Thread: Mid 80's crown vic as motor donor?

Tweet

I really like using a donor car, because if it was a good running car when you tore it down you end up with a lot of very usable pieces. Engine, trans, driveshaft rear axle, wiring, radiator, etc. Obviously you wouldn't do this on a high dollar show car, but for a driver it is fantastic.

If you figure that a good junkyard engine goes for a few hundred on up, you are way ahead of the game. I've built more than one car this way, and that is what I did to my Jeep truck. Bought a hit in the rear Mustang 5.0 and started moving stuff over to the Jeep. You also get a lot of brackets and parts that you can modify to fit, and when you are all done you can go to any autoparts store and get repair parts, because you have the make and model of the donor.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I really like using a donor car, because if it was a good running car when you tore it down you end up with a lot of very usable pieces. Engine, trans, driveshaft rear axle, wiring, radiator, etc. Obviously you wouldn't do this on a high dollar show car, but for a driver it is fantastic.

If you figure that a good junkyard engine goes for a few hundred on up, you are way ahead of the game. I've built more than one car this way, and that is what I did to my Jeep truck. Bought a hit in the rear Mustang 5.0 and started moving stuff over to the Jeep. You also get a lot of brackets and parts that you can modify to fit, and when you are all done you can go to any autoparts store and get repair parts, because you have the make and model of the donor.

Don

Bingo Don, right on the money. That's how I do it too.