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2000 Ford Crown Victoria “nightrider”
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
2000 Black Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (ex- Marion County Sheriff crusier) was 2- tone brown now it is all black including all jams and trunk lid and hood. Bought car from a younger guy who literally knew nothing about cars on Feb. 1st, 2012. Now i am paying to get it back to origional running and looking condition along with other odds and ends stuff as i come along them. For starters I bought the car not knowing the ignition key wasnt even needed AT ALL. Could start the car without the key(ignition lock cylinder faulty). On top of that first night i had it locked the doors going to my buddies house to show it off and couldnt get back in(key didnt fit). Engine light comes on day after i had it, throwing me o2 sensor codes. Battery light comes on and off intermittenly( HAVE NO CLUE). Only the passenger windows were tinted by a rookie! Interior side of Trunk lid is peeled back for an unkown reason( probably antena wires). The tail lights had the cheap black-out paint on them that looked dirty and very choppy like. Interior panels of different sorts painted black and very very sloppy.It did have all 4 center caps for the 16-inch deep dish rims, but no beauty rings. Spotlight was put in horribly wrong and didnt swivel or go up or down.
With all that being said, I have now replaced over half the interior panels that were black, I have bought a newspotlight and instaled it CORRECTLY and is in WORKING condition! Replaced both tail lights with clear new red ones. Had the windows professionaly tinted along with an eyebrow to match tint! New stainless steel beauty rings. Cleaned engine compartment etc. Will be detailing Feb. 16 and post pics .. dont have any before pics but have all the parts i replaced! — nickparry22
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