1973 Lincoln Continental MK IV Test Drive

Functional check and test drive of 1973 Lincoln Continental MK IV For Sale in Salem Oregon.

[@MrSilvestris]

that's my first car. I bought it of the used car dealership in 85. That car could fly and could move as fast as a corvette on the highway. Everyone moved aside when they saw you coming! Mechanics creamed in their pants when they saw the engine. Beautiful car and great memories in my youth.

[@frequencyfluxfandango8504]

It's a dream car. Maybe you even dream of it sometimes yourself..

[@bannol1]

What a beautiful automobile. It is such a shame that modern cars have become generic and boring.

[@getthejobdone6883]

+bannol1 Regulations and emissions sadly :/ knowing that coal plants and other stationary filth are the ones that need the emission regulations.

[@kevincampos3797]

Secularanarchist they are too striking and have too much personality for milenials

[@equartos]

completely u are right

[@garydunn3037]

I'm from the UK and whenever I see one of these old MK4 Lincolns I think of the tv series"Cannon" He was a big guy, driving one of these big Lincolns.

[@davidbouffard522]

He started with a beautiful Mark III. The IV was a downgrade.

[@diogocatalano9557]

Absolutely beautiful and majestic.

[@veikkolappalainen1382]

Very nice car! That beautiful green is so 1970's.

[@frequencyfluxfandango8504]

I truly respect any driver's nerves and ability to drive a car like this on today's roads. A magic car from a magic time when there was far less traffic congestion.

[@Dhhvhjbcghbbb]

Oh people get out of the way for this beast!! Built in cross hairs right in the center of the hood!! 🤘

[@frequencyfluxfandango8504]

It used to be a national pass time to go out for pleasurable drive. Nowadays, it's all about the destination, so cars only have to be functional. This car looks beautiful. sounds sexy and obviously is a pleasure to drive. Love it ! -Cheers

[@KoldingDenmark]

Beautiful color. Shows it has been well taken care of. I love driving mine. Have had it for 18 years now.

[@wilfordbrimley3319]

I always loved how big, sophisticated and mean-looking this car is.

[@mrcarlo1966]

That is a one for one copy of the car my father purchased in 1973.I remember going into the dealer[Brooklyn NY] and my parents placing the order. My father always said that having a green car was bad luck, but for some reason that’s the color he chose. The car was stolen while my mother was working in JFK airport..We got it back minus the tires. My father felt the car was bad luck after that, and sold it to one of my cousins. I don’t know what happened to it after that. This video brings back tons of memories.Thanks for posting.

[@yuckabuster]

So nice to see some are still around in this shape. When I was a kid, these were the cars... that's it, no others. They were everywhere. Didn't think about it much back then, but one day they were all but gone. Not this one though... very nice. Today's cars are safe and technologically amazing (and $40,000), but they don't have this kind of flair.

[@bannol1]

+Jerold Lyons Yup, I also took these cars for granted when I was a kid, 'cause they were everywhere. I always dreamed of something European and exotic then. Now that they have disappeared I do miss them. They had style, they rode soft and comfortable and you'd could identify each brand and model by sight alone. They were also good value for money, being fully loaded with all kinds of features that weren't even available in most European luxury cars at that time. American automobiles of that era could be fully customized with an almost inexhaustible array of exterior and interior colors and materials.

[@bradleyclark435]

I had a '76. Loved that car. VERY smooth, quiet, and comfortable. The 460 really sucked down the gas.

[@soyounoat]

A car like that feels like a promise that is kept; a guarantee that if you take care of it, it will remain true to it's word.

[@metalbeast1998]

I love old Lincolns. I have a 2002 Town Car and the ride is so smooth and comfortable.

[@Mpompadour]

I had one just like this. It was baby blue with a navy top. She was a BEAST and I loved her. I wish I still had it.

[@mikehitchcock5162]

nice!....40 yrs old and as solid and sound as the day it was built.

