Big Bad Brougham Mobile: The Lincoln Continental Mark III
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- A classic car connaisseur talks about the car that saved Lincoln. After decades of struggling and getting beat up by Cadillac, Lincoln decided enough is enough. They struck back with the 1969 Continental Mark III, a luxurious personal luxury car that changed the American car industry once and for all. Suddenly, 60s straightline modernist design was out, and 70s retro brougham styling was in!
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A friend of mine offered me his 78 Lincoln Continental for free around 1998 but I declined to take it. It was clean! I regret it now 😢
A 10 year old car is old, a 20 year old car is an antique, 30 years and older are a classic.
You COULD have DUMPED this barge!
The Lincoln Continental is one of my favorite cars, but I don't know if I could maintain one in my garage.
What about even fitting it
Yeah, fitting one of those gigantic land yachts in your garage may be problematic. I friend bought a 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V to fix up, but could not fit that 19 foot-long car in his garage.
The 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V was gargantuan! Weighing in at 5150 pounds, she had a length of 227.2 inches (including the Dagmar bullet bumpers), 80.3 in wide, 53.1 in high, and a wheelbase of 131 inches. Price was $6,595 to $10,235 for the Executive Limousine model. The 1961 Lincoln Continental was 14.8 inches shorter at 212.4 inches long, with a wheelbase of 123 inches, and weighed "only" 4930 lbs. for their leaner and lower look of 1961.
1960 Averages
Avg. Car Cost: $2,600
Avg. Household Income: $5,315
Avg. Home: $12,700
Avg. Gallon of Gas: $0.31
- JOYRIDE SERIES - S1 EP1 | 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V th-cam.com/video/xaule5ISQ7w/w-d-xo.html
- 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V Convertible - Restored by CCH th-cam.com/video/JnkIYwc_51k/w-d-xo.html
- 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V Found after 40 years hiding in garage th-cam.com/video/X95kLejK4qo/w-d-xo.html
- Ed's Auto Reviews: Modernist Masterpiece: 1961 Lincoln Continental th-cam.com/video/BlJk9p2YSrA/w-d-xo.html
The engines in these old cars aren't too tricky to maintain, tuning takes a bit of practice but with enough fiddling you'll get it to work. Especially if you buy one that's already in decent shape, you won't have much to worry about. Other than that, in my experience, the main challenge of older cars is everything around the engine - the electrical system, anything vacuum operated, and other accessories, which any old luxury car will be full of. If you just want to drive the car then you can get away with not worrying about that stuff beyond the essentials like turn signals and windows and whatnot.
Plus, in my experience, Fords of this era are shockingly reliable when taken care of. I used to semi-daily-drive a '66 Thunderbird. The engine and transmission rarely ever gave me problems, it was just the electrical system that had issues, and that was only because of abuse from previous owners. A Continental is basically a more upscale Thunderbird so I'd expect a well-kept example to be an excellent reliable daily driver so long as you don't mind averaging 10 mpg.
I have 5, come and take one
@@rt_goblin_hoursMy neighbor has a Mark V. His house was built in 1940 and the driveway goes beside the house to garage. The Mark V is parked under one of those prefab carports with a car cover.
My Love for the Mark III started at age 9 watching Cannon in 1971, I currently own 15 Mark III's !!
Jesus Christ. Someone needs to get you some help.
@@philojudaeusofalexandria9556 🤣🤣🤣
Can I have one?
How low both Cadilac and Lincoln have fallen
One of my top 3 favorite Lincolns. Having owned one, I can tell you that it was beautifully designed, put together with great care, a dream to drive, and fiendishly complicated. A dream to drive. Well done, Ed!
But was it a dream to drive?
@@phantom0456 It was but I would prefer to wake up in a Mercedes W116 🤷♂️
Who else just sits in baited anticipation waiting for Ed to say “waterfall grill”?
I was a child when this car came out, but I couldn't agree more with you, Ed. Five words made me fall in love with the Mark series: "Cannon...A Quinn Martin Production." Uttered by the star of the show, William Conrad made me so proud to be a fat kid by being a fat leading man, who got the ladies and drove a Mark III at first, then a Mark IV. Lincoln even sponsored the show; making children like myself salivate over the thought of growing up and buying a Lincoln.
