Thanks, Big M! It took a long time!

Thank you! Yeah, I don't hate the Cragars at all because they're so period correct, and it even has the Cragar booklet copywrited 1974 in the glove box. I hate blackwalls!

@@tonyscarcare5657 So i wonder if those Cragers were a dealer installed option if the booklet is still with the car???

Thank you! I agree. This was the last year for being the most unique and being able to know what year it was just by looking.

Mine, too!

I don't get it either, but they sure do.

Well, they told me he was the original owner, but the original owners card says different! 😕

@@tonyscarcare5657 Tony, What is the original owners card?? I've never seen one of those.

Thank you! That color was the main selling point for me because I had two that color when I was younger.

Thank you, Robert!

The paint has a nice sparkle to it, whatever was repainted, was done very well many years ago I would guess, really nearly impossible to tell if there’s been any paint work

Yeah, I don't think anyone could match it that well now with today's paint.

Thanks, Mike! I've wanted another one that color for a long time. Believe me, the top will look better tan and without those awful Landau bars. Some people like them. 🤢

I was 22 at the time.

Awesome! They were all great until 79.

I looked at the 75 Merc Marquis Coupe same color as the 74 LTD, velour interior to match top, but out of my budget. Stunning car. I tended to love yachts. Lol

Wow!

To y, I agree with you.

Oh dang! Those dang dear! I don't mind the wheels at all, but I sure do get attacked about them. Thank you!

Your comment made me laugh. Almost like, she borrowed your car to go hunting !! 😄😁

Thanks, Dave! Yeah, this car is one that is only gonna take some time, but not a lot of money. It's already turning heads. I hope they don't see the inside yet! 🤣

I never dreamed I'd find a base 74 with that many options. It's the only base 2 door I've seen with power windows. I will be adding power doorlocks.

Lol! It definitely needs re-sprayed from the lower body line down!

Thank you! This is the third 74 I've had in this color, and I plan on keeping this one. I didn't think I'd ever find another one. Especially one this loaded.

Thank you! I would really like to find wire spoke wheels for it.

Thank you! Yeah, I don't understand the hate for the 400.

Thank you! I've always liked brown vehicles. When I was looking for a Super Duty, I wouldn't buy one until I found one in what they called "Dark Stone." It was very nice looking, too.

I plan to dye this top tan.

Thank you very much! That's what I need to hear. The drama queens are way thicker than I thought!

Thanks, Mark! It really is a great car, well, it will be! I love the color, too.

@@tonyscarcare5657 Hopefully, I will come to see you again next year. 👍

I hope so!

Thank you! Oh yes, it's stronger than the 79 Town Cars. I've had a couple of those, too. Actually, I still have one I need to sell.

Thanks, D & R! I started to do a video on that turn signal, and as soon as I started testing wires, it came on! So, I guess it was a connection. I will talk about it, though. The wagon was accepted to Motor Muster, so fingers crossed!

Thanks! I love the color, too.

Thank you! I still haven't touched the inside. I figured I'll wait until I'm ready to grease and repair the windows since all the interior panels have to come out anyway.

Makes sense not to tear into things more than need be​@@tonyscarcare5657

Lol. That sounds like a great truck you have. And, yes, Sir, I will not be putting those deluxe wheel covers on it. That is for sure. I'm sorry 😞.

Thank you! Yeah, it's very loaded for a base 74 LTD. I'd never seen a base 74 2 door with power windows until now. Here's a video that shows all the options here. 👇kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbJlZtacx52cc6M.htmlsi=XiXWa2XNCGLKgVM_

Thank you! One guy said that me removing those bars would be enough for him to stop watching my channel. 🙄

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Yeah, it sure made a difference, huh? I'll be glad to get started on the inside. Thank God, no severe weather here yet.

They would be in Southern California, but I don't live in an area to be able to keep it nice.

Thank you! I am really not a fan of the deluxe wheel covers at all, plus one of them is badly damaged.

Yep! Some of the comments blow my mind.

