Georgia Rescue! 1977 Ford LTD Coupe!
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Alright alright , settle down boys and girls of the internet. Here’s the video you’ve been asking for on my “little” LTD coupe. This was a Georgia native car and came with a package deal including a 69 F100. However the truck was sold real fast, but the Ltd just wasn’t ready to leave us and the more I looked at it the more I knew it needed some attention from me first. So here she is before anything begins. It’s a one owner car, the miles are accurate and boy does it run smooth-ish. Haha. Anyway, hope this tides you over for a bit until the work begins on it. Who knows maybe we can whip her back into shape and find her a nice loving home to go to. Thanks for watching !
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Man I could never work at a scrap yard...I'd bring everything home with me! Its always so cool to see all these old cars coming through your yard. Just boggles my mind what some people throw away.
I’m 18 years old and no many people my age like cars like These but I love them!!!!
This brings back memories! Dad had a '76 two door LTD in silver with blue cloth interior. It did not have the hide-away headlamps, and I think it had a landau roof, can't remember though. I remember the doors being so huge. It's demise was in the summer of '81 when my father and I went on a road trip to Dayton, OH to the air museum. Ford had the brilliant idea if running the fuel line over the distributor and it caught fire. We rented a Toyota Corolla for the drive home.
I love these old LTDs! I remember riding inside many of these as a child. I would repair that fender and give it a fresh paint job with a new top , put some new shoes on her and ride out! 👌🏾
They're beautiful cars
That truck will easily make the trip. Unlike electronic vehicles, it takes very little to keep it rocking
Definitely one to fix and keep! Built back when Ford wasn't afraid to build cars, like they are today. El Tee Dee for life! 🚢!
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I remember theses when they were new. Nice car, it deserves a sympathetic restoration
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I grew up living with my widowed grandmother. Her 'boyfriend,' had '77 LTD, cream yellow with a tan roof. I liked the new car smell while it lasted. I didn't consider it to be anything special...as it was very plain...power steering & brakes, A/C, AM/FM radio, front bench seat and that was it. Looking back now, I remember it as a quiet, stable highway cruiser, really comfortable. It's hard to find anything half so comfortable nowadays. Modern cars, unless you buy a SUV, make you feel you're sitting in a teacup.
Wow what a beautiful old ca. Love old 1970's sedans. Definitely worth restoring.
I love those old cars. They rode like your sitting on your living room couch, had good cold AC and you could steer it with your pinkie finger if you wanted to. I would take that one right now as she sits, minus the wasps, you could keep them..LOL
I had a 1971 LTD coupe with the last year 390 2V V-8 and its air was still working untouched at 20 years old and it was a very strong runner. My brother pulled his 26ft Cabin Cruiser about 8k lbs. no problem with it!
We had one of those brand new in '77. Had the 351w I believe. Ours was gold colored with the vinyl top but it didn't have the headlight covers. Back when I lived in Tennessee I used to get stung by those red wasps so often and got so used to it that eventually i just slapped them like mosquitos to kill 'em. They'd only raise a welt about the size of a mosquito bite and it'd be gone in a few hours. I finally set off bug bombs in the attic of that old house I lived in and that took care of the majority of 'em. I miss the "boulevard rdie" of those old land yachts. You could drive big cars all day long and feel just fine at the end of the day. Modern cars with their stiff suspensions will make ya feel like you've been beaten by the end of a day of driving.
I love the one headlight open and the other closed !!!!
Had the same car when i was 17 351 Cleveland 4bbl Rochester carb loved that car didnt love me though after 2 transmissions and alot of racing it ended in a junk yard thanx for the memories Man 🙂
Looks just like my ‘82 Grand marquis coupe I had. Drove it for four years before selling it.
I had a 77 Ford LTD Landau. Mine was a 4dr. Very quiet very smooth..but a gas hog. Maybe 10mpg downhill with the wind. Maybe 13-15 on the freeway. I bought it in '87. My LTD was very nice. It was yellow with a matching interior. Thanks for posting.
Georgia finds and Alabama finds are good because there are low weather conditions on vehicles
That love tap looks more like a whisky dent. Love to see it with the skirts on.
Back in the 80s our neighbor had the Mercury version, a 2 door Marquis with a 400-4V. That thing was a cushy beast. Hope someone rescues this LTD.
Wonder who is flying down. Is it visegrip garage ?
