1986 Ford LTD Wagon only 17K miles

http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/cto/5323867751.html

 

From ad.......

this is a retired coroners car it has only 17k miles, 5.0 automatic ,but it has been sitting for a while come take a look and make an offer

So what exactly is "sitting for awhile"? IMO if the cherry on top has molded (by the lack of red) I'd say been sitting outside for years. Still it could be ?...... but looking under the hood, I'm doubting the underside looks to match a low miles car.......but ya never know till ya look, rite? But really, seller couldn't waist 5 minutes of there life top get a rake and scrape the leaves off, at least get the leaf blower in the interior!





Maybe??? 17K miles....... but far from 17K miles clean under the hood.



Can't really tell but kinda looks like the dash and top of steering wheel are brittle, and of combined with mold maybe?

 

That's got Quincy written all over it

 

Is that a vinyl top?
I'm thinking the mileage is wrong, but maybe they meant 71K?
Or 117K?
You could get a sedan parts car and have a nice, unique wagon with a LOT of elbow grease.
Put a mangled mannequin in the back...

WHERE IS IT?

 

From Wikipedia:

"The Hudson Valley comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York, from the cities of Albanyand Troy southward to Yonkers in Westchester County.[1] Depending upon the definition delineating its boundaries, the Hudson Valley encompasses a growing metropolis which is home to between 3 and 3.5 million residents centered along the north-south axis of the Hudson River."

I'm assuming that people die just as often in the Hudson Valley as other places in North America. In which case the coroner is going to be putting many more miles than 17k on his car. Unless he bikes to cases. Or has a motorcycle?