Too bad that conversion of a 460 to fuel injection along with an OD/lockup tranny would be cost prohibitive for the average person. The last of the Grand Marquis/Crown Vics can get nearly 30mpg on the highway. I bet it would be possible to play with one of these and get 20 on the road. Of course, it really wouldn't make sense either to use something irreplaceable like this for a daily driver . Maybe a good thing after all-- it's thirst will keep you from wearing it out.
@lp1330 Boy you've got that right! They and their sibling 429's are the best big-blocks Ford ever made, but that many cubic inches just can't get good mileage. A 200 mile round trip to Dallas and back will empty its 25 gallon tank, and that's with a 2.5 axle! To think these cars were sold new in the middle of two gas crises! No telling how many of these sat in two hour gas lines when new.
@MrGizmo1234ification Well the big Fords and Mercurys '75-'78 were identical within their brands. The engine availabilities changed within that time because of the ever-changing CAFE and emission control requirements.
Yeh,awesome boat with the 460 4 barrel and dual exhaust in a two door ,metallic sky blue two tone with fender-skirts and spoked hub caps.I had that car,no word of a lie,up to 130miles per hour and she was purring at 6,700 rpm. Not even breaking a sweat, I sold the car and the first thing the guy did was smoke the tires all the way for two frigin blocks,I missed that car instantly.
@MrGizmo1234ification Thanks! I'm sure you did miss it! It can be seen in retrospect that these cars were the best Mercurys ever made--really more like the Lincolns of the time. From '79 on, the Mercury reverted back to being just a re-badged Ford and would slowly fade away over the years, being bought only by people 70 or older.
@Silverfield0 Thanks! There's lots out there, especially on eBay--that's where this one came from in '02, with 41K miles on it for $2K. Mostly middle-aged and older people bought them, had homes with garages where they sat and were driven very little and finally became part of an estate when they died.
@shadyaftermass Thanks, but no thanks! Yellow is my favorite color--three of the four I've owned have been yellow. Also, it runs much better now that the EGR valve vacuum line has been reconnected to the air cleaner.
@MrSheerlook Thanks! You're right, and to think I made fun of them when they were new! It wasn't until the mid-80's I realized what great cars they were and today they are holding their own much better than their GM/Mopar counterparts both in looks and quality.
@heartlessvietboy Thanks! I was your age in '75--I actually disliked these cars when they were new, wouldn't have looked twice at one, compared them very unfavorably to the beautifully styled mid-60's Mercs and Lincolns. It wasn't until the mid-80's that I realized these were the best looking and built cars of that era and bought my first one in 1986.
It´s my dream to have an american classic since I was a little kid. But it´s difficult to own one here in germany because of the gas prices and they´re exotics, so usually not cheap.
@Floridaredwing25 That's right, and there are still a lot of nice ones out there because they were mostly bought by older, affluent people who drove them very little and kept them in a garage. You can find lots of them on eBay.
My father had a 2door version, told me I could have it when I turn 17 (odd choice), and sold it 3 months before my birthday. As far as our relationship, he is dead to me!!
Don't you have state-run enterprises in US ? universal health coverage.......have you given a thought what that means, it's state planning, they tax you everything between heaven and Earth, and then the state plans so much to this and so much to that. You have completely lost anything to say about it. And should you need the hospital, all they talk about is budget problems, you are on a waiting list. It's regularly in press that people die on the list.
A simple knee fix can take months, a few hours surgery. Their propaganda here goes....in America people die because of no "free" health care, so what people die here to because of no health care, on a waiting list. But here you have paid for nothing, do you know how the service is for something they already got paid for ?
@johnsenkenn That has always been my perception of things that are touted as "free". Anything worth having is never "free"--someone is going to pay for it one way or the other. A friend in Germany when he is in this country will say "Oh in Germany this is free", but then another time he'll say "I can't believe how much they take from my check every month". Oh, and about the '77--a 200 mile round trip to Dallas and back will drain a full gas tank! About 11 MPG!
@KoldingDenmark Thanks! I'm going to! It's exactly like the 1976 model you had--from 1975 to 1978 all the Marquis/Grand Marquis are identical--they even use the same pictures in the dealer brochures. The differences came under the hood as they shuffled engine availability to conform to ever changing emission and CAFE requirements. In '78, the underpowered 351 was standard across the board, but could be upgraded to 400/460.