Thank you, Ed, for making it normal as an adult to drool over such gorgeousness on wheels. To me, back then the Eldorado said "Gangsta cool," the Riviera said, "This is how you retire," the Toronado said, "Meet George Jetson," but this Lincoln said, "You know you want me!" It was right. 🐰
You might have his 1st name wrong. last name is right for sure.
William Conrad was the "I dare ya to know this battery of me"/Blacksheep Squadron/Wild Wild West short little faaker. (I was a skinny faaker 😁)
Loved the car in the TV series Cannon.
Perry Mason had cool cars too
Joe Cannon drove a Mark IV but I liked Matt Helm in his Mark III better!
@@hardyboy1959 It was Frank Cannon and yes in the early episodes of first season possibly into the second season he did in fact have a Mark iii.
@@hardyboy1959 "The Wrecking Crew" had an annoying soundtrack (too much "ba ba bah .. ba ba bah .. ba ..." going on in the background), but I loved the car chases. The fast but clumsy Mark III was all over the road, but it still kept ahead of that old Mercedes. Dean Martin was going to make one more sequel, but after what happened to Sharon Tate, he gave up the idea.
@@dougn2350 In the first episodes, Perry had a Ford Skyliner AND a Cadillac Convertible while playboy Paul Drake would cruise around his 2-seater T-Bird which he alternated with his Corvette. That's why I watched Perry Mason as a kid.
I purchased a '63 Thunderbird Landau from an older gentleman that had just bought a '70 Mark III. It was absolutely gorgeous. I loved that T-Bird, wish I still had it.
This channel is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the best ones on TH-cam! Keep the good work up, Ed!
Right on!
I had a triple black '70 Mark III from 1984-1990. Lots of memories. And, even then the car got a lot of attention when I drove it.
The Mark III was a great looking car, as a kid I built 5 or 6 models of it. My neighbor had one, the car was huge but "BOY" was the back seat tight -- even for a little kid. But I still, to this day, loved it from the first time I saw it. Riding in the front seat was like going down the road in a 70's Living Room while the back seat was more like a small 70's den......
Dad had a 77 Mark V in the 80's I loved that car. Such a great road trip car. Until you got to twisty mountain roads.
The Mark V could be a handful. It wasn't designed for handling. It was a great cross country car. I've owned two of them, and loved them. They got 8 mpg, and unfortunately they would not fit in a normal sized garage, and often not even in a parking space, though I would never use one for a daily driver. Which wound up being the reason I got rid of the last one. It was in like new condition, I live in Phoenix, AZ, where the summer sun destroys cars, and I had no way to protect it. I sold it to someone who loved it as much as I did, and had a place to keep it. To me, the Mark V was the most beautiful luxury car ever made. No BMWs for me.
@@geraldscott4302 My father, my brother and me drove from Portland Or to Reno Nevada in that car. It was so awesome, just floating down the road.
Then you come to the Oregon California border mountains and by god you paid attention to those curve speed signs.
@@jonbaker3728 I live near Phoenix, AZ. I drive to Forest Grove, OR and back (about 20 miles west of Portland) twice a year. I used to take I-10 into CA, then get on I-5 near LA, and go north into Portland. I decided I no longer wanted to go through CA, and started going north, through NV, across ID, and into OR from the east. The scenery was not as good, but the roads are mostly straight. You just set the cruise control, put on your favorite music, kick back and cruise for hundreds of miles at the time. With the price of gas today, that would be an expensive trip in a '70s Lincoln. My current '07 Mercury Grand Marquis gets 30 mpg highway.
Loved the "Mad Men" Cadillac clips! Love the car, too.
I enjoyed seeing "Frog One" driving the Mark III in Nice and NYC.
Watching that series right now. Oh, and Capt. Beefheart is the s#it!!!
The marks were always one of my favorites. My favorite was the Lincoln Mark five I want it one so bad.
The 69-71 Lincoln Continental Mark III is my #1 favorite car. Reason being that my favorite movie is The Car (1977).
I just went to IMDb and watched the trailer, hahaha, that was great!
A truly beautiful car, the Mk III.
I can't believe I just spent the last 19 plus minutes drooling over a car. Thank you Lee I.
