This 49K Mile 1990 Lincoln Town Car on the Panther Platform was a Car Ford Never Intended to Build
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
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If things had gone the way the top brass at Ford was planning, this 2nd generation Town Car never would have existed. The Panther Platform was intended as a stop gap measure to pave the way for smaller, front-wheel-drive cars like the ones that got Cadillac in so much trouble in the mid-1980s. Instead, Town Cars enjoyed a 30+ year production run, becoming the longest running platform in Ford history, and created billions in revenue for the company.
The FN36 body, or 2nd generation Town Car, has a special place in my heart. Fresh out of college and making a living on eBay, I purchased a 100K mile Cartier edition 1990 model and promptly fell in love with it. The rich interior, the regal good looks, and the pampered ride - it was like riding a cloud. It would forever make me a fan of the panthers, and the Town Cars in general.
This 1990 is a beautifully preserved example, and ordered with the most desirable features - Signature package, dual exhaust (good for 10 extra HP), full leather seats, dual-side airbags, and more. It's as lovely to drive as it is to look at.
Full review and test drive by Bill. Vehicle available at Autohaus of Naples, on the phone at (239) 263-8500, or at www.AutohausNaples.com. 
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This type of car is something that the rest of the world fails to understand: the USA is a massive country and therefore massive cars like this provide the ultimate experience for interstate travel. "oh it can't go around a corner, oh it's got a lazy big V8, oh it's softer than a bag of marshmellows"; all of these aspects are the exact point of the car, a large, safe, comfortable vehicle with an understressed engine that requires nothing more than oil changes and gasoline. great video on this for sure!
I'll bet a European never drove across middle of nowhere on highway 50 in Nevada.
Thats such a good point that people don’t get. I love fast cars or cars that can handle. I enjoy manual transmissions and turbocharged 4s, v8s etc. I hate the new trend in cars where they stiffen the chassis and suspension so damn much to make it feel sporty. You can make a car have flex, body roll and handle too.
American cars were purposely designed. Hard to detune a V6 or I4 for reliability and retain any power back in the 80-90s. Also gotta have some torque for that long economic gearing. I love it. Missing stuff like this more and more everyday. You wouldn’t import a bunch of town cars to japan, and West Europe and tell them how their Hondas and BMWs are stupid. How come people think big cars are stupid. Its a perfect car for flat land and cruising.
I don't know if Bill said that this was Motor Trends Car of the Year for 1990! Look it up if yu don't believe me! It's too bad horsepower was so low on this car however!
@@nathanlewis5682 I'm from great Britain I love and daily drive my 91 tc , it was interesting to find out that this shape tc is designed by british engineers, american car better than anything the Swedish French or Germans can offer from this time .
Bingo!
I have a 92 Cartier a whole lot like this.
While I was cleaning it up to sell it.... I fell in love with it and decided to keep it until I die.
No offense.. but many Lincoln lovers are awaiting that day. I bought a 92 town car yesterday from the 1st owner who recently passed away. The only way to get a good one anymore..
Absolutely a good idea !!! I'm never selling my 90 I get offers all the time its always NO😁the guy is right in another 15 plus yrs people will pay a arm and a leg for one these cars
Good choice I sold mine in '08 and have been regretting it almost every day since 😤
@@jessemedina4482 indeed. I just got a 1 owner 93 with 41k on it from a deceased owner sale.
same here bro i also have a 92 towncar and its the best car ever i love it man
To me, this generation Lincoln Town Car is the nicest riding American car ever built. Thank you for sharing!
Agree. Former Cadillac Fleetwood owner here :-0)
American cars are crap
@@Anonym-kd5wf Most are crap, but most are made with low quality parts from many different countries.
GM finally got serious about the Corvette and the Eighth Generation of Corvette went with high tech and race design from the ground up. With the center of gravity being just behind the driver's seat it also rides much smoother than imagined.
@@Anonym-kd5wf These Lincolns we’re great cars. Don’t be a jerkoff troll.
@@Anonym-kd5wf Must have a lot of time on your hands when the BMW is in the shop lol.
We need this back.
