I had a 1971 LTD convertible, red with black top and interior and a 351 Windsor. That car was awesome. An old WW 2 vet that I did work for couldn't get it started one day, solenoid went bad, fixed it for him and we became friends, when he died he left it to me in his will. True story.
@alexturner8104
2 ай бұрын
What a beautiful vehicle. My dad always bought LTDS. We had a 1971 with a 400 but it was light green. We had some of us best vacation trips in the car. It was so comfortable and quiet during long trips and a famiky of 4 could toss all the luggage they ever needed in the trunk. Thank you !
@raytabs5879
4 жыл бұрын
God I love this style of LTD. Back when they made proper full size cars. Greetings from England.
@richardvg7670
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah these were solid cars and you would at least have a really good chance if you ever sat Ali got into an accident with one it wouldn't be like these new ones it be just like what doug Brown said in Back to the Future Marty were in a door and he's in a 46 Ford he runs through us like we were tin foil and hello nice to hear somebody from England hello from Ohio USAA United States
@m42037
Жыл бұрын
Hey greetings back, ya we USED to have very beautiful cars then most of the 80s and all of the 90s on up our cars are very bland, except the retro Mustang from 2005-14
@Lennox1492
5 жыл бұрын
I sure do miss the days when cars had interior color choices other than tan or black. I liked the navy blue and maroon interiors.
@jeffreyrigged
4 жыл бұрын
nothing prettier than red guts. the interior is what i hate most about new cars.
@SirEpifire
3 жыл бұрын
Crazy that you pay a third (or more) of the average cost of the old cars for a new one, and then you get less. It's no wonder car sales are in decline.
@briannichols4807
3 жыл бұрын
I work for a car rental company and all I see as far as interior colors are gray or black . Exterior colors are mostly white , gray , silver , or black , with a small amount of other colors that I see once in a while .
@alangeldart4942
3 жыл бұрын
ME-TOO !!!
@thisguy2720
3 жыл бұрын
@Spencer Madden no one cares
@charlesharris6966
2 жыл бұрын
My Daddy had one of these. I remember the day he brought it home. It was love at first sight ❤. It was a 4 door, with a navy vinyl top, a 351 Cleveland engine and it was a very light blue with a navy blue interior. I still remember the front tag holder on the driver side. My sister drove it to college and when she bought her first car, we went and got it. That is when I asked him to let me drive it to college. He kept it for me and I got it in 1984. When I finished college and got my first car, I brought it home and he sold it for $350. The guy took the engine out, rebuilt it and put it in another car. That was one tough car 💪🏾.
@thatfeeble-mindedboy
3 жыл бұрын
My very first car - almost identical - 71 LTD, 4 dr, 400, except white over dark green. Bought it in 1976 for $1100 - my own money from part-time jobs. I was so proud of that car. Drove it past 200,000 miles until it just quit. Stood there in a gas station parking lot with a $100 bill in my hand and watched it disappear on a salvage yard flatbed... at 20 or 21 years old, I was being a man about it, dependable old car finally breathed its last ... that’s all. Then, to my utter surprise, my throat got tight, my eyes welled up, a gasp caught short, my hand went reflexively to my mouth, and I just stood there and cried. I sobbed. That was my car. MY CAR. and it just disappeared past some trees, and now it’s gone. Needless to say, anytime I see one of these, it tugs a lot of strings, even after all that time. You’re a fortunate man - take good care of it; and thanks for sharing.
@B3burner
2 жыл бұрын
Just gorgeous! I’ve been keeping my eye out for these, and most are ailing dumps, at high prices for what they are. You are quite fortunate indeed.
@josephsturek4332
2 жыл бұрын
Omg. This car is absolutely stunning looks like 22 miles it's beautiful belongs in a museum I'm speechless hope you still have it
@robbrennan3367
Жыл бұрын
These classic cruisers were perfect drivers..sitting inside you couldn't hear the engine running, you could steer with one finger..rode like floating on a cloud
@robmastro8620
5 жыл бұрын
I had an uncle who was a Catholic priest. He owned several Ford LTDs the last one a '75 LTD Brougham. He loved the big roomy interior and comfortable ride they had.
