I'm guessing you are mature of age and remember the days when cars were judged for quality by how tight the body panels fit together, the slim seams and the bulk of the passenger doors and the heavy sounding thunk as you closed them. This was how automobiles were judged back when this badass Merc was new. The idle of the 429/460 engine, its 4 throat carburetor sifting gasoline without a care, ready to haul this 4,200 lbs. ride from 0-60 in 7 seconds. This was a good car, not a Falcon or a Pinto, or God forbid, a fucking Corvair. You were far safer in a fat metal sedan than some goofy Volvo. That is what we all thought. We would be corrected as the century turned 2000. Today we have plastic minivan cars that can get you to 60 mph in 2seconds flat and chastise you for opening a window with the climate control on. Modern cars are longer so much mechanical as they are a giant interconnected computer. You won't find a cigarette lighter but you will find a USB port for every seat. You push the button to start but it takes a second or two for the onboard computer systems to interface before engine fires up. They make lousy getaway cars Shit - they don't make em like they used to
@@tracy4good NASCAR has helped automakers understand that a fat metal sedan” is not always safer. Safer when you hit pedestrians and other vehicles. More dangerous when you hit fixed objects such as a telegraph pole or a concrete abutment. NASCAR has helped automakers understand that cars are much safer when the energy is dispersed. Today’s car falls apart and has crumple zones.
@@tracy4good Ehh, panel gaps on modern cars are generally much more precise than they were back in the day. The production process has become much more mechanized, which makes fitment easier.
Nice classic car. You are right that many full and mid size sedans/coupes have not been loved over the years. I enjoy watching your channel because you focus on these classic rides that are not hot rods.
That's a beautiful car, with the dark blue paint and the white vinyl top. The 390 was a great engine, too. It didn't have the same get up and go as the 429, but it definitely provided plenty of power to propel some of these big late 60s Fords like LTDs, Marquises, and T-Birds down the road.
The 390 provided good power to many full size Fords and Mercurys. It was similar in bore and stroke to the Pontiac 389/400 which was its main competitor. Both of them had difficulty passing a gas station but gas was inexpensive then.
Did your father impart most of knowledge of car repairs to you. My father did with me. Thank God. Although he's been gone for many years he still continues to save me a lot of money and aggravation. An electrician by trade, he was a highly skilled and very detailed mechanic. If he were here he would LOVE your channel. BTW.....very handsome car.
Such a pretty car, they couldn’t have been very popular. I’ve never seen one before. I noticed every car on the road when I was a little kid, but this was never one of them. Great find!
So glad this car was rescued by a guy like you. Such a great caretaker of the old classic full size family cars. She’ll be up and purring perfectly in no time at all. Enjoy the process of waking her back up.
My guess would be that your car was owned by someone that was not mechanically inclined, so had the "brother-in-law" keep it running for him. It was obviously loved. Great tip about finding vacuum leak. It seems like nothing terrible was done mechanically, and all things you will reverse and improve Adam. This is my favorite car in your fleet! Regarding the fuel filter. I also wrap a bit of teflon tape first. Then when I snug it up, it is fine, no leak. I noticed the owner before me did that too, and I have lots of threads left when screwing in the filter.
Hey Adam, your knowledge of carburators is impressive!! This 68 Marquis Coupe is gorgeous inside & out, it does need whitewall tires all around!! Thanks for sharing another exciting video!! 👍👍
Great carb repair Adam, you've got this! Can't wait to see this detailed with correct white walls! Take care and thank you for preserving these beautiful classics.
I watch all your car review videos multiple times, Adam but I have seen this one at least 6 times, the wellington blue color just blows me away. It is most beautiful blue I have ever seen. Thank you very much
The only thing some hot rodder would want out of that car would be that engine. It's so nice to see that you keep all your cars orignal and none of those tacky chrome wheels or white letter tires that I detest. It looks great the way it is. No inprovments needed.
