I really enjoy your commentary. No shouting, no incorrect grammar, just a very pleasing voice to listen to. I love stock cars and I worked for Cadillac, Pontiac, Buick and Mercury dealers in the early 70's, so I appreciate your focus. I plan on watching all your videos
Adam the prior owners were probably scared that some "Street Rodder" dude would buy and ruin such a nice OEM Sedan! I know its in good hands!! Love that color too!!
As a teenager i was working in my Dad's service station. We would pick up customers cars, service them, and return them. Got to drive some interesting cars that way. One i really remember was a 68 Mercury wagon. I was impressed with the ride & how quiet it was. You could feel the luxury and quality.
My father, who worked for Ford at the Dearborn research lab 1950-1986, got a new car every year. In 1968 it was a Mercury Montclair 2-door, all white inside & outside. Nice car!
You have good taste, Adam. The full size Fords and Mercury's of the mid 60's to mid '70's were among the best built and best riding domestic passenger cars of the era. Possibly of ANY cars bar Bentley or Rolls Royce. They remain underrated and undervalued today. For those of us who have owned or currently own one of these cars we proudly can share your passion for them.
Beautiful car! Have to say every time I see one of these’68 Mercury Park Lanes, I always think of the original Hawaii Five-0 with McGarrett zooming around Honolulu chasing bad guys. Book’em Danno!
I have thoroughly enjoyed your Mercury tour. I am particularly fond of all the full sized Mercurys of the ‘60s. Back in 1966, my family acquired a new Mercury Montclair. It was a black 4 dr hardtop with a red interior. I learned how to drive on that car. The only power accessory it had was power steering. I remember having to use both my feet on the brake to stop it. I took my road test in it and found it very easy to park because of the chrome strip that ran along the fenders front to back. I don’t think I could drive that size car today without the modern grannies and power accessories that are in today’s cars. They really are beautiful automobiles.
What a neat car collection. You were really smart not to rush it. That's probably the best original low miles car collection there is. Sure keeps you busy.
Yup back then and through the early 70's when I was a kid, getting a new car was a big deal, it was a real event, the whole family would go out for a drive just to check it all out and show it to friends and family, I miss those days!
@@terrybeavan4264 Yes in those days it was a big deal you saved up bought it and each car looked unique! I think today most lease cars and it’s more common to drive the latest cars so not as big a deal
I always thought that the full-size '67-'68 Mercurys were right on par with the full-size '65-'66 Pontiacs in terms of body styling, great engines, ride and build quality. For instance, that 390 V8 was silky smooth and had plenty of power, yet wasn't a gas hog, right on par with Pontiac's famed 389 V8.
Granted a 60s era four-door vehicle with a hardtop looked better than one with posts, but that was as far as it went in terms of benefits. With the hardtops all it took was one window or door out of alignment and the wind noise going down the road could drive you to the brink (especially on the freeway). I also think that 60s era four-door vehicles with posts had better body integrity and simply felt like a tighter vehicle, especially minus the rattling, flopping around of windows on hardtops of the same era.
Adam, the lines of the two-door hard top is my favorite and both of them are magnificent finds, you have a great collection of classics, Thanks for being a great caretaker and preserving those rolling art forms.
Beautiful, wonderful cars Adam. Thanks so much for sharing them with us along with your incredible knowledge of American cars of the era. This car looks like it would be super comfortable as a daily driver today for me except that it's far too nice to put that kind of mileage on. I'm actually jealous of the people who could buy cars like this new and drive them to work every day, then haul around the family on weekends to explore farmer's markets, autumn leaf viewing drives, boy/girl scout camping adventures, and church picnics. That's the America that these cars were built for!
Actually, it was your 1968 Mercury Park Lane Brougham 4 Dr Hardtop that I saw in a previous post, but now the Sedan as well and both a terrific, Adam😀🤲
It's finally starting to feel like fall down here in GA! Here's to a hopefully long, mild fall so we can all enjoy the classics during the best time of the year!
