Learn a bit more about the interesting features, quirks and cool things about the 1974 Mercury Marquis lineup.
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@retrorapmusic Жыл бұрын
Love your videos, no annoying music, no introduction, no bla bla, just straight to the point
@joe6096 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@Eric Ruud Where did I leave my bell bottoms...
@joe6096 Жыл бұрын
@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
@andrewhazenberg3398Ай бұрын
Adam is my favourite car guy . He is so educated about explaining to us about the many beautiful cars in his collection.
@christopherkraft1327 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Now he's gotta get a 1968 park lane convertible with the yacht style wood planking.
@christopherkraft1327 Жыл бұрын
@@zephead4835 That would be great!!!
@rightlanehog3151 Жыл бұрын
You will know Adam has fallen on hard times when he starts collecting Montegos and Cougars. 😉
@wilsixone Жыл бұрын
@@rightlanehog3151 actually probably the opposite! Many of those Montego/Cougar vehicles are high-dollar investments 😉
@brucebuschman2186 Жыл бұрын
And personalized plates inscribed with book um Dano! 🤣
@pjesf Жыл бұрын
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❤️
@jeromep Жыл бұрын
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.
@kadimsilahtar Жыл бұрын
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.
@salninethousand2496 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Jack_Stafford Жыл бұрын
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!
@timbullough3513 Жыл бұрын
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.
@georgewilson1184 Жыл бұрын
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 ???
@davidstranz438 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking too.
@johneckert1365 Жыл бұрын
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?
@arevee9429 Жыл бұрын
I prefer this channel to the other "quirks" car channel, any day.
@judgegixxer Жыл бұрын
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.
@trolleychai Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
My late father was “portly” and he raised the tilt wheel to easily enter and exit the car and lowered it when seated.
@LongIslandMopars Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I did the same on my ‘74 Imperial.
@rogersmith7396 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@Eric Ruud And it was a one year only deal.
@LongIslandMopars Жыл бұрын
@Eric Ruud that's awesome
@rogersmith7396 Жыл бұрын
@Eric Ruud Less horses equal less horse thiefs. Glen Campbell, "True Grit".
@nealsidor1323 Жыл бұрын
Two beautiful Mercurys on a beautiful fall day. Thanks Adam...
@markdc1145 Жыл бұрын
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. 😆
@rwg520 Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed seeing all the little differences and quirks between these two cars! Glad you continue to feature your '74 Mercs!
@patrickmaloy5262 Жыл бұрын
Brings back memories. We had a 74 Colony Park that was our ranch car. It was never worked very hard.
@rightlanehog3151 Жыл бұрын
Have you seen the videos he has done on his Colony Park?
@joe6096 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Sedan57Chevy Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@nitcat18 ай бұрын
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.
@domenicogaldo6065 Жыл бұрын
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.
@modiste Жыл бұрын
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.
@waynejohnson1304 Жыл бұрын
Some of the finest riding cars ever built in the history of the automobile. 😁😁
@jeffrobodine8579 Жыл бұрын
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.
@rogersmith7396 Жыл бұрын
My 74 TR 6 does not have any seat belt lock out, just a light. It was built in Nov. 73 I believe.
@willythewave Жыл бұрын
You have a really nice collection Adam unlike anyone elses. Thank you for sharing you`re cars and knowledge with us.
@nhzxboi Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
You need to get the belt around the fan in order to put it on.
@DanEBoyd Жыл бұрын
I caught that too. Maybe he misspoke and was talking about one of the belts which goes over the water pump pulley.
@johnz8210 Жыл бұрын
@@RareClassicCars Is the water pump pulley so close to the crank pulley that the alt. belt doesn't fit between them?
@nhzxboi Жыл бұрын
Not a big deal since I don't have one of those cars. Just trying to feel your pain.
@rogersmith7396 Жыл бұрын
@@RareClassicCars Get one of those hook and loop belts.
@desertmodern7638 Жыл бұрын
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.
@michaelbradford4116 Жыл бұрын
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!
@rogerallen6644 Жыл бұрын
My folks had a 74 Brougham. Most comfortable vehicle I ever rode in.
@josephpiskac2781 Жыл бұрын
Really premium rides. Cool to be so unique and they have your loving care with attention to detail.
@draggonsgate Жыл бұрын
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.
