Strange Features, Quirks, and Interesting Factoids: 1974 Mercury Marquis & Marquis Brougham

[@retrorapmusic]

Love your videos, no annoying music, no introduction, no bla bla, just straight to the point

[@joe6096]

That’s because he’s not trying to make a living on KZbin. Adam is clearly doing this simply for fun, and any money he makes is a bonus for him. The guys trying to make a living on KZbin overproduce their videos.

[@retrorapmusic]

@@joe6096 yeah I understand that, even if he tried to make a living off it, its nothing wrong with it. I wouldnt mind Advertisement either but I just like the fact that there is no long introduction like "hey guys, welcome to my channel bla bla, today Im gonna show you/talk about bla bla.. Stay tuned" - then comes the introduction of the channel usually together with very loud dubstep music and then again "hey guys like I said, welcome to my channel and today Im gonna show you/talk about bla bla.." Well just START YOUR CONTENT bro!! I mean my God, and I guess thats what you mean when you say that they overproduce the video!

[@eyerollthereforeiam1709]

@Eric Ruud Where did I leave my bell bottoms...

[@joe6096]

@Eric Ruud When the details of the broqueed interior design and thick pile carpets come up, you can almost hear the Bee-Gees coming out of the 8 track

[@andrewhazenberg3398]

Adam is my favourite car guy . He is so educated about explaining to us about the many beautiful cars in his collection.

[@pjesf]

Love this kind of video. As a kid (born in ‘61) I was fascinated with cars and all the little subleties btw the models and across the brands. Dad was a Mercury man so I have a soft spot for the brand❤️

[@christopherkraft1327]

What's better than having a Mercury Marquis??? Having a Marquis base coupe, a Marquis Brougham 4 door hardtop, a Marquis Brougham pillared hardtop & a Colony Park wagon!!! Wow Adam, you have more Mercury's than Hawaii 50!!! 👍👍😲

[@zephead4835]

Now he's gotta get a 1968 park lane convertible with the yacht style wood planking.

[@christopherkraft1327]

@@zephead4835 That would be great!!!

[@rightlanehog3151]

You will know Adam has fallen on hard times when he starts collecting Montegos and Cougars. 😉

[@wilsixone]

@@rightlanehog3151 actually probably the opposite! Many of those Montego/Cougar vehicles are high-dollar investments 😉

[@brucebuschman2186]

And personalized plates inscribed with book um Dano! 🤣

[@kadimsilahtar]

I was so lucky and fortunate to own a '74 Mercury Grand Marquis Brougham Coupe with oval windows on the C pillar, in ivory with beige top. What a wonderfully driving automobile it was. Thank you Adam, once again.

[@Jack_Stafford]

No one owns the word quirk ! It certainly applies here and you are much easier to listen to, and you know a lot more about these cars! Use the words you think fit, your natural delivery is what makes these videos so entertaining and informative to listen to!

[@jeromep]

So, the rabbi doing the briss in the back seat of the car, that SNL skit, was titled Royal Deluxe II. The vehicle used was a 77 or 78 4-door Mercury Cougar.

[@timbullough3513]

Adam ... you officially have the coolest auto collection in America. Thank you for sharing them and the wealth of knowledge you have in keeping them going as well as your time 'in the belly of the beast' at GM.

[@realkilju]

That brougham would be such a cool cruiser car

[@nsidor1234]

Two beautiful Mercurys on a beautiful fall day. Thanks Adam...

[@salninethousand2496]

I've always thought the heavy hitters from most auto makers (esp. FoMoCo, Mopar and Cadillac) look better as 4-door hardtops, such as that Brougham, and ESPECIALLY the Mopar Fuselage cars. Fantastic cars here.

[@rwg520]

Enjoyed seeing all the little differences and quirks between these two cars! Glad you continue to feature your '74 Mercs!

[@michaelbradford4116]

Another incredible time travel experience especially for those of us who recall these cars when brand new! Unless I missed it Adam, you overlooked the door courtesy/warning lights at the base of each door of the brougham. When I was a kid, I always thought those were a luxury touch for sure. Unfortunately, GM was less generous than Ford with that feature and even our ‘73 Buick Electra Linited did not include them. Thanks again!

