1970 Mercury Marquis

[sexymspgurl]

Hey guys,
I'm not a Ford gurl by any means, but I recently got a 1970 Mercury Marquis (for free) without a tranny or engine. I'm curious to know if anyone knows of any trannys or engines that will fit in this HUGE boat of a car. Any ideas as to how I can fix her up would also be greatly appreciated. Looking a making her into a show car at some point down the road.

Thanks

Kate

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[dolphin]

I think that the most popular engine in this was some form of the Ford 352/390/428 big block with a C6 automatic transmission. I would guess that it would be reasonably easy to find one in wrecking yard. These engines were popular in many Ford products from from Thunderbirds, Mustangs to Trucks beginning sometime in the late 1950's or early 1960's.

 

[sexymspgurl]

I thought Ford made a 351 a 390 and a 429? Don't get me wrong not trying to be little your response. I also heard that I could put a 460 in this massive car.

 

[dolphin]

Over the years Ford, like GM, has made a number of different v-8 engines. Some are variations of the same basic engine. The 260 and 289 from the original Mustang along with the later 302 were Fords basic small block. There were actually two different 351 engines both considered small blocks. One called the Cleveland and the Windsor. I think the Cleveland was the high performance version with better heads.

The 352, 390. 428 were a big block. They also made the 427 side oiler from the 427 Cobra, and the 429 that was used in the BOSS 429. The 460 and 462 were used in the trucks and big luxury cars like the Lincoln Continental.

This skips past the older "y" block 292 and 312 and stops short of the current modular v-8's 4.6, 5.4 Trition V-8's. The old 406 was Ford's less well known competitor to the Chevy 409. Lots of engine sizes but many are variations of each other.

 

[LilPixieMama75]

I just pulled this info from Wikipedia...

"1969-72
Second generation
1972 Marquis four-door hardtop
Production 1969-1972
Engine(s) 429 in 385 V8

These were known as the "Continental Styling" years, as Mercury was trying to market itself as an affordable Lincoln, rather than a more expensive Ford. A 1969 advertisement for the Colony Park wagon bills the car as "If Lincoln Continental made a station wagon, this would be it."

This generation of Marquis was available as a full line of cars, with two- and four-door hardtops, a convertible, and a station wagon. The new 1969 Mercury Marauder was based off of the two-door Marquis. Marquis models came standard with a 429 in V8 with a two-barrel carburetor. The four-barrel 429 from the Marauder was optional. The three-speed C6 automatic was still the sole transmission.

This generation introduced the hidden headlights that were a Lincoln-Mercury trademark in the 1970s and also introduced rear fender skirts."

This way you can see what was originally in there.

 

[amcmike]

A 460 will go into whereever a 429 fits. They are also much easier to find than a 429, and the extra inches are fun!