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Yesssssssssss, welcome to the club. I paid $1800 for mine with no bullbar, a busted header panel and grille, and 140k miles and no spotlight. But at least I got the cloth rear seat  Seriously, be prepared to love that fucker. It will run forever, and take any kind of abuse you throw at it. Just don't expect it to be super quick. They've got a good amount of power and from a 60 roll they will move, but they're not exactly the fastest barges out there. Also, I really hope you like being caught behind traffic that refuses to do anything but the exact speed limit anytime you come up behind them. It's usually a 50/50 shot on people forming a rolling roadblock because they're too afraid to speed, or immediately moving over and letting you by.
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14", does yours have the Police Interceptor badge on the trunk? If not, it might be a Street Appearance Package. IIRC those came with the chrome grilles and no police badging. The black honeycomb grilles were stock on the P71s after... 2000, I think? Not sure.
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Mar 1, 2013 04:56
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Hmm, might just be an option I don't know about. Our local Chief of Police has a silver P71 with Police Interceptor badging but the chrome slatted grille instead of the black honeycomb, so... v v
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Mar 1, 2013 05:02
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14 INCH GRANDPA posted:No prizes, but I did just whip out of a parking lot and turn my headlights on because it was drizzling and the dude in front of me immediately popped his hazards on and pulled over. I wasnt even chasing him down and obviously dont have strobes. And so it begins  I can't freak people out as much, mine has glasspacks and Bullitt wheels 
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Mar 2, 2013 01:57
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leica posted:Mine is an LX Sport, has 17" alloys and chrome trim and it still freaks people out. It looks nothing like any local police cruisers marked or unmarked, I don't get it. "Maybe it's like... an undercover!" Yours at least has that going for it. I love how mine looks and sounds, but the only time it terrifies people is at night when I come flying up behind them and all they see is the headlights
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Mar 2, 2013 02:18
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Ooof, that patch job by the taillight is rough.
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Mar 2, 2013 03:37
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Oh god that roof. Nice to see you still have the ticket light though. I still have mine but the cover busted off so it's EVEN BRIGHTER. I think my ticket light can illuminate cars next to me Also, if we're consolidating here as Panther owners, can I show off mine? Because I love mine   Love that big barge. Out of the cars i've owned, it's my favorite by far.
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Mar 3, 2013 06:05
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14 INCH GRANDPA posted:If we're going to have it more inviting to all panther owners, how about "I think it looks more like a Puma- Panther Parking Only" as the thread title? I like it. But honestly man, it's your thread, it's up to you if you want it to be the Panther owner's megathread.
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Mar 3, 2013 06:43
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14 INCH GRANDPA posted:My ex room mate went down for selling coke to an undercover in a Town Car for what its worth. Hey, at least he gets a Neon and isn't one of those poor bicycle cops
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Mar 3, 2013 07:48
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Strawberry posted:Got it. I managed to fit like 3 full size spare tires in my trunk alone, no lie. Real life tests with friends have also proved that they can hold one grown male, sitting comfortably, without issue
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Mar 7, 2013 12:18
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I forget what i'm using, I think some cheapy VR3 Wal*Mart special, but you'd be surprised just how good the stock speakers are. I've cranked mine up pretty loud and cranked the bass on my deck while listening to Glitch Mob and good lord those speakers sounded good. They have a surprising amount of bass to them for the factory speakers.
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Mar 10, 2013 06:08
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leica posted:Nah, stock speakers are ALWAYS the weak link of a system. If you think the stock speakers sound good, just think how good some cheap Pioneer/Kenwood 3 ways would sound. I would probably even do 6x9's in the rear deck for better bass, I just didn't go that route because I didn't feel like cutting a bigger hole. Well yeah, i'm not disagreeing with that, i'm just saying for factory speakers they sound amazingly good
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Mar 10, 2013 07:07
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Ahaha, emissions testing. Poor suckers, come to the glory of Arkansas where we have chipped diesels rolling coal and mid 90's GM products with exhaust leaks running around everywhere 
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Mar 13, 2013 22:27
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leica posted:Nope, pretty sure every Vic is cruise ready, all it needs is the wheel with the buttons. P71s are the only Vics that came without the cruise wheel. Probably because they didn't want cops using it Wait, you sure about this? When I bought my P71 it already had a wheel with the cruise control buttons and it's interior matched and factory looking. Of course it also has the mounting points for a carseat harness in the back too.
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Mar 14, 2013 22:28
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leica posted:Your car probably wasn't a cruiser then, maybe a detective P71 which tend to be a lot nicer. Hmm. Could be. It's an old county car that belonged to one of the deputies that patrolled the town I grew up in, so lord knows how they fitted it. Hell, they left the radio gear in the trunk when they sold it to me
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Mar 15, 2013 04:03
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^^^ Ahaha. Yeah they do sound mean.Motronic posted:If you bought it recently the radio gear was left because it is worth less than nothing. If by "worth nothing" you mean "worth $350 when sold on eBay"
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Mar 15, 2013 20:45
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Motronic posted:Good on you! That's real money. It must have been newer/more useful than a lot of what one would typically find abandoned in them. Heh, i'm clueless about radios, but this is what it was:    I would have been happy with $20, so that $350 was a drat nice surprise. 14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:I just had a cop wave at me on a country backroad out past Olympia. poo poo's awesome. It never, ever gets old.
