I had a 72 LTD in college, with the typical 2 bl 400. It smoked like yours WITHOUT the trickery: the valve seals were shot, the oil drainback holes were plugged with sludge and rubber chunks, and oil went right down the guides into the cylinders. It used a quart every 100 miles. I was warming it up one morning, and a fire truck rolled up on me. Someone had reported a car on fire. I blew it up in May 1984, doing 95 mph.
I learned how to drive in a 78 marquis. That was the best rescue ever. I loved that movie and John Candy. This video made a grown man teary eyed. Good work!!!
First off what you did is amazing. You recreated a car from a movie that will soon be studied by sociologists to help get us back to days when people, things, and culture mattered. Secondly, you did it with accuracy and even included the amazing song rhythm of life! Hats off to you sir. John Candy and John Hughes would be proud!!! Congrats on bringing joy to all who come upon it. Even if its for a few good laughs;)
@@Thunderrolls87 I couldn't agree more. Absolutely ruining someone's neighborhood with shotgun blasts and burning oil is clearly one of the most inconsiderate F YOU someone could do to their neighbors who didn't ask for any of this. Bravo.
Wow this is great! Hilarious movie too! I met John Candy in Toronto, getting out of limo as I walked by. I said hello to him and he gave me a big smile and a "How are you!"
One of my all time favourite films and an amazing tribute to the late John Candy. This is seriously my favourite car on the internet. You should be proud of yourself. Very well done.
I'd see it and be like what the heck.. why is this car even here.. and read the lil sign.. and be like ohhhh BAD AAASSSS! And it suddenly be the coolest car there 😄
Someone in Halifax Nova Scotia, was driving a tribute car last summer, Ricky's from the Trailer Park Boy's TV show. 1975 green Chrysler New Yorker ! Even the one door was missing!
Very cool way to save an old car and create an homage to one of my favorite films. Kudos! A thought: Open up the trunk at car shows and load it up with some Uncle Buck props (haunt some local thrift stores), e.g. the hatchet, golf clubs, cordless drill, bowling ball, stuff like that.
@@coldchickenwings9437 Excellent idea, and they are very easy to get a hold of without even placing a bet. Just have a day at the track and collect stubs discarded by disappointed bettors. Or, you know, just create a template on your computer using the film as a reference and print up a bunch, but a track day would be more fun.
much appreciated, the beast is good for another 100K
5 месяцев назад
@@vega660-newchannel5 and the best part is you can park this car up front at the grocery store and other cars will purposely avoid parking next to you..
Blown away, simply blown away. If you ever feel the time is right I'd love to offer a real good home to this car, would look great with the bluemo and christine here.
That was a work of art! From the beginning to the music at the end. I’ve seen uncle buck so many times, and I could not stop laughing. You’ve got yourself a new subscriber
One of my all-time top 5 movies! Excellent job recreating this classic. When I was a kid, I watched this movie so much, that I basically knew the script word for word. Brought a smile to my face seeing all your hard work come together.
@@JeffKopis i have owned a 75 buick electra 225 sedan. 77 Olds Ninety Eight 2 dr. As far as the big land yachts go. I test drove a 77 Mercury Marquis once i was considering buying it but the deal fell thru. It was a dark green metallic sedan with fender skirts and vinyl interior and roof. No rust. Top was like new. Interior was mint. Smooth running 351. Original hubcaps. 87 some thousand miles. This was in 2014.
Absolute Legend, and you weren't kidding about it being double stacked & left for dead. That bit where you dumped the ciggy butts on the dash made me cough my coffee with laughter, and the montage at the end made me realize how great our Uncle Buck was !!
What an absolutely awesome revive, and video!!!! I really enjoyed watching the progression of this car. That will always be one of my favorite movies. Awesome job!!! Please hang onto that car! Way too cool!
Thank you for bringing back memories. Uncle Buck was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Back in the 90s I had an 82 Olds Delta 88. To get the smoke screen I would fill up the windshield washer bottle with trans fluid, run a line to the throttle body of the carb and put a small jet on the end to adamize it. So it didn't smoke all the time, only when I pushed the windshield washers. It didn't take much. Now not trying to brag but the smoke that came out of that thing makes yours look like nothing. Imagine all 8 cylinders burning oil. LOL The good old days...
