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Yes­ter­day I got in a pretty bad crash with the T-Bird. I’ll let the pic­tures do the talking:

http://​cars​.sean​har​low​.info/​v​/​1​9​9​5​t​b​i​r​d​/​c​r​a​sh/

Also, I put the Crown Vic up for sale on eBay. Unfor­tu­nately with the T-Bird pos­si­bly totaled, I might have to pull the auc­tion and fix it up to be my daily dri­ver once more.

http://​cgi​.ebay​.com/​e​b​a​y​m​o​t​o​r​s​/​w​s​/​e​B​a​y​I​S​A​P​I​.​d​l​l​?​V​i​e​w​I​t​e​m​&​a​m​p​;​r​d​=​1​&​a​m​p​;​i​t​e​m​=​1​1​0​0​4​9​6​0​6​2​2​2​&​a​m​p​;​s​s​P​a​g​e​N​a​m​e​=​S​T​R​K​:​M​E​S​E​:​I​T​&​a​m​p​;​i​h​=​001

We’ll see.

Unfor­tu­nately, I just have to sell my Crown Vic. It’s been a great car for the past 14 months, and as my first car I’ll always remem­ber it.

Here’s the info:

• 1993 Ford Crown Vic­to­ria P71 “Police Interceptor”
• VIN 2FACP71W7PX188764
• 4.6L (281ci) SOHC V8 (200 HP)
• AODE elec­tronic 4 speed auto­matic transmission
• Fac­tory true dual exhaust with “H” pipe
• 8.8″ rear axle w/ 2.73:1 gears

The car has year-old tires, has been main­tained at the rec­om­mended inter­vals, and runs fairly well. It has leather seats from a Grand Mar­quis and a CD play­ing head unit (not installed). This car will do triple digit speeds com­fort­ably if one is so inclined.

With the good, there’s always the bad. It’s drip­ping coolant from some unknown place, it burns oil, and there’s a hole in the exhaust. The paint isn’t great and there’s rust in the fend­ers. There are also some stains on the car­pet and a major crack in the dash cover.

Regard­less of this, if the coolant and oil lev­els are checked and topped off every week or two, it runs fine. I used it as my daily dri­ver right up until I got my Thun­der­bird and it never left me stranded or gave me any real trouble.

Pics can be found at http://​cars​.sean​har​low​.info