Specifications:
Engine: 6.8L V10
Trans: 4R100 - 2WD
Wheels: Stock
Suspension: Stock

Options:
Rear A/C
Large Sunroof
Clipboard Center Console

Mods left over from FBI Use:
Ranch Hand Legend Series Iron Front Bumper
Driver Side Police Spotlight - 100 Watt
Some capped Holes in the Roof (likely where wires for antennas or roof lights used to be)
Countless feet of left over wires and cables in the dash that i have removed most of now (likely from radios, whatever else)

Mods by Me:
2005-2007 Raptor Style Front Bumper - Not Trimmed as it fit fine with Ranch Hand Bumper
2007+ Tow Mirrors
Optima Red Top Battery with Top Posts and Side Posts
All LED Interior Light Conversion
Double Din 10 Inch Android Touch Screen Head Unit - 8 Core CPU - 4 GB RAM - 32 GB SSD
Alcatel GSM/LTE Modem - Provides Mobile Data to Head Unit, Vehicle WiFi, Ethernet, and an analog Telephone Line.
3 x High Gain SMA Antenna's - 2 x For Alcatel Modem - 1 x For SDR System
Fluke Test Set Handset - Hooked to the Analog Line on the modem, so i have a in vehicle phone.
RTL-SDR Software Defined Radio System - Connected to Head Unit - Allows tapping into Police, Fire, Military, and any other Frequencies that seem interesting - Essentially the ultimate Police/Radio Scanner

For those wondering why the Fluke Test Set when we all have Cell Phones, the answer is quite simple, The Alcatel Modem is connected to two roof antenna's that are literally 50x larger than the antenna in a common smartphone, and that modem gets service places my Cell does not, notably the lake i visit regularly. The Modem is on the same Carrier as the family cell phones, and yet the only phone line that works at lake where we go is the Analog Line that modem provides. Call has never failed to go through.

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Picked up a 2000 Ford Excursion V10 2WD on 8-25-2020 for 7000 bucks @ 181,000 miles
A Stack of paperwork included with the truck shows the following
Spark Plugs were all done 2 months ago
A/C Compressor was done in another shop 6 weeks ago
Some other odds and ends of maintenance a bit before that, including an oil change, filter, air filter etc.
Battery is a Autozone brand that appears to be about 8 months old
Emissions passed 2 months ago
Tires look pretty new

The truck appears to be mechanically Stock with no consumer level mods done to it, You will see why i said consumer in a moment.

The Excursion is an Ex FBI Field Agent Vehicle, I suspect it is similar to my 2 Expedition Special Service Vehicles (SSVs) there is no apparent branding for XL, XLT, Limited, ETC....

The Center Console has a factory clipboard on top of the lid(actually says CLIP on it), Door Spotlight, some capped off holes in the roof, and a bumper that looks like it belongs on a train made from steel and a lot of diamond plate and painted black, no not a brush guard! The whole factory bumper is gone, and this new full wrap around chunk of iron is the bumper, a brush guard, and a standing platform all in one on the front of the excursion, it extends the length of the truck by about 12-14 inches, and it has heavy tow hooks on the front of it. It appears to be mounted directly to the front of the frame rails as well as another point behind them likely for stability support.

This post is a WIP

Plans:
Wheels and Tires - Moratorium as it has brand new tires on the factory wheels, so why bother at the moment
Lift - It needs a lift, but the question is how much, I am thinking no more than 6 inch, 3 might be too little but with eventual upgraded wheels might actually be a good match, TBD
Trans - Entertaining the idea of a 10 Speed swap 10R80 as detailed in another thread, pending final production of the standalone controller for the 6R80/10R80s from US Shift
Roof Rack with Forward and Rear LED Light Bars controlled from a Key Fob(I built this on my 05 Expedition, just need to replicate it with a proper length rack)
Mirrors - It needs tow mirrors desperately, its driving me nuttz, detailed elsewhere in this thread.

Parts List of Stuff I have ordered:
05-07 Raptor Grille for F-250/350/450 - Hopefully it fits, if you look in the video below it looks like it should but its going to be very close i think. - Arrived 9-2-2020 - Installed!

