True of the 2nd gen F-car from GM (Firebird/Camaro) and the A-Car (6000/Celebrity), and GM’s 1977 full-sized cars, and GM’s 1978 mid-sized cars. At least my ’94 had rims like that, anyway.Those would be 1993 SVT Cobra wheels, which are identical to the Tbird wheels except they are 17″ and 4 lugYeah, I’m an idiot.
Because it’s a bit hard to see how the Fox LTD would continue to have a role alongside the Taurus, since it was a smaller car, with a 105.5″ wheelbase and smaller interior due to being RWD. Sure, except the world was changing in a very different direction.The Fox-Granada’s rather gruesome re-style, an almost perfect 9/10 version of the genuine (Panther-platform) LTD, was not well received. The earlier model could certainly have been improved with some aero updates. Ford LTD 1985, Dura Grip Positraction by Yukon Gear & Axle®.
A new one was financially untouchable for Morris, even at the relative bargain price of $12,000 in 1985, so the waiting game was on. 1985 Ford LTD Pictures: See 11 pics for 1985 Ford LTD. Browse interior and exterior photos for 1985 Ford LTD. Get both manufacturer and user submitted pics.
Landau and Crown Victoria took the thrones LTD trim once represented, and LTD became the taxi spec stripper, it even had a dowdy two headlight front end.Funny how US model names like LTD and Bel Air have a long history of going down to cheaper cars over time and disappearing, while Japanese model names like Civic and Corolla both last for decades and slowly move upmarket, with new models like Fit and Yaris appearing below.Civic and Corolla always applied to an entire line of cars with the same bodyshell (or bodyshells in years multiple body styles were offered), they moved upmarket as that body grew with each redesign.
It wasn’t available in ’84 and ’85 either, except in the LX (more on that later). Why these did not stay on the road longer probably comes down to that 3.8. That car ignited a lifelong obsession with simplistic RWD machinery.
I owned new a 1985 Ford LTD II LX, and as a deputy sheriff also drove and bought these cars when they appeared ijn auctions. It was gold, which given the selection of pictures above, may not have been a common color. The smaller FWD Escort had already made some of its original brief redundant.The 1975 Granada, which was essentially the LTD concept downsized, was another feather in Iaccoca’s rapidly-swelling cap. Current owner Scott Chamberlain of San Diego bought this 1985 LTD LX as a fully functional driver from a friend, a local Ford dealer parts-counter worker who had already tackled the five-speed conversion, and dropped in a multi-port fuel-injected 5.0L H.O. But clearly the new LTD was intended to make the most of its time on the EPA dynometer. The only other modification was around the shifter; with everything in place with the Motorsport adjustable double-hump crossmember, the trans hit the floorpan. Based on a largely carryover chassis, the wheelbase of all full-size Ford sedans now stretched to 121 inches. I think my Dad replaced his with a horrible (also well used) Celebrity wagon. It should prove telling the also Panther based Mark VI moved to the Fox chassis as well for the Mark VII.In 1985, our Air Force Security Police outfit in Japan received two LTD Police package units – LX’s with a few more police specific parts. Meaning, this could not be their “large sedan going forward”. I bought an 86 Marquis wagon which I came to love. Overheating, shaking on the highway despite numerous tire changes and balance jobs, the transmission went south around 60K followed a year later by the rear end and the 3.8 needed it’s top half rebuilt due to failed head gasket which in turn cracked one of the heads. It was this car that turned him away from Fords and his next car was a Volvo GLE wagon which didn’t fare all that much better after the miles started piling up.This is my first posting on this site, ‘longtime reader, first-time caller’. Trending price is based on prices over last 90 days. Interesting viewpoint, I can see the merits.Ugh, the mere mention of the Merkur XR4T1 or whatever it was called brings me vivid memories of why I hated those cars. This car does not appear to have a B-pillar or a division window.Andy Hotton Associates also built about 10 examples of an LTD limo, in which the extra length was added at the B-pillar and C-pillar.For the 1969 model year, the LTD was given a major redesign. What a neat evolution! As the 1980s progressed, the use of front-wheel drive expanded out of the compact segment towards the mid-size segment. There was no LTD Crown Victoria trim name until 1980, a year after LTD II was dropped.Some confuse this Fox unibody LTD with the Body on Frame LTD II, and call the Foxes “LTD II”.The LTD II died in 1979. Just a pity the engines weren’t much chop. This car was supposed to be mine when I turned 16, It was my grandmother’s car, who developed Alzheimers and died at 76 years old. The Fairmont wheelbase to overall length ratio was bad enough as it was, and the small tyres/wheels don’t help either.It is an interesting car though, especially the LX version, and really I don’t know what more Ford could have asked for as a stop-gap before the Taurus. There’s no question Lee was the right person at the right time to bully Congress into bailing out the mortally-wounded company with a fat loan guarantee.
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