@Bjorn Ronan I use Instahack. It’s much better! Check it out please.
Now THAT is a beauty! My favorite generation of the Town Car.
Mine too. The best TC body.
Beautiful but im not sure it's more beautiful than the late 80's Town Car
Mine also; it took me a while to get used to the new look as I had an '88 square body with a 302 but the gas mileage was horrible. I know the 4.6 came out in '93? It was better looking to some degree but I waited until the new style in '95 to lease one. My '97 wasn't much different but it was my favorite and I could eek out 22.5 MPG's according to the computer dash. For me it was a rolling living room!
@@garthlocklin6355 4.6L came out in the 91 model year.
Mine too. Dad had this. Gave to shit brother. Of course he destroyed it. But of course he had to install 24s. Ghastly against such beauty.
Auto Haus of Naples video checklist:
1. Start each video with a healthy "Good Morning!"
2. Weather report/mentioning of nearby birds
3. History lesson of the vehicle we're about to see
4. "Very nice stuff" referenced multiple times
5. Golf bag or body reference for the trunk space
6. "Your Canadians are gonna be chipper in the back seat." "You can fit a couple of Canadians back there."
7. A gun reference for door pockets
8. Shaming the detailers for missing a spot
Don't forget the trips to the Asian massages and strip clubs
Someone's been paying attention in class. Excellent summary!
Not bad, but you did overlook a few things: "Let's just get into this thing", the occasional use of the phrases "Everything is nice and proper (under the hood), "Oh for the love of God", and talking about infant containment nets in the trunk, if applicable. Close the video with thanking us for watching, telling us about what's coming up next, and finally saying "Take care".
@@242HP throw in some `harkens back` and `you knows` for good measure.
love bill tho
And after listening to him say those a hundred times, it still never gets old.
I listen to this guy talk all day. He’s got a great voice and an eloquent vocabulary. Love it.
What a beauty. Those were the days of high quality craftsmanship from Ford.
And the short, video bonus, cruising at 85mph so softly, like riding on a cloud, made my day.
Thank you, Bill!
Agreed, sold it to me right there. unfortunately my 98 escort refuses to die and gets 42 mpg at 366000 miles now.
The 1990 town car will go down in history as the iconic classic American luxury cars back when cars were cars.
Watching Jack Nicklaus introduce it in the promo video, makes me want to go back to a simpler time
And, all that plus it was rated as one of the top used car purchases around the early 2000's. Very reliable and minimum expense on maintenance.
The most beautiful interior I have ever seen on a car. What a spectacular color on those leather seats. Super electronic gauges, just amazing.
I just bought a 1990 with 59k miles. gonna give it to my dad, I'm sure he would love and appreciate this classic
I thought I had a ton of knowledge about Lincoln town cars but this guy is pretty impressive. This was one of the best cars ever made. I have 2 97’s a and 1 96. Such great cars. A rental with hertz in 1996 created my obsession.
Had a 91, my neighbor handed me a check and told me he was purchasing my car. I knew he loved it so I agreed. Took a while but realized I missed it. Was a fabulous car. I am buying another this month. And yes, stumbled onto this video and laughed with the bird and goat comments. Cheers
It's a beautiful car. It looks elegant and understated. I also love the fact that it doesn't have a vinyl top.
From the 1961 Lincoln Continental sedans up to the very last Lincoln Continental/Town Car sedans in 2011, my favorites are the 61-65 models and the 1990-1997 body style. You definitely have a classic with this car being the last year with the legendary 302 cu. in pushrod V8. A beautiful survivor.
This was my favorite generation of the Town Car. It got more advanced & modern, & yet somehow became even more beautiful, classy & elegant than ever before.
Just bought a 1994 for 300 bucks!
Yes I agree with that
I bought a 1993 Town Car Signature Jack Nicklaus Edition for $500 about 2 1/2 years ago and absolutely love it!
WOW! What a find. I am jealous
This is my kind of luxury!! Well done Bill!
Beauty. I love my 1990 Cartier. Whoever buys this will be happy.
Dig the Cartier trim on Town Car.
