1983 Ford Crown Victoria Review 

Thank you!

I don’t plan to test it’s durability any time soon! I’m very happy with how the car drives and feels!

Thank you, it really is a beautiful car.

Very nice! So far I’m very happy with this one

@@Andrewj2152 yes sir I wish I still had mine

I’m not going to get rid of this one! I’m looking forward to polishing it up in a few weeks

That’s funny, I have a 04 grandmarquis as well.

Haha thank you! I will have to get on that soon!

Thank you! I plan to post occasional videos of it! I am personally amazed by how nice this car is, in my opinion it’s like a brand new car

Thank you! This is the first one of this body style that I have personally seen. I don’t plan on driving it in the winter, it will just be for special occasions when the conditions are right! The roads were last salted probably 2 weeks before I took this video, everything was dry as well! So it should be fine. This car has basically sat indoors it’s entire life, the last time it was registered for the roads before I got it was in 2000. Surprisingly the top is in perfect condition, I haven’t seen a crack or indent in the vinyl! It will always sit indoors as well! I plan on posting videos of my trucks and cars, maybe 2 videos of each switching back and forth.

Thanks! It’s in great hands now!!!

Yes it is!

Yes it is thank you!

Yep this is how cars from the70s and 80s looked! Pretty cool

I agree!

Thanks!

Thank you, it is a joy to drive! I’ve seen that video too, it seems quite interesting. I actually daily drive a ‘88 Ford Festiva which averages 40 mpg regardless of how I drive. The best I’ve gotten with it is 47 miles per gallon

Thank you, counting my trucks this is my 6th car. I have all but one of them still

Wow! Thank you for your knowledge! I plan on keeping it mostly original, and keeping it in great shape! And maybe driving it once every week or two when the weather is nice! So far I am very happy with it

@david How can I get in contact with you!!?? I just got an 89 Crown Vic LTD and I have some questions, I have yet to find a mechanic for it!!

@@Andrewj2152 Just sent you one!

Ok haven’t gotten anything. andrew219019@gmail.com is my email

@@Andrewj2152 Just resent it, knw if you have gotten it

Thank you! I really like this one, it’s my first one of this body style. So far it appears to be extremely high quality, and I do like how it has the manual windows and manual mirror. I plan to drive this one a bit more after spring. The little I’ve driven it it seems to do really well on the freeway and everything else. I still have a few more maintenance things I’d like to do. But for the most part I’d just like to keep it in perfect condition like it is, and maybe drive it once every 2 weeks or something! And I wish you many more happy miles in your Crown Victorias!

Yeah! I like how quiet it is from the inside! Old 302 v8

@@Andrewj2152 And how it starts up.

@@aaronwilliams6989 yeah I’m pretty impressed with how it starts too

Haha thank you! I don’t plan on selling this beauty! It’s getting a nice pampered life with me! I will only drive it once every week or two in the summer and fall! And it sits indoors! I live in Minnesota, I drove about 800 miles south to buy this car! No rust anywhere

@@Andrewj2152 does your LTD have that trunk button? From what I remember, the speedometer has a habit of "failing" so watch that. It's a car w a lot of memories for me. Had a big smile on my face when I saw the video come up on my RU-vid.

As far as I know it does not have one, this car is a base model it even has manual window cranks! I like that option better than the electric motors personally. I will check the glove box this evening though. I will be posting a good video of the car from shortly after I bought it some time this week

@@Andrewj2152 ours was base too. Beyond the A/T. Watch for rust on the bumpers, once a bit of rust gets on them, rust spreads like a virus. We used silver duct tape to cover the holes. The button was top left I think, little round yellow button.

I do not see a button in the glove box! Just some original owner’s manual and ford plastic bag! This car has no rust! Just a bit of surface rust on the inside passenger door at the bottom, and inside truck lid, nothing a little sanding and touch up paint can’t fix! It’s right where it sits on the rubber weatherstripping!

