Fun fact: When my brother got married in 2009 they rented a stretch Blackwood limo. The driver was clearly very proud of the vehicle as he bragged there were only 2 or 3 Blackwoods ever converted to limos. After this video, I believe him and completely understand why.
and here i was thinking the craziest vehicle i’d ever heard of/seen getting stretched was this ‘98 forest green Volvo 980 limo that i see every so often here in central Suffolk County on Long Island!
Bro I was pretty excited about the Blackwood when it came out. Back when manufacturers aspired to take risks. Flop or not, it was a unique risk taken at the time. Something, not seen nearly as much nowadays.
Considering how fast Doug found a Blackwood owner to let him review it...I hope the Sultan of Brunei gets in touch with him soon to let him review his cars
This is the most honest pickup in the world. It knows its never meant to be used for actual labor, it's a pavement princess from day one. And I respect that a lot more than a lifted ram 1500.
I see a red one around my town (Springfield MA) every now and again. I thought it was strange from day one but the idea definitely lived on. Luxury trucks are all the rage. It’s like Panasonic 3DO ushered in the next generation video game systems but basically paved the way for PlayStation, XBox etc...
A lot of those bed features with the extra compartments and LED lighting are only just becoming a factory option more than 15 years after the blackwood was launched. I agree.
Even in this day and age where every pickup truck has luxury elements to them, the Blackwood wouldn't sell because it can't do anything that any other pickup truck can do, and it's RWD only
This is why I love these videos. He is so happy and excited and enthusiastic to review a car that really isn't even on anyone else's radar. This is not some corporation magazine making a car video. This is a guy who loves quirky cars having fun. And that's why it's great.
@@DougDeMuro sorry I’m just piggybacking on your quick reply, I’ve always wondered how quirky the luxury pre-war cars were. Have you ever reviewed one?
@@DougDeMuro Quick question, is this video th-cam.com/video/C1wNQtPcQUw/w-d-xo.html which is the 812 GTS, you showed a koenigsegg Gemera when you were talking about CARS AND BIDS, and I was surprised and was wondering if you would ever review it
Man, all the nostalgia with this one. I thought this truck was so cool when I was in high school because it seemed so different than anything else out there. I remember thinking "it's like a Navigator but a truck- amazing!" lol
I feel like it's because exotic supercars and hyper cars are all trying to achieve the same one goal: performance and style. And then what ends up happening is you more or less predict what the car will have before you even see in it. And then many of your predictions are right. However, these quirk failures can't be so easily predicted. Because all quirk cars include a manufacturer taking a risk into unknown territory, hoping they start a new fad. Many fail, some succeed. But because they all start with the idea of being the next new thing, it's almost always a surprise to see to what extent they go to bring that quirk experiment into reality.
in mexico you can get a business truck completely written off so people that owned whatever business would buy this because it was the most luxorious truck on the market during the time. so in tijuana youd see like 12 of these driving around lol. such a weird truck
That bed makes a lot of sense to me. I was on the market for a truck last year. I liked the Ram 1500 and ordered the cheapest one. With shortages making it impossible to get ANY truck from any brand, I started to look elsewhere. So my dealer had a very nice, brand new Ram 1500 Limited for way over what I wanted to spend. But since it was literally the only truck available, and again, it is VERY nice, I convinced myself that I would make it work. Fast forward a few months and I realized that having such a nice truck, while incredibly comfortable, changes your whole approach for the way you can want to use it. I didn't want to take it offroading in fear of scratching the chrome and nice wheels, and I was way over cautious of what I throw in the back in fear of denting anything. So the Blackwood's bed/trunk makes sense to me. It has a huge amount of usable trunk, so you can put a lot of stuff there. Probably golf clubs or nice luggage. And you get another work truck for work purposes. It does makes sense.
He’s double dipping on this truck of course he’s happy. He gets paid on the sale, advertises for his website and he got to review it for free in a video he gets paid to produce
This is the most natural Doug's ever been. He wasn't dry at all, he gushed like I would over an old land yacht. Keep up the enthusiasm! It makes your videos so much more watchable!
I saw one today in the parking lot of the local Publix in St Augustine Florida. It looked just like a 2002 Lincoln Blackwood with wide whitewall tires. I liked it when it came out and like it even more now. The gentleman who was driving it told me he'd owned it since new and it had 220,000 miles on the original 5L engine. They only built about 3400 of them and it's both a Lincoln and a usable pickup truck (as long as you don't expect it to function as an actual pickup truck). For someone who enjoys rare vehicles, doesn't want to help people move stuff and has a sense of humor, it's a perfect fit. If I can find one for less than $5k, it will be mine!
Quick history lesson: I have been into the auto sales for over 30 years. The Lincoln Pickup is now the Ford F-150 Platinum. Ford learned that it's customers did not want to go to two dealerships "Ford & Lincoln" to shop basically the same truck. Ford launched a luxury trim for it's trucks and SUV's in the 1980's called the Eddie Bauer trim. Some of us remember the rich kids having Eddie Bauer backpacks in school. Anyway, all of us laughed "including me" at the idea of a luxury trim truck. It turned out to be successful and most of us remember O.J. Simpsons white Eddie Bauer Bronco. GM took notice and started the Denali trim for it's SUV's. Ford then took it a step further with the King Ranch and Harley Davidson trims. Ford also went further with the Lincoln Blackwood but it was replaced with the Lincoln Mark LT. Ford realized that they were missing out on a lot of sales and learned that it would be more profitable to offer the Lincoln truck in a F-150 trim, so it became the Platinum. GM truck customers would come into the dealerships looking for luxury trim pickup truck so GM finally built a Denali pickup. Now, everyone including the Tundra and Titan offers a luxury trim pickup truck and the rest is history.
If someone breaks into the tonneau cover by using the key access port manual lever, and they have no key, that person is no regular thief. Also he deserves the truck, just give it to him. Blackwoods are and will always be an F-150 with a snobby attitude.
I remember these in 02, I bought a brand new 02 Chevy Silverado I payed 26k, this truck cost double! Also I still own this truck it has 117,000 miles, check engine light has never came on, has original alternator and belts, all ways garaged zero rust, stickers are still on the frame and still looks new but I’m finally gonna sell it and get a 2024 GMC Canyon AT4 4x4 ,, I love this new GMC, LOL I buy a new truck every 21 years!
yep considering that anything over 150 pounds in south Korea is heavy for men there (I live in South Korea lol) (edit: I think this is true with most other Asian countries lmao)
Imagine a trip to the autoparts store. Customer, "I need a trunk lid hinge motor for a Blackwood." Parts store Manager replies, "We could probably locate a cargo bay hinge for a 1980's space shuttle before that Lincoln part."
@@mrbojangles8133 I wonder what will be more rare and more valuable in the future....Van Gogh paintings or Lincoln Blackwood model specific parts?? The show would be like Hoovie sourcing Maybach parts from Lithuania.
People gotta remember this GPS is from the era when you would physically print out directions from MapQuest to get where you wanted to go. So, yea, this was great to get directions on the fly.
