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I just bought a 1986 Lincoln Town Car off of an estate sale. I’m 17 years old, and the first thing people always would ask me is “Are you 70? Why a Town Car?” Because I love them. That’s why.
The lady that had owned it before me barely drove it at all. It has 50,000 miles on it. (Those are not roll-over miles, I have the documents). Yes, it does have its issues. That’s what I love about these cars. They’re something to tackle and get dirty with. It has rear air suspension, and floats like.. well.. a Lincoln! And the “5.0” detuned V8 makes adequate power. I think that was they key thing in these cars. Just enough power. It’s not going to fly past you in the left lane, but it’s not going to keep everyone waiting either. Anyways, thank you all for reading. I truly am enjoying reading all of your stories.
Matt
[quote=”Eremie96″ post=102225]I just bought a 1986 Lincoln Town Car off of an estate sale. I’m 17 years old, and the first thing people always would ask me is “Are you 70? Why a Town Car?” Because I love them. That’s why.
The lady that had owned it before me barely drove it at all. It has 50,000 miles on it. (Those are not roll-over miles, I have the documents). Yes, it does have its issues. That’s what I love about these cars. They’re something to tackle and get dirty with. It has rear air suspension, and floats like.. well.. a Lincoln! And the “5.0” detuned V8 makes adequate power. I think that was they key thing in these cars. Just enough power. It’s not going to fly past you in the left lane, but it’s not going to keep everyone waiting either. Anyways, thank you all for reading. I truly am enjoying reading all of your stories.
Matt[/quote]
Go back 10 years before that and those were the Lincolns I really liked. Those came with 460’s. Get one from the early 70’s, those had some decent power, really crappy gas mileage though. They also had better styling in my opinion. The emission controls on the mid 80’s cars can be a real challenge. They were still trying to figure things out before they went to fuel injection.
I love how those cars ride though.
Love driving older cars! I’ve had my share of older vehicles but I think the most fun I’ve had driving one was a fully restored ’56 Chevy Bel Air with a 283 and a three on the tree. Gotta love them old scratch boxes!
[quote=”mjwells01131990″ post=112439]Love driving older cars! I’ve had my share of older vehicles but I think the most fun I’ve had driving one was a fully restored ’56 Chevy Bel Air with a 283 and a three on the tree. Gotta love them old scratch boxes![/quote]
My dad had a 57′ like that. He built the engine in shop class and didn’t tell my grandfather about it. My grandfather got home one day and the freshly ‘hot rodded’ 57′ was in the driveway blocking his car. So he decided to take that one instead. When he started it he though it was running bad because of the cam so he revved it up and dropped it into gear. When he did, he shot across the street and it scared the crap out of him. I think dad got in a little trouble for that.
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