NICE GOT ME A 2 DOOR LIMITED EDITION COUPE SAME COLOR CAME OUT IN JANUARY OF 77 WHEN THE 460 BECAME STANDARD GOT A FEW DENTS NOTHING MAJOR NO RUST ALMOST DONE PICKED IT UP FROM SOME GUY FOR 850 BUCKS
Back when they made cars. If a small car hit you, the small car would be damaged and only minor damage would occur to your car because it was made in AMERICA!
Man, this brings back memories. In high school, I drove my Dad's 1977 Mercury Grand Marquis after he put 130,000 miles on it. 4 door, 460, black with red leather interior. Burnouts, high way runs (we buried the 125mph speedometer more than once), donuts, listening to the quadraphonic 8-track tape player, long drives with girls.... I had to get rid of it when I moved into an apartment, I just had no where to put it. Wish I had it now. Thanks for the video!
@MadFF1 Actually you buried the 100 MPH speedometer--they were dialing them back in '77! And all the while you were burning a gallon every nine miles! Thanks!
@NDrLoR Now that you mention it, I think the one I had was a '76-'77 hybrid... my Dad got the car in the Fall of 1976, so I think it had parts from both years. I remember some confusion in getting parts for it. I am positive it was a 125mph speedo. Mine also had the right and left lights that came on with the turn signal, to light up where you were turning. I laugh today when people talk about "big" cars being built now... seems like most of todays cars could fit into the trunk of '70s cars!
@MadFF1 (1) '75-'78 Mercurys are all virtually identical outwardly. FOMOCO was in bad financial condition and had to go four models years without a change, but they were good quality cars. I looked and the speedo only goes to 85--remember we'd gotten a 55 MPH speed limit in '74 (Ugh!). The differences in these cars are under the hood. During those years, there were changes virtually every year in CAFE (started in '75) and emission requirements .
@MadFF1 (2) In '77, the 460 was standard equipment in Grand Marquis and 400 in the plain Marquis. However, to get better gas mileage, the weak sister 351W was made standard equipment across the board in '78, a real howler in a nine-passenger wagon! However, 400's and 460's could still be bought as optional equipment, which is what most people did in Grand Marquis's. The lights you speak of were optional cornering lights on the right and left lower front fenders.
beautiful piece of art indeed. I'e heard the 400 engine is the best and most reliable; almost undistinguishable, power-wise, from the 460. The 351 is barely adequate, while the 302 is supposed to be underpowered. What is your opinion?
@grooteschuur62 The 460 is the best by far. It's Ford's 385 engine (named for it's 3.85" stroke) in conjunction with the 429, Ford's best big blocks. Good for 200-300K miles if taken care of. The 400 is merely a stroked 351, a mediocre passenger car engine good for only about 100K, designed for emissions to replace the superb 390. It's woefully underpowered for its size and a 351 is a joke in a car that size--351's became standard in '78, but 400-460 still options.
@grooteschuur62 the 400C is a good engine, mediocre because of cam timing and low compression. its best to have the 460 anytime. these mercs were always a few 100 lbs over the ford LTD, the bigger engines were better for the extra weight. it did not make sense to have any 351from '73 and up. ford lowered rear end ratios and added the 351M only for CAFE mileage i 77/78. i think the speedo went to 85mph in 77 for all fords
@dicarlo57 yeah, for the intermediates a 351 works very well. would like to get a torino/montego with a original 302 and stroke it out to 347, to keep it lite. but for the "big" fords, it got to be "big"blocks-for me that's 400+ cubes
@pinkcheckerd Thanks! I've always thought both the smaller LTD Fords and Mercurys looked better than the oversized Town Cars which were simply elephantine by that time!
@jojocats2 Mine too! I didn't appreciate how really nice they were when they were new! It wasn't until they were about 10 years old that I started realizing how good they were compared to the other cars of the era and have been glad for the ones I've owned since then!
@NDrLoR - absolutely. Also, the quality was amazing. My dad had a 92 cadillac. The quality was way beyond a Mercedes Benz, really. I compared it to an AMG (Benz). no comparison at all. Cadillacs do rock. Also that Merc, great quality, heavily built to last, so to say...
Nice car. I have a 2dr the same colour with only 65000. Inside is perfect condition and outside is excelent also. It also has a 460 4bbl and drives like a dream.
Nice car. I have a 2dr the same colour with only 65000. Inside is perfect condition and outside is excelent also. It also has a 460 4bbl and drives like a dream.
