Ford started using country owner name to designate the top trim level of its largest station wagon models back to model year 1950with the production of Country Squire continuing until the end of the square Ford LTD Crown Victorias 1991. All Country Squires were available in either wooden (1950-1951) or “wood” (1952-1991) bodies, and many were sold to the point where “Country Squire” became the generic name for the country. not at all large Detroit wagons for a large segment of the American population. today gem dump is an example of the early period leopard background Country Squire, found in Self-service yard in Sparks, Nevada last month.
The Country Squire name has been used on feature-filled wagons based on Ford Galaxy and sedan LTD for most of his production career. However, things in the LTD world became a bit confusing starting in the late 1970s, when Dearborn put LTD II badges on midsize cars based in Turin when shrink large limited company. Then the name LTD continued a luxurious Fox-Platform Fairmont starting from the 1983 model year, with the large Panther Company Limited becoming Co., Ltd Victoria’s Crown. The Country Squire name always appears on the largest vehicle bearing the LTD badge in a given year (although the name “Squire” is also added). smaller wagons over the years). Just to confuse people even more, Ford calling some full-size wagons of lower specification “Country sedans” in a period of time.
So this wagon is a Country Squire LTD. Starting from the 1983 model year, it became the Victoria’s Crown landlord. In 1981, Ford car buyers could receive a simple LTD wagon too.
scooter was on its way out in the early 1980s, although few people realized it at the time. It will take some time before small truck and SUVs really start punching kidneys sales wagon However, in the United States, so Ford offer three sizes of longroof (to add their Mercury partner) for model year 1981: large letter LTD, Compact Fairmontand small escort vehicle.
Since I was a member of the top Generation x demographics, with a childhood of the 1970s filled with Air conduit and generally lower expectations compared to the Boomers that came before me, I did a lot of Malaise Era Country Squires as a kid. However, my family never rolling in a Country Squire, or not at all wagons for that matter; my parents has a Chevy Sportvan Beauville weighing 3/4 tonswith a pair of Fiat 128 thrown in just to teach us a lesson about the possibility of error in human endeavor.
This car is packed with expensive options, including the largest engine available you can get in a 1981 LTD: a 351 Windsor (aka 5.8 liter) V8, power 145 horsepower and 270 pound-feet. The base LTD engine that year was 255-cubic-inch long forgotten (4.2 liters) Windsor, rated at 115 horses. Curb weight isn’t as high as you might think, with this car weighing in at 3,737 pounds.
The 5.8 version added $139 to the LTD Country Squire’s $8,775 price tag, or about $476 more for a $30,028 car when measured in 2022 dollars. Air conditioning costs an extra $624. ($2,135 today). A four-speed automatic with overdrive is the only transmission available.
The paint color is Light Pewter Metallic, which costs an extra $63 ($216 now).
Under the license plate area, you can see what the “wood” side looked like before it endured 41 years in the sun.
Dirt, lichen, and vegetation accumulated on this vehicle suggest it has been parked outside for years or decades.
It has remote control outside mirrors but no power windows. Hey, power windows will cost an extra $215 ($736 today) on this car!
The construction tag indicates this vehicle was made in Council of Louisville, which produced today’s Ford Escapes and Lincoln Corsairs. It was sold new through the St. Louis.
That means it probably spent at least the first part of its life in the Midwest. Here’s another clue to its origin.
Production of this generation of Country Squire continued throughout 1991; Victoria’s Crown debuted in 1992 There is no wagon version.
