Wow. $46,000 was a hell of a lot more money back in 96. I plugged 46K into CPI inflation calculator to get a 2023 value of $89,622.60

It may have a few issues, but dang that's a totally optioned car. Love those rims. Amazing find.

I’m still obsessed with these cars 30 years later. I watch these videos multiple times and can’t get over how gorgeous these cars are. imagine if Ford ever came back with them. There is somethings so intriguing about them. They always seem to have a history or story.

Just did my blend door actuator on my 97 Signature blue. Was pretty easy thanks to youtube. I used a strap to lift the steering column and dash together to reinstall it. Love my Towncar

Anthony, years ago I had a 1996 Town Car Diamond Anniversary edition, and I remember when the battery was really low and it had to be jumpstarted, that the brake-shift interlock switch that lets you pull the car out of park would not release until the battery voltage/charge came up after a while. Maybe that was the issue with this car. Hoping it is something simple! Beautiful car by the way, that hopefully just needs a little love.

"Auction tune up"....not cool! When I worked for Avis back in the mid 80's to 90's, we had some customers who's cars would always break down when they flew in and rented. Because the car "broke down", we would upgrade them from the full size to a premium...Cadillac or so. One boring Saturday, I sat at the computer terminal after one of our favorite customers called in, he was stuck on 95....just north of 114 in Danvers. For fun, I pulled up his Wizard number and his rental history. Seems he was pulling this crap all over the US. Even in the 80's, it's not probable that 50 rentals in a row in different areas of the US would have a breakdown. I left it for my boss and brought the guy his "Cadillac". Not sure what happened to him because I was just a "Shuttler" and occasionally would help out in the Fleet office. Almost always it was a spark plug wire issue. Very cool LTC! I hope you can do an easy fix and don't have to send it back. I would love to own one of those....but no cash for buying and no place to park it as it needs/deserves a garage.

I have a 96 Town Car Signature, it had a cylinder 5 misfire @ 123k miles, spark plug wire was bad plus the plug was bad, replaced all of em no issues since. I also cleaned the MAF sensor. Funny also replaced the window regulator on the driver passenger and the plugs for the driver passenger side. I would love to own this lincoln you got, you always have the best panthers.

You can handle this one Anthony. Looking forward to your follow-up video!

Good luck sorting it out, Anthony. It is in very nice cosmetic shape so hopefully the mechanical won't be too bad.

just got a 1995 town car love your own car

These are good videos Anthony where you show us the car when you first get it, makes me really appreciate the work you do to make them shine.

She’ll come back with a tuneup. I remember my dad and I buying a 1990 Signature where they actually pulled an injector connector off. Dealer was in love with our 1989 Signature (it was extremely clean and well serviced triple black car) and took it in trade plus $500. That was a good trade actually, although I wish I had both of them still. We stumbled around that engine bay until we found the unplugged injector and had a great running Town Car just like that.

This car is gorgeous. Much better looking than later body style.

🇺🇸 *LOVE this Town Car* !! *LOW miles make this a GREAT Lincoln* !! *GREAT job Papa Bear and Anthony* !! #SpecialtyMotorCars 🇺🇸

Can't wait to see the next video on this beautiful time capsule. Now you know the dealer didn't do much to it. Yes complete tune-up and new tires all around. Get that window fix, Loved it.

I love that Town Car body style.

As much as I love my loaded 2006 Presidential Town Car - the seats in the '95-'97 Town Cars were the most comfortable. If anything were to ever happen to my Town Car I would be happy to find an earlier Cartier. Unless you are buying from a highly rated dealer like Specialty Motor Cars, buying cars online usually comes with disappointments.

Ha Ha the antenna in rear glass brought back terrible nightmares of me installing cellphones in the late 80s early 90s. $600 phone bills if you weren't careful when you made call. Ha Ha 90 cents a minute after 7am till 7pm then 30 cents a minute all other times. Incredible how far we've come.

Looking forward to seeing this one cleaned up!

