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Curbside Classics Archives
Ford LTD Archive
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![Let’s revisit the father of the brougham epoch, as it’s known at CC; the Ford LTD. As it often happens with successful ideas, it’s educational to look at its foundations; […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1965-02-CD-FORD-Ltd-Test-1-5-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: Car And Driver’s 1965 Ford LTD – Possibly The Best Ford Ever Built")
Vintage Review: Car And Driver’s 1965 Ford LTD – Possibly The Best Ford Ever Built
Posted on July 9, 2023 | 24 CommentsLet’s revisit the father of the brougham epoch, as it’s known at CC; the Ford LTD. As it often happens with successful ideas, it’s educational to look at its foundations; […] -
![We all long for what we never had. Apparently, somewhere in Europe, an urge has emerged for ‘luxury’ as only American makes knew how to make: In unapologetic over the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/52874463762_25c673fcef_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1977 Ford LTD – No Way To Ignore")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1977 Ford LTD – No Way To Ignore
Posted on June 22, 2023 | 26 CommentsWe all long for what we never had. Apparently, somewhere in Europe, an urge has emerged for ‘luxury’ as only American makes knew how to make: In unapologetic over the […] -
![(first posted 5/27/2013) It seems like CC has had B-body after B-body over the past few months–or is that years? Delta 88s, Caprices, Bonneville Broughams, over and over. Well, CC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aa-3-30-2013-001-1024x682.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – If It’s Good Enough For Ben Matlock…")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – If It’s Good Enough For Ben Matlock…
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 87 Comments(first posted 5/27/2013) It seems like CC has had B-body after B-body over the past few months–or is that years? Delta 88s, Caprices, Bonneville Broughams, over and over. Well, CC […] -
![(first posted 8/23/2015) Some regard the 1978-83 Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr as dull and boring, but to me I see these Fox sedans and wagons as being one of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mercury-Zephyr.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1978-83 Mercury Zephyr – That Very Rare Clean Design")
Curbside Outtake: 1978-83 Mercury Zephyr – That Very Rare Clean Design
Posted on August 23, 2021 | 162 Comments(first posted 8/23/2015) Some regard the 1978-83 Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr as dull and boring, but to me I see these Fox sedans and wagons as being one of the […] -
![( first posted 5/25/2011) My Dad was a Ford guy. Although most everyone else on both sides of my family were firmly in the GM camp, there was almost always […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009a1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford LTD – The Forgotten Ford")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford LTD – The Forgotten Ford
Posted on June 1, 2021 | 98 Comments( first posted 5/25/2011) My Dad was a Ford guy. Although most everyone else on both sides of my family were firmly in the GM camp, there was almost always […] -
![Bloated, overweight, slow, wallowing. These are the words often used to describe Ford’s full-size cars of the 1970s. They have been described as being the poster child for the malaise […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Cover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1976 Ford LTD – “All Is Well with the American Dream”")
Vintage Review: 1976 Ford LTD – “All Is Well with the American Dream”
Posted on December 12, 2019 | 91 CommentsBloated, overweight, slow, wallowing. These are the words often used to describe Ford’s full-size cars of the 1970s. They have been described as being the poster child for the malaise […] -
![Hoods and trunk lids that go for days were par for the course for full-size American cars of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. For that extra dimension of extravagance and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1970-buick-electra-convertible.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive Histories: The Last Full-Size Convertibles")
Automotive Histories: The Last Full-Size Convertibles
Posted on March 13, 2019 | 107 CommentsHoods and trunk lids that go for days were par for the course for full-size American cars of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. For that extra dimension of extravagance and […] -
![To help you, our predominantly North American community, understand the Australian 1988-95 Ford Fairlane and LTD, let me describe it to you in North American Ford terms. Imagine a car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ford-dc-ltd-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988-95 Australian Ford Fairlane/LTD – Identifying The Common Lincs")
Curbside Classic: 1988-95 Australian Ford Fairlane/LTD – Identifying The Common Lincs
Posted on May 22, 2018 | 34 CommentsTo help you, our predominantly North American community, understand the Australian 1988-95 Ford Fairlane and LTD, let me describe it to you in North American Ford terms. Imagine a car […] -
![Swapping the front clip of a Ford Fairlane or LTD onto a shorter-wheelbase Falcon is nothing unusual in Australia; the same applies to Statesman/Caprice clips on Holden utes. Just five […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ford-falcon-ltd-australia-wagon-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Now Just What Is Going On Here?")
