1984 Lincoln Continental Turbo Diesel Review - A Terrible Sedan With A BMW DIESEL ENGINE!

[@billyethridge1558]

My dad had a diesel Mark VII in 1984. I thought it was like a sports car. It had good power especially at higher speeds. That car you’re driving must need servicing. I wish he had kept that car. It also got around 50 mpg on long road trips.

[@stoneylonesome4062]

BMW Diesels in the 80’s were crap, which is why you don’t see any of them being driven around regularly, the way you do with Mercedes 240D’s and 300D Turbos

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@@stoneylonesome4062 I guess they were indeed just as bad as the Oldsmobile 5.7L diesel V-8.

[@stoneylonesome4062]

@@ClassicTVMan1981X Not quite as bad as the Oldsmobiles. I’m sure you could get 100-200k miles out of an 80’s BMW I6 Turbo-Diesel. BMW has always made good engines, at least up until the 2010’s. The problem isn’t the engine - it’s all the plastic & computer chips hooked-up to the engine. You didn’t have that problem with Mercedes, the whole car was built to be infinitely maintainable & serviceable.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@@stoneylonesome4062 Nor did, of course, the Olds mill; the Olds mill's problems were the same number of head bolts as the gas 350 V-8 and no fuel/water separator, as well as the fact that some diesel fuel wasn't even clean.

[@kwaza8574]

This car is rarer than commonly thought. There needs to be a big friggin box to measure truck space.

[@Dankcatvacs]

How about an upright vacuum?

[@kwaza8574]

Ha ha.

[@kwaza8574]

Exactly!

[@ibeentossinaunties]

you sir are a genius that is a FANTASTIC idea😂😂😂

[@BRAINFxck10]

@@kwaza8574 what'd you mean rarer than commonly thought? Most people have no idea these even exist

[@richmeyer2064]

This diesel option was all about fuel economy. It would have been nice if you could have asked the owner to share his fuel economy experience, and the range of this vehicle on a long distance trip. More pertinent than cup holders. Unique review.

[@lotsoftorque3632]

Wow this is so awesome!! I wouldn't even care that is slow, it is so unique. A car I would consider adding to my collection for sure. Owned a 1984 Mercedes 300d at one point, and it actually accelerated pretty well with the 180lbs of torque. Especially compared to the original 240d without the turbo, which had 54 hp

[@chuckpeterson3262]

You diesel guys are masochists. 😂😂😂😂

[@benzlover55]

I've got an 87' 300sdl, she makes around 150hp and 200lb/ft, she moves pretty good with 10 psi from the turbo.

[@AndrewCDiprose]

@@chuckpeterson3262 no fuel sometimes costs heaps in some places (e.g. Italy)

[@billolsen4360]

My uncle bought a new 180D Mercedes in 1960. Could barely get up the hills in Portland, OR. He never tried negotiating the hills in San Francisco since me might not have made it home.

[@cadillacdevile]

My sister has one, purchased brand new, Windsor V8 black with tan interior, her name is Beverly. She drove her until Lincoln recently reintroduced the continental. The new one is her daily, but she brings Bev out on the weekends still and she still looks amazing.

[@piggy310]

Beverly ❤😂

[@Bloodcurling]

No she doesn't. Topic is the diesel version

[@cadillacdevile]

@@Bloodcurling you be well 😅

[@joeseeking3572]

Contemporary road tests put 0-60 between 13.5-14.5 seconds. I suspect the latter is more accurate, but for the era even that wasn't horrible. This is 1984 and nothing had any power - the HT4100 had only 10 more hp for a much larger and heavier vehicle, so even the diesel Conti was 'quick' by comparison. And the Caddy diesel made 105 hp. A few years later the Conti would get a detuned Mustang V8 (before the 88 redesign turned it into a V6), so the 86-87 models had some poke, although by that time the 10-11 second 0-60 was decidedly mid-pack. I like the Valentino and much more so the later Givenchy editions, they look slick and pack a lot of 'modern luxury' for the money. The mid-cycle refresh helped the 'face' too. Great car? No. But, absent the diesel, not horrible.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

It could probably have beaten my 78 6 cylinder Fairmont Futura.