Thanks for the great video of a beautiful car that nothing made now can compare with. Incidently, 1978 was the best selling year for Mercury, with 580,000 units sold. I just read that this year is the last for Mercury after 72 years. What a shame.
@73849309378 Thanks! Yep, it's the end of the line for Mercury. Ford kind of lost its way over the past 30 years--not enough difference between it and a Ford. I always thought it should have at least had the larger 5.4 litre engine as standard equipment to justify the extra price--but it just remained a badge-engineering exercise after '78. Nice cars, but only people 85 or older buy them now.
@78ColonyPark Thanks--glad you liked it! Yes, that yellow has always been my favorite color--three of the four I've owned were yellow. A Colony Park would be the ultimate, 'tho. I test drove a yellow '77 back in the late 80's or early 90's which was clean, but I realized it had been wrecked in the right rear quarter after looking closer.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. My first car was a '76 Mercury Marquis Brogham. It was White with a blue top and blue interior - the newer models are all bullet proof but just lack the same style and presence they had back then. Such a great driving car. :)
@edburck Thanks! Cars today are perfect in the same sense that a refrigerator or microwave oven or any other appliance is perfect, but they have no soul, they just function. These cars with all their blatant excess and chrome fittings will always resonate with folks in ways that the generic models of today will never be able to do.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. My first car was a '76 Mercury Marquis Brogham. It was White with a blue top and blue interior - the newer models are all bullet proof but just lack the same style and presence they had back then. Such a great driving car. :)
Wow, that really looks great! I have the same color combination in a 1978 Grand Marquis with 400 engine. The vinyl roof deteriorated so I removed it and repainted the top. Mine now has almost 300,000 miles.
@retrochad Thanks! The '75-'78 Grand Marquis's are the best cars made in the 70's--far better than GM or Chryslers. They are very Lincolnesque in their appointments and performance. This is the 4th one I've owned since 1985.
Really enjoyed your video NDrLoR. I'm lucky enough to own a 78 with a 460. I think even rare is the two door coupe such as mine, there's lots of the four doors still out there, but the coupe is rare.
Best experenice i had in these land yachts was at the drive inn!
Thanks! They made 31,231 sedans, 13,534 coupes. You are lucky, because in '78 the 351 W became the standard engine because they were trying to get a bit more MPG--both 400 and 460 had to be ordered as options.
This was the second best luxury car in america in the 70s. Lincoln continental was number one, this was better than anything cadillac made then and thats a fact.
That's exactly right--all the best qualities of a Lincoln in a smaller package. Ford didn't plunder its quality for short-term gain as GM and Chrysler did.
Yes in UK we seem to have smaller but more powerful tuned engines. I notice some big yank engines but yet not much power output. I think you tune for emissions more than power over there?
Yep, that's exactly the culprit. The 7.7 litre that's in that '77 had about 365 gross HP when it was introduced in '68. The measurements were changed to net HP in '72 for Ford and was only 202 by '77. But even measured by gross ratings, with lower compression, retarded timing and leaner mixtures, it still wouldn't have made 300 HP in '77--it still had a lot of torque though because of it's large displacement. Smaller displacements were hopeless by then.
Cracking car and great description! I love these big yank tanks but not too many in the UK, we never had these sizes of cars in the UK, only up to BWW 7 series size and maybe a bit bigger, the odd 3-4 litre V8 but mostly straight and V sixes.
I've got a European Granada V6 (1984) 2.8 auto with air and a Vauxhall/Opel Senator (3.0) auto with Air. These are the types of cars the UK traffic police used to use in the 80s. The 24v senators can move to about 160mph no problem.
Thanks! For whatever reason, the UK version of our cars always seemed to be made with better and more powerful engines than the ones available here, and better looking, too! We had to "make do" with choked down anemic fours and such.
The 1975 thru 1978 Mercury Marquis and Grand Marquis are my favorite cars. I will start looking for one with a 460 to buy soon and use as a daily driver. I think these are the best cars ever made.
They have certainly proven their durability to me over the past 24 years. They were bought mainly by older people who kept them nice and didn't drive them much and now they are dying out--a lot still appear on eBay. Just be prepared to buy LOTS of gas--don't expect more than 12-13 MPG on the highway and less in town!
Thanks! Time was these cars were everywhere--now you see few of them. I ridiculed them when they were new, but now recognize them as the best looking and best made cars of the 70's! You certainly like those Ford Rangers--great trucks!
Love these cars. Had a 76 model in the same colors with a 400cui engine.