Nice rare car, I have a 65 Mercury with a 352 ci V8 and had the car for 51 years and still runs good and looks like new. I replaced the carburator, plug wires, gaskets. hoses about 5 years ago.
Beautiful car! Your diagnostic abilities are off the hook, Adam. I'm sure several previous owners of your now perfectly purring machines have given some ham-fisted mechanics their well deserved comeuppance. And walking papers. Every post makes me love this channel more. Phenomenal!
Thanks for another great, and educational post. I've rebuilt many Autolite 2100s for 2-barrells, but was largely unaware of some of the Autolite 4-barrel imperfections until one of your other mini-lectures. Thank you again for this post, and congratulations on being the owner of this elegant gentleman's performance car.
Hi Adam. That Marquis is such a rare car.....I don't even recall the last time I saw a '68 so congrats on finding and snapping up such a rare model and in such excellent, original, low mileage condition. It's quite a beauty. I'm looking forward to seeing the progress you make on brining it up to speed. You need to do a video of all of your Marquis' together and the Parklane. Point out some of the changes over time and unique features. Thanks for sharing!
My first car was a 1969 LTD with a 390 2bbl. Lot's of fond memories. I love your 68 Marquis, I think it's my favorite out of all your cars. I can remember rebuilding the 2bbl carb of my 390 with the help of my next door neighbor. Got the job done and the car ran beautifully. Also adjusting the points and changing the sparkplugs. The cars back then needed more maintenance compared to todays.
My mother wanted this car in the Colony Park station wagon version when we were in Chicago in 1968. But we waited until we were in New York a few years later and we got the 1973 Colony Park with the 429. It was medium green with the wood paneling. It looked like the family truckster that Chevy Chase drove.
I really respect the fact that although you have the ability and resources to have someone else do your repairs. For the most part, you wrench on your own stuff. Thanks again for sharing.
Look on the bright side; all of those problems are simple and relatively easy to fix. Plus you get the satisfaction of doing it. Further; I expect that helped make the price lower
Great vid. My dad had a ‘66 in Canada. White hardtop with red interior. He was driving on the hiway one day and the hood latch let go and the hood flew back and buckled over the windshield.
What a gorgeous 'ol gal.. Have never seen a Ford or Mercury from this era in that elegant shade of blue before - just beautiful. Regarding tires, I think it would look really nice with a set of narrow stripe whitewalls on it. Really enjoy all your videos Adam. 👍
I'm with you Adam... I love and respect these old battle cruisers. Would much rather have one of these than a sports car of the Era. Big engine, and a great ride
geez the car is so clean yet someone used a pop rivit as a carburator part.....i remember dads "68 XL required new spark plug wires early after he purchased it....I am so jealous...Dads 68 rusted in half here in MN...loved the Cold light
I had a 1969 Mercury Marquis. It looked like a Lincoln class car. To meet emission requirements they used lean carburation. This in combination with a high-compression engine resulted in knocking. There were vacuum hoses running all over the place in the engine compartment. The windshield wipers were electric driven but the wiper speed was vacuum controlled.
WOW ... What a beautiful car. I grew up repairing cars like that one. I've got to get another one. I miss having cars I can work on. Although I'm getting old.
Aside from the condition. the exterior design of this car is just so.... for lack of a better word, clean. And the doors make such a satisfying "thunk" when you close them.
absatootly a beauty ,,,i love mercs ,,even more so of the 1960's models ..i had a 69 mercury monterey in triple black 2 door hard top and i thought these cars look so good at dusk with the parking lights on
Shade tree engineering! My God - what a classy looking vehicle! If “Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce” had had the Ford account, this is probably the vehicle the guy one step below Don Draper on the company ladder would have driven!
