Welcome to the Crown Vics ETC blog!
On April 6, 2000, I purchased a 1998 Ford Crown Victoria LX HPP with 23,490 miles. I decided to start a little website for it featuring a running log of my experiences with the car. Vic 1.0 was retired in 2015 due to rust and electrical issues. Vic 2.0 was a 2006 P71 in Blue Pearl that belonged to my boyfriend. It was a Ford demo and never saw actual police use. It was damaged in September of 2018 with well over 186,000 miles. It was replaced by Vic 3.0 in October 2018, a 2008 P71 in Silver Birch with 120,971 miles. To read posts prior to 2010, click a link at right, or go to
Crown Vics, ETC.
Apparently these were among the last new Crown Vics destined for Taxi Service in NY. Story quoted below
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/10/cabs_destroyed_in_hoboken_lot_wiped_out_some_of_manhattans_last_crown_victorias.html
When Hurricane Sandy destroyed dozens of Crown Victoria taxis parked in a Hoboken parking lot last year, the storm also reportedly took with it some of the last existing shipments of the iconic model.
The taxis were destined for a Manhattan dealership, but floodwaters destroyed the vehicles while they were parked in a lot in Hoboken. The 200 new cabs would have been some of the last, since Ford stopped making the Crown Victoria model in 2011, the New York Post reported on Monday.
The storm's aftermath in the lot— captured by an Associated Press photo— became a highly circulated symbol of Sandy's destruction. The Crown Victoria has been a mainstay among cab drivers and police officers for roughly two decades. Knowing the vehicle's history and that its future is limited, the photo becomes all the more dramatic.
"It was devastating to see," Ralph Sibbio, head of Manhattan Ford's taxi division, told the Post. "It really was a tragedy."
The picture is just a part of the devastation brought on by Sandy in Hoboken. The city suffered massive flooding and power outages in the storm. One year later, residents are still coping with its aftermath.
By Kathryn Brenzel/NJ.com
on October 28, 2013 at 3:55 PM