26th Sep 2018, 03:58
Don't go replacing the air springs with conventional coils. It takes away one of the best Lincoln features. I have two cars (a Mercury Marquis and a Lincoln) with working air springs, and a third car where the previous owner removed the air springs and installed coils. I can assure you the air springs are a better system in every way than coils. Better ride, better road control and much better load handling.
The air springs are cheap to buy online and take 15 minutes each to replace, when you know how. They last a long time (20 year and counting for my Lincoln) and are well worth the modest time and effort.
6th Jul 2018, 23:05
Also the suspension components are very weak on them (ball joints, control arm bushings, all fail pretty early in the car's life).
The interior plastics are very shoddy and flimsy too.
The 90s were the last nice traditionally styled Town Cars and they did run very smooth when in good condition, but as the 2000s came around the quality got even worse.
I sure do miss the Townies though. Nothing today still rides as well as Town Cars, and nothing today either comes close to the interior size and comfort of the 94-96 Cadillac Fleetwoods.
At the same time, the 70s Lincolns was the ultimate era in true living room comfort on wheels and in styling.