If the Class 3 trailer towing equipment was ordered you got the big 460/ w dual exhaust and a lot of other goodies but it was not cheap there was H/D cooling for motor and trans and you went from a C-4 trans to a C-6 the steering gear was heavier with a different ratio there was other tweaks to the Chassis you larger tires with more ply the electrical system was amped up bigger alternator the ignition timing was unique to the application the differential was more truck like with a lower gear ratio the springs & shocks were unique with higher ratings in all if you chose this expensive option package you had a very capable & reliable car or station wagon to handle your trailer towing needs but you are more equal now with a F/150 p.u. Say good by to that LTD luxury boulevard ride

@georgewilson1184 This car has the C6 transmission with the 400.

Thank you! Much appreciated!

Thank you! Yeah, I can't believe the owner accepted that exhaust and didn't return it to the shop and make them fix it. For sure, that 400 doesn't bother me. I've had a bunch of them.

I think I need to put new shocks all the way around and see how it sits before I decide on tires. I will definitely be losing the Landau bars. One guy said he may stop watching my videos if I do. Thank you!

Thanks! I think it's awesome.

Yes, Sir! I am known as the keyless entry guy. Lol. The Cougar should be simple since those are the cars I get that stuff out of for the OBS trucks.

@@tonyscarcare5657 I loved the keypad on my 1997 Continental! Once you’ve had one you can’t imagine a car without one!

That's so true.

Thank you! I did buy this one to keep, though. I'm sorry. Keep your eyes open. I didn't think I'd ever find one either.

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I wouldn't mind those tires at all and very well could wind up with them. However, I can tell you that we will be attacked for it!

Thank you!

Thank you! I knew about the rear window washer, but I can't say I've heard of those other options.

@@tonyscarcare5657 What was the rear tailgate window washer option?? I've NEVER seen any LTD wagon from 1973-1978 with a rear wiper?

I don't remember if it had a wiper. I don't think so. It sprayed washer fluid up on the rear window to wash off the dust.

It was a hidden system concealed in the tailgate you had to lower the glass for whatever process took place in side the door there was a little flip up door on the top right side of the tailgate with a small fluid port to add windshield washer solution the whole process was invisible and took place inside the tailgate

@@georgewilson1184 Really? Wow i have NEVER heard of that option existing. So if you come across a car with this option, you have to look for a flip up door on the top of the tailgate to fill with washer fluid?? This option has totally eluded me all these years.

Thank you! I'll definitely get to the tires eventually.

Thanks! I get that a lot.

I agree with you 100%!

I did not. I just haven't had time to do anything.

Thank you! Yes, the Landau bars are factory, and I hate them! I plan to take them off, but you wouldn't believe the people attacking me for removing them. Here is the video where I explained the option they came with. 👇 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbJlZtacx52cc6M.htmlsi=juRrSZ8SzD1v_tmB

Thank you! I could never give up this peaceful area. I like to visit the city but it's always nice to be back home. Yes! I can not handle those Landau bars. I've been to two funerals since we discussed the Landau bars, and there was a hearse sitting out there with them at both of them. One guy said if I remove them, it's enough to make him stop watching my videos! 🙄

Thank you! I just use products from a local supplier, and whatever he tells me to use, I trust him, and it usually works out.

Thank you, Sir!

I think so.

Right!

Thank you! Yes, it's definitely a 74. This was the last year for that steering wheel and rimblow horn. The wheel changed in 75. Yes, I'll address the shift indicator when I address the left turn signal.

That is my plan.

Thank you! I have NOS (brand new original) hood ornaments for both this car and the 77 Country Squire.

Yeah, I think the exhaust is newer myself.

Thanks! There were several extra cost colors, and yes, I believe metallic was the main ingredient. Here's a video explaining the bars. It was 74 only and available on LTDs, 2 and 4 door. 👇 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbJlZtacx52cc6M.htmlsi=SnnGSOr6PcDmgKv-

Thank you! I'll be in Dearborn for Motor Muster at The Henry Ford Father's Day weekend. The Landau bars are explained in this video here 👇 I hate them! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbJlZtacx52cc6M.htmlsi=juRrSZ8SzD1v_tmB

The aluminum wheel didn't come out until 75. I don't like any factory 74 wheel cover. I'll think of something. There will be guys who don't like my choice, but they can use their choice when they get one. Some guys are downright rude about it. Thank you for watching and commenting. Much appreciated!