KoldingDenmark 2 months ago
@KoldingDenmark Thanks! They were the last of the really Lincoln-esge Mercurys before they became a re-badged Ford.
NDrLoR 2 months ago
Too bad that conversion of a 460 to fuel injection along with an OD/lockup tranny would be cost prohibitive for the average person. The last of the Grand Marquis/Crown Vics can get nearly 30mpg on the highway. I bet it would be possible to play with one of these and get 20 on the road. Of course, it really wouldn't make sense either to use something irreplaceable like this for a daily driver . Maybe a good thing after all-- it's thirst will keep you from wearing it out.
lp1330 2 months ago
@lp1330 Boy you've got that right! They and their sibling 429's are the best big-blocks Ford ever made, but that many cubic inches just can't get good mileage. A 200 mile round trip to Dallas and back will empty its 25 gallon tank, and that's with a 2.5 axle! To think these cars were sold new in the middle of two gas crises! No telling how many of these sat in two hour gas lines when new.
NDrLoR 2 months ago
Sorry about that ,my car was a 1976 Ford Mercury Grand Marquis.
MrGizmo1234ification 2 months ago
@MrGizmo1234ification Well the big Fords and Mercurys '75-'78 were identical within their brands. The engine availabilities changed within that time because of the ever-changing CAFE and emission control requirements.
NDrLoR 2 months ago
Yeh,awesome boat with the 460 4 barrel and dual exhaust in a two door ,metallic sky blue two tone with fender-skirts and spoked hub caps.I had that car,no word of a lie,up to 130miles per hour and she was purring at 6,700 rpm. Not even breaking a sweat, I sold the car and the first thing the guy did was smoke the tires all the way for two frigin blocks,I missed that car instantly.
MrGizmo1234ification 2 months ago
@MrGizmo1234ification Thanks! I'm sure you did miss it! It can be seen in retrospect that these cars were the best Mercurys ever made--really more like the Lincolns of the time. From '79 on, the Mercury reverted back to being just a re-badged Ford and would slowly fade away over the years, being bought only by people 70 or older.
NDrLoR 2 months ago
I have a 77 marquis coupe for sale ...my video is youtube
DwayMcfly 2 months ago
Beautiful.Thank you for this video.Saw one of these at a used car dealership.I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED one now. NEEEEEEEEEEEEEED
Silverfield0 3 months ago
@Silverfield0 Thanks! There's lots out there, especially on eBay--that's where this one came from in '02, with 41K miles on it for $2K. Mostly middle-aged and older people bought them, had homes with garages where they sat and were driven very little and finally became part of an estate when they died.
NDrLoR 3 months ago
sweet car. I would love to have one this old. For now I'm satisfied with my 1990 Grand marquis LS though. Check it out on my channel if you want.
tubageek2006 3 months ago
@tubageek2006 Thanks! Glad you like it! Those 90's are nice cars, too!
NDrLoR 3 months ago
That's my dream car..NICE~
KillerToyota 4 months ago
@KillerToyota Thanks!
NDrLoR 3 months ago
nice car
ThaTrueLegend 5 months ago
@ThaTrueLegend Thanks! Glad you liked it!
NDrLoR 5 months ago
nixe vid my uncle used to have a 4 door can remember what year you could put like 210 people in it though lol
motorboy121 7 months ago
@motorboy121 Thanks! You're wrong about the capacity, though, I've never gotten more than 53 at a time and that was 20 in the trunk!
NDrLoR 7 months ago
car would look great id it was all black and lowered and if u tune up that 7.5L 460 big block
shadyaftermass 7 months ago
@shadyaftermass Thanks, but no thanks! Yellow is my favorite color--three of the four I've owned have been yellow. Also, it runs much better now that the EGR valve vacuum line has been reconnected to the air cleaner.
NDrLoR 7 months ago
@MrSheerlook Thanks! You're right, and to think I made fun of them when they were new! It wasn't until the mid-80's I realized what great cars they were and today they are holding their own much better than their GM/Mopar counterparts both in looks and quality.
NDrLoR 7 months ago
Great GM. I love the light yellow color combo. I have a 77 Marquis Brougham . Check out my videos of my Merc and my 79 Continental Mark V Bill Blass.
markv9163 9 months ago
@markv9163 Thanks! This is a gorgeous car of yours! Love the color combo, too!
