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1997 Mercury Grand Marquis

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1997 Mercury Grand Marquis

84 photos documented since 2007 2 years documented ♡ Follow this build

The story

This was my parents' car for about 10 years. They needed a car better suited for travel in snow. So now I have it and will be making it better suited to more "spirited" driving. — jpanther

Day one vs. today

Drag to compare 2007 against 2009.

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis in 2009

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis in 2007

2007 2009

Photo history

84 photos across 3 years — drag the dot to travel through this vehicle’s life. Captions are the owner’s; where there isn’t one, the AI caption fills in.

2007

2007

53 photos added — showing 8

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Getting Ready to work on it for the first time

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Rear end. Getting ready to work

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - The Grille cavity looked like this from the factory (!)

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Cavity before closeup

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Another Cavity before, closeup

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Mask it off...

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Doing some painting...

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Now THAT"S better!

2008

21 photos added — showing 8

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Thought I would clean out this area just in case it was causing the leak... It wasn't. But glad I did it anyway.

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - That's 11 years worth of leaves and debris. I'm ashamed.

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - This is what's on the underside of the back seat cushion. See the wire? It is what engages the hooks on the floor of the car.

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - No more room for passengers.

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - A big empty

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - More empty

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Yech! That carpet is filthy. How do you like my trim painted black?

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - You'll need a Torx #47 wrench to remove the seatbelt anchor bolts

2009

8 photos added

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Reupholstered Recaro LS with Recarophonic Headrests.

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Passenger Seat

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Grille March 2009

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Close up of grille painted with tool coating after over a year and 25k+ miles

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - DIN 1.5 3/4 view

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis - Porsche Carbon Composite Brakes

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