It's amazing the difference working on a classic vehicle like this Merc versus a modern car. We just had our late model Ford Escape in for service due to a check engine light. It turned out to be a computer module failure that must be addressed by the dealer. The Ford dealership is so backed up that we can't get our Escape seen until July 20th. I hope our Escape doesn't need any new chips or we may be waiting a long time to get the engine up and running again. So there is something to be said for being able to work on your engine in the driveway with a basic set of tools.
These guys always say "It needs a new module" 90 % of the time its a ground or the connector needs to be wiggled a few times. Another big problem with new cars is if the battery isnt fully charged. Cars sit and voltage goes low. Fords are notorious for this. Charge the battery. It fixes a lot of things......
That car reminds me of the green 67 Marquis my dad had. His had the 410 in it. I always thought these looked like baby Continental . Those cars are made like tanks. My dad used to talk about how heavy that car was and how he had to stop his lift at work 3 times for the air compressor to build up enough pressure to push it up in the air. He said his 64 Bonneville would go straight up. Not that Marquis. It was a heavy beast.
I can remember, being in junior high then, how ugly we kids thought those new federally-mandated side marker lights were! For most of the cars they were just rather drilled and pasted on, and looked it. Always was amazed at how beautifully Mercury had adapted the '66 dashboard, while the beautiful '66 Ford dash went really homely.
Sounds nice, you will get it dialed in. Thank God the "hack" didn't do more damage. Hopefully you can find the proper spacer and return it all to original.
That is a gorgeous car, I would put a 400or a 402 Chevy Quadrajet, or a 400 Pontiac one they work wonderfully with a 390/410and standard 428. I have done it. The only issue is you will need to manually kickdown . The only Ford Quadrajet is the 429 CJ. It has the kickdown. I think Edelbrock offered a Quadrajet with Ford kickdown.
I have the same spec car here in Australia. Diamond blue/ dark blue roof ,same colour interior. A solid enough car but yours is in beautiful condition. I'm guessing parts are hard to come by except what they share with Galaxies etc.
What a beauty! The blue on blue is a winner...but do have to say the whitewall side is better, esp with the white top. Sure can tell that the Merc is a step up from the Ford for this year. Did you move?
I'll bet if you opened the hood when it is pitch black at night. You would see the wires arcing a nice blue spark across the metal under the hood. I've seen that years ago when the wires get old.
Adam warned about cheap hose clamps on the fuel line near the carburetor. Another interesting UA-cam author had an engine fire on his vehicle due to a rubber fuel line failure in his engine compartment. So I would suggest cheap insurance on older beloved vehicles would be quality fuel lines with alcohol resistance.
Nice job, sometimes hack mechanics are the very reason I picked up an outstanding deal. Wasn't this the model (2 dr hardtop) McGarrett drove in the pilot episode?
In the Pilot, McGarrett drove a black '67 Marquis 2 dr. But it was pointed out that cop cars have to be 4 doors, so in the first (and several more) seasons later, he has a black '68 Park Lane 4 dr. Later in '74, McGarrett gets an updated black '74 Marquis 4 dr. (Like one Adam has.)
@@rwg520 Both James MacArthur, and the gentleman that owns the real documented '68 said the 2dr was a rental car. They weren't sure the show would be "picked up". Sorry, that's all I have to go on.
I bought a Maverick really cheap one time because it wouldn't run; the points rubbing block was just wore down. Reset the points and drove it to Florida and back.
I don't know why I love the sound of that door closing. A gorgeous and elegant vehicle.
He’s a reacher. Fake news. He doesn’t have to open and shut the door.