I had a 75 Mustang II that I adapted GM cruise control to. GM turn signal levers are not at all like Ford's. So, I went to the local LM dealer and bought the lever, just like in your Mercury. Even with a discount, that lever cost $22 in 1975! While that doesn't sound like much today, it was about triple of what a GM lever would have been. However, it worked just fine! Love the color of the Park Lane!
Mercury made some of the best all around cruisers of them all. I had a 68 Montego MX, as my first vehicle, loved that car, especially the back seat. Lol
Lincoln Continentals had those slider switches as well. The ends remove with an allen wrench, so you can position the ends up or down as your mood requires.
You always have some of the most beautiful cars. You have great taste in the cars you buy like this one. They really knew how to build cars back then and the styling is amazing it’s a shame they don’t do that anymore. I love watching your videos reminiscing down memory lane is so wonderful.
4:18 A "baby Continental" that was just 2.5" shorter and 1" wider than the Continental itself. It's ironic that they were pushing this theme when the cars were about as unrelated as they'd ever be, with the body-on-frame, coil-sprung Mercury beating the Lincoln at its own game in some ways. Of course, the lowly Mercury owner would have to give up something, and in this case the most obvious thing was the novelty (and mixed blessing) of suicide doors.
Adam, It is wonderful to start my weekend with a classic Mercury. 😁 I hope one day you ship this across the ocean and drive it down Park Lane in London. 😉
Fantastic to see a four-door sedan. Very rare. I remember seeing a 1968 Mercury Park Lane convertible in the 1969 film The Model Shop. I remember that car being fully loaded including power vent windows.
Adam your the Professor of finding these 60s highway cars. This Park Lane, posts included, is perfect. If you find a hardtop you like better we would like a chance to buy this one from you. Cheers 🇨🇦
Thise rear deck defrosters were neat. I had one on my 71 Camaro. Recently picked one up at a swap meet. Installed it in my 78 Olds Holiday 88 coupe with Y78 option.
So beautiful, elegant and thankfully......power windows ( which EVERY Mercury really should have had ...) Congratulations on such a beautiful, unique and pristine sedan.....simply gorgeous.
Great video. I had a Canadian Meteor LeMoyne which was the same colour as your Parklane. Had a very odd 390FE Premium 2 bbl. I also had a 1967 Mercury Parklane fully loaded with a 410FE in Blue with a white vinyl top and white interior. Funny how your cars resembled mine so much, except my blue Merc was a 4 door.
Wow, the '68 Mercury Park Lane is an amazing car and yes I had seen your 2dr h'top post, but not this one...Both Cars are probably the best cars in your collection, Adam😊✌
My Dad had a body shop from the mid 50's to 1980.....his mailman came in one time....he had a Mercury Marquis Brougham......he asked Dad if he wanted to work on his MARKUS BROG-HAM......GREAT LAUGH!
Love it, my very first car was a 1968 Mercury Parklane, all electric windows, including the rear windows. 390, 4 barrel, positraction, and a trunk that would hold 10 bodies. Roll all the windows down, and at about 60 mph, the headliner would get tucked down. It would just float down the highway.
My paternal aunt (1916-2003) had a 1967 Park Lane. Dim memory, as I was born in 1969, but I'm pretty sure it was not a Brougham. Dark green with dark green cloth (silk) seats. I rode in it many times, most often atop the rear armrest, which at that time we thought was a kid's seat! She replaced it with a navy blue 1977 Continental Town Car with navy leather seats. My cousin (her son) drove the Park Lane for many years and also the Continental, which went into an estate sale. My cousin eventually had a late 90s Town Car.
Both cars are beautiful, but the colour of that Marquis does it for me! I think the knob on the air control, should be up like in the Marquis as it clears the emblem , where as down looks like it will not clear the emblem! Might have been just one installer on the assembly line that put the knob on wrong, for a lot of the Park Lanes for that year!
It looked as if in the "right" position, the knob might obscure the marking to which it was pointing, so there were probably reasons for both sides of the argument. If only Ford had come up with a see-through version.
