1975 Ford Video Network - Continental Mark IV

1975 Dealer/Customer Sales Video

[@bobbeall945]

I, am a proud owner of a 1975 Lincoln continental 2door mark IV red with white top white leather interior with 19,000 original miles. Lv this car. Take it to all Cruz inn & car shows. Mary Ellen Beall.

[@basitk12]

Bought one few days ago. From an older gentleman. Now it’s my turn to keep this piece of american pride in shape.

[@UnionPacific1997]

25 years old and got a 76 continental 2 door base coupe in myrtle beach and an 81 mark vi in concord North Carolina they my gems

[@Exotic3000]

Congratulations! That's awesome!

[@jimdayton8837]

Gotta love that 70's sounding music.

[@RivieraByBuick]

bigband + strings bossa

[@TVHouseHistorian]

Very CHiPs.

[@russellseilhamer4552]

Jim Dayton I love jazz, this is like love boat music.

[@robertortiz8540]

@@russellseilhamer4552, Yes I agree

[@kj475]

The Land Yacht, soon will be making another run. The Land Yacht, promises something for everyone.

[@kelvinh8327]

Gosh the music takes me back. Sounds like the music for Dallas!

[@DanJ30]

Take me back to the 70's, when cars were big, and the world was a better place to live.

[@a.stefanatos954]

And we were young......so young...my God...

[@milfordcivic6755]

Gas shortages, unemployment, inflation, middle east conflicts. Great times.

[@mgp870]

@@milfordcivic6755 the Covid-19 virus, U.S. deficit and the middle east still has conflicts!

[@doug9066]

I agree even though I was 8 in 1975. This is why I like watching most tv shows from the 70's including "Cannon" & "Barnaby Jones" which have both complete series.

[@jackiebarker4082]

That's for sure.

[@calebproductions5970]

Omg what a beautiful car! Love those big fords with the big engines and luxurious styling!

[@warhorse1956]

I had 6 Mark 4's of different years. Loved them all. It really was my favorite car.

[@MarkWG]

One of the most enduring, beautiful, and memorable designs of the 1970s. The Continental Mark IV outsold the Cadillac Eldorado in those years. The Mark IV offered so many more color selections in interior personalization way more than what the Eldorado could offer. The Mark IV could still be ordered with full dual exhausts for the standard 460cid V8 with more horsepower than the Eldorado's 500cid V8 But that said, give me any luxury car from the 1960s or 1970s over anything built today! These were truly the golden decades for true, unique American Luxury. My uncle's sold Lincoln-Mercury's in those days. The family drove many, many of these fabulous automobiles. For the pinnacle of comfort and travel, the cars to have were the fabulous Lincoln's, Cadillac's, Imperial's, Oldsmobile 98's, Toronado's, Riviera's, Marquis', etc. We will never be able to walk into a new dealer showroom anymore to buy beautiful automobiles like these ever again. We must preserve these gorgeous automotive icons of the past. I am forever blessed that I grew up around and had the pleasure of driving and owning these wonderful cars.

[@charlesrandolph8441]

FATHER HAD A 75 (RIP)! STILL THE BEST DAMNED CAR I'VE EVER BEEN IN! MISS IT GREATLY! NICE VIDEO.

[@basitk12]

Narrator is classy too- so is the car.

[@chickenjo23]

As a small child, my Granddad had this exact same car. Color and everything. He lived in East Dallas off of Fern Dr close to 635 and Ferguson. There was an older black gentleman who drove the city bus and for years would always stop in the bus while on his route if my grandpa was out in the yard with the Lincoln waxing or washing it. The bus driver LOVED that car. One day he stopped for the last time I think around the early 90's because he was retiring and it was his last day. My grandpa gave him the keys to that 75 Mark IV that was still mint with 21,000 miles on it and signed the title over to him right then and said "consider it a retirement gift." I'll never forget the emotion and happiness on that bus drivers face. Was such a great memory and left an impression on me I will never forget. The bus driver kept in touch with my grandfather all the way up to his death in the early 2000's. He still had that car and did all the way up until I lost contact with him in 2005.