I'm guessing you are mature of age and remember the days when cars were judged for quality by how tight the body panels fit together, the slim seams and the bulk of the passenger doors and the heavy sounding thunk as you closed them. This was how automobiles were judged back when this badass Merc was new. The idle of the 429/460 engine, its 4 throat carburetor sifting gasoline without a care, ready to haul this 4,200 lbs. ride from 0-60 in 7 seconds. This was a good car, not a Falcon or a Pinto, or God forbid, a fucking Corvair. You were far safer in a fat metal sedan than some goofy Volvo. That is what we all thought. We would be corrected as the century turned 2000. Today we have plastic minivan cars that can get you to 60 mph in 2seconds flat and chastise you for opening a window with the climate control on. Modern cars are longer so much mechanical as they are a giant interconnected computer. You won't find a cigarette lighter but you will find a USB port for every seat. You push the button to start but it takes a second or two for the onboard computer systems to interface before engine fires up. They make lousy getaway cars
Shit - they don't make em like they used to
@@tracy4good NASCAR has helped automakers understand that a fat metal sedan” is not always safer. Safer when you hit pedestrians and other vehicles. More dangerous when you hit fixed objects such as a telegraph pole or a concrete abutment. NASCAR has helped automakers understand that cars are much safer when the energy is dispersed. Today’s car falls apart and has crumple zones.
That is the sound of _quality_
@@tracy4good Ehh, panel gaps on modern cars are generally much more precise than they were back in the day. The production process has become much more mechanized, which makes fitment easier.
Nice classic car. You are right that many full and mid size sedans/coupes have not been loved over the years. I enjoy watching your channel because you focus on these classic rides that are not hot rods.
The full size Ford/Merc 390/4V is my absolute favorite car. A factory 4 speed is a great bonus.
Beautiful car. I showed my son this and he said I was so lucky to grow up in the 60’s & 70’s with cars like this.
What a beautiful car, and the engine is starting to sound mighty nice, too. I love the big cars from that era.
That's a beautiful car, with the dark blue paint and the white vinyl top. The 390 was a great engine, too. It didn't have the same get up and go as the 429, but it definitely provided plenty of power to propel some of these big late 60s Fords like LTDs, Marquises, and T-Birds down the road.
In the 1960s, the solid lifter 390s we're Virginia's state trooper police interceptors.
The 390 provided good power to many full size Fords and Mercurys. It was similar in bore and stroke to the Pontiac 389/400 which was its main competitor. Both of them had difficulty passing a gas station but gas was inexpensive then.
that blue color is just awesome
Did your father impart most of knowledge of car repairs to you. My father did with me. Thank God. Although he's been gone for many years he still continues to save me a lot of money and aggravation. An electrician by trade, he was a highly skilled and very detailed mechanic. If he were here he would LOVE your channel.
BTW.....very handsome car.
which god did you thank ?
@@HemiChrysler only idiots think there is more than one
What beautiful lines on this car. I had no idea a two door version of the '68 Marquis even existed.
They're so rare, you never see one.. I've never seen one in the wild myself.
2-door is the only version in 67-68.
@@roger628 I didn't know that. I must've been confusing it with the 4 door Park Lane.
Such a pretty car, they couldn’t have been very popular. I’ve never seen one before. I noticed every car on the road when I was a little kid, but this was never one of them. Great find!
Everything down to the horn note was impeccably designed back were cars were a matter of pride and joy. I would be more than proud to own that car.
So glad this car was rescued by a guy like you. Such a great caretaker of the old classic full size family cars. She’ll be up and purring perfectly in no time at all. Enjoy the process of waking her back up.
So very cool that you are giving this car another chance at a good life. So nice !
You're not the only one who loves these full size cars! My 89' LTD may not be as big as this beauty is but I still love it to death
My guess would be that your car was owned by someone that was not mechanically inclined, so had the "brother-in-law" keep it running for him. It was obviously loved. Great tip about finding vacuum leak. It seems like nothing terrible was done mechanically, and all things you will reverse and improve Adam. This is my favorite car in your fleet! Regarding the fuel filter. I also wrap a bit of teflon tape first. Then when I snug it up, it is fine, no leak. I noticed the owner before me did that too, and I have lots of threads left when screwing in the filter.
She's pretty. You'll work the bugs out. Keep preserving these works of art👍
Now THAT car deserves a Michigan summer road trip! What a beauty!