My Dad had bought our family a 1969 Mercury Marquis Brougham, 4 dr., 420 CID engine, cream metalic color with a black full vinal roof, AM-FM Stereo. Beautifully stylish car, something missing in U.S. manufactured cars since 1990!
GM did have exquisite styling as you once said - real artists etc. - but I find faultless the genteel elegance of large '67-8 Mercs; '68 Fords; 71-2 Mercs (among my all-time faves) and Fords...
My parents bought a 68 Monterey 2 door fastback in green. It was their only car for years. When I finished high school in 1975 they gave it to me. It had 70k miles on it. I kept it until 79. The main frame had rusted out on the right side. Great car for the Drive In’s at the time. The front and back seats were huge! 😉
I'm a big fan & a Md resident, Hagerstown in Md is pronounced HAY-gerz- town similar to Jagermeister < (love😋 or hate🤮) I LOVE the 68 Mercury PL it looks so solid from all angles but especially from the front head on, it just screams quality!
My very first car was a 1968 Mercury Monterey 4 door sedan with the 390 2 barrel. My dad bought it in 1972 and had it until 1978 and it got rear-ended and soon sold it to his friend who fixed the back end and then still used it to pull his camper with it. Then I bought back from him 1980 for $250.00 and it was back in the family again. I drove it proudly until the frame broke on it. But it could sure get up and go and it had the breezeway back window on it that still worked!
Adam, I'm from Saskatchewan, Canada where your green Mercury originated. I love all these Mercury's. I especially like the God of Mercury head emblem accents, such as on the dash just below the climate controls. I believe at one point the keys also had this emblem embossed on them as well. I'd be curious if you could explain if keys are designed just like the rest of the car or if there is a deliberate thought process about keys.
That is a beautiful car! I'd still take your 1967 Park Lane, but it's a close call. I know that area of Maryland very well. I was on a sales call to Berkeley Springs, WV, and got caught in the worst blizzard I've ever seen, and got the last room at the Holiday Inn in Grantsville, Maryland. Stuck there for two nights! Good people there.
I wonder why this vid reminds me of Jack Lord and Hawaii 5-0 We're working on season 1 wright now. Adam, when you replace the door light or any other interior light use LED's as they don't get hot witch keeps the lens from turning yellow, just in case the door is left open for a long time. That rear defroster knob location looks like a Knee Knocker
I love it, quote. there's great controversy. end quote. Yes, I was in an intense conversation about that instrument just last week! lol, another great video, thanks Eric. enjoy your ride man
‘68 Merc Cougar was/has been one of my all-time FAVORITE styled vehicles‼️‼️ These days, I personally wouldn’t give two 💩 whether I had one as a 4 or 2 door… just having one would be enough!
When I graduated in ‘72 my first car was a ‘67 Cougar XR7, lime green metallic paint with a black vinyl top and white letter tires. Looking back, I think it was the most attractive car I ever owned.
@@Primus54 When I graduated HS, my daily driver was one of my grandparents’ cars that, although they were gunna just give to me, I opted to PURCHASE from them, to prevent any retarded “favoritism” jealousy, from any of my 20+ cousins on that side of my family. Purchased it for $1,200.00. It was a 1971 Ford Torino Ranchero GT with 351 Cleveland, ram-air induction hood opt, c6 AT w/9” rear-end. Was green w/black vinyl top & yellow pinstripe pattern on sides… it must’ve had over 400K miles on it, when i regretfully sold it @ 2010-ish, as a result of previous recession financial loss. Just sucks whenever anyone HAS TO sell whatever
Just need to point out something : The Maryland plate on the front has a 3-31-69 expiration date (those plates _were_ actually used during most of the 1968 calendar year and into the first three months of calendar 1969). Most old car enthusiasts here in Maryland use plates from the actual year the car was manufactured and pay no mind to the "3-31-". Maryland plates with the 3-31-68 experation date have a dash separating the letters from the numbers and have blue letters and numbers on white (just the reverse of the MD plate on the car). The "year of expiration" practice started in Maryland in 1938 (with EX-3-31-39) and continues today, except they now expire every two years. (Edit : Maryland plates went to a staggered expiration system in 1986.) I've been a license plate buff since I was a child (I'm 59 now); that is how I know. _(9/23/2023)_ P.S. Many people have already pointed out the correct pronunciation of Hagerstown. The first syllable is pronounced "hay." And Hagerstown has a television station, formerly known as WHAG, that was an NBC affiliated station until 2016 and is now an independent station and uses the call letters WDVM.