[@owlnswan4016]

It wasn't considered a detuned Mustang engine...Ford considered it a standard output 5.0, with the Mark VII LSC and Mustang having the HO (high output) versions.

[@mikyl-fo8rh]

The diesel was its strength.

[@alanpope179]

I had a 1985 Continental. It had a 302 gas V8 and 4 speed auto. Only problem was the air ride suspension relays would fail and you would be one axle or the other on the ground! I eventually replaced it with conventional coil springs. The car was eventually stolen and destroyed! Thanks for the memories!

[@patcurrie9888]

Had an 85, 5.0 gas, what a car! Sold it after 1st airbag went. 300 bucks later. I thought oh no, 3 other airbags and a 500.00 compressor in the trunk. Also, original owner didn't honor the recall on wood veneer panels, peeling. I went to the dealer & no plastic parts left. For Sale sign went up.

[@Bloodcurling]

Topic of the diesel only

[@pcno2832]

I hear that so often about these air-sprung cars. Packard offered a self-leveling suspension in the 1950s that used torsion springs instead of air springs ; the motor and gearbox just turned the other end of the bar. It sounds like a more robust solution, though I've never seen a test of the way the cars actually drove.

[@freddyhollingsworth5945]

Remember it was only about MPG back then. MPG was all that mattered and people were still in great fear of another fuel crisis that crippled the USA... These diesel Continentals got 20 mpg in the city and 34 mpg on the high way, if babied, and this was absolutely impressive back then.

[@hoogiesimports]

One of the many great things about this channel is that I never know what to expect next!

[@yasu_red]

The RCR review prepared me for how terrible this car is

[@phillyspitta8147]

Me tooooo lol it was worse than the bravada 😆

[@jackcreel2531]

​@phillyspitta8147 NOTHING will be worse then a bravada so I know LMAO

[@tall_dude1233]

6:08 DTE = Distance Til Empty

[@maxdm1583]

Distance To Empty

[@xrmerkur]

you gotta drive the five-oh! a completely different Continental experience. this was a very entertaining and informative video. here is a little tidbit for you: DTE = Distance To Empty. also the 8th Gen was actually larger overall; i go into detail in my “Lincoln Continental - First Front Wheel Drive” Video. it’s a must watch 😊

[@markwoodley712]

Wow, what a throwback this is with the bustle back and the two-tone paintwork, really glad you did this review because I wasn't aware they came with an optional diesel engine (malaise era). They were cutting edge believe it or not when introduced by Lincoln in the early '80's. The beginning of the end of North American car makers dominance.

[@spazzman90]

Nice review. Thanks for sharing! FYI, opera lights are when those lights you pointed at are on the exterior of the car. They were more of a 70's thing. Take care.

[@cardinaloflannagancr8929]

Good video though probably the first time I've ever seen a diesel vehicle get no mention of torque. The transmission choice comes from using BMW 2.4L inline-six cylinder turbodiesel. Which BTW was in use by BMW for 8 years and diesels in general sold well in Europe not in the US. In the US only diesel trucks are in common use. Gotta laugh at how new diesels are so good certainly don't hear that often. Tons of emissions sensors, def fluid etc.. making them a no go outside of commercial truck use.

[@lumberjackdreamer6267]

In Europe most cars are diesel.

[@fitzmorrispr]

You should try one of the contemporary GM diesel sedans. Some of them made it through to today, and have had many of their deficiencies taken care of, so they at least don’t break down much anymore. You should also try a Chevy Cruze diesel, see how GM’s second attempt at a diesel sedan compares (was available with a manual transmission!)

[@dm5374]

Here in Europe almost all large sedans, especially those used for chauffer service, are diesels. And you'd never notice.

[@AndrewCDiprose]

@@dm5374 yes like my twenty year old V70 diesel

[@aldoug1]

I believe DTE is distance to empty. I had the 84 Cadillac El Dorado diesel and was happy with most aspects of it, didn't mind getting 33-35 MPG around town and even better on highway.