I want one every time I watch Cannon.
I want Ed to do some videos on film/tv cars... Dan Tanna's T-Bird, Route '66 Corvette, Rockford's Firebird. The Plymouth Belvedere GTX in Tommy Boy, Stallone's custom '49 Mercury in Cobra, etc.....
My parents had a Mk IV. It had a 460 cc power plant. It was well loved. Thanks for the video.
*460ci. I would be shocked if 460cc would even move that boat. Lol
460cc? That’s a tiny twin-cylinder engine from a small motorcycle!
Sorry… I’m an absolute Idiot for missing that! I’m glad people noticed.
@@kellingtonlink956 - No worries.😉 Gave us a good laugh.🤭 👍
Educational with some humor. Outstanding
You and Tyler Hoover of Hoovies Garage share the passion for wallowy land yachts. My dad was given a ‘73 Lincoln Continental in ‘75 as a “company car”. He hated so much that when he went to the post office in downtown LA, he would double park it, keys in engine running, as he went in to drop of mail, but no one would take it, and insurance would not have paid much but he wanted an excuse to replace it. By that time, no one wanted those gas guzzlers. He got 8-10 miles per gallon. If we drove off a curb or bump a little unevenly, the ass end of the car would wiggle for the next mile, like a ducks ass after it squirts one in the water.
Can you tell we weren’t too pleased with it? Glad someone appreciates them. Nice video too. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
This is a PERFECT anecdote. Your Dad probably wished he'd been given a BMW 530i, hadn't he?
@@floydblandston108 close, but no. The next “company car” he got at a new company was a 164e Volvo which all members of the family had ownership of and all together we had 9 “accidents” in that tank and it never let us down, so my dad bought the only 1984 Volvo 760 GLE, VW powered straight 6 turbo diesel, with intercooler, in silver, with black leather interior. Unfortunately my sister totaled it in 2004. Btw: my mom called the 164e a tit bouncer, and hated it.
Adam’s channel, Rare Classic Cars & Automotive History, is always a must-watch for me. I especially like that he sometimes showcases those weird Canada-only variations on models and trim-lines from the four major car makers of the 1960s and 70s.
I think my '71 had that little ass end wiggle! One of the best cars I've ever owned.
They started to turn into real s#itwagons after '72.
Your smile at the end said it all.
I share the love and appreciation here for the Continental Mark III. I grew up in a Ford factory town and the wealthy folks drove Mark IIIs, always in the rather muted colour palette. I recently saw a video compared the Mark III with the IV and V, which pointed out that the build quality of the III was far better than the others, a real Lincoln rather than a Ford Plus. I was also astonished to learn that the Mark III weighed 4,900 lbs--we had a 1969 Mercury Marquis Brougham sedan (a wonderful car with that potent 429 motor) and while no small car it weighed 1,000 lbs less!
Was that the cars owned by the gentleman who owns NPD in florida? Dennis Cage was the host I think. That was a great video. Having owned my Mark lll since 1985 I can't tell you how excited I am all these years later to see the admiration and attention they get! They are really well built cars with Vault like quality. I also own the donor car a 67 Tbird coupe and that too has superior build quality. I bought that one in 1989 and still have it as well
@@jakereal3604 Good catch! That was the episode of MyClassicCar that featured NPD's three Marks.
Well done! I remember when the Mark lll debuted. They soon became known as "Mafia staff cars." Quirky in some ways, but beautifully built and appointed. And I agree with you completely regarding the Mark lV and Mark V, but they sold. Man, did they sell!
Wow! That's really cool of Adam to have you for a visit and see his cars. Old Lincolns are great to drive and Adam has a great channel as well! Your cars are beautiful
Can we get a video about the Belgian car industry. We had a huge car industry, especially in the 1920s. Thanks and keep up with these awesome videos! Love from Belgium (obviously😂)
Power trunk, antenna, seats, window,locks, hideaway headlights markers on the fenders to let you know of bad bulbs. The thickest leather i had ever seen, and an outside lighted temperature gage and climate control! WTF!!!Not one of my faves my FAVE. I Love it! American Rolls.
I love me my massive land yachts, I used to jog in my old neighborhood and there was a rusted out 1974 Lincoln Continental I’d pass by and even in its state you could see what an incredible car it used to be.