[@alannoorkoiv6281]

I blame Frank Canon of course, what a wonderful car!!....

[@samv2783]

My dad had a 73, burgundy with a burgundy interior. That's always been my favorite year of the Mk IV. The rear bumper like a 72 but with the newer front.

[@jdonns2221]

So enormous. The doors must weigh a ton. Beautiful example of a classic tho.

[@gedisdiop]

VERY heavy doors. Unfortunately, passengers want to SLAM the doors when closing them. This causes lots of problems with the plastic fasteners that hold the inside door panels. The break off, and cause the door panels to flop around, as well as the panel that contains the window, locks, and seat switch gear. After learning this lesson the hard way, I (sometimes not so gently) reminded passengers to gently pull on the door strap when closing the door. They're like closing a 'fridge door. No need to slam. If the door is moving, it will close all of the way.

[@wtfhappened661]

Joseph Rogers Yes, very... But that doesn't mean they need to be SLAMMED. (Had similar problems with the interior switch/latch panels in a '71 Town Car...)

[@jdonns2221]

Wtf Happened my dad had a 78 Ranchero. as a kid those doors were hard for me to close so i had to pull hard. needlesstosay i got yelled ar a lot for slamming the doors which did damage the speakers mounted there. damn they were heavy as an 8 year old.

[@TheSpazModic]

Joseph Rogers I remember trying to open doors on comparable large 2-door when the car was parked on an uphill incline. I imagine that some seniors would not even be able to open the door.

[@Southern_Gospel_Archives]

This is one badass car. My friend has one thats is all original. Rides like a freakin champ.

[@AntonSander]

Great color on that car, such a nice example!

[@necdetyigityazgan3107]

That car is the antonym of handling and precision

[@cuttlefisch]

How amazingly quiet!!

[@valtito9297]

brother i will try to buy one tomorrow morning! wish me luck MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

[@geoffmorrow3956]

Yes sir good choice

[@AJyfm700R]

Did you get it ? I know if i have one in a few hours !

[@maurituomisto8007]

America has always been great, you don't need to make it great again.

[@CV_CA]

I had Lincoln Mark VI. Metallic blue. Wish I could drive it again. Oh loved that car.

[@sammygirl6910]

Look at that beautiful boat😍😍😍

[@twinscoupe]

Beautiful !! My favorite color . Damn I love it

[@fooledman]

Used to have a 1974 silver blue one very similar to the one used in the Cannon TV series. I really miss it.

[@shemphoward6274]

Thanks for the reply, I'm watching an old episode of Canon 'A lonely Place to die' and he's driving a 71' silver blue MKIII rather then a MKIV. It's a lovely color but it has a really loud cherry red interior that clashes with the blue so I'm guessing it's a repaint and not an original Lincoln color for that year. I actually prefer the MKIII over the MK4 . My father had a new 71' Baby blue MkIII that we loved but the MkV was a better car then either the MkIII or Mk4. We had a 77' MKV with a 460 that had been de-smoged with a dual exhaust, headers an edelbrock manifold, a holly econo-master carb, re-curved distributor and water injection that was professionally tuned for economy, and it used to get 22-24mpg highway and over 16mpg average and preformed very well. Suspension was also tuned with gas shocks and sway bars and firmer springs and it was an exceptional driver for a big old Lincoln

[@scottcarlson6246]

The kind of car that sucks up asphalt ahead of it and spits it out behind it all day long.

[@MenwithHill]

This car is gigantic. Wow.

[@frequencyfluxfandango8504]

You could've heard a PIN Drop ! BEAUTIFUL LINCOLN CONTINENTAL ~Big Thanks for a cool cool car = )

[@frequencyfluxfandango8504]

Lookup2Wakeup ...Yes, or even a toothpick.

[@classic-kool]

Frank Cannon!

[@FRANCIS6189]

Truly magnificent Mark!!!

[@EdsonVanDerResendeers]

Lindo esse carro e espero que continue em bom estado de conservação

[@kevincampos3797]

Magnificent car. Nuff said.

