Cold Blooded 1978 Ford LTD

[@enclaveofficerfitzgerald2221]

"I didnt check the coolant or oil, but itll probably be fine" Famous last words lol

[@Yusuf22223]

sometimes i wake up like this in the mornings

[@charliecolorado7301]

I hope you don't mind damaging the branches.😂 12:35

[@aarongranda7825]

I feel for this guy. He's such an optimist. Fix or repair daily.

[@joshn938]

The irony of your comment is that all the Fords I've owned I've had very few issues with. The GM cars have been nothing but trouble!

[@westwasbest]

You're a very patient man, that was a great video, I bet you would be a fun neighbor!

[@ZanyJIntPictures]

The Windsor is a mighty tough engine!

[@whatsinaname1829]

Most likely a 400.

[@aarongranda7825]

That 63 98 is beautiful. You have good taste.

[@tedcarter8074]

64 isn't it

[@san379]

a beautiful old classic.. ...put it in the tempo shed.

[@mechanicwarrior20]

That car brings me back memories, my dad had a 1975 grand marquis station wagon and that car was huge. My dad bought it from the neighbor when it was 20 years old and that was his daily driver for 15 years and 100000 miles later. But getting that engine going in -10deg f weather was always a challenge, those 400's don't like the cold that much. And those motocraft carbs always has finicky chokes. Greetings from Alberta, we had weather in the mid 40's for most of this week.

[@bah53]

mechanicwarrior20 I can't wait for it to get to the mid 40's. I doesn't look like were going to get those kind of temps here until about mid march.

[@alexjones3511]

That’s the same LTD featured in The Terminator.

[@goodbonezz1289]

Good catch

[@Greenmould]

The same one?

[@terribleauthority]

@@Greenmould Same model.

[@Brucesalarski]

The one he drove moved liked hell. Had to of been the 460 block.

[@itsnotmeitsyou9493]

My parents had one when I was young. It was a powder blue. I used to call it the "new car" as their other vehicle was an old, olive green Ford Galaxie. Both were land yachts, but tough.

[@robertwhite9898]

I had 1976 Ltd yrs ago ! That car was a beast it had the 351/M 400 Cleaveland big block engine ! My grandpa had a 1972 Ltd Country squaire wagon & had the big 460 Cu inch big block .

[@dkt1976dt]

My 1985 Chrysler 5th Avenue is definitely cold blooded, once you get her going you got to give her a good 15 to 20 minutes to fully warm up or she will stall. However you cant beat that 318 V8 and Torqueflite Automatic Transmission.

[@Bingus2255]

nice! ihave an 89 its a great running car

[@kenpalmer1965]

Hey, you got it going! I will admit it was sort of a task, or so it looked and sounded like! Those old cars will run forever if you take care of them. I remember I used to love Ford LTD's as a kid, especially the station wagons.

[@mklaver31]

That's a badass car, I love old stuff like that! You got yourself a new subscriber.

[@bigdog95321]

I can only imagine the amount of starters you go through!!

[@Andrew-ep4kw]

this is why I don't miss carbureted engines in cars. I remember sessions like this with my Dad when i was a kid, and it's so much nicer to have an engine that just starts pretty much no matter what.

[@kendallbyrne2788]

They were boats of cars but man they drove so nice on the road you wouldn't even know it was moving

[@fixitmyself]

Lol, I was watching this and thinking "man, just needs some starter fluid" and then you mentioned the ether! Haha, from Canada man, I remember the days I carried cans (yes cans) in the trunk! Good to hear the old girl running!

[@whatup654]

Those were the days. I miss having to pump the pedal.

[@mattbartolovich8228]

This is what kids today need!

[@mattbartolovich8228]

Please Lord come back with these fully loaded monsters and v8s and column shifters!

[@mattbartolovich8228]

Especially on frosty days!

[@lovetocrank]

I miss that too!

[@lovetocrank]

I loved the sound of those Ford starters during a hard cold start!

[@djcrownvic7017]

Yes - My father has a 79 Econoline, I love the sound of that starter.

[@lovetocrank]

Do you like it when it takes a few cranks before it starts so that you can hear that starter?

[@djcrownvic7017]

@@lovetocrank Of course! He stores the van at my place so I'm probably going to do the first cold start of the year, like last years and the one prior. I'll need the van to go haul some scrap metal.

[@lovetocrank]

Oh man, I’d love to see that!

[@djcrownvic7017]

@@lovetocrank Bizarre coincidence - I checked out your playlist, and saw my brother's video in there! Not telling you which one it is though!