NDrLoR 9 months ago
I can imagine living life in the 1970's, driving a Grand Marquis, tuning the stereo listening to the radio.
heartlessvietboy 10 months ago
@heartlessvietboy Thanks! I was your age in '75--I actually disliked these cars when they were new, wouldn't have looked twice at one, compared them very unfavorably to the beautifully styled mid-60's Mercs and Lincolns. It wasn't until the mid-80's that I realized these were the best looking and built cars of that era and bought my first one in 1986.
NDrLoR 10 months ago
It´s my dream to have an american classic since I was a little kid. But it´s difficult to own one here in germany because of the gas prices and they´re exotics, so usually not cheap.
DaBoogie049 10 months ago
@DaBoogie049 Nevertheless, one of these days your dream will come true! All the best to you!
NDrLoR 10 months ago
Dime a dozen here in the good ole usa
Floridaredwing25 11 months ago
@Floridaredwing25 That's right, and there are still a lot of nice ones out there because they were mostly bought by older, affluent people who drove them very little and kept them in a garage. You can find lots of them on eBay.
NDrLoR 11 months ago
My father had a 2door version, told me I could have it when I turn 17 (odd choice), and sold it 3 months before my birthday. As far as our relationship, he is dead to me!!
jpair2 1 year ago
@jpair2 Such a shame! What a disappointment that must have been!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
@jpair2: Hope you guys can make up sometime. =)
MiracleMileV8 10 months ago
I wish I had one of these, but at 7,5 - 8 dollars a gallon.....ahhhh.
johnsenkenn 1 year ago
@johnsenkenn Well at least you have a wonderful social services network in your country which that helps fund, we don't even have that!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
@NDrLoR
A wonderful social service network, you don't know what you are talking about.
johnsenkenn 1 year ago
@johnsenkenn I didn't realize that. I thought you had universal health coverage in Denmark.
NDrLoR 1 year ago
@NDrLoR
Don't you have state-run enterprises in US ? universal health coverage.......have you given a thought what that means, it's state planning, they tax you everything between heaven and Earth, and then the state plans so much to this and so much to that. You have completely lost anything to say about it. And should you need the hospital, all they talk about is budget problems, you are on a waiting list. It's regularly in press that people die on the list.
johnsenkenn 1 year ago
@NDrLoR
A simple knee fix can take months, a few hours surgery. Their propaganda here goes....in America people die because of no "free" health care, so what people die here to because of no health care, on a waiting list. But here you have paid for nothing, do you know how the service is for something they already got paid for ?
johnsenkenn 1 year ago
@johnsenkenn That has always been my perception of things that are touted as "free". Anything worth having is never "free"--someone is going to pay for it one way or the other. A friend in Germany when he is in this country will say "Oh in Germany this is free", but then another time he'll say "I can't believe how much they take from my check every month". Oh, and about the '77--a 200 mile round trip to Dallas and back will drain a full gas tank! About 11 MPG!
VictrolaJazz 1 year ago
Oh how it looks very much like the 1976 model I had in the 1990's.
Only the roof is a slightly different color. Mine was a 400cui.
Really nice car, really smooth car. Take good care of it.
Mogens
KoldingDenmark 1 year ago
@KoldingDenmark Thanks! I'm going to! It's exactly like the 1976 model you had--from 1975 to 1978 all the Marquis/Grand Marquis are identical--they even use the same pictures in the dealer brochures. The differences came under the hood as they shuffled engine availability to conform to ever changing emission and CAFE requirements. In '78, the underpowered 351 was standard across the board, but could be upgraded to 400/460.
NDrLoR 1 year ago
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KoldingDenmark 1 year ago
NICE GOT ME A 2 DOOR LIMITED EDITION COUPE SAME COLOR CAME OUT IN JANUARY OF 77 WHEN THE 460 BECAME STANDARD GOT A FEW DENTS NOTHING MAJOR NO RUST ALMOST DONE PICKED IT UP FROM SOME GUY FOR 850 BUCKS
JOEROBIV09 1 year ago
@JOEROBIV09 Well you got a good deal! Is it the yellow/gold combo that was a special order package?
NDrLoR 1 year ago
@NDrLoR SADLY NO BUT I KNOW WHERE ONE IS BUT THEY GUY WONT SELL IT MINE IS THE SAME COLOR AS YOURS BUT HAS SPECIAL EDITION ON THE DOOR HANDLES
JOEROBIV09 1 year ago
Looks just like the one i just bought but mines 2 door. I am 18 and am proud to own a classic AMERICAN car!