[@MASTERLONEWOLF]

That is a very nice car, excellent video, this is my dream car.

[@AnythingGasoline]

Those rear quater windows actually only open that much? I thought something was wrong with mine.

[@FRANCIS6189]

I can remember when these were new you could barely hear the electric windows slide up and down. Now windows go BZZZZZZZZZZ with this horrible electric whrrrr. ugh, I miss the old days!!

[@wtfhappened661]

Great... and I just moved to Salem! (I never understood, though, while the Marks didn't have the deep-well trunk of the Town Car & Coupe')

[@martinrigggs500]

The passing gear would kick in over 55 and chirp the tires , I blew away a trans am on I 95 these would cruise at 140 blue and black roof. The front end was like a block ahead. The interior was gorgeous, miss my 72 mk 1V

[@noahgaray7923]

Probably because you shifted back into 1st! Tall rear gears on these babies. My Marquis shifted into 2nd at 35 normally and 55/60 if you held it down. Funny, most automatic 4 speed O/D’s shift into O/D at 45!

[@austx290]

Beautiful car!

[@jenskapmeyer2579]

6:00: Dude can speak - three words in a row! Then recovering the remaining 3 minutes ...

[@israelportela4590]

belíssimo carro parabéns!

[@jimbobjimbob8275]

My back windows are always getting stuck shut. Any idea how to prevent that?

[@BrotherBrownMusic]

What a beauty!

[@Italy55]

Very cool!!

[@Dmannic9]

I bought a '74 MkIV in the UK for 500GBP back in 1985 when I was 19 years old. The brakes existed only in the imagination but the foot operated parking brake did the job mostly. That 460ci big block sounded awesome once I chopped off the stock exhaust and fitted a pair of Cherry Bomb straight-through silencers right underneath the front footwells. The carbon monoxide fumes used to give me a nice rosy red glow to my cheeks after a long journey and the ringing in my ears took a day to go away, but there's no sound on earth that beats the sound of a big V8 singing it's working song. Sadly, at the time I had no idea what 'big end knock' was, but found out the hard way when a piston decided to say 'Hi' to the valves and that was the end of that. Fantastic driving experience though, from the age of the dinosaurs and cheap fuel. Would I have it again today? Absolutely. Could I find somewhere to park it in today's overcrowded UK? Doubtful...

[@ericgeorge5483]

Back in the 70's when I was a kid growing up in North Yorkshire (England) in a small town, 99% of the cars were so lame and dull, you barely noticed them, however someone had one of these in white and it looked AWESOME; unlike anything I had ever seen, it could have come straight out of Hollywood, or belonged to a rock star. Little did I know at the time that the fuel guage needle moved faster than the speedometer, they had the turning circle of an oil tanker, were ridiculously noisy, unreliable and pretty much rusted before your eyes! Didn't stop me loving it though.

[@auaiao9]

Eric George Except maybe for the mpg's I don't remember them being like that at all.

[@ericgeorge5483]

auaiao9 They were crap cars but still lovely to look at though.

[@ericgeorge5483]

***** I still love them but they are shocking cars, total anachronisms yet still hold a place in my heart.

[@bannol1]

+Eric George There is nothing shocking about these cars. Lincoln was a premium brand and that so many of them are still around attests to their quality. Noisy they certainly weren't. You are not dealing with 4 cylinder lawn mower engine, but a big v8. These cars ride quiet and smooth. Fuel consumption wasn't an issue at the time as gas was cheap and rust was mainly a problem in areas where salt was used to melt snow off the roads. Maybe one day you may get a chance to ride or drive one and then you'll see for yourself how great these cars were. These cars weren't made for European roads or tastes.

[@ericgeorge5483]

bannol1 I see what you are saying and NO, they were definitely not made for over here but put them alongside a quality British car of the time and the Lincoln looks like what it is; badly made crap.

