Just found your channel. Love it. Both sets of my grandparents owned Mercurys. My grandfather’s special car was a lightly optioned 71 2 door Monterey that was always garaged and only came out on special occasions. It was simply known as “the red car.” I can still picture him driving it with his overcoat and fedora on. You’ve now inspired me to keep an eye out for a well maintained Mercury of that era. Whenever I attend a car show or watch an auction, it’s these “less desirable” cars that I enjoy the most.
Muscle cars are all fine and good, we all love them, but I like this channel because we get to see the 'forgotten cars' of yesteryear that were once on the road everyday. Adam has a wonderful collection of great examples of what used to be overlooked cars. Now days, they are quite rare as survivors and this is 1 of the few channels that does them any kind of justice. You don't have to be a FOMOCO fan to enjoy this ol Mercury for what it is and for its place in automotive motoring history and sometimes, they were or are part of OUR personal history.
Beautiful example of what many others have accurately called an underappreciated classic car, stylish, well built, easy to live with & maintain. Mercury also offered some truly breathtaking fastback lines on some models, as well.
The rear end styling on these ‘67 - ‘68 full-size Mercury’s is just such an eye-catching design - loved them from the first time I saw them as a little kid back in the early 70’s…….👍
Thanks for all you do Adam. Sharing knowledge, actual cars, the engineering interviews, etc, etc, etc. You're doing some really important work that I hope to stay preserved and generations to come will be able to learn from it. You're a good dude.
Viewed again, as I do with many of your posts. Happy Canadian 🇨🇦 am I that this gem was Canada-built, glad too that many of our cars come to you for expert preservation.
Your collection is seriously wonderful. Everytime you being out a sampling, it's just so refreshing to have a nice informative, relaxing video without any obnoxious license free rock music or tacky sales pitch. You've given these cars a mature voice and I can never thank you enough for loving these cars and sharing them with us.
Thank you Adam, beautiful Mercury, brings back memories of the 1960's. My God father was a Mercury guy, had a beautiful 1966 Parklane , white with a burgundy cloth interior, breezeway window and 410 FE v8k, sweet ride.
I have a 65 Mercury breezeway I had for over 50 years and it has the same window washer container with the Mercury hear emblim Still looks and runs like a new car. My 65 has the same headliner.
I'm in Awe of Adam , the Collection is flawless , and condition is Concours , very Crisp and factory fresh . It must be close to a full time job keeping these beautiful vehicles in such a condition
I really love your mid-60s through mid-70s Ford and Mercury sedans and two-door models. I remember them when they were new, and your videos really make me want to get one as a driver. This Park Lane Broughham looks like a comfy cruiser.
Such a beautiful car. Thanks for letting us see it again. When old cars are in this kind of perfect, unmolested condition, it's truly a joy to see them. And yes, it glows in the evening light!
I found a 1966 410 in a clapped out 69 F-350 flatbed.The usual dimbulb wrecking yard scavengers scraped off the front drivers side of the engine block, revealing the numbers 352, which most FE engine blocks of that era had, and they kept on walking. The engine had the original, but grungy, tag under the coil which indicated that it was in fact a 410. I pulled the oil pan and checked the crank, it was a 1 UA, the final proof it indeed was a 410. I was back with tools within the hour to pull it. Cost...... $225
Beautiful car. Love the colour and the shape of the overall car. I distinctly remember those tail lights in a neighbour's driveway as a kid. Funny how you remember these things. But then again, we were outside all day on our bicycles in the summer in those days. I also remember peoples cars when I had paper routes. Especially those who had vans that had murals on the side. Remember that fad? Lol..
Beautiful car! I love that 1965-1970 era of American automobile design. Some of the most beautiful American cars of all time were manufactured during that period in my opinion. Thanks for a great video!
I used to work for a parts warehouse, Syracuse Motor Parts, in Utica, NY and Lofink was a customer of ours. Very nice dealership. Oh yeah, beautiful Mercury!
@@rightlanehog3151 Could be. It was 20 years ago that I worked at SMP. I sent this video to my old boss. He was the best boss I ever had and it was a great place to work.