CC Outtake: Now Just What Is Going On Here?
Posted on May 7, 2016 | 32 CommentsSwapping the front clip of a Ford Fairlane or LTD onto a shorter-wheelbase Falcon is nothing unusual in Australia; the same applies to Statesman/Caprice clips on Holden utes. Just five […] -
![Despite the styling trends of the Great Brougham Epoch falling out of fashion in the 1990s, many dealers and aftermarket conversion companies were still adorning new cars with decidedly Brougham styling […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_1084.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1999 Ford Taurus SE – Not Quite Your LTD Landau")
CC Outtake: 1999 Ford Taurus SE – Not Quite Your LTD Landau
Posted on October 11, 2015 | 66 CommentsDespite the styling trends of the Great Brougham Epoch falling out of fashion in the 1990s, many dealers and aftermarket conversion companies were still adorning new cars with decidedly Brougham styling […] -
![I told you in the last instalment that there would be rarities in Part II, and I delivered. Well, more accurately, Curbsider canadiancatgreen delivered once again with his series of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/canadiancatgreen-pontiac-6000-ste.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classics from the Cohort: A Walk Through a Canadian Junkyard – Part 2")
Junkyard Classics from the Cohort: A Walk Through a Canadian Junkyard – Part 2
Posted on August 25, 2015 | 46 CommentsI told you in the last instalment that there would be rarities in Part II, and I delivered. Well, more accurately, Curbsider canadiancatgreen delivered once again with his series of […] -
![I’ve only been to Red Hook a handful of times, but this Brooklyn neighborhood has a somewhat ethereal quality. It feels like no other place in New York City: detached […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ford-ltd-country-squire-red-hook-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Classic Fords of Red Hook")
CC Outtake: Classic Fords of Red Hook
Posted on August 14, 2015 | 38 CommentsI’ve only been to Red Hook a handful of times, but this Brooklyn neighborhood has a somewhat ethereal quality. It feels like no other place in New York City: detached […] -
![After yesterday’s detour through the Pontiac-Oakland Museum, I’ve returned to my road trip report along Route 66. Dad and I spent a week touring the Mother Road from Chicago to Albuquerque, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DS-Route-66-Tour-18.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Road Trip: Dave’s Route 66 Classic, Part Two")
CC Road Trip: Dave’s Route 66 Classic, Part Two
Posted on September 5, 2014 | 22 CommentsAfter yesterday’s detour through the Pontiac-Oakland Museum, I’ve returned to my road trip report along Route 66. Dad and I spent a week touring the Mother Road from Chicago to Albuquerque, […] -
![The tenants who occupied my house prior my moving in warned me that our next door neighbor was a reclusive woman who hated loud music. That turned out not to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screenshot-2014-04-07-16.27.11.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1977 Ford LTDs – “Trim and Sporty”")
Vintage Ad: 1977 Ford LTDs – “Trim and Sporty”
Posted on April 11, 2014 | 49 CommentsThe tenants who occupied my house prior my moving in warned me that our next door neighbor was a reclusive woman who hated loud music. That turned out not to […] -
![The Ford Fox platform provided the basis for a number of FordMoCo products in the late-’70s and ’80s. From the basic Ford Fairmont like this one posted on the Cohort […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/FairmontSquire-red.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Sighting: Ford Fairmont Squire – The Fair-Nada-LTD")
Cohort Sighting: Ford Fairmont Squire – The Fair-Nada-LTD
Posted on August 13, 2013 | 33 CommentsThe Ford Fox platform provided the basis for a number of FordMoCo products in the late-’70s and ’80s. From the basic Ford Fairmont like this one posted on the Cohort […]
