1989 Lincoln Town Car Reviews from North America - Page 7 of 7

I have recently discovered a fuel line leak caused by age.

Power windows are starting to malfunction.

Door panels are starting to crumble because of wear.

Trunk seals are tearing.

For a vehicle that is an ex-taxi, this vehicle still handles and runs like a dream. I wouldn't trade it for anything. The reaction that I get when people are told how many kilometers this baby has on it are priceless. The paint is still original and looks gorgeous and the faux convertible roof fools everyone.

Have had to replace hoses and valve cover gaskets due to sitting in garage most of the past 7 years.

This car is still showroom quality. I would loved to have been able to purchase one new to see how close mine is to it. Leather seats are unbearable in the summer. Glove box starting to peel off like my 88 Town Car does.

My water-pump went out at about 90,000 miles, and I didn't realize it until I had cracked one of the heads. And the automatic windows in any old car are horrible, I've had to change 3 of the 4.

Great car the cracked head was the cause of me not watching my gauges. But once I changed the head, and water-pump, I haven't had any trouble with the car at all. Nice posh leather, great suspension, feels like your riding on air. Overall a great, reliable vehicle.

Since I have owned it I have put a water pump on it at 144000 miles. The one I replaced was the original one.

I love this car. It's the last year of this style and next to the Cartier version, It's the most decked out one you could get. When I got it I completely went over the car. Brakes, fluids, hoses and shocks. It has auto-leveling rear air shocks that needed replacing. The factory ones were very expensive so I installed Gabriel hi-jackers and a couple of inexpensive air fittings from Parker to get it working again. I also replaced the gear drive in one of the windows. There were a few features that had stopped working before I bought it. These are: auto rear view mirror adjuster, parking brake auto pull off, alarm, high beam switch and the heater blower when you select "heater" (bi-level, AC and defroster work fine). It has awesome, leather seats (optional pillow top seating surface), very, very comfortable, a trunk you could swim in and a ride that can't be beat. I'm fairly young (mid 30's), and not the typical Lincoln driver. I wanted a bit more performance from this one so I installed a set of Ford Motorsport headers (for a Mustang) and a larger (2.5") diameter dual exhaust with some free flowing mufflers. This car originaly had a 2.25" dual exhaust system from the factory and since it needed replacing after 150K miles I decided to upgrade it. Nice difference. The car has so much sound deadening material in it that the db level inside the cabin didn't go up that much at all. I also added a rear sway bar and a larger front sway bar from a junked police Crow Vic (same chassis as a TC)

It actually handles pretty damn good for such a behemoth. Ride was not compromised very much at all. I prefer it a little flatter in the off ramps than the original set up.