These Park Lane's were commonplace when I was in high school. They were most definitely underappreciated. Thank you for the tour of this great old car. Wish I had bought one back in the day.
@davidfrania8990 Same color as my first Mustang two doors, six cylinder stickshift. Never again will an American car reach that level of sleek design and mechanical quality.
Gorgeous Park Lane Adam. My first car was a 1966 Thunderbird Town Landau. The same color as your Mercury, Thunderbird called it Saturne gold. It always looked green to me. Interior was ivy gold, medium green to my eyes. Very rare color for the Thunderbird from what I understand.
I want to see all your Mercury Park Lane and Marquis’s lined up in chronological order. That would be something to see! Pretty sure you have almost all of them. 😁
The Color scheme and black landau roof, brightwork, makes this Mercury an most elegant vehicle. With my all-time favorite Ford V-8 410 engine!! Being an lifelong Ford guy and owner of an 73 Tbird 429, this is in my humble opinion Adam's finest vehicle I've seen in his ample collection. Truly Thank you for sharing this rolling artwork with us.
Beautiful car! I noticed the license plate HAWAII 1F -1007. On my wall next to me, I have a Hawaiian plate: HAWAII 1F - 1167. I'm looking at it now, marvelling at how close the numerals are to the one you have!
Our Neighbours had one of these , an Aqua coloured 4 door with 410 Martyr ?? It was wicked nice , this one here is a treasure Thanks for the video Keep 'em coming
Beautiful Merc. Never knew the decorative trim on the front fenders also housed optional cornering lights. Always liked the vertical Pontiac/Cadillac style taillights.
A very handsome vehicle, and so typically Ford to my eyes. Further, the state of preservation for a car of its age,55 years, is outstanding by anyone's measure. I do not know how you do it, Adam, but keep on doing it. These are precious shows and precious vehicles. Neither of which would be such valuable treasures without your curation.
A couple of nice features seen on 1965-1968 Mercurys (not seen on full size Fords of the same era) are the three point hood latch and diecast cowl vent surrounding the wiper arms. Beautiful Car!
HI ADAM,, GREAT CAR!!! WONDERFUL THAT YOU OWN ALL THESE GREAT CARS , I LIKE EVERY THING ABOUT THIS CAR THE INSIDE AND DASH OUTSIDE STYLE AND COLOR AND THE ENGINE SIZE.. THANK'S ADAM...
I do miss the styling of the vehicles of yesteryear. That vehicle Adam is beautiful. As a former upstate New York boy, Carthage, NY was way up North and not to far from Lake Ontario.
Wow. Carthage NY is waaaaay in Lewis County north country where my family is from. They get 40 feet of lake effect snow off Lake Ontario annually, and no car has a lifespan of more than 7 years. This truly is an exceptional bar find.
The wheel covers seem to mimic the Pontiac Eight Lug look. So that makes me think that the taillights were inspired by the Pontiac. Mercury really was like the 'Pontiac' of Ford... Those lights in the front doors look to be Sail panel lights. The headliner is Moonskin. Interesting that the rearview mirror is glued to the windshield, as most of the rest of the lineup didn't get that until 1968. I bought a pair of Cougar hood hinges back in the '90s off of a '67 Cougar in that same color scheme. I always thought of it as gold, and to this day love that color combo!
It's a shame how we took for granted these full size domestic cars of the 60s and 70s So much style and actual great engineering plus build quality. To think back then you of bought one for under a thousand with just a few miles
It’s a super clean car. It brings back memories seeing these beautiful machines with much more character than the cars today. Also, it’s hard to imagine any mid level family car with no AC. I may have seen just a few Ford Galaxies of that vintage without ac. But i can’t recall seeing any Full sized Mercury from the 1960s up without AC. But I live in Florida where it was not uncommon to see even mid sized cars with ac at that time even if it was a dealer installed unit. The firewall looks naked on this mercury without the AC evaporator housing.
Beautiful car! I had a '67 Monterey four door sedan years ago. Bought it for the drivetrain to use in my truck, but then decided against it, so I sold it. Now I wish I'd kept it longer and just drove it.