Ah yes, I clearly recall the great controversy of the slider bar orientation war. It was called the SBO War of 1968. Many many men had verbal confrontations with no clear winner. It was a sad time with the occasional minor scuffle at car shows from time to time. One day, there may be a favorable resolution.
I have 1965 Rambler Ambassador. I wish it was in as good a shape as your car. Unfortunately she is burning oil and likes to pop out of park right into reverse! Otherwise she's a beauty, with about 80,000 miles. Engine needs rebuilding, but everything else seems to be in good shape.
The dropping rear window is neat option 🤔 Love the fron of the marquis. It reminds me my childhood's Ford Taunus of the late 70's, still in the streets of of early 80's France
I was driving my 1957 T-Bird with the front fender mounted manual antenna fully extended. It sliced a bird in two as I was traveling about 80 mph. Bird guts all over the rear deck. It resembled the rear deck of a 1963 Continental one Dallas day in 1963.
I really enjoy your commentary. No shouting, no incorrect grammar, just a very pleasing voice to listen to. I love stock cars and I worked for Cadillac, Pontiac, Buick and Mercury dealers in the early 70's, so I appreciate your focus. I plan on watching all your videos
Adam the prior owners were probably scared that some "Street Rodder" dude would buy and ruin such a nice OEM Sedan! I know its in good hands!! Love that color too!!
I agree. Or, God forbid, have the vehicle used in a demolition derby. The prior owners made a very wise decision to pull it from the auction.
I have a 68 colony park wagon loaded, reminds me of that
Yeah U don't wanna see that pimped out like with Lincolns lol.
As a teenager i was working in my Dad's service station. We would pick up customers cars, service them, and return them. Got to drive some interesting cars that way. One i really remember was a 68 Mercury wagon. I was impressed with the ride & how quiet it was. You could feel the luxury and quality.
Adam ought to add more Mercury wagons to his collection. His lone Colony Park needs some company.
My father, who worked for Ford at the Dearborn research lab 1950-1986, got a new car every year. In 1968 it was a Mercury Montclair 2-door, all white inside & outside. Nice car!
I really like that generation Mercury. That tunnel rear window is beautiful.
I must say your landscaping and lawn are fabulous!
The rear is gorgeous.
More '68 Park Lane ASMR -- I love it! We hear true quality as you operate each control and feature. Most certainly a premium experience!
Yes, the first 1:08 is legit Rare Classic Cars ASMR!!! Oops...I meant to whisper that
Yet another stunning full size 60s Mercury...you never fail to impress Adam!
I just love the solidness of those doors and that beautiful sounding “ click” when you close them . Now that’s quality! ❤
You have good taste, Adam. The full size Fords and Mercury's of the mid 60's to mid '70's were among the best built and best riding domestic passenger cars of the era. Possibly of ANY cars bar Bentley or Rolls Royce. They remain underrated and undervalued today.
For those of us who have owned or currently own one of these cars we proudly can share your passion for them.
Beautiful car!
Have to say every time I see one of these’68 Mercury Park Lanes, I always think of the original Hawaii Five-0 with McGarrett zooming around Honolulu chasing bad guys. Book’em Danno!
That car is still alive and well.
These cars are getting hard to find, especially in premium condition. They sure bring a lot of pleasant memories to mind.
