I wish car manufacturers would make a simple bad ass vehicle like this again. No computers. No digital screens. No cameras or all the extra crap you dont need. Just an affordable bad ass tool for the job. I'd buy it
Now days they try to sell us vehicles we don't want, loaded with crap we don't want but have to buy. I ordered and bought a New Ford Ranger 4x4 in 1984. At that time you could order the truck with every option separately. Just exactly what you wanted and nothing you did not want. Out the door for $10,000. You could order vehicles in this way in the 1960's. Back in the "pencil and paper days". But now, in the computer age......and instant communication....we can't, its to difficult, according to the auto makers.
@@paulradice3534they're "elected" by the presidents we vote in. Not directly though, but you can say the same about electing the president as that depends on the electoral college votes in the end. Now I'm curious what actions would be considered reasonable by an agency tasked with a general purpose like environmental protection. Congress has granted them the power to make the decisions. I forget the exact terms for an agency's mission vs decisions in support of it (maybe some term like legislative policy). But the EPA has a mission to protect our environment and thus our health, so I think it's unfair to say they're malevolent unelected bureaucrats when they're making the decisions to advance that mission. There can be a better way, maybe you want more oversight over their decisions or some scientific requirement. (It seems a change of administration can drastically change the behavior of an agency, even though it's the same agency with the same mission, so clearly the agency has soms political influence on it despite being scientific in design) As an example the Supreme Court ruled that the national traffic safety agency has a duty to protect drivers, so when Reagan administration instructed the agency to remove seat belt requirements, the Supreme Court prevented that as it was an abdication of the agency's duty and mission to protect drivers.
I love how in a different time, they didn’t have “tech” to differentiate their trucks from the competition, they actually had to prove that they were superior, it’s almost like they had to care about their customers
I could care less if it is a Chevy, Ford, Dodge etc.....as long as the damn thing runs when I need it. I will say, the 1972 model Chevy was one of the best body styles GM ever put out
One of our neighbors has a '72 Chevy pickup, short bed, four wheel drive, that he bought new and still has it. And it's still in very nice condition. It's the two tone orange and white.
Gave my son my 70 Chevy Longhorn; first year of the 402 big block, 8.5 ft box, 3/4 ton, 3 gas tanks, Dana 60 rear end all built on a 67 one ton frame ! I still don't think he truly deserves it ;)
I had a '72 C-10, the last year for that classic Chevy style. Bought it for $800 in '85, sold it in '98 for $1,500. Lord knows what it's worth now. I kick myself for sure as it was one of the biggest mistakes I ever made selling it. I think I sold it because it only got about 8-10 mpg loaded or empty, LOL. It was a gold colored solid steel beauty, 2WD, bias ply tires, 350 V8, with a 4 speed standard. First gear was a real low granny. I did upgrade to new wheels and radials and it really improved the ride. If I still had this truck I'm thinking it would sell for $8,000 or better. If I win the lottery I'm gonna buy another!
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Daniel C And you have an overwhelming desire to sell it to me. And you have an overwhelming desire to sell it to me. And you have an overwhelming desire to sell it to me.
Fords twin I beam suspension? Every time you put a load in the box it would change the front end alignment. You were lucky to get ten thousand miles from a set of tires!
This Chevrolet's exhaust system is made of double wall alumanized steel!......of which the inner wall rusts and collapses and blocks off the exhaust flow leaving everyone, including your favorite mechanic scratching their head wondering why the truck won't run.
I'm a Ford guy and have been all my life. First truck was a Ford 100 explorer with a 390 V8 back in my HS days. Kept it 10 years and sold it because I moved to Japan.
@Joe Joe yes, my motor was a 390. Mostly all cars in 1970's & 80's were junk regarding the big 3. Sad because they had the knowledge and became totally complacent.
@Randy Wiesendanger Nope you've got that covered already. Good for you that you believe bow ties are the best. Isn't that why there are choices? My company truck is a 1 ton Dodge and it does a function and I wouldn't take it home if they gave me the keys.
