It's funny. I lived through that era, and the literal destruction of literally everyone on the road did not make the news.Or it is just possible that you don't have any idea of the meaning of the words literal or literally.
Had a 1960 Plymouth, "Suburban", Looked kind of like the black car in this video.Push button automatic on the left dash. Had a slant six super 270 c.i. (as opposed to a 225 c.i. slant six which was more common.)
My dad bought a 1962 Plymouth station wagon with a 318 v8, automatic, and homely (by my tastebuds anyway) tan color. It was comfortable and carried our family on long distance vacations in comfort. I didn't care for the styling, but styling isn't the most important consideration when picking a car.
OH, the Valiant WAGON! Get the BIG 225 "Leaning Tower of Power"-even with a TorqueFlite, it's got more Ummph than a GM 250-ish or the Ford 260-ish straight six, and it uses LESS GAS! Yeah, you want a 3.55 or 3.77 rear end in the wagon, it's heavy for a little car, but ten years from now, sheet metal won't be falling off of it or if your in a wreck, you'll be GLAD it's heavier. The Chrysler engineers built an experimental 300-ish CID slant-six, but the extra displacement didn't give THAT much more power and the "New" A-318 V-8 got about the same fuel economy-not worth the effort. Yah, custom-built 225 can make 300+ HP, but not as a "grocery-getter". Compared to the Ford Falcon or even the MUCH better 1962 Chevy II wagon, the Plymouth was a MUCH better built, but more expensive car. The Dodge Dart wagon was in a class by itself in '62. Quieter, better ride and handling, the fold-down-side forward rear seat was FAR more comfortable than Ford or Chevy (or Pontiac Tempest) AND more rear leg-room than the Nash Rambler or Studebaker wagons. Falcons and Mercury Comets had worse front-ends than Corvairs! I drove ALL of them for delivery cars for photofinishing. The Study was VERY nice with that bullet-proof Continental straight 6, but it COST nearly $4 grand-Big Buick price! Nash was nice too, but too much money too. Driving 450-miles in a day in the Valiant didn't "beat you to death" like a Falcon or Comet with some miles on it. I REALLY WANTED to like the Tempest, but it had too many "quirks". The rear suspension disappeared at about 50-60K miles, it shook your teeth out and handled like a log truck.
Just like the news, there’s no fact checking you expect this to be honest and upfront So for the younger generation, he could probably pass this off as fact, but the ones that live this era know better
…hmm…couldn’t even locate a ‘62 Plymouth ad in the dozens of online archives…a head scratcher from the get go…what other “facts did you knuckleheads fudge on???
Stodgy ? Not for 1963 ! That Plymouth Sport Fury is 1 of the nicest styled cars I have ever seen ! Maybe the Author of this video should have his eyes checked ! 😅
I miss my old street car' I turned into a bracket racer. 1962 Plymouth Sport Fury 2 door, bought it with healthy but totally stock 440 w/ a push button 727 & a 3.91 posi. I paid a hefty price for it as I spent $300.00 on it ! 😅 (and I drove to a buddy's garage!) Then came the Direct Connection 2.84/484 Hemi Grind Hyd. cam and lifters, Wieand open plenum manifold, 850 Holley card, 440 dual point (Curved) distributor. I bought an old, good set of street headers for like $25.00 & then welded in some 2X3" boxed tubing for sub frame connectors, And I measured a few other cars to find a newer car that was within 1/2" of the interior & ordered a roll cage kit from Jegs I believe for a 68-69 Ford Torino/Fairlane. Had a friend Craig who owed me a paint job and he sprayed it a 1969 Ford pure white. Really did a bang up job in a short time! I really liked that car! I LOVE the body style of those cars...
The best cop car I’ve ever seen here in Australia was a Cop special prepared 2017 HSV 6.2 litre supercharged Maloo Ute during a car chase. The stock Maloos at the time put out 480kw or 650hp so I could only imagine the power output of that cop special.
These cars yes were fast with the Hemi but they were some ugly cars. Remember seeing these quite a bit when I was a kid since they were cheap so they were plentiful most of them probably had the Slant 6 in them.
