Continental Mark III - Lee Iacocca saw it as a Great Success
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Lee Iacocca considered Continental Mark III to be one of his most successful projects ever. A guy who launched The Mustang and brought the entire minivan segment to market considered the Continental Mark III to be one of his great successes? Yes he did. Today we look at this car and Why Mr. Iacocca saw it that way.
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Those are a good looking car
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I am the one, who does not like the look of the Continental Mark III and would prefer the Thunderbird of the same year instead. This vehicle looks like it should have a buffer and be on a railway instead of the road. Quite bizzare automobile, should say. * *sips tea* *
@@mirisch64 they are popular cars but I don’t think you are only one. Thank you for your comment and for watching.
@@TonysFordsandMustangs much appreciation!
My dream car,could never afford one "settled" for Thunderbirds..lol..sarcasm..Thunderbird's are never a settle :P
@teebird94 There is nothing wrong with settling with a Thunderbird because I'm a Thunderbird fan as well. I would love to have a 66 T-bird convertible like the one in Thelma and Louis. When it comes to the modern Birds, I loved the tenth generation model(1989-97) like my mother's 1995 T-Bird LX with the 4.6L V8.
2nd in beauty only to the Mark V. Well, I guess I have to throw in the gorgeous Mark II (1956) and the original entire Continental run from the 1940's. Nuff said.
The Mark III was also part of 70's pop culture as well. It was featured in two popular films from the 70's. It was the main villain's vehicle in The French Connection, and George Barris heavily modified a Mark III for the cult horror classic, The Car. The Mark III is a beautiful car.
The Mark III is my favorite luxury car ever . I've never owned one but when I see one I do stop and stare .
This is one of the most beautiful cars ever to grace the highway IMO! I remember seeing these as a kid and some neighbors down the street traded their '65 Continental for a '71 MKIII in tobacco brown with the high back seats - even as a 12 year old, I couldn't take my eyes off of it!
@@TomSnyder-gx5ru thanks for sharing!
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Beautiful cars ,always wanted my folks to buy one
My favorite is the Mark V with the Mark Vll a runner up. The Mark Vlll was sweet, too.
How about a Frank Cannon special with a Phone and gift certificate for Judo lessons and Wine tasting lessons and how to earn your Private investigators license all apart of the Continental Mark 3 Experience Bill Conrad would be proud
Always considered these magnificent. My favorites of the series are the Mark II, Mark III and Mark V. The interior of the Mark III really seems to be high quality.
Couldn't agree more! Thank for watching and for your comment.
It certainly was one of the iconic cars of the era!
Great video as always. Thanks Tony!
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the kinds words.
I love my Panthers, but one day I have to own one of these 70's beauties from either of the Ford brands!!! Great video👍👍
Thank you for the kind words!
Great video, my friend's father had a '70 back in the day in Green. Truly a beautiful car
@@jacobtonge5386 thank you and thanks for watching!
Beautiful car and great execution on the Thunderbird platform. Loved how the owner tossed the keys to the valet in the first clip. Cool country club move!
You have put together a great channel here for us Ford fans, looking forward to future content!
@@markchiz64 thank you very much for the kind words, for watching, and for your support!
$6700.00 in 1969 is the equivalent of $60000.00 today. I don't think you can buy an extremely high end luxury automobile for 60k today. I think we're getting screwed.
When these were first introduced, to say it was a head-turner would be an understatement! They were simply the most beautiful cars on the American highway! Back in the mid-seventies, I almost bought a gorgeous, one-owner '71, but I didn't...and I regret it to this day!
I am going to be honest. I prefer the Thunderbird from 1969 over the Mark III.
Thank you for the video. It was quite interesting. The information on how well it sold was quite good. This car had options indeed. I liked the Mark IV, Mark V, Mark VI and Mark VIII. I was not a fan of Mark VII because of its headlight design and it had too much Thunderbird and Cougar into it the styling and themes.. This Mark III was impressive inside and out.
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for your comment.
@@TonysFordsandMustangs You are most welcome.
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I did not know that these had A.B.S. Also I did not know about the crankshaft driven power steering pump. Interesting.
Neither did i until I dug into these cars. It's one of the reasons I enjoy making videos as I'm constantly learning. Thanks for watching!
Thank you! Thank you for presenting the car as it was intended, a Continental Mark-III. Nowhere on the car or anywhere is the word Lincoln attached to this car, which is the way Ford intended. I can't stand when someone calls it a Lincoln at the same time trying to educate people about this remarkable car.
@@mmartin2924 thank you for watching. It is appreciated!
Well, Tony, that gen Continental is a very successful and highly profitable car, but it shows everything that went wrong with American 70's PLCs and why both Lincoln and Cadillac lost "young crowd" market.
@@runoflife87 I’m not sure either ever had the young crowd. They were geared to the country club crowd. Thanks for your comment and for watching
An island two of them on Mark 7 also Mark 8
Owned two of them
Loved all the marks except for the mark 5