[@jamesrecknor6752]

Wonderful!

[@nkt1]

They just *loved* mentioning which year it was in these old commercials.

[@scottanderson3285]

A classic video..... 75 was the pinnacle yr of the IV as by 76 they started cheapening out.... No more rear seat armrest for one thing. The rear quarter windows no longer functioned by 76 either. :( My 75 is a "Gold Luxury Group" car, resurrected from a garage in Troy, Mich in 2018. It had sat there for thirty years undriven. Just last summer (2020) i found out an interesting bit of trivia about my car. The elderly gent who owned the car had passed, and the fam was selling his cars and home. I recently found out that The owner was also partners back in the eighties with Richard Wershe, Sr. The father of famed "White Boy Rick" of Detroit. The father and this gent had a car "restoration" business back then.... (ahem...) and eventually Wershe Sr was convicted of stolen car fraud and racketeering. I have no doubt now that my Mark IV was most likely stolen, way back in the late seventies or early eighties and re-worked. thence parked in this suburban Detroit garage and forgotten about. I have a clear title and the car is a pristine running driving example of classic elegant Detroit Iron from this time period.... And knowing the history now makes it all the more interesting....

[@Lockemeister]

4 wheel power disc brakes. ahead of it's time. really a beautiful car.

[@KoldingDenmark]

Thank you for uploading. I drive a 1975 Continental Mark IV and have done since 2002.

[@calebproductions5970]

Your lucky

[@janinsweden8559]

Congratulations!

[@FRANCIS6189]

THEY DROVE LIKE A DREAM!!! TOTAL ISOLATION. "OH? WE'RE HERE ALREADY?"

[@tomanderson6335]

I'm quite certain the Blue Diamond Edition segment was filmed around the corner from my grandma's old house in the Toluca Lake neighborhood of L.A. Between that and the Marquis footage being shot in and around San Marino, I'm convinced the Lincoln-Mercury film crew was stalking both my parents two years before they met. O_o

[@markmarshall39]

I'm in love with all these vids

[@robertortiz8540]

Thank You for posting these Classic Commercials from 1975. I was 15 years old back then.

[@canadadream]

When I see & hear the first seconds from video & music I remember the serie streets of san francisco with Malden and Douglas. I loved these serie.

[@brule1961]

Landau roofs, white walls, and velour interiors...when cars had style!!

[@calebproductions5970]

Remember pulling into Polynesian resort hotel at Disney in one of these back in 1975. Got lots of looks

[@jimdayton8837]

That's for sure!

[@DanniTheMagicJunkDrawer]

Mike Follis they were like a living room. My parents had a mark iv 1974 continental. It was huge, I loved it when I was a little kid

[@cnnw3929]

Cars had a style, and a beauty that you could never imagine today.

[@zekerivers5189]

Took my driving test in Las Vegas my Uncle had a Brand New 1973 Silver Moon dust with Cranberry Corduroy Interior

[@lestersabados1306]

Its amazing how heavy these cars were. And they were quick. The harmonic balancer had 5 belts a.c. power steering, air pump, alternator, vacuum pump

[@donaldhungate2011]

If anyone remembers the tv series "Cannon", Bill Conrad? always drove these Lincolns thats how I remember them.

[@blisterbrain]

He had a phone in it too!

[@crist67mustang]

Yes, I remember very well. Me on 10 years young. Cannon, also a brand of my sheets. XD. Greetings from Southamerica.

[@davidmeyers6884]

It comes on METV at 3am eastern Mon.-Fri.

[@FrankGutowski-ls8jt]

Donald Hungate 77 Sunset Strip was all Fords.

[@1776-r4j]

Absolutely. My brothers and I used to yell out "Cannon car" when we saw a Lincoln Mark!

[@landonmurray5190]

I love the big fords that were big

[@styldsteel1]

You like big Fords that were big?