My 62 Plymouth Savoy (225 slant six) was great ! It was what the cops used here and it was wild to see who could drive at the city speed limit at 1:00 in the morning. - ex Shell Oil fleet car. Way off subject - I notice RU-vid has removed the thumbs up character but not the thumbs down ! Is this to stop positive reactions.
You don't think any V8 could get 20 MPG? Just how far back are you familiar with? Obviously not before pollution controls. I know this video is about Plymouths, but I had a '64 Olds Cutlass with the 330V8, 4 barrel Rochester carb and a 2-speed "Jet-Away" automatic transmission. All stock. We didn't usually worry about gas mileage before '73, but I did measure it on a road trip to eastern Oregon in summer of '74 and we got 23 MPG with 3 adults and luggage in the car. I remember it because I lost a bet with my Dad over it. (He was one of the three people on board.) So yes, a V8 can get over 20MPG. I also once hit 135 (odometer) with four college kids in the seats, one parrot in a large cage, and all of one of the guys' possessions in the trunk. Hard to figure how a car with only two gears could be that fast and economical. 2nd must have been really high, but I suppose some of the more technically oriented will know. (And I do know better now.)
Naturally I agree with some of your choices and disagree with others on this list, it is all subjective after all. I always thought the Renault Avantime was a good looking thing even if no-one really wanted a 4 seat Renault Espace 2 door coupe in the real world. I would include most of BMW's current range on an all time ugliest car list though as they are building some real monstrosities at the moment.
cobra is nothing but a European a c bristol ACE that shelbie bought the rights to and put a ford boat anchor motor in it. not even an american creation.lolol
pre government interference styling was everything. When I turned 16, in 1965, I could tell you the make, model and year of over 90% of the cars on the road by seening the front or rear of the car. Then the government started to require certain gas mileage and now you can't cant tell a honda from a chevy from any distance.
My parents owned the Dodge Dart wagon equivalent with the 225 slant six and 3 speed. They were anything but quirky and like most early 60's American cars didn't handle that great. Notoriously bad in my memory on snowy roads even with traction tires. They did get fair gas mileage of about 25 mpg. The 386 wedge V8 was not standard on these cars and even with it as an option, it needed a lot of tuning and porting work to play weekend dragstrip warrior. There's a lot of misinformation here, just another sloppy, monetizing clickbait waster of 8 minutes of your life you won't get back.
I had the Dodge Revellion model kit.....I always liked the body design of this car, it lends itself well to the drag car look.......Saw some short-oval modified stock cars with this body style and they look great as well.
Your Dodge Ramcharger pic is totally wrong. That is not the correct vehicle for the discussion. Please correct. Ramcharger, in this context, has nothing at all to do with the much later SUV of the same name. The Ramchargers was the name of a factory backed racing team in the 1960's, not the SUV in the pic. Do more research.
2:49 - "Ramchargers", NOT a pickup truck. "The Ramchargers" were a group of MoPar Engineers that went racing on the weekend, and perfected the techniques of "Inlet Manifold Ram Charging", where by the exhaust and inlet pulses of the cylinders work to create a positive airflow in to the cylinders, filling them more.
My first car was a 1964 Fury with a 426 Street Ram Torqueflite and a 2:93 final drive ratio. I never did have the gumption to find out the top speed with this rear axle ratio. However, I buried the speed and still had petal! 0 - 60 was generally around 7.2 seconds.
6:12 "The weaker V6's were better served with..." EXCUSE ME? In 62, with any MOPAR product, those were SLANT 6's. NOT V6's. Shows the lack of knowledge of those that put this together. And makes me wonder how accurate the rest of it is. BTW, with a little work, those "weaker slant 6's" can be pushed to 360-370HP, naturally aspirated. It was one of the most amazing 6 bangers of the era from any company.
Ha 64 dodge polara 361 cu.in eng.last yr.push button trans .best running car paid $150.. in 1980 for it .sister had it towed for junk while i was in hospital for maybe 4 days or so ? Only needed a jump or new battery.***
