Junkyard Exploration

I'll be honest, I always liked the look of the Crown Vic. In particular, the "civilian" versions of it that basically drove like you were riding couch. My very first car was a 1979 version of the Crown Victoria which I had when I left home to work at my first job in a city that was about a 5-hour drive away. With no air conditioning and only an AM radio, it certainly didn't fit the image most people would have for these cars. It did have a 302 V8 engine in it though, and for a 19-year old kid, that was the only option I needed, though I did collect the occasional speeding ticket. I drove that car for a couple of years, doing that 5-hour drive to visit "family" (OK - the girl I was dating at the time) until one night in February the oil pump gave up the ghost and left me stranded literally hours from anywhere. Even though it let me down in the end, I always had a soft spot for these cars so I was quite excited to find this one since the major...