Will It Run Part 1, 1978 Mercury Marquis Brougham 400 parts car. Rear Power Window Problem

[@illbebad]

man one mans parts car is another mans, really nice driver....

[@RareClassicCars]

Soooo green

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I like green.

[@kevindoxey]

I think people are saying it is too nice to part out because, well at least where I'm from you DO NOT see these cars at all anymore! I used to have a 78 Marguis and loved it. It was the beautiful gold color and it was a beautiful car!

[@klwthe3rd]

Yes that is exactly what most people are saying. Great comment.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

They are all over Market Place, and no one is buying them. The parts are simply not available elsewhere. I do what I have to.

[@michaelwhite2823]

It seems there are a lot of nice looking Marquis. All the LTD landau's I see are a wreck.

[@klwthe3rd]

@@michaelwhite2823 Yeah. I don't find alot of LTD Landaus in good shape either.

[@warrenwinslow4266]

It's a shame to part such a nice car

[@michaelwhite2823]

Me: My power window is stuck down. My entire world is over. Tony: Dammit. Then fixes it in a half hour.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Well, it's not "fixed," but it's up! Lol

[@david-wilkerson1967]

That interior it’s going to look really good in the wagon, Can’t wait for that! thanks for making the video, I’m sure you have a lot of other things going on this time of year, appreciate you taking the time

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thanks, Dave! Yes, I'm swamped. As you can see, I'm still getting attacked for parting it out. I wonder who's willing to come and pay me what I have in it if it's so great.

[@michaelhicks9735]

Hey Tony. Don’t worry about what anyone else thinks. You do you. See ya next time.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thanks, buddy! These things are sitting all over Market Place if they want one! This one just happens to have the interior I want for my dream wagon. This car will never be worth what it would cost for paint alone.

[@olikat8]

I was given a '76 Valiant sedan by the original owner several years back. Up into the '90's, I would've looked at it as a great donor vehicle. It was clean, un-molested, and so strangely optioned I was laughing at all the stuff. The woman didn't order the car, it was one of the last ones one the lot at Town & Country Chrysler-Plymouth (Seattle). Low-level rim, vinyl seats, V8, HD cooling, HD suspension, "Road handling package," map light, passenger door mirror, carpet, 4-speed OD gearbox. I still have the car and it came all the way across the country...I've done a bit of upgrades, powertrain, brakes, chassis. Built it to drive & enjoy. Tabs are $0, insurance is cheap, my cattle dog can ride in this & my truck; everything else is off limits for the most part for him. Cars like these are perfect in this context. Low-cost, easy to fix, upgrade- the caveat? Drive & enjoy them, lowering your cost to own & operate your personal transportation. Squeeze the nickels out of them that you put in & didn't spend on a payment, taxes, tabs, future repairs that take a specialist...

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thanks for sharing!

[@olikat8]

@@tonyscarcare5657 I get what you're saying on the economic front. From a business stand point, unless you're going to actually fix them & then use them often, it makes no sense

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I'm glad some of you get it.

[@LincolnRay]

Great video Tony! As always… 😊👍🏻

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you very much!

[@rightlanehog3151]

Tony, It looks like the duct tape did an even better job on the sand bag than the tire. 😉

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Lol. I didn't even think of that.

[@neilschipper3741]

Great one man show tackling the green monster!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you!

[@LtdAuto-77]

Thats a very clean Grand Marquis, the green on green looks great. Hopefully you can get it run.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

It will run.

[@RareClassicCars]

That window crapped out in you after one move.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I can't believe the people who believe this car should be restored. It wouldn't sell for the cost of a paint job!

[@terry3193]

Hi Tony, great video and I find it oddly satisfying to watch…almost like I was there doing the same process you did. Whenever I see an old car, especially a luxury car, that’s been abandoned or junked, I always wonder what happened in its life that took it down the path of no return. I also picture in my mind, how the car shined as it rolled out of the showroom and somebody was very excited to buy that new car and bring it home and show it off. Kind of sad because I just love cars and think that each had a personality and played a potentially important or exciting role in somebody’s life. In any event, it’s a great video and L look forward to watching the transformation to the big wagon. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you very much for that good comment! Thank you for watching and understanding what I'm trying to do.