[@marmaly]

Much better than the big Fords that we're small.

[@Quad8track]

Fantastic commercial. Looks to be inspired by the TV show CHiPs. That came out the same time as this commercial. I had a 1974 Mark IV. Drove like a dream.

[@jamesstetz9884]

Wait, what?

[@Sawbuck]

My dad had a '69 Mark III. Dark Blue on White. I have considered getting one of these as they are the best coupe of the era. Such great style with that giganitc front end! Especially the Bill Blass edition.

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

2022, and she's still as beautiful as in 1975, by Lincoln Continental. " "Ford puts it on wheels! "

[@carryclass6807]

the "Frenched" rear windows sold me, even more so than the "lipstick" interior.

[@rickjohnson2859]

Wow! Forge Aluminum Wheels in 1975, not cheap cast aluminum wheels that we have today.

[@reginalddennis6466]

I seriously wish we could go back to those times. I miss everything about it, including my immediate family. They're all gone.

[@russellseilhamer4552]

This is the Iacocca ford era personified. He knew what the people wanted and offered it to them. These cars are so exquisitely made speaking of the body and the interior, they were comfortable to sit in and beautiful to look at and the ride quality was unsurpassed. But reliability issues hurt Ford as well as Chrysler and GM, people couldn’t afford to replace a car every 4 years anymore and deal with expensive repair bills. The imports never made anywhere near as nice a car as the big 3 in the 70s and 80s but they got in the back door by offering a more reliable product

[@scott5077]

"light maple wood-tone applique" That's fancy talk for "plastic stick on---no trees were harmed in the making of"

[@richardmark561]

🤣👍

[@styldsteel1]

If ford used real wood,then no one could afford one. The price of the car would be huge.

[@thomasshort1784]

@@styldsteel1 They did for the 1970 and 1971 Continental Mark III.

[@crist67mustang]

Wow. And music background is great. Very Henry Mancini perhups. Continental was huge in dimensions as it elegance. Greetings from the charm city of Santiago, CL.

[@242HP]

I'll take a blue diamond edition please! That was really a great looking car... maybe my favorite generation of the Continental Mark series.

[@Sickofpoliticians1]

Had One for 20 Years ..Loved it .. ,Shoulda kept it ..

[@eman8920]

Hank Lutz could you tell me more about it

[@patrickmccarron5059]

White on White with the red lipstick dash and carpet - Love that two tone interior.

[@edbarker8636]

If I remember correctly the quick defrost gave the front and rear window i a slight gold tint

[@georgewilson1184]

I want one and a penthouse at at sunrise tower in long beach and I want my own detective series produced by Quinn Marten

[@1983jblack]

This year was the most well equipped standard model of any 70s car excluding special edition cars. Only thing it didn't have standard was a rear defroster. Otherwise, it was an extremely well equipped, then in '76, they moved a handful of features back to the option list including tilt wheel, cruise, power locks, power seats, and I think 1 or 2 more options.

[@edsel1952]

In response to "No Name's" inquiry asking about the quick defrost option. I owned a 1975 Thunderbird that was absolutely loaded with every option available that year. It had this option, front and back. It was powered by a separate 120v alternator which had it's wiring running through a bright orange loom with "caution high voltage" warning labels attached.I've told this to people through the years and no one seems to believe me but I remember it well. The windshield and rear window had a silvery cast to them when viewed from the outside but appeared normal when looking through from the inside of the car. As the car aged that silvery color started to take on a brown hue as I recall.

[@karltork2853]

100% correct. Alt. could power a small town!

[@dejohn913]

Sounds Like An Episode Of Cannon

[@242HP]

This video really makes me want to watch a few episodes of that show... if I could find them somewhere!

[@dejohn913]

+242HP Doesn't It Brings Back Memories?

[@242HP]

Definitely. Used to watch all of those Quinn Martin Productions shows back in the day.

