1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V Review - Built With Care 

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Hey James. I’m selling a 79 Lincoln continental mark v. Do you know somebody that can be interested? I live in Illinois.

I’m selling one exactly like this, it doesn’t look like this one but it’s in good conditions. I live in Illinois. If somebody is interested reply here and I send my phone number. This car have been in auto shows and has a lot of first place trophies.🏆

@@negocioyequipointegro358 I would take a look

I'd buy one pure cruiser ,nothing sporty about it , like the world now has this obsession with being sporty

6000 lbs????????????? Not even close

@@drobson8004 rose tinted glasses

There’s no way in hell your getting 26 miles per gallon. Impossible with any engine they offered.

@@bobd9868 First of all its, "There’s no way in hell YOU'RE getting 26 miles per gallon," and secondly, cars in the 70's were tuned for power. Screw with the fuel/air mixture and you'd be able to sacrifice some of your power for extra mileage.

@@generfeld Look up Bill Hickman, then come back to me.

Reaper:: YES YES THANX

Great job sir....Thoroughly enjoyed it..

Forgot one key detail: needed to upgrade the exhaust. Factory exhaust had dual catalytic converters, but then Y-piped into a single skinny pipe through the muffler and resonator. Upgraded to independent (no Y-pipe) dual exhaust. My mechanic said he needed that to use his tailpipe “sniffer” to set the carb.

Sorry, meant no H-pipe for the dual exhaust.

First adjust the seating. You should be able to hold the clutch fully depressed for a while without it being uncomfortable. Then adjust tilt in the seat so you can drive for long in that position. Finally, adjust your wheel to hold it in a relaxed way (make sure it doesn't hide the instrument cluster). For mirrors, you should see a tiny bit of your car (I put the door handle in the near bottom corner for my part), and adjusting the passenger one lower is useful for parallel parking (so you can see the walkway)

@@turbo_alice the rear door handle right? And i dont have a clutch so what would i do for that?

@@solomongreen9468 I put the front door handle in the mirror (I like being able to see the car itself a tiny bit with the corner of my eye while looking straight in front of me) For the clutch part, the mean answer would be "get a real car", but I'm more gonna say whatever you do with your pedals, you should be able to do it for the whole day without it being uncomfortable

@@turbo_alice thanks brother

Not yet, I sure would like to!

Apologies in advance for the text wall... I believe that thing fluttering beneath the grille you pointed out is the filler panel for the front bumper. Starting with the 1973 model year, there was a regulation put in place for American cars to be fitted with what were known as 5-mph bumpers. These bumpers were designed to take bigger impacts than the thinner, shapelier bumpers that came before them in the early '70s and back. As you can see, 5-mph bumpers are very large and bulky, like two big, chrome girders hanging off either end of the car. They also often stuck so far out from the rest of the car's body that unsightly gaps were present between the bumpers and the rest of the car. This visual issue was remedied with body-colored filler panels put in place to cover the gaps. Trouble is, these fillers were typically not made of the same steel that the rest of the car's body was made of. They were plastic-like and frail, making them susceptible to fading, warping, and even cracking up into pieces over time. Many American cars from this era have had their bumper fillers completely disintegrate from years of driving around and being exposed to the elements. The owner of this particular Lincoln might want to have a look at the bumper filler on their car that's flapping away like that, as it looks like it might be damaged or at least slightly dislodged. You can read more about 5-mph bumpers and the regulation that spawned them in the Wikipedia article about bumpers, in the United States bit of the Regulation section.

@@deadpan_studios9697 Very interesting, thank you so much for the explanation!

There should be a release by your left foot in the driver seat