[@arevee9429]

I prefer this channel to the other "quirks" car channel, any day.

[@modiste]

Adam - Thanks for sharing. I was a kid when the 1974 models came out in the fall of ‘73. When I accompanied my father to pick up his new Buick company car, the salesman mentioned to my father he wouldn’t have to worry about the seatbelt interlock system as the manager had a standing order to disable them the same day new cars came off the carrier.

[@patrickmaloy5262]

Brings back memories. We had a 74 Colony Park that was our ranch car. It was never worked very hard.

[@rightlanehog3151]

Have you seen the videos he has done on his Colony Park?

[@domenicogaldo6065]

Before I came across your channell Adam, as a European, Mercury was virtually unknown to me. Thank you for owning and showing us these elegant, beautiful cars, which we never had in Europe. Being born in the ´60´s these car´s would be considered Luxury cars to me. As a hint to where I lived and the ´normal´ cars seen on the road back then, my Dad owned a few Ford´s; Ford Anglia 105e, Ford Zodiac Mk 2, Cortina Mk 2, Ford Consul/Granada (1970´s) and Cortina Mk4. So a long way off the quality and Luxury of your Mercury Marquis´. Brougham or not.

[@draggonsgate]

Great video! I'm partial to the '76-'78 years. My second car was a '76 Grand Marquis Brougham 4 door. BEAST of a car! I had a '78 Grand Marquis 2 door and then after the platform change, a '83 Grand Marquis coupe, '87 Colony Park and a '90 LS Sedan. My current driver is an '09 LS Ultimate Park Lane. Could kick myself for not keeping them all.

[@nitcat1]

These really are time machines. Born in 61, I was an early teen and rode in these cars when new. That fabric, while not my favorite, is such a tactile memory for me. Great cars. In the early ‘00s I had a lime green colony park with the 429.

[@markdc1145]

I'm slowly warming up to these majestic beasts thanks to your channel. The referenced classic SNL skit was brilliant with Garrett Morris as the nervous driver. 😆

[@judgegixxer]

When I was a kid in the late 70's there was a wedding at the church a block away from my house. Both sides of the street in front of church were full of parallel parked cars effectively leaving only a centre lane. Anyways a squarebody pickup packed with young wedding guest/party people flew towards me past the church and proceeded to plow into the front passenger side quarter a mint 74' or 75' green 4 door Marquis. Grampa and Grama were leaving the wedding and pulled out from a perpendicular side road directly in front of the squarebody which was doing at least 40mph. Both vehicles bounced off other parked vehicles. I was about 50 feet away on my bicycle & watched the whole thing as the pickup was pinned and honking it's horn, hands waving at all the wedding guests. No one was killed but the Marquis was done for. Thanks for the memories.

[@willythewave]

You have a really nice collection Adam unlike anyone elses. Thank you for sharing you`re cars and knowledge with us.

[@rogerallen6644]

My folks had a 74 Brougham. Most comfortable vehicle I ever rode in.

[@joe6096]

Trust me Adam, you’re much more knowledgeable about cars than that other quirky fellow….. I watch him simply for entertainment. I watch you for serious car-guy knowledge and information.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

I had a 1975 Mercury Grand Marquis back in the early 1990's. The original owner had his initials on the door as a factory option.

[@josephpiskac2781]

Really premium rides. Cool to be so unique and they have your loving care with attention to detail.

[@waynejohnson1304]

Some of the finest riding cars ever built in the history of the automobile. 😁😁

[@trolleychai]

For those of us whose age and/or infirmities make getting in and out from behind the wheel, adjusting the tilt wheel every time is a matter of necessity. I owned a '78 Country Squire for a number of years (almost 20) and in 233,000 miles I never had a problem with the tilt lever (unlike my '85, that came apart twice in 190,000).

[@wmalden]

My late father was “portly” and he raised the tilt wheel to easily enter and exit the car and lowered it when seated.

