Registered vehicle
2001 Ford Crown Victoria “Flight CV”
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
Old P71 Police Interceptor model with extremely low mileage, bought at a dirt low price after being the Sr. Flight Nurse on a Medical Helicopter (Nurse-Nurse crew with two pilots) who was partially responsible for saving the life of one of their officers shot in chest just above the vest (the Trauma Center did the real work. We just made sure to keep him alive, maintained his airway, gave him 6 units of blood on the flight in, so the Trauma MDs could do the real magic). Used by Chief of Detectives, who literally only drove it from home to work (it's now 13 years old and has only 63000 miles !!!). Blackout emergency lighting package. Alternating flashing headlights. Custom Alternating halogen tail lights (left brake, right brake, left turn signal, right turn signal, left backup light, right backup light --> then it starts over again). Custom 100W halogen fog lights mounted in the second slot in the lower front bumper cover. — FlightNurseConsultant
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