[@dejohn913]

+242HP Barnaby Jones. Hawaii 5-0. Streets of San Francisco. Just To Name A Few.

[@242HP]

Hawaii Five-O wasn't a QM show. You forgot "The FBI", starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., lol.

[@doug9066]

I like the blue diamond better. Defrost was better as faster than my 2006 Lincoln Town Car or it seems. Beautiful cars of the 70's.

[@Thunder_6278]

Love that smooth disc jockey announcer, a grad of the Columbia school of broadcasting.

[@kevinowen8155]

I have owned a Continental Mark V and currently drive a new Lincoln Continental. Without a doubt this Mark IV has more style and comfort than the new Continental.

[@matthewschiebout7384]

Too bad America doesn't even try to make big coupes like this anymore.

[@robertortiz8540]

I wish they would bring back the 75 Continental two door coupe but probably Ford would have to modify it.

[@landyachtfan79]

Cannon approved!!!!!

[@rcrhinehart66]

Slide out mirrors on the dashboard make snorting your blue diamond cocaine even more convenient. Also available is a Car Phone so you can get a hold of your dealer in the most discriminating way possible.

[@paulcheek5711]

if ford and gm still made cars like this, they wouldnt be going out of business

[@cooliohunt5740]

Isn't that Blue Diamond the one late William Conrad used in Cannon?

[@chuckselvage3157]

The forged alloy wheels look great

[@TyyeahBStoo]

Nice video takes me back👍

[@darrelldvorak9633]

Wonderful cars.....

[@sizzlesleep]

I have driven it my dad had it and the ride was like sky.

[@vdochev]

0:40 - Is that a Volvo P1800 in the background?

[@lisaaheanueanderson4591]

This is the car my mom wanted so badly . Beautiful car and they don't make them any more., so sad they don't

[@jackiebarker4082]

Class still to this day.

[@gralykmeno]

I wish I could just order one now! Oh my goodness, the junk that passes for Lincolns today.

[@TheJrj430]

Just purchased a lipstick edition. Needs some work, but love the style

[@styldsteel1]

Dam this is a sweet car. BUT!!! I just like the Mark V better. To me it's more sharp and majestic looking. Mark IV was the preview of what's to come. LOL!

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

The Mark V had a bigger trunk and the standard 400 V-8 was slightly more fuel efficient. The Mark IV was really better made because the Mark V used more lightweight (plastic) materials to save weight. Also, the Mark V is worth less than the Mark IV as a collector car. But I like them both.

[@styldsteel1]

@@SpockvsMcCoy thank you. I appreciate that.

[@rosemarieacipperley280]

GORGEOUS CAR. HOWEVER, I STILL RATHER HAVE THE 72 MODEL YEAR MARK 4 THAT TAPERED MOULDED STYLE FRONT BUMPER JUST STANDS ALONE ASTHETICLY SUPERIOR LOOKING AND MORE STYLISH THEN ANY MARK SERIES EVER MADE.

[@kirbywaite1586]

It's almost a twin to the Thunderbird.

[@thomasshort1784]

@Kirby Waite That's the thing about the 1972-1976 Thunderbird and Continental Mark IV, they seemed to look more similar than ever before (but, they still had their distinctions, of course).

[@jamesstetz9884]

It is a twin to the Thunderbird. Same frame/chassis.

[@Morgorn1]

Heated front glass and lumbar support. 1970's luxury cars had it all.

[@thefreebird49]

Very nice car

[@tanabemasaharu1701]

子供の頃スーパーカーより 最高にカッコいい フルサイズクーペでした‼️

[@jamesstetz9884]

Exactly!

[@tanabemasaharu1701]

@@jamesstetz9884 Thanks❢

[@rcaive0875]

Be still my beating heart!

[@camaro69green31]

I prefer the Mark IV offer the Mark V. this one is a beauty

[@butch9044]

Had the exact white lipstick red accent loved tht car

[@RADIUMGLASS]

LoL that music fits right in.😂

[@Maggiolone85]

Perfect thing to sail to Las Vegas in. Or escape Lt. Colombo after you just knocked off some rich broad.

