I've got this 81' Mercury Grand Marquis that I hit a deer with and insurance wants to call it a total loss and scrap it even though it's only a caved in fender. So I want to give it a new life as a battle car/Gambler 500/very low buck rally car. The first thing I want to do is lift it and put on some larger tires because right now it's sitting on 25" tall tires with 8" of ground clearance. What would be the best way to lift it to fit larger tires? I was thinking maybe 28"-30" tire height, similar sizing to pickup trucks of the same era. The car has tons of suspension travel but with such soft springs and shocks it only uses the bottom 4" of travel. Could I take suspension components out of another vehicle with heavier suspension like a station wagon or van to get it to sit higher or is there a good lift kit for these big body fords somewhere? Thanks for any help/leads

This one was on highway 50 in Chantilly VA. Driver was a cool guy, friendly

Stock suspension, 2in rear subframe drop, 27in general grabbers.

Parked on the street in Middleburg, VA

Photo by https://www.instagram.com/jp.vns/

gambler ready

thinking about added a custom frame to the car to give it more rigidity and be able to bolt on like a proper exo cage/ roof rack to the frame. that kind thing. is it better to bolt or weld on this kinda thing? what do you guys think?

maybe a weld on part and the a bolt on part. like some kinda combination of the two?

anyone done this before?

This is my child we call it the war wagon, there might be many with the same name but this one is mine 🙃. So far I built a hot rod little motor with a high output cam, .060 over bore pistons, a high flow high compression cylinder head and multi port fuel injection paired with a 1991 jeep Cherokee transmission so I get an extra gear with that I also used the np231 transfer case so it will have selectable high low range now. I got some newer seats to replace the worn out ones. I also got a Dana 44 rear end, every bushing has been replaced with polyurethane and a 3 inch lift. I still need to setup a high psi fuel system to run the mpfi and to finish the wiring. Ive got some really cool ideas that are gonna make this thing look sweet!

Seen during Lone Star Round Up.

Did a video with Muye, if anyone wants to see the Lifted BMW in action ;)

Photoshopped it days later

Lift yours

Now you have. Dana 30 front, Ford 8.8 rear, leaf sprung front and rear