Vuddyn 1 year ago
@Vuddyn Well good for you young man! All the best enjoyment with your "old school" car!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Back when they made cars. If a small car hit you, the small car would be damaged and only minor damage would occur to your car because it was made in AMERICA!
kd4adv 1 year ago
@kd4adv You're exactly right on that count! This one would leave one big dent! I'd hate to see the results after hitting a smart4two!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Great car. I had a 1976 Grand Marquis with a 400 cui engine and loved it. It was actually the best car on gas I have ever had.
KoldingDenmark 1 year ago 2
@KoldingDenmark Thanks!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
now THATS a car
daafies2 1 year ago 3
@daafies2 Thanks!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Man, this brings back memories. In high school, I drove my Dad's 1977 Mercury Grand Marquis after he put 130,000 miles on it. 4 door, 460, black with red leather interior. Burnouts, high way runs (we buried the 125mph speedometer more than once), donuts, listening to the quadraphonic 8-track tape player, long drives with girls.... I had to get rid of it when I moved into an apartment, I just had no where to put it. Wish I had it now. Thanks for the video!
MadFF1 1 year ago
@MadFF1 Actually you buried the 100 MPH speedometer--they were dialing them back in '77! And all the while you were burning a gallon every nine miles! Thanks!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
@NDrLoR Now that you mention it, I think the one I had was a '76-'77 hybrid... my Dad got the car in the Fall of 1976, so I think it had parts from both years. I remember some confusion in getting parts for it. I am positive it was a 125mph speedo. Mine also had the right and left lights that came on with the turn signal, to light up where you were turning. I laugh today when people talk about "big" cars being built now... seems like most of todays cars could fit into the trunk of '70s cars!
MadFF1 1 year ago
@MadFF1 (1) '75-'78 Mercurys are all virtually identical outwardly. FOMOCO was in bad financial condition and had to go four models years without a change, but they were good quality cars. I looked and the speedo only goes to 85--remember we'd gotten a 55 MPH speed limit in '74 (Ugh!). The differences in these cars are under the hood. During those years, there were changes virtually every year in CAFE (started in '75) and emission requirements .
NDrLoR 1 year ago
@MadFF1 (2) In '77, the 460 was standard equipment in Grand Marquis and 400 in the plain Marquis. However, to get better gas mileage, the weak sister 351W was made standard equipment across the board in '78, a real howler in a nine-passenger wagon! However, 400's and 460's could still be bought as optional equipment, which is what most people did in Grand Marquis's. The lights you speak of were optional cornering lights on the right and left lower front fenders.
NDrLoR 1 year ago
beautiful piece of art indeed. I'e heard the 400 engine is the best and most reliable; almost undistinguishable, power-wise, from the 460. The 351 is barely adequate, while the 302 is supposed to be underpowered. What is your opinion?
grooteschuur62 1 year ago
@grooteschuur62 The 460 is the best by far. It's Ford's 385 engine (named for it's 3.85" stroke) in conjunction with the 429, Ford's best big blocks. Good for 200-300K miles if taken care of. The 400 is merely a stroked 351, a mediocre passenger car engine good for only about 100K, designed for emissions to replace the superb 390. It's woefully underpowered for its size and a 351 is a joke in a car that size--351's became standard in '78, but 400-460 still options.
NDrLoR 1 year ago
@grooteschuur62 the 400C is a good engine, mediocre because of cam timing and low compression. its best to have the 460 anytime. these mercs were always a few 100 lbs over the ford LTD, the bigger engines were better for the extra weight. it did not make sense to have any 351from '73 and up. ford lowered rear end ratios and added the 351M only for CAFE mileage i 77/78. i think the speedo went to 85mph in 77 for all fords
LAmonk76 1 year ago
@LAmonk76 The 351s worked out well in montego/torinos
dicarlo57 1 year ago
@dicarlo57 yeah, for the intermediates a 351 works very well. would like to get a torino/montego with a original 302 and stroke it out to 347, to keep it lite. but for the "big" fords, it got to be "big"blocks-for me that's 400+ cubes
LAmonk76 1 year ago
Beautiful automobile indeed
grooteschuur62 1 year ago
@grooteschuur62 Thanks! Vive le France!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Oh,thanks. l was just looking for it.
your car? Very NICE
thisJAPANESE 1 year ago
@thisJAPANESE Thanks!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Ford/Lincoln/Mercury vehicles of the '70s were the best in looks IMHO.