@andylee237
4 жыл бұрын
A time with no cell phones or security cameras, must have been nice.
@nickt1262
4 жыл бұрын
YES! IMO life overall was simpler and more "wholesome".
@Mk7adxm
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, wish I could have been around in those days, everything is shit now.
@richardvg7670
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was back in the days when you could sit outside and have your cookout on just a regular roll round no fancy Frills grills or hop in the car with the family and drive down to the Dairy Queen and get an ice cream cone or sitting on your porch swing hung by chains outside of your house and gently glide back and forth have a tube radio sitting on the porch and listening to the ball game on the radio or some music yep definitely better times back then
@richardvg7670
3 жыл бұрын
I was a pup in those days growing up and then a teenager in the 80s but I can tell you it was definitely some cool times back then and the restaurants even had much cooler signs just like the cars were cooler Taco Bell for example their sign used to be a giant Sombrero hat that had scarf underneath of it made out of red and green Chaser lights and had natural gas-burning tiki torches can a lava pit out front before the government started making things energy conserving so then they did away with that and White Castle used to actually have waitresses dressed up like airplane stewardesses with white tops and blue bottoms it would bring your food out to your car so this is the 71 I would have been don't mind saying my age 7 years old then I missed the flower power area but I got to see some people walking around in the early seventies that were wearing the John Lennon sunglasses and wearing the leather fringe jackets it was pretty cool
@bradparris99
Жыл бұрын
@@nickt1262 Not as "wholesome " as you might think. Everyone smoked like freight trains and I was the only person I knew that wore a seat belt back then.
@dexm8846
3 жыл бұрын
That car is not slow, that guy is moving it at a good speed. Nice LTD!
@kennethsouthard6042
3 жыл бұрын
I always loved the 71 LTD. I remember a neighbor down the street bought a yellow one brand new, I think it was Brougham. It had the same wheel covers as yours. I think it had a dark green top and interior.
@pre1980cars
3 жыл бұрын
I had a station wagon this year. This is as nice as they come
@thefreebird49
5 жыл бұрын
Had 1970 galaxy bought in 1973 with 32000 mile for $ 1250 was spotless, miss old days
@Doobie1975
6 жыл бұрын
Nice Ford LTD! Always loved the 1971-72 Ford LTD's a lot.
@gretchenchadwick8343
Жыл бұрын
My son really likes classic automobiles 🚘 like that one he says: "They don't make them like that anymore". But wishes they would with no microprocessors of any type in them just pure mechanics and with character and style.
@mikesawyer4707
2 жыл бұрын
This video brings back some great memories. My first car In high school was a 71 light blue LTD convertible with a white top. Great car great times.
@jamespfitz
3 жыл бұрын
Never thought much of these in their time, but that's one beautiful car.
@jamesfrench7299
5 ай бұрын
That is one fresh unit! Thanks for thy tour and ride. These things are bad boys!
@Chewygsxr
4 жыл бұрын
My friends parents had a 1969 LDT with a 429, that thing from 60 to 120 was right now, it Hauled Ass.
@MrTheHillfolk
3 жыл бұрын
A guy I used to work with ,back in the late 80s had a 71 with the 429, same color exterior and interior. It was beat looking but youre right ,she would boogie pretty good at 60-70 when you nailed it.
@mikethefordguy1972
3 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful car! I love the exterior color with the white vinyl top and the interior is just stunning. These big Fords were popular, Ford made thousands of them but they are rarely seen today. I enjoyed the video as it really showed just how nice this low mileage survivor really is. I've owned a '72 Galaxie 500 for 26 years, it's one of the nicest cars I've ever owned. The ride quality these big Fords have is just amazing, it's the perfect car for long drives. I hope you keep this one, it's a terrific car.
@markdunn2795
Жыл бұрын
I wish Ford could bring it back
@wmalden
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful example of a 1971 LTD. My Dad factory ordered a 1972 LTD convertible. Black with red interior. Same wheel covers as this one. It was one sharp looking car!
