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Ive used that rust reformer quite a bit. Nice work

Nicely done Matt ! This truck will last you for years.

Job well done!

What trac bars you runnin ??

Looks good! I think that color carpet was a good choice

The carpet looks great. Good color choice. I would think the forest green on the bench seat would tie it all together. The truck is coming along nicely. Thanks Matt !

Color combo looks great, and I like the look of that pattern for the bench! Working on something for the shifter hole, should have something in a few more days!

The drama brings you in...

Huge loss to the community. Thanks for doing this Matt.

I was lucky enough to know him before the VINwiki blew up. Before RUC. Stayed at his house a few times, one time with my F350 pulling a 25' trailer & "Jimi the cowdog." He took my younger one on a tour of the station & studio where "HR &HH" was done. We'd bounce thoughts & ideas off one another, just cutting up. Rob was one of a few who has met my family, including "The Mishka" & the older kid. Rob was far beyond the persona of "Rabbit" when you knew him

the guy was a scumbag

He was a great person and a "Legend" (to quote Sam Hard) and the best story teller ever!!!! He will greatly missed!!!!

Will be missed!

Kind words. Thank you for sharing.

Very nice tribute!!!

Here for the wagon swap!

I was like “this is kinda gay” and I look at the name and we got the same name😂 but hey I’m kidding it’s not really don’t take offense haha I only commented cause I noticed the names

Great to see you Matt ! Ya, wiring can be weird. One of my vehicles would turn on the rear window wipers when ever I put the tranny in reverse. That shagging wagon at 5:30 is very cool !! Look forward to the next instalment !

We need burnouts!!!!!!!!

Sick mullet man! Good on you for homeschooling the kids, if it ever becomes too burdensome, come on down to Texas, we've got school choice now. Would you ever do a conversion van? Those are getting pretty hard to find in good condition these days.

Is that a little grey that I see in the beard???

The green/saddle combo is pretty nice! Lets see that unit doing a burnout already!

I just had my transmission taken out and the overdrive band replaced, $2537, whys yours so expensive?

That's a beauty. Blue would be perfect!

and a pornstache to match

I love this!

Is there a kocker for a 1999 s10 zr2 truck.

If you cant get the filler off the diff. Just make a new hole on the cover and adapter it

Knob on driver armrest moves with power door lock, likely a manual unlock but doors will open anyway. I bought an 88 with 87k miles, had it for years, best car ever owned. 26-28 mpg hwy, it was a Crown Vic LX, no wood, loaded power everything, long wheelbase for great ride, surprisingly tight handling, plywood will fit in back, or if longer leave the tailgate down and put the armrests down you could haul something much longer, rear facing seats lock down with key for secure storage, mine started to rust around the front door hinges, otherwise no rust, gave this to a friend years later who used it for storage, it lasted 187k miles they are well known to hit 350k. I think mine may have been some kind of fleet vehicle. Mine was dark blue (Patrician blue), blue interior, a magnificent piece of machinery. Mine handled extremely well, others with the wood seem to get lousy mileage, the low end torque on mine may have made the difference. Fixed the a/c once, a starter, tires (try putting truck tires on the rear to give it a lift. My 91 Merc was taupe with leather seats and the wood paneling, really dated looking. Get rid of the wood if you can. Mine had the velour seats, I got some Covercraft navy blue seat covers that were indestructible. Head rests lean forward to make it a very comfortable vehicle. Great for towing. Nobody ever believed me about the mileage or the handling unless they borrowed it and it was always hard to get the car back. The engine 5.0 quasi fuel injection was far superior to what GM was putting in their full size wagons. Sticker price on this was around $17,500. I put gauges (water temp, etc.) because they only come with idiot lights on the dash. Also, larger tires on the back will give it a California rake and help if you carry heavy weight in the back. The door striker bushings sound gone on yours, replace and the door closure is just like a Lincoln, in fact it's the same part. I was told to change the fuel filter regularly and never had trouble with the engine.

Been a while since you last posted on the Riviera. Do you have the engine and transmission decided and installed. I am also working a 1964 Riviera and have installed a LSX with T56 and 2.5" stainless exhaust. I had to do all the things that people say can't be done. Keep up the good work.

Following with interest. I have a moon-mile 1987 5.8L Country Squire. I'm keen to watch you solve any issues with the stock stuff and how you manage the LS swap. Good luck!

I have 86

The frame from a newer Crown Vic or Grand Marquis should bolt right up if you wanted to go that route. As far as I know they never changed the body mount locations. 98-02 gets you much better front brakes and a significantly better handling rear suspension. 03-11 gets you a much better front suspension with rack and pinion steering as well as an overall stronger frame. Any of the mod motors including the 5.0 coyote bolt right up to them, motor mounts should also be available for an LS. The one issue is those awesome 80s turbine wheels won't fit anymore, 98-02 has brake clearance issues and 03-11 uses a different offset.

Love it! My aunt had one that us kids would fight over to sit in the very back to make faces at folks in LA traffic. LS swap is great, I’d say a light metallic blue paint job if it were mine

well made Fords

i JUST BOUGHT THIS SAME CAR 148000 MILES BONE STOCK it is so amazing and well loved

Motor/trans mounts for an LS in an 80's panther platform? I need to know more!

Im pretty sure these didnt curb out at 4600lb, still around 2 tons, pretty portly. A vinyl wrap would be perfect for this car, as half of it came wrapped in vinyl (from the best trees of the famous plastic forests just outside of Dearborn) from the factory!. You got it backwards too. Mercury had a version of this called the colony park. The only Lincoln wagon you could get in this year was one you hopefully won't be riding in for a long time :) Also, 150hp from a 5L V8 was pretty pitiful even for 1988. Good thing it has a decent flat torque curve to compensate! I dont feel as bad about my 1991 Infiniti M30s 162hp pulling around 3600lb now 😂

Yuss! That thing is awesome

Don't know what you paid for this car but I think it is a fantastic project !! Back in the mid 1980's I had a Ford Wagon ( not the CS ) but it was great !! It had roof racks and I hauled a canoe, thru the kids in the back seats, tents, Coleman stove and stuff in the very back and away we went camping .... it was great ! Very much looking forward to your upcoming videos Matt.

i HAD THE 1968 VERSION

1:35 "tons of wood paneling in here and if it came from real trees the forest would be empty" 😂 Well, you got the outfit to fit the car! I am all for the LS swap, It makes a lot of sense in this instance!

What wiring/ecu?

So true though

Dang, I am excited to see the new project car! You think you hate it now, but wait 'til you drive it.

What has two or four legs and goes up and down? You're going to need one.

14:40 That reload was on point! 😂 Good job on this video, somehow you made a simple task pretty entertaining, lots of laughs!

Flash hurts

Welding flashes are next level awful.

Once i did that at work for a min or two, i got home and was like "WHY IS EVERYTHING SO SMOKEY IN HERE?!? WHO'S BURNING SOMETHING!".... IT WAS JUST MY EYES! everyone looked at me like i was a nut job 😂.smoke everywhere! You can't see that??