We need weekly updates Anthony! Why did you stop? It's medicine for our car souls

Hey Anthony & Papa Bear, I love this generation Town Car!!! Being a fully optioned Carrier edition with low mileage is nice. Hopefully a tune up will solve the rough running issue!!! Thanks for sharing another exciting video!!! 👍👍🙂

Cylinder 5 is the most common one to have issues on the 4.6 with the plastic intake as the thermostat housing leaks into the plug well and you cannot see it.

Hmmm...1996, the first production model year with the infamous plastic intake manifold and yet the penultimate year for plug wires, boots and one coil per engine bank on the venerable 4.6 liter SOHC 2 valve mill. I see a complete tune up along with updated manifold in this car's future. Good show regardless of the issues. Looks like another pip of a TC that'll be getting lots o' love in the hands of Anthony and Papa Bear!

I'll assume that spark plug has some coolant on it, looks to be original intake with plastic crossover.

Still a good find Anthony. No bad strike in my book. With a little of the Specialty Motor Car TLC it’ll be good as new.

What a pretty and fully loaded Town Car Cartier. Such a shame that it has some issues, I hope you can get her fixed up

I can't wait to see this Lincoln all Anthonyizd and looking gorgeous.

Can't wait for the next video of this car.

Low mileage isn’t always the best. My grandparent no longer use their 46k mile car. It sounds nice, but it’s a condo carport car. Exposed to Florida sun 24-7 (Well really 12-7 since it’s dark at night). So the paint is fading and the inside won’t be as nice. Also had that water leak issue that thankfully Anthony Gozzo’s video helped us fix! Mechanically it’s great, although Now it needs new air ride rear shocks. But this 25k mile car doesn’t seem too bad, must’ve been garaged. However it has the mechanical issues. All trade offs in the business.

I love the color combo on this one!

Nice car! A very odd miss at 25k miles! Something isn't right! Plug wires was the more common culprit, but I would look at the coil packs carefully and see that wires are not crossed. Also the number 5 injector connector. You can replace the blend door actuator by just removing passenger air bag. Good Luck! She's a beauty!

Can't wait to see this car after you work your magic on it!

Ford & their wisdom with the plastic gears blend door. Good Luck.

I can't wait until you put that Tony special on it.

Wow that's a nice car. The interior is gorgeous.

I had an 04 Mercury Grand Marquis similar to that one sitting in front of the townie. Mine was an LS Ultimate Edition in Gold Ash.

My friends father in law bought a Mercedes a few years back the transport company said sorry. They drove through an entire state with the drivers rear window down the whole time and it was raining. No explanation as to why they put the window down in the first place, wasn't down when it left the seller.

The intermittent shift issue could be one or both of the inch long T30 screws in the shifter linkage support just above the steering column are loose. One of mine came out and the other was loose so I couldn't shift it into park or neutral. I replaced and tightened the screws under the dash, and it's good as new. You will have to unscrew the plastic cover under the column, but it's a pretty easy fix.

Anthony you guys have done it again....I haven't graduated to buying cars without being there in person, but you did rather well....all it needs is a little bit of that Speciality Motor Cars love that you bestow on all your cars before they they become available for sale...that car is a jem in the rough that you are gonna make shine.....a Cocoa Brown carriage top would be the icing on the cake...I want a slice so bad...lol...

I love it. The color I always wanted

That is a nice and sorta rare car, I remember the Cartier.

Beautiful vehicle.

For the window you may have to replace the arm mechanism. I did at least 3 in my towncars

Hey Anthony I like the Lincoln town car my favorite year and color 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏾

Todd Judy Ford is a ford dealer in my hometown! Huntington WV. Been there many times!

Amazing car definetly better than just flipping. If I were you i would be giving the SMC treatment and offering it to the world like all the others before it.

8:43 coils points are rusted out

I like it! Waiting for the auction? 😃👏🏼

Will you do a diagnostic video on this one?

Love the new navigator. Make a video please.

Oh noes! I love those.

Super nice car

It's a beauty.

Anthoney, i had one in the past with a running problem, they replaced all carbon spark plug wires.

God that’s beautiful. Do I spy a Park Avenue in the garage? 😍

Gorgeous. I'll take it. Well, once it can get out of its own way. Get that jawn running smoothly, fix the blend door, and let's talk.