"Aluminized exhaust that resists corrosion"... glad there was ONE part of the Chevy's of that era that wouldn't rust LOL:) Dad had a '72 Chevy pickup... it was a pretty good pickup, plenty of power, just a 350 with a three on the three standard transmission IIRC, but boy did that thing rust... the fenders rusted, the cab rusted, it looked like Swiss cheese by the time he traded it off. Another problem was they used stupid coil springs and long bars for rear suspension-- thing would squat on its spurs and bottom out REAL easy when you put a decent size load in the bed compared to a Ford... Dad finally had enough and traded it off on a new '77 Ford because the floorboard was completely rusted out under the doors and beside the seats-- you could see clean through to the ground! The back corners of the cab had rotted off behind the doors, the top of the cab roof where it joins the pillars was rusting through, and the front and rear fenders looked like Swiss cheese... Chevy might have had "double panels" back then but they were using recycled steel from old tin cans and so the trucks simply rotted away in no time, and we were down south in Texas where they DON'T salt the roads in winter-- hate to think how they'd rot up north after being exposed to winter road salt! That said, Chevy was ahead of the curve on the front disc brakes-- HUGE improvement over the drum brakes that hung around too long on Fords... Disk brakes give much better heat dissipation and stopping power, resistance to brake fade and of course are MUCH more resistant to water intrusion since they just sling the water off the rotors, where drums trap the water... even so, anybody who's ever driven a HD truck (2 ton or up, which are pretty much ALL drum brakes even to this day) knows if you drive through water, you drive fairly slow and "drag the brakes" by applying light pressure to the pedal for a bit after you get out of the water to generate heat in the brakes to dry out the drums and get rid of the water... otherwise you step on the brakes and the trapped water on the inside surface of the drum simply "hydroplanes" the brake shoes and your stopping distance goes up a ton... Later! OL J R :)
I'm a GM guy but your right about the rust part, these bodies rusted terrible up here in Iowa, but so did the Fords and Dodges TBH. the 73-77ish seemed to be better on cab rust but the boxes on those were notorious for turning to Swiss cheese in ten years.
@@seththomas9105 yeah agree... We had a 77 Suburban we bought used in the late 80's for a farm truck... That 454 automatic would pull like a team of wild bulls, and pass everything but a gas station... Why we eventually had to sideline it-- simply drank too much gas, which got real expensive in the run up to the first Gulf War.... I was gonna get it running again after being parked again and it was rusting away to badly, the body was turning to Swiss cheese, the rear C pillars were nearly completely gone... Shame really because it was a great truck otherwise... My brother put the 454 into his 79 El Camino, which he later sold... Later! OL J R
my 70 c10 has coils in the back and you cant put anything back there without it squatting, but it rides like a dream. i also have a 72 c20 that has leafs in the back and that truck is an absolute work horse. i agree with you on the rust part though, luckily the metal is cheap!
I did notice the real 16 gauge in action. Oddly enough, that ford that failed the forklift is still thicker than today. I weld the poop out of my 1996 gmc...but it is deserving it. 377k miles in the north.
@@albertmcmichael9110 It markets for government motors because they try to satisfy politicians, not customers. But it builds like garbage motors. None of that ugly junk is going to last long. They look like garbage as well as are put together like garbage. Thus we have Garbage Motors built for the Government. G²M should be the née name. We now know what G² stands for.
They sure were. But Chevy also produced some good trucks from '89-'98, and again from '99-'05. I had a '91 that I bought new, and it was great. I drove it until '05 when I bought a new Chevy truck, that I still drive today. I would not own a modern new one though.
the next time i need to move my 747 to the other side of the yard,i'll have to remember this.i do love the body style of the 67-72 trucks though.if you can get past having the steering wheel 2 feet from the dash.gm' early substitute for an air bag.it may crush your chest,but will keep your face out of the windsheild in a wreck.
I have an ‘83 K30 which I carry a huge camper on. Didn’t come stock with a rear sway bar but I added a big aftermarket one. Replaced all the bushings for the front bar too. It helped the sway but not as much as I hoped it would.
When those first generation Chevy K5 Blazers came out in 1969, the GMC Jimmys came out a year later. They replaced the previous panel trucks. 1972 was the last year for those first generation K5 Blazers & Jimmys & same with those second generation C/K series pickups & sixth generation Suburbans. Those first generation Ford Broncos were built from 1966 through 1977.
I see old Ford's and Chevy's on the road all the time, but I never see any "job rated" "army certified" Dodge's around. I do see the 80s and 90s one's alot though.
The US Military bought a lot of Blazers with V10 diesels and called them CUCV's. They could carry 5 people. Then someone decided the Hummer was a better idea. The Hummer only carried 4 people and couldn't go in narrow areas or climb steep slopes as well as the CUCV. I remember one Hummer that couldn't go through a standard street underpass. Seems Chevy and the government both changed about the same time (both for the worse).
..Yeah..only a six year run..wish they had made them at least till 73 or 74..just needed to do one more grill revamp...the 73-87 squarebodys are all-around good trucks, but they made them WAYY too long..I always begrudged that they made these trucks only 6 years, and the suarebodys 15 years..even longer for the Blazers, Suburbans, and crew cabs....
