when introduced in 1980, the ford ltd crown victoria was produced in both two-door and four-door sedan body configurations. as with the standard-trim ltd, the ltd crown victoria was produced with quad-headlight front bodywork. similar to the 1979 ford mustang, the car had the 4 eyed quad headlight arrangement in the front facia. this was one of the final classical "eyed" cars to ever be manufactured. for 1983, the exterior was given a minor update, with a redesigned "eggcrate" grille; the taillamps saw a minor update because the ltd script was removed from them. for 1980, the coupe assumed the role of full-sized coupe when the thunderbird was downsized and shared the chassis with the smaller mustang.