[@gh2687]

Great content Tony! I had a 75 marquis brougham. I found the Mercury a very luxurious vehicle at the time. I understand the comments on saving this but the reality is they have absolutely no value. There are a few of us that have fond memories of the Marquis but not enough to dump a bunch of money and time to restore it. You are like me sitting in your easy chair thinking i have a few more minutes 😅. Wish i was closer i would love being a camera man

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you! Yes, these things are all over Market Place if someone wants one. They just sit there and don't sell. It just happens that this is the carpet and other interior I've been looking for for how long now?

[@roseanntrotta911]

Great Video Mr. Tony! You will have a lot of hard to find parts on that car to cherry out the station wagon. We wondered what the make of the tool to remove the door panel was as it looks like that works pretty darn good. Have a great day and weekend. Roseann & Dan

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thanks, D & R! That is simply a "trim" removal tool that I got from Harbor Freight. It is, in fact, very handy.

[@glenbo2464]

These have become really popular on youtube here lately. I have seen several 4 door videos and a few two doors in every condition. Yours is a nice one.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thanks, but it's certainly not gonna win any car shows.

[@randywilliamvandendriessch2224]

I think it is worth restoring as the body and the interior is in such good shape you don’t see these old cars like this any more they don’t make cars like they used to they were so nice and not built so cheep like cars nowadays

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I need it for parts. That's why I bought it.

[@rbcrain2469]

I'm looking forward to the interior swap. And I don't think you should try to restore the sedan. You have enough projects already

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank God! Someone gets it! Thank you!

[@Mauscmkwk]

Keep it its too nice to part out

[@tonyscarcare5657]

You can buy it and find the interior for it that I've been looking for for months.

[@HemiChrysler]

Certainly not stupid. One could buy the best available 1978 Mercury 4 door for $12,000. It would cost far more to restore that car. Furthermore, it's not a rare car; Mercury built 65,546 Grand/Marquis 4 dr htp for 1978. Tony is right to use the parts to improve a better car.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you very much for a common sense comment! This is what I need to hear.

[@illbebad]

how many survived? 5%???

[@HemiChrysler]

@@illbebad I think that's a reasonable estimate for most 30 year vehicles.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Who knows.

[@lorenyoung356]

That car would be a beautiful car again it really would be and you never see them on the road anymore it needs to be restored not parted out. That car can look amazing again.

[@kc0lif]

i like the green colors on marquis. i like 1971-1978 marquis.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you! I agree.

[@david-wilkerson1967]

I remember an individual in town that was going to “save“ 5 vehicles that were sitting in his driveway, they were cars from the 60s, the truth is he Purchased them for next to nothing, 65 Riviera, 68 Lincoln, 69 Datsun roadster, convertible, 68 Bonneville, 71 MG, those vehicles sat from about 1981 to 2017 , sat in his driveway in rotted into the ground, Lowered everyone’s quality of life, property value, but he insisted that he was going to “save”them , got old and died of a heart attack, all the vehicles were towed away for scrap metal, easy to get romantic ideas about vehicles, truth is those vehicles were too far gone, the value was never there, and it would’ve cost a lot more than they were worth to fix, it’s so easy for someone to get into that kind of a trap, the highway to hell is paved with good intentions

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Yeah, I don't believe these people have a clue how much this stuff costs and that Mercury wouldn't sell for the cost of a paint job. I really don't get it.

[@Marklin15]

The Datsun would probably be worth saving now even as a rust bucket.

[@HemiChrysler]

The fuel pump of my 1975 Ford Elite (351W) failed, and the car sits in my garage. Fortunately, it's an easy repair.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

$20.00, as you'll see in the next video.

[@HemiChrysler]

@@tonyscarcare5657 Yes, I ordered online, and repaired the same day that the fuel pump was delivered.