When i heard his rambling about the nav system I thought "dude this was the shit back then". The nav system in my 99 E46 was a monochrome display with arrows on it!
Mapquest fucking lies. That’s why no one today uses them. It’s like it randomly would put a pinpoint wherever it felt like. You were lucky if got you within the same block or two (forget which side of the street). Back in those dark ages, your outdated nonY2K compliant mapsco book was more reliable. You just needed to know the address. Look up the street on the index, pick the town, look up the page and grid number, and you were more or less on your way. No folding required.
@@matthewtuel2747 by that time other state cities were offered, but yes, the majority of cities had to figure out things the hard way. I recall a trip I made to CA in 2001, where on two separate occasions, I got out of my car, walked into a business, and physically talked to a human, asking them for directions. Such crazy times! All the pics I took on that trip had to be taken to a store, developed, picked up, paid for, and then scanned one by one. Such archaic chaos!
It’s rare even to find a good-condition, second-generation Blackwood. Nice one, Doug. Edit: My mistake. Second generation Blackwoods technically didn’t exist. They were known as Mark LTs.
2002 was my first year at Ford HQ. Here’s the unconfirmed internal story I was told re how the Blackwood was born. In those days, Ford had a multi-day program for its hundreds of annual new hires from every department (e.g., engineering, finance, IT, legal, etc.) called New Employee Orientation (NEO). A fun part of NEO (most of it was B-O-R-I-N-G) was breaking into small teams and designing a new vehicle (my teamed designed a Lincoln LS station wagon) and then giving a brief presentation about your creation to all of the other teams, NEO leaders, and at least one member of the Ford vehicle design team. According to our NEO leaders that year, the most famous moment in NEO history was when a random team stunned everyone-but especially the Ford vehicle design team-with the presentation of their brilliant idea for a special edition of Ford’s best-selling F-150 truck, which they called the “F-150 Harley-Davidson”. As the story was told to us, that random team of new employees from multiple departments were immediately rushed from the room and tasked with pitching their shocking why-had-no-one-thought of-this-before idea to a quickly-assembled group of Ford designers and executives. The Blackwood, we were told, was just the latest attempt by Ford (Lincoln) to further expand the market for its best-selling vehicle, the F-150, as inspired by that greatest moment in NEO history.
@@wronggg You don't have to understand it but considering how insanely well they sold, someone was right on the money there. Even with how well the F150 already sells, those things sold like ice water in the middle of a desert
@@imjoeking_ maybe the people who like Lincoln’s and wagons bought one because Lincoln didn’t make a wagon Should’ve clarified a little more if they made it like the cts-v’s wagon when that was made
I would love to be the detective to someone being kidnapped in a Lincoln Blackwood. "How are we doing on leads Detective? " "Well Captain there are only 6 registered in the United States so... yeah"
im not into trucks really, but now i really want this this. its a perfect mix between a car and a truck, even better than the el camino. i love the trunk bed, it seems like it would be perfect for camping too, throw a tarp over it while its open and you have a tent you can sit up in, with a clean carpet floor. you can also do some small electrical tweaks and additions and have a perfect camping spot.
The Blackwood always reminded me of that Schwarzenegger movie Twins: they were attempting to fuse the best qualities of an F-150 and Town Car, but ended up with Danny Devito
"We've done some market research: many people who own toilets also own washing machines. So, gentlemen, my team combined both those appliances! Why should we, the Whirlpool corporation, miss out on that market share those bastards at Kohler have been hogging for decades?"
Great video, although as a former SSR owner feeling a bit miffed on the trunk... The SSR took this to the next level as far as trunk carpeting and saddle bags. Fully carpeted trunk and carpet on the underside of the cover with logos and plastic fake-wood slits, tracks for accessories, grocery-getter style net, and best of all, saddle bags on either side that had a separate key to lock them. Totally stupid in most use cases but I think that rivals the Blackwood's Trunk for quirkiness.
@@falxonPSN I mean, the 5.4 32 valve InTech V8 is indeed quite reliable (unlike the 5.4 Triton) I have a navigator of the same era, and it's still a very good Daly driver.
I have to say, for the letters Blackwood not being spaced evenly across the tailgate they did an amazing job concealing that fact. It is really difficult to see where they made up that space (the letters in WOOD are spaced farther apart, but still smart to keep the syllables/words broken apart as BLACK WOOD).
The Blackwood is a glorified F-150 that I wanted as a kid for some reason. Its like an old $2 bill, unique and uncommon but not necessarily rare and potentially worth more than it should be to the right person.
-I have a pick up, its a BLACKWOOD actually. What do you need to move? --Just my fridge and a couple boxes of books -Sorry, too tall, too heavy and too dirty for my carpeted bed. --Can you at least take me and my parents to the new place? -Oh gosh, how do I say this without fatshaming you and your mom and dad... -Hello?
Reminds me of my old cord explorer sport trac. Great truck(kinda), it helped me start my landscaping company! Handled weight surprisingly well and I built a wood truckbed rack for our weed eaters, hedgers, and back back blowers. It was a fun little truck
The Flex was a great car. Tons of tech packed into the one I had. And it was quick with the EcoBoost! Very comfortable seats, decently roomy. Kind of miss mine. I wonder why it didn't sell better?
@Hi And Bye all these people buying a 4 door F-150, then put a hard cover over the bed, is literally no different (other then the payload).... Trucks have become a status symbol, and not the work horse they use to be.
In February of 2005 I was a junior in college in rural Michigan, and was walking through the off-campus apartment complex where I lived. I was a couple buildings away from mine, and and elderly man with no shirt on was outside and appeared to be in some distress. I felt that I couldn't ignore this man, as it was 25 degrees outside, and he was older, and had no shirt, so I stopped to ask him if he needed help. He said he did, and that there was an emergency in his apartment. Thinking his wife was having a stroke or some other awful thing was happening, I followed him into his building, and into his apartment. There he informed me that he needed a young man with a pretty face to help him don his cashmere sweater. It was then that I realized I had been duped. After offering me a drink at 10 in the morning, and a series of non-sensical rants about things I've long forgotten, I managed to leave and get to class. Several days later, I saw the man again, this time behind the wheel of a Lincoln Blackwood.
The flex is massively under rated, the cargo space in the room is awesome . I've easily put eight and 12 hour drives in it and it was always fine of course typical Ford they always seem to cheap out in the oddest places. Till this day I can always hear one start up in a parking lot and recognize it
@RxBST yikes... yeah I just did some research 10-15k for a CLEAN one with 100k miles. Thats gonna be a hard pass on that American made piece of junk. They will probably never sell at that price. Highest I would go is $7k
I owned one of these and loved it GMC Envoy SUV. You could put the bed roof back, and the slide the rear window to the bed down, and with sun roof open and all windows open it felt like a convertible. It also had a tent option for the back bed with matress that would turn some heads at campsites.
I LOVE my envoy XUV. It’s a weird truck, SUV, convertible, four wheel drive optional, good gas mileage, very reliable, nice leather interior with heated seats and such kinds vehicle.