[@whirlpool1978]

Does this car have the 460 CID (7.5L) big block V-8 engine?

[@StrongEnough78]

Yup. Only engine available in Lincolns from 1969 to 1976. The 400 was standard in 77 and 78 with the 460 optional. In 79 only the 400 was offered.

[@andymann7762]

Frank Cannon had a car phone in his back in 1971 !

[@raytabs5879]

magnificent.

[@nighthiker8872]

The last of style.

[@RamiAzzedine]

VERY NICE PISS OF TIME LOVE ITT I WANT ONE

[@123elvislives]

I have a 76 Emilio pucci addition Yeah nice 👍 Australia

[@shemphoward6274]

That was one of the better looking Designer editions. But at the time here in the U.S. the Name 'Emilio Pucci' was practically unknown and considered almost comical by many. It was a nice red and the half-top was nicely however:s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/99/5d/07/995d076ce0ad7fd18e65714a39639cba.jpg

[@SlaughterDog]

This looks like a car I saw for sale in Newberg OR circa 2012, give or take a year. I wanted to buy it, but I didn't, because was broke.

[@easy8077]

Im kinda jealous of those americans who had these as their first car... its just so beautiful and still pretty sporty.

[@giannitedeschi]

Complimenti !!

[@henshantam1797]

svper LOVE!

[@TheAmerind]

I will have one, one day

[@bohemialite6371]

Nice nice nice.💯

[@drewadams5629]

This is a car you just go for a drive in. Ya know

[@Lincolntowncoupe]

listening to one of these start just isn't the same without it firing on the second or third try and/or a short but very loud squealing sound right after it fires.

[@roopepeltola6103]

Have you never seen power windows before??

[@jackoneil3933]

The title says "Test Drive". Pretty obvious they are making a video to show that the windows function properly, likely for prospective buyers.

[@roopepeltola6103]

@@jackoneil3933 Yes...you should test them...but for ones maybe twice....not for hundred times like we just saw

[@jackoneil3933]

​@@roopepeltola6103 "for hundred times" Hmmm...? If something like that is so annoying, life could be pretty miserable could it not?

[@roopepeltola6103]

@@jackoneil3933 So you want to watch windows go up and down? Is that the most exiting thing that you have ever seen? If you enjoy watching windows going up and down, meybe you should consider your own miserable life and Fuck Off!

[@frankburns8871]

I'll take one in black, please. Anybody know what one in great condition would go for, ballpark?

[@jbird3602]

Frank Burns 7-20 grand. Great condition.

[@Lincolntowncoupe]

They should have made the rear windows just roll down. It seems a little useless only opening that far. Good for venting out farts I guess.

[@suspiciousminds1750]

Backup lights don't work.

[@inverted311]

Look on dude’s face... Says it all.

[@peterm1826]

if i owned that car id never sell it

[@Ratkwad]

I wish they would give this a rebirth, cmon

[@realazduffman]

Was this an awesome car in the day? FUGHEDDABADDIT!

[@RosendoDominguez-vc8kr]

WAN FORD MANT THE REOL SAMTIING .NAT LIK THE JONK MOTOR OF TODAY .

[@bertyaustin]

Couldn't you drive it slower? At least press the gas for once. The car looks amazing, but goes like turtle.

[@bannol1]

+bertyisaustin It's not a racing car, but made for cruising. These cars are like lounge rooms on wheels. They are powerful for towing and long distance driving, not racing.

[@motokokoto]

+bannol1 SO What its got a fucking cleveland, put your foot down and prove its not a boat anchor

[@williamgrant5783]

Noce

[@MrGutfeeling]

Lost America 😞

[@nastynorm13]

EGR valve slow!

[@TheHelado36]

Why that horrible color, why ????

[@Whiteboytripping]

Great man cave garage

[@bradleyclark435]

I had a '76. Loved that car. VERY smooth, quiet, and comfortable. The 460 really sucked down the gas.

[@rgrndu]

Back up lights don’t work