Ford's Shortest-Lived (and Smoothest) V8 Engine: The 1966-67 Mercury Only 410 V8

Hey, I'm the guy who sold you that car, around 15,000 miles on it when you bought it, looks like you really brought it back to life, it belonged to my wife's grandfather, wasn't sure until I saw the Lofink license plate, it originally belonged to Adam Lofink, one of the original owners, great video

Front mounted distributors are the ultimate luxury for home mechanics.

I purchased a 1967 Mercury convertible as a restoration project. The 410 had very limited info when I went for basic parts about 30yrs ago until I talked to an old Ford dealer mechanic. Thankfully he explained it was a 390 with a 428 crank. The 410 was a bit of a torque monster . I did some extensive repairs to the car and after about 3yrs of ownership someone made me an offer I couldn't refuse and I sold my 67 Merc Convertible with its 410 V8, power windows, factory 8 track player and factory air conditioning for a nice profit. 😊

Grandpa's '66 Park Lane was the same color as yours. It's valve covers were shaped differently, taller, flat-on-top and had "Mercury" pressed into them. Very distinctive looking covers. First engine I was entrusted to "work on" (plugs & points), at the age of 16. That 410 has been residing in my '69 F250 for the past 45 years, been overhauled twice and still propels this 70 year old man's butt into town, for supplies, on a regular basis and still runs as smoothly, and reliably, as ever. Nice job on the video. 👍

I accept your challenge! When Ford went to an OHV V8 in 1954, they made it in 239 cubic inch form for only one model year: 1954. In 1955 its displacement was increased to 272 and 292 cubic inches.

That’s a beautiful car. I suspect one of the rarest parts on that car would be a new air cleaner decal😂. I’d never heard of a 410.

I always enjoyed working on V8s with the front mounted distributors.

Adam, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the original/earlier owner(s) for taking such good care of this magnificent Mercury Park Lane. 🙌🙌🙌🙌

We owned an auto dismantling yard for 45 years. My dad would take every 410 he got and put it in his ford pickups.

My grandfather absolutely loved his Mercurys especially his Marauder. I didn’t realize the torque output. So now I understand his satisfaction. That torque underfoot would bring a smile to anyone’s face

I am a FORD only fan for 45 years. I never heard of a 410. Well played thanks for posting

There was also a 410 MEL. It was produced only for 1958 Edsels and only in the Corsair and Citation models. Great video! It's nice to see these underappreciated cars get some attention.

My Grand Dad had a 64 Parklane with the lowering rear window. He retired in 75 as head of Dyno Lab at Michigan Ave Engineering. From 64 until summer of 75 I went to every Sunday Event at Mich Ave. My Highlight was sitting in driver seat of Lemans winners when they rolled of trailer when they came home. In 2000 I took my son to Greenfield Village to see that GT-40. I met so many NASCAR and Indy Ford owners and drivers during this period, my Grand Dad always kept up with Racing until he sadly passed. He gave me his SAE plaque with the plastic model of the 65 Indy motor, the 1st "Bundle of snakes", it was 250 or 255 ci with the intake where exhaust was normally. He did a lot of work on the 351 Cleveland heads and always said that was Ford's best motor. Best Memories.

I love how he always puts dual exhausts on his vehicles. It can really awaken a somewhat docile V8 into a boulevard bruiser.

I had a relative who owned one. Damn good car and damn good engine - pulled like a freight train.

People think 60s cars were primitive, no electronics. However most V8s were pretty smooth. The inline 6's were great too. We had Novas and the turbo hydro autos were absolutely wonderful sifters. I'll never forget my ride home from my summer job as a kid in a '66 Rivera. That car was so smooth in acceleration and when the auto shifted all you heard was a drop in engine RPMs, What a car. Great video.

221 Windsor was introduced in 1962 and production ended in May 1963 because customers preferred the 260 Windsor. Depending on how many months the 410 was in production, the 221 Windsor may be the shortest lived Ford V8. Interestingly the 221 Windsor had the same displacement as the original version of Ford's flat-head V8.

I had a 410 that was made from a '73 FTE 390 block, a set of 406 heads that had massive ports, an Edelbrock intake & 750 CFM carb, a better cam profile, a 428 CJ oil filter adapter (better oil passages) and a 9.25-1 CR. A set of TBC Thorley headers, 3" exhaust with an X-crossover, it was a very nice, torquey motor in my bump-side F250

Ford offered a 406 FE as their high-performance engine for 1962 and part of 1963. It was discontinued midway through '63 when Ford introduced the 427. Among other things, the 406 was Ford's first engine to employ cross-bolted main bearing caps.

in 1954 Mercury used a 256 Y block for that year only. Was also used in '55 Ford HD trucks, for one year only. The 406 FE was a 1½ year engine for '62 & first half of '63, replaced by 427.