I can’t believe he didn’t mention the AUX / USB port in between the cupholders in the rear. My brother had a Blackwood and he would always connect his iPod or thumb drive to it and listen to music. You can see it at 25:40 above the rear power point. Definitely ahead of its time
“Ah yes, softer, softer, softer, what an wonderful thing to program the female voice in the navigation system to say. Lincoln really knew how to class it up” 😂 😂 😂
I was a car salesman in 04-05, at a Ford dealership in southwest Colorado. We had one on the lot, for awhile, a long while. In a meeting one day, I accidentally referred to it as the "Lincoln Blackmark". It was management that laughed the hardest. From then on, it was hard not to call it that , even while overwhelmed with black wood, everywhere.
@@doggedlydetermined7022 a blackwood is just a fancy f 150 and most people can tell just by looking even non car people know its just a f150 with some cheap lipstick....
I think it would sell in today's market. People are paying south of 100k for massive trucks and they never haul anything or go off road. This truck was ahead of its time.
Tbh. Lincoln was actively ahead of their time with this truck. More and more people buy trucks in the luxury trims now a days vs 20 years ago when this came out. and a lot of them never use em for real hard work. This thing may actually be a hit if it was reintroduced into the market today.
I came across market research that showed a lot of families are now buying full-sized pickups like the F-150 as the family car. Like instead of a minivan or a SUV. So having luxury trims makes a lot of sense. And I agree, the Blackwood deserves credit for being ahead of its time, basically being the proof of concept that a luxury truck can be a thing.
Simply giving it the F150's 4x4 system would have improved its fate dramatically I think, but I also think Ford launched this too late... By 2002 the Navigator was in its last year and had already been on the market since '98, and this still had that model's front clip and interior.
I think as a big picture concept to make something for people who make a lot of money but need/want a pickup truck still they had a golden idea, but this is like literally the worst way they could have executed it lmao
@@dennied7826 I think that non-removable tonneau cover, along with the carpeted and stainless steel-trimmed bed, was part of the whole concept of the Blackwood, so not sure how much removing any of those novelties would have helped or hurt sales (although a fixed manual tonneau cover would likely have been fine by "luxury pickup" consumers back in 2002), but not offering 4x4 certainly hurt them.
I've only seen two of those. One was being used by a funeral home as their "flower car" and the other was in daily use by a lawn care company that catered to high end, gated communities. Both trucks were apparently in excellent condition the last time I saw them (both in Maryland) in late 2018. I should also point out that over the years I have seen far more of the Caddy pickups still in use even today often as daily drivers. Of course I can say the same for the Chevy versions for that matter.
I know that there were luxury SUVs that predated the Navigator, but it's worth remembering that at this point, it was only 5 years old. Prior to that, SUVs were an extension of the truck category. They just weren't luxurious. And most people in the 90s hasn't started thinking about that possibility a great deal. And now what do I own? A Lincoln SUV that's based on a car.
Shortly after I watched this video the first time a couple months ago, I actually saw one of these in the town over! Just sitting in the driveway, of a house just outside city limits. I believe it’s still there. Felt weird seeing such a rare car so close to where I live.
The horrible misfires from american automakers in the 2000s is exactly why the 2000s are such a fond memory of life. Everything about that decade was ridiculous, yet memorable. Yeah the 2010s gave rise to some amazing cars, But the 2000s just had an energy over all that the 2010s just never was able to carry on.
@@chooseymomschoose What's different? They're still financing people they shouldn't be, just for much longer periods of time. 2021/2022 meet 2008/2009. There were 7 million Americans, 3 months delinquent on their car payment in Q4 of 2018. Americans had $1.3 trillion in auto loan debt in 2019. The economy was booming in 2018 and 2019, and unemployment was historically low. Nothing changes if nothing changes.
I saw one of these for the first time a few years ago at work. The gentleman that owned it said he enjoyed it, but like Doug said, he wouldn't have bought it new. His main issue was also as Doug said being the impractical bed. Over all, the gentleman loved it as he bought it used, and said it was fun to drive around on weekends.
@@CRAPO2011 low production doesn't always turn into value could very well turn into a cult classic but it just really doesn't have much of a following and is extremely niche but we will see
Back in 2006 I was in the market for a truck..I almost bought a Blackwood. Test drove one. I wound up buying a new Silverado instead. This truck was just way ahead of its time.
Wait a minute... was this a used Blackwood that you almost bought? Because the Blackwood was only made for the 2002 model year. Are you sure this wasn't actually a then-new 2006 Lincoln MARK LT that you test drove? Anyway, what made you choose a Chevy Silverado instead of the GMC Sierra? Starting with the 1999 model year, the Silverado and Sierra were no longer completely identical (but there really was NO difference between the 1988 to 1998 CK/Silverado and Sierra except for the Sierra not having the Chevy chrome bar on the grill... and in fact both Chevy and GMC made a Suburban in those days!) but I must say I think of Chevy trucks as always having been a step down from GMC trucks, and I never really understood why Chevy trucks needed to exist at all because GMC exists!
I worked for a Lincoln mercury dealership parts department when this truck came out. I was a delivery driver. I thought it was weird that we started using these as parts delivery trucks the same year they came out. Now I know why lol
Did I make a 34-minute video on the Lincoln Blackwood? I did.
I have no regrets.
Nice.
Doug is the type of guy to find James May interesting.
Love ya Doug 🙏🏼
Yay
Wait...how did ya comment this a day ago...am I blind, or does it not say that
Fun fact: When my brother got married in 2009 they rented a stretch Blackwood limo. The driver was clearly very proud of the vehicle as he bragged there were only 2 or 3 Blackwoods ever converted to limos. After this video, I believe him and completely understand why.
Cool story bro
@@elonmusk6541 are you related to the Ohio Mondragons? Don't come across that name often.
I always hated the Lincoln Truck 😆 i always thought it looked stupid. Please stick the rivers and lakes your use to Lincoln 🙏
@@rontam06 howd you get that lyric so wrong? lol. its "please stick TO the rivers and the lakes THAT youR'E useD to"
and here i was thinking the craziest vehicle i’d ever heard of/seen getting stretched was this ‘98 forest green Volvo 980 limo that i see every so often here in central Suffolk County on Long Island!
I think Doug is the only person in the world that can make people more excited about a Lincoln Blackwood than a Bugatti Divo
I mean Bugatti is cool and all but Blackwood is the real MVP
@@DyslexicMitochondria hey brooo i watch your videos. Nice to see you here
Bro I was pretty excited about the Blackwood when it came out.
Back when manufacturers aspired to take risks. Flop or not, it was a unique risk taken at the time. Something, not seen nearly as much nowadays.
@@epicstuff7522 hii haha
Speak for yourself I've seen at least 5 Bugattis and there cool. But I was way more excited when I saw a blackwood
Considering how fast Doug found a Blackwood owner to let him review it...I hope the Sultan of Brunei gets in touch with him soon to let him review his cars
As you have mentioned Sultan of Brunei the front of this Lincoln Blackwood looks like Bentley SUV of Sultan of Brunei 😎
"Top 10 references only true Doug fans will understand"
@@Cubemaster fax
@Rita - F**UĆК МЕ ! can you get the fuck out of a car channel go to only fans 🙄
I highly doubt that would happen, but we can always hope.