[@ronfogarty8196]

Cool this was nice those cars are neat the snow i like keep it up

[@enricio]

Nice vid. 😎

[@paulsheehan8185]

I love old cars!

[@johnsjohnson448]

The "Barnaby Jones" car. I love it! Thanks for sharing,

[@richardharoutunian9060]

Wump wump wump wump... yeah reminds me of my Nova and my Dart! Time to make the donuts!

[@paulsheehan8185]

It's running good!

[@gordman68]

Hi just watched your vid and just love them style LTD's and wished i still had my first two...plus i like the olds that you got parked there as well.

[@johnnybravoBoyah]

Poor thang, park her in the sun light lol Nothing like the old 60s & 70 cars luv them!!!

[@Darrell1981]

Love those land yacht

[@garyr7027]

This was the norm back when these rides were on the road, starting them up on real cold mornings was a chore sometimes... and you always made sure jumper cables was in the trunk. Lol, don't miss that but I'd sure like to fire up an old barn find once more, just to say yo Adrian, I DID IT.

[@davealderdice3727]

You need to learn how to start a car .

[@davealderdice3727]

My 78 cougar would start in 20 seconds, after not running for four months

[@davealderdice3727]

Very good winter car if you know what you are doing

[@davealderdice3727]

My grandmother could run circles around you

[@davealderdice3727]

Good luck , you need it

[@notoriousmaddox4105]

Your comment on Al Gore had me in tears😂😂

[@IcamanSogge]

Beauty of a car nice riding and can fit 6 people comfortably. All I drive r Ford's. I had a green Ltd 74 or 75 . Sold it I like video.

[@Cheezwizzz]

In under 14 minutes I’m convinced that I want a similar property with a fleet of old land yachts I can drive around all day!

[@Brucesalarski]

F A R T S H A R T

[@SirEpifire]

They're actually great Winter cars once you get the carb and tuning figured out. I've only owned rear wheel drive cars myself and my 78 LTD Landau probably gets the best traction out of them all. Snow tires help a lot though.

[@mattbartolovich8228]

Studded?

[@SirEpifire]

@@mattbartolovich8228 Not studded as you can't get those in MN. Not conventionally anyways.

[@paulsheehan8185]

LTD Landau, was the top of the line full size Ford.

[@ehealth2894]

Wonderful cars!

[@kaueduarte8060]

I dunno why, but this vid extremely gives me Driver 1 (PS1) vibes...

[@wb3161]

I had a 1975 LTD. it was my first car. Wish I could drive it one more time. By the way windchill only affects living things

[@aarongranda7825]

I'm from Iowa, so this looks familiar.

[@gsmiley7449]

Aaah... the sound of my adolescence... trying to get a Ford to start...

[@styldsteel1]

And the smells. Don't forget that smell.

[@lovetocrank]

I loved that sound a lot!!!

[@GODs_Son777]

That's 1 lovely Tugboat.

[@bighornbill1]

My parents had a 1968 Ford LTD with the 302 engine, I tried it left overnight out of the garage at -10 F. I followed the usual procedure recommended in the owner's manual: press the accelerator pedal a little to set the choke, turn the key. Bingo! the engine started with a bump of the starter. I don't understand why others are having such difficulty. By the way, wind chill means how fast everything will get cold, not how cold they're going to eventually get. If the outside temperature is -10F and the wind chill is -30F, the car will still get down to only -10F, not -30F, it'll just get down there a lot faster than if the wind chill was -5F. Wind chill is of interest mostly about how fast exposed water or living things such as humans, plants, or animals will freeze.

[@smtpgirl]

I LOVED my 2000 Buick LeSabre.

[@gillgetter3004]

Remember those cold mornings and those frozen carbs and fuel freezing etc. Thank god for fuel injection and modern cars.

[@Maxx5005]

I love American cars 😎 hello from Russia Siberia :)

[@deanplayer69metalplayer89]

Believe it or not my 1991 Cadillac Deville is a bitch to start in cold mornings but once it warms up it's a fucking beast!

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Tip: back another vehicle up to it and let it idle for a half hour while blowing warm exhaust under the bumper/hood of the cold vehicle and it will start right up! ... Lot faster, warmer for you, and easier than two days of horsing around!

[@lavasiouxwindwater9789]

Dang good idea!

[@dogge929]

I just threw in a 300 6 with single barrel Carter carb and a pull choke through the dash. It starts just fine in a couple of seconds at -10 with no ether. I haven't had lower temps to test with.

