Thursday, November 9, 2017
1973 Mercury Marquis
Nothing says '1973' quite like a huge, brown car from Lincoln-Mercury. We've already spotted a '73 Lincoln Continental, and guess what? It's brown! In the 90s, I read that this particular car, and similar Lincoln models, were the top choice for Illinois demolition derbies. Now that's some real Detroit iron. Here's another '73 Marquis on curbsideclassic.
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Interesting post, Joseph. Another favorite demo derby car, sad to say, is the Chrysler Imperial. Do a search for Imperial demolition derby on Youtube and you will find videos of events exclusively featuring this model.
ReplyDeleteHi Rainer,
ReplyDeleteHere's some more detail on those demolition derbies:
I don't know if they still have them, but in the 90s Illinois had demolition figure-eights. That's right: demolition derby at speed. Old Lincoln-Mercurys were considered the strongest competitors, but they were becoming scarce. So the track added a "metric cars only" rule. That meant all cars had to be 1979 and up, so the cars of choice became Cadillac Fleetwoods and Chevy Caprice wagons.