[@Sedan57Chevy]

The jacket and watch really give the impression that it's sometime in the 80s and these aren't 50 year old cars... but rather ten or 15 years old. They're certainly super nice! I can't wait for the inevitable family photo/video of the entire 74 lineup. Going to try to find a Monterey to complete the full size models? They seem even more rare than the already scare marquis. A cougar and montego would be neat additions too! I'd love to get the full size vs intermediate comparison like you briefly did for the 73 cutlass vs 75 88, but for ford.

[@colibri1]

It'd also be cool to see the Mercury compacts and subcompacts of the era, the Comet, Capri, and Bobcat. As recently as the 1990s where I lived in the US, there was a guy with an orange mid-seventies Mercury Bobcat hatchback, in perfect condition.

[@georgewilson1184]

At the T intersection of Touhy Ave & Cumberland Ave in ParkRidge Illinois there was a Napleton Mercury Lincoln dealership maybe that’s where this car was purchased new ???

[@jeffsmith846]

Thanks for a fun video. I liked the basic AC control on the black car where in cursive it states "Air Conditioning". I had some Ford product that had that same control, I think maybe a 78 F150. It is definitely a quirky item. Much like the early sixties where they stated "Select-Aire".

[@19553129]

The Mercury Marquis and Grand marquis were well built Classic full sized American cars . ❤ them

[@desertmodern7638]

It has been enlightening to see the variety of interiors under the Marquis name. My previous view of the full size Mercury was of one baseline interior each for the Monterey and Marquis, with intra-model variation involving mainly upholstery and front seat configuration. Instead there are myriad differences, with the Brougham seeming particularly compelling. It would be interesting to know if sound deadening measures varied as well.

[@KIILew]

Another great video from Adam, as usual. My uncle ordered two new Mercurys...a '73 Marquis Brougham followed up by a '78 Grand Marquis. Both had the automatic temperature control system, although he later ordered an 85 Grand Marquis with the manual control system. His oldest son told me that there were issues with the automatic system in the earlier cars that prompted him to ultimately choose the alternative. I always wondered what they were. During those years, we had a '75 LTD Landau with the tilt column. In '79 we bought a Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham which had the tilt and telescope column. After driving the LTD for four years, my dad needed to re-train his muscle memory to recognize the dedicated pull-toward-you tilt lever on the Cadillac. Shortly after purchase, the turn signal lever broke off due to metal fatigue; it could only handle so many instances of being pushed toward the dash (and restoratively pulled back) in Ford fashion!

[@wmryan9646]

Nice looking cars.

[@roger628]

The 1974 Grand Marquis option presaged the shift away from brocade fabrics to corduroy and velour type fabrics in higher-end cars. Materials like this became prevalent as the 70s wore on.

[@mriguy3202]

If I recall the Marquis Brougham had 7 ash trays, one of which had a capacity of about a pint. You could get a lot of smoking done in that car! We need an ash tray count on these old cars! The pneumatic steering wheel rim horn switch was certainly a quirk! This car had pneumatic door locks as well, must have had a half mile of air tubing in the car; as you noted the hidden headlight doors were pneumatic. The interval windshield wipers were a pneumatic adjustable delay too. The noise of the automatic door locks was remarkably loud. The optional stereo was very good for its day. The power bench seat could recline to near-bed proportions, and the adjustable steering wheel would go up to a ridiculously high position. My dad had one of these when I was 16. Great car for a date....

[@rogersmith7396]

The should have had a central vacume system so you could just flip your ashes towards a pickup hole.

[@DSP1968]

Hey, Adam, what a great video comparing these two cars. A couple of clarifications: there was no power window delete option for Broughams after '72. Also, there were four possible interior choices for the standard Marquis: cloth (like your car) or vinyl bench, and cloth or vinyl Twin Comfort Lounge Seat. So I"m guessing of the 80 black 2-door hardtops, a few had one of the other choices. Rare by all accounts!

[@clemsonbloke]

You are a very nice guy! You are also so lucky to have the resources to buy these wonderful cars. I can only dream! Thank you for sharing these with us.

[@arnesahlen2704]

Please line up all your 1974 Mercurys one day! That would be soooo 😎cool.