LED Tail Lights of the style i like - Arrived 8-30-2020 - Installed
https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Black-T...72.m2749.l2649

Bulbs for the reverse light portion of the tail lights - Arrived 9-1-2020 - Installed

99-04 Headlight and LED Turn Signal to replace the fogged faded nastyness - Arrived 9-2-2020 - Installed
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Housi...72.m2749.l2649

V10 Badges because why not, as mine actually seems to be missing some of the usual badging - Arrived 9-3-2020 - Waiting until i make paint decisions.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2PCS-6-8L-T...72.m2749.l2649

New Keyless Entry Remotes as the one i got is busted and only works if i short the contacts with metal - Arrived 8-29-2020 - Installed

SCT X4 7015 Handheld Tuner - Beat someone up and got it for 80 bucks, need to pay the remote unlock fee still. - DONE

10 inch Android Double Din head unit - Arrived 9-4-2020 - Installed

Tow Mirrors - Arrived - Installed August 2020
https://www.ebay.com/itm/193628824066

New Front Center Console Cup Holder with Deeper wells so cups do not become missiles during a turn - Installed August 2020

New Rear Hatch Struts that are also longer, so the door goes much higher - Installed 12-5-2020

20 Ton Bottle Jack to Replace the piece of **** scizor jack i found in the side compartment - 11-26-2020

SSD Drive to add storare to my onboard Android Computer head unit - Installed 12-5-2020

USB Hub to hide away in the dash and connect more accessories to the android radio head unit - installed 12-5-2020

Roof Rack, Extended Length to take up the whole roof of the excursion except for the sun roof - Arrived, pending assembly with lights and gear. Will be mounting 8 LED Pods, and some comm gear, possibly an antenna array on the sides of this.

Antennas for my comm equipment - Arrived, waiting for me to assemble everything

LED Pods, bought two of the 4 packs for the roof rack - Arrived

Mounting hardware for lights - Arrived

Wireless Controller for lighting systems and other accessories for the roof rack - Arrived

 

Wow, those sound extremely COOL !!

Please post a few good pics for us of your 3 very unusual and very unique SSVs and FBI rigs, and that bad *** bumper you have. Wow, great finds. Very cool!

Thanks!


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The Expeditions do not look any different, other than police bumpers and having the heavy towing package as a default, and a lot of them come without the center console, probably so when your wearing a giant gun belt you are not smashed against it.

This Excursion is the only one i have seen with these options and i have been looking for one for over a year, I found a picture here of the clip board but ill go shoot some video of mine here in a few

https://www.leithbmw.com/inventoryph...jpg?height=400

This is the only picture i found online of a clipboard center console, other than the one i have sitting outside, ive looked at probably 20+ and test drove at least 8 of them and never seen one with a clipboard till now.

The expeditions just have Brush Guard style push bumpers that mount up to the tow hook positions, or to the frame ears depending on the year, but usually keep their factory bumpers underneath, But this Excursion the factory bumper is completely replaced by this new one.

Im stepping out to shoot some video of it now, just a shorty as its pitch dark but i think my phone light will be enough for you to "get the picture"

EDIT: Uploading now, says it will be a bit...

 

Here are some still pictures i took while i wait for youtube to suck up the video upload.

 

 

Also if you watch that video you see the GPS mount on the dash, its actually had metal screws drilled into the dash to hold it permanently, im guessing so it didnt come loose over time, i want to smack whoever drove 2 screws through an otherwise perfect dash.....

 

To get the basics started I have ordered the following items:

05-07 Raptor Grille for F-250/350/450 - Hopefully it fits, if you look in the video above it looks like it should but its going to be very close i think.

LED Tail Lights of the style i like
https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Black-T...72.m2749.l2649

Bulbs for the reverse light portion of the tail lights

99-04 Headlight and LED Turn Signal to replace the fogged faded nastyness
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Housi...72.m2749.l2649

Used SCT X4 7015 Tuner, so i can Call up 5 Star and get some tunes cooking (I have SCT's for all my vehicles)

That should shine up the looks a bit to get started, until i find a good roof rack for the Excursion to then assemble lights onto and a controller and get it all wired up and together, then i gave to find some power to tap into through one of the roof holes, hopefully i get lucky and there is a couple of wires i can source up there already.