This is the most honest pickup in the world. It knows its never meant to be used for actual labor, it's a pavement princess from day one. And I respect that a lot more than a lifted ram 1500.
I bought my 5th gen Ram 1500 and instantly knew it wasn't a truck.
I argue that it was 10 years too early. it would sell now if they put something like this out now.
@@LK-yz9cj it really might have been marketed to the wrong generation because I love this little truck.
@@B.V.Luminous public taste changes with time aswell.
This is a Ghetto Colorado
Can't believe he found one so fast after making that video
I have a feeling the owner saw the video.
Yesss
That’s what I was thinking
@@DyslexicMitochondria “cars I most want to review” or something like that it’s on More Doug
Now I'm waiting for the CLK GTR
There is a man that lives a couple of blocks from me that has owned a blackwood my entire 21 years of life and it never leaves his driveway.
There's someone in my area that owns one, I see it driving around from time to time
Lincoln's second pickup truck attempt is a little less rare
That mean that they’re either dead inside the house or people deliver their stuff and they never leave
@@servers5717 The trunk might have broken and they could have died in there and when people look around no one knows how to open it .
My friends dad has one that never leaves the driveway. His garage is full of promotional material for it.
I see a red one around my town (Springfield MA) every now and again. I thought it was strange from day one but the idea definitely lived on. Luxury trucks are all the rage. It’s like Panasonic 3DO ushered in the next generation video game systems but basically paved the way for PlayStation, XBox etc...
I was half expecting him to say "but this isn't just any Lincoln Blackwood.. This is MY Lincoln Blackwood."
🤣💯
I absolutely was
Lol thank God he didn't 😁
you can be sure he will place at least a lowball bid on this thing. :D
"'Softer, softer, softer.' What a wonderful thing to program the female voice in the navigation system to say, Lincoln."
Had me in stitches 😂😭
Louder! Softer, softer. Louder! Louder!
@Darkphoton I like your thought process!
🔥🤤🤣🤣🤣🔥
I see where they going with this!
An expensive luxury truck that will never see anything dirtier than a parking lot?
This thing wasn't a failure, it was just too ahead of its time.
Lol I do that with my Tacoma 😂 it’s not a luxury truck, but it’s a truck and it’s always seen pavement it’s whole life 😂
95% of the super duty trucks these days.
A lot of those bed features with the extra compartments and LED lighting are only just becoming a factory option more than 15 years after the blackwood was launched. I agree.
100% agree! Something like it but more modern would probably sell great today!
Even in this day and age where every pickup truck has luxury elements to them, the Blackwood wouldn't sell because it can't do anything that any other pickup truck can do, and it's RWD only
This is why I love these videos. He is so happy and excited and enthusiastic to review a car that really isn't even on anyone else's radar. This is not some corporation magazine making a car video. This is a guy who loves quirky cars having fun. And that's why it's great.
:) Thank you!
This is why Doug DeMuro is my favorite TH-camr! 😄
@@DougDeMuro sorry I’m just piggybacking on your quick reply, I’ve always wondered how quirky the luxury pre-war cars were. Have you ever reviewed one?
@@DougDeMuro Quick question, is this video th-cam.com/video/C1wNQtPcQUw/w-d-xo.html which is the 812 GTS, you showed a koenigsegg Gemera when you were talking about CARS AND BIDS, and I was surprised and was wondering if you would ever review it
@@austinpeterson4898 he did a vid on why he doesn’t review classic cars
Man, all the nostalgia with this one. I thought this truck was so cool when I was in high school because it seemed so different than anything else out there. I remember thinking "it's like a Navigator but a truck- amazing!"
lol
These automotive failures are more interesting videos to watch than Doug's reviews of garage queen exotics.
Absolutely. It's one reason he has 4 million subscribers.
Facts
Agree I only watch the ones with weird cars
LITERALLY
I feel like it's because exotic supercars and hyper cars are all trying to achieve the same one goal: performance and style. And then what ends up happening is you more or less predict what the car will have before you even see in it. And then many of your predictions are right.
However, these quirk failures can't be so easily predicted. Because all quirk cars include a manufacturer taking a risk into unknown territory, hoping they start a new fad. Many fail, some succeed. But because they all start with the idea of being the next new thing, it's almost always a surprise to see to what extent they go to bring that quirk experiment into reality.
Cars and Bids: sells a Mclaren
Doug: -_-
Cars and Bids: Sells a Blackwood
Doug: 0_0
i sleep
I W O K E
HN
It's because the mclaren is just a normal car
The Blackwood is a nice truck...I own one
@@kevinmontoya7318 You're right. Basically as common on the roads as a Camry.
Well here we are not even three months into the year, and this will be Doug’s quirkiest car of the year for the Dougie‘s
haha precisely
lol
GB
in mexico you can get a business truck completely written off so people that owned whatever business would buy this because it was the most luxorious truck on the market during the time. so in tijuana youd see like 12 of these driving around lol. such a weird truck
I thought you were AR12 gaming for a sec lol
That bed makes a lot of sense to me.
I was on the market for a truck last year. I liked the Ram 1500 and ordered the cheapest one. With shortages making it impossible to get ANY truck from any brand, I started to look elsewhere. So my dealer had a very nice, brand new Ram 1500 Limited for way over what I wanted to spend. But since it was literally the only truck available, and again, it is VERY nice, I convinced myself that I would make it work. Fast forward a few months and I realized that having such a nice truck, while incredibly comfortable, changes your whole approach for the way you can want to use it. I didn't want to take it offroading in fear of scratching the chrome and nice wheels, and I was way over cautious of what I throw in the back in fear of denting anything.
So the Blackwood's bed/trunk makes sense to me. It has a huge amount of usable trunk, so you can put a lot of stuff there. Probably golf clubs or nice luggage. And you get another work truck for work purposes. It does makes sense.
2 and a half minutes into the video and this is officially the happiest version of Doug I’ve ever seen on his channel.
@LRavioli His meds need a little adjustment.
Definetly more happy then the H2
This rivals the time he reviewed the Unimog.
Because he's gay and "blackwood" excites him
He’s double dipping on this truck of course he’s happy. He gets paid on the sale, advertises for his website and he got to review it for free in a video he gets paid to produce
This is the most natural Doug's ever been. He wasn't dry at all, he gushed like I would over an old land yacht. Keep up the enthusiasm! It makes your videos so much more watchable!
To be fair to Dougie D, 4 million subscribers means his videos were already quite watchable
He did mention wanting to review one of these in a More Doug video. Justifiable hype if you ask me
I’m sorry no one can be excited about a 2022 Pilot.
You never know ^^
I second this.
