For Sale: 1987 Ford LTD in Morgantown, Pennsylvania

1987 Ford LTD Crown Victoria 2 Door Sedan

"Ford's full size sedans are built in the tradition of fine road cars. There's room for six passengers in a luxurious, quiet environment. Plus, plenty of space for your luggage in the deep well trunk. Electronic fuel injected V8 power with gas saving Automatic Overdrive transmission is standard. All this in a car that's exceptionally smooth over any road." From a period sales brochure which includes Ford's infamous idiom, "At Ford, Quality is Job 1."

For consignment, a 1987 Ford LTD Crown Victoria 2 door sedan showing 59,560 miles but true miles are unknown. The "LTD" in the model name has been debated over the years and is said to stand for either "Luxury Trim Decor" or as an abbreviation for "Limited". In either case, it is said to indicate a level of prestige and exclusivity.

Exterior
The elegant and stately Maroon must have sparkled in the showroom and at a distance, still looks good today. The tail is capped by rectangle tail lights where round ones would surely be out of place as this car defines the three box theory of design. Right angles abound up front as well where the headlights are present in a quartet and a wide and tall eggcrate grille seems to have been Rolls Royce inspired. A vinyl padded landau top with brushed aluminum B-pillar trim adds an 80's era boost in class and was standard unless you chose the delete option. The 15-inch wheels wear full polished covers with a vintage Ford crest; three lions and a crown. Rocker panel trim is a nice feature here and connects the wheel opening trim and complemented by polished window reveals on all four sides. Imperfections include a nasty scratch the runs across the grille header and onto the hood, other scratches, some bubbling on the A-pillar, scuff at the license plate box, a crease in the vinyl, other areas of bubbling, orange peel, tar and degradation on some rocker trim, paint runs, scuffs on bumper, linear dent low on door, and rusted rocker trim.

Interior
Red door panels mix textured velour tops, plastic and vinyl armrests with brushed aluminum control panels, and carpeted lowers in an elaborate mix of materials that's quite fancy and both are in great shape but the driver's pull has seen better days. A good portion of the sales brochure is dedicated to interior comfort and it's here in spades with a crushed velour, couch-like red bucket seat in front featuring multiple powered adjustments and armrests for each occupant. There is some fading to the front and weathered piping but all are intact. The back bench offers the same materials and level of comfort with access to the seat pockets ahead. A red plastic steering wheel looks nice, rimmed in woodgrain plastic, visually connecting to the instrument cluster surround which frames a wide, horizontal speedometer with the "55" circled for emphasis, not long after Sammy Hagar would sing about his inability to maintain it. The faux wood continues across the span of the dash, taking in an AM/FM radio and A/C controller in the center. Plush red carpet covers the floor, truly high pile stuff, showing a touch of age, but the padded felt headliner is essentially pristine. The entire trunk is lined in cloth covered panels.

Drivetrain
Under the big hood, a driver quality 5.0 liter V8 with EFI. It's mated to an AOD, (automatic overdrive), 4-speed automatic sending power to the Ford 8.8" rear axle. The engine, with its distinctive plenum, is rated at 150 horsepower.

Undercarriage
Driver quality under here as well with a generous amount of heavy surface rust and patina but no apparent invasive rust is seen. Some light residual oil on the pan but no major leaks seen. The single exhaust looks newer than the rest of the bottom and travels through stock style mufflers on its way to the back. Suspension consists of coil springs up front and a 4 link with coil springs out back and power brakes here are configured as front disc and rear drum.

Drive-Ability
The interior is certainly comfortable and the car starts up fine, but we're finding it won't stay running unless we keep on throttle deep. Functionally, everything still works as intended on the car with the exception of the passenger side window which only goes down halfway. While Classic Auto Mall represents that these functions were working at the time of our test drive, we cannot guarantee these functions will be working at the time of your purchase.

Column tufted crushed velour has been replaced with slick, stain resistant materials today, or if you're lucky, Alcantara. But this cushy interior is like sitting in a cloud. More than 128,000 LTD's were produced in '87, but only 5,527 of them were two doors. If your father or grandfather owned one, now's your chance to experience what he sought from the original, 40 years later.

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2-Canada
F-Ford Motor Company
A-Passenger Car
B-Manual Belts
P71-LTD Crown Victoria 2 Door Sedan
F-5.0 Liter EFI 150hp V8
4-Check Digit
H-1987
X-St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada Assy Plant
113212-Sequential Unit Number

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