[@JackRusselMan]

I had a 1980 and it always started but it was parked up by the house so the wind was blocked by the house from the north side and it was drove daily. If I had all of those cars the driveway would be lined with them.

[@OS-qd5wo]

😂😂 "Al Gore is gonna be pissed" fucking love these cars I've been eyeing this '78 Mercury Cougar Broughm 😍 I want it but I'm gonna have to wait

[@sim61642]

Thank god carburetors are long gone.😥

[@Monster404ftp]

They're easier to to work on than fool injection.

[@lupenstationChannel]

sirshredsalot 1977 I like old cars

[@sim61642]

Howard Holley Jr Me too 70s cars are my favorites, What do you like?

[@fixitdad1955]

Those good reliable Buick 3800 V6 Engines are Bulletproof and are always good for jumping other vehicles.

[@nightwolf883]

When you’re backing up, the engine sounds like one of those stock movie sound effects for older cars. Wonder if these are what started that sound trend

[@midnightrunner684]

We had a 1975 Ford looked alot like yours ..we drove it from Ohio to Fla and back in the late 70"s .My Dad drove that car a few years until the frame rusted and cracked .Then it went to the boneyard .had a 351 Cleveland in it

[@ty2010]

73 - 76 were bad years for most everything, lot of quality problems with imported steel.

[@ronnieperdue2977]

Cold blooded just like a a Chrysler dodge Mopar back in the day she just grinding now

[@dustinharford8454]

I'm honestly surprised those tires still had air in them.

[@miloC0]

“A nice warm day “ 🤣🤣

[@lipshitz2012]

This guy is tough on equipment>

[@Gary-n5y]

I owned a 1975 ford ltd brough painted scarlet and gray,gray body marron vinyl roof,wish i had it back

[@РусланГолтаков]

Если хороший аккумулятор, хорошее масло и отрегулированное зажигание, то в -30 запустить двигатель не проблема, свой автомобиль запускаю в -30 без проблем. являюсь владельцем LADA-2102 (универсал) 1977 года.

[@TheTUBEYOU17]

Man, its a cold one out here today....so its a nice warm day...

[@80fordmustang6]

I have a 87 ram with a 318 two barrel a few weeks ago in Illinois that's how my truck was crank and crank but no go finally the starting fluid got it to pop off the joys of a carb

[@kenk7451]

Damn I almost cried when this beast broke free!

[@wtfskilz]

We had three super cold days in a row here in Sioux Falls and I had to work all three. It was -26F, -28F, and -28F I don't think your car would of made it.

[@bobl78]

what did the light "engine" indicate on these old carburated engines?

[@Koshunae]

Very old school Service Engine light. But really it takes nothing short of an apocalypse to set these old lights off. They really didn't have monitoring systems back then so the car never really knew when something was wrong. It was just a formality light, really.

[@v10cylinder]

Well done! But you hit the tree at 8:15. Any damage on the car?

[@paulsheehan8185]

What's it got, a 351 c.i.d?

[@limerind7493]

I miss my old cars!

[@lovetocrank]

I do too!

[@BLUECOLLARGARAGE]

Pure classic love it

[@lh1678]

So what's the purpose at -10below? You getting it ready as a daily? Can't you wait till warmer weather like 0 or +1?

[@mikep.5517]

That sooty chugging brought back so many memories of our back-in-the-70s '74 Merc Marquis: 460 and the infamous 4350 carb. Used to leave a black, soot-trail from the tailpipe in fresh snow on cold mornings. Dealer couldn't fix it. I think the float had sunk and gas just poured into it; by the time a local mechanic was able to fix it the bores had been washed down by raw gas for so long the engine was done at 45000 miles.

[@jclifton094075]

It's supposed to snow tonight here in Texas I wish I could be like that because I was out of school Monday and Tuesday and I'm hoping we don't have school tomorrow

[@paulsheehan8185]

FORDS HAD SECOND GEAR START.

[@fabsauce93]

Man and complain with todays cars, cant imagine how it was for our parents in the 70s /80s to deal cold starting to get to work during the winter with a carbureted car.

[@recratdemopublican2024]

I had two ltd's this body style in 4 door, one was a '77 1/2 LTD landau and a plain '78 LTD,the '77 had a 351M400 the '78 had a 302, I bought the '77 at a sheriff's auction in '92 for $100 and bought the '78 from a family friend for $600 in 2009 I regret selling both of them

[@SnepperStepTV]

i think it was northbridge. miss those days. would do more now that the things holding me back before no longer are. would be a shame if everything was over just as i was finally ready to do it.

