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Back in the day when I was 16 years old, my friends grandpa had a 1970 LTD.. It had a 390 in it and the LTD trim, so the hidden head lights.. I really liked it as I had a 1971 LTD (both 2 drs btw) and this would have been around 1979 or so.. Mine had the 400 in it and they must have taken some queues from Dodge because my 71 had the radio in the middle and the hidden wipers under the hood, but the same trunk, gas fill up (I really liked the side fuel fill up location).. Anyway, it was my first car and I had a blast with it.. Love these old vids as it reminds me of my youth for sure!
Magazine tests were always negative about the radio - or the cockpit in generel - so they went back to a 'normal' location and GM started to hide the wipers under the hood in '68 one year before the Mopars did
All the little details make cars really look special, the chrome wheel well moldings and trim pieces, even the bumpers were separate and unique styling points. Today cars are one solid color with little details and rear ends are a 2 foot slab of plastic. Cars had real design back then.
When I was born I was brought home in a 70 Polara convertable. B5 blue with a blue interior and black top 383 automatic. It was my grandfather's car for a long time till he sold it to his brother in law who kept it till a few years ago. I wanted that car so bad
My brother bought one with the 440 used in the late 70s. It was nicknamed "The Catfish", because that what it reminded everyone of. As I remember it , it certainly had some power for its day.
Compare the Polara with a 1970 Mercury Marquis, it would be more fair as the Marquis was bigger, and alot better in luxury than the Galaxie. Plus it got a 460.
@@leonotarianni7733 I always believed that Lincoln/Mercury were more comparable to the Dodges and Chryslers. Lincoln/Mercury had the 430 and 462 cubic inch engines (460 in 1968) while the Mopars used the 440s. Also the features were often comparable to each other unlike the "low price 3" (Chevy, Ford and Plymouth). Anyways comparing this Galaxie to a Polara is like comparing Coke to Fanta (it is better to compare Coke to Pepsi).
"The new 1969 Polara wore a broad-shouldered streamlined design called the "Fuselage Design", which would continue for the next five model years.[5] New safety requirements included front seat head restraints. For 1969, the Polara 500 was reintroduced as a mid-level series between the standard Polara and top-of-the-line Monaco. The Polara 500 was available as either a convertible or hardtop coupe. Available powerplants included 318, 383, and 440 cubic-inch V8 engines, along with a 225 cubic-inch slant-6 engine. The 1969 Dodge Polara models offered the Super-Lite option, which placed a quartz auxiliary "turnpike beam" headlamp in the driver side grille.[6] 1970 Dodge Polara In 1970, the Polara received new front and rear styling that included a bumper that wrapped around the grill and headlights. The Polara 500 was replaced by the Polara Custom in hardtop coupe, 4-door hardtop sedan, and conventional 4-door sedan body styles. There was also a stripped-down Polara Special available as either a 4-door sedan or station wagon. 1970 was the last year that the Polara would be available in a convertible body style (with a scant 842 produced, making it extremely rare today), and Dodge would never again offer a full-sized convertible. Also exceptionally rare for 1970 was the "medallion" rear bumper. This bumper featured in all of the sales literature was discontinued after late August or early September 1969 production and replaced with a plain bumper lacking the center Fratzog medallion. Despite the fanfare, Dodge dropped the "Super-Lite" option at the end of the 1970 model year because of lack of consumer interest and various challenges to its legality in certain states. 1970s also received a new locking steering column which locked the steering wheel and column shift lever when the key was removed." 318 cu in (5.2 L) V8 360 cu in (5.9 L) V8 383 cu in (6.3 L) V8 400 cu in (6.6 L) V8 440 cu in (7.2 L) V8 225 cu in (3.7 L) I6 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Polara
I have actually owned a 1970 Ford XL Sport Roof and a 1969 Dodge, and I can tell you that the fuel filler behind the license plate was a real pain in the ass. General Motors went to a fuel filler behind the license plate on the 1971 to 1976 full size cars (I had a 73 Pontiac Grandville) and it sucked on that car as well even though it was a bit higher than the Dodge was. You had to bend over and wrestle the fuel nozzle in while holding the license plate down which was not fun specially if the spring was new and strong, and in the rain or cold and snow it was even more miserable. But all that said I would take any of them back over any modern vehicle today.
funny they skipped over the topic of getting a different roof line in the ford if you wanted the XL roof line...or on the LTD you got covered headlights...or getting an XL ,GT in the ford with bucket seats and console ....concealed wipers might look nice on a sunny day...but you will curse then when the snow hits and you cant clean off the wipers or wiper area ...and the trunk on the ford might be 4 cubic feet smaller...its deeper truck will let you carry tall things ...and i know you can carry 4 full size tires and wheels standing up in the ford
The upper models of the Full sized Ford like the LTD would have been competing with the Dodge Monoco. A Monoco vs LTD film probably was made too. My question is Shouldn't it be Plymouth vs Ford? Dodge was supposed to be up market from the "low price three" (Chevrolet/Ford/Plymouth).
Maybe the style of the fuel pump handles changed by the time I started driving in the early 80's, but I mostly remember having to always turn it sideways to fill behind the tag type cars. It would keep shutting off, so fill ups took forever.
Too bad nobody reproduces those double stripe whitewalls.Classic American cars,either one.Nowadays nobody considers a Ford or a Mopar.Everything now is Toyota or Honda.Except in pickups.That's where America still owns the market.These were very simple times.
Actually I could not watch the whole commercial. The audio of the old guy's voice speaking and moaning was just to damn creepy. How did this make it past the recording booth. Oh, thats right I forgot all the sound engineers were on drugs then.
Again with the idiot lights in the Ford gauge cluster... with the only moving needles being gas and speedometer. But I do kind of like the body style of the Galaxie better. It's like a longer version of the 70 Mustang coupe.
For those of you too young to remember the show "Laugh-In", that's were they got the characters they are doing a bad job of copying. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v8nPCmRXwgI.html
Mopar’s and gm cars did the same thing if you didn’t clean them off once in a while . Japanese cars would last a few years if you didn’t take care of them
We filled up the Polara and the Galaxie and the Polara ran out of fuel first on the exact same trip once again proving the Polara is the bigger heavier gas guzzler !
My Mother T Boned a Telephone pool in a 70 XL convertible on a rainy day She walked away fine..but the pole snapped in half.. She always hated that car...she said it was too fast...and it was fast. My dad got it fixed it sold it to a guy who's son then proceeded to drop the transmission a week after he bought it.
Rowan and Martins Laugh-In was really big at this time, however the parodying of two of its characters in this promo was real cringe-worthy! Sexist, Ageist and belittling...the cars weren't really memorable either.
@@mikevale3620 shipping costs and your government not subsidizing fuel, that's what obvious. ( should have been to you )Any such 'barges' would no doubt be more attractive and valuable than whatever you drive.
Was this made for salesman? Some of these features are bull shit. Dodge is better looking but a monster even back then. $28.45 no way too much money and no $33.00 for white walls.
@@amyh3223 1967 Ford beautiful car. Our family always had Mopar I had a 1967 Cornet 500 and a 1969 Cornet R/ T . The R/T just fell apart piece by piece
@@justenough730 one thing you have to remember about the mustang....out of all pony/muscle cars from the big3...the only survivor was the mustang....it never went out of production since new
