The 1971 Mercury Grand Marquis is probably the most beautiful example ever produced IMO.

Those were the days! I had a Colony Park station wagon with the optional 460 engine along with the optional 4-wheel disc brakes. Not only would it scat, but it would also stop on the proverbial dime. It was a thirsty beast, but how I enjoyed that car.

Thank you so much for putting this old film strip online! They are such a treat to watch and learn from.

RIP Mercury......we miss you.

Ford had a clear, successful concept in mind for Mercury in this period- baby Lincoln. Thanks for showing this.

My folks bought a new Colony Park in '69, and my sister had a 14-yo '72 Brougham.. both marvelous, beautiful cars..

One of the best medium - upper medium priced cars of the 70's. Did everything well - except handling - and the Brougham interiors (71 just a tad nicer) were superb. Much more solidy built than GM stuff. While Mercury would retain some seperation from Ford until the Panther platform in 79, 1971-72 were probably the peak years of this distinction, even after the Grand Marquis arrived (as a stand alone model) for 75 as you could basically duplicate the interior with the LTD Landau Luxury Group option (though at about $700, not so many did). FoMoCo gets credit for offering radials a year or two before GM & Chrysler.

I had a 1972 Ford Country Squire wagon. '71-2 Ford & Mercury large cars to me hit styling peaks - especially '71 Marquis lines with superior front grille and rear car-wide red lights & reflector.

what a REAL car looks like

These were genuine baby Lincolns and a good value.

I wish I could drive my 74 Mercury Montego again, Or my 79 Cougar....I liked those Merc land yachts

Super Great find! One of of my favorite things! Bring us MORE of this car in particular! Thanks for this!

Hugely enjoyable, 15 minutes flashed by!

About 46 yrs earlier, The Harpers had a '71 4dr. Monterey dark green; Dwight and Janie Bates drove a similar model, 4dr. brown Marquis! A car was a car to me then, 'til around 1980-81, I was able to distinguish between a Monterey and Marquis!!

I had a 78 town coupe...460 engine,dual exhaust...carter AFB..it would fly! Miss that car!

I always thought this particular year Merc and body style was sharper looking than the Lincoln. I miss these beautiful road machines. Being a TEXAN driving big cars in the 70's was a right of passage. Kid's today have to make due with trucks and SUVS 😂

I'm sold! I'll have to rush to my Mercury Dealership and place my order pronto!

5000 pound land yacht… I wonder how many babies were conceived in the back seat of these cars!

I have a 72 LTD and I want to upgrade to one of these bad boys.

LOVED This video!!! Great memories!!! ☺☺☺

Thanks for the upload!

Land yacht love it....not medium..😊 Sweet ride

And then the "gas crisis" and everything started to shrink.

I never realized that the 1971 and 1972 Mercury Monterey had its own specific dashboard and instrument panel,, those are the only 2 years they did that...

Big is beautiful ❤ Two of the best selling American cars in the 1970s was the Chevrolet Monte Carlo and the Chrysler Cordoba I miss those colors the cars came in - gold ,maroon ,cream and powder blue

My Aunt Pearl had an Ivy colored one. I used to play in it as a little kid. Parents were GM.people.

THANK YOU for this gem, I remember these!! BIG "THUMBS UP"!!! I just SUBSCRIBED, keep it up!!

Today the EVs like the Tesla weigh much more than these (even though these land barges were larger). We have gone backwards.

My Great Uncle had a 71 Marquis Brougham 4'dr semi lurxuy fully loaded Surper clean

1971-2 large Mercurys had a hunkered-down, Command the Road look recalling the "every inch a Buick" last-'60s design philosophy at GM. '73 & on, Mercs (and Fords) lost artistry I think.

Where is Adam from Rare Classic Cars & Automotive History he owns plenty of Mercury’s & he loves them & I can see why. Good day Adam, Louis Kats from Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺

I had a 1979 Lincoln Towne ,basically the same car.Had a 400 cu in engine.17 mpg per imperial gal. Fully eqiped Cartier model.

Early ABS? I never knew this!

The 72 Grand Marquis brougham shown here is one of the best looking cars of the 70's (although the 71 Monterey looked better then the one in 72 in my opinion)

Better ride than a $29k limousine - wow, thats impressive these days!

Those were great from 30mph on....

I used to have an old Consumer Reports from 1972 where they tested the Mercury Marquis against Olds, Buick, Chrysler, "I think",, not sure exactly anymore,, but it won,,, the Mercury was the winner...

My brother would say, “stratolounger”

I want to buy one of these. Where's the local Mercury dealer?

Watered em down starting 1973. Power declined as well. Shared dash w/ Ford, etc.

Catered to the emphysema crowd.

When Americans made wonderful cars…. The Big 3 are now a shadow of their former selves.

Land yacht!

Sor, caps lock got stuck.

Did Mercury offer a Park Lane model during the 1970s?

For the frugal minded person who could afford a Lincoln, but didn't want to FLAUNT IT!

Yeah, these days you can barely fit three small boxes and any fucking trunk of any car these days 😂😂😂😂😂 you get what I’m saying !

Nowadays you need to buy a full-size truck to get comparable power and cargo capacity

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I always that they were way too big. I remember when the 1979 marquis came out; I thought what a beautiful replacement.

Beep!

"And new for '72, we only hired colorblind interior designers for that special look you won't get with competitors' vehicles" Seriously, these are great looking cars, but they really could have made the interiors more attractive even for the era.

I’d rather have one of these than any Asian piece of crap available today-I was dumb enough to buy three of them.

What young people are never told why cars were so big in the 70s it's because everybody drank and drove. And I mean they were completely drunk weaving left and right down the road go off the road take out the mailbox run over the light post in the front yard come back down run over a small retaining wall hit some trash cans back on the pavement these cars were Dependable you could be plastered and mow over all kind of stuff and still be able to weave your way home. These modern cars you can hit one simple trash can on the side of the road and the damn thing's dead and your plastered and the law enforcement comes and gets you and takes you to jail but these big old land barges you made it home and one another drunk hit you you didn't get hurt that's why the cars were so big back in the day. Now they want everybody to be sober and drive little tiny Echo pods one whack it's on a rollback. Not these big land barges, the station wagon with the whole right side with this major deep gas down the side where the doors didn't open dropping off the kitties at school and they have to get out the left side doors because Mom was a country club drunk. Oh gone are the days of the happy memories when a home was affordable when one the people in the marriage was drunk and everything worked out just fine. When the car got way too many dents and dad got a new one you simply give the mangled up old one to the maid and she drives a clunker over to the ghetto where she came from to work from every day.