The 73-78 LTD isn’t the same chassis as the Panther platform, though the Panther chassis was developed from it. The 77 LTD II is what the CV came from.
Moving the axle back or forth three inches (especially on a body on frame car) isn’t significant at all. The classic XJ, for example, was available in two wheelbases - doesn’t make them different cars. The Lincoln Town Car, which we all agree is the same car, is available in a 117.7 inch wheelbase and a 123.7 inch wheelbase. Still the same crap chassis underneath, and the body of a 1982 Town Car will still drop right onto a 2005-up Town Car SWB chassis (this has been done recently by a couple of crazy Dallas hotrodders with access to flooded Katrina cars and a bent-frame hot-rodded Town Car). So you fail again.
Still the same crap chassis underneath, and the body of a 1982 Town Car will still drop right onto a 2005-up Town Car SWB chassis
Where to start? Well, the 1982 Crown Vics, Grand Marqs, and Town Cars obviously had a completely different body than their 2005-up versions.
The 1982's had a 5.0L or 5.8L cast iron OHV V8 engine. The 2005-up cars have a completely different 4.6L aluminum SOHC engine.
The 1982's had a 4-spd AOD automatic overdrive transmission, which debuted in 1980. The 2005-up cars have the 4R70W, which is a heavy duty, electronically controlled, wide ratio geared rework of the AOD.
AND THE FRAME THAT YOU KEEP BRINGING UP?
You seemed to have missed that the Panther platform was completely redesigned in 2003. New hydro-formed steel frame, new front and rear suspension, and the recirculating ball gear box was replaced with a rack and pinion.
Just how much of the car has to be replaced before you consider it "not the same crap?"
Here we have a different body, different frame, different engine, different transmission (albeit based on the old one), different steering and different suspension. All that, and you still think it's the same car?
So you fail again.
What's the obsession with telling me I fail? Projection? Because you don't know enough about Crown Vics to tell people they "fail" when discussing them.