[@davidstranz438]

From the camera angle the alternator belt appears to only ride on the crankshaft pulley. If so, why the need to remove the fan?

[@kudraadk]

That's what I was thinking too.

[@johneckert1365]

I also wondered that. I was watching close and that alternator belt only goes around the crank pulley. Maybe it's the power steering belt he meant?

[@rogersmith7396]

I would be interested in seeing some of the 70s Cougars.

[@mattcrooke8321]

It’s funny how things go around in circles. Block lettering is very much back in fashion on the rear of U.K./euro cars. I’ve always been a fan of this.

[@thebruniverse276]

Wonderful memories here 1977 I drove a metallic light blue with dark blue vynal top marquis brougham Fully loaded with every option I had the B pillar model Always wanted the hardtop Mine also had the trailer tow package with short gears in the diff and heavy duty cooling etc Great car Could hardly afford the gas then Huge trunk Great ride and handling But am I envious of your marquis Surprised your sedan doesn’t have cruise control or 8 track Nice video As always thanks

[@tombrown1898]

Thanks for referencing the best SNL ad parody of all time...the "Royal Deluxe" My favorite part of it was Garrett Morris, as the chauffeur, peering over his shoulder, and the car going all over the road. And the tagline. The mohel looks earnestly at the camera and says, "That's a beautiful car!"

[@wilsixone]

SNL funny, funny, funny back in the '70s and early '80s!!! Not so funny today. At all. I remember that skit very well 😊😊😊

[@robertyoung7027]

Love the old marquis, had a 74 in like 1989.. black w green interior.. was such a smooth driving and running car . I was such a dumb kid that didn't respect the value of old cars like this and is one of my biggest regrets.. was smoother cruiser than my 754 Lincoln Mark V, that I also owned at the same time frame.. love to have another Marquis. Mine was the vinyl roof as well.

[@althunder4269]

Loose fan bolt at 17.20 ? These are beautiful examples of these models. Just absolutely stunning.

[@MrOnemanop]

It looks as though the attachment flange is notched radially. Allowing the shank to show, making it appear loose, when hopefully(!) not.. Good eye!

[@michaeltutty1540]

For your collection, don't forget the 3 Monterey body styles. If memory serves, Monterey was 2 door hardtop, 4 door sedan, and station wagon, possibly badged as a Commuter. If you want to get into the very rare, there is the Canadian Market Meteor, which used the Mercury body with a slightly gussied up Ford interior.

[@rogersmith7396]

My 74 TR 6 does not have any seat belt lock out, just a light. It was built in Nov. 73 I believe.

[@Primus54]

Adam, when the car show season returns in 2023 you need to let us loyal viewers know if, where, and when you are going to display any of your amazing collection. Cheers! 👍👍👍

[@colibri1]

The seats of both cars look like they're upholstered in a kind of brocade, even the base model.

[@christopherbero3388]

Quirks? That is Doug D’s word. Funky features! That is your words Adam!!!!! 🎉

[@ronaldstubbs9450]

Remember seeing these on thr street. My Uncle had a 4dr Marquis

[@FWFrank]

My Dad had a 74 Brougham W the Grand Marquis trim option (reall nice leather seats w suede like seating surface) Only complaint about the 73 to 76 full size Mercurys... prone to door dings til the 75 Grand Marquis introduced effective body side molding

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Doesn't the alternator belt only go around the crank pully which makes it not necessary to pull the fan?

[@johnz8210]

It looks easy. Maybe the water pump pulley is so close to the crank pulley that the alt. belt doesn't fit in between them.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

@@johnz8210 I've had a lot of theses cars and never had to take the fan off.

[@johnz8210]

@@tonyscarcare5657 Ok. Maybe Adam can explain what he's talking about. I've been working on vehicles a long time too, and never removed a fan to replace a belt, on anything.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

@@johnz8210 I think he just miss spoke.

[@don1863]

Great side by side comparison, Adam. As someone who grew up in the 70’s and 80’s after experiencing the interiors and now looking back at them, I think leather (as todays upgraded option) is much overrated. Lol.