[@MrBeeradb1]

Thats the same LTD that hutch drove on starsky and hutch show in the 70's.

[@KimonoSkunk]

MrBeeradb1 Actually the car was a Gran Torino, not an LTD as shown here. ^^

[@mgrcich]

Also was red and a two door

[@paulsheehan8185]

Body looks good, in Mass., the snow, salt and ocean salt air, would rotted that car out.

[@ruwithlee1970]

Sounds like you need to rebuild that old Crab! Also think about deleting the egr valve since on these cars they never really worked worth a damn anyway, except to rob Power!

[@sexysagi]

+John Waters I'm sure he means "carb" as in carbuerator

[@hankbridges5055]

EGR'S leak-down and you need to check the vacuum to it. It could be the charcoal canister purge valve or PVS.

[@williamparker2731]

Please tell me where that Gran Torino sport is

[@mikesamra9126]

That's no doubt a C6 or an FMX transmission. Change the fluid and filter and you will solve your shifting problem along with cleaning the lines going to the radiator.

[@bah53]

Mike Samra Yeah its a C6. I changed the fluid and filter back in 2013 but it hasn't seemed to fix the problem.

[@mikesamra9126]

bah53 When you change the fluid,you also need to drain the torque converter..Many Fords have a bolt on the TC and if can't get at it you cant get at it,you can drain it by removing the lines going to the radiator and starting it up and letting it drain into a bucket for about a minute. If that doesn't do it then you need to adjust the bands which can be done very easily and if you still have problems,you need to change the lip seals on the pistons for the one two up shift because you are losing oil pressure and if you do that,you might as well throw a rebuild kit in it..

[@bah53]

Mike Samra I'm guessing its the seals causing the problem because I only have a problem with delayed/no upshift when its cold. Once the transmission warms up or its warm outside (above freezing) the transmission works fine.

[@mikesamra9126]

bah53 Ok then you can out an additive in there to help revitalize those seals..I'm actually an auto engineering tech instructor but I can find out the best sealer for you on Monday..I'll be teaching the automatic and drivelines class this spring again.

[@bustermccrab4376]

Add a little engine oil to the crank helps at startup

[@bourbaki5730]

Fine good job and thank you for sharing ! It reminds à girlfriend at universiy with her old citroen GS half automatic in winter morning : ice removing, starting the bitch, warmibg up ....walking by foot would be faster ! .

[@paulsheehan8185]

DON'T YOU PLUG IT IN?

[@ZanyJIntPictures]

Nice place for the manufacturer to put the battery? Talk about being on (the hot seat...)

[@NoneNone-gk9wt]

Don't want to shift when it's cold? 1/2 cup of marvel's mystery oil will take care of that .

[@markreed171]

Sitting on bare soil. #nothingwronghere

[@jameswester1604]

Old and cold, never a good thing xD

[@arnoldberk7686]

The Brakes Still Work 😂🤣 Let’s see if she shifts outa first it’s pretty much out of gas 😄😆 hilarious.

[@samuelgarcia7776]

Was the choke all the closed while you was trying to start it??

[@clydesmith393]

I got 1977 Ford LTD I never knew what LTD stands for if know what LTD stands for let me know

[@rh5207]

If you stomp hard enough on the gas pedal you break the little plastic part that hooks to the top of your choker plate I never did make any replacement parts for it you got to to get a 10 can and cut one out good luck

[@paulsheehan8185]

PART OF YOUR LEFT BRAKE LIGHT IS OUT.

[@damkayaker]

This is why I couldn't live too far north. Maybe put some gas in there?

[@smartprocesssolutions748]

It was a gorgeous hot 95 F day and had some serious hangover gas cocktail of Barley & McDonalds delivering nauseating power farts. Well, as luck have it, left a blooming rose in a brand new Chrysler New Yorker and slammed her shut in the blazing Sun, cooking the Vapor. Unbelievably & bad timing, a salesman asked me if I had the keys to 1167, the New Yorker and threw him key, forgetting about the new car smell no more. Never laughed so hard him driving away with the windows down hanging out the front window gasping what crawled up my ass & died! I replied Ronald McBarley.

[@EngineMechanic128]

Does that have a hitch on it

[@bah53]

EngineMechanic128 yes it does

[@ZanyJIntPictures]

Usually at that point the jumper cables are getting hot enough to smoke a little...

[@salemksa111]

I can watch videos like this for a days I really enjoy watching this video , by the way you have a good voice you may record a documentary film :) hhh

[@1marcelfilms]

Damn minus 10 degrees F !!! The worst i ever felt was around -10 c and thats horrible already