@michaelupton8070
4 жыл бұрын
If I ever win the lottery..that would be the kind of automobile that I would buy😊😊😊😊
@nonadabove
4 жыл бұрын
For a little while, I was 5 years old again, driving home in my dad's '72 LTD Brougham (2 door, but the same colors and with a dark blue vinyl roof) riding in the back seat, listening to the authoritative rumble of that 400 CID engine.
@gtpcruiser02
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Magnificent Automobile. Classic American Luxury. Those wheel covers look identical to ones used on some models of the 1975 1976 FORD ELITE. FORD built the ELITE for three years only but called the 1974 model year the GRAND TORINO ELITE. In 1977 they replaced the beautiful, stylish, luxurious, classy Elite with the LTD II
@howardrader3416
Жыл бұрын
428 cobra jet 4 speed rockcrusher . One of top 5 awsome cars ever built. They also built a 1 of 1 country squire wagon ,
@jeantetreault132
4 жыл бұрын
Ford LTD 71. Where the better ideas are! Have you driven a Ford lately?
@dadsc10
6 жыл бұрын
your car is stunning :) I live in mountain top Pa, I have a 82 continental all original, with 60,000 miles on it, just love the big ford mercury products, you should be proud of your car, wow, :)
@willthetrill4849
5 жыл бұрын
thomas ankner any chance of a video of your continental?
@grandcrappy
3 жыл бұрын
Ha I have a couple of 72 Tbirds, limo hearse look.
@grandcrappy
3 жыл бұрын
That 400 is a torque monster with good-breathing heads.
@mr.j2776
3 жыл бұрын
Love it. My brother had a 1971 2-door (351) and my Dad had a 72 brougham with the 400 windsor engine. I loved driving both of them. I had a 69 Ford Custom 500 (really cheap galaxy) so driving the either LTD was a great change for me. And my HS girl friends loved them as well.
@bradparris99
Жыл бұрын
Those bench seats were pretty handy. When driving, you really had to buckle up to keep from sliding around in a sharp turn. That is what got me in the habit of wearing the lap and shoulder belts back in the day.
@mr.j2776
Жыл бұрын
@@bradparris99 So true. My brother's 71 had bucket seats. My Dad's 72 had a bench with a fold down arm rest (if I remember right). Those sort of kept the driver in the right spot.... but my custom 500 had slippery seats..... and yea, those sharp turns meant I had to hold on tight.
@bradparris99
Жыл бұрын
@@mr.j2776 For me, I just found it easier and safer to go ahead and buckle my lap and shoulder belts. When I got in the car, I would turn the ignition, push the cigarette lighter, buckle up both belts, light up a Winston 100s and drive off. That routine has lasted nearly 50 years. The seat belts have saved me a couple of times. The jury is still out on the Winston 100s. LOL 😆
@bradparris99
Жыл бұрын
On those bench seats, the real fun was getting my girlfriend to sit next to me in the middle a helping her buckle up her lap belt.
@mr.j2776
Жыл бұрын
@@bradparris99 I remember wearing my belt (it was a long time ago). Became a regular thing. I know I had it on when someone totaled my Pinto.
@lawrencemartinez8548
3 жыл бұрын
I had a dark green two door 1971 LTD Brougham my parents gave me. with high back seats..sure miss it..
@hankrogers8431
5 жыл бұрын
My grandmother had one in dark green with a dark green vinyl top & green woven cloth interior. She bought it in April 1971, 6 months before I was born.
@josephwiese3937
3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather had that same green one.
@user-dd7me6qi2r
2 ай бұрын
Este carro era una belleza cuando salió.
@kevinlimo696
4 жыл бұрын
It's amazing to see that beauty, so similar and different to mine. Yours was the low trim, mine was the Brougham. Mine had no B pillars between the doors. Mine had power windows and locks, but no air conditioning. Yours also had the bumper guards that mine didn't. Otherwise the only difference was mine was brown on brown with brown interior. Thank you for sharing.