Doug literally sheds a tear at such a rare occasion. This man’s passion is the stuff of legend
yeah his ability to feel passion makes me feel jealousy and hatred
@@dr.coomer789 lol
@@Necrocancerr ikr I see this always happen. Guess no one took it as a joke
I saw one today in the parking lot of the local Publix in St Augustine Florida. It looked just like a 2002 Lincoln Blackwood with wide whitewall tires. I liked it when it came out and like it even more now. The gentleman who was driving it told me he'd owned it since new and it had 220,000 miles on the original 5L engine. They only built about 3400 of them and it's both a Lincoln and a usable pickup truck (as long as you don't expect it to function as an actual pickup truck). For someone who enjoys rare vehicles, doesn't want to help people move stuff and has a sense of humor, it's a perfect fit. If I can find one for less than $5k, it will be mine!
“I want to review a Lincoln Blackwood” a week later....manifesting a Bentley dominator
Lol
classic doug
Quick history lesson: I have been into the auto sales for over 30 years. The Lincoln Pickup is now the Ford F-150 Platinum. Ford learned that it's customers did not want to go to two dealerships "Ford & Lincoln" to shop basically the same truck. Ford launched a luxury trim for it's trucks and SUV's in the 1980's called the Eddie Bauer trim. Some of us remember the rich kids having Eddie Bauer backpacks in school. Anyway, all of us laughed "including me" at the idea of a luxury trim truck. It turned out to be successful and most of us remember O.J. Simpsons white Eddie Bauer Bronco. GM took notice and started the Denali trim for it's SUV's. Ford then took it a step further with the King Ranch and Harley Davidson trims. Ford also went further with the Lincoln Blackwood but it was replaced with the Lincoln Mark LT. Ford realized that they were missing out on a lot of sales and learned that it would be more profitable to offer the Lincoln truck in a F-150 trim, so it became the Platinum. GM truck customers would come into the dealerships looking for luxury trim pickup truck so GM finally built a Denali pickup. Now, everyone including the Tundra and Titan offers a luxury trim pickup truck and the rest is history.
We had a 2005 Excursion Eddie Bauer and it was a solid road trip vehicle.
Awesome history lesson. Thanks!
Thank you for this! Makes a lot of sense honestly
Great insight man!
OJ’s Bronco was an XLT. Eddie Bauers were two toned
10:30 "Dammit, Doug, don't teach them how to break into the trunk-bed too!!!" -all 37 Blackwood owners
🤣🤣
Yeah you need the key, so, yeah. There’s that
If someone breaks into the tonneau cover by using the key access port manual lever, and they have no key, that person is no regular thief. Also he deserves the truck, just give it to him. Blackwoods are and will always be an F-150 with a snobby attitude.
I remember these in 02, I bought a brand new 02 Chevy Silverado I payed 26k, this truck cost double! Also I still own this truck it has 117,000 miles, check engine light has never came on, has original alternator and belts, all ways garaged zero rust, stickers are still on the frame and still looks new but I’m finally gonna sell it and get a 2024 GMC Canyon AT4 4x4 ,, I love this new GMC, LOL I buy a new truck every 21 years!
11:35 “4 adults, all about 225 pounds”
That is the most American statement Doug has ever said
yep considering that anything over 150 pounds in south Korea is heavy for men there (I live in South Korea lol) (edit: I think this is true with most other Asian countries lmao)
He left out enough room for school shooters & Cheeseburgers.
@@eugene44569 150-185 pounds is average here in Switzerland.
@@eugene44569 Asian people are generally smaller. Average weight for a 6 foot tall American male is 180
th-cam.com/video/pq-Qs-n6Vek/w-d-xo.html :)
Imagine a trip to the autoparts store. Customer, "I need a trunk lid hinge motor for a Blackwood." Parts store Manager replies, "We could probably locate a cargo bay hinge for a 1980's space shuttle before that Lincoln part."
😂😂😂😂
hmm could be an interesting idea for a show
someone would watch it surely
@@mrbojangles8133 I wonder what will be more rare and more valuable in the future....Van Gogh paintings or Lincoln Blackwood model specific parts?? The show would be like Hoovie sourcing Maybach parts from Lithuania.
Yep can confirm, work at advanced, doesn't even come up on our catalogue
@@danteinouye6098😭😭😭
I think Doug made this video for himself instead of all of us. He seems almost giddy throughout the entire video.
He's usually like this is super weird cars that nobody really cares about
Naturally. It was on his top cars he wanted to review
@@Codeman785 and thats why we love him
@@samuelorellana2603 it was near the top of the list on the cars I wanted Doug to review lol
I'm ok with that, I'll take a quirky failure over a supercar any day.
Doug is so animated in this one for finally reviewing one off of his top list. He is like a kid on Christmas morning.
"Louder, louder, louder, softer, softer, softer..." I nearly spit my drink.
That was the best part lol
Sounded sexual lmao
Just as well it didn't have electronically adjustable dampers.
People gotta remember this GPS is from the era when you would physically print out directions from MapQuest to get where you wanted to go. So, yea, this was great to get directions on the fly.
When i heard his rambling about the nav system I thought "dude this was the shit back then". The nav system in my 99 E46 was a monochrome display with arrows on it!
Mapquest fucking lies. That’s why no one today uses them. It’s like it randomly would put a pinpoint wherever it felt like. You were lucky if got you within the same block or two (forget which side of the street). Back in those dark ages, your outdated nonY2K compliant mapsco book was more reliable. You just needed to know the address. Look up the street on the index, pick the town, look up the page and grid number, and you were more or less on your way. No folding required.
@@UmmYeahOk a lot of guys on "To Catch A Preditor" relied on map quest.
@@UmmYeahOk Except Mapsco was only published in Texas, so everyone outside of TX still relied on road maps or Mapquest.
@@matthewtuel2747 by that time other state cities were offered, but yes, the majority of cities had to figure out things the hard way. I recall a trip I made to CA in 2001, where on two separate occasions, I got out of my car, walked into a business, and physically talked to a human, asking them for directions. Such crazy times! All the pics I took on that trip had to be taken to a store, developed, picked up, paid for, and then scanned one by one. Such archaic chaos!
Doug, the type of guy to downplay a Lincoln Blackwood so no one outbids him on Cars and Bids.
lol
It’s rare even to find a good-condition, second-generation Blackwood. Nice one, Doug.
Edit: My mistake. Second generation Blackwoods technically didn’t exist. They were known as Mark LTs.
I like how you spent more time talking about a Lincoln Blackwood than a Koenigsegg
Definitely worth it.
Which would you rather keep saying lol
Growing up in Vegas seen these trucks a lot he should just go there he could find one lol
More affordable
His heart couldn't take the stress of being in proximity of the extreme mess had to cut that one short
The Blackwood is like a rolling mullet; All Lincoln up front and a Chris-Craft out back!
Possibly the best metaphor on the internet.
Nice
All i see behind the wheel is a rich executive with effervescent shades rockin a mullet.
The cargo gets more luxury than the passengers lol!
Lol yeah
Fax
Nothing says "douchebag" like buying a pickup when you're never gonna haul anything!
Love the video!
Dude, that is offensive. A douchebag is also something that women use to take contraceptives. I could think of a million uses for this truck.
