Hemmings find of the day: 1997 Ford Crown Vic converted wagon

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    Hemmings find of the day: 1997 Ford Crown Vic converted wagon

    Someone did a nice conversion job to transform a Ford Crown Vic sedan into a station wagon
    http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...station-wagon/

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    Re: Hemmings find of the day: 1997 Ford Crown Vic converted wagon

    Hey, that looks plum nice!
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    Re: Hemmings find of the day: 1997 Ford Crown Vic converted wagon

    it is evident they used a taurus wagon tail, but regardless, they did an amazing job! Great find!!
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    Re: Hemmings find of the day: 1997 Ford Crown Vic converted wagon

    Pretty well done, I wondered what a wagon version of these would have looked like since they never offered one, according to a Ford designer at the time, they never even considered drawing up a wagon proposal.

    It gets a little strange with the transition from the narrower Taurus roof to the wider LTD body.

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    Re: Hemmings find of the day: 1997 Ford Crown Vic converted wagon

    That looks terrible, I mean come on guys, that is horrible looking

    A lot of work for the fabrication yes, but the look is terrible

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    Re: Hemmings find of the day: 1997 Ford Crown Vic converted wagon

    They should have widened and lengthened the Taurus rear assembly to better fit the CV BUT still the workmanship looks great
    Man this reminds me of good ol GM...you can use "same ol GM" as you use "same ol Lions"

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    Re: Hemmings find of the day: 1997 Ford Crown Vic converted wagon

    Quote Originally Posted by Smaart Aas Saabr View Post
    That looks terrible, I mean come on guys, that is horrible looking

    A lot of work for the fabrication yes, but the look is terrible
    Agree. It's like "There, I fixed it" got plastic surgery.

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    Re: Hemmings find of the day: 1997 Ford Crown Vic converted wagon

    Admire the work, just didn't come out right IMO.

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    Re: Hemmings find of the day: 1997 Ford Crown Vic converted wagon

    Love the idea, and I suppose they did they best they could using Ford parts... but, well, it's a little weird. Might have worked as well with an Explorer rear section...
    It's been swell, but the swelling's gone down.

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