I just bought these tires! This was all they had! I definitely wanted white walls for it, it will probably get some maybe this fall

@@Andrewj2152 I'm so glad to hear that. She will look beautiful!

Definitely! They didn’t have much of a selection for a 14 in wheel, I will probably look for some stock style 15in wheels because there’s more tire options

I agree that salt roads will tear it up, I just wanted to fire it up and take it for a spin. Most of the roads haven’t been salted in at least 2 weeks before I took it out. But it is back sitting in the shed, out of the elements. I do plan on fluid filming the car this summer just to prevent any rust from normal driving, this car won’t be driven much. I plan on maybe driving it once every 2 weeks! I’m perfectly happy with keeping it original

I agree - everytime I see an old car being driven in the salt it make makes me cringe and kind of sad.

Hardly being driven in the salt. It’s fine. Just some snow on the gravel road for most of it, it’s not like the road was salted 20 minutes before I drove. It will get washed and fluid filmed this summer

Can you just undercoat it and be alright?

@@briizcustoms9543 yeah that’s the plan, if you notice from the bottom view this car was undercoated when it was new, I’m going to spray fluid film inside the frame rockers, and and everywhere there is metal showing. Fluid film is good stuff it’s kinda like a thick film that stops any surface rust, and protects it for a while. It’s meant to be applied annually! Check it out

I’d try the ignition control module, they are known to fail. Could be coil, could be a bad distributor cap, or it could be as simple as a fuel filter. Spray some starting fluid down the throttle body that will tell you if it’s got spark. It sounds like the price should be right on that car! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a car not start just because of spark plugs, my 68 f250s spark plugs were extremely black but it still ran! Good luck hope this helps. Side note see if the fuel pump is pumping could be a bad fuse as well.

@@Andrewj2152 thanks! I will try these out, I know a mechanic and he’s going to help me out with it before I actually get the car. I don’t know much about older cars like this 😅 so this definitely helps

@@aAkuseru_ definitely I’m happy to help!

That’s a very good question! Back then America had a national speed limit of 55 on the freeway, so as you can see on the dash they emphasized that mph, I believe the thought for only showing 85 would be to put more emphasis on going slow. After driving the car at full throttle it definitely can go faster than 85, but it takes forever to get there. I added the additional gauges because I was battling a oil pressure issue, and I wanted to know exactly what the car was doing. I dislike how it only had 2 very vague warnings lights. This is the 5 liter V8 in my car!

@@Andrewj2152 thanks! now i get it, good luck !

Thank you!

As far as I know the only chime it has is when the drivers door is open with the key in the ignition, if it has a seat belt buzzer I don’t think it works

@@Andrewj2152 Could you kindly replace the chime in this Crown Victoria with the Electronic Voice Alert system from a 1983-87 Chrysler?

@@Jac2Mac I will look into it!

Definitely! That what I was thinking

A can of sea foam I thought it looked engaging

@@Andrewj2152 Certainly made me click 🤣

Perfect! Haha I did a sea foam treatment to it, that will be the next video I will upload tomorrow!

My car feels pretty good when I drive, I’m sure it would be better with new suspension parts. It doesn’t get great mileage but it’s not terrible. I took it on a 200 mile trip at 75 mph and I got 18 mpg which isn’t terrible considering how fast I was going

I have owned 2 crown vics and 4 grand marquis with the 302 engine. I got good gas mileage and service. This is a v8 and does take more gas, but the service is fantastic. Safer

have you ever driven anything older than 30 years old lol? you can easily get about 18 mpg if you can run it right

Wow, you guys DEFINITELY got better MPG than me, lol! To be honest with you, the thing was pretty beat so there were probably engine issues I couldn't afford to fix and didn't want to think about. Honestly though, my main memory of this car was how much it floated across the roadway. It really did feel like it was on water. I'm wondering if anyone else's driving experience was like that?