1986 Ford Police LTD Crown Victoria Junkyard Find 

This old girl deserved to be saved. I hate scrap yards! This really depressed me. I know it's just a car but there's something not right about cool old cars getting crushed!

Guys at the scrapyard should have saved this or tried to sell it. Way too nice of a car for that age to be junked! Interior is mint too! The door locks took me by surprise. Weird location

I’m a Chevrolet 9C1 guy, but why the hell would someone send that to the yard? Unbelievable!

Woah! Another beauty that should of been saved!

Love that 140mph speedo, the civilian LTDs only went up to 85. If I ever see one, I'm gonna snag it.

damn i would have traded a kidney to save that from the crusher

My dad had 4 of these for years and years. He even had a 1985 two door LTD. First of fuel injection. I haven't seen a two door since. Hell 4 doors are hard to find now. Thanks for this

I keep coming back to this vid. Very sad. Its all there too, with the matching white steel wheels. Prolly cleaned up and running it could go for 3k ish. These cars should be atleast put to the side by the yard and try to be sold as a whole.

She's a beauty!!!! I would love to have that sweet car to save it. Brings back memories from when i had mine

literally my dream car, original center caps and all... 😭

I had an '83 LTD Crown Vic police package, blue in color. It was a sweet ride although it didn't like the rainy weather. It also had the 351 engine in it. The movie "The Naked Gun" had the same car in it that Leslie Nielson drove. I wish I had it today.

Cool car. It would be nice to own one of these.

This ticks me off I love old cars and to see that beauty sitting in a junkyard getting ready to be stripped down for its steel and all that it breaks my heart I hope someone comes along and buys it from the owner of the junkyard I hope it doesn't get crushed that is one beautiful car a patrol car even ex patrol car look at that thing it has potential

I had the exact car- bought it in Red Deer, AB, Canada for $400 in 1994 ex RCMP car from Jaspar, AB at an auction. It was a steal for a 7 year old car no one wanted. Stab proof buckets and all. Mine had a dual exhaust with big mufflers- it was fast. It also had a 4 speed auto overdrive and wouldn't shift into 4th unless you were cruising at least 120klm. I have no idea how fast it was as I was young and too chicken to take it past 180klm. Mine had a locking diff for the snow up here in Canada.

Stupid people will just scrap anything.

This car is so iconic Any 80s movie had these

Damn Id have loved to save that thing. It’s in solid shape and those cars are super hard to find! Bucket seats are rare too. The idiot who took it to the scrap yard could’ve made more money selling it had they known what it was.

Without a doubt a retired cop car. But might have been decommissioned long before a civilian drove it. Agencies decommission their cars a auction them real cheap. This might have been the case. Nice Vic.

Cool find. The civilian models speedometer only went up to 85. We had a 1985 Ford Country Squire, and that speedometer only went to 85.

them things would haul ass back in the day one of the fastest cop cars made.

Wow, didn’t see many of those. Most were converted to cabs, then scrapped or used at demo derbies. Also probably rare to see with 351 motor. Love the body style with dog dish hubcaps!!

Damn thats sad.. still in great shape and with a 351. These cars should really be saved!!

🔥🔥🔥 someone save it..shes in great shape

The bucket seats are awesome. That's how most of the detective cars came from the factory from both Ford and Chevy. That car probably has the heavy duty police package on it. Even the speedo is "CERTIFIED CALIBRATION." Definitely a Cop Car. Nice !!!

I'm 23 and I have 2 1985 ltds with the Windsor 302. Great cars. I'm going to Detroit MI soon to pick up my 95 CVPI70

Damn man, that the original MIB slab

Bring her back, she was born to run.

Fantastic classic sedan!

That would be a fun budget project: tricking out an old cop car. Bonus is room for all your friends on a Saturday night!

Really sad that it didn’t become a project car for someone

i had one of these actually a great car

Love it. Had a Mercury Grand Marquis wagon back in the day. Loved it.

You're right about those bucket seats. I've only seen three of these ( including this one ) with them.

Awesome video that's definitely in beautiful condition

I hate to say but it was a super dependable car

My house was behind a city police department. Seen many of those. Ask any cop from back in the day and chevy caprice always was the best car.

