www.HistoryInYourOwnBackyard.com In 1976 only 46 Continental Mark IV were built with this option package. This is most likely one of few still that still exist.
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@daveroe86124 жыл бұрын
From the time American Luxury cars ruled the road.I was in high school in 1986 but was lucky enough to have a chance to drive one of these cars. Nothing will replace the road or power of an American V8.
@williamsadoski15104 жыл бұрын
My dad had a 1972 Mark IV.Most beautiful design ever.
@joemccarthy45325 жыл бұрын
I LOVE the 1976 Continental MARK IV the best , I think they are better looking than the MARK V there are a few color combo's on the Mark V I like . This black Diamond is stunning . wish I had it .
@joemccarthy45323 жыл бұрын
when this car was new It was a real treat to see one driving on the road , AND IT STILL IS .Drop dead GORGEOUS
@Leo-DaGreek Жыл бұрын
My father and I drove this76 off the showroom floor Design edition Emilio Puccini Burgundy on Burgundy,silver top Fluffy interior,jaw dropper,dad would take us on a 8 hr tour too see grandma several times a year TX Holiday Lincoln FT Worth ,great memories,Thanks Dad USMC,it’s better then your couch at home!!I was 10yrs old and had the whole back seat.little sister would bunk on the floor!!
@joemccarthy45322 жыл бұрын
Keep your hood hinges greased top to bottom ,I have seen some where the hinges get DAMAGED if not GREASED . and the hood will not lay flat by the windshield
@issabakhsh71498 ай бұрын
😢ASE0507898993T987589jXA😢
@kevincostello38563 жыл бұрын
This this is finally the channel a bunch if us Veterans have been searching for.Thank you.
@dontellgucci11174 жыл бұрын
Out of all the Mark Series the Mark IV was/is the nicest
@colbycrawford92094 жыл бұрын
Don’tell Gucci My favorite model was the 1972 with the tall radiator grille made before the 5 mph bumper regulations came out.
@dontellgucci11174 жыл бұрын
COLBY CRAWFORD Same here. After 72’ the park bench bumpers The 72’ also used premium gas vs unleaded which was a more powerful engine. Yes totally agree
@1983jblack5 жыл бұрын
I've looked high and low for any reference of the Continental division being reactivated in 1968 and found nothing. In terms of there being no Lincoln identification being on the car, just remember, Thunderbird was in the same boat during that era to put it on a peg above the other Fords. Lincoln did the same with the Mark. Still, a fantastic car and still classy after 43 years. They made these from March through July of '76 and was a $552 option for the trim package. The texture for the vinyl roof is straight from the T-Bird from 1968-71. Beautiful ride and I wish I could make an offer that the owner couldn't refuse.
@1983jblack3 жыл бұрын
I wanna provide an update: While the Continental division was still nonexistent during these years, the cars were indeed classified as Continental and not Lincoln. It says this in brochures, TV commercials and Ford's Video brochures as well. But, title wise, it is classified as a Lincoln. Continental was a sub marque above Lincoln to give it that exclusiveness that it's above Lincoln. This was done for Marks III-VII through 1986.
@blahblahblahblah28374 жыл бұрын
Very nice - I'd love to take her out on the town! And the car's pretty cool too.
@StuartOliver834 жыл бұрын
I would drive this with the biggest smile 😊
@KoldingDenmark4 жыл бұрын
So I do with mine.
@StuartOliver834 жыл бұрын
@@KoldingDenmark good 👍🏻🇬🇧
@Oldsmobilef853 жыл бұрын
I had a 76 continental mark iv pucci edition when I was 17 what more could you want for a $1000 bucks.
@StevieinSF4 жыл бұрын
MK4's were lovely cars - My uncle had a 1976 Cartier model all dove gray.
@mgrcich5 жыл бұрын
Sorry but continental WAS a division ... this was a lincoln
@stevenikazy29434 жыл бұрын
Yep, otherwise it wouldn't have the "star in the box" emblem and hood ornament.
