The most fun vehicles I’ve ever thrashed, or have been around during the thrashing, haven’t been sports cars, or muscle cars, or any kind of purpose-built machine. No…they have been big pillowy, overstuffed barges that were only designed with one goal in mind: transporting four asses in comfort anywhere, anytime, with about zero road feel and little driver input. The reason cars like a 1973 Newport, 1977 LTD and a 1979 Pontiac Bonneville all make the list of the biggest riots is that the act of seeing one do things that would’ve given the engineers and marketing department team simultaneous heart attacks is like a comedy roast: eff your feelings, but this is too damn good!
The last years of the Crown Victoria were mainly for police departments and livery sales, so abuse was always designed into the car. As with the case of the “Project Neighbor” car, the drivetrain from a Shelby GT500 wasn’t…that’s about double the output Ford saw fit to give consumers. Put that kind of power through a limited-slip solid axle and fun will be had. With the Vicky’s long wheelbase, that translates into a four-door fun factory that would be a BangShifter’s dream daily! You have to wonder what traditional drifters would think of a black-and-white Interceptor sitting in the lanes, waiting…that’d give the lead car something to think about during a tandem run!