[@jeroenjansen2709]

I wonder how this car drove on bumpy roads. Maybe you could be seasick?

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Lipstick?!! They called their red "Lipstick"?!!! They don't make ads like that anymore.

[@robertortiz8540]

No they don't make ads like this.

[@johnnash297]

A lot of action in the backseat lipstick red sure!

[@pcno2832]

2:00 Is this a nickle film electric defroster, like the "Insta-clear" windshields of more recent years, or simply a "de-ice" setting that allows you to run the defroster in recirculate mode while it's sitting still? Many old Cadillacs had the later, as does my Honda, but I'm surprised at how many cars don't. It would only cost a few dollars per car to make it a standard feature that could be disabled automatically (for safety) when the car is switched into Drive.

[@الطائرالنبيل]

Nice car ❤❤❤😍😍😍

[@knots12345678]

Gotta have the lipstick!

[@milfordcivic6755]

There's nothing more macho than a Mark IV with "lipstick" colored interior...lol

[@TheGewidener]

And the leisure suit and shades complete it!

[@standingwave73]

George Widener Grow a big mustache and throw in some gold chains to complete the look.

[@postmodernrecycler]

Only in the '70s would they make cars with something called the "Lipstick Edition". Also, the rear window is FRENCHED, hhahahaha!!

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

In the 1950s men drove American cars with bright pastel colors like salmon pink, turquoise, and canary yellow.

[@LAmonk76]

would like to find a Blue Diamond with the full dark halo vinyl roof and blue velour interior

[@gregraines1599]

There's plenty of nice ones for sale. Can't think of a better car for a cross country drive, though you will pay plenty for gas.

[@242HP]

My '05 Town Car is a pretty comfortable ride too, and gets around 28 mpg on the highway. Haven't taken it on a ride longer than from FL to NC yet.

[@yuckabuster]

Take me back to the 70's where I don't have to here BLM BS anymore !!

[@edbarker8636]

There was a film between the glass that electrically heated

[@displayfireworks]

1:50 How did that Quick Defrost work?

[@blisterbrain]

Uranium.

[@karltork2853]

Platinum layer in glass, front and rear. Current runs thru it like defroster grid. Way to expensive to produce, or replace. Dropped after a couple of years. G.M. had "Instaclesr" on Roadmasters late '90's.

[@jamesstetz9884]

Quickly

[@blisterbrain]

Filligreed body-side mouldings...well, hot damn!

[@brianevans8523]

I own a 79 lincoln continental town car!👍

[@postmodernrecycler]

The narrator pronounces "media" velour as Medea velour. !!!

[@pwrfl2357]

Dressed up t bird... beautiful

[@pcno2832]

0:48 WTH is a "frenched" rear window?

[@waynejohnson1304]

That's when you kiss the rear window with your tongue sticking out.

[@basitk12]

It’s a design of rear window

[@blisterbrain]

Recessed rather than flush mounted.

[@rtoma1974]

What exactly is a French rear window?

[@kirbywaite1586]

"Frenching" is an old obscure car- customizing term. In the 40s and 50s customizers would remove the chrome trim around a headlight or a taillight or other body features and then fill them in with metal and then paint around it , eliminating the chrome bezels. Basically, that is what they've done here with the rear window. They have eliminated the trim and "Frenched" it, using the vinyl material itself to finish off the window " reveal".

[@bertram46]

With that music I'm waiting to see on the screen a Quinn Martin production lol nothing rhymes like Lincoln's I'm a Cadillac fan through-and-through but nothing rides like a lincoln

[@kevinpatrickmacnutt]

I love all the big fancy names and colorful descriptions used to sell these poor handling, hastily built, slow, thirsty and crude "leisure suits on wheels" back in the day. My family had a BMW 2002tii and a BMW Bavaria in the 1970s. Not as "fancy" as these Lincolns, but far more capable and still look fresh today.