@highvision5061
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I noticed after looking at the video a second time, all the windows were wind up windows, no arm rests. I then figured this must have been a lower trim model. Why buy all that luxury and still have to wind the windows and no place to rest your arm properly? American car manufactures were so finicky about 'options' and options packages then and now.. Our company bought two Jeep Wrangler Sport Unlimited's for off road work, and one must be the absolute base model, as it has wind up windows with manual door locks, the rear gate can only be locked with the key, no way to unlock it from inside, no switch provided.. Yet it has push button start with the key fob needing to be inside the car, but the key fob is otherwise useless, i.e. no wireless locking or unlocking of the doors.. It has a base radio, no satellite radio option, when I thought all Chrysler products now include that.. All for 38k.. What?? We also found out you can't easily hike up the suspension by even one inch without using extensive third party options. While the Sahara and Rubicon are easy to add height to the suspension.. The places we go, we keep bottoming out, especially snow in mountains, where a F-250 or Dodge 2500 are no problem.. Whiteout even modifying the suspension on those vehicles too.. Plus the dealer added something called "market value" to hike up the price, as though these base model Jeeps are in demand. The only Jeeps I know of that are in demand are the new Jeep Gladiator.
@bradparris99
2 жыл бұрын
Great looking LTD. 👌 Wearing the lap belt is good, but you need to use the shoulder belt. Enjoy.
@toddewire13
2 жыл бұрын
We had a 71 Ford Galaxie 500, almost the same car but this one has a lot more features thanks for sharing this.
@bobmarker6812
3 жыл бұрын
Looks assembly line new! My first car was a '72 LTD pillard hardtop with the Ivy Glow paint.
@JuniorFan08
4 жыл бұрын
A friend of my wife's family had a '71 LTD. She had just purchased 4 snow tires which were in the trunk. Was on her way home and had to stop for a school bus. She was rear ended by another vehicle at 60 mph. She had pretty bad whip lash and upper back injury but was able to walk away. The tires helped absorb some of the impact, of course, but the LTD did its job.
@brenthagen3049
4 жыл бұрын
my dad had a 71 wagon a nd i had a 72 2door, both with 400s. greart tough cars!
@mitchlutton3833
3 жыл бұрын
I learned how to drive in a 71 Country Squire. 400. 2bl Was a runner
@michaelhungate7506
3 жыл бұрын
This one's in fantastic shape. Proper ( excessive) maintenance and she'll run 30 years as a daily driver. I wouldn't but you could, it's that well preserved. Modern oils and fluids will help the ole girl.
@DanielLoveReel
3 жыл бұрын
It sounds so smooth. I am impressed how well-kept this is.
@rubend.sepeda8860
2 жыл бұрын
♥️👍 my dad had one of these but it was a Tudor in the same color
@texman8742
Жыл бұрын
beautiful car back when they actually made great cars and took pride in their work. I own a 1972 ford ltd brougham 4 door model but it doesnt look anything this nice. maybe once i get it fully restored
@keithshevlin5427
3 жыл бұрын
love the grill and front end.
@B3burner
2 жыл бұрын
Yes so do I. The inset of the headlights makes the car look menacing and aggressive.
@chriswright8464
3 жыл бұрын
Pops had a 72 Country Squire LTD, Great Car.
@yeye6840
3 жыл бұрын
She condition of this thing genuently gave me chills
@B3burner
6 жыл бұрын
Very nice! One I had missed until just now! 2 yrs. ago when I searched KZitem for every video of a '71 LTD that I could possibly find, you obviously hadn't posted this one yet. Nice to see newer videos since early 2016, now coming out of the woodwork. I hope more people with 69-73 LTD's and Galaxies come out and upload even more videos! Good job.
@dennisbowers4035
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@robotrash41
3 жыл бұрын
Just got a 2-door ‘71 with a big block. Love it. Great addition to my sea of 1979 Broncos.
@kaiwaydesign2831
6 жыл бұрын
Just too beautiful to be real...
@ms-fl7jj
3 жыл бұрын
Omg I would die to have it! What a beauty!
@jimmybanta4520
4 жыл бұрын
These used to be everywhere
@MrTheHillfolk
3 жыл бұрын
Haha seemed like they were always this color blue too.