 

That front bumper looks like a Ranch hand full replacement unit, very popular in TX it seems.
Towing mirrors (I've had both the '05 and current '08 models and like the '08s much better ) should fit with that door spot light, but it may be close. I don't ever recall seeing a door post spot that actually mounted to the door, typically the ones I have seen mount to the A pillar with a notch cut into the door frame edge for clearance.
My '05 XLT has that exact same clipboard center console lid. My EX is a former Army Corps of Engineers vehicle, but I've seen other ones with the same cover.
Does your EX have the overhead ceiling console? If so, does it also have the factory Lie-O-Meter at the front above the windshield? Mine does not have the display there, just a panel that says "Excursion".
Does yours have the third row seat and rear HVAC? Many SSV rigs lack both as the cargo area was intended for use as a cargo area with no provisions for passengers back there. Carpet or rubber floor liner?
Here is the only picture I can find that shows my console lid clipboard.


And here is where my Lie-O-Meter would be if it had one, you can see the "Excursion" on the cover.



Something else that you may want to check on, since its an '00 with very recent new spark plugs. Pull the COPs off and verify that it also got new rubber boots (if the boots are old and dirty/worn Denso is the OEM manufacturer with part #671-0001) with the new plugs (and that dielectric grease was applied to both ends of the boot internal springs), pull a plug to ensure the correct plugs were used (Motorcraft SP-479) and put a torque wrench on all of the plugs to be certain that the proper over torque value is applied. The factory plug torque spec for '00 was only 11 to 17 ft/lbs, which many folks (including me) feel contributes to the early modular engines blowing out plugs. Increasing the torque to 28/32 ft/lbs seems to reduce the chances of a plug blowout as well halving the replacement interval down to 50K miles from the OEM 100K.

 

My 01 limited has the clip on the center console

 

My 2002 XLT has the same clip on the center console as well. Good looking truck and can't wait to see what the headlights look like when you get them installed.

 

I believe every Excursion had the same clipboard center floor console lid with the exception of the models that had the middle jump seat there. LT trim maybe?
The info center above the rear mirror was part of the "comfort and convenience group" package, which according to the brochure included power rear quarter windows, and leather.

 

Most Excursions i test drove besides this one had a plastic wood textured center console lid without any clip board, some had a padded flip up center console lid like the expeditions but larger. Never saw one with a middle seat in the front.

Mine has power rear quarter windows, cloth interior, however the 3rd row seat is leather,

Mine has the third row seat and carpet back there, im guessing the FBI was not in the business of patrolling or pulling people over with this thing, likely driving it to crime scenes or transporting instead, according to its records it has been registered in Arizona and California under a fleet.

I have the overhead console yes, and mine does have the display in it, and it has rear AC as well.

I think i am going to take the bottom plate off the dash under the steering wheel and try to see what all those wires hanging down there might have been, i had noticed a couple of them, but when i hit the right angle with the camera in the the video above i saw a ton more then i even knew were there, its like a spaghetti mess of butt connectors and cut off wires it appeared.

 

OK, i have a bunch of stuff on the way now, and as you probably gather, once i set my mind to something, i am excited to get going on it.

I want to do some towing mirrors, and I am hoping to keep it simple, here is what im hoping to find,
Turn Signal - preferably clear non-smoked lens, with LED or that i can put an LED bulb in.
Power adjust for the mirror glass
Heated it possible.
No need for power fold, or power telescoping.
Preferably with a chrome top, but not a deal breaker

As plug and play as possible, understanding though that i will likely need to run a wire for the turn signal function. I don't mind running 1 wire, i do not want to be re-splicing harnesses if i can avoid it.

I am fine with knock off mirrors from amazon as long as they are functional and decent quality.

Rather than take random chances im sure a lot of you can recommend good mirrors for me, and save me the trial, error, and mis-fortune.

 

Damn good call, i found it, Ranch Hand Legend Series for Ford Excursion 2000-2005, and a bunch of years of F250/F350/F450

https://assets.thiecommerce.com/prod...2fb6a0d1c0.jpg

 

So much stuff on order, and i hate that frustrated feeling you get when you realize you have nothing left to do today, and it would be a perfect time to swap the headlights, taillights, and/or the mirrors, but wait, none of them have arrived yet..... GRRRR