LTD
and
Crown
Victoria
1979
to 1991
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The
new downsized Ford LTD was introduced for the 1979 model year. The LTD-S
was a lower priced version of the LTD
that was used as a
fleet package car. The police package was available on both the LTD-S and
the LTD. Most police and fire
departments used the
lower priced LTD-S over the more expensive LTD. The LTD-S was available
from 1979 to 1982, and
had only a single
headlight on each side of the front grill.. The 1979 and 1980 LTD-S had
ventilation slots in the middle of the
front bumper, the
1981 and 82 models had a solid front bumper. Also all of the 1982 Ford
LTD's (both LTD-S and regular LTD)
had the blue Ford
oval on the front grill, previous models had the word FORD stamped on the
top of the front grill. For 1983
the car was renamed
the LTD Crown Victoria (The LTD name was given to the mid-sized Ford, commonly
known as the baby LTD).The
car was next restyled in
1988, and remained basicly the same until it was replaced with an all new
Crown Victoria in 1992. The
full sized Ford police
car was not a big seller up to the mid 1980's, because police cars
from Dodge, Plymouth and Chevrolet
were better overall
during those years. By 1985 sales began to pick up, and by 1990 the big
Ford Police car was selling just about even with the Chevy Caprice. |
