Registered vehicle
2006 Ford Crown Victoria
About the 1998–2011 Ford Crown Victoria
from the generation archive
The 1998 model year brought a thorough update of the Ford Crown Victoria, the rear-wheel-drive, body-on-frame Panther sedan shared in platform with the Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car. For 1998 Ford revised the rear suspension to a Watt's-linkage layout, added aluminum front control arms, fitted larger brakes with dual-piston front calipers, and standardized 16-inch wheels. The 4.6L SOHC two-valve modular V8 rose to 200 horsepower with single exhaust and 215 horsepower with the dual-exhaust high-output tune, then to 220 and 235 horsepower for 2001-2002. The most significant chassis change came for 2003, when Ford fitted a fully boxed, partly hydroformed frame and replaced the long-running recirculating-ball steering with rack and pinion, raising civilian output to 224 and 239 horsepower. Two variants defined the run: the LX Sport, offered from 2001 with the dual-exhaust engine, a firmer suspension, a floor-shifted console, and larger wheels, and the Police Interceptor, the P71 fleet car that gained the "Police Interceptor" name and badge for 1999 and reached 250 horsepower for 2004 through 2011. Ford ended United States retail sales after 2008 and built the final Crown Victoria for fleet and export in September 2011.
The story
I bought it from a local guy who bought it from a private owner in Illinois. It has had a rough life. The body is rough and the windsheild is cracked. He didnt know much of the history of the car but after some research I was able to find that it was built in Canada and spent the first 70,000 miles with the Homewood Police Department in Illinois. It was sent to auction as a fleet lease turn-in and sold to a taxi company in Chicago, where it spent the next 120,000 miles as a taxi. It was then sold at auction where the private own bought it and decided he did not want it. He then sold it to the man I bought it from. He then sold it to me when the transmission went out. I bought it for 1,000$. Like I said it has had a rough life but I hope to change that. — packerfan12
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