TexasMan77 1 year ago
@TexasMan77 Even if your opinion was not humble I'd agree with it 100%! Thanks!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
looks better than the 1977 lincoln town car!!! Öö
pinkcheckerd 1 year ago
@pinkcheckerd Thanks! I've always thought both the smaller LTD Fords and Mercurys looked better than the oversized Town Cars which were simply elephantine by that time!
VictrolaJazz 1 year ago
Very nice Grand Marquis. The Grand Marquis is one of my favorite vehicles prodcued by Mercury.
jojocats2 1 year ago
@jojocats2 Mine too! I didn't appreciate how really nice they were when they were new! It wasn't until they were about 10 years old that I started realizing how good they were compared to the other cars of the era and have been glad for the ones I've owned since then!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
what a BEAUTY....what a Beauty....what a beauty.........oh dear..what a beauty..
manoman0 1 year ago
@manoman0 Does this mean you like it? Ha Ha! Thanks!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
@NDrLoR - Like it? You're kidding me. I'd marry her....(well, ok, overstating abit, but I guess you get it LOL)
manoman0 1 year ago
@manoman0 Thanks again! Sorry, she's already taken!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
@NDrLoR - I know....happy man that must be. BTW: my first car was a 1972 4-door Impala Hardtop Coupé...pillerles of course. I dearly dearly miss her.
manoman0 1 year ago
@manoman0 I don't doubt it! That was a nice car in its own right!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
@NDrLoR - absolutely. Also, the quality was amazing. My dad had a 92 cadillac. The quality was way beyond a Mercedes Benz, really. I compared it to an AMG (Benz). no comparison at all. Cadillacs do rock. Also that Merc, great quality, heavily built to last, so to say...
manoman0 1 year ago
Now thats A car ! so much better than the cars of today !
marilyn69monroe 1 year ago
@marilyn69monroe Thanks! You're preaching to the choir!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Nice car. I have a 2dr the same colour with only 65000. Inside is perfect condition and outside is excelent also. It also has a 460 4bbl and drives like a dream.
Mr390cid 1 year ago
@Mr390cid Thanks! I know you enjoy your car too! They are the best cars of the 70's!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Nice car. I have a 2dr the same colour with only 65000. Inside is perfect condition and outside is excelent also. It also has a 460 4bbl and drives like a dream.
Mr390cid 1 year ago
Thanks for the great video of a beautiful car that nothing made now can compare with. Incidently, 1978 was the best selling year for Mercury, with 580,000 units sold. I just read that this year is the last for Mercury after 72 years. What a shame.
73849309378 1 year ago
@73849309378 Thanks! Yep, it's the end of the line for Mercury. Ford kind of lost its way over the past 30 years--not enough difference between it and a Ford. I always thought it should have at least had the larger 5.4 litre engine as standard equipment to justify the extra price--but it just remained a badge-engineering exercise after '78. Nice cars, but only people 85 or older buy them now.
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Nice Grand Marquis... love those dish wheels and that familiar yellow! Great write up too!
78ColonyPark 1 year ago
@78ColonyPark Thanks--glad you liked it! Yes, that yellow has always been my favorite color--three of the four I've owned were yellow. A Colony Park would be the ultimate, 'tho. I test drove a yellow '77 back in the late 80's or early 90's which was clean, but I realized it had been wrecked in the right rear quarter after looking closer.
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Tits
Branko1966 1 year ago
@Branko1966 Thanks!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. My first car was a '76 Mercury Marquis Brogham. It was White with a blue top and blue interior - the newer models are all bullet proof but just lack the same style and presence they had back then. Such a great driving car. :)
edburck 1 year ago
@edburck Thanks! Cars today are perfect in the same sense that a refrigerator or microwave oven or any other appliance is perfect, but they have no soul, they just function. These cars with all their blatant excess and chrome fittings will always resonate with folks in ways that the generic models of today will never be able to do.
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. My first car was a '76 Mercury Marquis Brogham. It was White with a blue top and blue interior - the newer models are all bullet proof but just lack the same style and presence they had back then. Such a great driving car. :)
edburck 1 year ago
bad ass car
weightSndrumS 1 year ago
@weightSndrumS Thanks!
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Wow, that really looks great! I have the same color combination in a 1978 Grand Marquis with 400 engine. The vinyl roof deteriorated so I removed it and repainted the top. Mine now has almost 300,000 miles.
retrochad 1 year ago
@retrochad Thanks! The '75-'78 Grand Marquis's are the best cars made in the 70's--far better than GM or Chryslers. They are very Lincolnesque in their appointments and performance. This is the 4th one I've owned since 1985.