@@tonyscarcare5657 The Craiger's look good, I'm just such an original person. I hunted forever for wheels for my "83 Mustang GLX Convertible. It came with those wire wheel covers back then. I finally found nice aluminum? wheels that came on those. Not the TRX, the others with the square holes around the outside of the wheel. I'm sure it will look great no matter what you do. I would say if you kept the Craiger's, raised letters would look great.

That's what I'm leaning towards.

Thanks, buddy! Yes, those are grain bins, and they are full of corn right now.

I only want to paint below the lower body line to the rockers behind the front wheels and back.

Thanks! You will get numerous answers to that question.

@@tonyscarcare5657 I have heard 2 different answers, 1. Lincoln Trim Decor 2. Luxury Trim Decor....... Who knows......

I've heard limited, too. 🤣

Probably so.

I want the Landau bars gone, and they will be! However, I've been told by one viewer that he will stop watching my videos if I do. I do not like any original 74 wheel covers.

I'll be keeping the car. I do not like any of the original 74 wheel covers. I prefer a wire wheel with whitet walls because I had one in the 80s, and I wish I'd never gotten rid of it. I've decided that I can only do what I want and not worry about what anyone else thinks. However, if I'd seen one of these in the 80s with Cragars when I was in my teens, I'm sure I would have thought it was the coolest thing ever! Way more people say they like the Cragars than ones who say they don't. And I would like the white walls with the Cragars much better than any black wall.

@@tonyscarcare5657 Wire wheels and white walls. 👌👌

Lol! Probably not!

My email is listed in all my channel information.

He speaks quite a bit, in the video, about it having a 400.

So you didn't watch the video.

I get these comments all the time. It shows me the view duration is down, and then I get these. It's a good thing they don't have to take a test at the end of it. 302 wasn't even an option.

I commented prior to watching...just guessing but I seem to recall 302 in 1971&1972?

I don't believe the 302 was available in those years either. I believe the base engine was the 351.

There's a lot of them on eBay.

@@tonyscarcare5657 I've got Uniroyal Tiger Paw AWP on my 88 crown vic daily and cooper on my 67 XL, the Cooper's have been discontinued since Goodyear bought them out for some reason Goodyear won't market a white wall tire as a grandson and a former Goodyear employee myself it saddens me that i can't run the tire that made the city i live in because they don't make what i want.

It is ridiculous that most companies have stopped making so many of these tires.

I bet you used the key fob, and those are what I make and sell for trucks and Broncos and Econoline vans.

Thank you! I grew up in these cars and have always loved them. GM and Chrysler body build quality was a joke compared to Ford. All you have to do is open and close the doors to see that. My uncle used to always say, "Don't slam the door. It's not a Chrysler! " The GM windows would fall in three inches when you opened the door. I'd love to find someone locally with some of those other cars to do a comparison video.

@@tonyscarcare5657 You are definitely right! Just wish I liked Ford's styling from that era!

Someone did because they sold hundreds of thousands of them. The 73 LTD got Motor Trends sedan of the year award.

@@tonyscarcare5657 Yep! I didn't mean to sound like I was slamming Ford, just stating my personal preference style-wise.

I hear that a lot! 🤣

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Barnaby was clever in a unique country gentlemen way he would prefer sit on the dock with you & fish and drink a cold tall glass of milk instead of a Scotch & soda Now the cocktail was more of what Frank Cannon would have done with you and his ways were like a Cop because he was ex - cop always remember a mug shot And police line up now we come to the inapt untidy clumsy pestering luitenant Columbo shabby devious little man always bending rules insists on driving his own old beater instead of an appropriate city vehicle no service revolver no handcuffs no ink pen no manors actually contaminates crime scene with that stinking Cigar dropping ashes all over but if you have a bottle of vintage Cabertnet Sauvignon he is your drinking buddy while still trying to trip you up on your alibi he would not notice hole in the wall big enough to drive a truck threw but would notice the way you button your coat or pour a drink

I've always loved brown cars, and apparently, a lot of other people do, too!

@@tonyscarcare5657 yes, but normally those people are being hunted down by semi truck drivers in the desert.

Not hardly!!!