DIM: Crown Vic 1st Gen Utah Highway Patrol Livery

Another post in Detroit Iron in Moscow (DIM)... a series of posts where I do a bit of car spotting and photograph "Detroit iron" in Moscow -- i.e. full-size American automobiles that I see on Moscow streets, lanes and especially in back yards whilst not specifically looking for them. 

Today's specimen is a Utah Highway Patrol Crown Victoria 1st Gen 1992-94.

'Utah Highway Patrol"... "State Trooper"... You're a long way from home, buster!

You are serving us now.... and we are servicing you... at a great expense no doubt.

We got you... is that a box of donuts on back seat?

Unfortunately, this time I wasn't able to make more (or better) pictures.

DIM: Ford Crown Victoria

Detroit Iron in Moscow (DIM) is a series of posts where I do a bit of car spotting and photograph "Detroit iron" in Moscow -- i.e. full-size American automobiles that I see on Moscow streets, lanes but most often in the back yards of Moscow apartment houses for some reason.

From one of those back yards not far from my own place comes today's subject -- a Ford Crown Victoria.

I approached it stealthily from behind (Panther!) on a sunny August day.

In fact the sunny conditions interfered with my mobile phone photography.

But there is no mistaking it from this view anyway.

Ford Crown Victoria 1st Generation 1992-94 in kinda tan. No idea what the trim is. Probably the cheapest.

It's long...

... it sure is long but it's also very narrow by today's standards. Compare to the Benz next to it in the next picture. I think my Ford Focus is wider.

In fact in the picture below -- strictly from the front -- it looks like it is a (sub-)compact car... which obviously it is not. However being narrow is a bonus on narrow back yardie streets of Moscow.

Look, no-grille front fascia! Me, I like the no-grille of the early 90s much better than the ugly grilles that most cars have these days, as ugly as they are fake for the most part.