Topic: When is someone going to run a Ford EXP or Mercury LN7?

Come on, it's like a CRX but without the head gasket problem!

Re: When is someone going to run a Ford EXP or Mercury LN7?

I have not EXP since 1988. It was my EX  Gfs  and I recall it being a really slow car. I think the escorts are faster.

Or why not find a  Omni GLH..  or a  Vega?

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Re: When is someone going to run a Ford EXP or Mercury LN7?

I tried to find one a couple of years back.  It's like they all disappeared into a black hole or something.

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Re: When is someone going to run a Ford EXP or Mercury LN7?

I've been looking for an LN7 for a couple of years... they seem to be the one true causality of the Y2K bug (thanks again Al Gore) as they no longer exist.

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Re: When is someone going to run a Ford EXP or Mercury LN7?

....and then I do a craiglist search and there's an 85 EXP for $400 in DC.

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Re: When is someone going to run a Ford EXP or Mercury LN7?

Here's an EXP, $400 Houston, ex Tennesee car.
http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/1404059980.html

Re: When is someone going to run a Ford EXP or Mercury LN7?

how funny, Brian and Joe and I were discussing these on the way back to TX from Nelson Ledges. I recall R&T and C&D were given Showroom-Stock EXPs/LN7s by FoMoCo for endurance races back in the day and it made for some good magazine articles.

I would gladly rock an EXP or LN7, but as mentioned they've seemed to vanish for the most part.

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Re: When is someone going to run a Ford EXP or Mercury LN7?

I am giving serious consideration to a first-gen EXP for next year.  Besides the fact that these cars were the progenitors of the "Ex"-themed Ford badges, the first-gen cars were so hideously ugly that it could almost be a consolation for my failure thus far to find a suitable Fuego.  I actually found an '83 EXP on CL that looks good.  And by good, I mean that the paint is all flaking off, revealing the yellowed rubber/urethane/whatever the nose is made of.

They are pretty slow, though.  Even compared to a Fuego.

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Re: When is someone going to run a Ford EXP or Mercury LN7?

I could have had a running, rust-free EXP for free about 10 years ago, but I didn't have any use for it at the time.

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Re: When is someone going to run a Ford EXP or Mercury LN7?

my friend had one of these in highschool. every time i remember the thing I think what a great Lemons car they could be if i could find one close by...

Re: When is someone going to run a Ford EXP or Mercury LN7?

I've seen these in the local pick a part here in Charleston...

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12 (edited by rudedog 2009-10-12 08:47 AM)

Re: When is someone going to run a Ford EXP or Mercury LN7?

We're using a 1st gen Escort, basically the same car. They shared the same engine, Some even came equipped with turbo(the EXP).

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