@KoldingDenmark4 жыл бұрын
This is a Continental from Lincoln Mercury Division. Regardless where you look in the literature from Ford Motor Company and Lincoln Mercury Division, it is referred to as Continental. The Lincoln Continentals are throghout different cars. I have the Product Facts Book - which is the guide book for sales personal a whole library of brochures the Lincoln Buyer's guide the Car Shop Manual - where Continental Mark IV share chapters with Thunderbird - Lincoln Continental has seperate chapters. The Television commercials speak for themselves: 1975 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmS7opKaZ55lnKM 1973 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ28oX6jnNegp8k automotivemileposts.com/contentsmark4.html
@keith5363 жыл бұрын
This man is right about the 56-58 Continentals. They were considered a separate division. However, after 58, Continental was referred as a Lincoln Continental.
@87PAULINO14 жыл бұрын
This was and is a Lincoln Continental.
@alexnather76143 жыл бұрын
no its a continental mark 4. That's like calling Lincoln Fod Lincoln
@Leo-DaGreek Жыл бұрын
Three years later dad had enough of the Electronic ignition,he was scared it would catch fire 🔥
@gclarkbloomfield88483 жыл бұрын
...that big block 460, when properly tuned, can really haul ass!!!!!....love it!!!😮🥰😛😎
@diogocatalano9557 Жыл бұрын
Fabulous, beautiful car.
@jonathanraven59392 жыл бұрын
Absolutely magnificent.
@betsyduane34614 жыл бұрын
I guess the 1969 Mustang I had wasn't a Ford since it didn't say Ford on the body or even have the blue oval. There are 5 Lincoln emblems on that Mark IV.
@KoldingDenmark4 жыл бұрын
The Lincoln emblem back then was square, the Continental emblem was rectangular standing up.
@betsyduane34614 жыл бұрын
@@KoldingDenmark That's a Lincoln badge, same one used today. It's a Lincoln, since Continental stopped being a separate brand in the 1950's. See the logo in the top right on this page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Motor_Company Here is a 2020 Lincoln NAVIGATOR with the same badge www.lincoln.com/luxury-suvs/navigator/#2020-navigator-homepage-image-3bbf4f3d87a5aceb9da17b8ac4a0f41f-ai
@betsyduane34614 жыл бұрын
@Horrible Deplorable The Lincoln Continental is still made today.
@ronaldsnyder72174 жыл бұрын
Very beautiful we had blue 76 mark 4 you have the best color for this car
@jakespeed634 жыл бұрын
Spectacular Automobile Frank Cannon always drove them on TV
@stepano3643 жыл бұрын
Wow. I like 1976 Lincoln continental mk4 Very beautiful body line.
@user-ze4ix1vz7c4 жыл бұрын
У меня такая же но только белая,крутая тачила,самый крутой мерс в сторонке окажется по шкале внимания,)))
@richardbuick90295 жыл бұрын
Stunning Mark 4👍
@davidkosach30958 ай бұрын
How many versions of this car were made in 1976 ? I know the had the standard version, the Black Diamond version, the Bill Bass version and maybe 3 others ? One was a green version, gold version, red/white version and ? Thanks for your input 👍🏻
@basitk123 жыл бұрын
Beautiful car sir
@colbycrawford92094 жыл бұрын
My first car was a 1974 Continental Mark IV, dark red metallic with white full vinyl roof and white leather interior. It had the factory 8 track player and sure track brakes. I got 15 miles per gallon on trips. I had to lock the doors at school to keep the kids from running down to battery moving the power seats up and down and back and forth 🤣 I was 16 years old.
@KoldingDenmark4 жыл бұрын
The 1974 in that color and with that interior is iconic.