@ralphabreu5022
3 жыл бұрын
How much I love it
@sclearance58
3 жыл бұрын
She’s nice! 💙
@soyounoat
3 жыл бұрын
These were big, solid, durable, reliable transportation for daily use. With proper care and maintenance they would go 250,000 miles or more. Rebuild the driveline and do it again.
@winnabegobob1547
3 жыл бұрын
This is just beautiful wow
@scottcoffinhotmail
8 ай бұрын
Great color combo.
@deanomarshall2926
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite year of LTD !!! .....1971
@HemiChrysler
4 жыл бұрын
Mine is not a time capsule, but it's a 2 door. I ❤️ my 1971 Ford LTD.
@HemiChrysler
4 жыл бұрын
@belly tripper ...and then using you as my mop
@appleby6124
5 жыл бұрын
I love these cars!
@B3burner
6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful wide low stance on a 71 LTD. I think it is slightly wider than a 70 LTD, and that’s pretty wide in its own right!
@ronalds2080
6 жыл бұрын
Just watched this car on bat, it is a beautiful car, wish you could have got what you wanted for it. Cheers...
@scdevon
3 жыл бұрын
Great survivor. 1971 was one of the last good years.
@jimellison6157
3 жыл бұрын
I really like the 71 and 72 full size Fords. I have owned 2 1972 Fords. My second car was a 1972 Galaxy 4-door with the 351cid Windsor. I bought it in 1983 for $400.00. My second one was a Custom 4-door, with a 302cid, which I bought in 2001for $375.00. It had been in the same family since 1973, having been bought from the original owner who was a Catholic priest.
@jeffmalone5557
2 жыл бұрын
My parents had '71 LTD. You know what their favorite feature in it was? Dual ashtrays, one on the driver's and one on the passenger's side of the dash.
@bradparris99
Жыл бұрын
Back in the day when we all smoked that was a great feature. As a teenage driver, I was that rare kid who buckled up both the lap and shoulder belts, usually right before lightning a cigarette and driving off. Different times...
@jeffmalone5557
Жыл бұрын
@@bradparris99 I remember when I was a kid going to my gtandmother"s for the holidays when all the family would be there. All the adults smoked and the entire house looked like a thick fog had settled in. I don't ever remembering it bothering me, though. Now, I can't tolerate the smell.
@bradparris99
Жыл бұрын
@@jeffmalone5557 I too remember those fog filled rooms. I started smoking Marlboro 100s back in 1978 when I turned 16 and am still at it. Thinking about trying to quit or at least cut back 🤔
@cooker4409
4 жыл бұрын
1971 Ford LTD 4 Door.....429-2V....had nothin' but pipe front to back (H pipe center)...NO BS.....awesome car....blew a #8 piston on a road trip to Michigan in the late 90's....my brother drove 12 Hours to rescue me....just outside of Louisville, KY.....best $1000 bucks I ever spent....lotta trips, and damned good times in that car....close to 200K when it blew the piston I think....
@jorgefernandez-mv8hu
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful car! I miss them!
@AbandonedNorthJersey
3 жыл бұрын
I traded a 1982 marquis station wagon with 40 thousand miles for a 1971 2dr LTD with 105 thousand miles on it .Had the cleveland posi rear sway bar 4 bbl carb duallies. Hearing the radio play took me back to groggy cold mornings driving to work .
@timc2219
3 жыл бұрын
my second car was a pea green on green 71 ltd, 400-2v, burned as much oil as gas... could run it out of oil, it would seize, let it cool off, drive it another mile, repeat till home...i'd throw it in neutral and floor it hoping to pop it, all it would do is bend pushrods... Dad wouldnt let me pull it out to put my 69 429 in it though :( paid 75 bucks for the car, 20 for a lower control arm, 50 for a lincoln front seat, buffed it with blue coral wax, star-brite vinyl brite(both were GREAT stuff)on the roof, and it looked mint...of course the frame was shot. drove it a year and a half till buying my first decent car, it was probably the cheapest car I ever owned... my God did it smoke though...the exhaust literally dripped oil, it had been overheated so bad the valvesprings were soft, you could push open with your thumb to pop pushrods out/hammer straight/put back...zero oil pressure, ran reliable as heck, even as i tried to kill it...
