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.