68 Ford LTD

Well, as you know, we sold the Fairlane. Which meant it was time to buy a new classic car that might hold up a bit better. We'd been looking for a while before we even sold the Fairlane, but at long last we found the car for us.


It is a 1968 Ford LTD Brougham. We bought it from a very nice lady in Georgia and had it shipped to us. The lady gave us a bit of history about the car:
It used to belong to a French Ambassador. He gave it to this lady's aunt, who worked for him. When the aunt passed away, the lady inherited it. She drove it some, but it had been sitting for over twenty years.

So we weren't sure what condition the car would be in when it got here. The body looked to be in good shape from the pictures, but cars don't deal well with sitting for twenty years...

Well, it turned out that the gas tank was rusted through and needed to be replaced, brake lines needed a bit of work, etc, but luckily Jason is very handy at auto maintenance.

A few months after the car arrived, it was ready for its test drive. It drives beautifully now! The picture above was taken at the weekly car show at Suds. We took it out to show it off.

The car is safely tucked away for the winter, but in the spring after the last snow and a good rain, we'll have it out again!