[@mescfish]

Tony, I completely understand why you would get a parts car like this to finish your Country Squire. It's the best solution these days. This car would take significant work just to get it to driver status, and if anyone has tried to revive one of these cars, then you know it's neither cheap or easy. How did you get it onto your trailer? If you're not doing anything with that drab green colored cup holder console tray could I pay for shipping plus a little extra and obtain it from you...only if it would fit in a Country Squire comfortably. My '74 Squire has the similar olive green interior as that cupholder. Thanks!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I'm glad most of you understand it! The owner pulled it up on the trailer with his Explorer. Yeah, I reckon you can have the cup holder.

[@BrianHolzheimer-mg4qt]

To nice of a car! Too part out. Hope someone else gets to buy it.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

They can buy it after I get the interior I want. These things are all over Market Place if someone wants one and they're just sitting there without a buyer. This one just happens to have the interior I want.

[@BrianHolzheimer-mg4qt]

Tony please save it! And let someone else have it after you are done with it.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

That's fine if someone wants to come and get it. What do you really believe these cars are worth?

[@Ron-zi3cg]

Yeah, I'd fix it up and make it run, it's to nice of a car to part out, my mother had a friend who used to have one of these

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I'm using the interior for the wagon.

[@jonboy9912]

There are two jobs I hate on any car; mending a convertible roof and a window regulator!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Windows have always been my specialty, but this was a very bad design using plastic.

[@donneuharth9495]

It is surprising to see no intermittent wipers given all the other upgrades. It reminds me of the movie about Ford & the inventor of the intermittent wiper system, "Flash of Genius". "Forgot to turn the key on." Been there, done that - a number of times!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I will do a video on how to add intermittent wipers to it. I always forget to turn the key on when I'm doing that.

[@donneuharth9495]

@@tonyscarcare5657 It is a pretty straightforward upgrade on most models from this era. Perhaps you could cover there being two primary styles: The slide switch and the rotary; as well as the fact that each is interchangeable between a several models of both cars and trucks.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

That is my plan, sir.

[@dillonbradburn]

It’s definitely a nice car, but not at all worth restoring like a lot of people are suggesting in the comments, I’d just clean it up and daily it!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I bought it for the interior for the wagon in the video that I put at the end of this video.

[@MCML50]

Do not restore the car you need parts, and you can sell what you do not use. It was god that you did get the window up again.👍👍

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you! It seems that most people don't understand the cost it would take to make the body look nice again.

[@onemat2000]

Please don't part it out! It's too nice. That car is what I'm looking for!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Are you gonna drive to Illinois and pay me what I have in it to buy it? That carpet is exactly what I've been looking for.

[@lvsqcsl]

I am just curious; you stated at 39:52 that you would leave the door panel off the rear door because it is going on the wagon. IIRC the sedans have a 3 inch longer wheelbase than the wagons and that difference is in the rear doors. I wonder if that door panel would fit on the wagon? GREAT VIDEO!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I'm 99.9% sure the door panels are the same. The older ones were definitely different.

[@klwthe3rd]

I'm not sure why that car is viewed as a parts car. I think that Mercury could be restored and it would be a really nice car. The paint isn't bad, neither the vinyl top. The interior and trunk aren't trashed. Yes i understand the interior is going into the Country Squire but i just HATE to see a beautiful car like that go for parts. Put a NOS hood ornament back on that front end, buff and wax the paint and give it a second chance on life. If it was all rusted and trashed i would understand but that car is really too nice to be used up. Guess i'm optimistic too much.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Where am I supposed to get the things I want and need for the wagon?

[@klwthe3rd]

@@tonyscarcare5657 I mentioned in my comment that i totally understand that the interior needs to be sacrifaced for the Country Squire. But maybe someone will want to buy it and save it if you put the low trim interior from the Country Squire into the Mercury. Like an interior swap. Atleast the car could be sold as a running, driving and nice looking older Mercury??

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I don't want to get rid of the original wagon interior because there's just as many people going crazy about me removing it. I figure I can keep it if someone ever buys the car and wants it back. I can sell this car as a whole of what's left.