Making Monday’s Great Again with Bill🇺🇸🚘😎 I’m in West Palm we had some major rain and wind last night. Thanks for being so great you’re better than most of what’s on tv today along with Mary Ann. I love these cars. To me they are more classy than the SUVS. Keep up the Great work👏👏👏
My Monday was crap until I seen this video! Well done Bill
This car is beautiful. My grandma had one for many years, but her's was kind of an oddball model. It was 92 executive series with the analog dash, bbs wheels, simulated convertible top, and the flat leather seat instead of the pillow-like bolster seat.
I wonder how many here know or remember the advertising slogan for this car when it came out: "Lincoln. What a luxury car should be." Couldn't be more true.
I remember that slogan very well.
@@mr.oshawottryana.m.1785 Good. I am glad I am not the only one.:)
Owned a 93 town car at 17 and loved it one of the best cars ever. I've had lacs but this car was special
I started eyeing these cars after 92-93 models came out.
Ended up with a 2008 model. Bought in 2010 with 33,000 miles. Now 213,000 miles with no regrets....
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. This car is the reason I got hired by Ford & just retired this year. I just pulled my jacket outta my coat closet that says 1990 Motor Trends Car of the year. It doesn't fit as good as it used to 🏭🐭🇺🇸
A whole family of bodies would fit in the trunk. Another good reason to have one of these awesome cars. Love the video!
Very good reason! come with me
I have several of the ‘80’s models, but the ‘90’s Town Cars are a pleasure all their own. This was the last year for the 302. ‘90 was also the only year for those exposed chrome bumper facades. The ‘90s models had such a nice glide, and they were really quite fast for such big cars. If you were not used to them you had to watch it, because you would be going 85 miles an hour in no time but it would feel like 55 because the cars were so quiet and smooth. These still look like such elegant, expensive cars. If this car were produced today, I still think it would sell - ESPECIALLY today, given that everything is now so devoid of style, comfort and personality.
Great video😍 I'm a proud owner of 2 lincolns a 90 and a 96 the 96 is on hydraulics my 90 is being restored no hydraulics on that one I want to keep it stock she runs like a dream
Absolutely one of the best cars ever made. I've had 4 and loved every single one of them.
When you find the best, easy to be addicted :-)
@@2Truth4Liberty that's a dang fact.
I’m looking at a ‘96 w/150k mi with apparently no mechanical problems. What are the common problems with these?
I had one of these. Gold metallic paint, fully loaded Signature trim, windshield de-icer. Miss it badly.
I adore your pure passion for lincoln's.
My Dad had a 90 white with blue interior,beautiful!
I've always liked the 90's body style the best! Growing up my dad had a 1974 Continental Town Coupe that he drove for many years. Have always been a Lincoln fan.
God this car in 1990 was such a breath of fresh air for the traditional American luxury car market. It looked somehow formal but contemporary with no chrome bumpers and no vinyl top. Cadillac had their slightly refreshed/warmed over version of the 1980 model "Brougham" on sale, along with that smaller FWD Deville that I don't care for.(which sold really well). Chrysler just discontinued their boxy RWD 5th Ave luxury version along with the very similar looking Diplomat cop car version. All they had was a shrunken ugly lump called the New Yorker and the Imperial with more tacky trim.
Great vedio on the Lincoln Town Car. I own 1989 Lincoln Town Car white with brown cloth seats as well as a moonroof and JBL radio. Half vinal roof. Bought it with 64.000 miles now has 207. 000 miles. I love driving it. Only use it for weekends, dinner and movie. Keep up the good work as well as the history of each car.
Just bought a red 92 Town Car yesterday from the original owner. Perfect companion car to my red 90 Mark VII.
I had one ,,, last year with the 5.0,,, beautiful car
It’s been a tough day and your videos make my day :)
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I liked the tail end of this generation better (95 - 97). I liked when they changed the dashboard design and made it flow into the doors.