I’m more of a Mustang / Cougar guy but I do love the great old sedans of yours! And this one’s a real beauty. Not a lot of extras just a good looking car
Hey Adam, this Park Lane Brougham is beautiful. The color & the paint look like new, as does the vinyl top!!! I really like the green interior & the material on the seats is so luxurious!!! Thanks for sharing this exciting classic!!! 👍👍🙂
I had a 67 Mercury Monterey convertible. It was whisper quiet and smooth as silk. I never knew upscale models had cornering lamps, I had a metal decorative insert.
My Dad had a1967 Mercury Monterey 4 door Trafalgar Blue Metallic when I was a 3 year old(I was born in 69). My first major memory was driving from LaGrange GA to Rapid City SD to visit my sister and her husband that was stationed near there while serving in the Air Force.
I had a 1965 Merc Montcalm 2 doors hard top , 390 4 bar carb , 3 speed auto , 300 gears . Interior on this car was stunning ! White leader , bucket seats , lights every where one the inside ! Nice riding heavy car with more than enough torque , i’m guessing 0 to 60 around 7 seconds or so , top speed 120 mph easy
I cannot remember the last time I saw one of these. That color shows nice in the late afternoon sun. It seems that gold is not offered as a color on most new cars.
My dad had a 67 Montclair and it was the same exact car but it had the roll-down rear glass for flow through ventilation. The rear glass went down only about 2 inches. He had the 390 V8. I recall that a coolant hose on the intake manifold burst one day and sucked water down the carburetor. We had many family trips in that car.
My father also had a '67 Montclair with the 390 V8. He gave it to me, and it was triple-black with vinyl seats. I remember it got so hot one Summer that when I got into the car, my glasses fogged! Not to mention that it didn't have air conditioning, either. I really enjoyed that car, up until I had problems with the driver door. The latch broke, and I wound up tying it shut through the window to the C-pillar. The side view mirror also broke loose. I think someone was asleep at the wheel when they assembled that door! Adam, I really enjoy your videos, and I'm a Ford/Mercury/Lincoln aficionado, also! I loved the way they rode and drove.
Very Nice car and when you mentioned salted roads , I can see why you would not want to drive it. I don’t have to deal with that, but our town water is bore water and it’s bad enough.
Rare Classic Cars & Auto... : The Mercury Marquis actually came out in 1967, for the 1967 model year; and it did replace the Park Lane. You have an incredibly beautiful car right there. I'm surprised it does not have A/C. I wonder why. It's still a beautiful car. I think the 1966 and 1967 Mercury Park Lanes were two of the most beautiful cars ever built in this country.
A truly beautiful car! -- simple, yet elegant. I like to call that evening light you referred to as "The Rembrandt Hour", when the late afternoon / early evening light and shadows cast lovely golden tones ... like a Rembrandt painting. :-)
Adam, I wonder if you could comment on Ford powertrain complexity over the years. I worked in an auto parts store when I was in college, and I was always amazed by the number of different Ford engine families and displacements in the 1960s and 1970s. It seemed at the time (and still seems today) to have been an incredible waste of engineering and capital resources. I always thought Ford would have been much better off had they employed a simple small block/big block powertrain strategy like Chrysler.
Adam, this is such a magnificent car! It’s really getting hard to say which of your cars is my favorite, but this is a contender. The interior is gorgeous!!! And I, too, love the taillights! Bravo!!!
Adam, We were not expecting you to pull one of these genuine classics out from its winter quarters in mid-January but I suppose, you were not expecting such a mild winter in Michigan either.
Gorgeous automobile from a golden decade for American cars. Thanks so much for posting!
Lovely car. Good to see so many people interested in Mercury, talking about Mercurys. The brand is far from being forgotten.
Just found your channel. Love it. Both sets of my grandparents owned Mercurys. My grandfather’s special car was a lightly optioned 71 2 door Monterey that was always garaged and only came out on special occasions. It was simply known as “the red car.” I can still picture him driving it with his overcoat and fedora on.
