{"id":15954,"date":"2017-05-05T12:23:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=15954"},"modified":"2017-05-05T12:23:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:23:22","slug":"building-a-1985-ford-ltd-wagon-with-mustang-underpinnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=15954","title":{"rendered":"Building a 1985 Ford LTD Wagon with Mustang Underpinnings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The fourth generation Ford LTD (1983\u20131986) was built on the Ford Fox platform. A big benefit of this is you have a lot of models<\/a> you can pull parts from including the Mustang. The owner of this 1985 LTD wagon had that in mind when he purchased it for $500. He already had two Fox body Mustangs that he was going to pull parts from. The 302 ci V8 and Tremec 3550 five-speed manual transmission from a 1986 Mustang GT convertible, the suspension and brakes taken from 1987\u20131993 Mustang GT, and the rear end and rear suspension from a 2004 Mustang Cobra. The owner still has work left and you can follow the progress here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: Pro-Touring<\/a> (build thread)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fourth generation Ford LTD (1983\u20131986) was built on the Ford Fox platform. A big benefit of this is you have a lot of models you can pull parts from including the Mustang. The owner of this 1985 LTD wagon had that in mind when he purchased it for $500. He already had two Fox… Read More »Building a 1985 Ford LTD Wagon with Mustang Underpinnings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[631],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ltd"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1985-Ford-LTD-Wagon-with-Mustang-V8-and-suspension-01.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135229,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=135229","url_meta":{"origin":15954,"position":0},"title":"1986 Mustang with a Twin-Supercharged V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Andrew Schenk built the 1986 Ford Mustang GT called \"ProTourFox\" with a twin-supercharged 427 ci small-block V8. 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