My last Online Auction purchase: ‘95 Caprice, Long Island Cop car, 1 owner. I bought sight unseen (big mistake) I picked it up and it BARELY drove onto the trailer, spit, sputter and nearly stalling. Anyway I have my mechanic go through it thinking the OptiSpark was bad so while he’s in there mays well do plugs, wires, water pump, thermostat, etc. I mean give it the blank check LT1 tune up! I get it back, still runs like crap, heavy misfire and smell of unburnt fuel. I’m thinking Oxygen Sensors, etc. Nope, turns out “someone” switched 2 plug wires at the Opti. Honest mistake as My mechanic said that he just replaced the wires 1 by 1 as he took them off. So it ran like that either to get a better price or an employee it and out of spite that he wanted it more than me.

its about what you should expect of an almost 30 year old car that you bought after looking at pictures.

Nice car, hope you can fix it.🥰

Just curious. Is the one you mentioned earlier, the one I wound up buying from Elite Motors in Peabody? This is a tough choice, but you already know that the Cadillac you brought back from Canada is a Gem. A car like that with a rare velour interior is something I would grab for myself. After all, you've had a tough year with your health.

Lindo carro sou apaixonado por esta geração, é um clássico. Sou do Brasil e tenho um Ford Taurus LX 3.0 OHV 1994/1995 prata, ele fazia o mesmo barulho no painel vindo do controle de vácuo do ar condicionado e o barulho era encômodo porém acabou sumindo repentinamente e não reapareceu mais. Faça outro vídeo dele depois de limpo e com o vidro funcionando.

Could be a clogged/bad fuel injector.

woah 45k in 1996. yikes. lets do the math.. 88k yikes. yikes,

Did you pay north of $15k for it? I bet that dealer paid no more than $6k for it. That's pretty damn sad. I like darker colors but I would love to have that. The old body with the 4.6 is an awesome combo.

I used to have the exact same car!!

Papa bear to the rescue. 😊

That Lincoln is sweet. Little elbow grease and it’s cherry 🍒

Vacuum Hose?

Anthony- I bet the trans fluid pooled to the back of the trans assuming that it was loaded at a heavy angle on the trailer 🤷‍♂️

3:15. I didn’t hear the phone turn on and beep when the car started up? Hopefully it’s just a misfire and just needs a tune up Anthony.

This car has an interesting story and I would love to know it.

I always go look now once I got screwed on my '71 Mark III

P. S. Keep the Caddy, leave the Cannolis

On the misfire try new sparkplug wires, the ones on it are probably original (27 yrs. old)

Put tune up on it I have a 97 it will be fine

I'd be pissed about all the grease on the door panel

Probably a coil pack...so common on those

It's a "car teh yhere" boys!

Air shocks are super high need to be slightly lowered

WHY WOUL A FORD DEALER SELL THIS CAR? MUST HAVE SOME PROBLEMS OR THEY WOULD HAVE RETAILED IT.

Older one. Hope air ride works.

Nice one! I am a bit tired of the light interiors but I like it. Check out my Town Car.. also with a light interior lol

Not a bad ride, can you tell me what you paid for it?

Maybe it received a auction tune up lol! look for items disconnected

How much did you pay?

Those rims are rare. Anything can be fixed!!

Hate auctions

Needs a new coil. 4.6's are well known for going thru coils. Easy peasy!

Dealer car: Always suspect. Whoever had it sent it to auction for a reason. It must have been filthy after sitting out a long time. 99% of the time I'll find stuff wrong with dealer used cars, especially collector cars. Modern vehicles are hit or miss. Private seller is always best.

What’s a peanut popping machine? 🤔

That looks lik😢a good buy. e

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That’s rough for 25k miles… Should not have engine issues like that at that low of miles.

How much as is

Grey on in phx az guy wants 7k for it

wow my dad loves this car i need one for him if u ready to find me one good ready to shiped to dubai

It's a Cartiyer edition.

Just FYI, "Cartier" is pronounced Car-Tee-A

I’d take that Lincoln over any Crapillac any day.

Looks like the car was owned by a brother.