My parents had a '71 Mark 111. For a car of that era, it rode like a dream! Closing the doors felt like one was closing a bank vault.
The best thing that happened to Lincoln in the early 60s was McNamara going to the Kennedy and Johnson administrations as SecDef, which turned into a very bad thing for the rest of the country and Vietnam.
so damn true !!
The 71 Mark 3 was also the car used in the movie The Car. It was based on a 71 Mark 3 with little touches. Big, black, and mean looking devil car from hell itself. Awesome movie and awesome car.
I'm hoping Ed considers doing some videos on cars featured in film/tv at some point.
Such a beautiful car!
I love these continentals, the interior looks like a vintage hotel lobby
I was 10 when this came out. Our neighbor had one. I can’t tell you how cool it was then…and how cool it remains. Only to be topped by a Tri-Silver Mk IV with a moonroof…His next car when I was a couple of years older. My Dad had a Mercedes 250C. Stupidly, I was unimpressed.
My grandmother had one and I thought it was just an old car. It wasn't until I was older that I appreciated it. It's the car from my past that I wish the most that I could have.
one of my all time favorite cars! I have a 2019 continental now. Lincoln is way underrated.
The Lincoln Mark III was absolutely awesome! 25 m.p.h or oops a 100 m.p.h. smooth as glass drive! Like driving a couch with those bench seats lol!
Excellent history leading up the Mark III coming along. Well sourced and well presented.
"Mark of Excellence" was a General Motors slogan of that time.
Radio and TV ads had a jingle that sang _G.M., mark of excellence!_
The Mk III is the ne plus ultra of American design, true art on wheels. Think of this: Black vinyl over beautiful gloss black with factory tinted windows and black leather interior. Now consider this: running that very car across the Canadian prairies at 125+ mph and the engine was loafing. It is one of my top three favourites, the other two being my '67 350SS Camaro that had been slightly breathed upon with a Muncie M-21 and there was a brace of Big Healeys, a BN-6 and a BN-7.
For sheer pleasure, the Mk III which was more of a banker's hot rod than the Merc Marauder ever was. The Healeys were sheer toss it around joy and the Camaro I used to hunt 383 Dodge Darts. Successfully.
That Mk III will always have a big place in my heart. It is just effin gorgeous!
As a Mark III owner, thank you! 🤩
The photo reads "Mark of Excellence". I thought that for years, that was GM's corporate service mark.
It was.
"The War Crimes on Wheels" - excellent phrase
I don't know if it is true, but it is said that the because of the large availability of options for the first generation of Mustang that no two cars were identical. Also, unlike today, a person could load up a car with options or even delete the heater, everything was optional if you ordered your car.
Very happy to watch this one. I was a 19-year-old car enthusiast in 1971, with a girlfriend whose father owned a Mark III and he was generous enough to lend it to us for date night many times. All the attributes you said, plus it was awesome at the drive-in movies 😉. In late 72, he traded it in on a new Mark IV, and what a disappointment! Longer and even more lavish inside, but what a boat to drive compared to the Mark III. Ponderous and floaty with that prow. OK so I still liked driving on date nights 😎. Thanks for this great video and reminding me how much I enjoyed that car..
Well done Ed!!! You are spot-on with your comments and observations. The only quibble I would have is that (as someone who owned a 1970 model which, by that year had concealed windshield wipers) is that the wood in that Lincoln was actually real wood - not Detroit's customary fake applique. This was one of the noted selling features of the car: That it had REAL wood!
While it had pretenses to sportiness, with its 365 hp it was pretty fast if going in a straight line. As one person commented below, it wasn't a road-hugging switch-back roadster but rather a boulevardier which could pass anything.....but a gas station. It also featured anti-lock brakes which was very early in the development of that important safety feature.
Keep up your good work reminding us of the cars that were before the oppressors such as Ralph Nader, the government and fuel shortages changed the industry - NOT always for the better!
I remember my father telling me about when he owned his Lincoln. It was a 72 continental and he told me how damn huge it was.
It's strange he didn't tell you how utterly ugly it was ...
Having subscribed to both channels, I had wondered if Ed and Adam knew of each other, or watched each others videos. A few days after that thought, there was Ed sitting on Adam's patio. I got a kick out of that.