@houseofno4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, elegant car. Just one question about the fuel economy: Is that miles per gallon or gallons per mile? 😄
@KoldingDenmark4 жыл бұрын
Miles per gallon and better than my 1974 Chevrolet Caprice Classic with a 454cui.
@Ziade_Garage2 жыл бұрын
Smiles per compliment per mile
@jonathanraven59392 жыл бұрын
In 1976 I was in a Ford dealership in western Sydney, waiting to pickup my new Ford. Parked in the front of the dealership was a 1976 Continental Mk.IV which was owned by the dealer principal , one of the senior salesman went out to moose the car, and it would not start. I walked over to the car and said what’s the problem, he said it won’t start, l said do up the seat belt, and it started at once. His reply was a real smart bastard eh, I responded, no I just know my cars which apparently you don’t.
@rosemarieacipperley2804 жыл бұрын
I don't like the big bumpers. I'd much rather have the 1972 mark 4 Lincoln The bumpers are so much better looking there tapered to the car astheticly much more appealing look to the car. Especially the way it inhances the grill by making it look taller and much more finer looking too and only the 72 has that look and the previous year just ain't nearly as nice looking with the mark 3 platform
@andykerr3803 Жыл бұрын
I agree, I had the '76, but one time I got back ended by a Renault V, his entire front was smashed and I couldn't even find one scratch on mine... Good chrome! When they say 5 mph bumpers... Yeah they demolish what hit.
@jimmya25783 жыл бұрын
Ah, the sound of a 460 at work.
@michaeldickens74933 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous
@viciouspoodle55432 жыл бұрын
Black Diamond Edition offered late in the 1976 model run. Too bad there was no black Versailles interior option. Also a shame that in 1976 they made the B Pillar windows stationary, just to save a few bucks. I would get parts from a 1975 and make them work again.
@StepDownPalaandFTF1104 жыл бұрын
Now That's A Car
@YungMackent4 жыл бұрын
I have on for sell right now great condition aswell and running perfect for $7000
@elvis7654 жыл бұрын
Cannon had a Mark 3 most of the show so very similar...for me I need a mint Mark VII lsc in maroon....mmmm tasty
@KoldingDenmark4 жыл бұрын
Cannon changed model every year and had Mark III and Mark IV from every year at least untill 1975.
@sammolloy14 жыл бұрын
From 1977-79 I had a 1970 Lincoln Continental 4 door with the (unbadged) Town Car interior. All Lincolns from 1961 through 1979 except the Versailles were Lincoln Continentals or Lincoln Continental Marks. My four door also did not say “Lincoln” anywhere on it. I loved it but got tired of fixing shit every week. When it needed a $300 driveshaft I got rid of it. I have to say the climate control worked perfectly and it didn’t use a drop of oil.
@jenseninterceptors3 жыл бұрын
It has simulated reptile skin vinyl top OMFG that's cool
@BLUESKY-vl8bi3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS CAR
@CHEVYSORCROWNS4 жыл бұрын
Perfect channel for me, new subscriber here now!
@BoneJaws4 жыл бұрын
My Aunt had one but she didn't really took good care of it. I think she ended up selling it 20 years ago.
@robertjensen4032 жыл бұрын
Love this car. I got my driver's license in a white one. Same year. Mom's car, not mine. 😊
@ryansgnx4 жыл бұрын
who came straight to the comments after he said "well, it's actually not a Lincoln"
@garydunn30374 жыл бұрын
He said Continental was a division of Lincoln, but isn't Lincoln a division of Ford? Excuse my ignorance, I'm from the UK, but I have always loved and admired these great old "Land Yachts"
@betsyduane34614 жыл бұрын
The Continental division of Lincoln died in 1958. He has no idea what he's talking about.
@davidallen57763 жыл бұрын
...And people were frantic and worried about emission controls, safety features and what have you!
@frederickjohnpicarello19094 жыл бұрын
Yep!..Personally always refered to them as The Lincoln "Mark Series" Continental..& never once heard anyone! refer to them as anything different! So....