[@levidasims4147]

I have one,just adjust the waste gate, 35 mpg,mine goes pretty good

[@xan4o]

As a matter of fact this engine was used in BMW's 5 series(524td) form same era and has pretty decent acceleration compared to this "lathe" on wheels. But the engine is just one piece of the car recipe, isn't it?

[@richardnottelmann58]

I used to own a 1986 Eddie Bower edition Bronco 2. It had a 2.9 l fuel injected V6. It also had a 5 speed manual with push button for wheel drive.

[@mr_gamble_good]

My aunt had an 84 Givenchy edition, with a v8. For years I obsessed over that car. Extremely smooth and quiet.

[@winstonmiu]

I actually like the industrial sound of the diesel engine.

[@KayakTN]

The 5.0 model was so very desirable, but I will stick with my Grand Marquis.

[@chuckpeterson3262]

OUTSIDE: Opera lights. INSIDE: reading lights.

[@MrJayrock620]

6:14 The DTE button is you distance to empty

[@bramlintrent1145]

Had an '82 when it was new. Super nice car, would pass anything on the highway. Had a 302 V8. It was a good car but looked retro when the next generation premiered in 1988.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Wasn't the next gen a dolled-up Taurus with a waterfall grill?

[@JohnSmith-wx9wj]

​@@MisterMikeTexasMustang bodies ever after

[@sonnycarson86]

I absolutely love my 7th Gen Continental, best car I've ever owned. Of course mine has a Ford 302 and AOD so it actually runs.

[@carlozaskorski2122]

The Facebook advertisement says “mint condition” 👌🏻 My favorite part is that mint head liner 😂

[@danmccarthy4700]

OMG! I didn't know power operated retracting quarter lights were even a thing! I learned something today!

[@gterlau]

I'm french and several years ago i had a BMW E30 with that engine but WITHOUT a turbo, the famous 324d, 86hp of pure diesel ! It was slow but reliable and suffisant for the french backroad ans everyday drinving

[@Trenton-om9qs]

This car is so weird and rare which makes it kinda cool

[@recumbrider643]

I would like to see how that compares to the E28 BMW 524TD for which this engine was actually designed for. Oh and by the way the same engine was in the Vixen RV from the same time period.

[@marcusathome]

That was actually a very good engine in its time and performed well in the presumably much lighter and more agile BMW.

[@bobmarker6812]

I worked at a Ford dealership in the early eighties when one of these ( a pre-production model ) was brought to the shop by Ford personnel for servicing who had been test driving it across the country.

[@Expatriate1977]

I had no idea this existed. Man this was a great review.

[@michaelstokley6796]

As a Ford mechanic at Lincoln dealership in the 80s I've seen these with over half million miles on them slow are not the engine and transmission are bullet proof.

[@cavemanjoe79]

What’s interesting about GM’s attempt at diesels is that it was a repurposed small block 350 that Oldsmobile thought they could just build as a diesel engine, and they where terrible. At least Ford made the attempt to get a diesel engine from someone already making them. It’s a wonder why GM didn’t just go to Detroit diesel and get one, they did eventually but the damage was already done. I’m also surprised the big three didn’t just go to someone like Cummins or Caterpillar to see if they had some smaller tractor diesel engines that they could have used in some of their smaller cars, I have a 2001 VW Golf TDI and it only sounds like a small tractor while idling, at freeway speeds it just sounds like a little four banger cruising down the highway.

[@turbo8454]

Detroit diesel had nothing small enough at that time. Eventually the 6.2 came along for the '82 model year and that at least had input from DD. The weakest part of the Olds diesel was the material specifications for the head bolts. An easy and cheap fix but by the time GM got around to it, the damage was done. I have an '82 5.7 Olds diesel, all original with 225K on it. Reliable as a rock........and just as slow.

[@rickloera9468]

I see a whole bunch of switch gear from my 1985 Thunderbird. The electronic climate control switches, headlight delay switches, automatic transmission selector, radio, power window buttons, and power seat buttons on the console with the same toggle joystick. Even has the same premium stereo. You would think that Lincoln would have been a little more exclusive for their premium cars.