You’ve now inspired me to keep an eye out for a well maintained Mercury of that era. Whenever I attend a car show or watch an auction, it’s these “less desirable” cars that I enjoy the most.
Muscle cars are all fine and good, we all love them, but I like this channel because we get to see the 'forgotten cars' of yesteryear that were once on the road everyday. Adam has a wonderful collection of great examples of what used to be overlooked cars. Now days, they are quite rare as survivors and this is 1 of the few channels that does them any kind of justice. You don't have to be a FOMOCO fan to enjoy this ol Mercury for what it is and for its place in automotive motoring history and sometimes, they were or are part of OUR personal history.
Beautiful example of what many others have accurately called an underappreciated classic car, stylish, well built, easy to live with & maintain.
Mercury also offered some truly breathtaking fastback lines on some models, as well.
The rear end styling on these ‘67 - ‘68 full-size Mercury’s is just such an eye-catching design - loved them from the first time I saw them as a little kid back in the early 70’s…….👍
Matchbox offered the '67 Mercury too, in 4 doors, police cars, wagons and ambulances too.
That's the best looking interior I've ever seen in a classic car.
That interior is gorgeous! Very handsome car!
That color should be called summer evening LOL. Wow what a lovely car, thank you for doing the leg work so we can share these with you.
Thanks for all you do Adam. Sharing knowledge, actual cars, the engineering interviews, etc, etc, etc. You're doing some really important work that I hope to stay preserved and generations to come will be able to learn from it. You're a good dude.
👏👏👏👏
Viewed again, as I do with many of your posts. Happy Canadian 🇨🇦 am I that this gem was Canada-built, glad too that many of our cars come to you for expert preservation.
Even the name of the car is stylish, and such a great condition... amazing. Thanks for sharing!
That is a truly stunning car, great styling and a fabulous interior. One of favourites from your collection. A real beaut.
Beautiful car and amazing colour!
Beautiful car Adam. Love it esp the tail lights.
Your collection is seriously wonderful. Everytime you being out a sampling, it's just so refreshing to have a nice informative, relaxing video without any obnoxious license free rock music or tacky sales pitch. You've given these cars a mature voice and I can never thank you enough for loving these cars and sharing them with us.
Very nice repaint. No tape lines. They did it right.
Now THAT is one enormously handsome car! A wonderfully understated elegance to it, like a beautifully-cut suit.
Thank you Adam, beautiful Mercury, brings back memories of the 1960's. My God father was a Mercury guy, had a beautiful 1966 Parklane , white with a burgundy cloth interior, breezeway window and 410 FE v8k, sweet ride.
My parents had a 1966 Ford that was in for warranty repairs. We were given a 1967 Montclair 4 door hardtop to drive. Oh, did I love that car!
Beautiful car! The high point of the land yacht!
I have a 65 Mercury breezeway I had for over 50 years and it has the same window washer container with the Mercury hear emblim Still looks and runs like a new car. My 65 has the same headliner.
A beautiful example from the last years of America's finest cars.
I'm in Awe of Adam , the Collection is flawless , and condition is Concours , very Crisp and factory fresh . It must be close to a full time job keeping these beautiful vehicles in such a condition
I love the mid 60’s Mercury styling. Absolutely gorgeous.
I really love your mid-60s through mid-70s Ford and Mercury sedans and two-door models. I remember them when they were new, and your videos really make me want to get one as a driver. This Park Lane Broughham looks like a comfy cruiser.
Such a beautiful car. Thanks for letting us see it again. When old cars are in this kind of perfect, unmolested condition, it's truly a joy to see them. And yes, it glows in the evening light!
I found a 1966 410 in a clapped out 69 F-350 flatbed.The usual dimbulb wrecking yard scavengers scraped off the front drivers side of the engine block, revealing the numbers 352, which most FE engine blocks of that era had, and they kept on walking. The engine had the original, but grungy, tag under the coil which indicated that it was in fact a 410. I pulled the oil pan and checked the crank, it was a 1 UA, the final proof it indeed was a 410. I was back with tools within the hour to pull it. Cost...... $225
Very nice 👌
Beautiful car. Love the colour and the shape of the overall car. I distinctly remember those tail lights in a neighbour's driveway as a kid. Funny how you remember these things. But then again, we were outside all day on our bicycles in the summer in those days. I also remember peoples cars when I had paper routes. Especially those who had vans that had murals on the side. Remember that fad? Lol..