I have thoroughly enjoyed your Mercury tour. I am particularly fond of all the full sized Mercurys of the ‘60s. Back in 1966, my family acquired a new Mercury Montclair. It was a black 4 dr hardtop with a red interior. I learned how to drive on that car. The only power accessory it had was power steering. I remember having to use both my feet on the brake to stop it. I took my road test in it and found it very easy to park because of the chrome strip that ran along the fenders front to back. I don’t think I could drive that size car today without the modern grannies and power accessories that are in today’s cars. They really are beautiful automobiles.
What a neat car collection. You were really smart not to rush it. That's probably the best original low miles car collection there is. Sure keeps you busy.
Book 'em Dano! Love those Mercury land yachts! Thanks for a great video!
Your doing a great job being the caretaker of this collection for the next generation of car enthusiasts.
Beautiful cars. Thanks again for giving us a peek at just a part of your wonderful collection.
two beautiful cars love that color. love the fastback roof line on the marquis.
Imagine buying this car brand new …and looking at all those features for hours 👍🏻
Yup back then and through the early 70's when I was a kid, getting a new car was a big deal, it was a real event, the whole family would go out for a drive just to check it all out and show it to friends and family, I miss those days!
@@terrybeavan4264 Yes in those days it was a big deal you saved up bought it and each car looked unique! I think today most lease cars and it’s more common to drive the latest cars so not as big a deal
I always thought that the full-size '67-'68 Mercurys were right on par with the full-size '65-'66 Pontiacs in terms of body styling, great engines, ride and build quality. For instance, that 390 V8 was silky smooth and had plenty of power, yet wasn't a gas hog, right on par with Pontiac's famed 389 V8.
I have always loved the '68 Mercury and would love to have one.
Granted a 60s era four-door vehicle with a hardtop looked better than one with posts, but that was as far as it went in terms of benefits. With the hardtops all it took was one window or door out of alignment and the wind noise going down the road could drive you to the brink (especially on the freeway). I also think that 60s era four-door vehicles with posts had better body integrity and simply felt like a tighter vehicle, especially minus the rattling, flopping around of windows on hardtops of the same era.
I'm on love with that interior.
Adam, of all your presentations, the Mercury ones have the most sentimental value to me. Thanks again for bringing back so many good memories!😊
You need to get a 65 Mercury Maurader they are very unique. That os a pair of beautiful Mercs. Love your collection. Take care.
Beautiful, quiet, understated luxury from way back in the day .. : )
Love the interior with the 50/50 front seats and rear center arm rest.
Love your car! My first car was a 1968 Ford Custom 500 with the 240ci 6 cylinder engine; a real dog. I love the old Mercury and Lincoln cars! Enjoy!
Adam, looks like you found a pearl in the oyster state ! Congratulations and many more happy miles !
Adam, the lines of the two-door hard top is my favorite and both of them are magnificent finds, you have a great collection of classics, Thanks for being a great caretaker and preserving those rolling art forms.
Beautiful, wonderful cars Adam. Thanks so much for sharing them with us along with your incredible knowledge of American cars of the era. This car looks like it would be super comfortable as a daily driver today for me except that it's far too nice to put that kind of mileage on. I'm actually jealous of the people who could buy cars like this new and drive them to work every day, then haul around the family on weekends to explore farmer's markets, autumn leaf viewing drives, boy/girl scout camping adventures, and church picnics. That's the America that these cars were built for!
The colors used on this car make it look really extraordinary
Actually, it was your 1968 Mercury Park Lane Brougham 4 Dr Hardtop that I saw in a previous post, but now the Sedan as well and both a terrific, Adam😀🤲
It's finally starting to feel like fall down here in GA! Here's to a hopefully long, mild fall so we can all enjoy the classics during the best time of the year!
I had a 75 Mustang II that I adapted GM cruise control to. GM turn signal levers are not at all like Ford's. So, I went to the local LM dealer and bought the lever, just like in your Mercury. Even with a discount, that lever cost $22 in 1975! While that doesn't sound like much today, it was about triple of what a GM lever would have been. However, it worked just fine! Love the color of the Park Lane!
Mercury made some of the best all around cruisers of them all. I had a 68 Montego MX, as my first vehicle, loved that car, especially the back seat. Lol
I had a '68 Galaxie with that cruise setup. 390 C6 posi rear. Wonderful car. Mercury is SO much nicer.
