sorry but you have to see this bin price on a 85 lincoln 109k miles LOL

[myk]

How did  your dad's  car come to sitting in storage all of this time?

[MaximRecoil]

Also, I think a diplomat looks better then that by far.

I don't see much of a difference in bodystyle design philosophy:



Though Ford beat out Chrysler in the "Let's See Who Can Make the Straightest Lines" competition, but only by a hair.

[F8-4life]

Also, I think a diplomat looks better then that by far.

I don't see much of a difference in bodystyle design philosophy:



Though Ford beat out Chrysler in the "Let's See Who Can Make the Straightest Lines" competition, but only by a hair.

Yea they are basically both 1980's boxy designs, although the lincoln has a longer unproportional hood. Also  a crap taillight design.
Although you posted a chrysler 5th ave in the pic, a Diplomat or gran fury police cruiser is a better looker then the Chrysler.
Plus I'm a mopar guy... do you really expect me to say a ford is better?? Haha

[MaximRecoil]

Yea they are basically both 1980's boxy designs, although the lincoln has a longer unproportional hood. Also  a crap taillight design.
Although you posted a chrysler 5th ave in the pic, a Diplomat or gran fury police cruiser is a better looker then the Chrysler.
Plus I'm a mopar guy... do you really expect me to say a ford is better?? Haha

I agree that the basic Diplomat is better looking than the New Yorker / Fifth Avenue, but the '80s Panther body LTD / Crown Victoria is also better looking than that Lincoln in my opinion too.

However, I don't think any of those '80s rolling boxes look good. For a 4-door police cruiser type sedan, nothing beats a '68 or '69 Belvedere / Satellite as far as I'm concerned. Next would be the 1971 Coronet / Satellite body style, which got reused under various names throughout the '70s (probably most famously in the case of the hundreds of '78 Furys they used on The Dukes of Hazzard).

[F8-4life]

Yea they are basically both 1980's boxy designs, although the lincoln has a longer unproportional hood. Also  a crap taillight design.
Although you posted a chrysler 5th ave in the pic, a Diplomat or gran fury police cruiser is a better looker then the Chrysler.
Plus I'm a mopar guy... do you really expect me to say a ford is better?? Haha

I agree that the basic Diplomat is better looking than the New Yorker / Fifth Avenue, but the '80s Panther body LTD / Crown Victoria is also better looking than that Lincoln in my opinion too.

However, I don't think any of those '80s boxes look good. For a 4-door police cruiser type sedan, nothing beats a '68 or '69 Belvedere / Satellite as far as I'm concerned. Next would be the 1971 Coronet / Satellite body style, which got reused under various names throughout the '70s (probably most famously in the case of the hundreds of '78 Furys they used on The Dukes of Hazzard).

Yep, I do agree... isn't it funny how the more luxury version often= worse dessign for us car guys.
I to am a fan of 1968-70 police cars, adam 12 era rules!

[MaximRecoil]

Yeah, like this one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbcyNXuYoew

A cop car that's essentially a 4-door Road Runner ... how can you beat that?

[wingcar]

Being old doesn't make a car a "Collector Vehicle"...collectors do, and how they perceive its value.  It's only worth what someone is willing to pay.  Sadly the general public doesn't understand the whole collector car thing, which is why the owner of a high mileage, rusted out 318 Charger feels his car is worth big dollars after seeing what a similar year Charger went for at the last Barrett/Jackson Auction.  (Never mind that the car at the Auction was low mileage fully restored (or survivor) Hemi Car with rare options.....or whatever)

*I sold a Hemi Superbird back in the mid 70's and couldn't get much more than what a regular Hemi RoadRunner was going for, in fact many wouldn't even look at it because it looked "funny"....boy how times have changed.

*I purchased a 2008 Challenger (Numbered)...will it be worth big bucks in the future?  Who knows?  But I do know that I am driving and enjoying the car (as I did with the Superbird back in the day) not letting it collect dust in the garage hoping it will increase in value someday. I brought it for my enjoyment, not for some future collector to park in his garage.  Just my two cents.......

[myk]

*I purchased a 2008 Challenger (Numbered)...will it be worth big bucks in the future?  Who knows?  But I do know that I am driving and enjoying the car (as I did with the Superbird back in the day) not letting it collect dust in the garage hoping it will increase in value someday. I brought it for my enjoyment, not for some future collector to park in his garage.  Just my two cents.......

Amen to all of THAT...

[70moparman]

Sell cars all day ~ Super Clean but worth around $5000 to the right buyer... Doubt anyone is looking for one...  Why the hell would anyone want one???

[GOTWING]

 

[6spd68]

Sell cars all day ~ Super Clean but worth around $5000 to the right buyer... Doubt anyone is looking for one...  Why the hell would anyone want one???

Exactly, you'd have to specifically want a town car...  AND WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WANTS AN 80's TOWN CAR?!?! 

For that boxy 80's body style, your best bet was always an 80's G-body.  Even their full sizers looked easily better then anything offered by Ford or Chrysler...