Very cool car Adam!
Beautiful car! I love that 1965-1970 era of American automobile design. Some of the most beautiful American cars of all time were manufactured during that period in my opinion. Thanks for a great video!
Beautiful car! Those wheel covers really caught my eye. They kind of look like Pontiac 8-lug wheels😀
I used to work for a parts warehouse, Syracuse Motor Parts, in Utica, NY and Lofink was a customer of ours. Very nice dealership. Oh yeah, beautiful Mercury!
I checked and it appears Lofink Mercury became Caskinette's Ford.
@@rightlanehog3151 Could be. It was 20 years ago that I worked at SMP. I sent this video to my old boss. He was the best boss I ever had and it was a great place to work.
@@kudraadk I live in Ontario, we get our PBS broadcasts from this part of New York.
These Park Lane's were commonplace when I was in high school. They were most definitely underappreciated. Thank you for the tour of this great old car. Wish I had bought one back in the day.
Amazing! Love the interior - especially the seats.
What a gorgeous car. And in such a beautiful color that seems to glow in the sunlight. Great interior too! Another great car, Adam!
@davidfrania8990 Same color as my first Mustang two doors, six cylinder stickshift. Never again will an American car reach that level of sleek design and mechanical quality.
Gorgeous Park Lane Adam. My first car was a 1966 Thunderbird Town Landau. The same color as your Mercury, Thunderbird called it Saturne gold. It always looked green to me. Interior was ivy gold, medium green to my eyes. Very rare color for the Thunderbird from what I understand.
I like the simplicity of the dash
I want to see all your Mercury Park Lane and Marquis’s lined up in chronological order. That would be something to see! Pretty sure you have almost all of them. 😁
The Color scheme and black landau roof, brightwork, makes this Mercury an most elegant vehicle. With my all-time favorite Ford V-8 410 engine!! Being an lifelong Ford guy and owner of an 73 Tbird 429, this is in my humble opinion Adam's finest vehicle I've seen in his ample collection. Truly Thank you for sharing this rolling artwork with us.
Beautiful car! I noticed the license plate HAWAII 1F -1007. On my wall next to me, I have a Hawaiian plate: HAWAII 1F - 1167. I'm looking at it now, marvelling at how close the numerals are to the one you have!
The late afternoon light made the paint job pop and glow. Gorgeous!
Simply...a absolutely beautiful vehicle! Interior is gorgeous!
Our Neighbours had one of these , an Aqua coloured 4 door with 410 Martyr ??
It was wicked nice , this one here is a treasure
Thanks for the video
Keep 'em coming
I'm a _big_ fan of cornering lights ... I've only had ONE car in my life that had them, I they're _definitely_ a plus.
Beautiful Merc. Never knew the decorative trim on the front fenders also housed optional cornering lights. Always liked the vertical Pontiac/Cadillac style taillights.
Beautiful color and it looks like they did an amazing job!
A very handsome vehicle, and so typically Ford to my eyes. Further, the state of preservation for a car of its age,55 years, is outstanding by anyone's measure. I do not know how you do it, Adam, but keep on doing it. These are precious shows and precious vehicles. Neither of which would be such valuable treasures without your curation.
A couple of nice features seen on 1965-1968 Mercurys (not seen on full size Fords of the same era) are the three point hood latch and diecast cowl vent surrounding the wiper arms. Beautiful Car!
Very nice ride Adam! Thank you for sharing....
Stunning, inside and out!! 🤩
I do want to see you take it for a ride. Somehow, that' s enjoyable to me. Takes me back in time.
HI ADAM,, GREAT CAR!!! WONDERFUL THAT YOU OWN ALL THESE GREAT CARS , I LIKE EVERY THING ABOUT THIS CAR THE INSIDE AND DASH OUTSIDE STYLE AND COLOR AND THE ENGINE SIZE.. THANK'S ADAM...