@KoldingDenmark4 жыл бұрын
Look up the old TV comercials and you will hear that the are referred to as the Continentals.
@markruane36604 жыл бұрын
The drone cant even keep up with the car!!!!
@betsyduane34614 жыл бұрын
Sorry it's a Lincoln. Did you miss the Lincoln hood ornament? listcarbrands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lincoln-badge.jpg Ford created a Continental division in 1956, long after Lincoln Continental was the name. For 1959, Ford cancelled the Continental Division outright.
@gmoney10614 жыл бұрын
I’ll take 2 of those please!! Black on black!😎🏎🤩
@benderbendingrofriguez33005 жыл бұрын
Looks like Bill Sykes' car from Olive and Company.
@Quad8track4 жыл бұрын
Glad to see an era specific 8-track tape in the player. Sick & tired of seeing Elvis 8-track re-issues associated with these. He was way past his prime an no longer relevant by the late 70s.
@derrickjackson67374 жыл бұрын
Real lURUXY back then love it black on black real Deal
@AbuPaul4 жыл бұрын
This should have been a RADIO show. There is only talk and very little visual content. Also, this is a luxury car not a drag racer.
@wydopnthrtl4 ай бұрын
Come on.... you run it in the 1/8th and don't post the ET and speed? 🤨
@jameslord1564 жыл бұрын
French Connection?
@KoldingDenmark4 жыл бұрын
French Connection is a Continental Mark III
@ericalukonis83534 жыл бұрын
I wonder if this is the custom Continental Leroy Brown owned? Lol
@2023-Sucked4 жыл бұрын
Just make sure to check for blood, definitely check under the trunk carpet
@scottanderson32855 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and rare car, yes, but Sir, there were several hundred Black Diamond Fire Luxury Group Marks built that year, and as a matter of historical fact, this car is NOT a Continental, by make..... The actual Continental Division of Ford Motor Company ceased to exist in the spring of 1957, though some very early 1958s were erroneously titled as Continentals instead of Lincolns. I'd bet you dinner that your 1976 Mark IV there is titled as a Lincoln. The Continental Mark IV was the flagship of the Lincoln lineup for 1976 yes, but indeed it fell under the moniker and nameplate of the Lincoln Mercury Division, there is no disputing this, whatsoever.
@tonyblaine7805 жыл бұрын
Sir, while you are correct in that the actual Continetal Division ceased to exist in 1957, you need to check your facts and Ford Motor Company history. In 1968, Ford Motor Company began marketing the 1969 Mark III as it's own make, Continental, marketed and sold through Lincoln Mercury Division. This continued with the "Mark" series of automobiles until the 1986 Model year. The "make" as listed on the Ohio title is Continental; said document is a matter of public record and can be viewed on the Ohio BMV website. I am available for dinner most evenings and weekends and I prefer my filet mignon rare.
@scottanderson32855 жыл бұрын
@@tonyblaine780 Sorry Tony, even thought the Mark III was touted as a Continental Mark III, every single title that ever came as a MSO out of Wixom said LINCOLN on it. The last of the "Continentals" titled as such bled thru a short while for 1958 before the respective state DMVs could catch up. You show me proof of a Mark III being licensed or titled as such, and that Filet Mignon is yours......
@scottanderson32855 жыл бұрын
It's quite easy to photocopy the title, black out any owner's name...... show us some proof. Because with NO exceptions, no post 1958 automobile left the Wixom Plant here in suburban Detroit with a MSO stating CONTINENTAL under make. If one state flubbed on one title in 1976, it is clerical error. There is many ways to verify this with Ford Motor Co, The Benson Ford Archives at Greenfield Village and several authorities in the LIncoln & Continental Owners Club.