[@alman54]

I drive a 1985 Lincoln Town Car. It's amazing that it's nothing like the Continental in this video.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Yeah I miss my 1988 TC.

[@venuesurfamerica9840]

At least the wood trim looks real!

[@johnhudelson2652]

Remember, we were cursed with Nixon's revenge - the 55 mph.speed limit. So performance really wasn't so important.

[@PeterDavidLauwers]

DTE is Distance to Empty... one of the most used/important buttons

[@infernoking7504]

Bigger turbo turn up the fuel a bit and a 5 speed manual will make it go alot faster

[@X69x69oooo]

Best car ever made, in my opinion Can't argue with that, so don't try

[@johndaniels651]

The car is so slow because the TURBO is still in the box, in the trunk. Hook it up!

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

A Lincoln with a BMW diesel engine from the factory? THAT'S DOUG DEMURO WORTHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

There is a misconception about why the American automakers got interested in diesels. Yes, it has to do with fuel economy. But automakers in the late 70s and early 80s were getting squeezed from both sides. Most people think fuel economy and clean emissions go hand in hand, but they don't. Unless you're dealing with a car that is out of tune, these are conflicting goals. The most efficient engines burn lean, but lean engines make smog. So automakers were being told they had to sell cars that didn't pollute, to a customer base who was hurting from high fuel prices. But diesels were exempt from most emissions regulations. Sort of like how they started turning trucks into SUV's for regular people to drive in the 90s, because trucks didn't count towards their CAFE averages. By going diesel, they could forget about emissions controls and just focus on efficiency. The larger arc is how the American auto industry had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the age of fuel injection. While the American automakers were putzing around with diesels, hoping that the disgruntled American buyer would agree with their PR that making engines that are powerful efficient, and clean is "impossible" and vote out the regulators, automakers in Europe and Asia simply began developing fuel injection systems which, at the time, removed all mechanical complexity from emissions controls. A carburetor in 84 was a rats nest of vacuum lines, it needed an air pump which burned (read: wasted) excess fuel in the exhaust, and was an extremely difficult to diagnose if it failed a smog test. My 84 BMW with fuel injection is dead simple. No air pump. Just an O2 sensor, a catalytic converter, and an airflow meter. Even compared to fuel injection in the mid 90s, it's ridiculously simple. In the 60s the American automakers started messing around with fuel injection, and the results were bad. First because nobody knew how to fix them. Second because the computing tech was not yet ready. Third, because there was no compelling reason to clean up emissions yet. So by 1980 they had been doing the carburetor thing for so long that they assumed they could just strong arm the government into relaxing emissions laws. And instead, we saw Germany and Japan, whom many buyers, and buyer's father's, fought in WW2, quickly dominate the market.

[@johnwalters878]

My 524td was not that slow at all. Got as high as 40mpg on a trip. Loved that car .

[@michaelpfaff6009]

DTE: distance to empty.

[@e28forever30]

An E28 is a lot lighter I guess, and with a manual transmission efficiency is much higher.

[@gerardocruz8946]

Your face when you started driving it......😂😂😂😂 priceless!

[@FrankAlfani]

What a freakin awesome car! I drove one of these back in the mid 90s but it had a 5.0 and that car was fun for the time!

[@Scouter98]

That thick cloud of smoke forming behind it under acceleration (0:30) makes me doubt it makes all 114 hp. Yes, a 80s diesel will smoke under load but covering the whole street is, well, lets say it exceeds the homologation values.

[@drno-xc1yt]

When I was growing up, my grandfather was a Ford/Lincoln guy and one of his neighbors was a Cadillac guy and I remember the neighbor had a bustleback Cadillac Seville with a diesel engine. My goodness, that thing was noisy - whenever they started it up, the whole neighborhood could hear that car. A noisy, diesel belcher is not what I think of when I think of these 70s/80s malaise era luxury barges - a Lincoln of similar vintage with a 302 would also be as slow as molasses, but at least it wouldn't sound like a cement truck.

[@greencheeksconure]

The DTE button stands for distance to empty.

[@StillPlaysWithCars_]

Can't tell you how decadent these cars seemed when new. I never knew these came with a diesel engine let alone a BMW diesel. Great video. Nice job.

