1983 Ford Crown Victoria Review
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- čas přidán 3. 02. 2023
- Here’s my ‘83 Ford Ltd Crownvictoria, I felt like an in depth walk around was in order! This car was a one owner car, it was from southern Missouri very close to Tennessee so there’s no rust anywhere on this car. In my opinion it looks like it just rolled out of the dealer ship from 1983!
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Nice car man! My favorite body style of the Crown Vic.
Thank you!
Love Crown Vics especially the square body ones. I used to be a cab driver in the 80’s and drove LTD’s, Torinos and Crown Vics. Very durable cars.
I don’t plan to test it’s durability any time soon! I’m very happy with how the car drives and feels!
They'll even go in the bush. A first and second gen crown vic can go in the bush, a third gen can tow, and a fourth gen (in the right configuration) can go faster than some so called "sports cars" sold during the 90s-00s. I love crown vics because i'm an old truck guy (im not actually old tho) and these are basically a car version of the bullnose ford trucks and basically the same to work on.
Beautiful LTD..very nice
Fun fact: first and second gen crown vics (the boxes) can even handle being driven on mild-hard medium bush roads
I bought one of these as an impulse buy just to save it because im a crown vic fan and it was cheap someone was definitely gonna derby it if I didnt buy it. All of my other vehicles shit the bed and now for only $50 (and a bunch of my own labour but still you can fix these easier than a modern car) I was able to turn my impulse buy into a reliable daily. People think i'm insane for dailying an old boxy carbureted 80s car but it drives just as well or better than modern vehicles.
Good video, normally I’m hesitant to watch unknown video reviewers but right away your personality and upbeatness drew mean in. Great job. Waiting for that 2004 Grand Marq vid.
Haha thank you! I will have to get on that soon!
Beautiful car
Thank you, it really is a beautiful car.
Nice car! I’ve owned several myself. Thanks for sharing your experiences
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
Very nice! I haven't seen a Crown Victoria like this in person in my area in at least 15 years. One of the last I've seen was pretty rusted too. Car like that rusted out because of the salt. You are very fortunate to own one in this shape. The hubcaps resemble what you would see on a Granada.
If you're going to drive it in the winter, I would only use it on unsalted road or on cold dry days where the pavement is bare and there is no salt water. Also any crack on the vinyl top will allow water to infiltrate and rust the roof, so I would watch out for that.
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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.
I was in line at a haunted hayride chatting with someone last night that looks/sounds just like you. Your twin lives near me I suppose. Lol anyways I absolutely love those cars. My wife has an 05 grand marquis
That’s funny, I have a 04 grandmarquis as well.
I like the gold color Ford had back then, classy car man !! Good in depth viewing of what was offered 40 plus years ago ,this car is in good hands now I believe
Thanks! It’s in great hands now!!!
This bad boy is tight! Waiting on more uploads!!
Yes it is thank you!
Love that car, awesome
Thanks!
Looks like a pretty nice ride. I want to take that on a trip with you!
Yes it is!
I had a 1983 ford ltd just like this one except mine was white as my first car had the 5.0 302 as well great cars. I think it was in 1995 I was a junior In high school.
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
Nice!. Today this looks like every other car in a Nickelodeon cartoon called the Amazing World of Gumball. Other than that I never see them around, cool sedan though!
Yep this is how cars from the70s and 80s looked! Pretty cool
Beautiful car all it needs is a set of white wall tires. I miss my 85 crown Vic
I agree!
Beautiful car! Looks like a joy to drive.
I was watching a video by Thunderhead289 where he replaced the carb on a 74 V8 Maverick with a small lawnmower carb and was able to get 40mpg with it. That is well-beyond my skill level to do, but I would be very curious to see if the LTDs from the early 80s could match or exceed that. Not sure if you have the capabilities for that or not, but might be worth considering if you do.
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
Great car. My first car was a 86 LTD crown Victoria station wagon.
Thank you, counting my trucks this is my 6th car. I have all but one of them still
Nice Crown Victoria. These cars are great highway cruisers and with fuel injection and overdrive transmission will get better than 20 mpg on the highway. I have two Crown Victoria wagons a 1987 and a 1991. I recently purchased a 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis in dark blue metallic a 50th Anniversary Edition with blue full carriage roof and gold anodized exterior trim. According to a plaque on the dash it is one of only 250 made. You cannot find new cars with the quality that these panther platform cars have. I wish you many happy miles of driving with your Crown Victoria.
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!
Nice. Love that sound.
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
Hello 👋 good buddy you are driving one of my favorite car I've had several I literally can write a book on them from 83/87 here the same look in 88 they changed the grill and taillights but still same body if you ever need to know anything about them let me know. It did have a little blue ford emblem in the steering wheel you should be able to find one off a truck or car to put back in there. 85 was the first year the horn went back on the steering wheel.
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
My favourite ever car my parents had was a grey 83 Crown Victoria. If I could afford it, I would buy this beauty off ya so quick! Then i would figure out how to get it to Northern Ontario lol.
There was a button for the trunk in the glove box in our LTD.
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 CZcams.
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!
Hi Andrew! I am a young Frenchman who bought a similar model, a 1985 ford LTD Crown Victoria. A former police car. And I was wondering if you knew where I could find replacement gaskets? All my window seals are burned and falling apart. Thanks!
Esse carro é lindo demais mano 😁🤘
I plan on getting a crown Vic sometime soon, I wanted to get a 1990 model but the one I’ve been able to find is the same year as yours. A 1983, although when I went to check it out it didn’t want to start, any idea why? Current was passed on but the battery wasn’t the issue, I’m thinking maybe the spark plugs.
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!
If you have the key in the ignition and the door is open and you start it up without your seatbelt on, does it two chime sounds together?
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!
Nice video! But i have some questions:
1. Why only 85MPH (130KMH) on speedometer? As i found in internet, those 83 LTD Crown Vic had V8 and from 132 to 182 HP, and 4.9 - 5.8 L. so why so little speedometer? or back in the days they didn't show max speed on dashboard?
2. As i see, Oil Pressure and Water/Coolant Temperature is Extra Gauges... so how 1983 driver would notice engine overheat or lack of pressure? only by Red Engine Lamp? its, so strange... its like "something wrong with your car? just go to our dealership , don't try to inspect problem by yourself, or even fix it"
sorry for my bad english
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 !
Driving it on salt covered roads is going to tear it up fast. You should keep it in the garage until spring, man. I have an '87 2-door Crown Vic sitting behind our garage that needs work. Yes, these are slow as all heck but they will break the tires loose on dry pavement. And your '04 is definitely similar, you could actually swap the frame from the '04 into the '83 with some tinkering, it's been done before.
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
Me gusta el carro
Thank you!
Love the car! Hate the black wall tires. Get 4 white wall tires Please. It will put the Crown on the Crown Victoria
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
What is that that you're holding on the thumbnail for the video?
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!
Put try duel exhaust on it. Eliminate the catalytic converters it's too old for inspection anyway
Definitely! That what I was thinking
When my brother went to fight in Iraq he left me this car. It was awful. Thing got the worst gas mileage of any car I've ever owned, and it floated all over the road like a boat. It's a huge car. I don't know what he ended up doing with it when he came back but my guess is that it is cube shaped now.
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?