for uninsured motorist, which I refuse to drive without.

The only vehicle that doesn't have uninsured motorist coverage is the Explorer because I rarely drive it on the streets and almost no matter how someone hits me in that, they're going to be fucked.

It'll all drop a bit more once they process the marriage paperwork and add my wife to the policy.

[Freshmeat]

The springs came in today! May be able to throw them on this afternoon, but no guarantees.

[Freshmeat]

Okay, guys- I tinkered with it just a little this afternoon (managed to fix the stubborn glove box) and went ahead and snapped a quick shot so you can see where it sits at this point in time.

I have Speedway springs on my living room floor waiting to be installed and I have center caps coming in Friday. Between the two, it should look a decent bit better. It appears low in the rear because it's on uneven ground and the driver side is in a dip.



I drove it about half a mile, just to see how it'd do taking off and it seems fine. It's still smoking a bit under a load, but I'm sure that'll clean out once I've driven it for a few days. I just didn't want to go far because I still haven't filled the tank all the way and it's still loaded down with extra parts.

[87gtVIC]

damn that is low already even though you are in a dip, and the springs aren't even installed yet!!

looking sick the way it is!

[Freshmeat]

Thanks, man! I'll work on it more this weekend then get better shots.