@steves4639
3 жыл бұрын
a beauty...that blue interior is awesome...the best riding american car ever. 'often maligned, the 400 was a nice torquey big car engine, part of the famous 335-Cleveland family, giving an effortless drive. 71-'72 were peak american car styling years.
@richardvg7670
3 жыл бұрын
This is about the cleanest car I've ever seen fantastic I had one of these and then I let my dad have it Well he kind of talked me out of it because he liked it ours had a 400 not the modified one V8 in it air conditioning and power steering it was bright yellow with a black interior I can't remember how many miles was on it but it was a good car I miss it
@frankiejacques6647
3 жыл бұрын
That motor didn't even hesitate for a single second the guy just turned the key and the engine fierd
@fly-high-me
2 жыл бұрын
what a beauty
@scottcoffinhotmail
8 ай бұрын
Beautiful!!!
@connecting-minds-network
3 жыл бұрын
Far better than present looking corona type models.
@hm12460
5 жыл бұрын
Truly amazing car.
@TigerDominic-uh1dv
11 ай бұрын
I liked the Rear Tail Lights all the way Across ❤ It.
@carloshernandez1241
4 жыл бұрын
Just amazing car !!!
@enemyofmyenemy6713
3 жыл бұрын
that baby is cleeeean
@ramvanbobby3889
6 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful car wow
@georgewilson1184
4 жыл бұрын
I actually prefer the style of the 69&70 they had that wrap around pod instraument panel for the driver that put the driver in a position of controll and importance
@whoevertf
4 жыл бұрын
//sees the inside Is it ALLOWED to be that gorgeous without being a Lincoln or something?!
@TeamTrumpUSA
4 жыл бұрын
The meaning of LTD is Lincoln Trimmed Down. The LTD Brougham gave the buyer a taste of what a Lincoln was like. But remember, "Lincoln, What a Luxury Car Should Be." And back in the day, so it was.
@cheatstarr
5 жыл бұрын
TEARS OF JOY
@jksvana
5 жыл бұрын
Why don’t they make cars like this anymore? These older cars are the shit. I bet that thing drives like a dream.
@davidallen5776
3 жыл бұрын
I rode in a 1971 LTD when it was brand new. No doubt about its quiet, cushy ride!
@General.Longstreet
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely stunning!
@EYE_SPIDER
3 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful car!
@jakespeed63
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful automobile. Love the cove style front grill. I know exactly what the inside of that car smells like. My dad had same Ford, only in the wagon form...and it was green. Ha
@hugglescake
3 жыл бұрын
They were all green.
@jfro5867
4 жыл бұрын
Stunning 👍
@jamespolcyn8441
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@zex7689
3 жыл бұрын
Wow the old bicentennial plates
@DanKirchner5150
3 жыл бұрын
last of the good looking ones
@aarongranda7825
3 жыл бұрын
This car was in every cop show in the seventies. French connection.
@dave1956
Жыл бұрын
Wow, I haven’t seen one this nice since 1971. Thankfully it’s a decent color combination too. They had some really hideous colors that year.
@alfalfa6644
5 жыл бұрын
Bellísimo your LTD
@B3burner
2 жыл бұрын
At first I presumed that was a white vinyl top, but then as I looked closer, I saw reflections in it. It's white painted metal! How unusual is that? Usually if the vinyl top option is deleted, the color of the top is the same as the rest of the car. I actually think I like this better, as you get the same benefit of a "two-tone" car, but without the rust bubbles and cancer under the vinyl.
@alanwhite3280
4 жыл бұрын
I owned three '71 A bodies; 1 Gal 500 2dr 351w, auto trans. Converted it to manual. Trans when the trans blew. 2cd was a LTD 2dr maroon w/ white vinyl roof, white buckets, black console. Sharp lookin car. 400, it was a pig around town but on the hiway 18mpg. Finally LTD Country Squire, 400cid. Didnt have the gas mileage but it could carry alot.
@michaelcuff5780
4 жыл бұрын
There used to be hundreds of these cars around now theres none. I never see them anymore...
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