1988 Ford LTD Crown Victoria

Another el cheapo at just $900.


http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/cto/3679075563.html

 

I have a hunch that if this seller cleaned this car up with more pix it would be gone quick at $900! Might be anyway unless it's a rust bucket.

 

From the look of that driver's front fender I think she might be a little rusty. I don't think I've ever seen one rust out like that before.

 

What he said^^^

Looks like some major rust issues above the driver side wheel arch.

 

The front fenders around the wheel well are one of the first places these cars rust, at least around here. The salt collects in the lip with the inner fender, and away they go. This one, though, has a lot more issues that that. The roof is rotted at the top of both A-pillars, and I am willing to bet that the quarters are toasted, too. I would not lay bets about the state of the frame, either. This one, I'm afraid, may well be into parts car/derby class. It may be too far gone for the derby, come to that.

 

You guys want a lot for 900 bucks. So...you give him an OBO offer of 600 bucks and drive it for a few years. It's not going to win any shows but it's a wagon that will still work for you.

 

I'll go with that.

Amazing how with 1 crap pic of exterior the entire condition of a car can be described. Seen worse pics showing worse and with many a wagon showing detailed "rust"/"crust" and yet the car gets praised........ :confused:



falls into........ needs way better pics..............

 

I was going easy on it. I didn't even mention the broken hood ornament

 

Oh...forgot about the hood ornament! Well....that tears it for me!

 

Around here, we see rust like that on front fenders regularly. It does not often show that badly without some other rusty areas, normally on the quarter bottoms and frame rails, being present and accounted for.