This week in the Spotlight Series on individual vehicles in the collection, we examine the 1982 Mercury LN7, a fun little two-seater that only saw the market for two years.
Not even the windshield haha But the entire floorpan, firewall, fuel door, and front unibody/frame is identical to Escort. Select areas are Escort though too should an EXP/LN7 need any bodywork: The doors below the top sill The front fenders until the turn signal The rear fender flares It was sad when he passed, I only got to exchange messages with him a few times when I got into these back in 2015 where shortly after he stopped visiting the group to only once every few months then just vanished. Almost a year later we heard about his passing, he wasn't very old either ☹️ He absolutely loved and cherished these cars and you can tell his ill health caught him by surprise because while the LN7 was left indoors the EXP was parked hastily under a lean-to where it left exposed to the elements for a good 2-3 years before his family parted with them. The EXP left in very poor shape, both used to be pristine examples before he left us. Glad the LN7 is in good hands again, hope the EXP can too because its restoration never finished.....
This LN7 was actually sitting under a pine tree for at least a couple of years before I bought it from his sister. It was covered in so many pine needles that I still find them on occasion.
Hard to choose among the many brilliant features that Smoky displays - frog eye headlights, 10-slot grille, or the bubble back hatch. What a great member of your collection 👀
i went to high school with a guy who's parent's bought 1 of these new poor kid he hated it he wanted a chevy nova.
Richard just sold it's partner car.
That’s a shame. He should have kept it. Keep them all!
Easiest heater core replacement of any car I have ever worked on.
Just stumbled across this. I was friends with Danny. I miss him lots. This is one of my favorite cars of his. Glad it ended up in good hands!
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The naming convention of "LN7" reminds me of the Licoln "Marks".
LN LN LN LN LN LN LN 😂
Not even the windshield haha
But the entire floorpan, firewall, fuel door, and front unibody/frame is identical to Escort. Select areas are Escort though too should an EXP/LN7 need any bodywork:
The doors below the top sill
The front fenders until the turn signal
The rear fender flares
It was sad when he passed, I only got to exchange messages with him a few times when I got into these back in 2015 where shortly after he stopped visiting the group to only once every few months then just vanished. Almost a year later we heard about his passing, he wasn't very old either ☹️ He absolutely loved and cherished these cars and you can tell his ill health caught him by surprise because while the LN7 was left indoors the EXP was parked hastily under a lean-to where it left exposed to the elements for a good 2-3 years before his family parted with them. The EXP left in very poor shape, both used to be pristine examples before he left us. Glad the LN7 is in good hands again, hope the EXP can too because its restoration never finished.....
This LN7 was actually sitting under a pine tree for at least a couple of years before I bought it from his sister. It was covered in so many pine needles that I still find them on occasion.
Hard to choose among the many brilliant features that Smoky displays - frog eye headlights, 10-slot grille, or the bubble back hatch. What a great member of your collection 👀
Always thought these were cute little cars. Love the red interior with the white exterior and black trim.