Sure, it can mean an annoying person, but that's the other meaning.
Ita actually stronger than an f150
@@bradleycadreact6848 you say other meaning like 99% of times it's not used as an insult
Like most trucks now days lol.
This is like putting an '02 F-150 in a tuxedo t-shirt
And we all know how cool and awesome those tuxedo shirts are 😂
Makes it look just that little bit better than the ugly beast that is the '02 F150
@@avengedsoul6661 Pair it with a fedora for maximum coolness.
A lazier f150
Don’t threaten me with a good time
2002 was my first year at Ford HQ. Here’s the unconfirmed internal story I was told re how the Blackwood was born. In those days, Ford had a multi-day program for its hundreds of annual new hires from every department (e.g., engineering, finance, IT, legal, etc.) called New Employee Orientation (NEO). A fun part of NEO (most of it was B-O-R-I-N-G) was breaking into small teams and designing a new vehicle (my teamed designed a Lincoln LS station wagon) and then giving a brief presentation about your creation to all of the other teams, NEO leaders, and at least one member of the Ford vehicle design team. According to our NEO leaders that year, the most famous moment in NEO history was when a random team stunned everyone-but especially the Ford vehicle design team-with the presentation of their brilliant idea for a special edition of Ford’s best-selling F-150 truck, which they called the “F-150 Harley-Davidson”. As the story was told to us, that random team of new employees from multiple departments were immediately rushed from the room and tasked with pitching their shocking why-had-no-one-thought of-this-before idea to a quickly-assembled group of Ford designers and executives. The Blackwood, we were told, was just the latest attempt by Ford (Lincoln) to further expand the market for its best-selling vehicle, the F-150, as inspired by that greatest moment in NEO history.
How was a branding deal with a motorcycle company considered mind blowingly genius?
@@wronggg You don't have to understand it but considering how insanely well they sold, someone was right on the money there. Even with how well the F150 already sells, those things sold like ice water in the middle of a desert
The LS wagon would’ve been a good idea, I bet they would’ve sold pretty good always liked the way the Lincoln LS looked
@@charlie1832 how tf would a niche body style on an already flop of a car sell anything lmao
@@imjoeking_ maybe the people who like Lincoln’s and wagons bought one because Lincoln didn’t make a wagon
Should’ve clarified a little more if they made it like the cts-v’s wagon when that was made
I would love to be the detective to someone being kidnapped in a Lincoln Blackwood. "How are we doing on leads Detective? "
"Well Captain there are only 6 registered in the United States so... yeah"
im not into trucks really, but now i really want this this. its a perfect mix between a car and a truck, even better than the el camino. i love the trunk bed, it seems like it would be perfect for camping too, throw a tarp over it while its open and you have a tent you can sit up in, with a clean carpet floor. you can also do some small electrical tweaks and additions and have a perfect camping spot.
He finally did it, he found a blackwood worthy of his review standards
I think Doug is the only person in the world that can make people be more excited for a lincoln black wood than a koenigsegg
man uses a yahoo account... pretty quirky. A perfect fit for the lincoln
The Blackwood always reminded me of that Schwarzenegger movie Twins: they were attempting to fuse the best qualities of an F-150 and Town Car, but ended up with Danny Devito
"We've done some market research: many people who own toilets also own washing machines. So, gentlemen, my team combined both those appliances! Why should we, the Whirlpool corporation, miss out on that market share those bastards at Kohler have been hogging for decades?"
And the result ended up in Europe as van called Vito…Mercedes Vito…produced in Spain...
lol
Great video, although as a former SSR owner feeling a bit miffed on the trunk... The SSR took this to the next level as far as trunk carpeting and saddle bags. Fully carpeted trunk and carpet on the underside of the cover with logos and plastic fake-wood slits, tracks for accessories, grocery-getter style net, and best of all, saddle bags on either side that had a separate key to lock them. Totally stupid in most use cases but I think that rivals the Blackwood's Trunk for quirkiness.
The manager of my local Burger King owns one these. It's crazy to just see it sitting there every day like it's a normal vehicle.
Does he daily drive it then?
He made it
@@falxonPSN I mean, the 5.4 32 valve InTech V8 is indeed quite reliable (unlike the 5.4 Triton)
I have a navigator of the same era, and it's still a very good Daly driver.
My neighbor also owns one of these, i always thought that they're common, like an old version of the Mark LT.
@@ixcutamp8059 5.4 is very reliable
"Mom can we have Escalade?"
Mom: "We have Escalade at home"
Escalade at home:
LOL
More like Navigator but pickup :D
LMFAOOO
😂😂
Poor Escalade
Doug's the type of guy to buy a Lincoln Blackwood on his own Auctioning Site
If it isn’t meeting reserve he will.
@@DTPVH I think he sais he doesnt bid on cars with a reserve because its not really fair
I love how genuinely excited Doug gets about different vehicles. It really makes my day. He definitely has a dream job.
I have to say, for the letters Blackwood not being spaced evenly across the tailgate they did an amazing job concealing that fact. It is really difficult to see where they made up that space (the letters in WOOD are spaced farther apart, but still smart to keep the syllables/words broken apart as BLACK WOOD).
Agreed
Hahahaha I was thinking the same thing
The Blackwood is a glorified F-150 that I wanted as a kid for some reason. Its like an old $2 bill, unique and uncommon but not necessarily rare and potentially worth more than it should be to the right person.
Not an f150 with its weak payload limit
@@mannypvd2296
Well, it was directly based on the F-150, the low payload being because of all the garbage added on.
@@mannypvd2296 it was supposed to be a luxury version of the ranger, the f-150 was the Mark LT
I was gonna say the Blackwood is a Ranger, the Mk LT is the F-150
And the Cadillac Escalade is an over glorified Chevrolet Tahoe.
-I have a pick up, its a BLACKWOOD actually. What do you need to move?
--Just my fridge and a couple boxes of books
-Sorry, too tall, too heavy and too dirty for my carpeted bed.
--Can you at least take me and my parents to the new place?
-Oh gosh, how do I say this without fatshaming you and your mom and dad...
-Hello?
Good one :)
For the person who wants to drive a pickup truck without having to help people with their shit. Perfect!
Reminds me of my old cord explorer sport trac. Great truck(kinda), it helped me start my landscaping company! Handled weight surprisingly well and I built a wood truckbed rack for our weed eaters, hedgers, and back back blowers. It was a fun little truck
Ford Engineer: “Unless you’ve dealt with early 2000s Ford executives, you are in no position to judge me.”
Please tell me this is an actual quote
No matter if it's a real quote this is so much truth. Early 2000 Ford was a really bonkers company...
Was an engineer at that time. Can confirm.
Fire alarm: “this is not a warning, please find your nearest exit.”
Doug “BEFORE you do that, let me tell you about CARS AND BIDS”
This is the type of videos that I subscribed for. A quirky real old car and not a boring press car pretending to be quirky.
I love how this is a 30 minute video roasting the Blackwood and lincoln 😂😂
My 1990 Town Car was way nicer than this fkd over 02 Taurus F150. This thing was a horribly conceived abomination. Great idea, HORRIBLE execution.