[@wilsixone]

Personally I think - like a lot of comparisons old & new - the switch to leather from vinyl was a good one. Today's leather is also quite a bit "better" wear-wise than the sixties and seventies stuff you used to get. I have an almost 10 year old Navigator with LOTS of use and with barely any visible wear except a crack on the side of the driver's seat. You wouldn't get anywhere near that kind of service from a '70s vintage car.

[@geyser3445]

So much nice looking than new cars.

[@dlbrittain1976]

yes FMC loved to add thick rich carpet........super comfort.....up to 40+ ounce.....

[@hawaiifiles]

I like "Quirks". Again both very nice cars.

[@vwgolf6487]

Hi Adam: You probably have seen it already, but there's an interesting post from BOCCA BROTHERS on the Marquis---whose site I'm not a big fan of since it's often full of errors.

[@packardcaribien]

@7:52 are you aiming for each trim of the Monarch, Cougar, Capri, Comet, and Montego as well?😄

[@Sebi076]

Looking at the Marquis Brougham luxury addons are exactly what my 78' Lincoln mark V has. I'm upper class!!

[@donk499]

I really love the black base coupe, even with its crank windows. I probably would have opted for the "grande Marquis" interior though, really dislike the fabric in these two cars. Funny you should mention the AC control on the GM models. I remember my parents returning the Caprice for repair when they inadvertently moved the temp slide all the way to cold and turned on the AC, fan only ran at full speed. Dealer explained how it worked when they returned it, but this info probably could have been found in the owner's manual. The beauty of the GM system is that the recirc/full AC was only needed for minutes, even on the hottest of days, then the system could be returned to normal mode to avoid being frozen out.

[@michaelhilson4195]

2 beautiful cars.

[@profpainter5841]

I would like to be able to get the two door base model with all the Brougham features minus the trim that you didn't like. I had a 74 Brougham with factory 8 track, never knew about the tilt wheel, probably a good thing as it would have gotten broken,LoL.

[@Slimjim260]

Fabulous Adam!

[@LongIslandMopars]

My 74 Charger has that same seat belt interlock. Disconnecting the harness under the front seat is all that’s needed to defeat it. At that point you the seat belt light and buzzer don’t work but it starts up without having to buckle up. Government engineering at its finest….

[@MrZdvy]

Yeah, I did the same on my ‘74 Imperial.

[@rogersmith7396]

Saw a drunk here who had to blow into a breath alyzer to start his truck. I was proud that MO. was on the cutting edge of drunk technology. I think hes since cleaned up.

[@LongIslandMopars]

@Eric Ruud And it was a one year only deal.

[@LongIslandMopars]

@Eric Ruud that's awesome

[@rogersmith7396]

@Eric Ruud Less horses equal less horse thiefs. Glen Campbell, "True Grit".

[@phillipbouchard4197]

It is amazing that the door pull handles and the dome light with spots are identical to these same parts on my two late eighties and early nineties Crown Victoria's and my 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis. I guess Ford never redesigned these parts as if they worked why fix them.

[@michaelnault5905]

No three spoke wheels. Interesting that you noticed the ingenious cost saving recirculation vent :-)

[@mattcrooke8321]

‘Armstrong windows’ I’ll be using that 😂

[@peteaustin5327]

These cars are so 70s I now want some Pop Rocks !

[@rogersmith7396]

I'm sorry I ditched my white belts and polyester leisure slacks. Still have my punk rock albums though. Recently uncovered about 50 8 tracks and a working player.

[@WhittyPics]

That car sure looks classy in black. I remember those seat belts in 74. Most people would just buckle the seatbelt behind them and leave them that way. Very few people wore seat belts in 1974. You didn't mention it but it appears that the back glass is different between these vehicles? Maybe because one is a 4 door and the other is a 2 door.

[@rogersmith7396]

My friends all wore seat belts. Especially after one of them rolled his 2002 at about 70 mph. He was trying to catch my semi race TR 6.

[@pcno2832]

@@rogersmith7396 I started buckling up after my father was likely saved by his belts in a 1981 accident. At the time, very few of my friends did.