Lincoln Continentals had those slider switches as well. The ends remove with an allen wrench, so you can position the ends up or down as your mood requires.
You always have some of the most beautiful cars. You have great taste in the cars you buy like this one. They really knew how to build cars back then and the styling is amazing it’s a shame they don’t do that anymore. I love watching your videos reminiscing down memory lane is so wonderful.
I totally agree brother, cars nowadays all look the same.
Beautiful car and it looks just coming out of the factory! Don't matter if Is a 4 door is an amazing collectors experience keep it and enjoy it ❤
4:18 A "baby Continental" that was just 2.5" shorter and 1" wider than the Continental itself. It's ironic that they were pushing this theme when the cars were about as unrelated as they'd ever be, with the body-on-frame, coil-sprung Mercury beating the Lincoln at its own game in some ways. Of course, the lowly Mercury owner would have to give up something, and in this case the most obvious thing was the novelty (and mixed blessing) of suicide doors.
Totally agree Door edge guards ruin the design lines. Two super nice cars. Thank you
Adam, It is wonderful to start my weekend with a classic Mercury. 😁 I hope one day you ship this across the ocean and drive it down Park Lane in London. 😉
Another great review of a beautiful car. Thank you Adam for imparting your automotive knowledge and your cars with us.
Fantastic to see a four-door sedan. Very rare. I remember seeing a 1968 Mercury Park Lane convertible in the 1969 film The Model Shop. I remember that car being fully loaded including power vent windows.
I have a Park Lane convertible with the power vent window option.
@@tonyscarcare5657 Did it come that way or did you add the feature?
@rightlanehog3151 it came that way. There will be a video coming up on it soon, and I'll show the Marti Report to show everything it was ordered with.
@@tonyscarcare5657 OK
I love those cars beautiful!
Love your videos
Maryland native here
HAgerstown loud “A”
Not criticizing just educating
What a beautiful car.
Adam your the Professor of finding these 60s highway cars. This Park Lane, posts included, is perfect. If you find a hardtop you like better we would like a chance to buy this one from you.
Cheers 🇨🇦
Thise rear deck defrosters were neat. I had one on my 71 Camaro. Recently picked one up at a swap meet. Installed it in my 78 Olds Holiday 88 coupe with Y78 option.
Very handsome find.
So beautiful, elegant and thankfully......power windows ( which EVERY Mercury really should have had ...)
Congratulations on such a beautiful, unique and pristine sedan.....simply gorgeous.
Love the 68 tail lights
I love the colors.
Great video. I had a Canadian Meteor LeMoyne which was the same colour as your Parklane. Had a very odd 390FE Premium 2 bbl. I also had a 1967 Mercury Parklane fully loaded with a 410FE in Blue with a white vinyl top and white interior. Funny how your cars resembled mine so much, except my blue Merc was a 4 door.
I’m in love with a Mercury Park Lane Brougham…….I was hoping you would do another video with it…..thank you……
Beautiful Detroit Iron!
Wow, the '68 Mercury Park Lane is an amazing car and yes I had seen your 2dr h'top post, but not this one...Both Cars are probably the best cars in your collection, Adam😊✌
My Dad had a body shop from the mid 50's to 1980.....his mailman came in one time....he had a Mercury Marquis Brougham......he asked Dad if he wanted to work on his MARKUS BROG-HAM......GREAT LAUGH!
Too funny
Splendid. Great Detroit era, late sixties early seventies. How many miles would one ride on open roads before filling up?
Not long
Love it, my very first car was a 1968 Mercury Parklane, all electric windows, including the rear windows. 390, 4 barrel, positraction, and a trunk that would hold 10 bodies. Roll all the windows down, and at about 60 mph, the headliner would get tucked down. It would just float down the highway.
