My New 1978 Ford LTD
Well, I finally got one after years of searching!!! My last search fell through for the '76 but a '78 popped up in the same area a week or so ago and I hopped on it.
It has some surface rust but no rust through anywhere. Thankfully the car was completely rust proofed in '78, and the underside shows it. The car was also kept inside until about 6 years ago which I'm sure also helped. It's actually amazing how much rust can start to form from sitting in someones yard that quickly. The worst part seems to be the chrome on the rear bumper... the frame mounts and bumper supports (which I now know are known to rust out) and inside bracing of the bumper seems completely fine though. I unfortunately don't have any pics of the underside yet... I only took video when I looked at it so I could document and cover more area quickly for reviewing before I purchased it.
Interior and trunk are in excellent shape. Car was last on the road in 1991 and has 30k original miles on it. It currently starts and drives but I'm planning on tearing down the engine once I get the surface rust at bay... I would actually like to sand everything down and re-rust proof the whole car again but that's not on the immediate to-do list just yet.
It's actually a relatively low optioned LTD (which I really like). It has crank windows, clock delete, non-landau, and full bench cloth seats. I'm 99% sure the engine is a 351M Sticker on the valve cover says "351W"C" (2X132)" though which is confusing. I'm assuming it has a C6 transmission... I'm not sure if they came with anything else.
Not much planned for it until the spring. Basically getting it road worthy. Tires, fluids, tune up... (Even the spark plug wires are stamped 1978...
)
Should be a nice little project to work on!
Pics below from when I went to go check it out. Has the original paper work from when the guy bought the car as well as a replacement exhaust pipe and muffler to replace the one that's one there. The guy who I bought it from already replaced the gas tank, carb, and fuel lines as the original fuel had become jelly from sitting for so long.
It has some surface rust but no rust through anywhere. Thankfully the car was completely rust proofed in '78, and the underside shows it. The car was also kept inside until about 6 years ago which I'm sure also helped. It's actually amazing how much rust can start to form from sitting in someones yard that quickly. The worst part seems to be the chrome on the rear bumper... the frame mounts and bumper supports (which I now know are known to rust out) and inside bracing of the bumper seems completely fine though. I unfortunately don't have any pics of the underside yet... I only took video when I looked at it so I could document and cover more area quickly for reviewing before I purchased it.
Interior and trunk are in excellent shape. Car was last on the road in 1991 and has 30k original miles on it. It currently starts and drives but I'm planning on tearing down the engine once I get the surface rust at bay... I would actually like to sand everything down and re-rust proof the whole car again but that's not on the immediate to-do list just yet.
It's actually a relatively low optioned LTD (which I really like). It has crank windows, clock delete, non-landau, and full bench cloth seats. I'm 99% sure the engine is a 351M Sticker on the valve cover says "351W"C" (2X132)" though which is confusing. I'm assuming it has a C6 transmission... I'm not sure if they came with anything else.
Not much planned for it until the spring. Basically getting it road worthy. Tires, fluids, tune up... (Even the spark plug wires are stamped 1978...
)Should be a nice little project to work on!
Pics below from when I went to go check it out. Has the original paper work from when the guy bought the car as well as a replacement exhaust pipe and muffler to replace the one that's one there. The guy who I bought it from already replaced the gas tank, carb, and fuel lines as the original fuel had become jelly from sitting for so long.
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