[@rogersmith7396]

@@pcno2832 Yeah my situation was atypical. My parents did'nt use them as I recall. My TR 6 was one of the few cars at the time which had inertia reels which of course were far superior. My little group of friends though belts were the only intelligent option. So we all wore them and very quickly it just became a habit. Even my friend with the boat tail Riviera used those clunky GM belts but he was in the car that rolled and he was terrified. Never heard of cars that would'nt start unless buckled.

[@americarsqueensland1667]

Thankfully that base model has the bumper protection option, they look cheap without that option by just having bare bumpers with 2 small bumps rubbers.

[@nerradnosnhoj5122]

2 very nice Mercury cars here , I like the old treasures , are you working on that Ambassador in the garage ? Thanks for the videos Keep 'em coming

[@fernandochaves9665]

Awesome Mercs. I prefer the looks of the base coupe except for the rear windshield design, that is nicer in the four door brougham. Both fantastic cars. Please keep buyin' and showin' FoMoCo stuff!! (and of course GM, Chrysler and American Motors as well).

[@jamesengland7461]

I'm here for the Mercury Bobcat :)

[@rogersmith7396]

I'm holding out for a Levis Pacer or a Pierre Cardan Javelin. Lets see some real interiors.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

Pinto sedan delivery wagon with a rear bubble window and graphics.

[@jamesengland7461]

@@jeffrobodine8579 my parents had one!

[@johnmaki3046]

For a while, back in the early 2000s, I owned a "78 Grand Marquis and an "82. Other than being GAS PIGS, they were just transportation.

[@markbehr88]

Very nice Adam. Was the pillarless sedan the one you bought from Hawaii? The four door frameless glass sedans are pillared hardtops.

[@pt008]

It's interesting that they don't have the same backlight; the 4-door has a V affair while the 2-door's looks flat, almost concave from the rear. It looks like they share a trunklid and C-pillar, I'm surprised the bean counters didn't make them share a backlight. What would Mark's take on that be? 🤔

[@TheSpritz0]

1974 was the FIRST year for Solid-State Ignition for the Marquis line, not on any other Mercury until 1975 when it was on every model...

[@johneckert1365]

2 years behind Chrysler

[@TheSpritz0]

@@johneckert1365 YES 100%

[@rogersmith7396]

Auto makers probably bought headliner by the train load. What ever was cheap and decent. There was a vinyl supplier in KC I have been to which no doubt supplied the factories here. Also have been to a local contractor that made seats and door cards for the factories. Down in the west bottoms by Kemper in some old partially vacant industrial building. It had a 6 story freight elevator shaft with no elevator or any gate to keep you from taking a long fall. Don't like heigths.

[@flyonbyya]

Use any term you wish to, but if “quirk don’t work” Then “Peculiar might suit particularly well”

[@kcindc5539]

Oooooh. It’s a Two-Marquis Friday! I feel the urge to say “Book’em Danno” bah-bah-baba-baah-baah

[@rogersmith7396]

He never got Wo Fat did he?

[@johnz8210]

@@rogersmith7396 No. Whatever happened to Peking, China, where Wo Fat was from? Renamed?

[@rogersmith7396]

@@johnz8210 Wo Fat was a bad dude. Maybe Tom Selleck got him in the Navy.

[@johnz8210]

@@rogersmith7396 Could be. Or maybe that was the old guy Xi Jinping had escorted out of the building last week.

[@rogersmith7396]

@@johnz8210 I think that was John Bolton.

[@turbo.msm.]

Hey say whatever you wanna say, quirks is fine with me!

[@kcindc5539]

As long as he doesn’t stand there, arms open wide, “THHHHHHISSSS is a Nine-Teeen Seventee Fo’er Mercury Mar-keee”

[@Primus54]

@@kcindc5539 No kidding! 😂

[@clayton7825]

@@kcindc5539 I actually think it would be hilarious if he did it ONE time...

[@DanEBoyd]

@@kcindc5539 What is that from?

