The Ford Crown Victoria (and its sister cars at Lincoln and Mercury, the Town Car and Grand Marquis respectively) was a big body on frame beast built for the fleet car market. Cops, security guards, limo drivers, and old people put billions of miles on the 1.5 million examples that rolled off Fords production lines from 1993-2012...but the biggest downside from the perspective of a guy like me was the lack of a manual gearbox. It's no Miata, but that doesn't mean I can't try? This next example finally has the gearbox that'll let you give it a try. Find this
1998 Mercury Grand Marquis offered for $4900 in Annapolis, MD via craigslist.
Tip from Eric.