Nice find! Im sure mine ended up in the yard quickly after I sold it. I remember how excited I was when I found a local wrecker that had one in the back lot back when I needed some parts for mine.

Ok I think thing is actually pretty fricken sweet

One giveaway of a municipal/fleet car is the "Certified Calibration" on the speedometer. That means a fleet/gov't/police package car. Also, many times, the middle part of the seating was made to be removable (not sure about 1986, but that's how it is today the 40/20/40 seating has the 20 middle that comes out). That's because a radio/lighting console would have gone there to control the emergency lights, spotlights, and to house two-way radio equipment. I wonder if this is a 1985, only because I do not see the required 3rd brake light (what's there looks like aftermarket equipment). I was hoping for a quick shot of the door jamb label so I could check it through the VIN. LOL. I believe the carburetor on this series of car was a 2150 Variable Venturi (not one of Ford's finest moments). Yes, it's a 351 Windsor. They used this carbureted engine in the fleet cars through 1991 I believe.

I love how people are starting to find interest in these cars. Ive got 3 88-91 LTDs , ones my first car an 89 LX w/ factory 351w(Canadian civillian), vent windows, and plush velour interior. Ive turned down some pretty fair offers for it, and still use it as my personal car because they just dont make cars that ride like these boats.

Oh my God you got to put that boy back on the road do not crush it that's a rare find

Good find, thanks for showing us. I have an '87 Crown Vic 2-door that's in sad shape, hoping to get it back on the road. The door lock knobs on the 2-door are on the armrest, I think the LX sedan too. You must be down south, up here in New England there's not many box Vic's left....rust and demo derbies killed 75% of them.

Man I hope you bought that car. 351 with 4 bbl carb and heavy duty everything. Talk about something that would run. I had one that had the 302 and it was a great car. Drove it from Louisiana to Washington State and back when it had 67K on it. Never gave a problem even in the mountains and over the continental divide.

Cool speedo for sure!! A regular ltd speedo only read or went up to 85mph back in the late 70’s till the early 90’s. 🤦‍♂️

Wish I new how many of those I drove early in my career. Definitely rare to see buckets in them. Mostly bench seat, but you could order them with split bench seats too

those bucket seats are a cool find

You should have purchased it (brought it back from the dead) rare find.

I think your right, an old police cruiser which yes the hub caps are a nice away.

My mom had one of these and then had just a normal one. I know a guy around my way that has one now that I just might pick up.... $300

Ford had 2 versions of the police Crown Vic. 1 a patroller with the STD TBI 302 but with all the other HD goodies like brakes, suspension, dual exhausts, recalibrated AOD, wiring package, and the coolers. ( late 83 -85 1/2) The other was an Interceptor package with the main difference being the 351 with variable venturi carb.. ( which we all know was a finicky temperamental unit, to be nice) . 87 to 01 the 302 was SMFI, I can't remember when they changed the 351 to that system, maybe 89? I worked on a lot of them back in the day. This example might have had the aux gauge package on the dash, as I see there are screw holes for where some pods were mounted. I really never saw a std mounting place. Sometimes they were where the stock radio was, it depended on who was doing the conversions. I also don't recall cloth buckets, but do recall vinyl 1's in some cars. Civi cars all had the 85 mph speedo. Only police cars got the 140 certified unit. Rare to see this car pretty much undisturbed now days.

I'm a GM guy and I'd much rather have a Caprice or Impala. But I'd definitely take this one

351 carb /aod; flywheel is popular for a 302 to 351 conversion with aod trans on the trucks. value would depend if the flywheels are sold new/reman anymore.

Would have liked to have seen the VIN and trim tag on this one, it would have given us some clues as to where it may have been originally.

Unless the engine and trans was blown, this car could have been saved. The interior and exterior looks in good shape.

i rode once in back of a ford ltd police car me and a friend we got out of school so we can go to work.we ran out of gas.cop gave us a ride to gas station.back door knobs etc was missing.we got to see how teh speed scanners worked back in the day which was back in 92/93.

I had a '90 box Caprice 9c1 and a 1991 Crown Vic P72 which I stupidly traded in 18 years ago for a new Dodge Ram Pick up. I've always regretted it, especially since they both probably ended up in the same place as this car.