[@cardiffchris]

BMW 524td was a good car. Performance was good compared to the gas 528e and better than the Benz 300d Turbo

[@stoneylonesome4062]

Ultimately, time has been the best judge on 80’s Diesels. BMW Diesels were generally pieces of junk, which is why you don’t see any of them driving around, unlike Classic Mercedes Diesels, which are genuinely reliable, and infinitely serviceable and maintainable.

[@josephsamsor1698]

@@stoneylonesome4062no the fact is there were barely any brought here at all compared to Mercedes. Of course the Mercedes diesels were great but even now there’s a lot of people swapping m57 diesels in place of Mercedes diesels that have been failing, even in sprinters.

[@mattt198654321]

With that paint scheme, the side profile of this car doesn't look half bad.

[@Romiman1]

What a beauty! Especcially this awesome 2tone paint. In Europe it is very usual to ride a Diesel. But I never have purchuased one (riding my 8th car now). Also hating that sound, dirt, smell, heating- and short-trip-behavior...

[@KenanTurkiye]

That is so beautifull because it represents it's period and design theory so well.

[@KenanTurkiye]

...just the hubcaps alone are gorgeous, let alone the whole car

[@audvidgeek]

the whole diesel luxury car thing was started actually by Mercedes-Benz. The American car companies were trying to play catch-up when they started selling like wildfire in the late seventies. The thing about M-B diesel cars is they were designed completely to be a diesel luxury car and weren't just a swap-out of a conventional gas powered vehicle. Even then, diesel powered luxury cars were more about moving around urban areas, where speed limits were only 25-35mph, than traveling fast on the open roads and highways. That car, in particular is a very cleverly disguised fox-body (Ford Fairmont) vehicle.

[@PlayWaves1]

The gas crisis was long over by 1984 and gas was at it's cheapest in years. The Lincoln BMW diesel likely had its engineering roots years earlier.

[@aca2983]

The GM (Olds) 5.7 V-8 had 2 more cylinders, no turbo, and still only 105hp, sometimes 120. And those were put in much bigger/heftier cars.

[@WieDrDerJonge]

I had a few BMW 524TD's and those where not slow at all compared to other traffic back then.

[@bid84]

Man oh man America made some horrible cars around this time

[@DSP1968]

I can't imagine that many were both powered by the diesel engine and Valentino editions, so thank you for featuring it. I would humbly suggest washing and vacuuming your cars before making videos, as this car would have shown much better had you done so. (I mention this as a general rule, and because you have listed it for sale.)

[@chomanttocs]

Load and clangy?! Are feakin nuts!? IT SOUDS AWESOME!!!!!🔥🔥

[@warrenjohnson4197]

As Ford service reps in the 80s, we drove whatever was not selling. We drove these, both diesel and AWD Tempos, Merkurs, EXPs etc!

[@FuzzyStayBuzzin183]

I remember when I told somebody that Lincoln's are Fords and Fords are Lincoln's He told me I was crazy.

[@nakternal]

Absolutely Gorgeous! With a powerstroke and a stack it would be amazing.

[@unitedcity_mc4421]

Terrible sedan? Honestly, no way. I think this car is so beautiful, and way better than any BMW.

[@e28forever30]

😂😂😂

[@doug6191]

That Continental and the Continentals that followed were more interesting than the Town Cars from then on. They were also pretty expensive.

[@tedarias9040]

I have one mine is the solid burgundy, it is beautiful. 1987.

[@pcno2832]

5:25 Auto Dimming was becoming a rarer feature during the 1980s. It worked well on my '69 Fleetwood, in 1978, but I've heard that as sealed-beam headlights were replaced with the integrated flush ones we have today, it was harder to make the auto-dimming feature behave consistently.

[@misterakt]

my late father actually had one of the diesel Lincolns! he had the Mark VII. funnily, my grandma had the E28 524td which had the same engine/transmission. his is the ONLY one i've ever seen in real life, they were extremely rare then and even more-so today! i'll never forget the gurgling sound of that diesel engine; it really was a gorgeous car (the BMW was even more beautiful but i digress).

