Jon O.
Well-Known Member
I originally posted about this wagon wanting to pass on the original tires to someone's perfect car. 75LandYacht inquired more about it, and I figure others might be interested too.
It's a 1978 Ford LTD Wagon, started out life as a "promotional" car. Used by Ford to send different places to show off the new cars for 1978. Therefore it has a ton of options. Digital stereo radio, digital clock, remote mirrors, factory built in cb radio, cruise control, 3rd row seats, a tail gate that opens both directions, tilt steering wheel, and power door locks interestingly combined with roll up windows. At the end of 1978 it was given to a Ford executive near Detroit. He hardly used it. Not a fan of wagons, and he also had a 78 Torino that got the bulk of everyday use. It was taken on road trips/vacations, and every once in a long while used to haul something. It has 52,000 miles. Most of them put on at the beginning of the wagon's life. Most of the last 35 years have been spent sitting in the climate controlled garage, only driven a few times a year if at all. In 2009 he loaned it to a friend he used to work with who needed a car, and then it resumed it's wait in the garage. I bought it from his friend after he passed away. Came with the original title dated January 1979, and the waranty card. I was told "this car has never broken down, if you lived in California I would follow you out there to prove it." He must be right because every part is original and says Ford on it. A lot of parts have factory chalk marks on them. Everything works like new, and that includes the polar bear toe-freezing air conditioning. It runs like a brand new car and you can't hear it. I have to rely on dash lights to tell if it started, its that quiet. It has a 2.47 rearend and a Ford 351m smog engine, so it goes 0-60 in about 4 minutes, but there is nothing else to complain about.
It's a 1978 Ford LTD Wagon, started out life as a "promotional" car. Used by Ford to send different places to show off the new cars for 1978. Therefore it has a ton of options. Digital stereo radio, digital clock, remote mirrors, factory built in cb radio, cruise control, 3rd row seats, a tail gate that opens both directions, tilt steering wheel, and power door locks interestingly combined with roll up windows. At the end of 1978 it was given to a Ford executive near Detroit. He hardly used it. Not a fan of wagons, and he also had a 78 Torino that got the bulk of everyday use. It was taken on road trips/vacations, and every once in a long while used to haul something. It has 52,000 miles. Most of them put on at the beginning of the wagon's life. Most of the last 35 years have been spent sitting in the climate controlled garage, only driven a few times a year if at all. In 2009 he loaned it to a friend he used to work with who needed a car, and then it resumed it's wait in the garage. I bought it from his friend after he passed away. Came with the original title dated January 1979, and the waranty card. I was told "this car has never broken down, if you lived in California I would follow you out there to prove it." He must be right because every part is original and says Ford on it. A lot of parts have factory chalk marks on them. Everything works like new, and that includes the polar bear toe-freezing air conditioning. It runs like a brand new car and you can't hear it. I have to rely on dash lights to tell if it started, its that quiet. It has a 2.47 rearend and a Ford 351m smog engine, so it goes 0-60 in about 4 minutes, but there is nothing else to complain about.
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