5:02 the first active spoiler on a pickup. this truck is next level
funniest comment on this video
I was trying so hard not to laugh when the voice said "softer" 10 times.
I had that playing in my work on the Bluetooth speaker.
Sounded like the star trek computer voice was glitching..
Harder harder harder
Harder, harder, harder . . .
Well, try softer then hahahaha
Lincoln was ahead of its time. They designed a pickup bed you could store your mother in law with comfort and style
Hmmm carro chefe?
I’m dying about how excited Doug is about this truck. Also how he said the Flex was a bad idea haha it’s a great car
@@Whocareslol420 and with the later 3.5 EcoBoost, they flew!!
I always kind of liked the way the Ford Flex looked lol. I think the titanium 2 way colour is pretty sweet.....
Flex isn't that good. I have to work on those all the time.
The Flex was a great car. Tons of tech packed into the one I had. And it was quick with the EcoBoost! Very comfortable seats, decently roomy. Kind of miss mine. I wonder why it didn't sell better?
@@joshuareed3999 I see them EVERYWHERE. I think they sold well
So it's a truck that can't do truck things, lol!
@Hi And Bye all these people buying a 4 door F-150, then put a hard cover over the bed, is literally no different (other then the payload).... Trucks have become a status symbol, and not the work horse they use to be.
Kind of like crossovers that are bad at everything they try to do, especially look good.
Chevy SSR
@@JustJay1281 Yeah but those can come off pretty easily.
Wrong it can tow just fine.
"Lincoln Blackwood" is what I went by back when I was doing film
That’s what your sister use to call me
Scotty secretly LOVES Chryslers I think you mean *used* to
"film"
In February of 2005 I was a junior in college in rural Michigan, and was walking through the off-campus apartment complex where I lived. I was a couple buildings away from mine, and and elderly man with no shirt on was outside and appeared to be in some distress. I felt that I couldn't ignore this man, as it was 25 degrees outside, and he was older, and had no shirt, so I stopped to ask him if he needed help. He said he did, and that there was an emergency in his apartment. Thinking his wife was having a stroke or some other awful thing was happening, I followed him into his building, and into his apartment. There he informed me that he needed a young man with a pretty face to help him don his cashmere sweater. It was then that I realized I had been duped. After offering me a drink at 10 in the morning, and a series of non-sensical rants about things I've long forgotten, I managed to leave and get to class. Several days later, I saw the man again, this time behind the wheel of a Lincoln Blackwood.
Hey man, I was in a bad place back then. Now buy my truck and burn it to the ground... y'know, for closure or whatever. 🤣
This didn’t happen so much it un-happened some of the things it did.
go post that on the cars and bids auction post
Quality comment
@@urgetodrive what did driving the Blackwood daily if you ever did feel like
Hey now, the Flex is awesome!
The Ford Flex is a beautiful car and nothing anyone says can convince me otherwise.
The flex is massively under rated, the cargo space in the room is awesome . I've easily put eight and 12 hour drives in it and it was always fine of course typical Ford they always seem to cheap out in the oddest places. Till this day I can always hear one start up in a parking lot and recognize it
He's more exited to review a $3k car than anything on this channel so far
Cool to see this happened so fast tho :)
Tells you about the real love he has for cars!
His best reviews are for quirky/cheap/old cars
@RxBST The ones i see are all worn out. $3k OBO
@RxBST yikes... yeah I just did some research 10-15k for a CLEAN one with 100k miles. Thats gonna be a hard pass on that American made piece of junk. They will probably never sell at that price. Highest I would go is $7k
3k??? These things are worth like 15-30k... they held their value due to rarity and quirky
I feel like the main reason Doug made CarsAndBids is so he can find more fun cars to review and I love it
Right. He saw a blackwood in Carlsbad and told himself "don't mind if I do"
early 2000 auto critics: "nobody wants to buy an $80,000 ford"
2021 ford: "hold my beer"
$80K in 2000 is like $110K now.
@@miketheyunggod2534 I know, I adjusted the joke for inflation!!!
@@miketheyunggod2534 a new limited super duty goes for that today and people buy them
@@clarkkastory2660 yeap, insane... 😞
the $80k was already inflation corrected
No one:
Doug:
"Can't believe I'm sitting in a Lincoln Blackwood!"
I can't believe he didn't mention that the rear center console looks like some kind of fancy RV toilet.
And now you'll never unsee it.
Damn you, just, damn you
"Your wondering why there are lines on the bed"
The DEA: *HOL UP*
🤣
EFW
I completely lost it at the envoy with the dresser in the back
I owned one of these and loved it GMC Envoy SUV. You could put the bed roof back, and the slide the rear window to the bed down, and with sun roof open and all windows open it felt like a convertible. It also had a tent option for the back bed with matress that would turn some heads at campsites.
Those things were effin HIDEOUS 🤣 but functional...🤷🏾♂️
I LOVE my envoy XUV. It’s a weird truck, SUV, convertible, four wheel drive optional, good gas mileage, very reliable, nice leather interior with heated seats and such kinds vehicle.
The Lincoln Blackwood Infotainment screen reminds me of a bowling alley scoring computer from the Nineties!
Doug, the type of guy to wear loud flip flops to a funeral.
😭😭
*flop flop* “I’m so sorry for your loss” *flop flop flop*
Doug the kinda guy to then give the casket a Doug score based on number of cup holders
@@justinmetcalfe2669 this casket only scores a 6/10 in the weekend category, it's good, but worse than the competition
I can’t believe he didn’t mention the AUX / USB port in between the cupholders in the rear. My brother had a Blackwood and he would always connect his iPod or thumb drive to it and listen to music. You can see it at 25:40 above the rear power point. Definitely ahead of its time
I can’t believe he didn’t mention the sunroof.
“Ah yes, softer, softer, softer, what an wonderful thing to program the female voice in the navigation system to say. Lincoln really knew how to class it up” 😂 😂 😂
It should have massaging seats
Volume up should be "harder". Press it repeatedly and people will wonder whats going on in that truck!
😂😂😂
I was a car salesman in 04-05, at a Ford dealership in southwest Colorado. We had one on the lot, for awhile, a long while. In a meeting one day, I accidentally referred to it as the "Lincoln Blackmark".
It was management that laughed the hardest. From then on, it was hard not to call it that , even while overwhelmed with black wood, everywhere.
No lie I knew a kid just a few years ago in college that drove a Blackwood. Funny thing is nobody on campus even had a clue as to what it was.
It was just a f 150 lol it might be a wierd quirky truck but it certainly isnt special lol
@@flyingjlotlizard5620 no, it was a Blackwood. Pretty sure I can tell the difference
@@doggedlydetermined7022 a blackwood is just a fancy f 150 and most people can tell just by looking even non car people know its just a f150 with some cheap lipstick....
Gscu? A guy had one there.
