This is quite a posh ride for a Fire Chief, not that they haven’t earned it and don’t deserve it. Without any markings and possibly having had a repaint, we don’t know what city or municipality this 1990 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Fire Chief’s Car is from. The seller has it posted here on craigslist in Halifax, Massachusetts, and they’re asking $6,500. Here is the original listing, and thanks to Tony P. for the tip!
The right rear door appears a bit darker, and if you look at the details, you can tell that it’s been painted in a few areas. Not that it’s a bad thing, it’s just an observation. The seller doesn’t mention rust, and they say that it’s not perfect, but it’s a good driver. You can see some bubbling and quite a few dents and dings in that close-up photo showing the right-side rocker panel area. For local shows, it would be fun to own, or just as a nice driving, road trip car, maybe. Page 9 of this 1990 Ford brochure shows the LTD Crown Victoria, and even better, this entire brochure shows just the LTD Crown Vic.
I really like law enforcement vehicles, or anything related to emergency vehicles, as long as I’m not riding in the back seat of one, that is. Not that I’ve been in one, as far as being nabbed for any nefarious activities. We don’t get to see underneath, and there are no photos showing the trunk compartment. Otherwise, the seller has hit all the high points of this LTD Crown Vic, with 24 great photos in their listing.
A Fire Chief’s job isn’t just sitting around, but when they do sit and need to drive someplace, this isn’t a bad place to sit. Ford made the LTD Crown Victoria from 1979 for the 1980 model year until 1991, and then the LTD name went away, and it became simply the Crown Victoria. The interior looks great in this car, both front and back, and the cool electronics apparently go with the sale. I’m assuming the light bar on the roof is also included, since they say the lights work.
The engine is Ford’s 302-cu.in. OHV fuel-injected V8, which was rated at 150 horsepower and 270 lb-ft of torque for the standard version, and 180 horsepower and 285 lb-ft of torque for the Police version. We don’t know which one this is, do you? Power is sent through a four-speed AOD automatic transmission to the rear wheels, and they say it has 57,000 miles and it’s a good driver. Are any of you into emergency vehicle collecting?
Lots of room for the Chief and his gear.
Interesting SG that you would write up this Crown Vic. I have subscribed to Hemmings Motor News (the print version) for many years. Its main duty is to accompany me to doctor’s visits, to pass the time in the waiting room (while everyone else stares at their phone). Which is what happened today. In the September issue was an article about a car show featuring old police cars.
This would be low-stress to own. Something to just keep running (which for a bread-and-butter Crown Vic, shouldn’t be an issue), no need to stress about restoration or value. Just enjoy running errands and taking it to Cars & Coffee. Not sure about the light bar though.
Where’s the fire, Chief? Would get mighty old. I read, in most jurisdictions, red or blue( official colors) light bars are illegal to have on a personal car, and can have dire consequences impersonating an officer or fire dept. official. Why would anyone want that on a car that has no other indication of being a vintage fire dept. car. Some states allow them if the vehicle has historical plates, and are deactivated. Some folks likes are sure different. What makes our country so great.
The car itself is a great find, tough as nails, any LEO package is simply the best, but lose the light bar. They made great taxicabs too.
I think this is great. To address the light bar issue, they used to make covers for them to show you are Off Duty. I’m not sure if you could still get that or not. This would be fun to run around in take the grand kids for ice cream and what not.
I lived in Halifax, Ma. before moving up to Maine. Never saw this around town our at the Friday night car shows.
First photo taken right where the transport trailer would load up the bikes for Sturgus and Daytona bike weeks. Other photo by side of liquor store and restaurant.
Great town for seeing a lot of muscle cars cruising on weekends.
I do not recall any of the local towns having Crown Vics for the chiefs. Pretty frugal communities, not known for lavish spendings. Locals at John’s Barber shop would have had a field day questioning the spending on this.
I would drive it, not sure if the odometer has rolled but in the pictures the car appears to be in park with the shift indicator in first, easy fix . Wonder if it would make the 2500 mile drive home.