@tonyblaine7805 жыл бұрын
Perhaps it is a clerical error. I suppose its possible. In my nearly 35 years of retailing new vehicles seeing MSO's transferred to title, I've never seen a state mess up the make of vehicle. For what it's worth, the Lincoln and Continental Owners Club lists the make for Mark III as Continental. Perhaps we're both right to some degree and both wrong to some degree... My friends Mark III and Mark IV are both actually titled with the make as "Lincoln-Continental". Both on Ohio titles. Who really knows? I'd upload some photos but apparently KZbin doesn't allow photos in the comments. I'd be happy to share with you via email or PM.
@bill45colt5 жыл бұрын
@@tonyblaine780 i had a truck several years ago, make was listed on title as American Locomotive,,,,and it was not a clerical error. Im thinking when anyone claims to know it all, they dont,,,,there is always more to be learned
@mongrelgtv5 жыл бұрын
Really dislike the term land yacht or boat this a Luxury Cruiser
@joemccarthy45324 жыл бұрын
I'm with you on Luxury Cruiser, But I also Like calling my big Lincolns ,Tanks I own 8 Lincolns going back to 1941 Continental Cabriolet thur 2018 Navigator. We have a 1979 Lincoln Continental Collector Series . That car is a TANK yet my wife handles the car with ease .
@LexLohengrin4 жыл бұрын
Per Tony's "gangster ride" and comment that the trunk is big enough to hide a couple bodies, I thought this might be of interest: www.amazon.com/Killed-Death-Detroit-Assembly-Murder/dp/1517763304/ Detroit noir largely set in Wixom Assembly and Hamtramck, with two '76 Mark IVs in there, a Black Diamond and a Emilio Pucci. And yes, a trunk is involved...
@frequencyfluxfandango85044 жыл бұрын
..So Ford held the patent for the cruise button ? This is a Ford. But, no wonder people call it a 'Continental', when there actually IS a Lincoln Continental. Really, a bewilderingly hyped-up moniker/division system just to wow customers -but it seemed to work. My friend had one years ago and they are AWESOME and ever so slightly ridiculous, all in one.
@scottanderson32855 жыл бұрын
Sorry but i disagree, Continental after 1957 was strictly marketed as a model, not a make. The Benson Ford Archives in Dearborn can verify. And i like my tenderloins sauteed in mushrooms, thank you. 😎
@joemccarthy45325 жыл бұрын
FUCK YOU
@scottanderson32855 жыл бұрын
@@joemccarthy4532 No, Joe.....without exception, Go fuck yourself first, you may find it way more familiar.
@2023-Sucked4 жыл бұрын
I came here to agree with you, but now i think i should leave
@Bobby-ns7gn3 жыл бұрын
Had one in black !! Sold it in 97, kick my self in the A- - for selling it to a guy in Michigan.
@2023-Sucked4 жыл бұрын
Its a Lincoln, you cant tell me you cant replace The parts, its a freakin ford
@yeathatsright10344 жыл бұрын
Zep !
@dimtgco14284 жыл бұрын
You're gonna tell me cold stone sober that the car called a "Continental " is not manufactured by Ford Lincoln? A rose by any other name......
@Ziade_Garage2 жыл бұрын
Love that continental. Check out my mark IV on my channel!
@leocadiocruz45462 жыл бұрын
Ok
@sm00vee42o Жыл бұрын
who you zoomin' tony....it's a Lincoln.....stop it
@clockwork98252 жыл бұрын
U need a CDL to drive these cars 😂😂
@mikezaccardi52654 жыл бұрын
It also doesn't say ford on a 1976 thunderbird . I guess a thunderbird isn't a ford
@dlam28643 жыл бұрын
A Lincoln continental mark 4 has to be black
@boofert.washington24994 жыл бұрын
Ok, so this guy doesn't know what he's talking about? Got it.
@2023-Sucked4 жыл бұрын
For example,”the parts are irreplaceable”, bud, no matter how you twist it, its a ford under the hood, parts are available, its not some ultra rare kharman ghia or something