Theres a man in my home town that drove one of these everywhere. Ive seen this car around town from when i was 9 years old until now at about 30 years old. It was a 4 door, green, smoked like hell. Full of garbage and books and God knows what else. I saw it shut down on a highway onramp a couple weeks ago with a tow truck pulling up. He was homeless im pretty sure, known all over town for that car and being a handy man with a mental disability. I havent seen the car since.. its like the end of a legend. I wish i wouldve pulled over to help, the smoke tells me it was probably hurt pretty bad, but if i couldve got it running again for him maybe i couldve saved it. It was just cold outside and i had my little boy in the car. This car you built is damn near spot on aside from not being a sedan.
That car is just getting nicely broken in. Parts are still dirt cheap for these malaise era cars. You can diagnose the whole electrical system with a test light and a $4 multi-meter, too. You don't need a room full of diagnostic equipment to fix an inoperative tail light......
The last part of your video made me really feel the pride for the old gal. She was a lonely old chick sitting forgotten and abandoned and you rescued her. Much respect and a project well done!
I think you should get a ball and spring for your 102 inch whip. I went with my Father to pick up his new 1975 Mercury Grand Marquis, It was a lite blue sedan with a vinyl top. So glade that you saved her, when I was your age I was doing the same thing, buying old beaters for a few bucks and trying to fix the up, keep doing what you do and and be happy!
Bless you sir, for recreating one of the most hilarious looking movie cars of my childhood from one of the most beloved movies of all time! ❤ I no doubt in my mind John Candy is smiling upon you! 😊
And that car will piss off all the guys with their high dollar show cars. Any time you pull into a cruise night car show and you get all the attention with a POS. I love it. Thats the first one I've seen done. John Candy. A true Canadian hero in my books.
Thats freaking hilarious. You did a really great job. I loved how nobody would park next to it at the car show. That just added to the hilarity. Yep, John Candy would be proud. Thanks for sharing that.
5 месяцев назад
yea people looking at it and not understanding it then reading the picture display board next to it was one of those Ah ha moments for them...
Alright, you just earned a subscriber. Mad respect for honoring ol John Candy. You did that tribute right and can’t wait to see what comes down the road with your channel.
Absolutely well done and Uncle Buck is one of my all-time favorite movies. We watch the DVD at least twice a year (especially on Thanksgiving) and never get tired of it especially the 78’ Merc. That Merc is part of the cast. I saved and repaired a rusty 77’ Grand Marquis sedan with a 460 motor & C6 trans. Bought it in 1990 for $125. Sold it in 2000 for $1000. It was pretty much my daily driver except in winter. One of the most comfortable cars I’ve ever owned. Only major problems was the C6 transmission and the vacuum lines (headlight doors and power door locks.) 1975. 6, ,7, and 8 were identical cars except for mild trim changes and color schemes They sold very well. Personally I like them better than the Lincoln Town Cars of those years. You did a ton of great work here on this video and the car, I love it!
In my my memory, Uncle Buck’s car was actually green. It looked brown in your clips. Other than that, you could only add a cordless drill on the dashboard with a long cement bit in it. And, I’m loving the young MC. 🙂
Thank you for doing this I to like the big old cars and also four doors that nobody else wants , awesome tribute to an awesome actor John Candy was one of the greats .
Hey, from the bottom of my heart thank you. That right there made everthing make sense again. All the problems of the world went away. I wish i could sit in the passenger side. The editing was 100 btw. Maybe the world isnt so gone after all. I wish i could sub to you 100,000 times man!
Sure, people make "rat rods" and paint them to look like they are rusted. Sure, people make tribute cars for people and movies. As a kid growing up back then Uncle Buck was always one of my favorites to watch. Yes, John Candy was one of the great ones for sure. My older sister and I both watch Trains, Planes, and Automobiles every Thanksgiving. Its like a tradition we have. I am 45 now, and I can honestly say sir, you have done the unthinkable. This old Merc is great!! Best part is you had FUN building it. And we ALL know that's what Mr. Candy would have loved the most. Thank you sir!!!
Baha this is awesome. Wish I could get my mits on a car like this. Love the movie and good job replicating it. Last summer was my second year attending street machines, wish I would have seen this thing sitting there! Maybe this coming summer.
