Junkyard Find: 1987 Ford LTD Country Squire

by Murilee Martin

June 1st, 2013 9:00 AM

junkyard find 1987 ford ltd country squire

Will the faux-woodgrain Country Squire Junkyard Finds never stop? Not if I can keep finding them! We started this sequence with this ’76, then followed up with this ’77 and this ’86. Today’s Squire is another Panther platform “woodie” wagon, Detroit’s traditional rear-drive family hauler for the late 1980s.

This car couldn’t carry the staggering volume of cargo that its gigantic 1970s predecessors did, but it still made the Taurus wagon seem cramped.

With an EFI-equipped 302-cubic-inch V8 and overdrive automatic transmission, these cars got pretty good fuel economy for the time. Yes, the Taurus was a lot more frugal.

This example, which I spotted in Denver a couple of weeks ago, seems pretty solid except for the bashed-up left front corner.

It drove to the accident, but nobody wants to spend $1500 to fix a car that’s worth— at best— a grand. Next stop, Crusher!

Such class!

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Jay Villa on Jun 05, 2013

back in the 8o's so many of these LTD were sold in Venezuela. They were call 'LTD Landau '

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Wagondriver on Dec 04, 2013

Murilee, can you tell me what junk yard this was at in Denver? I need some parts and I have a buddy in Denver today and tomorrow that could pull them for me. Please reply today if possible. Thank you!!

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