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Mar 16, 2013 04:57
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14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:This just started parking on the street It's the GTA effect. Soon your entire street will be nothing but Crown Vics
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Mar 19, 2013 04:32
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Splizwarf posted:I have never felt less safe in the driver's seat than I did in a new Camaro. I love giant greenhouses. Oh thank god, it's not just me then. My mom has one and every time I ride in that thing I feel so drat cramped and unable to see. It has the tiniest side windows I have ever seen.
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Mar 19, 2013 21:52
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Oh hey, my state is getting all kinds of snow right now, probably a bad idea to be driving a RWD barge, right? Wrong I love how planted it is unless I kick the pedal and make it slide.
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Mar 22, 2013 01:24
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV6x23uHnYs Yeah, I replaced the stock mufflers with a pair of Flowtech Red Hots. Cheap little glasspacks but they make a wonderful crackling sound when you really get on it. I maaay end up replacing them with Flowmaster Super 44's eventually, not sure yet though.
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Mar 22, 2013 01:36
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BrokenKnucklez posted:And I love the Mustang rims (or are they look alike?). Both of these cars look great! Bullitt knockoffs, haha. They're 17x9, +30 offset all the way around. I want to replace them with some proper offset ones that are wider and fit better since these require hefty spacers, but they were $200 for all 4 so I can't complain too much
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Mar 22, 2013 04:42
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I think I am rocking 245/45/17 on all 4 wheels, I THINK. I'd go check but it's covered in half a foot of snow outside right now But yeah. I had to have 1.25" spacers up front because the back of the rim was grinding the balljoints. And then I've got 1.5" in the rear to make it look right and keep the rim away from the suspension and wheelwell.
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Mar 22, 2013 05:56
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Because you guys are all bastards, I have been looking at retired cruisers..... I just left the gap there in mine. Makes for a nice, easily accessed spot for my camera bag and tripod
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Mar 25, 2013 21:07
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Splizwarf posted:Velour split bench is the correct seat for sexytime. And/or 8 passengers. Not gonna lie, I keep getting tempted to replace my two front buckets with a bench but then I am reminded that as bad as I slide in the stock seats in my P71 during hard cornering, a bench would be infinitely worse
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Mar 26, 2013 06:34
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No joke. gently caress, 14", you're making me really want to get a Setina pushbar for my '01.
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Apr 1, 2013 05:56
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Frog Lip posted:Just wanted to drop in, I'm new to the panther club, just bought a 03 Mercury Marauder with 158k on it. To be a 4 door boat, that car really flies. Oooooh, Marauder. Make sure to post pictures. I've seen a whopping one running around here and the poor thing is abused, the owner chews tobacco and just spits all over the interior 
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Apr 9, 2013 03:20
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So out of curiosity, I looked back for leica's post on axle codes and went out to check mine. Turns out I have the X5 3.27 locker. I'm not sure if I should be stoked or not but drat, that might explain why it's such a hoot to drive in rain and snow
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Apr 11, 2013 23:13
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Sinestro posted:It's a former CHP car, there is only one option: ESTRADA. If you don't go with the BDR 529 option, this is pretty much perfect, just saying.
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Apr 15, 2013 21:08
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Goddamn there is nothing sexier than the belt whine from a beefy supercharger setup 
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Apr 16, 2013 19:59
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 This happened today. Only 10k to go until I hit the 200k mark 
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May 14, 2013 03:51
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travisray2004 posted:Ok, which one of you guys is going to buy this? If that was a Whale instead of an Aero i'd be all over that.
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May 20, 2013 21:22
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There is something oh so right about Panthers with blowers poking through the hood
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May 24, 2013 04:30
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11BulletCatcher posted:Guys, I just saw the most amazing thing: A Crown Vic Police Interceptor with police decals cruising the UK: Oh hey, I remember that guy. Back when I was in the CVN Facebook group he posted that video and yeah, it was the weirdest drat thing.
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Jul 29, 2013 22:25
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14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:
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Aug 10, 2013 05:08
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MonkeyNutZ posted:You guys are dicks, look what you made me do One of us, one of us... I need to wash mine. loving doves have bombed it to hell and back and it's a mess EDIT: Okay, so here's a question. Do any of you guys get terrible, loud clunking from the front end whenever you go over a bump while turning? It seems like if i've got the wheel cut fairly sharp and I hit a bump or pothole, there's immediately this loud-as-gently caress CLUNK from my front suspension. It's mildly unnerving. T1g4h fucked around with this message at 09:53 on Aug 25, 2013 |
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Aug 25, 2013 09:06
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What game is that? I've basically recreated my car in Saints Row The Third, trying to find one in Saints IV.
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Sep 4, 2013 23:41
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Winson_Paine posted:I have my first question. I have the ridiculous cop spotlight on it, but it is super fogged to the point there is water in the lamp. I am torn between fixing it and removing the thing because it is preposterous. How tough is either of those? I have done some of my own repairs in the past to like, exhaust systems and changing belts and wiper motors and poo poo but GOOFY COP SPOTLIGHT is new territory for me. If you want to remove it and get rid of it, feel free to let me know. I've been wanting to get one for my car but i've been too lazy to go shopping around.
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Sep 8, 2013 04:46
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Crosspostin' this from the Automotive Photography thread. Rainy Day by T1g4h, on Flickr I dig the grass at the bottom
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Satisfaction Guaranteed posted:On a test drive, what should I be looking for, in regards to that problem? I've successfully driven mine, in the foothills of the Ozark mountains, in a good half a foot of snow on Kumho All Seasons with no real issues until I got to a super steep incline that even 4wds would struggle with. Granted that was with 50 - 100lbs of turnout gear in the trunk, but still, they handle snow surprisingly well.
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