@jeffsmith846 Жыл бұрын
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".
@wmryan9646 Жыл бұрын
Nice looking cars.
@roger628 Жыл бұрын
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.
@robertyoung7027 Жыл бұрын
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.
@mriguy3202 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
The should have had a central vacume system so you could just flip your ashes towards a pickup hole.
@turbo.msm. Жыл бұрын
Hey say whatever you wanna say, quirks is fine with me!
@kcindc5539 Жыл бұрын
As long as he doesn’t stand there, arms open wide, “THHHHHHISSSS is a Nine-Teeen Seventee Fo’er Mercury Mar-keee”
@Primus54 Жыл бұрын
@@kcindc5539 No kidding! 😂
@clayton7825 Жыл бұрын
@@kcindc5539 I actually think it would be hilarious if he did it ONE time...
@DanEBoyd Жыл бұрын
@@kcindc5539 What is that from?
@joe6096 Жыл бұрын
Yes just once would be hillarious😅
@arnesahlen27045 ай бұрын
Please line up all your 1974 Mercurys one day! That would be soooo 😎cool.
@rogersmith7396 Жыл бұрын
I would be interested in seeing some of the 70s Cougars.
@vwgolf6487 Жыл бұрын
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.
@DSP1968 Жыл бұрын
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!
@realkilju Жыл бұрын
That brougham would be such a cool cruiser car
@tombrown1898 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
SNL funny, funny, funny back in the '70s and early '80s!!! Not so funny today. At all. I remember that skit very well 😊😊😊
@michaeltutty1540 Жыл бұрын
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.
@19553129 Жыл бұрын
The Mercury Marquis and Grand marquis were well built Classic full sized American cars . ❤ them
@christopherbero3388 Жыл бұрын
Quirks? That is Doug D’s word. Funky features! That is your words Adam!!!!! 🎉
@Primus54 Жыл бұрын
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! 👍👍👍
@clemsonbloke Жыл бұрын
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.
@geyser3445 Жыл бұрын
So much nice looking than new cars.
@althunder4269 Жыл бұрын
Loose fan bolt at 17.20 ? These are beautiful examples of these models. Just absolutely stunning.
@MrOnemanop Жыл бұрын
It looks as though the attachment flange is notched radially. Allowing the shank to show, making it appear loose, when hopefully(!) not.. Good eye!
@don1863 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@mattcrooke8321 Жыл бұрын
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.
@thebruniverse2764 ай бұрын
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
@colibri1 Жыл бұрын
The seats of both cars look like they're upholstered in a kind of brocade, even the base model.
@rogersmith7396 Жыл бұрын
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.
@TheSpritz0 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
2 years behind Chrysler
@TheSpritz0 Жыл бұрын
@@johneckert1365 YES 100%
@KIILew Жыл бұрын
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!
@peteaustin5327 Жыл бұрын
These cars are so 70s I now want some Pop Rocks !
@rogersmith7396 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@mattcrooke8321 Жыл бұрын
‘Armstrong windows’ I’ll be using that 😂
@Sebi076Ай бұрын
Looking at the Marquis Brougham luxury addons are exactly what my 78' Lincoln mark V has. I'm upper class!!
@FWFrank8 ай бұрын
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
@ronaldstubbs9450 Жыл бұрын
Remember seeing these on thr street. My Uncle had a 4dr Marquis
@hawaiifiles Жыл бұрын
I like "Quirks". Again both very nice cars.
@joe6096 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@@joe6096 Chrysler even used GM columns in thiere top of the line cars with tilt/telescoping
@kcindc5539 Жыл бұрын
Oooooh. It’s a Two-Marquis Friday! I feel the urge to say “Book’em Danno” bah-bah-baba-baah-baah
@rogersmith7396 Жыл бұрын
He never got Wo Fat did he?
@johnz8210 Жыл бұрын
@@rogersmith7396 No. Whatever happened to Peking, China, where Wo Fat was from? Renamed?
@rogersmith7396 Жыл бұрын
@@johnz8210 Wo Fat was a bad dude. Maybe Tom Selleck got him in the Navy.
@johnz8210 Жыл бұрын
@@rogersmith7396 Could be. Or maybe that was the old guy Xi Jinping had escorted out of the building last week.