What got me is the pictures and the footage of all your Ford upper management. Those are some wild videos to see what it was like back in those days when you were the king of the industry. I look back on those times and I just think how wild they are. Everything was so big new and fresh.
My Dad had a 76 mercury colony park wagon, Mom had a 72 mercury marquis. Huge freaking cars with giant engines. The marquis had a 429 4 barrel. I could light up the rear tires even with an automatic trans. Gas was 40 cents a gallon. My Teen age years. I remember all those Lincolns
I have dreamed so much of that car! But I was a young European student at that time and it remained a dream. A dream that I still have today.
... and I thought I knew a lot about the Mark III! Great brief history, as usual!
Great video!! Your love and enthusiasm for one of the last great eras in American automotive history is palpable!! My dad had a 64 1/2 Mustang until a druck truck driver destroyed it while it was parked one night. My mom took us to the Lincoln Mercury dealership in 1968 to see the nee Mark III, but we left with a Lincoln Continental sedan which had suicide doors instead (after all my dad had to transport a family of 5). That was the greatest car ever!!! Both were. ❤❤ Good on you, my man!!
I wonder if Ed will make an episode of What If Cars focusing of AMC?
I wanna see his interpretations of the next generation of the Rambler, Gremlin, Ambassador, and Javelin.
I always liked the Gremlin.
@@openeyes-411 I've seen one or two sketches of the next gen Gremlin, I wanna see what Edward has in mind along with the other models.
Something tells me the Ambassador will get the Luxury SUV Treatment.
If you want to know what the next generation of AMC 's would have been like, just look at the Dodge Magnum and Chrysler 300. There is your bigger, better Sportabout and Concord sedan. They were obsolete Mercedes underneath, but styled by AMC designers.
I remember seeing the new Lincoln MarkIII at the dealer when I went with Dad to pick up his new Cougar. I fell in love instantly and still love it to this day.
Thank you for bringing back my teenage memories of great cars that were not limited by regulations but only by imagination.! I remember the Mark series and the Cadillac Eldorado and each were beautiful striking powerful cars just like the America we lived in then!
less then 10 years ago you could get a decent Mark III or IV for around $5,000 now they, like everything else has gone through the roof. I still kick myself for not getting one while they were cheap.
Loved the scenes from The French Connection woven into the video.
I love the Lincoln but I love my 67 Eldorado just that little bit more
I had a '69 mkIII it was pastel blue (almost white it was that light of a shade of blue) had the 460 v8 with the 9 3/8" rear axle. Little known fact about these Wixom built mkIii's is in 1969 Ford was so obsessed with quality control on the new model they had implemented balanced and blueprinted 460 engines the only ones ever done on Ford production v8 up to that time , the 9 3/8" axle also was the largest rear end ever put on a production American car. Fiber optic tail light monitoring system was neat and the flow thru ventilation system was cool. You can easily identify a '69 460 it has the power steering driven off the crankshaft and a special external balancing counterweight on the end of the crankshaft. Lot of interesting things about the '69 mkIII's that make it a unique automobile.
Back in 1980 a buddy of mine bought a near pristine 1969 Lincoln MK lll. I was very impressed with that car, so much that I bought a near pristine 1971 Lincoln MK lll. I loved that car. It was a dream to drive. I joined the Lincoln Continental Owners Club, and I read an article about replacing the stock intake manifold with a smaller ported Edelbrock aluminum performance manifold, as the intake manifold and head ports were really too large for best low-end performance. I replaced the factory manifold and immediately felt a nice low-end increase in torque. The car really had great pickup for such a heavy car. And it really felt good while driving around 30 MPH and then stomping on the gas, the transmission dropping back into 1st gear, then chirping the tires at the 1-2 shift. I used to have to use 104 Octane Booster as I advanced my ignition timing quite a bit for maximum throttle response. Alas, I sold my MK III to pursue other interests as I had years of fun with this car.
13:17 "The War Crime on Wheels", the 58-60 Continental MkIII-V.
I just spit up my coffee! OMG that's hilarious.
