Question about Mark VIII Longevity

DeepBlue

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Hi Guys,

Newbie here, but certainly not a newbie to Mark VIII's.

Owned a silver '98 Mark VIII LSC for about 6 years starting around '99. Sold it in 2005 :frown:. Which may be my biggest car related regret ever. Replaced with a 2005 Jeep GrandC LTD/Hemi same year ... which is my second biggest car regret ever.

Finally getting to a place where I may consider getting a "fun" car in near future and despite all the choices currently available, am oddly drawn back to Mark VIII's. I've looked around a bit recently, and it seems that picking up an almost pristine example for under or around 10k is quite doable.

Which leads me to my question, with the youngest examples being 20 years old at this point, how have they held up over the years? How is ongoing maintainability looking? Is service or spare parts availability a problem? Anything else related to keeping a Mark VIII running for the foreseeable future that I should be aware of?

Thanks in advance!
 
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Nobody answered this, mine is now 26 years old, has 77k miles on it and still drives great even after it sat for nearly a year before I bought it, covered in bird crap and dirt. I wonder if you bought one after this or not?
 
These cars are very reliable.if you are willing to work on them and track down extra parts they are also very economical to own.
 
I just bought my first, a 94, with 116,000, not much wrong. I did the suspension conversion and the oil filter adaptor gasket, drove one for the first time. What a great car.
 
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