[@eliascrookshank]

1. A horrible idea. 2. An ashtray and cigarette lighter. Very cool. Forgot about them. Bring them back forthwith.

[@billolsen4360]

In the 70's and 80's, I drove limousines for a service. The gasoline Cadillacs we had were noisy to, from day one.

[@joegonzalez9551]

I had a Valentino edition Lincoln continental just like this one with the BMW turbo diesel engine loved the car, and the looks at the gas station when i pulled in to get diesel fuel instead of gas it was very funny wish i still had it same color scheme as the one on this video

[@kebabaluba]

I think a lot of people in USA would love a modern diesel car, they are cheaper to run than gasoline engines and have more torque.

[@MilanStojakov]

Diesel engines are more expansive to run than gas engines. They consume less fuel, but maintenance is much more expansive, they are more complex engines. Much cheaper/better option is LPG gasoline engine.

[@kebabaluba]

@@MilanStojakov The worst about diesels after 2000 is DPF and EGR clogging, in many cars DPF can be regenerated either the car does it itself or you could use diagnostic tool to perform forced regeneration.

[@MilanStojakov]

@@kebabaluba DPF started to be mass installed in diesel cars after about 2007. EGR is known to clog, but you can do EGR delete but then you would be polluting more. Fuel injection system is especially expansive and can be hard to fix, and depending on manufacture can be really sensitive to fuel quality. I never owned a diesel with DPF but the early ones were a real pain to fix and manage, as far as I know. If you want cheap transportation, complex cars and engines are to be avoided.

[@seanwhitlock_]

I actually love these. I got obsessed with them in the past month or so. I even tweeted some pics of one BEFORE I watched this vid. 😎 Not just this version, but all of them. If I got one, as much as I love diesel cars, I think I'd go with the 5.0. 👍

[@DeMond1973]

I just traded my truck for the EXACT car in this video about 3 hours ago. Same black ziptie on driver's door mirror. Same missing door pull on inside of driver's door. Same exact chipped paint pattern on lower right side of front bumper. Illinois title.

[@PeterDavidLauwers]

You also are driving the "Givenchy" Edition... a special trim line offered in this color combination for this year and the year before (year before was a blue color combo)

[@TheRadioMaestro]

Lincoln had designer series cars in the 70s, this wasn’t new in the 80s. DTE on the electronic display controls showed Distance to Empty. The reason this car is so sluggish is because it hasn’t been taken care of.

[@brandonmcclellan30]

If the spare tire was bolted onto the underside of the trunk lid, You would not be able to OPEN the trunk lid. Just an FYI.

[@braddietzmusic2429]

This looks MUCH better than the Seville that was also a “bustle back”. A really interesting car. Could you clarify that the ZF transmission used was to aid the tepid performance with shorter gearing to give better acceleration? Or was it that the BMW engine did not mate easily to the Ford transmission, or?

[@dm5374]

BMW sold the same engine also to Opel. However, in both cases it was de-tuned to not cause any competition with the Ultimate Driving Machines. BTW in those years I owned a 525 tds with the 2.5 version and it put out 143 hp.

[@Gravstein]

@@dm5374 Opel omega got the M51 engine same as in the E34/E36. The older engine is called M21 and could be found in E28/E30 (Thats the engine in the Lincoln.

[@Bonzoguy66]

Remember , in Denmark, the only American taxi, was a oldsmobile 88 diesel … only lasted 2 years, not as good, as all the Mercedes w123 .

[@zorilla0]

GM dealing with the oil crisis by developing a rotary is the most GM decision imaginable.

[@oldguy2082]

Its not nearly as bad as you imply; our Ford dealer service rep had one as a company car. Not fast, but not as slow as you might think. Keep in mind this was 1984 and in comparison to the Cadillac diesel or the Oldsmobile diesel (especially the one year 260 diesel in the Cutlas line) and at one point (I worked at a multi line GM dealer 80-82) we had more cars down to engine problems than new cars in stock. The Continental diesel was a very rare bird; I only saw one besides the factory rep car in my years with Ford/L-M service. But it must have been reliable enough, it was traded in on a new Lincoln and it had 300k+ miles on it.