@@flyingjlotlizard5620 those mods that differentiate it from a F150 are not cheap even these days
you can hear the giddy excitement in his voice as he says "THISSS"
yea
When they leave a seat out of your truck because you could exceed the payload limit... This is just wonderful
Trust me if it can tow 9000 like Doug says it can handle 5 fat people, having captains chairs front and rear was a luxury
I think it would sell in today's market. People are paying south of 100k for massive trucks and they never haul anything or go off road. This truck was ahead of its time.
Tbh. Lincoln was actively ahead of their time with this truck. More and more people buy trucks in the luxury trims now a days vs 20 years ago when this came out. and a lot of them never use em for real hard work. This thing may actually be a hit if it was reintroduced into the market today.
I came across market research that showed a lot of families are now buying full-sized pickups like the F-150 as the family car. Like instead of a minivan or a SUV. So having luxury trims makes a lot of sense. And I agree, the Blackwood deserves credit for being ahead of its time, basically being the proof of concept that a luxury truck can be a thing.
Doug’s the type of guy to ask the owner to lock him in the trunk so he can pull the special lever
I would do that
It feels like they got a lot of little things right and then completely whiffed the big picture.
Simply giving it the F150's 4x4 system would have improved its fate dramatically I think, but I also think Ford launched this too late... By 2002 the Navigator was in its last year and had already been on the market since '98, and this still had that model's front clip and interior.
I think as a big picture concept to make something for people who make a lot of money but need/want a pickup truck still they had a golden idea, but this is like literally the worst way they could have executed it lmao
@@Stressless2023 4x4 and if the bed cover was removable would be two huge improvements
@@dennied7826 I think that non-removable tonneau cover, along with the carpeted and stainless steel-trimmed bed, was part of the whole concept of the Blackwood, so not sure how much removing any of those novelties would have helped or hurt sales (although a fixed manual tonneau cover would likely have been fine by "luxury pickup" consumers back in 2002), but not offering 4x4 certainly hurt them.
Man-I like that concept-it’s VERY COOL! If the storage compartments were refrigerated, that’d be cool! The inside of the cargo is gorgeous
i’m convinced doug says the word “quirk” when he wakes up, before he eats, and before he goes to bed
Doug, the real My hero academia fan
1:38 That was by far the most intense usage of the monkey sound effect yet. And I absolutely love it
this is the only channel that can get away with these sounds at 1:43
Lol
:roto2:
I about died 😂😂😂 as they started layering over each other!
American car company epiphany compilation
I've only seen two of those. One was being used by a funeral home as their "flower car" and the other was in daily use by a lawn care company that catered to high end, gated communities. Both trucks were apparently in excellent condition the last time I saw them (both in Maryland) in late 2018. I should also point out that over the years I have seen far more of the Caddy pickups still in use even today often as daily drivers. Of course I can say the same for the Chevy versions for that matter.
The irony is that the F-150 has evolved into the luxury vehicle that the Blackwood aspired to be
I know that there were luxury SUVs that predated the Navigator, but it's worth remembering that at this point, it was only 5 years old. Prior to that, SUVs were an extension of the truck category. They just weren't luxurious. And most people in the 90s hasn't started thinking about that possibility a great deal.
And now what do I own? A Lincoln SUV that's based on a car.
@@LNMagic the Eddie Bauer Ford Explorer's started in the early 90s and were super nice. My first vehicle was a 94
I see a lot of raptors with ZERO dirt inside the wheelwells.
@@jacksonstombaugh8553 My parents bought a 90s eddie b van... It came with luggage. I had one of those tan bags for YEARS.
The F150 has like 3 different luxury models too. The Lariat, the King Ranch and the Platinum.
The 'THIS' at the beginning of the video, is the most excited 'THIS' Doug has ever made
I literally saw one parked on the road the other day and thought, “I bet Doug wants to review that.”
Shortly after I watched this video the first time a couple months ago, I actually saw one of these in the town over! Just sitting in the driveway, of a house just outside city limits. I believe it’s still there. Felt weird seeing such a rare car so close to where I live.
The horrible misfires from american automakers in the 2000s is exactly why the 2000s are such a fond memory of life. Everything about that decade was ridiculous, yet memorable. Yeah the 2010s gave rise to some amazing cars, But the 2000s just had an energy over all that the 2010s just never was able to carry on.
Yes. What a time to be alive
That "energy" was called artificially low interest rates.
@@chooseymomschoose What's different? They're still financing people they shouldn't be, just for much longer periods of time. 2021/2022 meet 2008/2009. There were 7 million Americans, 3 months delinquent on their car payment in Q4 of 2018. Americans had $1.3 trillion in auto loan debt in 2019. The economy was booming in 2018 and 2019, and unemployment was historically low. Nothing changes if nothing changes.
The Chevy SS.
And with that, there will never be another Blackwood video in history with this many views.
Doug is the kind of guy who waves at his own reflection in a chrome mirror cover.
Wow stale shitty memes that weren't funny the first 100 times they were used.
I saw one of these for the first time a few years ago at work. The gentleman that owned it said he enjoyed it, but like Doug said, he wouldn't have bought it new. His main issue was also as Doug said being the impractical bed. Over all, the gentleman loved it as he bought it used, and said it was fun to drive around on weekends.
*30 years later and this truck will be selling by 6 figures as rarity* 😀
Yesss production was so low , people will go nuts for this.
Idk I don't think I'll ever see a collector other than Doug say the need a blackwood 😭
@@CRAPO2011 low production doesn't always turn into value could very well turn into a cult classic but it just really doesn't have much of a following and is extremely niche but we will see
6 figures including the cents?
@@cameronvandygriff7048 exactly. Low supply doesn't always mean high demand.
“Wood trim on the outside of the truck”
*Has PT Cruiser flashbacks*
Back in 2006 I was in the market for a truck..I almost bought a Blackwood. Test drove one. I wound up buying a new Silverado instead. This truck was just way ahead of its time.
Wait a minute... was this a used Blackwood that you almost bought? Because the Blackwood was only made for the 2002 model year. Are you sure this wasn't actually a then-new 2006 Lincoln MARK LT that you test drove? Anyway, what made you choose a Chevy Silverado instead of the GMC Sierra? Starting with the 1999 model year, the Silverado and Sierra were no longer completely identical (but there really was NO difference between the 1988 to 1998 CK/Silverado and Sierra except for the Sierra not having the Chevy chrome bar on the grill... and in fact both Chevy and GMC made a Suburban in those days!) but I must say I think of Chevy trucks as always having been a step down from GMC trucks, and I never really understood why Chevy trucks needed to exist at all because GMC exists!
Sadly Cars that are ahead of their time usually fail to sale & get discountinued
@@trentpettit6336 yeah it was used buddy. I went with the Silverado because I got a great deal with a great trade in value on my 2003 Ford Explorer.
@@budbowl77
Hello, I know it’s like a year now, if you saw this comment
How was it ahead of its time
hey, i know it’s been a year now.
i’m sorry he never replied :(
I worked for a Lincoln mercury dealership parts department when this truck came out. I was a delivery driver. I thought it was weird that we started using these as parts delivery trucks the same year they came out. Now I know why lol