I " Adore " this channel ! Please keep going 💪 🎗🥇🎗
Please do a video on the chrysler cordoba
My grandparents had a huge Lincoln until the mid 90’s when I was a kid. I was just old enough to remember when those cars were normal to see. Old folks who couldn’t see past their hoods always had the biggest cars with the biggest cubic inch engine. I live where they salt the roads in the winter, these are long gone.
I love your uploads! Is this the beginning of the 'Pimp Mobile'?
Thanks for another great video Ed! :^)
Absolutely fantastic video, Ed. A real pleasure to watch, bravo!
In 1979, at the age of 15, i was crazy about a Continental Mark V. A silver land yacht.
I agree 100 per cent with you. It's too bad they didn't make a convertible.
I used to own one! You forgot to mention it was 1969, the golden year of muscle cars, and the Mark III was a true muscle car with a 460 block V8, the largest engine Ford ever put in a car to this day. They’ve put bigger truck engines in cars, but not an engine designed for cars. It had the worst oil leak of any car I’ve ever had, so bad you had to put oil in it every time you got gas. It had split leather bench seats, power steering that was so strong you could turn that tank with your pinky, and a trunk so big you could almost camp out back there. I used to say, It’s as strong as an elephant and as nimble as a ballerina. It was a dream. Always turned heads. I loved seeing that restored red one you drove in your video. It about made me come out of my seat when I saw it. What a good looking car! I’ve been hooked on sporty luxury cars ever since. I had a Lincoln Mark VIII with a 32 valve Intech Cobra rated engine later. That was an awesome car too. Thanks for making the video so I could remember how great owning my car was.
I'm a new subscriber, I just found your channel and am loving what you do, man. Thanks so much. My Grandmother had a big Lincoln Continental when I was a teenager, it was one of the cars I used to drive as I was learning to drive even, when I was 15 and had my learners permit. I live in Texas, born and raised, and am in my mid 40's, so this was in the late 80's and early 90's. I think her Lincoln was an 88' model, but I can't remember exactly from over 30 years ago. She passed away at age 87, but your video took me back to the days of her letting me drive her to town when the family went out to eat etc. and I was practicing my driving and waiting on my birthday to get my 'real drivers license' lol. Thanks so much for reminding me of those great times. My Grandfather had passed away a few years prior to my getting my permit, and he was a Ford man, so he kept Grandma in some kind of nice Lincoln or T-Bird as long as I can remember. I remember her always having nice, comfy, luxury Blue-Oval build rigs :)
This is one of your *BEST* videos!! Bravo 👏
Coincidentally I watched a TH-cam video today on the 1978 Ford LTD from Australia. Guess what? Many of the styling cues from the Lincoln Continental Mk III were evident in that car. Admittedly, it was a four door limousine, and lacked the hidden headlights, but it did have four round headlights, similar fenders that protruded to bumper level, and the waterfall grille. Like all the luxury models of the Brougham car era, it had the mandatory vinyl roof.
I'm a Mopar guy but I can dig this ride, at least it didn't have the beak of the same era's T-Bird.
Imo the T-Bird's turned to crap after the 60's
The Car 🚘
Ed, your research is top notch! You hunt down the details and I truly appreciate it. Thank you.
I got to drive a Mark IV in 1973. Quite an experience. I borrowed it to go through the drive thru at McDonalds.
I used to be more a Cadillac guy but after many years I found I really like ford products more. Really they made some great cars. I plan to get one of these mark 3 continentals in emerald green with matching interior. I really love the look. And I also want one of the 50s models too. I honestly want one of each generation. They are that good.
This video pours love for this car from first to last minute. Great!
Another masterpiece about a masterpiece. Bravo Ed! You summed up the magic about this car perfectly.
I love Lincolns! We have owned a ‘77 Continental Town Coupe, a ‘78 Continental Mark V Diamond Jubilee, an ‘88 Town Car, an ‘03 Town Car, and currently daily drive a ‘97 Town Car. My favorite of them all was the ‘77 Town Coupe in metallic orange - what a stunner!!
Those Town Coupes were rarer than hens teeth. All were built in 1 year, but it took Ford 4 years to sell all 300 units.
The '61 Lincoln Continental and the series that followed up to '68 were simply elegant automobiles. I was four years old the first time I rode in a Lincoln Continental with 'suicide' doors - silver with a black vinyl roof. What a car. The Mark III styling also still carries the understated elegance characteristic of that era.
