So, here's one for you. My 85 LTD LX has a story and it goes like this. It's a one owner car (I'm the second) of course it has the 5.0 but it was built with a 5 speed. I know this sounds like a BS story, but it seems to have some truth to it. The guy I bought the car from raced a 85 SVO with some factory backing from Ford. At some point in the 85 season Ford gave him this car to use. Eventually the car was "sold" to him for the sum of $1. Now like I said, sounds like BS and I have not got a Marti on it yet, but he was not trying to sell the car to me with the story. I went to his house to look at a F150 for parts and here sits this LTD under a cover. When I realized what was under the cover, i asked if it was for sale and was given an imediate "no". This car was his baby that he liked so much that only after we talked for a long time before he offered it to me. Back in the day he had bought all of the LX specific trim new and put it away - even bought a bolt of fabric to reupholster the seats if need be. The thing is that all this stuff on the car is still in great condition. He had held on to the SVO too and had only sold it a few months before I bought this car.
My opologies if this story should be posted someplace else.
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