My 1970 Challenger R/T was rare, 426 hemi, Torqueflite, P/B, AM/FM that was it. Salesman said, you're never be able to sell it! I said I'm not buying it to sell it! It sold real quick when I did sell it. 54 years later I miss that beast.
I went to a small Fundamentalist church while in high school in a small town back in the 1970s. Our youth group leader decided to go to Bible school. His Dad worked at a Chrysler and Dodge dealer and had set him up with a nice Dodge Challenger. I do not know all the details about it but it was nice. Out of the blue, my youth group leader called me and asked me if I would be interested in buying it for $1500! I did not have the money at the time so I had to say no!!! Now I look back and just shake my head uuuugh! Car was mint. Now a car like that is $$$$$$. My twin brother while in high school bought a 1966 Pontiac GTO with the factory sidepipes, his her shifter, 326 etc,... special factory package. It had Crager ss and wide rear tires. It was mirror black with flames on the sides. He drove it for about 6 months and then got upset because the front was out of alignment or something stupid and forced the guy he bought it from to return his money because my brother was underage when he bought the car. That car could have been in a hot rod magazine and I still have pictures of it. Both the cars I mentioned are worth a whole of money... really big dollars. We were kids...stupid kids LOL.
@@scottbaker1800you serious?? I love muscle cars as much as the next person but some of the comments that people make are so damn ignorant! Oh my God! I mean it's just a matter of simple physics, dude. Try to learn something!
1968 Plymouth Barracuda. One of the most badass race cars of its time. Sox and Martin. Reminds me of watching Super Stock drag racing on ABC Wide World Of Sports.
2 weekends ago, I had the pleasure of being invited to a private car collection, that included 2 hemi Daytona Chargers, a Hemi Superbird, the first and last Hemi Cuda's built, the last being a convertible that was sent to France and its Speedo reads in kph, a Hemi 71 GTX, and the rest making up the largest private Mopar collection in the world.
Good Day. FYI: It's pronounced; "Tork flight" phonetically. Excellent posting. I've owned a 1968 440 Charger RT, a 1969 440 GTX (I got from the origonal owner when it was one and a half years old). a 1970 Challenger RT/SE 440, a 1972 340 Challenger and a 383 1969 Coronet Station Wagon. They all had AC,PS,PB and Torqueflites. Great Cars. I owned them before they started selling for $10,000 and Much More. I've come close to owning a 1966 and a 1970 HEMI charger. Both bought out ahead of me by Rick Finch, the Bass Player with KC & The Sunshine Band. He bought lots of HEMI cars. Thanks & Best Regards.
My dad was a chief engineer at Chrysler. Many people don't know that Chrysler worked hard on a Hemi replacement using a new smaller block and heads, slated for 1974. They just couldn't get it out of R&D with acceptable smog compliance. I can only imagine what that could have done for the mid-70s malaise.
I had a '71 Autumn Bronze Metallic GTX 440+6 4 speed Trak Pak w/black vinyl top IDENTICAL to the one in the video. I sold it around '90 and haven't seen it since.
When I was a child, a guy on my block had a Plymouth Superbird (no mistaking that big aero wing and Roadrunner graphic) He would regularly do burnouts in the street. Sadly, I doubt if the car lasted beyond two months as it was wrecked several times before it went to its last ride to the crusher.
Awesome 👏.. My Dad & I have owned Mopars for over 50 years.. I had a 71 Runner.. But my Dad has a 69 Cuda 340.. He bought it new in April of 69.. And 55 years later he still owns it 😁 I wonder how many were sold 🚙
There are many beautiful cars here, and not counting how they have appreciated, most people would love to own. But you have to acknowledge that they are rare because they weren't limited editions nor big sellers.
I had a '71 Plymouth Satalite Sebring Plus. 440 mag w/slap stick. I sure miss that car. I wonder how many Dusters and Demons were option with the 440, 426 and a 4spd.
Who made this list? Where's the: '70 challenger convertible. '71 'Cuda convertible. And of course "The one and only" '70 Dodge Coronet R/T convertible.
When I was a young lad, the son of the guy who owned the local hobby shop son had a 4 door Mopar with a wedge 426 single 4bbl I think maybe it was dual quads, he never raised the hood. Can’t remember if it was a Dodge or a Plymouth but it was rather unique
My brother had a Plymouth Satellite with a 413 Max Wedge with the special carb set up and my other brother had a 440 Roadrunner that was a 10 sec 1/4 car complete with drag slicks on the back. The 440 got banned off the road by the police LOL. We used to take over a highway with a big bunch of cars and people back in the 1970s.... the section of highway right by a mall was set up like a drag strip, complete with lights, so it served us well LOL.