It was also referred to as the p72 92 to 08 was the p71 08 to 11 is called the p7B

Cool to see one but sad that it's there.

I wish I had the money to restore it

It does have the variable Venturi carb

That would be worth some money in Hollywood, for a movie or show set in the late 80s early 90s.

I daily an 84, this is my second 84 in three years.

you can rack the miles on a windsor.

Had 3. stopped at 85 and bobbed when you pushed her.

... Hey, did you notice the REAR ANTI-SWAY BAR underneath the rear axle... when you were looking to see if it had dual exhaust??

It should have the 351 carburated v8 where as the cilvilan model had the 302 v8 efi

I just bought an 87 & dropped $900 on it

Civilian car speedometers were limited to 85 MPH in 1986. I think that law about 85 MPH speedometers started the same year as the 55 MPH national speed limit on 01/01/74. Don't remember what year they eliminated that rule. I want to say around the same time they repealed the 5 MPH bumpers back to 2 1/2 MPH bumpers probably around 1988 or 1989.

Never I want those seats so bad

Bro can you buy any of these cars ? Or will they only let you take parts off them, cause you be coming across some solid finds 💯

351 was optional on Police Vics, up to 1991; many got 302's

I noticed the rear sway bar on that crown Vic I have a 1987 and I am looking for the rear sway bar 😎 if in the near future you ever come across another crown Vic LTD 86 87 with a rear sway bar I am interested thank you

If you buy this get ready to dump a lot of money in to it and to hear that No body knows how to work on it. I put everything New on my 86 and it's still is not right. Trans $1,200 no tork and does not shift right after engine gets hot it shuts down. Again all brand new stuff and still heart broken.

For sure it was an old police car. Besides the stuff you mentioned, most of them have an 85 mph speedometer, just like a 3-cyl Geo Metro. The regular ones do have a crappy 4.9L (marketed as 5.0L) rated at about 130 HP. The 5.8L made 180 HP. A few more giveaways is the lack of chrome (which they put a TON on with the regular ones, it looked kind of shitty), and the lack of a hood ornament.

I love Fords cool car

Did you ever finish your Buick station wagon?

You're a Youngblood that's for sure. In 1986 the speedometer went up to 85 believe it or not. They started that in 1978 with a big circle around 55 miles per hour because that was the Federal Highway speed limit. The cop car is much different. And you're right the door locks are on top except for this cop car. It makes it harder to Jimmy open. Bucket seats always in a cop car. Don't you see how far apart they are? That was room for gun racks. Schooled by 1967

Hopefully it can be saved.

Wish I could buy that LTD!

My 86 has the same door locks and it's a civilian model.

All that wiring under the hood though 😱

Your car has the Ford Variable Venturi carburetor which Ford had all kinds of problems with.

Super rare no rust in the rockers or on the lower quarters that’s a find! Is it still in the junkyard or did someone save it?

Did you end up getting the Speedo out of this thing Benny ?

Having white rims, leads me to believe it was a Chicago car back in it's glory days.

Time for a video for the yellow Eldorado to the right of it.....

DID THE Police versions of the 1986 Ford LTD Crown Victoria come with a chime or a buzzer?

My 81 LTD Crown Victoria coupe had locks and unlocks on the side arm rest like this one. Not a cop design. 79-87 all that way. Pretty much.

The 5.8/351 was an option on the Crown Vic up till at least 1987. My dad bought on new in the spring of 87, a station wagon. As I recall it came with dual exhaust but no limited slip. After my dad died I drove that car until 2010. In 1999 I almost bought a 1988 Crown Vic wagon. It too had a 5.8, so 1988 could have been the last year for the 351. Sure wish I had one today, a really nice car.

My brother has one . (Non cop car) and it has a the locks near the handles.

I had one 1973 my had front bench seat posiie 351 m

Been looking for one of these to daily...any ideas?

My 1st had 5.8 Windsor.

Daaam I wonder if they still have it

ME LO LLEVO!

I’d love to have that car

Is it good or bad I've seen these cars in a demo derby configuration

I think on the vin number if it says p71 you have a police vehicle.

Was it in the Beastie Boys video, Sabotage? 😄

Bet those locks are to keep people in the back from unlocking the front doors