NEED a drive; car looks so good: thanks to previous owner and your good works. Mercurys were always great.
Cheers from Virginia.
Beautiful Merc. that just oozes quality style. That door sound.... This car's a dream. Best of luck with it.
Hey Adam, your knowledge of carburators is impressive!! This 68 Marquis Coupe is gorgeous inside & out, it does need whitewall tires all around!! Thanks for sharing another exciting video!! 👍👍
Great carb repair Adam, you've got this!
Can't wait to see this detailed with correct white walls! Take care and thank you for preserving these beautiful classics.
I watch all your car review videos multiple times, Adam but I have seen this one at least 6 times, the wellington blue color just blows me away. It is most beautiful blue I have ever seen. Thank you very much
You have some exceptional vehicles. But, I think this is my favorite. It’s so classy.
A beautiful car and my favorite brand...thank you for your automotive diversity!
The only thing some hot rodder would want out of that car would be that engine. It's so nice to see that you keep all your cars orignal and none of those tacky chrome wheels or white letter tires that I detest. It looks great the way it is. No inprovments needed.
Lovely car. I like the parking lights on view. Keen to see more of your Mark III versus 70 Eldo.
Nice rare car, I have a 65 Mercury with a 352 ci V8 and had the car for 51 years and still runs good and looks like new. I replaced the carburator, plug wires, gaskets. hoses about 5 years ago.
The '65 Merc is a great looking car. I believe that it was Car Life magazine's car of the year.
Very beautiful 68 Mercury Marquis brother.
Beautiful car! Your diagnostic abilities are off the hook, Adam. I'm sure several previous owners of your now perfectly purring machines have given some ham-fisted mechanics their well deserved comeuppance. And walking papers. Every post makes me love this channel more. Phenomenal!
That might be my favorite car you have. I'm not a Ford guy, but that car is just great. The colors just make it awesome.
Thanks for another great, and educational post.
I've rebuilt many Autolite 2100s for 2-barrells, but was largely unaware of some of the Autolite 4-barrel imperfections until one of your other mini-lectures.
Thank you again for this post, and congratulations on being the owner of this elegant gentleman's performance car.
Hi Adam. That Marquis is such a rare car.....I don't even recall the last time I saw a '68 so congrats on finding and snapping up such a rare model and in such excellent, original, low mileage condition. It's quite a beauty. I'm looking forward to seeing the progress you make on brining it up to speed. You need to do a video of all of your Marquis' together and the Parklane. Point out some of the changes over time and unique features. Thanks for sharing!
My neighbor had a celery green dark green cloth interior 4 door... I still think it was one of the most beautiful cars I ever saw
I am truly amazed at the condition of all your cars. they are all beautiful. I would be honored to own any one of them.
What a gorgeous ride.
I like it how you talk about the car, you really care for it. And I think this car is an outstanding design b.t.w. I like almost everything about it.
My first car was a 1969 LTD with a 390 2bbl. Lot's of fond memories. I love your 68 Marquis, I think it's my favorite out of all your cars. I can remember rebuilding the 2bbl carb of my 390 with the help of my next door neighbor. Got the job done and the car ran beautifully. Also adjusting the points and changing the sparkplugs. The cars back then needed more maintenance compared to todays.
I'm with you! This is my favorite of all his cars too!
Love the body lines of that merc, Hope to see you Crack the secondaries soon!!
I really like this car. Elegant refined.
It's great to hear it is running so much better! I'd guess that, like you said, new plugs/wires/cap will have it running like a top.
My mother wanted this car in the Colony Park station wagon version when we were in Chicago in 1968. But we waited until we were in New York a few years later and we got the 1973 Colony Park with the 429. It was medium green with the wood paneling. It looked like the family truckster that Chevy Chase drove.
I really respect the fact that although you have the ability and resources to have someone else do your repairs. For the most part, you wrench on your own stuff. Thanks again for sharing.