My uncle Loy bought one used in 1980 with 18k creamy yellow with caramel color top and interior, leather and 40 years later he still has it,, 83k on it now and been setting in a garage since '02 looks great still! He's 93 and has no interest to sell it I've tried, great car! Thanks for sharing Jay and as always "Howdy from Texas "😃
NICE!!!!!...I was just looking at 70s wagons an hour ago...it's beautiful car Yes...I would take this car over ANY new vehicle...Love it...Thanks again ☺️
Vice grip garage special👍
We had a tan/brown ‘78. Absolute gem!
I didn't even think you turned the key all the way over and yet it started right up!
The engine must have been warm. On these cars when the engine is cold you have to give it some gas before you turn the key.
It’s always been that way! You just bump the key and away it goes! On cold mornings you can press the pedal down once to set choke and that’s it. No more touching it !
Please restore her, this is American auto history at it's best. The original Landau cars also had wheel skirts on the back. That 400 v8 is a workhorse good engine,
That is a survivor. Potential restoration project!!!!
the working factory air conditioning, that's amazing
My parents brought me home from the hospital after I was born in a ‘77 LTD they bought new. Yellow 4 door car. That was April 1984. That car is probably long gone now.
Who knows, someone probably bought it from them and it could've became a derby car back when nobody cared about those cars.
I had a 76 with a 351m had a very nice ride hard to beat them.
This was the last car my Grandmother Davis had before she passed...............she had gone from 2 Falcon's a station wagon and a falcon ranchero to this all the buttons drove her nuts
I recently bought a 76 Immaculate body but it does have 119,000 miles on it. These cars are getting extremely rare and valuable a lot of them have gotten exported to Europe believe it or not. I hope you finally did restore this car it's a keeper that's for sure. No computer.
I had a 78 LTD landau. It was my first real car. I Loved that car. 400 2bl. It was beige with a tan interior and top. I miss it. It was one hell of a cruiser.
I believe they had the C6 and a 9" rear end.
I had a 78 2 door 351W red on red on red every thing was f****** red bought it when I was in high school it was a fun boat for sure
Awesome. When cars were made to last. Dig the Landau package. Definitely a restorable. (Note the Frigidaire/GM style compressor)
Nice restoration project
I learn to drive on a mercury grand marquis brougham kind like this one with the 460 that thing was a beast that was luxury athat time that thing fly on the highway and didn't feel like it.
Funny how most of us immediately thought of Visegrip Garage. I’ll be dipped!!
That is so deserving of a full restore Jay! Nice - nice car...... :-)
Pretty good condition LTD coupe
Sir love that classic car & I clean up & leave like it is rusted look 👌😉/ like the truck nice 👍
That thing would look good black 👌.
The Landau model was the top of the line LTD in 1977. I remember seeing one on the Showroom floor in the summer of 1977. The interior I remember being nicer as well as the woodgrain accents. These look more like the LTD Brougham, but it does say Landau. There must have been an upgrade for the interior. Also the hubcaps are pretty basic for a Landau. I usually saw them wearing fancy albums dish wheels with a center cap. It does look better without the rear fender skirts that most of the Landaus had. Suprised that Ford didn't upgrade the dome light for the top line cars. I guess the dome light with the dual map lights was still part of the light group or I think Ford called it Visability Group. Definitely worth saving and I love dove gray. So the car would be stunning with new paint.
That's a nice car. Love old cars. like a couch on wheels
Nice looking LTD. My parents had a 78 ltd station wagon same color. They got it brand new in 78 when I was born. Theirs had a 351. Wish theirs had AC was a hot ride going from Michigan to Maine every summer. About the only option it had was cruise control. They pulled a 28 foot camper with it. Try finding a car today that can do that. They traded it in for a brand new 85 fox body LTD. The station wagon had 78,000 miles on it when they traded it in.
My grandparents had a '78, 4 door. Felt like you were floating on air. Great roadtrip cars, if you can afford the gas!
I’ve enjoyed a few of your videos now. But after you called the wasps “friends”, I had to subscribe. I’m not afraid of anything except for whatever odd reason, spiders. I refer to them as “friends” as well. 😹😹. Beautiful LTD. wow. Reminds me of the powder blue 1977 Mercury Cougar station wagon that my mom bought in 1987. She and the car are no longer with us. But these leftover jems bring back good memories. Wish I’d been old enough then to have known to hold onto that cougar wagon.
My uncle Buck had one of those...
She’s a survivor. Definitely deserves a nice restoration.
