Nah, imagine sitting on a couch and driving a tennis court.

They were HUUGE. But as CMAC says, a DIRECT descendent of the 1961 Continental.

Heavier and LOTS more Smog equipment, thirstier and
slower and sloppier, with the railroad tie bumpers by 1973. And who could forget the '74 models, where mileage went below 10 mpg and cars had the seatbelt interlock devices, where you couldn't start the engine unless the seatbelt was buckled before you turned the key. (Only way to defeat it was to raise your butt up in the air when you turned the ignition key!!!

I remember I had to run an errand in a '74 Ford Torino, a company car, involving moving a portable TV to a Realtor's office in Redwood City CA.

Well, never having driven the car before, I put the TV on the front seat,
buckled up and turned the key. Nothing. After 1/2 hour trying to start the car, I had to go get help. What happened was when the TV was put on the front passenger seat, the interlock device thought it was a person, and so the car couldn't be started unless the "person" (Here, the Television) had buckled its seatbelt.

The interlock met with howls of public outrage, and by 1975 it was gone, a mere foot note to American auto history in the 1970s, when cars were being designed by lawyers. And Government lawyers at that.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

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