[@klwthe3rd]

@@tonyscarcare5657 Well i know the Country Squire will look amazing with the Landau Luxury Group interior from the Mercury. I'm here to support your channel and any decision you make towards your cars. I just have a passion, like you do, for these older Ford/Mercury/Lincoln cars.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you! I understand what you mean, but there is simply no other way to get the interior that I want.

[@brianhayes7618]

That car is too nice to part out

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Do you wanna buy it?

[@leightonfarms4962]

Killer vidya!!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you, Sir!

[@roger628]

What if you were to put all the panels etc from the wagon back into this car? You could then turn around and sell it again as a complete car.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I'm also being attacked for removing the Duraweave seats out of the wagon, so I'll be keeping them in case I sell it and someone wants the original.

[@markbehr88]

Hi Tony, Good idea disconnecting the motor. I wonder if it will run better if you fill the fuel bowl?

[@tonyscarcare5657]

It was the fuel pump, Mark. Video coming.

[@markbehr88]

@@tonyscarcare5657 👍

[@jgerlach9752]

Man oh man didn’t you hear me yelling key key key 🤣🤪🤣

[@tonyscarcare5657]

🤣😂🤣😂 no, I didn't!

[@user-bm8ei5ub1c]

maybe i missed it, but why do you think this car is junk??...bad frame??...of coarse i can only see this car in a video , but it seems pretty dame nice

[@tonyscarcare5657]

It would never sell for the cost of a paint job, and I bought it for the interior for the Country Squire at the end of this video.

[@stevevogelman3360]

I’m yellin at the screen…fill the carb bowl!!!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I was giving it plenty.

[@user-eb1ek1og8m]

If I were you I would restore that car my Grandma had one One of those kind of cars period that car is not I'll beat up if I had that car I would restore it to

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I got it for another purpose.

[@user-ht1xu4gv2u]

Bigger question can you afford to pay for gas fill ups

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Of course. All of my vehicles are full size.

[@Ron-zi3cg]

It might need a fuel pump possibly.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Did you watch the video to the end?

[@Ron-zi3cg]

@@tonyscarcare5657 yes,I did

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I determined it needs a fuel pump in the video.

[@Ron-zi3cg]

@@tonyscarcare5657 if that's all it needs to make it run, I thank, I was you, I'd just go ahead and put the fuel pump on it and get it runnin, that's purdy clean old ride, it just needs cleanin up inside and that window fixed and you got yourself a purdy clean ride.

[@miguelmorales9841]

sR. ESTOY AGUSTIADO DEBE PONERLE UN ENVASE CON GASOLINA Y UNA MANGUERA AL CARBURADOR NO GASTE TANTA BATERIA SE VE EL AUTO ESTA BIEN.

[@jusadude1558]

Ain’t got no gas in it. Mmmhhhmmm

[@tonyscarcare5657]

🤣

[@WhittyPics]

Do you have some plastic to put over that window?

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Did you finish watching the video?

[@neiljones8179]

Why not put fuel in the carb? Was painful watching you burn up the starter knowing all you had to do was add fuel.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

What do you think I was dumping in there, water?

[@edwarddavis966]

Brother don't part it out fix it and drive it

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I don't need another car. If you watch my videos on the Country Squire, you'll see what I'm doing.

[@ferrochinabisleri1587]

It doesn't seem to be a parts car for sure.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I'm using the interior. Someone else can do whatever they want to with it.

[@brianhayes7618]

Disconnect that annoying buzzer

[@klwthe3rd]

That buzzer is what makes that car original. Just close the door and you won't hear it.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I guess I blocked it out.

[@warrenwinslow4266]

​@@klwthe3rdkeeping the buzzer to make it original is going way to far. It's like keeping the nylon over aluminum retarded single row timing set or the spark delay system for originality

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I never said I was keeping the buzzer! And there are two!

[@warrenwinslow4266]

Isnt a Grand Marquis door longer than a ltd door? Im thinking there was some additional wheelbase

[@warrenwinslow4266]

You should disconnect the buzzard