Love this channel keep on rockin!
The Mark III is one of my favorite cars ever. I ended up with a 1992 Riviera that wouldn't have existed if it weren't for the luxury sport coupe fad. It's one of the last of them, and it's glorious, but it doesn't have that 460. It does get 28mpg however.
My grandfather was usually a confirmed Cadillac buyer but bought a Continental in 1970.
He kept it for a couple of years but eventually returned to Cadillac and kept buying Cadillacs until the 8-6-4 debacle and after that, he bought Mercedes-Benz S-Class or BMW 7-Series until he stopped driving.
8-6-4, who even thought of that in the late 70s, it took 4 more decades nearly for the auto industry to make the tech work properly
in 2001, I used to have an 81 Seville with the V8-6-4. The Caddy with the "Bustleback" or "Hump" trunk. I loved that car, and the 864 thing always worked perfectly. The car was all original right down to the stereo with the built-in CB radio. When it got over 30, and into a cruise, the 864 would kick in smoothly. It would go to 6 for a bit, then to 4. It did sound a bit strange with half the exhaust pulses missing, but when I needed power, I'd give 'er some beans and it would revive the other 4 cylinders in a fraction of a second, and would haul ass.
Never ever had any issue with it, and I drove it a LOT! Lovely machine. Had well over 90K on it.
(Long Story)
That is until... (sigh) My girlfriend at the time borrowed it. She brought it back and told me that it was a POS, since it couldn't do donuts. (mind you, the Sevilles were FWD) "Do WHAT!? You were doing donuts in my f---king Cadillac! It's FRONT WHEEL DRIVE, you moron!" She kept up her usual "Nuh uh!" and argued with me about the placement of the engine. (It was not transversely mounted like a typical FWD setup)
But long story, short, (Well sort of short) She fried the transmission in such a way that it was permanently locked in second gear. No neutral, park, reverse... just second gear, no matter where the shift lever was Only the parking pawl kept it from moving with the shifter in park, but the transmission was still trying to move the car. Without being able to get in to OD, the the 864 part would not activate. That was the end of that!
One night I had to leave work on my lunch break, go to the next town, pick her up, and take her home. Then get back to work. All in one hour. 75 MPH in second gear on the interstate, the water pump let go, sending the fan through the radiator. The now loose fan and and whipping belts tore out every hose and wire in their path. The car was dead. I should have told her to walk home... Dumped the b---ch a month later after a huge fight about the Chevy Corsica that "replaced" the Caddy. (I wouldn't let her use it, and she wouldn't accept that)
@@KPTGR8They actually began engineering that engine in the early 1960’s. The 8-6-4 in its 1st iteration was seen in the 1968 Cadillac Eldorado. The 8-6-4 that went into the 81’ Cadillacs was simply a modified version of the same engine that was 1st used in 68’.
They also began engineering the HT4100 in the mid. 1960’s and it debuted in 1982 although it was rushed into production due the failure that was the 8-6-4. The HT4100 wasn’t supposed to debut until the 1985 redesigned Cadillac Deville.
Superb video on an endlessly fascinating subject!
Thanks Ed from Ireland!
Very good. Thanks a bunch.
You know what you're doing? You're making sense of the crazy design environment I navigated when I was a young man. You're helping me make my fever-dream of a past that little bit more rational.
I thank you, Sir. lol
Love your videos Ed. Keep it up.
And this is a wonderful video of one of your auto reviews. I hope someday you can get a Lincoln Mark III of your own
You need to do more of any car every video is awesome, and makes you excited for the next.
My land yacht ... I bought a 1977 TBird. Massive front end.
Great review on this classic automobile. Nice job giving Adam a tip of your hat for him letting you drive his car. I live not too far from Adam in the Detroit area and have seen that car on Woodward. It truly is beautiful. 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇲❤️
Superbly done with a few real laughs along the way!
Nothing like the feeling of instant revulsion I feel every time I see Robert McNamara. Thanks for that. Otherwise, great vid as always!
The only channel on TH-cam that gets a like before the video even starts 👍
i enjoyed that Ed. you incorporated so many elements that support the Mark III story.