Sand Beige is a perfect color for a 1987 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon, although there really isn’t a bad color for a car like this. I was thinking a nondescript color might make it stand out a little less than a giant station wagon might in the giant SUV world we live in now, but nothing will keep curious eyes from staring at this beautiful example. They would stare even more if they knew it only had 6,264 miles!
The seller says those are the actual and original miles, so not 106,264 or 206,264, which wouldn’t be surprising for a car that’s 37 years old now. Actually, using the average of 14,000 miles a year and multiplying that by 37 years, this car should have 518,000 miles on it by now. If there ever was a low-mile car shown on Barn Finds, one that doesn’t appear to have an extra 100k on it, this could be it.
Vanilla ice cream lovers, unite. This car is plain Jane and that isn’t a bad thing at all. The Country Squire wagon gets all the PR with its fancy woodgrain trim, but the Crown Victoria wagon does away with that glitz and glamour and just gets the job done while wearing a comfortable pair of jeans. Who here lived through “casual Fridays” when you were allowed to wear, gasp, jeans to the office on Fridays and Fridays only? Now, people wear cargo shorts and flip-flops if they even bother to show up at an office anymore.
Ford made the LTD Crown Victoria for model years 1980 through 1991 and they came in two-door sedan, four-door sedan, and four-door wagon body styles. The photos aren’t huge but the seller includes dozens of photos in their listing, nice work! The interior looks perfect from what I can see. The beautiful DuraWeave upholstery looks like new both front and back, and this car has manual windows. Just the thing to freak out any passengers under age 40. The rear cargo area also looks like new. I don’t doubt the low mileage claim on this one.
It’s powered by Ford’s 5.0-liter OHV fuel-injected V8, which was factory-rated at 150 horsepower and 270 lb-ft of torque when new. It sends power through a four-speed automatic to the rear wheels and the seller has this gorgeous car listed here on eBay in Orlando, Florida. There is a $27,495 buy-it-now price or you can make an offer. At around $15,000 new in 1987, that equates to $41,000 in 2024 dollars. How much would you pay for this time capsule?
Wow this is one vanilla wagon! I am not just referring to the color.Not going to be much of a performer but wasn’t built to be. In my opinion it’s not very collectible, but bought at the right price, could be a great means of transportation. Haters get ready, wheels and tires then just drive it and use it for the reason it was built, transportation. BTW had a neighbor who worked for Chrysler and bought one new. Took it on a road trip and claimed 21 to 22 mpg. Yeah he bought a new Ford, he worked at a stamping plant in Twinsburg and said quality control was non-existent. He said scrap stamping was pulled and sent to assembly. Was a tough times for them
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I’m going to hold out for a Buick road master wagon with the LT-1 engine. A 150 horsepower ain’t what it used to be so I’m going to pass
27.5k?……..Uhmmmmmm Nope!
It ought to be saved by someone even if only because statistically no one did. True, it isn’t a Poppy Red first-gen Mustang or some other auction show darling, but sometimes things are cool just because they survived.
That said, I second KC. No way 27K.
Someone will, eventually, when the price reflects reality, maybe mid-teens possibly higher. But it’s a low option car with no power windows. A wise buyer will ask how old the tires are and make sure the AC works, for anywhere close to the asking price the seller needs dot his I’s and cross his T’s.
Steve R
The tires are 37 years old. Per the write up, they are the original tires.
The 6,000 miles must have been with the hubcaps still in the wrapper because they’re Pretty much sterile. $27k may be a stretch as it will drop with much driving at all.
It’s worth at least $12,000. Maybe $15,000 on a good day.
I’d have to agree, great car to start using as intended but pamper and garage for 12-15k. $27,500? no way. GLWTA
Even being low-option and beige, it is very very nice.
So nice to see cars like this. Air, tilt, cruise and beige! What’s not to love?
Beautiful. A car I would love to own but, I would cringe every time the odometer rolled another mile.