I do miss the styling of the vehicles of yesteryear. That vehicle Adam is beautiful. As a former upstate New York boy, Carthage, NY was way up North and not to far from Lake Ontario.
Wow. Carthage NY is waaaaay in Lewis County north country where my family is from. They get 40 feet of lake effect snow off Lake Ontario annually, and no car has a lifespan of more than 7 years. This truly is an exceptional bar find.
@@UncleJoeMedia when you get near-daily accumulating snowfall from 1 Nov to 1 May, that answer would be “hoo yeah”
The dealership continues under a new name.
@@rightlanehog3151 continuity is a way of life up there, much more so than anywhere else I’ve lived so far.
I can't get enough of these low mileage beauties. They're all incredible!
The wheel covers seem to mimic the Pontiac Eight Lug look. So that makes me think that the taillights were inspired by the Pontiac. Mercury really was like the 'Pontiac' of Ford...
Those lights in the front doors look to be Sail panel lights. The headliner is Moonskin. Interesting that the rearview mirror is glued to the windshield, as most of the rest of the lineup didn't get that until 1968.
I bought a pair of Cougar hood hinges back in the '90s off of a '67 Cougar in that same color scheme. I always thought of it as gold, and to this day love that color combo!
It's a shame how we took for granted these full size domestic cars of the 60s and 70s
So much style and actual great engineering plus build quality.
To think back then you of bought one for under a thousand with just a few miles
I agree. I was born in 1970. I got my drivers license in 1986. Almost no one in my age group liked full sized cars. They were seen as grandpa mobiles.
The Yacht Deck Paneling was available on two door coupés hardtops and convertibles in 1968
Chrysler also offered 'Sportsgrain' optional side trim on their Newports, 2 doors or convertibles.
It was beautiful, just like the Mercury.
Pretty Park Lane w/o a/c. Love the ‘68 and ‘68 LTD
Gorgeous car, beautiful color and condition. Being Canadian explains the lack of A C and power windows and seat.
I never knew I wanted one of these until I watched this video!
It was probably built in Oakville.
I love these cars, and what an amazing example. Love the cornering light demo! The interior is beautifully luxurious. Thanks for all you do!
It’s a super clean car. It brings back memories seeing these beautiful machines with much more character than the cars today. Also, it’s hard to imagine any mid level family car with no AC. I may have seen just a few Ford Galaxies of that vintage without ac. But i can’t recall seeing any Full sized Mercury from the 1960s up without AC. But I live in Florida where it was not uncommon to see even mid sized cars with ac at that time even if it was a dealer installed unit. The firewall looks naked on this mercury without the AC evaporator housing.
7:45 DANG, that vinyl roof looks nice !
Learned something new today. Never knew of the 410
Beautiful Mercury! Thanks for showing it off.
Beautiful car! I had a '67 Monterey four door sedan years ago. Bought it for the drivetrain to use in my truck, but then decided against it, so I sold it. Now I wish I'd kept it longer and just drove it.
So many surprises in Adam's collection. Haven't seen this one before. Love it!
The paint job looks fantastic, as does the color.
Thx!
I’m more of a Mustang / Cougar guy but I do love the great old sedans of yours! And this one’s a real beauty. Not a lot of extras just a good looking car
God I love this channel, and this Park Lane in particular
Hey Adam, this Park Lane Brougham is beautiful. The color & the paint look like new, as does the vinyl top!!! I really like the green interior & the material on the seats is so luxurious!!! Thanks for sharing this exciting classic!!! 👍👍🙂
I had a 1968 Monterey with the 390. Nice smooth ride and great engine power.
I had a 67 Mercury Monterey convertible. It was whisper quiet and smooth as silk. I never knew upscale models had cornering lamps, I had a metal decorative insert.
SO handsome 👏👏 and a really nice looking interior. Perhaps modern car designers could take a look and then we wouldn’t have all black interiors.
I have always love the Mercury. I have a 05 Mercury G/M love the corner lights. Great driving car
Wow, what a beautiful car!
