How do you like your Gen3? Do you have any lift or just fitted bigger tires? What size tires do you have?
If my mk1 ever dies, I would probably move up to a mk3, just trying to gather info, since your's is pretty clean.
Love the Gen3. You can see my build thread here:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/124241-The-Golden-Gato-A-2001-LTD-NM
No lift as of yet, but that is the next project. As you can see in the picture, it is riding a bit low in the back. Surprisingly, this affected the steering and handling more so than in other vehicles I'd had(XJ and a R50 Pathfinder).
I've got 235/85/16s BFG ATs on there now, and will stick with those. E rated tires, tall yet skinny...favorite size. Had them on a WJ, TLC and now the Monty.
We were on quite a bit of mountain, twisty roads, and a good bit of interstate at times. Plenty of power for the way I drive, and the manumatic option on the LTD is nice for hills, both up and down.