That old R12 still blowing cold
Another beauty mate! Purring like a kitten 😍😃
I noticed one of the flip up headlight flaps is up even with the engine off and lights off.. that usually indicates a bad vacuum actuator. Under normal operation I believe the pump releases vac pressure on the line to allow the doors to raise up. When the lights are off the vacuum is increased closing the doors. And it should hold that pressure for a long while after shutdown. But if there is a leak you can actually turn the lights on then off quickly and the broken actuator will actually make the light look like it’s winking..
Guy buying that f100 sounds like vise grip garage or junkyard digs
I had forgotten Ford used GM (Frigidaire) AC compressors back then.
These are the kind of cars I like alot, when cars were built with quality, Liked
That's a sweet car.
As my dad would say, these are big boats,not cars lol love it👍😆...
I'm with you on those wasps - I was stung by 1 awhile back, and while I'm immune, it's still not any fun. I have no problem killing them or yellowjackets. Nice car - for a Ford.
these are my all time favorite land yachts, i just love the look of it so much. if i could find a 75-77 with a 460 that doesnt need too much work, that would be the dream
liquor cycle .............i like it
Reminds me of our 1975 white Ford LTD station wagon. It's why I love cars. The 400 cubic inch 4 barrel hauling that beast of a car up the foothills of upstate New York. Was awesome to a preteen myself.
The era of big understressed engines. A complete 180 to Ford of today with their ecobomb engines.
That car is just nicely broke in.
Hay this is Willie’s woodboogers garage I love the the Ford s
That's awesome, I have a 77 also but a 4 door. Has the same 400 also but she runs great and is my daily
Highway to Heaven
Unbelievable! There's one of these in my U Pull and Pay Here in Orlando Florida off of jet stream Boulevard. I just saw it yesterday and it's actually in mint condition somebody put it there for no reason. It's burnt orange with a brown interior and literally perfect.... found your fender!
That is a last of an era
I love it! I wanted one of those back in the day when they were really common, and especially more now. Yep, it's the C6, or as they called it at the time on the options list, the SelectShift Cruise-O-Matic.
yep c-6 with the 400 2barrell.
What a gem.
Yeah that definitely sounds like something Derek would do lol
Sounds like a vgg video or junkyard dogs for that pickup
Cool video Jay, thanks
I have a 77 Cadillac Seville I bought last year. Has 78k miles on it!
Great USA automotive history rite there son. Wish we could replicate that durability today. I know I am dreaming.
As much as I don’t want to ruin that car, I would daily drive it. I’m not sure how much longer that A/C will last, but I would hope somebody can make the best of it while it’s still on there. Now for the truck part, I can’t wait. That sounds like something I would do.
Looks pretty clean under the hood what a great find!
Beautiful beast!
Looks like the same LTD in movie Uncle Buck but silver. Lol
I would love to have this car
Would be a good weekend cruisei
I want that big old land yacht. It's got a lot of potential.
Nice car.
Jay Smart is the Dollar Store version of Doug Demuro LOL
Another beautiful behemoth.
Man she’s so quiet. I couldn’t even tell she was on. But what a beautiful car.
Amplass 333 nice!
Love that car
Oh this car is beautiful. Nice find.
My aunt used to own a '77 LTD Landau sedan when I was a kid. Felt like a budget Lincoln.
BRO ITS SO QUIET AND CLEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like it! Jay, it looks like a car out of a Barnaby Jones re-run. So roomy, and it runs well :)
Oh my!!! I have been watching "highway to heaven" a lot lately. Its a show from the late 80s with michael.landon and victor french....and THIS CAR. With a very similar love tap in every episode on the passenger side!! Check it out!!!! SOO COOL!!!
It must like you, it's winkin at ya!
Is Derek from Vice grip Garage who is going to come get that truck? Sure sounds like something he'd do
Vin E exactly what I was gunna say!
I thought the same thing lol
I'll bet any amount of money that it's him. It sure sounds like something he would do.
I thought that but he likes to buy cars that aren't running, then again he has another bumpside that he's fixing so maybe he will make one good truck.
look about like that 78 thunder chicken my dad had
This is legit my dream car I would Prefer4 door and brown from lighting
Nice Lebowski-style car
2V = 2 Venturi carburetor. (2 barrel carburetor) It had nothing to do with number of valves LOL. It was assumed that every engine on the road had 2 valves back then.
What an amazing find, Jay. Also, it sounds like Derek from Vice Grip Garage is going to pick up that truck. A guy just knows it it will be him dang it. Factree luxury land yacht Lol
Clean car for the year.