[@ksmobile1]

Hater

[@andymacdonald821]

Kevin has zero experience, just prejudice. Let's drive from coast to coast in his little german applecart and my rolling luxury lounge Lincoln. If the little bmw motor screaming at 4,000rpm doesn't deafen you, and the parkbench seat & rough ride doesn't crush your spine, then the long walks after repeated breakdowns will finish you off. My uber comfy quiet Lincoln will coast along at under 2,000rpm getting 20+ mpg (actually better than the revved out bmws) with the climate control keeping the temp just right, the pillowed seats & "hot knife through butter" ride delivering me refreshed & relaxed. The hydoboost 4-disc "freight train brakes" and big f/r sway bars make for very capable roadholdong & stopping. As for the 7.5L 460-4V engine, 100mph is an effortless cruising speed, and passing trucks on uphill grades is no drama whereas you just don't dare with the torqueless tiny german mouse motor.... Unlike Kevin, I've owned & driven many miles in BOTH types of cars. I speak objectively from facts & experience. Kevin just spouts off subjective bias with no knowledge of reality.

[@ksmobile1]

Andy MacDonald , I am with you Andy, I've got six of these Lincolns, Mercury Marquis, and 1 Ford LTD wagon and they are all highly functional wonderful cars bad gas mileage but they start up everyday. Including one Mark 5 1977 convertible, that beats the living shit out of my Mercedes of the same time frame that is the biggest piece of German shit that I've ever driven and I use it as an anchor to lock my work trailer down LOL. It's a diesel and that's the only good thing about it. Fixing one part on it actually totals the car as far as the value. I will stick with my big giant Lincoln Landyachtz any day of the world, over some piece of shit that this other Kevin described. Unfortunately that butt wipe dick nut or McNutt whatever his name was shares the first name as me what a shame. LOL

[@jamesstetz9884]

Barf…

[@jamesstetz9884]

I cannot even fathom the money spent keeping those overpriced sauerkraut-burners running all these years. BMW = Break My Wallet

[@patricksaxon3983]

I have seen similar body styles compared to the Ford Thunderbird.

[@jblyon2]

Wouldn't want to crash into a new Yaris with one of these. The Continental's weak frame would fold like a politician's spine.

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

I prefer these over the Cadillac Eldorado.

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

@Danny Uyeno The front wheel drive in the Eldorado was a useless, high maintenance gimmick.

[@MaestroTJS]

I've always preferred these older Lincolns to Cadillacs. More understated and elegant. Cadillacs are a bit too chrome-laden and ostentatious. Still true today, actually, although I think Cadillac builds nicer cars now (Lincoln's new SUV's might be better though).

[@krugmeister7301]

I Think that this was the Car that was Used in the 1977 Terror Movie....The CAR...

[@TerryWHayes-yb3cj]

In The Movie "The Car", They Custom Built 4 1971 Lincoln Mark III Coupes. They Chopped The Roof Down 2 Inches, Built Up The Sides With Rolled Sheet Metal And Added Double Tubular Bumpers To The Front End.

[@styldsteel1]

@@TerryWHayes-yb3cj otherwise it's exactly the same. Lol!!

[@joeslais5597]

Gees you would have to get air controller clearance to park one

[@edwardyoung522]

I can see Frank Cannon rolling his big butt out of his Lincoln...

[@maxredman1015]

My brand new Ford doesn't have quick defrost now ??? Come on Ford

[@Alby_Torino]

First 15 seconds remember CHiPS tv show

[@ddandrea]

The Dick Vaughn show!

[@charlesmacgilchrist3648]

'Shag deep' - How deep is a shag? How did they measure it to determine that it was deep enough to be a shag?! I wonder how many women were enlightened by the saleman at Lincoln when they were informed of the shag deep carpet, stroking it during their pitch. I bet they didn't care about the options list after that - it's got to be made lip-stick red some how!

[@ブラックジャック-p7v]

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