My paternal aunt (1916-2003) had a 1967 Park Lane. Dim memory, as I was born in 1969, but I'm pretty sure it was not a Brougham. Dark green with dark green cloth (silk) seats. I rode in it many times, most often atop the rear armrest, which at that time we thought was a kid's seat! She replaced it with a navy blue 1977 Continental Town Car with navy leather seats.
My cousin (her son) drove the Park Lane for many years and also the Continental, which went into an estate sale. My cousin eventually had a late 90s Town Car.
Beautiful mercury’s l love them
Both cars are beautiful, but the colour of that Marquis does it for me! I think the knob on the air control, should be up like in the Marquis as it clears the emblem , where as down looks like it will not clear the emblem! Might have been just one installer on the assembly line that put the knob on wrong, for a lot of the Park Lanes for that year!
It looked as if in the "right" position, the knob might obscure the marking to which it was pointing, so there were probably reasons for both sides of the argument. If only Ford had come up with a see-through version.
My Dad had bought our family a 1969 Mercury Marquis Brougham, 4 dr., 420 CID engine, cream metalic color with a black full vinal roof, AM-FM Stereo. Beautifully stylish car, something missing in U.S. manufactured cars since 1990!
GM did have exquisite styling as you once said - real artists etc. - but I find faultless the genteel elegance of large '67-8 Mercs; '68 Fords; 71-2 Mercs (among my all-time faves) and Fords...
Your collection is astonishing!
When I was young I thought these looked so close to the look of the ‘68 Fords but I think the wheel covers made me think this.
My parents bought a 68 Monterey 2 door fastback in green. It was their only car for years. When I finished high school in 1975 they gave it to me. It had 70k miles on it. I kept it until 79. The main frame had rusted out on the right side. Great car for the Drive In’s at the time. The front and back seats were huge! 😉
I'm a big fan & a Md resident, Hagerstown in Md is pronounced HAY-gerz- town similar to Jagermeister < (love😋 or hate🤮)
I LOVE the 68 Mercury PL it looks so solid from all angles but especially from the front head on, it just screams quality!
My very first car was a 1968 Mercury Monterey 4 door sedan with the 390 2 barrel. My dad bought it in 1972 and had it until 1978 and it got rear-ended and soon sold it to his friend who fixed the back end and then still used it to pull his camper with it. Then I bought back from him 1980 for $250.00 and it was back in the family again. I drove it proudly until the frame broke on it. But it could sure get up and go and it had the breezeway back window on it that still worked!
I’m a GM guy, but I love these two cars, and the colors!
I’m crazy about that rear window.
Trunk reminds me of my first car! -‘64 Bel Air.
The best family sedan ever produced.
I like the shade of red and the interior is very nice.
Adam, I'm from Saskatchewan, Canada where your green Mercury originated. I love all these Mercury's. I especially like the God of Mercury head emblem accents, such as on the dash just below the climate controls. I believe at one point the keys also had this emblem embossed on them as well. I'd be curious if you could explain if keys are designed just like the rest of the car or if there is a deliberate thought process about keys.
Gorgeous car, quality
That is a beautiful car! I'd still take your 1967 Park Lane, but it's a close call. I know that area of Maryland very well. I was on a sales call to Berkeley Springs, WV, and got caught in the worst blizzard I've ever seen, and got the last room at the Holiday Inn in Grantsville, Maryland. Stuck there for two nights! Good people there.
Time stood still......fantastic
I wonder why this vid reminds me of Jack Lord and Hawaii 5-0 We're working on season 1 wright now. Adam, when you replace the door light or any other interior light use LED's as they don't get hot witch keeps the lens from turning yellow, just in case the door is left open for a long time. That rear defroster knob location looks like a Knee Knocker
I love it, quote. there's great controversy. end quote. Yes, I was in an intense conversation about that instrument just last week! lol, another great video, thanks Eric. enjoy your ride man
Nice cars. I could see my dad in one of these back in the day.
‘68 Merc Cougar was/has been one of my all-time FAVORITE styled vehicles‼️‼️ These days, I personally wouldn’t give two 💩 whether I had one as a 4 or 2 door… just having one would be enough!