[@joe6096]

Yes just once would be hillarious😅

[@jimmyaber5920]

Those are diamond cutting lights in a Marquis.....

[@FWFrank]

I'm wondering if possible to switch the 1973 to 78 instrument panel into a 1971 or 72 Marquis??

[@anthonymurdoch9437]

Where does one get the whitewall tires still these days in Canada?

[@averyparticularsetofskills]

11:39😬 as it _BREAKS_ horribly putting it back😱

[@marquiswilliams485]

I prefer the Marquis Brougham since I love classic American luxury cars!

[@DerrickOil]

I hate to say this, but you're starting to make me crazy about a Mercury.

[@DerrickOil]

Wait a minute, exposed fasteners on the climate control faceplate???

[@aaronwilliams6989]

Those cars look great with the side molding. Otherwise they would look pretty cheap.

[@desertmodern7638]

So many memories triggered, from Ford's ubiquitous Hi-C vacuum cans to the hilarious SNL commercial. I did not know that Ford engaged the recirculate function at the Cold end of the temperature slider, a la GM, but without the Forced Ventilation mandatory high fan speed (supposedly a GM Legal preoccupation with exhaust leak liability, which also prevented 100% recirculation even in recirc mode). It's unfortunate Ford didn't adopt the Saginaw variable-ratio steering gear along with the pump, as the comically slow ratio was always my primary objection to these cars.

[@bradleybprentice1497]

Interesting to see how the AC panel on the dash has 2 exposed Philips head screws

[@joe6096]

That old tilt wheel design for Ford is STILL better than that “quirky” - read stupid - design they went to in ‘79 with the lever on the right that literally only tilted the steering wheel and not the column.

[@pcno2832]

Yea, that was an odd design. I never owned a car with one and wondered if those who did came to appreciate them; maybe not.

[@joe6096]

@@pcno2832 My Dad was an 80s Ford guy. Had a ‘79 LTD Country Squire wagon for work and his personal cars were a ‘79 Mustang straight 6 and then an ‘88 Thunderbird LX 5.0. All with tilt wheel and cruise control. He seemed to be ok with that stupid wheel. Myself I was always a GM guy, and even as a kid I thought that Ford tilt wheel was an awful design, especially to GM’s Saginaw columns.

[@johneckert1365]

@@joe6096 Chrysler even used GM columns in thiere top of the line cars with tilt/telescoping

[@nhzxboi]

Confused. The Alternator belt is off the crank pulley, not the fan. Why would you need to be concerned about the fan? Sure, you need to take the other belts off. But the size of the alternator belt seems irrelevant. Confused with that complaint.

[@RareClassicCars]

You need to get the belt around the fan in order to put it on.

[@DanEBoyd]

I caught that too. Maybe he misspoke and was talking about one of the belts which goes over the water pump pulley.

[@johnz8210]

@@RareClassicCars Is the water pump pulley so close to the crank pulley that the alt. belt doesn't fit between them?

[@nhzxboi]

Not a big deal since I don't have one of those cars. Just trying to feel your pain.

[@rogersmith7396]

@@RareClassicCars Get one of those hook and loop belts.

[@klwthe3rd]

In what year of the Marquis did Ford Motor Company go to the 4 piston GM air conditioning compressor??

[@davepax982]

Those interior dome lights with the additional reading lamps look like the ones used in both Ford and Holdens here in Australia. They even had 2 different part numbers stamped onto them. Was that the same in the US?

[@kc9scott]

I don’t have any direct experience with cars having that style of reading lamps, but they do look suspiciously similar to the reading lamps I’ve seen on other people’s GM cars in the US.

[@wilsixone]

I prefer the Marquis with the "Grand" interior option because of the three-spoke steering wheel! That two-spoke wheel is in every Ford from a Pinto to a Lincoln whatever. Then in '75 or '76 everything changed to that sort of "c" shaped center spoke. I am so amazed by your collection of these vehicles, Adam. I'm curious if you do this all yourself or do you employ somebody to help you with all these cars??

[@Thegonagle]

One of the headlight doors on your Brougham needs oiling.

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Nice 😀

[@lyonsdavid]

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