Sunday, November 26, 2023

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

My parents purchased this 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon in Sand Beige with a Clove Brown interior from Columbia Ford in Longview Washington, on August 19, 1992, with 72,577 miles on the odometer for $3,999.00, trading in their 1985 Mercury Marquis for $1,500.00. 

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

It is powered by a standard 140-horsepower electronically fuel-injected 5.0-liter V8 engine producing 250 ft-lbs of torque with Electronic Engine Control IV and a 4-speed Automatic Overdrive Transmission. 

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

Ford had introduced the new LTD on the brand-new Panther platform in 1979, and introduced the LTD Crown Victoria 2-door and 4-door sedans in 1980 as a top-of-the-line trim featuring a brushed aluminum trim band over the B-pillars. 

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

With the 1983 introduction of a smaller LTD on the Fox platform, all the Panther platform models became LTD Crown Victorias, including the wagons which never had the B-pillar trim. 

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

Wagons with woodtone exterior paneling were called Country Squire, but those without were simple LTD Crown Victoria Wagons. 

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

Just 4 inches longer than the sedans, LTD Crown Victoria Wagons feature 89.5 cubic feet of cargo area with the rear seats folded down, plus a 2 cubic foot lockable side storage compartment, and another lockable storage compartment under the rear load floor that measures 9.9 cubic feet in a car without the dual facing rear seats like this one.

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

The LTD Crown Victoria Wagon also features a 3-way doorgate, which opens like a door with its power window up or down, or lowers like a tailgate. 

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

Standard equipment included power steering, power front disc & rear drum brakes, concealed windshield wipers with fluidic washer system, power ventilation system, conventional spare tire, Super Luxury sound insulation, quad rectangular halogen headlamps, front and rear bumper guards, left-hand remote-control mirror, vinyl insert bodyside moldings, bright wheelslip moldings, rocker panel moldings, hood & bodyside accent stripes, courtesy lights in glove box, front ashtray & cargo area, day/night rearview mirror, fold-down rear seat, and removable color-keyed load floor carpet. 

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

New for 1985 were a redesigned dashboard and steering wheel and gas-pressurized shock absorbers. 

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

This well-equipped example also features an electronic AM/FM stereo search radio with cassette tape player including Dolby® Noise Reduction, auto-reverse and program search features, leather-wrapped steering wheel, air conditioning, pivoting vent front windows, rear window defroster, Tripminder® computer, cornering lamps, illuminated entry system, speed control, tilt steering wheel, right-hand remote convex mirror, interval windshield wipers, deluxe luggage rack, heavy-duty trailer towing package, 6-way power driver seat adjustment, bumper rub strips, cast aluminum wheels, power side windows, the Power Lock Group with power door locks and doorgate lock, the Interior Luxury Group including reclining split bench seats with seat back map pockets, optional leather upholstery with special sew style, luxury door panels with assist straps, full length armrest and power side window controls, 18-ounce cut-pile floor carpeting, additional woodtone appliques on instrument panel, electronic digital clock, trip odometer, low oil level and low fuel warning lights, dual illuminated visor mirrors, automatic parking brake, and the Light Group including dual beam map light, headlamps-on warning chime, engine compartment light, and dual instrument panel courtesy lights.

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

For 1986, the Interior Luxury Group would become its own trim line: the LTD Crown Victoria LX. 

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

The LTD Crown Victoria would receive a facelift for 1988, with slightly more aerodynamic styling.

1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Wagon
Photo by Cliff West

This generation of LTD Crown Victoria would continue through 1991. A new aerodynamic 4-door sedan would emerge for 1992, though no 2-door or wagon would be offered. With the Fox-platform LTD having been discontinued after 1986 in favor of the new Taurus, the LTD name was dropped entirely in 1992 and Ford's full-size sedan was simply called the Crown Victoria until it was finally discontinued in 2012.


Video by Cliff West

Here is a video my dad made about this car in 2010.

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