@rogersmith7396 Жыл бұрын
@@johnz8210 I think that was John Bolton.
@jamesengland7461 Жыл бұрын
I'm here for the Mercury Bobcat :)
@rogersmith7396 Жыл бұрын
I'm holding out for a Levis Pacer or a Pierre Cardan Javelin. Lets see some real interiors.
@jeffrobodine8579 Жыл бұрын
Pinto sedan delivery wagon with a rear bubble window and graphics.
@jamesengland7461 Жыл бұрын
@@jeffrobodine8579 my parents had one!
@nerradnosnhoj5122 Жыл бұрын
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
@profpainter5841 Жыл бұрын
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.
@packardcaribien Жыл бұрын
@7:52 are you aiming for each trim of the Monarch, Cougar, Capri, Comet, and Montego as well?😄
@phillipbouchard4197 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Slimjim26011 ай бұрын
Fabulous Adam!
@donk499 Жыл бұрын
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.
@dlbrittain1976 Жыл бұрын
yes FMC loved to add thick rich carpet........super comfort.....up to 40+ ounce.....
@markbehr88 Жыл бұрын
Very nice Adam. Was the pillarless sedan the one you bought from Hawaii? The four door frameless glass sedans are pillared hardtops.
@michaelhilson4195 Жыл бұрын
2 beautiful cars.
@americarsqueensland1667 Жыл бұрын
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.
@pt008 Жыл бұрын
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? 🤔
@averyparticularsetofskills Жыл бұрын
11:39😬 as it _BREAKS_ horribly putting it back😱
@johnmaki3046 Жыл бұрын
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.
@fernandochaves9665 Жыл бұрын
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).
@rightlanehog3151 Жыл бұрын
Adam, Marquises is one plural option. How it is pronounced in the country that has a few genuine Marquises may be different from the American pronunciation. Are you at all concerned the anomalous transmission trait of slipping into reverse might manifest itself when you are starting the engine from the outside? If it did happen, would you edit it out of the video? 🤔
@michaelnault5905 Жыл бұрын
No three spoke wheels. Interesting that you noticed the ingenious cost saving recirculation vent :-)
@flyonbyya Жыл бұрын
Use any term you wish to, but if “quirk don’t work” Then “Peculiar might suit particularly well”
@DerrickOil Жыл бұрын
I hate to say this, but you're starting to make me crazy about a Mercury.
@DerrickOil Жыл бұрын
Wait a minute, exposed fasteners on the climate control faceplate???
@jimmyaber5920 Жыл бұрын
Those are diamond cutting lights in a Marquis.....
@aaronwilliams6989 Жыл бұрын
Those cars look great with the side molding. Otherwise they would look pretty cheap.
@tonyscarcare5657 Жыл бұрын
Doesn't the alternator belt only go around the crank pully which makes it not necessary to pull the fan?
@johnz8210 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@johnz8210 I've had a lot of theses cars and never had to take the fan off.
@johnz8210 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@@johnz8210 I think he just miss spoke.
@lyonsdavid Жыл бұрын
LOLZ "Old parts acting old."
@bradleybprentice1497 Жыл бұрын
Interesting to see how the AC panel on the dash has 2 exposed Philips head screws
@marquiswilliams485 Жыл бұрын
I prefer the Marquis Brougham since I love classic American luxury cars!
@Thegonagle Жыл бұрын
One of the headlight doors on your Brougham needs oiling.
@rogergoodman8665 Жыл бұрын
Ahoy Captian Adam, I'm surprised that your wife doesn't want to drive at least a few of these beauties.... Sounds like someone needs to get their Super Yacht license & set sail !!!!
@2509498788 Жыл бұрын
The luxury cars of yesterday.,. Showroom condition..
@AlexanderWaylon Жыл бұрын
There’s two nos trunk lock emblems on eBay right now for that car
@andrewhazenberg3398Ай бұрын
How the heck does Adam decide what car to drive from day to day ? 🤔
@billgueltig61364 ай бұрын
The perfect paint for that car. So sad Mercury was “sunseted”
@nb7466 Жыл бұрын
They had that done light in cars and trucks for many years. My dad's 1990 f150 had the same one. Little tid bit. Also my 1988 f150 had the same told wheel and so did my friends truck. They feel like they want to break but iv never seen it done.