Among my numerous upscale vehicles, my 89 Crown Victoria LX (with optional Carrige roof) plush red velvet interior (exterior white) was one of my favorites, easily holding its own with most of the others. Not a wagon fan and the asking price is astronomical! But hopefully it will find a good home.
Fewer stupid electrical options mean fewer issues. A car this old is going to have issues no matter the mileage. My second daughter was born in 1987. We had a mint 79 Olds Custom Cruiser. Trans took a dump. I traded it for a new 87 Caprice Estate. No fake wood 307 Olds boat anchor, but stone cold reliable. Sold it in 2000 with well over 100,000 miles. Should kept it.
The condition of the car makes the mileage claim believable, but Autocheck shows 6 owners. Six owners and not 1 of them drove it (basically)? Hard to believe.
Same color as my 89 wagon. But, mine has power windows and turbine wheels and more miles on it.
Very much like my ’88 Grand Marquis; only more “plain Jane”. Why, so many owners who never drove it? I’m surmising that they wanted to keep it essentially “new”, but then grew weary of owning a car they would not dare to drive. Considering the headaches I’ve had with my powered windows, I’d WELCOME those crank-handles! Wonder if the radio I can’t see has a cassette-player? Same car as a Mercury, but I prefer the Mercury trim. The price does seem high; however, given the new-showroom low miles, I can see it. But with the low options, the right buyer might be hard to find. It would be like trying to sell a virtually new 1952 Ford Mainline: most people want at least the Customline version. My 1988 Mercury Grand Marquis, with 376,000+ miles has COLD air conditioning which has never needed service — so perhaps this one also works right out of the gate! Under the hood sure LOOKS a whole lot fresher than mine! But, with all of the miles on mine, I’ll bet I only have about 65 hp. now — the car can’t get out of its own way in climbing a long hill. But it still runs smoothly and doesn’t burn oil. You don’t buy a Panther-platform Ford product for “performance”, anyway — you buy it for COMFORT!
what do you do with it? miles are the key. the more get added the less its worth
To Ken: aye, there’s the rub! It’s essentially a “museum piece” with little interest because it is a “basics” vehicle. It’s a “new” old car, whose only value is to be carefully driven and used for its intended purpose — but then you want it at a more reasonable price; or else, why bother? And it is NOT new — so, in use, it will turn-up with unanticipated problems (e.g. gaskets and other components that fail owing to the passage of time alone, once the car is driven regularly). Not worth this price, because of what it is. Country Squire? — yes — but not this.
Well, I am acquainted with these 5 litre Ford engines, having driven an 85 Grand Marquis with the throttle body injection, an 86 and 87 Town Car with the same injection. When the water pump goes all comes off the front, just tedious job done on each one. I think the 4-speed trans is an AOD, so not bad milage using regular fuel at constant highway speeds and using the cruise control. I think it was about 20 mpg, much lower at stop and go. They are good for well over 100,000 miles given regular oil changes and trans service too. Yes, the price on this one needs to come down to at least $20,000. Then use it when no salt on the roads. Cars are way too expensive these days and I never had a new one. Just get new tires and change the fluids, check rubber items. Take it to shows, buy collector car insurance.
Hi, Dave! My ’88 Grand Marquis has 376,000+ miles, so far… At 270,000 miles, the water pump began to leak slightly — though it wasn’t long before a drop here or there became a colling-system-draining “hole”. So, I know about needing a water pump, even though the pump itself was still functioning. Likewise, the alternator: it OPERATED perfectly — but the pulley-bearing finally began screaming. The air conditioning has never needed to be touched, and still blows ice-cold, but the pulley-bearing on the compressor is beginning (intermittently) to make some noise. Any thoughts on fixing the cruise control? At 376,000 miles, the “energy” is down, but she still burns no oil. And the transmission is a little loosey-goosey, but functioning. I’ve given up on the electric door locks: the Chinese replacements last less than six months!
Auction update: Not surprisingly, the auction ended with no takers at the seller’s asking price.
I challenge the seller to send this car to Mecum and see if he’ll get $27.5K for it….Looks gorgeous though.