[@pcno2832]

8:15 I'd call those reading lights. I believe the lantern-like lights they sometimes put on the outside of that panel were sometimes called opera-lights, which were named after the little round opera windows of the time, which were themselves named after "opera glasses", which were those little folding binoculars people in the 5th balcony sometimes used at the opera to see the performance at that distance.

[@RichieRouge206]

I’m genuinely surprised that it is so lethargic with this engine. Turbo diesels - even older ones in Europe were pretty nippy. Good review though!

[@JohnSmith-wx9wj]

They were detuned for the American market.

[@dcanmore]

this diesel engine is from a BMW 5-Series which was 300kg (661lbs) lighter than this Lincoln, also they came mostly with manual transmissions in Europe.

[@joelyons3713]

Please take this car to the nearest museum or junkyard. Whichever is closer. 😂

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Cool, my 6 grade teacher had a Bugandy gas powered one.

[@phatmeow7764]

yet in my hood there is an elderly gent driving a diesel Mercedes Benz Sedan from the 70s! the thing is almost half a century old!

[@Cheezwizzz]

A Valentino diesel Continental, how cool!

[@stephenmajor5498]

Distance To Empty (DTE). That, I know from the 1980's. Diesel engined Lincoln however, is new to me. Ya learn something new everyday. Thanks for the info.😊

[@dRockOhio]

I have a Mark VII LSC. I’ve always thought Ford missed the boat by not doing a HiPo Continental

[@robertdiehl9003]

Funny how lincoln borrowed slant back trunk from 81 caddy seville back in those days

[@charlesyoung9980]

When he says he's struggling to keep up with modern traffic, he means pedestrian traffic!

[@ProjectFairmont]

It wasn’t so much an answer to the fuel crisis as it was to meet the EPAs Corporate Annual Fuel Economy standards beginning in 1980, and new high bar set in 1985.

[@jeffbranch8072]

This was part of an experimental fleet, not a production car. Ford bought 800 BMW diesel engines and installed them into 600 Continentals and 200 in Mark VII's. They were great cars, but GM's well publicized engineering flop of converting an Olds V8 to diesel the wrong way had already destroyed the diesel market in America. There was no point of Ford moving forward with this concept, so the fleet was sold off to the public. A coworker's buddy bought a Mark VII. These had 25 gallon tanks and got 40 MPG - a 1000 mile range! They took to to Florida. On the return trip they filled up in Miami, FL and didn't stop again until Monroe, MI!!! And only because they didn't think they could make it all the way back to Dearborn.

[@watershed44]

@jeffbranch8072 This guy is talking about the car as if it is somewhat modern, when it is not and has high miles on it too. When these were new they were always a bit slow, but not terribly so when compared to similar models at the time as many cars were due to emissions and detuning engines for economy. These were NOT bad cars even with a diesel of the day, and they were general reliable. That's saying something considering how bad modern Ford reliability is today.

[@jeffbranch8072]

@@watershed44 , plus the Continental has 4 wheel disc brakes and an independent rear suspension. It wasn't much on styling but it had it where it counted. Car guys used to scour junk yards to get those rear suspensions.

[@lsrx101]

@@jeffbranch8072 No IRS on the Conti. or Mark VII. It was a Ford 8.8 with air springs and disc brakes.

[@624radicalham]

I'd love to know what microphone you use. You're the only car channel that mutes the sound of the engine and makes your voice sound tinny. I hope you work on that because you have the most entertaining videos and most interesting cars. But the sound of the engine while you're inside driving is what makes us feel that we are IN the car and actually get to feel the experience. It's all tinny and muted. Even a camera phone mic catches the sounds of the engine from inside of the car as it sounds in real life. I can't understand what is going on with your mic.

[@CalebOrvik]

So crazy, even stock under the hood it looks like a swap😂😂

[@DOWNTOWN_AUDIO]

It would be very easy to make more power out of that engine. Turbo back straight pipe, and some fuel mods would make that car rip!

[@RohanSanjith]

Transmission not stout enough