Hello everyone,

I'm quite new to this site and it would be great to meet some car like-minded people. My name's Phil and I own a Ford Crown Victoria P71 Police Interceptor. Biggest engine I've had being a 4.6L V8 so my wallet isn't going to like what's coming next.

Feels like eternity going through the import process but finally picking it up next week! Going to be turning it into a Florida Sheriff's car to give it bit of a unique touch.

Pics below show it before (as it was when I got it from Florida) to what I'm going to be doing it up as.

Thanks,

Hi!

Well that is a barge and a half!

There are a few on here who are loving the Crown Vics. Are you planning to show it? It will draw some serious attention!

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Hi welcome :)

Hi both, thanks for the welcome.

Cheers Goodkat, yep it's quite the beast, I'm pretty sure my friends have already given it all the nicknames under the sun.

Yeah I definitely want to get it out and about! I've booked a spot on the FOC stand at Ford Fair which would be cool.

I've got it just in time for the summer too! :D

Welcome to the site Phil!:)

Cool car!B)

Thanks Wes! :)

You should change your user name to Buford T Justice! Or Smokey...

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Ah yes could do indeed, I'd probably end up taking a while thinking of another one.....

Ah yes could do indeed, I'd probably end up taking a while thinking of another one.....

Welcome to the forums Phil!

Great car you will be getting, as you can see from my avatar, I love CV's... :)

How many miles has it got?

hi welcome

bet it cost some to road tax with v8

Thanks Steve! Glad it's got another fan :) same for me too, I've loved these cars since I was old enough to watch movies with American police car chases. I was quite lucky with the one I found, only got 23,500 miles on the clock.

Thanks as well Paul! £230 tax for the year, so a bit more than my old Mondeo ST TDCI.

Thanks Steve! Glad it's got another fan :) same for me too, I've loved these cars since I was old enough to watch movies with American police car chases. I was quite lucky with the one I found, only got 23,500 miles on the clock.

Thanks as well Paul! £230 tax for the year, so a bit more than my old Mondeo ST TDCI.

Very low mileage, almost lower than my Focus. Must have been a more of a personal use car, or similar.

£230 tax??!! I pay £225, and I only have a 1600cc engine!! Unfair lol. Must be because its an import, otherwise it would be in the highest (£500) tax band I think.

Great cars, extremely reliable, and literally bulletproof. Only downside is that your wallet will feel the pain a bit - as they are thirsty!

Hope to see you around on the forum.

Very low mileage, almost lower than my Focus. Must have been a more of a personal use car, or similar.

£230 tax??!! I pay £225, and I only have a 1600cc engine!! Unfair lol. Must be because its an import, otherwise it would be in the highest (£500) tax band I think.

Great cars, extremely reliable, and literally bulletproof. Only downside is that your wallet will feel the pain a bit - as they are thirsty!

Hope to see you around on the forum.

I asked the dealer and they sourced it straight out of service from being a reserve car for Washington DC Homeland Security. Was kept in an underground car park most of the time and only used by 'men in suits' or for A-to-B driving. So no rough, mean streets patrolling thankfully!

I was pretty surprised myself, but I think you're right as imports probably hit a limit on tax I guess.

They are good cars, super easy maintenance and simple repairs I've been told, so that's a plus. And yeah I've definitely got to keep an eye on how much I drive, otherwise my wallet will be getting lighter by the minute.

Sweet car man!

Cheers Jamie!

Hi, Ive looking at buying a P71 . Just an idea. How did you go about sourcing one, being as it's hard to view one due to its location . Also, how did you import it and what was the cost? :)

Hello and welcome Phil

18 months late there Joss!

Always nice to be nice though!

57 minutes ago, WES180 said:

18 months late there Joss!

Always nice to be nice though!

I nearly fell for this too the other day, I realised at the last minute that this was a post from 2015.

May as well also welcome midssheriffphil as well now :-)

 

Doh!

Far to early and had not had coffee to wake up.