As a rule, I'm strictly a Cadillac devotee, but I still have a great love for the early 90's Town Car. For one thing, the cabin was almost completely dead silent as you floated down the road. Cadillac was quiet, but I think Lincoln mastered the art of cabin silencing just a little bit better. Great video. I get a kick out of these Luxo barge videos because I absolutely adore the big Caddys and Lincolns. Don't judge me, but the FWD 1987 Cadillac Sedan de Ville is near the top of my favorite list for 80's American luxury cars. I swear I was born an 80 year old man.
I feel the same way, my favorite car since I was like 10 has been the Lincoln Town Car. I kinda dress like an 74 year old back in the late 90s 😂😂 and I’m 21
Haha I have both aswell
Oh yeah! I have a 92...51,000miles, blue with a white half vinyl, blue interior. I love it, love it, love it!!
The only car I ever had that drove and rode as well was a 96 Fleetwood.
What a grand car!!!!!
@@curiouscars9282 I'll tell you Bill, you sure have been showing some absolutely fantastic cars lately! Keep 'em coming, we love 'em!
Great video on my favorite car the lincoln town cars are the best 👌 thank you 😊 🇺🇲❤
I really miss my 1992 town car. Best ride ever!!
Loved those. I had a 2004. One of the best cars I ever owned.
I love this era Town Car!! Very quiet & comfortable!!!
I'm in my 30s an I recently came across the upgraded version signature series
An hand's down Love it. it's very hard to find one of these kind of cars in the kind of condition that it is in. Wanted to say you have a very beautiful Lincoln
You're my hero Bob!!!
My uncle in Ormond Beach had the Jack Nicklaus edition of this car. It was the softest smoothest ride I've ever experienced.
Best looking town car ever made
This made my day. Thanks, Bill.
What a gorgeous car. I love the nest of buttons on the driver side door.
I love the town car that’s my favorite car my dad had a 1987 Lincoln town car and 88 so it brings back memories for me I love the Lincoln town car
I purchased a black on black 1990 Lincoln Town Car signature w/a factory moonroof. a few years ago. It had 95K on it. Was a Ford Executive car for a year and a half before it was stolen - doors, seats, and the hood were taken. Someone in Ohio reassembled it, painted the parts, and resold it at a Ford dealer in 1993 with 30K in Ohio. Some elderly folks bought it and took it to florida for the winter for years. When I got it from their grandson, the paint was faded, the engine had been unfortunately overheated once, and the AC didn't work. One $60 clutch/coil/pulley NOS from eBay had the air pumping ice cubes again, no problem. Had the car repainted. Done lots of work to it - headgaskets, reman'd heads, etc. The seats are FANTASTIC. The car is not quick, but goes down the road well. Since it's fully restored - brakes, shocks, etc, it's my new truly turn key car. I can always depend on it to start, and go where I want to. But i use the car as a weekend pleasure car.
I'm amazed how many people tell me how much they LIKE the car - figured most don't care about them. But times are changing. The 1995-7 models I have to imagine will really capture the market's attention.
Please be sure to check the TV cable grommet on the throttle lever - if that plastic dried out junk bushing disintegrates, and the cable drops, the transmission will burn up in less than a mile.
The that it has "Mustang-like" 302 is a winner for me 👍🏾
You are due great credit for both your knowledge and your delivery of your knowledge.
This is the car I owned. Best car I ever owned. If I wasn't a completely broke bastard I buy this. From road trips to paint contracting using the trunk ass my gangbox. You have several videos of towncars. Gonna give them a thumbs up.
That’s the great American cars that we know hope they start make them again......AHMED FROM BAGHDAD IRAQ
Love this Lincoln... I just picked up a 91 Mustang LX 5.0 convertible and I was pretty stunned how much power it has.
Good decision on fords part to build the panther platform, great car!!
I have always watched your videos and now I'm subscribed! I can't express how much I enjoy your commentary. You mix it up with a little history that's not Google generated and I love how you treat the cars. Btw, I can detail for you full time even in a pinch.
I want a Town Car so bad.
Get one - my first car was a 2005 and I miss it every day
I’m selling a 93 Towncar with 66,000 original miles and a 2 owner car ! Needs very little to be perfect ! Mint interior, new tires and brakes and master cylinder with booster !I removed the fake convertible top because it deteriorated and want to put it back like the car in this video. Plus a few windows are not functioning well but I have 4 new oem Ford motors that need installed. Well maintained mechanically! Asking 2500 !
