1977 Ford LTD II Squire

351 V8. Looks to be overpriced.

http://kalispell.craigslist.org/cto/3250950768.html

 

Yeah I'm thinking they don't make replacement tanks for the wagons, and the coupe/sedan and Ranchero ones don't fit, so this would be a custom repair to get this tank back up to good condition. Not cheap, this won't be a $200-$300 fix. And being a one-year-only wagon of a low-selling LTD II platform with the rough paint and who knows what kind of other issues...

I'd give $700 for it and drive it home with a 12-gal marine fuel tank (about $90 at Northern Tool) sitting on the front floorboard...and then I'd spend the next two years working on the cosmetics while saving up to get the tank done.

 

or find a cheap parts car
http://alberta.kijiji.ca/c-cars-veh...ougar-wagon-Only-year-made-W0QQAdIdZ411963178

 

The price does seem a little steep?
The seller doesn't say the gas tank is shot?
You can get gas tanks that aren't totally rusted out fixed fairly inexpensively at any good radiator shop. Last one I had done a couple of years ago and it cost me 75 bucks. They boiled it out, soldered up the holes and pressure tested it, then I sprayed it with Eastwood Tank-Tone and it looked brand new.

 

I thought you could get an LTDII wagon in '78? Apparently I'm wrong. Saw a '78 catalog - 2door/4door sedans only. Guess they wanted to swing more sales over to the new Fairmont.

Wouldn't a gas tank from a Gran Torino, wagon '72-'76 fit? Same basic wagon body.

 

The 72 to 76 Torino and Montego wagons are exactly the same car as the 77 LTD II and Cougar. Same frame, same floor pan, same firewall, same dashboard. That is precisely what I have to do looking for aftermarket parts for Nora. The 77 to 79 mid-sizers are ignored, but the 72-76 are in all the catalogs.

 

Curious why the LTDII wagons were such a flop. They're nice, but I wouldn't have bought one. Maybe that was the opinion of the masses lol. I prefer the regular LTD.

 

The LTD II (and Cougar) wagons were one year only wagons for 1977. A carry-over of the Torino/Montego. Ford dropped them in 1978 in favor of the more modern Fairmont/Zephyr wagons.

 

I think the LTDII's have a bit more character than the Fairmont/Zephyr's. My Great-Grandpa had a Zephyr, but not a wagon. Just kinda boxy and boring compared to the 'curvy' cars of the seventies. (No offense Norm and Andy!)

 

I agree. I think the 1977 LTD II/Cougar wagons are much more stylish and appealing (not to mention quite rare) as compared to the Fairmont/Zephyr wagons that followed them.

 

By 77/78, there was so little difference in size between the mid-sized models and the full sized that most people just went big when buying a wagon. There was very little difference in price, and the big one was only about a foot or so longer, so not that much different in the driving feel. The fuel economy was almost spot on identical as well.

Personally, I love the 77 LTD II and Cougar wagons. They are essentially the wagon version of the Thunderbird, and Nora is my 4th of them. The Fairmont/Zephyr wagons were ok, for a small wagon. They did not have the space, weight capacity, or towing ability of the bigger, full framed, wagons, but did use less fuel if you didn't need the extra capability.