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re: The Ford Panther body should be included in the pantheon of great American cars
Posted on 9/5/26 at 11:42 am to Chucktown_Badger
Posted on 9/5/26 at 11:42 am to Chucktown_Badger
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My dad had one of those for years. White with the blue top. Ride was phenomenal, but the airbag suspension or whatever it was was a ticking timebomb. I think he got well up over 200k miles though.
The Panther air suspension being problematic is kind of a myth.
When your regular shock absorbers go out, most people never even realize it until the problem is glaring.
When an air spring leaks, you know right away, so does everyone who sees your car, and people are skeered of them because "different".
In reality, it takes 15-20 mins to replace an air spring from roll on the lift to roll off. There are only three components that can go bad - the air springs themselves, the solenoid on them, and the compressor. If the dryer is changed out on the compressor every 50k miles or so, the compressor will last forever.
Now, air suspension on a Land Rover or an Audi is an entire 'nother planet, and they are very complex and expensive to repair.
Posted on 9/5/26 at 12:29 pm to weagle1999
Took my first real date out in my grandma’s 1977 Mercury Grand Marquis. Don’t know if it’s a panther body, but whatever.
Not really sure where those shitty hubcaps came from.
Not really sure where those shitty hubcaps came from.
Posted on 9/5/26 at 2:14 pm to weagle1999
1958 Pontiac Aztek
Posted on 9/5/26 at 2:16 pm to weagle1999
The Crown Vic was a great police car. I wish Ford had not discontinued it.
Posted on 9/5/26 at 2:40 pm to Drydock
I have a 2011 CVPI myself.
—And rear wheel drive
—And rear wheel drive
Posted on 9/5/26 at 2:52 pm to weagle1999
The late (2004-2005) Buick Park Avenue with the 3.7L Buick V6 were great cars - motor was incredibly durable. It had excellent handling and was a weightier car than the Crown Vics. I loved mine, but it lost out to a pack of feral hogs one night. There's a little old lady in town who has one and I'm waiting for her to get rid of it - has about 30k miles on it.
My favorite Buick.
My favorite Buick.
Posted on 9/19/26 at 9:40 am to Timeoday
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Yes it is. The last 3 panther bodies I have owned, two TCs and a MGM
Mom had two brand new back to back TC's one in 91 one 94, it was like riding on an air cloud.
Posted on 9/19/26 at 10:08 am to weagle1999
If I ever won the lottery, one of my garages would have a Mercury Marauder, 1st and 2nd generation Lightnings, 1993 Cobra, 1995 & 2000 Cobra R's, 2004 Mystichrome Cobra, and a 1st gen Ford GT.
Posted on 9/19/26 at 11:15 am to weagle1999
Absolutely
Posted on 9/19/26 at 11:38 am to Strannix
Once you had bilstein b6 shocks on each corner it becomes a very fun car to drive.
Posted on 9/19/26 at 11:40 am to weagle1999
Reminds me of a Ford Crown Victoria.
Posted on 9/19/26 at 1:54 pm to weagle1999
That first pic reminded me the car we used for the drivers ed was a Ford Tempo. I know that’s not a panther, but I’d forgotten all about the Ford tempo and that’s it was the car I used in drivers Ed.
Posted on 9/19/26 at 1:59 pm to ELLSSUU
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IMSA
You ever tried to smuggle a kilo of weed in a Fox body?
Racin' ain't cheap, baw.
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