Goodday Adam,
Absolutely stunning
Cheers
Louis 👍
Cool, I like this sort of vid sorting these old beasts and returning them to proper drive ability.
I can hear the Hawaii 5-0 theme music in my minds eye just looking at this '68 Mercury
I have never seen one of these. It's a beautiful car.
Look on the bright side; all of those problems are simple and relatively easy to fix. Plus you get the satisfaction of doing it. Further; I expect that helped make the price lower
Great vid. My dad had a ‘66 in Canada. White hardtop with red interior. He was driving on the hiway one day and the hood latch let go and the hood flew back and buckled over the windshield.
I love those full size cars too. That time period that is. Thanks to you Adam. I'm glad to hear they're not that much in demand.
What a gorgeous 'ol gal.. Have never seen a Ford or Mercury from this era in that elegant shade of blue before - just beautiful.
Regarding tires, I think it would look really nice with a set of narrow stripe whitewalls on it.
Really enjoy all your videos Adam. 👍
Replacing the black walls on the passenger side to match the white walls on the driver's side would look nicer too. Lol.
A beautiful car indeed Adam. I love these full size cars and would love to own anyone of your great cars
I'm with you Adam... I love and respect these old battle cruisers.
Would much rather have one of these than a sports car of the Era. Big engine, and a great ride
Adam I absolutely love this car!!! Love the repair style video too would love to see you working on more of your vehicles!
geez the car is so clean yet someone used a pop rivit as a carburator part.....i remember dads "68 XL required new spark plug wires early after he purchased it....I am so jealous...Dads 68
rusted in half here in MN...loved the Cold light
I think that is probably the best looking car of yours we have seen
Beautiful mint Marquis Adam. Nice to see there are guys like you willing to save these beautiful cars. I wish I was able to do the same thing.
..Adam...all you need is a full crew of in house mechanics, like Leno.....problem solved......she's a beauty....love the 2 tone.....
I had a 1969 Mercury Marquis. It looked like a Lincoln class car. To meet emission requirements they used lean carburation. This in combination with a high-compression engine resulted in knocking. There were vacuum hoses running all over the place in the engine compartment. The windshield wipers were electric driven but the wiper speed was vacuum controlled.
Great video thanks for posting. Really enjoy seeing your take on these fabulous old cars!
WOW ... What a beautiful car. I grew up repairing cars like that one. I've got to get another one. I miss having cars I can work on. Although I'm getting old.
Aside from the condition. the exterior design of this car is just so.... for lack of a better word, clean. And the doors make such a satisfying "thunk" when you close them.
Beautiful car. I especially like that it only has whitewalls on one side. Brilliant way to avoid curb rash, if you ask me!
Those seats look VERY comfortable. Love the color combo.
Superb car
Great work, Adam
What a gorgeous car.
What a very pretty car. Nice video. Thanks
The look and sound of a quality automobile!
About the fuel filter, I believe there was a plastic washer that was used to prevent over-tighting the filter.
absatootly a beauty ,,,i love mercs ,,even more so of the 1960's models ..i had a 69 mercury monterey in triple black 2 door hard top and i thought these cars look so good at dusk with the parking lights on
Awesome classic.
Glad to see it coming along! When you get at 100%, you should take it out on the road and give us a ride along!
I can't wait for the full review of this one! Great work as always
Shade tree engineering!
My God - what a classy looking vehicle!
If “Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce” had had the Ford account, this is probably the vehicle the guy one step below Don Draper on the company ladder would have driven!
i think this and the 65 pontiac are my favorites of yours
Thats a beautiful rare find reminds me of Hawaii five O. I always liked that model and I only love big cars they are my favorite
Looks like the driver's side elbow rest is coming undone. Time to replace! Great car!! Another good post!!
Just shrunk vinyl
Love the old Mercs !!!!
