1971 Dodge Polara Custom vs. Chevrolet Impala and Ford Galaxie 500 Dealer Promo Film 

Aka the Highland Park Whine (Mopar)😂

Someone needs to put together a compilation of them. As a person born in the late 90s I'd like to hear it for myself

Very true. Especially the Chysier products, a very unique sounding starter on their V8 engines

@@Zakman-ko3lq Ya it was a crappy gear reduction starter and mopars of the era need lots of cranking and they would not easily start (If at all) when it was damp/wet out or someone walked by with an ice cream cone.

@@matthewq4b I drove Chryslers 1965-78 and I never had problems remotely like that nor did anyone I knew.

If it really meant that much to you, why couldn't you get one today? Torque is still the same?

Yep, and with all 3 of them having about the same power from outdated engines, the same prices and so similar looks it did not really matter which you choose.

+Peter Kroll Chevrolet 350 is still going strong today one of the best motors ever made

'71 - '76 and some even later mid - full size cars and pickups were gas hog cars with weak engines... compared to 1950's - 1970... Good MPG started coming back in 1976 with Pinto Pony 30 MPG and even better MPG in Pontiac Astre and Chevy Vega......

+Scott Wiler only 4 bolt main ones - rest are not so good.

+BuzzLOLOL Yes, but Vega and Pinto shit cars - Pinto famous for exploding on impact. There's more to car ownership than just gas mileage!

californiahummus, I had a 1966 chrysler 300 that had 4 ashtrays and 3 cigarette lighters...I now have a 1967 New Yorker with 3 ashtrays and 3 cigarette lighters...one step at a time eh?

Back then, I remember almost EVERYONE smoked, as a kid I saw 13 year olds sneaking cigs from their relatives cig packs!!!

TheSpritz0. Still happens today just not in the us

Lol - breathe in dad’s secondhand smoke😂

@@77hodag coz you are just pussies today...

@Charlie Brown My father gave me a 1971 Fury, later I got a 1971 Imperial with a 440 TNT from my grandmother. I dream about those cars from time to time, I've had a few cars that many people would love to have ( 1974 super duty 455 Trans Am and a 1969 Z28 that also had the rally sport package to name two) but the only cars I miss are the two 71s.

The optional 454 provided ample power

Our '68 Polara rode like a Cadillac but was so much less expensive. It was also a beast in the snow!

sirlordwhitman yeah, good cars , i have a 69 impala, and i understand your comment,

Why haven't you kept that car up to snuff?

71-72 had the same front grill design. The 69-70 had its own.

They all rusted away...

The Galaxy looks the exact same as a Ford LTD we had as a kid.

@@Crashed131963 yup all looked about the same. Minor differences.

Yeah its a real shame. Chrysler is basically half Italian now as the FCA. GM is doing ok I guess, except for the strike back in September. And who the hell knows what Ford is doing after they showcased the Mustang Mach E. And great branches like Mercury, Plymouth, and Pontiac have ceased to exist. I never noticed it before but my Nissan sounds exactly the same as every other car except for European and Japanese sports cars and American muscle cars. They no longer sound loud and thrilling. Which is nice for a city but not so nice when you want to open up on a long country road and don't get to hear any cool sounds from the engine. At least back then if one company branch copied a car from the other, they redesigned the car's looks and made it look really different. Like the Mercury Cougar and the Ford Mustang. It doesn't feel like they even try anymore in that sense, for instance, the Escalade, Yukon, and Suburban. I was born in 2001 in Texas to immigrants from India who drove around on old motorbikes during their education in India and have since sworn to never drive a older vehicle again, which extends to me, which meant I was not allowed to buy a classic car and I never worked on one with my dad as a kid. I really wish they made cars a bit more, inspiring, especially since its so hard to find these classics. I have been searching for a 71 Polara for sale but all I can find are the 60s models. Cars just used to look cooler and inspired. Now if you want that from a car, you have to buy a expensive car that might even be impractical for a family. Its really something that I can get excited about a old Plymouth Fury or a Nash Metropolitan, a tiny little commuter car, but the Cybertruck that Elon Musk showcased doesn't interest me nearly as much.

@@crazycar4015 You sure missed-out on a fascinating era in American automotive cultural history my friend. I am almost 60 now and wouldn't trade my Baby Boomer childhood for anything in the world. (America was wonderful in that era!) My father, an Italian immigrant would bring old cars home and, along with my brothers he would teach us how to rebuild them. My grandmother had a Dodge Polara, it had a 383-ci that screamed, it truly did inspire awe! Well, most of the cars back then did as such. Good luck with finding your Dodge, you might also want to think about the mid to late 1960's Ford Galaxy with the "XL Package", my brother had one with a Ford 429-ci that had a factory rated 475-hp! God bless and good luck with your restoration.