NDrLoR 1 year ago
Really enjoyed your video NDrLoR. I'm lucky enough to own a 78 with a 460. I think even rare is the two door coupe such as mine, there's lots of the four doors still out there, but the coupe is rare.
Best experenice i had in these land yachts was at the drive inn!
Smellotheclown 2 years ago
Thanks! They made 31,231 sedans, 13,534 coupes. You are lucky, because in '78 the 351 W became the standard engine because they were trying to get a bit more MPG--both 400 and 460 had to be ordered as options.
NDrLoR 2 years ago
All the best!
sbd650 2 years ago
This was the second best luxury car in america in the 70s. Lincoln continental was number one, this was better than anything cadillac made then and thats a fact.
ThePleasanthill 2 years ago
That's exactly right--all the best qualities of a Lincoln in a smaller package. Ford didn't plunder its quality for short-term gain as GM and Chrysler did.
NDrLoR 2 years ago
Very, very cool car. Yellow with a brown vinyl roof. I love big cars like that one.
sbd650 2 years ago
Thanks! Somehow your comment got marked as Spam--well I changed that in a jiffy!
NDrLoR 2 years ago
Very, very cool car....Some time ago I had a 2 door, 1977 model, yellow with a brown partial-vinyl roof, 460 motor. Great car, I loved it.
floodedcaddy 2 years ago
Thanks! Yes, these are great cars--much more like a Lincoln than a Ford!
NDrLoR 2 years ago
Yes in UK we seem to have smaller but more powerful tuned engines. I notice some big yank engines but yet not much power output. I think you tune for emissions more than power over there?
wdb07159 2 years ago
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VictrolaJazz 2 years ago
Yep, that's exactly the culprit. The 7.7 litre that's in that '77 had about 365 gross HP when it was introduced in '68. The measurements were changed to net HP in '72 for Ford and was only 202 by '77. But even measured by gross ratings, with lower compression, retarded timing and leaner mixtures, it still wouldn't have made 300 HP in '77--it still had a lot of torque though because of it's large displacement. Smaller displacements were hopeless by then.
NDrLoR 2 years ago
Cracking car and great description! I love these big yank tanks but not too many in the UK, we never had these sizes of cars in the UK, only up to BWW 7 series size and maybe a bit bigger, the odd 3-4 litre V8 but mostly straight and V sixes.
I've got a European Granada V6 (1984) 2.8 auto with air and a Vauxhall/Opel Senator (3.0) auto with Air. These are the types of cars the UK traffic police used to use in the 80s. The 24v senators can move to about 160mph no problem.
wdb07159 2 years ago
Thanks! For whatever reason, the UK version of our cars always seemed to be made with better and more powerful engines than the ones available here, and better looking, too! We had to "make do" with choked down anemic fours and such.
BTW--I've seen Fitna--great movie!
NDrLoR 2 years ago
I love big cars like that one.
auaiao9 2 years ago
Yep, so do I! Thanks!
NDrLoR 2 years ago
Great Car... I have a 76 Marquis like this that I am currently restoring...
arkansasjonez 2 years ago
Thanks--and best of luck in your restoration! It's a car you'll really enjoy and it will turn heads!
NDrLoR 2 years ago
theres one of those down the road from me for sale for 1,500 dollars but its a 76 instead of 77. NIce looking old car though.
JokerRIPLedger 2 years ago
Thanks! Yep, there are still a lot of these out there--plenty on eBay, too.
NDrLoR 2 years ago
The 1975 thru 1978 Mercury Marquis and Grand Marquis are my favorite cars. I will start looking for one with a 460 to buy soon and use as a daily driver. I think these are the best cars ever made.
73to79ford 2 years ago
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VictrolaJazz 2 years ago
They have certainly proven their durability to me over the past 24 years. They were bought mainly by older people who kept them nice and didn't drive them much and now they are dying out--a lot still appear on eBay. Just be prepared to buy LOTS of gas--don't expect more than 12-13 MPG on the highway and less in town!
NDrLoR 2 years ago
Very Nice Car Glad to see a classic like this in such good shape its like right off the line looks still after 32 years.
nicopita97 2 years ago
Thanks! Time was these cars were everywhere--now you see few of them. I ridiculed them when they were new, but now recognize them as the best looking and best made cars of the 70's! You certainly like those Ford Rangers--great trucks!
NDrLoR 2 years ago