I clicked for the Town Car, but stayed for the enjoyable commentary
Beautiful combination!!
Gotta love these clouds on wheels xD 😆😍
That 1990 is a prize, it's the only year and last year that had the 5.0 EFI 302 V8.
I bought one four 2000 dollars ten years ago and it’s still my daily driver
I have a 97 love it. Just tripped 239000 miles.
I used to almost fall asleep going to work at 4 am ,,, dangerous but it saved my life at least twice 😊
Love it. My parents friend’s and aunts and uncles had one.
The metal trim on the bumper and side trim was unique to 1990. After this particularly year the bright work was replaced with pealing prone silver film covering a plastic/rubber material. Also I believe ‘90 was the last for the 302 V8. Indeed this was a beautiful luxury sedan. I still have my first generation panther platform Continental (Mark VI)
Through those years the interior was beautiful,was lost in the newer models
@@jamessimpson422 you’re correct, later Town Cars did go through a decontent phase. what do you think about the 3rd generation Town Car?
Nice ride. Now you guys need to find a Lincoln Mark VII with the 5.0L engine!
Yes
I miss my old Town Car. Owned a 1993 Jack Nick. Signature series. It was a beautiful car.
And very rare.
What a gorgeous car! I personally daily drive a '92 Signature, which is basically the same car other than the engine. I love the vacuum fluorescent instruments. Mine runs great all around with 183k on the odometer. I really enjoy your take on the vehicles in your videos. Super entertaining!
Yes my 90 is a daily driver a lot of work went into her but well worth the $$$
Lol you make my day when I hear you say something amusing. 😅 that's what I like on my 2006, the cornering lights when the left or right turn signal is on. My doors lock once I go a few feet on mine too.
The interior looks flawless. Thanks for sharing.
Great Lincoln, perfect review, thank you 👍😎
Awesome, I love town cars. That's a real beauty
I love these cars. Classy and stately! 😍
I need one of these Bill. Low miles of corse. Definitely one of my favorite cars
Already found one Bill. 1997 signature series. 41,000 original miles. I'm the 2nd owner. Purchased off the original owner. Can't get any better then that. It's not the best color blue/blue leather. But the ride is fantastic. I might want to sell it 20k and it's yours.
Wow I love this old car
I close my eyes and listen. Its Liberace! I mean that in a good way. JUST SUBSCRIBED
What a beautiful car
One of the very few nice looking American cars !!!
My dad had this exact car, ran for years...comfortable too would love to have one
My first car was an 05 Town Car Signature L - I miss it every day.Had 378k on it
This is my dream car. What a deal at under 14 thousand. One day soon.
I'm from Fort Myers and own a very similar TC in Denver at the moment. What a gem.
The 91 got the 4.6 liter for an additional 40 horsepower.
Beautiful car, love that red interior.
There will never be a better ride than what these cars gave
Love this year . I had a triple black one, then a 2004 that wasnt even close to the quality of the 1990.
Thank you for your information and history of this era. I appreciate it
This guys fantastic love his reviews
We need to have stately big luxury back into the car world.. heavy full framed elegance, beefy enough to bring down a fence! We already have so much of the hard taut sporty stuff. Hearing Bill actually owning this particular model of the Town Car in his late-20s made me think of- Pimp! hahah Good on ya, brother
This is such a clean car. Great design.
They are a great car smooth ride
I got to drive this car for a week as an upgraded rental on a FL vacation. I didn't want to return it to Hertz, so sweet! Leaving the airport, the first right turn I made zipped me from the far right turn lane to the third lane going north. After that it became a special ride on a cloud! 💓
I lways had a huge soft spot for the 90s towncar. I just love the huge overhang on teh front and rear. I always wanted to make a race car version. LOL
Just Beautiful Sir! I want one that clean one day.
Another great video, brought to us, by our buddy Bill!!!!
Love the luxury cars, all day long!!
KEEP EM COMING!!!! 👍