That really is a great looking car in like new condition. Actually paint looks better than new.
When you see those chairs, dash and steering wheel - just want to drive it.
Cruising luxury.
And in 4 door hardtop form! I’m really a fan of this combo for what it does with the roofline. To have the 410 engine option is pretty special.
That is a beautiful sedan.
My folks had same year and color. Great to see one again in such a well shot video. 👍
Beautiful car, I love your extensive knowledge. I would love to see a video on the 1969-1970 Full Size Fords.
My Dad had a1967 Mercury Monterey 4 door Trafalgar Blue Metallic when I was a 3 year old(I was born in 69). My first major memory was driving from LaGrange GA to Rapid City SD to visit my sister and her husband that was stationed near there while serving in the Air Force.
My next door neighbor had one of these same color. Looks beautiful in the sunset light
I love these videos Adam - please buy more cars. 🤓
I had a 1965 Merc Montcalm 2 doors hard top , 390 4 bar carb , 3 speed auto , 300 gears . Interior on this car was stunning ! White leader , bucket seats , lights every where one the inside ! Nice riding heavy car with more than enough torque , i’m guessing 0 to 60 around 7 seconds or so , top speed 120 mph easy
I cannot remember the last time I saw one of these. That color shows nice in the late afternoon sun. It seems that gold is not offered as a color on most new cars.
Man, that looks like a comfortable car!
Another nice ride in Adam's collection! I didn't know the 410 continued after 1966. I thought the 428 replaced it.
My dad had a 67 Montclair and it was the same exact car but it had the roll-down rear glass for flow through ventilation. The rear glass went down only about 2 inches. He had the 390 V8. I recall that a coolant hose on the intake manifold burst one day and sucked water down the carburetor. We had many family trips in that car.
My father also had a '67 Montclair with the 390 V8. He gave it to me, and it was triple-black with vinyl seats. I remember it got so hot one Summer that when I got into the car, my glasses fogged! Not to mention that it didn't have air conditioning, either.
I really enjoyed that car, up until I had problems with the driver door. The latch broke, and I wound up tying it shut through the window to the C-pillar. The side view mirror also broke loose. I think someone was asleep at the wheel when they assembled that door!
Adam, I really enjoy your videos, and I'm a Ford/Mercury/Lincoln aficionado, also! I loved the way they rode and drove.
Very Nice car and when you mentioned salted roads , I can see why you would not want to drive it. I don’t have to deal with that, but our town water is bore water and it’s bad enough.
I like that "armored" conduit for the wiring into the door. Nice turn signals in front bumper. Sort of missed the in trunk view.
Hawaii front plate?
Rare Classic Cars & Auto... : The Mercury Marquis actually came out in 1967, for the 1967 model year; and it did replace the Park Lane. You have an incredibly beautiful car right there. I'm surprised it does not have A/C. I wonder why. It's still a beautiful car. I think the 1966 and 1967 Mercury Park Lanes were two of the most beautiful cars ever built in this country.
It did come out in 67 but only as a coupe. In 69 it was in every body style as the range topper
A truly beautiful car! -- simple, yet elegant. I like to call that evening light you referred to as "The Rembrandt Hour", when the late afternoon / early evening light and shadows cast lovely golden tones ... like a Rembrandt painting. :-)
Adam, I wonder if you could comment on Ford powertrain complexity over the years. I worked in an auto parts store when I was in college, and I was always amazed by the number of different Ford engine families and displacements in the 1960s and 1970s. It seemed at the time (and still seems today) to have been an incredible waste of engineering and capital resources. I always thought Ford would have been much better off had they employed a simple small block/big block powertrain strategy like Chrysler.
Adam, this is such a magnificent car! It’s really getting hard to say which of your cars is my favorite, but this is a contender. The interior is gorgeous!!! And I, too, love the taillights! Bravo!!!
Adam, We were not expecting you to pull one of these genuine classics out from its winter quarters in mid-January but I suppose, you were not expecting such a mild winter in Michigan either.
Nice car, incredible condition.