One. Last. Ride.

Turn on subtitles or view the transcript at the bottom of the description if you’d like explanations on what I’m doing throughout the video. This is a 1977 Mercury Grand Marquis, equipped with a 460 Big Block engine. As far as I can tell, it’s been parked since 1995 and hasn’t ran for about 30 years. From the looks of it, it’s been sitting in this field the entire time. I was even told that it was a nice, running and driving car when parked. Before hauling it out, the sellers let me try and get it running and driving where it sat for one last ride. While I was successful, the car’s much too far gone to be put back on the road. I saved the engine and transmission and attempted to part out the rest, but unfortunately it had to be towed away as scrap. I hope you’ll see me reuse the drivetrain in an upcoming video, once I find something to put it in. Chapters: 00:00 - Arrival 02:03 - Is the engine seized? Almost 05:46 - Hooking up power. 08:59 - Getting spark to the spark plugs 13:30 - First start 15:01 - Checking out the carburetor 20:55 - Really hearing it run now 22:18 - Seeing if the tires air up 26:58 - End of day 1 29:51 - Reseating a tire bead with flammable liquids 31:28 - Getting the cooling system in order 33:17 - Hooking up the fuel system 36:09 - Couple other checks before seeing if it moves 38:20 - Will it drive? 40:35 - Un-seizing the rear wheels 47:34 - Pre-drive inspection 49:23 - First Drive. 55:22 - Bringing it back home 59:12 - Quick pressure wash 1:02:29 - Getting it into the garage 1:05:14 - Pulling the engine and transmission 1:17:00 - What’s in the box 1:20:12 - The End: Goodbye, thanks for the ride 1:22:47 - Cat The song off the 8-track tape is Henry Mancini’s The Sound of Philadelphia/Love Theme, owned by RCA Victor with Sony entertainment. Fingers crossed I don’t get a copyright strike.