All American car companies suck Chrysler and Fiat suck Mary Barra has ruined general motors. Ford only building the mustang 4 door SUV Saddddd

that's because they all went to the junkyard. lol

Transportation Glitch is all that was !! lol . All I know is my 71 Impala 4 dr ran like a scalded dog .

I did... here in L.A. the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Had the 71 Polara for its Fleet cause of the Big Ass 440 Cubic Engines that were in the Police Versions.

That's because they were as ugly as someone who married a family member...

I currently using one as my daily driver

Peter Hogan in 1971 $90 was decent money

It's about another 600 in today's money

It's you're and not your dummy

Even back then, with typical 36 month payment plan, it's $2 to $3 more a month. Not really a selling point in that field of large coupes. Ford's design during that period just killed the others.

90$ was like $1,500 today.

I totally agree. And I'm a Ford man.

@@LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv I have had a few crown vics also. Good cars too. A 99 and a 06.

same with me, I love all 3!

Great cars....i agree

same here! it's all 3 for me as well!

I agree, I love all three as well. However, I'm more of a Ford guy so I'd probably lean towards buying the Galaxie 500 if I only had enough money to buy one car only. I still think that Chevy Impala and Dodge Polara are awesome cars and would still desire to own them too!

Which do you think looks the most modern ?

I hate to say it,but the Chevrolet was best. In this case

The sending unit of my '72 Newport il failing. Fuel lines and tank are full of rust. I have to change filter regularly

The Highland Park Whine😂

music to my ear's lol

Yup, back then, you were lucky to get 1/10th the value on a trade in with 40,000 miles on it.

Kamakan Khasraji not justo the 70s, the sixties too!!

Marty Duncan ya, the impala was by far the better looking out of all of them for any year

B.R Waterhouse that's right budy, and not just in looking, in performance too.

Chevy was reaching high in this body generation, Cadillac up front, Buick around back.... It worked.

@@jamesslick4790 Yeah it worked for awhile until people smartened up & realized GM was making all their cars with the same 350 Chevy engine. making too many cars with different names. Olds, Buick & Pontiac buyers were suckered into thinking they were buying an upscale car when they discovered it was just a "dolled up" Chevy.

Clem Newton Playing with your devices sounds sorta kinky to me.🥴😏

Ryan lol!

Had same car but 429 4 barrel.

So don't drive 80mph!

Back then dashboard clocks were mechanical, not digital, and would be among the first things to break (just hit a pothole too hard). Much better to simply wear a wristwatch when driving.

Optional in those cars also, but funny that a Dodge dealer film would show them with the clock. But as Greg B said, the clocks were completely garbage and always broke and had to be manually wound.

Haha, I remember doing that with my Polaras and a Dart.

same here!

By 1971 and 72 the price differential between Dodge Chevy and Ford were minimal. A 72 Ford LTD Brougham and a Dodge Monaco comparably equipped was about the same.

No is Dodge the competitor of Chevy and Ford.

I, have, always seemed, to like putting, commas after every, few words, that, I type, how about, you,?

ballast resistors were never a problem unless they were cracked

Ballast resistors cost $2.35 and took 2 minutes to swap out, and typically burned out when the car had over 100,000 miles on it. About the time Chev and Ford were ready for new engines.

Your full of shit

@@dicarlo57 HAHAHA obviously you never owned one, effing mopars in this era would not start if you walked by them with an ice cream cone. If you owned a mopar you kept a ballast resistor in the glove box and jumper cables in the trunk.

ive owned, over the years, a 66 chrysler newport, a 76 cordoba and a 93 plymouth acclaim, never had any problems, although i did carry an extra ballast resistor!

willythewave The Ford is the most reliable now.

willythewave The Ford is the most reliable now.

The 1969 Galaxie was a very nice car. The '70 through '72 not so much. They got a better look in '73.

@@efandmk3382 actually I had a 72 with 429 it was a killer of a car.

It was intentional on the part of the big 3. It's next to im possible to find ANY form of advertising from the big 3 that ever even mentioned AMC, JEEP, INTERNATIONAL, SCOUT.

@@chettennant2642 Yeah, I figured that it intentional from the big 3. Then I asked my father about it and he said the same thing your saying about how the big 3 didn't want AMC/JEEP getting popular with the buying public. It was a screw job tactic of the big 3. So, yes I definitely agree with you!

Seems like quibbling maybe, but it was actually at this point that Chevy was catching up to Olds/Buick in standard equipment - like standard power disc brakes as mentioned in film, and 350 for nearly everything. Surprised they got rid of wheel lip moulding in Impala, cheapening it. This was when Delorean came in and boosted some standard equipment like bigger standard tires to match mid priced cars. I agree with the basic premise though.

It was tone on the 8 track tape that triggered projector to advance film strip. Those were the days.

same here! Each one is great in it's own way!