When I graduated in ‘72 my first car was a ‘67 Cougar XR7, lime green metallic paint with a black vinyl top and white letter tires. Looking back, I think it was the most attractive car I ever owned.
@@Primus54 When I graduated HS, my daily driver was one of my grandparents’ cars that, although they were gunna just give to me, I opted to PURCHASE from them, to prevent any retarded “favoritism” jealousy, from any of my 20+ cousins on that side of my family. Purchased it for $1,200.00. It was a 1971 Ford Torino Ranchero GT with 351 Cleveland, ram-air induction hood opt, c6 AT w/9” rear-end. Was green w/black vinyl top & yellow pinstripe pattern on sides… it must’ve had over 400K miles on it, when i regretfully sold it @ 2010-ish, as a result of previous recession financial loss. Just sucks whenever anyone HAS TO sell whatever
@@seanbatiz6620 Man… that sucks that you had to give it up. Sounds like a great ride. I always loved Rancheros and El Caminos.
Thanks for this. We had a black one, red interior, we would drive between Los Angeles and the High Desert. It’s a great cruiser.
Just need to point out something : The Maryland plate on the front has a 3-31-69 expiration date (those plates _were_ actually used during most of the 1968 calendar year and into the first three months of calendar 1969). Most old car enthusiasts here in Maryland use plates from the actual year the car was manufactured and pay no mind to the "3-31-". Maryland plates with the 3-31-68 experation date have a dash separating the letters from the numbers and have blue letters and numbers on white (just the reverse of the MD plate on the car). The "year of expiration" practice started in Maryland in 1938 (with EX-3-31-39) and continues today, except they now expire every two years. (Edit : Maryland plates went to a staggered expiration system in 1986.) I've been a license plate buff since I was a child (I'm 59 now); that is how I know. _(9/23/2023)_
P.S. Many people have already pointed out the correct pronunciation of Hagerstown. The first syllable is pronounced "hay." And Hagerstown has a television station, formerly known as WHAG, that was an NBC affiliated station until 2016 and is now an independent station and uses the call letters WDVM.
Yes, I debated what plate to get and decided on the one you see as it was in use for most of 1968.
I love old Mercs and Oldsmobiles. Both cuts above Ford and Ponchos. Still classy.
I just noticed the Mercury Winged Messenger above the radio. I was sad when it went away; it was so iconic 😍
Very knowledgeable. A pleasure!
I can't believe how cherry that car is! Beautiful!
What a beautiful car! My 68 Impala was ordered with spinner SS hubcaps!
Ah yes, I clearly recall the great controversy of the slider bar orientation war. It was called the SBO War of 1968. Many many men had verbal confrontations with no clear winner. It was a sad time with the occasional minor scuffle at car shows from time to time. One day, there may be a favorable resolution.
Agreed - I love a sedan!
Very nice, I always loved the Mercury’s.
Thank you Adam! Such a pretty Mercury.
The way that cruise control power knob retracts is just incredibly cool... plus it had Accel & Decel loooong before GM & Cadillac.
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Having been born and raised just 25 miles north of “Hay-gerz-town”, she is an amazing survivor!!!!
I am in love with this car! Beautiful car Adam.
11:18 The really tall antenna is strictly for AM. The ideal FM antenna is, to quote an FM engineer, "a 31 inch long piece of metal".
One of the best looking sedans ever! BTW, I like door edge guards!
I have 1965 Rambler Ambassador. I wish it was in as good a shape as your car. Unfortunately she is burning oil and likes to pop out of park right into reverse! Otherwise she's a beauty, with about 80,000 miles. Engine needs rebuilding, but everything else seems to be in good shape.
The dropping rear window is neat option 🤔
Love the fron of the marquis.
It reminds me my childhood's Ford Taunus of the late 70's, still in the streets of of early 80's France
I was driving my 1957 T-Bird with the front fender mounted manual antenna fully extended. It sliced a bird in two as I was traveling about 80 mph. Bird guts all over the rear deck. It resembled the rear deck of a 1963 Continental one Dallas day in 1963.