1978 Mercury Colony Park - Across the USA 🇺🇸 

A boy in my school carpool's mom drove a '72 Colony Park with the high back luxurious vinyl power front bench seats. Installed in the car (circa 1978) was a radio telephone, which I was told was used infrequently for the father's business, and was very expensive, and you had to reserve a time slot in advance to place a call!😮

In 1986 when I was 8 my family had one and drove it from Florida to Chicago and back 2 weeks later. Well built vehicle.👍

A real Interstate cruiser ❤️

Great, I really like the wagons.

Nice story . The room you did the video in looks interesting also . Thanks mark

My first car was 1977 Mercury Colony Park wagon with 460 Cu in. engine fully loaded. It was my fathers company car and he gifted it to me for my 17th birthday. I upgraded the stereo system and put BF Goodrich T/A radials with American Racing MAG wheels, and the MAG WAG was born. That wagon was a dream to drive with those huge Lazy Boy like seats, back and forth the three hundred mile trip from Deerfield, Illinois to La Crosse Wisconsin where I went to school. I miss the wagon so much. Too bad Ford can't bring that back with the engine technologies of today.

I love full-size American wagons, particularly when they display such a close affinity with nature courtesy of all that woodgrain. Great car MB and such a wonderful way to take delivery with another scenic drive across the USA, in scenes reminiscent of Clark Griswold and family. So many Americans grew up in these cars, it's no wonder they have such fond childhood memories of them. Given that obvious nostalgic appeal, it's a shame so many were driven into the ground without thought of their future collectability. You have a rare jewel there - and I'd be more than happy with a 400 Clevo under the hood!

This looks just like the one I drove for my dad's catering business back in the 70s. Except it had a 460. Beautiful and very comfortable. I sat in line in that gas crises too. 65 cents a gallon back then. Who knew? Great video.

Oh I didn't remember about the carburator... (Second time I don't remember something from your journesy LOL) Anyhow great to hear about it again!

You have some nice Mercury Grand Marquis cars. That was a great looking style in the late 1970's. I liked them too. You have the Colony Park wagon and drove your car car cross the United States. That is saying something to do that. I am sure you saw a lot as you drove. Now it is back in Australia. Good for you Mark. Thank you for sharing your experience.

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Nice car Mark. You cannot beat a station wagon for a multi day trip.

Another great video feature Mark. The 400 often cops a bad wrap but I also have a 400 in my 1979 Lincoln, and although it's not a neck-snapper in take off performance, the effortless torque makes it great to drive and feels exceptionally smooth under the right foot. At the end of the day - or at the start of the day - how far performance wise do you want to push a full size vehicle like this? I love these cars because of many factors. Mark pointed out that they didn't survive in big numbers, they were the "taken for granted" family transport back in an era where car variance & choice was in abundance in the United States. These cars were often the victims of hard times by families. But I believe it became even worse when these cars went through the "worth $400" era. Respectfully, in most cases, then those buyers were the hardest owners, didn't care, didn't service them, left them outside - list goes on - and that attributed to the demise of most I believe. That said, this condition of wagon that Mark has is almost a freak. This wagon side-stepped all of that and was protected...you can see by the video it has been looked after over time. Some dear soul appreciated this wagon. I would have liked to have installed a brand new carby on this car for Mark - instead of a rebuilt - but it did the job, and then travelled 4/5's the way across the USA without any hassle what so ever. Another awesome story. Cheers, Fletch 👍

That is a great car. I liked and subscribed! Thank you!

Here is a video on my 1978 Mercury Colony Park wagon. I love this car! I did a road trip across the USA in it a few years back. I was amazed how many people had fond memories of these cars, especially as kids. What do you think of full size American wagons? Please give the video a thumbs up 👍. To ensure you don’t miss a video please Subscribe and hit the Notifications button. Thanks for watching!

I like how the rear is related to the Aussie Fords of the time. I like woody wagons. Really cool. This is nicely appointed. Are the headlight covers padded vinyl you can push in? Have you seen the video of the actual individual Ford LTD wagon that Michael Myers used in Halloween that's been tracked down and restored? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SOPmq0L_wes.htmlsi=jWK1kLk1rQzIT65m