Just after I wrote that non-Country Squire Ford LTDs were rare Junkyard Finds (we've had three so far: this '69, this '71, and this '72), I found this Majestic yellow four-door hardtop in a San Francisco Bay Area wrecking yard. As an added bonus, it's a Brougham!
We laugh at Malaise Era big Detroit cars now, with their overwrought heraldic crests and laughably fake wood and leather, but I spent much of my childhood in cars like this and they actually seemed pretty nice at the time.
The 351M V8 was big on torque, not so great for horsepower or fuel economy.
This one got a lot of use over its 38-year lifespan.
There is no way in hell this generation of LTD managed to get 22 mpg on the highway, even with the not-so-strict tests of the time. It was comfortable, though.
from The Truth About Cars http://ift.tt/Jh8LjA
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