Another miss - 66 Coronet 440 convertible - 6 made w/hemi. Had a bright red one, auto-column, bench seat, manual drums, manual steering. It wouldn't steer, it wouldn't stop, but it was a great cruiser around town. It was saved from a hollow in West Virginia. Wonder where it is today?
@@davidmitchell6873 Why? I'm a viewer, not a video maker. That doesn't mean I can't have an opinion on bad videos. I also don't like my choices for president, yet I'm not going to run myself.
The Plymouth Super Bird and the Dodge Daytona had louvers on the front fenders. A lot of noobs think it was air ducts to cool the front disk brakes. They were there to cover the holes they had to cut in the fenders to allow maximum front wheel travel at speed. Without those holes, the tires would hit plastic and metal and pop.
Now im a very big Mopar fan,great video but u missed one,the Dodge Dart,im not talking about that itty-bitty one,im talking about that Dart that had the 426hemi under the hood.yes the little old lady from Pasadena bought hers from a dealer with that elephant under the hood
Me again before I forget here is another stat for you Yankees. 1971 & 1972 VH Pacer. 265 cubic inch R/T spec with firstly a 3 speed manual & towards the end available with a 4 speed. The fastest 4 door, 6 cylinder sedan in the world naturally aspirated for over 25 years. 25 years but never mentioned in any of your video's. Just look into it another great Aussie Mopar. Cheers Louis Kats 👍 There is more to Mopars than 426 & 440.
@@angelusmortis3256 Might be so The mighty 265 Hemi the absolute best horsepower to cubic inch Mopar in the world hands down. 1972 VH Valiant E49 Charger Factory blue Printed & balanced for Racing. 265 cubic inch @ 335hp Rest my case your honour. Cheers Louis Kats 👍 Before I forget this was a street legal muscle car that you can register for the street
In 1980 I was offered the Gtx with the hemi for two grand and I didn't buy it because it was brown and looked too big to me and I has the choice of a green challenger or a burgundy formula and like any kid I loved the 70 formula 400 with the hod scoops and black interior and I regret selling it for the rest of my life and I have a lot of great memories and I have to console myself with that and remember that you don't take it with you but the memories are not going anywhere so just remember that.
If your going to lie make it believable. The car was never sold to the public. So you're either in your 70s and was a Engineer on a factory Mopar race team or your full of it
@@seriksson9721 it's not hard to tell you were lying. They were for race teams only and even if you bought one ate it's bottom dollar in the 70s it's Impossible to get a registration for one so. Your a millionaire car collector or your full of shit. You didn't say I remember my replica. Not Impossible that you owned a hemi dart or Cuda drag car but I'd bet my last breath your full of shit.
@@frankhartnett895 it's like saying I remember when my dad brought home our 64 Ford Thunderbolt. Good times we all shared in the Family Ford. 🤣😂 I mean if you're going to makeup owning a car at least do your research and pick a little bit more believable car.
No mention of the very rare 65 Dodge Super Stock . Acid dipped front end 2DR post with no back seats. Cool can for ice battery in the truck with one muffler placed just like the bumper. No radio and no warranty. Dodge Coronet and Plymouth Belvedere.
Let me tell you from experience of owning all brands of cars in my lifetime...Mopars were every bit as reliable as any other make and model and on the few occasions you had an issue of some sort, as you did with every car brand, they were extremely easy to fix. I remember once on a trip with my mother's '69 Road Runner after stopping for gas the car would not start back up. The mechanic on duty showed me a trick that would get the car home that used only a gum wrapper. Fired right up, drove the car home and made the proper repair the next day. Moral of the story if you couldn't fix an old Mopar when something did wear out you were an idiot and can't fix anything... Just like you for making that comment. Another jealousy because you can't have one driven comment.
Generally speaking, if these MOPARS had been the size of the Camaro or Mustang, I think they would have been even more popular. Too big for my taste, but great-looking!
I knew a kid in grade school whose parents had an old Belvedere wagon, 1967 maybe. I think his dad must have put a hemi in it, don't think you could just order a hemi in anything, but there it was. I was so sure he was lying. It does not sound like much, but $5 was a lot of dough a million years ago
Had a 72 Roadrunner with the GTX trim package, 440 In 72 the GTX was only a Roadrunner with both Roadrunner and GTX badging, Kinda weird, anyway being young and dumb I totaled it
"Tore-ka-flight"...and to think that I've been pronouncing 'Torqueflite' wrong all these decades. 😝 The Charger 500 has a FLUSHED OUT rear window, not recessed.
its not w zero, its w "oh", not a torkerflight. the 500 had a flush grill as opposed to recessed. . you need a mopar fan to listen tp these before you post!
