Details

• Condition
  Pre-Owned Clear Title
• Engine
  5.0L 8 Cylinder
• Drivetrain
  Rear Wheel Drive
• Interior
  Dark Blue
• VIN #
  2FABP76F2JX217258
• Mileage
  19797
• Transmission
  Automatic
• Exterior Color
  Dark Blue Metallic
• Stock #
  SN3508
• Warranty
  

1988 Ford Crown Victoria LX Wagon — Dark Blue Metallic, 302 V8, Third-Row Seat, Clean Undercarriage Why This Car Is Special The 1988 Ford Crown Victoria LX Wagon is one of the most complete expressions of what American family transportation looked like in the late Reagan era. By 1988, the Crown Victoria name had been carried on the full-size Ford LTD platform since 1983, when Ford dropped the LTD Crown Victoria name and simplified the lineup. This generation of the Crown Victoria wagon represented the final years of a body style that dated to 1979, built on Ford's Panther platform — a body-on-frame, rear-wheel-drive architecture that Ford would continue refining well into the 2000s with the successor Crown Victoria sedan. What makes this particular car worth paying close attention to is the combination of body style, trim level, and mechanical configuration. The station wagon variant of the Crown Victoria was always a lower-volume build compared to the two-door and four-door sedan versions. Buyers who chose the wagon in LX trim were specifically opting for the top of the civilian passenger lineup — the full comfort package, the wood grain trim, the bench seating for up to nine occupants when the rear-facing third-row seat is deployed. The wagon also received a roof rack as standard equipment, something that made immediate practical sense for buyers who understood what a full-size rear-wheel-drive wagon was for. The VIN on this car decodes to confirm it was assembled in Wixom, Michigan, at the Ford Wixom Assembly Plant — the same facility that also built Lincoln Continental and Town Car models during that period. Wixom was Ford's prestige assembly plant, and the build quality associated with that location is part of why these cars have held up as well as the good examples have. This is a car for someone who grew up in the back of one, or who wishes they had. Clean examples of the 1988 Ford Crown Victoria LX Wagon are increasingly difficult to find because...