Disaster Barnyard Find | Lincoln Continental | First Wash in 15 Years! | Car Detailing Restoration

Disaster Barnyard Find | Lincoln Continental | First Wash in 15 Years! | Car Detailing Restoration Today, we tackle the interior & exterior of a Lincoln Continental Mark IV, that is covered in mold, dirt and debris that hasn't been detailed in years that will require us to pressure wash the entire exterior, followed by a wash, clay bar and then polishing the paint to bring back its shine and a full interior detail including mold removal! If you find our videos satisfying or motivating make sure you hit subscribe! #barnfind #carcleaning #detailing #cleaning #restoration

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[jimgerock]

Urethane filler panels behind bumpers were for the impact absorbing metal bumpers. Very common for early 70’s vehicles.

[chuckd]

For being 50 yrs old. The interior on that thing was awesome.

[leew]

My aunt had on of these. Her’s was a ‘79. The car only had 32, 000 miles when she died in 1995. It still looked brand new inside and out. Looking back, It was probably the best riding car I have ever been in. The only down fall, huge engine that took a tank of gas to go around the corner. It’s a shame they don’t make cars of this quality anymore. Would be great to see this one restored.

[royvazquez]

what a shame that car was allowed to deteriorate to that level. At one time, that was Lincoln's most luxurious offering, and I'm sure its was someones pride and joy. Thank you for doing the best you could with what you had to work with. Good video, always nice to see the transformation you guys are able to get. Regards

[garrymelnyk]

Once upon a time this Lincoln was a class act. It appears worth preserving. Gotta love those big bumper cars!

[tomdixon]

5 mile an hour, bumpers were relatively new at that point in time and they needed to hide the shock absorbers from the consumer. I think that is why the rubber was there. Great detail. Very soothing and therapeutic to watch. Thank you. Make the existing engine into a sleeper but don’t hot rod it or make it loud. Make it a limited sleeper.

[abovethecloudsmedia]

Love those cars. Had one back in the day when I was barely a teen. My friend commented it was all front end.

[scorpiusdrago]

One of my favorite cars is this Lincoln continental mark 4

[gerbearjones]

Had a couple of these myself. Amazing cars in their day

[dalegereaux]

My rich relatives always drove big Lincolns and Cadillacs.
When I was 19 I got to drive my uncle's giant new red Cadillac from LA to Las Vegas for a cousin's wedding. Six of us fit comfortably and it was like riding on your living room couch. 👍

[Gordo]

I hope you guys get to drive or get driven in it cause the experience is awesome, those big land boats feel like you're driving on a cloud

[randybock]

Sweet rig! Hope you can restore it. I had a 73 back in the day. Very economical 🤣

[ronvan]

Great video. Looks like that poor old Lincoln had a rough life. You guys done a great job.

[dutchmankamstra]

My father was co-owner of a Ford dealership in Indiana when I was growing up. We leased several of these Lincoln Mark IV's to customers back in the day. One in particular was memorable. It was the same year as the one picture here, a 1974. Same silver blue interior and matching padded vinyl roof. However, the paint was a non-metallic powder blue. Just a beautiful car. The guy who leased it owned a candy/tobacco shop in downtown Indianapolis. He leased the car for 2 years. I got to see the car the day it was delivered to the dealership. Two years later, my dad and I delivered the man's new Mark IV, a 1976 with the gold luxury group and polished forged aluminum wheels. It was stunning! The owner gave us the keys to the '74 and said it was parked out back. He smiled and said "You're getting back a good one... it's perfect!" As my dad and I approached the two year old Lincoln, we stopped dead in our tracks. The first thing we noticed was a rusted dent in the trunk lid with a broken tail light. It was obvious the car had NEVER been washed. It was just filthy. We unlocked the doors and got inside. The interior reeked of cigar smoke. I told dad to put down the windows as it was choking us to death. None of the windows worked! The interior was just as filthy as the outside. The windows were so tobacco stained it was hard to see out of them. Long story short, the dealership's talented "recondition" department couldn't do much with it. It was simply too far gone. It was also discovered that the oil had only been changed once in two years. The car ended up at the auction. When his 1976 Mark IV came in two years later in the same lousy condition, we refused to lease to him ever again.

[JMDogg]

Love to see these old Broughams get restored/detailed.

[timothyleake]

As the former owner of a couple of Lincoln's from the late 70's to the mid 80's, these cars were awesome to own and drive! I loved them and still do! If I could buy this one, I would try to restore it to it's original glory! The only thing I would change is having the vinyl top removed and just having the roof painted, making it a "slick top"!!!

[kevinallen]

That 1974 Lincoln Continental Mark IV was one of the big three's Premiere Personal Two-Door Luxury Coupes, and as with its competitors from Cadillac (Eldorado), Buick (Riviera), and Chrysler (Cordoba), it featured a very high level of standard equipment as well as a plethora of luxury options. My identification of this car as a 1974 is based upon the September 1973 production date as that month usually marked the first month of the new years production run. The vast majority of these Personal Luxury Coupes would be equipped with factory air conditioning (often with automatic temperature control), factory Cruise Control that often included a speed minder feature, tilt and telescopic steering wheels, auto-dimming headlamps often with automatic on at dusk, controlled (intermittent) cycle windshield wipers. Options such as AM/FM/8-Track tape players were common (a CB-Radio often was added as well), power windows were usually standard as was the power seat for the driver, but the power seat/power recline for the passenger wat typically an option. Sunroofs or Moonroofs were just beginning to be offered on these luxury coupes. Over the years, I have owned several 1974 and 1975 Cadillac Eldorados, and they were true land yachts of another generation. I couldn't imagine replacing the factory V8s included in one of these 1970s land yachts with anything other than one similar to that with which it left the factory. Of the four Personal Luxury Coupes, the Lincoln and Cadillac were likely the most expensive -- base sticker price for the 1974 Lincoln Continental Mark IV was $10, 194 while the base price for the 1974 Cadillac Eldorado was $9, 110 -- for comparison, the base price for a 1974 Chevrolet Caprice Four Door Sedan was $4, 465 while a Ford Galaxy 500 LTD Four Door Sedan base price was $4, 237.

The energy absorbing bumpers required by Federal Highway Standards of the time, resulted in the flexible panels between the body and bumpers both front and rear and virtually every car manufactured after 1973 until quite recently. Those panels are typically called filler panels. Hopefully the modern plastics hold up better than what was used through the 1970s and 1980s by General Motors as the filler panels used on my 1974 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible, 1984 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible, and my 1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham Luxury Sedan all need to be replaced and none of the cars have lead what could be called a hard life. So far, my 1992 Buick Roadmaster Limited has held up much better -- no failures thus far, but the paint has not held up on the flexible panels as well as it has on the rest of the car.

[basstracks]

The new owner is going to have a LOT of metal replacement on this one. Under that vinyl top, that whole panel is more than likely rusted all the way. That hood and those fenders are toasted as well. Those rubber things around the bumper and the back lights are dual purpose. They serve as gap fill, and also as eye candy. My dad owned one that was black on black, when I was a teenager. To keep it numbers matching, I would not change the engine. These are nice cars, if you take care of them. That 460 engine is an absolute beast. Seeing this reminded me of all the good things I enjoyed when I was younger. Keep up the good work.

[martifilipponi]

I talked to my mother and father into buying one of these in the givenchy edition when I was 17.. similar color with all the trim ..5300 lb tank.. I was the big shot of the neighborhood driving it.. this video brings back a lot of memories..🙏

[Neil]

Love this car it’s definitely a fixer upper