Accumulator
08-29-2012, 10:59 AM
I'm selling my Vortech s/c '01 P73 as I have too many vehicles and want to concentrate my Panther efforts on my '08 P71.
Built by Dennis Reinhart for its original owner (s/c first installed around 59K miles), I bought it in 2008 and had Dennis do numerous upgrades. I've had it maintained at White's Maibach Ford (contact Service Mgr. Jim Brubaker 330 682-2040). Recently inspected/tuned by Lidio Iacobelli at Alternative Auto Performance (586 949-7505). Jim and Lidio can confirm that the car is well sorted.
Here's a link to the thread Dennis Reinhart started the last time I considered selling it: http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=59896 . Check out the YouTube video, which shows most of the car's features. I might try to get some fresh pix up, but that gives a general idea of what the car is.
I somewhat disagree with Dennis's description of the car's cosmetics. It *is* very clean, but IMO it needs some paintwork and maybe new bumper covers, and the tint on the rear sideglass could stand redoing. As is, it's freshly detailed and a very good "20/20" car. It's not rusty, and by any standards it's pretty nice for an 11 year-old Crown Vic.
Fresh 91 octane dyno-tune (and general going-over) by Lidio. It's currently making 345RWHP and 362.9RWTQ at 8.8psi. The tune is very mild, especially with regard to the transmission's behavior.
Newer additions:
-Ported plenum and 75mm TB from Chris at ADTR
-Electric water pump (with an engine-hour meter to keep track of its use)
-New alternator
-Aux. transmission cooler
-Torsen T2-R with 3.55s (previously installed Ford LSD with 3.73 gears included with sale)
-Metco watts link
-P71 steering gearbox from Red Head Steering Gears
-New battery underhood and spare battery hardwired in trunk for when the Cobra alarm causes a drain (after the car sits for a long time)
-4 Michelin Pilots (spare is 16" steelie)
Other stuff:
One lower balljoint cover is cracked, but I haven't fixed it as the car is seldom driven in bad weather and the dealership guys said it doesn't need fixing yet.
The rear valence has a broken-out hole for one of the rear license plate retaining nuts.
Black sideview mirror caps (oe white ones included).
Decent aftermarket stereo with adj. sub and Sony head unit.
Relatively new Keystone headlights with relay harness.
Wired for foglights (currently removed but included with behind-grille mounts) and hardwired for V1 radar detector (V1 not included in sale).
Lower dash trim is off a Marauder (~85% condition) with switch for adj. pedals (I replaced the adj. pedals with regular ones, but will include them). I don't have the original lower dash trim.
(I would mount the foglight switch where the pedal switch is.)
Inertia switch relocated from trunk to driver's footwell.
Switch to bypass/cutout the always-hot fuel door and trunk switches.
Auto-dim mirror with outside temperature and compass.
The light gray split bench cloth interior is clean and in great shape, but the driver's floormat retaining tab is missing.
Car currently has about 75K on it and has not been beat on by either me or its original owner. Other than the cosmetics, which a less-particular person could just live with, this s/c Crown Vic should be all ready for its next owner.
Car is located in NE Ohio near the Akron/Canton airport.
Asking price $12,000. As-is, no warranty, no trades; cash, MO, or ETF only, etc. etc. I need this to be a simple, clean transaction. I hate to let it go so cheap, but I love my '08 and I just don't need two panthers as much as I need garage space.
I wanted to offer it to members of this site (and also CV.net) first as these forums are an invaluable resource for me. I'd sure prefer that it stay "in the family" and go to a member here.
Built by Dennis Reinhart for its original owner (s/c first installed around 59K miles), I bought it in 2008 and had Dennis do numerous upgrades. I've had it maintained at White's Maibach Ford (contact Service Mgr. Jim Brubaker 330 682-2040). Recently inspected/tuned by Lidio Iacobelli at Alternative Auto Performance (586 949-7505). Jim and Lidio can confirm that the car is well sorted.
Here's a link to the thread Dennis Reinhart started the last time I considered selling it: http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=59896 . Check out the YouTube video, which shows most of the car's features. I might try to get some fresh pix up, but that gives a general idea of what the car is.
I somewhat disagree with Dennis's description of the car's cosmetics. It *is* very clean, but IMO it needs some paintwork and maybe new bumper covers, and the tint on the rear sideglass could stand redoing. As is, it's freshly detailed and a very good "20/20" car. It's not rusty, and by any standards it's pretty nice for an 11 year-old Crown Vic.
Fresh 91 octane dyno-tune (and general going-over) by Lidio. It's currently making 345RWHP and 362.9RWTQ at 8.8psi. The tune is very mild, especially with regard to the transmission's behavior.
Newer additions:
-Ported plenum and 75mm TB from Chris at ADTR
-Electric water pump (with an engine-hour meter to keep track of its use)
-New alternator
-Aux. transmission cooler
-Torsen T2-R with 3.55s (previously installed Ford LSD with 3.73 gears included with sale)
-Metco watts link
-P71 steering gearbox from Red Head Steering Gears
-New battery underhood and spare battery hardwired in trunk for when the Cobra alarm causes a drain (after the car sits for a long time)
-4 Michelin Pilots (spare is 16" steelie)
Other stuff:
One lower balljoint cover is cracked, but I haven't fixed it as the car is seldom driven in bad weather and the dealership guys said it doesn't need fixing yet.
The rear valence has a broken-out hole for one of the rear license plate retaining nuts.
Black sideview mirror caps (oe white ones included).
Decent aftermarket stereo with adj. sub and Sony head unit.
Relatively new Keystone headlights with relay harness.
Wired for foglights (currently removed but included with behind-grille mounts) and hardwired for V1 radar detector (V1 not included in sale).
Lower dash trim is off a Marauder (~85% condition) with switch for adj. pedals (I replaced the adj. pedals with regular ones, but will include them). I don't have the original lower dash trim.
(I would mount the foglight switch where the pedal switch is.)
Inertia switch relocated from trunk to driver's footwell.
Switch to bypass/cutout the always-hot fuel door and trunk switches.
Auto-dim mirror with outside temperature and compass.
The light gray split bench cloth interior is clean and in great shape, but the driver's floormat retaining tab is missing.
Car currently has about 75K on it and has not been beat on by either me or its original owner. Other than the cosmetics, which a less-particular person could just live with, this s/c Crown Vic should be all ready for its next owner.
Car is located in NE Ohio near the Akron/Canton airport.
Asking price $12,000. As-is, no warranty, no trades; cash, MO, or ETF only, etc. etc. I need this to be a simple, clean transaction. I hate to let it go so cheap, but I love my '08 and I just don't need two panthers as much as I need garage space.
I wanted to offer it to members of this site (and also CV.net) first as these forums are an invaluable resource for me. I'd sure prefer that it stay "in the family" and go to a member here.