Another 70's memory..
 

I laughed all the way through this old Mercury TV ad. Talk about puttling lipstick on a pig! Lemme tell ya, it took some engineering to get an over 400 cubic inch engine to produce barely over 200 horsepower and yield 9 mpg on a good day. Love the bragging on the huge gas tanks, the wood grained plastic, the plush cloth and plastic seats, the weird styling...the writers did their best at selling...and some did actually buy. The mid 70's...a dark time for those remaining loyal to Detroit.

Anyway, enjoy the show...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ1mAZBfUYo

Another 70's memory..
 

At my first job, the owner bought a brand new Mercury Marquee, MX Brougham. It had a gross weight of something like 5,000 pounds. It was huge, and averaged 6 MPG the way he drove. Gas was 20 cents a gallon so no big deal.

He parked next to my 914 and with the front bumpers up against the building, my rear bumper came to his B pillar between the front and back door.

I remember those boats.

Do love the hide away headlights..

BUT..
the car and that guys suit are hideous..so glad I'm not old enough to remember those type cars..

Road like a Lincoln Towncar but 1/3 lower price. The Grand Marquis was a nicer car.
I sold Lincoln/Mercury in 1980 - 82. The `79 TownCar was about a football field long and the truck could hold 6-8 bodies (a big selling point for Unions and certain Italian families in NYC). The Japanese cars ate our lunch in the early 80's on anything other than the big cars. I remember people trading in the Lincoln or a Grand Marquis because of gas mileage but then came back 6 months later because they hated the ride and storage of a small car. They took a beating twice.

If you want to mock the `70's pull out some old photos of the clothes you wore.

Absolutely... what were we thinking ?? days of disco !

What?? You don't wear your leisure suit anymore? :)

another ten year and this will be about tattoos and nose rings.

Early 70s:p

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That was awful, how did they sell any of those cars back then? I noticed the use of the word “deluxe”. You just don’t hear that anymore in advertisements.

Reminds me of the old Colombo or Rockford Files TV shows; the rich socialite characters always drove a car like a Mercury Marquis.

you people are just like the ones that look at High Wheel Bikes and say, why would you ride that, well, it's because that was what was invented. Those cars were the best of that time.

Are you guys kidding? Those were the days. Cheesy clothes and all. I'll take 1975 over the crap we live with today any day, all day and twice on Sunday. I want my Hawaiian Tropic #2 over 50SPF sunscreen. The Bee Gees and John Travolta in Saturday Night live over Bradley Cooper and Gaga in the new a star is born, Sinatra and the rest of the rat pack over almost anyone from today and the Grand Marquee over a Prius any day. Hell I would take that Grand Marquis or a Lincoln Mark V over a new S class.

I love that thing, sculptured stand up metal hood ornament, Brougham level grill, hidden headlamps with Marquis crest on the doors, extended range tank, nylon seats with the look and feel of Cashmere, harmonizing pin stripes, lounge seats, a Philco radio. It has all the luxuries. It's like driving your Grand parents Livingroom. All it needs is clear plastic seat covers.



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A buddy was selling this, I can see if he still has it.
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That's a IV, the V has sharper lines and the shark gills.

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They weren't bad cars when used for what they were intended. Stop & go driving on a clogged freeway. Cruising to Vegas at 70 mph..... Back when $6.00 would fill your tank.

I keep expecting the announcer to talk about a phorescent skor motion and reciprocating dingle arms.

I'm reminded of this commercial on SNL:

https://www.aish.com/j/jt/Jtube-Saturday-Night-Live-A-Bris-in-the-Royal-Deluxe-II.html

jeez, I felt like I was watching Dynasty

You could crush one up and make 2 Japanese cars out of one or 3 Korean cars...

Queue up David Lindley...or mebbe Steve Miller's version ;). Every dang one of my dad's cars until I went to college wuz a Mercury...he might have had about every damn one but a Bobcat (Pinto)....last one being a Lincoln Mark V track beast....he had to get a '78....'cause they were discontinuing the 460 CI....

At 16....I did drive his '70 Cougar w/ a 351 fer a year or so.....that one was the only "keeper" out of 'em all....but it wasn't the Mustang body....oh well :).

That car is about 10 years too new for me. Back in the 60s they really knew how to build a boat on wheels.

find a quiet place and you can hear those door hinges crying.

The V came out in `80. It was smaller and had a 5.0 instead of the monster motors up through `79.

More 70's memories: Light boxes that changed colors with the music, black light posters, and mobiles. Great for times of recreational partaking.

Another 70s memory. An era of great music and terrible cars.

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The mark VI came out in 1980. The V hit the dealers in 1976 as a 1977 and ran through 1979

Opps. I stand corrected. "I remember" is not a good expression for me. It was the VI that had the major cut in size and motor. I had the year right, just wrong moniker.
IIRC :rolleyes: that was also around the time that Caddy had this brilliant idea for the 8/6/4 motor.

Yes, that is around the same time caddy had the 4/6/8 and came out with the Cimarron based on that little boxy Chevy, can't recall what it was? As I recall the Mark VI also shared the same platform as the thunderbird and Granada. Ford even dressed up a Granada and called it a Lincoln to compete with the Cimarron.

Edit: was the Chevy a Citation? and I think the Lincoln based on the Granada was a Versailles?

The VI had the same platform as the Marquis/Grand Marquis.
The Versailles had the Granada platform and it was not well liked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_J_platform

My dad had one of these in an ugly (at the time) Mustard Yellow
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Isn't that what became of the Cougar after '70....yuk :(

Nevermind.....dad had one of those too...

I had a mercury marquee colony park station wagon back in 1980. I was carpooling in it back and forth to work. It broke down one time and the tow back home was cheaper than the gas I was burning.

My 1986 El Camino has HUGE doors, and I have had to have the door hinges replaced twice after just 365,000 miles. Well actually the last time I replaced the hinges was back with 320,000 or so. I have to keep them lubed up, or they don't like it much.

The Chevy Citation! GM built it to compete with the Ford “Ticket” and Chrysler “Moving Violation”, neither of which made it into production.

Cimmaron was based on the Cavalier. One of the many disposable '80s cars.

You should do this to yours:Dhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1562595338.jpg
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Even though my parents drove big American cars (not trucks), this is an almost-period local ad for the iconic '70s vehicle of my childhood:

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Pardon the atrocious video quality.

Corinthian Leather.

Let's not forget GM's foray into diesels in the late 70 early 80 passenger car product line. A modified 350 ci gas engine that blew head gaskets on a near daily basis.

My father had one of those oldsmobile POS..