Sounding better already
It's amazing the difference working on a classic vehicle like this Merc versus a modern car. We just had our late model Ford Escape in for service due to a check engine light. It turned out to be a computer module failure that must be addressed by the dealer. The Ford dealership is so backed up that we can't get our Escape seen until July 20th. I hope our Escape doesn't need any new chips or we may be waiting a long time to get the engine up and running again. So there is something to be said for being able to work on your engine in the driveway with a basic set of tools.
These guys always say "It needs a new module" 90 % of the time its a ground or the connector needs to be wiggled a few times. Another big problem with new cars is if the battery isnt fully charged. Cars sit and voltage goes low. Fords are notorious for this. Charge the battery. It fixes a lot of things......
I think I had a glimpse of the Lincoln in the garage👍🌝
Nice looking ride!
Fantastic!
That car reminds me of the green 67 Marquis my dad had. His had the 410 in it. I always thought these looked like baby Continental . Those cars are made like tanks. My dad used to talk about how heavy that car was and how he had to stop his lift at work 3 times for the air compressor to build up enough pressure to push it up in the air. He said his 64 Bonneville would go straight up. Not that Marquis. It was a heavy beast.
I can remember, being in junior high then, how ugly we kids thought those new federally-mandated side marker lights were! For most of the cars they were just rather drilled and pasted on, and looked it. Always was amazed at how beautifully Mercury had adapted the '66 dashboard, while the beautiful '66 Ford dash went really homely.
Very nice. I love it. You've done some excellent work on it. I have a 2000 Marquis but it's not as classic like yours! Great job!
Love this one!
Love your car’s man
The car has class and quick power to pass
Beautiful car!
what a gem
Sounds nice, you will get it dialed in. Thank God the "hack" didn't do more damage. Hopefully you can find the proper spacer and return it all to original.
That is a gorgeous car, I would put a 400or a 402 Chevy Quadrajet, or a 400 Pontiac one they work wonderfully with a 390/410and standard 428. I have done it. The only issue is you will need to manually kickdown . The only Ford Quadrajet is the 429 CJ. It has the kickdown. I think Edelbrock offered a Quadrajet with Ford kickdown.
Beautiful vehicle , Bravo Sir 👏👏👏👏
I have the same spec car here in Australia.
Diamond blue/ dark blue roof ,same colour interior.
A solid enough car but yours is in beautiful condition.
I'm guessing parts are hard to come by except what
they share with Galaxies etc.
What a beauty! The blue on blue is a winner...but do have to say the whitewall side is better, esp with the white top. Sure can tell that the Merc is a step up from the Ford for this year.
Did you move?
The white walls really make it this car stand out!
I'll bet if you opened the hood when it is pitch black at night. You would see the wires arcing a nice blue spark across the metal under the hood. I've seen that years ago when the wires get old.
Adam warned about cheap hose clamps on the fuel line near the carburetor. Another interesting UA-cam author had an engine fire on his vehicle due to a rubber fuel line failure in his engine compartment. So I would suggest cheap insurance on older beloved vehicles would be quality fuel lines with alcohol resistance.
A very nice Car 👍
I wish it was a 410 darn they are sweet!
Nice job, sometimes hack mechanics are the very reason I picked up an outstanding deal.
Wasn't this the model (2 dr hardtop)
McGarrett drove in the pilot episode?
Sure was, it was a rental car.
In the Pilot, McGarrett drove a black '67 Marquis 2 dr. But it was pointed out that cop cars have to be 4 doors, so in the first (and several more) seasons later, he has a black '68 Park Lane 4 dr. Later in '74, McGarrett gets an updated black '74 Marquis 4 dr. (Like one Adam has.)
@@rwg520 Both James MacArthur, and the gentleman that owns the real documented '68 said the 2dr was a rental car. They weren't sure the show would be "picked up".
Sorry, that's all I have to go on.
I bought a Maverick really cheap one time because it wouldn't run; the points rubbing block was just wore down. Reset the points and drove it to Florida and back.