BTW my 72 had no power assist, disc brakes NO POWER BRAKES LOL. Still that truck was a beast. 307 auto low gears, manual steering. Only options were the heavy springs auto trans and radio LOL
Boy those are highly collectible now! And beautiful May I add!👌😎👍love that blazer! Too bad the new blazer doesn’t even resembles a real blazer anymore! Is just a name! They’ve should have never had called the new one a blazer!
I miss my truck it wasn't 4wd but it was great my dad bought it new in 75 it was a Scottsdale painted white with black trim blue interior i have now got truck blood always running through my vaines Thank You GMC CHEVY😂😂😢😢
Had the orange chevy.it was a beast.a beast.i miss it.not fair to compair the Blazer with the bronco.they were two different worlds that year.ive had both.bronco would go further off road.
My 1971 GMC Jimmy is a little rough but it's been getting me to work the last 2 weeks in the snow 35 inch super swampers get it through the deep stuff, got the np205 and the granny 4 speed gotta love the old ones
I loved when they jabbed the truck bed with the tractor fork. The Chevy they barely rocked the truck. On the Ford they jabbed it so hard it scooted the truck 1-1/2 to 2 feet. LOL
A drunk driver plowed into my 72 Cheyenne c20 while it was parked, the impact moved it about 4 feet forward and completely onto the sidewalk. Bumper was only bent and a little bit of the rear quarter panel. Frame completely unscathed
This is why all the older folks know so much about cars, cause they marketed them and informed the general public of what goes behind the truck. They demonstrated why their truck was better and gave all the engineering behind it. The people could truly decide for themselves which actually was better. And today’s commercials just show a family in a car and show that it backs in for you and their like, “this is why my family drives a Ford, this is safety.” And then the commercial ends. It’s boring and non informative. No wonder you see those people who’s cars are falling apart on the road today. Nobody, besides car people, care about or know much about their car nowadays. Also, can I please go buy myself a 1972 Chevy cause this sells me. Oh how I wish I could get one new now.
Nowadays, and I kid you not, the US FTC would sue, harass, or block any manufacturer from doing comparisons with competitors, one reason you don't see comparative advertising anymore. Even court cases have held it's not easy to do comparative advertising in the USA. All in the name of TruthSpeak.
I find it interesting that sales literature often refers to the Blazer as a "personal car-truck" or Four wheel drive "car" - in a sense it was like a passenger car with the the backseat. Strictly speaking what is a 'truck' that has no separate cab from the distinct pickup box/body?
A Chevy suburban is simply a station wagon on a truck chassis. I'm comparing a 62 Impala wagon I've got with a 75 suburban that I have two wheel drive. I guess soccer moms needed more room than Little League moms did. I'm not knocking suburban. I've had multiple suburbans over the years decades newer than that 75 I mentioned.
@Old Iron Everything in this country is gone to sh!t now, why would you want to move to a country run by a complete moron who is screwing up everything?
If you get an F150, make sure that it is a model that is newer than around 2011 or so. The previous years had a horrible engine in it that made them a bad choice. Also, do not get the “EcoBoost” engine that comes with any of the Ford vehicles, they are unreliable pieces of junk. If you want something older than the Ford, then get a Silverado from around 2006 to earlier years. GM(the company that owns Chevy and GMC) had a terrible quality drop due to their bankruptcy in 2009. All GM quality has been terrible since then, which is why I recommend Ford for the later years, and Chevy for the earlier years.
Nermash Get the Ford F-150 GM quality control has been going downhill for decades now this video was made when GM and Ford were neck to to neck in quality control.
I wish American auto makers thought like this again instead of investing millions into figuring out how to make their vehicles fail just after the warranty is up.
CHARLES ATWELL 😂GM and Ford were pretty close in quality control standards but Chevy made there vehicles 20% more then ford in those years that’s why GM cars trucks were made better then compared to now
in my experience from working in junkyards and seeing many old vehicles ford makes a better quality vehicle than g.m. the paint and body build quality is usually higher . and the twin i beam is a better suspension system for a truck than the unequal length control arm set up that g.m. uses . it may not corner quite as well because it lacks a anti roll / stabilizer bar , but the advantages outweigh that . it is simpler and gives more wheel travel than any other type . that is why it is used on 2WD race prerunners . and another bad thing about the g.m. pickups is that when it is has a V8 the engine is placed so low in the frame . again the advantage of having a slighty lower center of gravity because of that is outweighed because it is a lot harder to service the engine . and the ford 9" rear axle that is used on the half ton models is better than a g.m. 10 or 12 bolt model that is used on the C 10 . the g.m. rear ends retain the axle with only a circlip that sometimes breaks and when that happens you lose the whole axle and wheel with it . and the the ford 9" is what is called a " removable differential type axle " you can remove the differential without taking out the axles like you have to do on the g.m. spicer type axle
warren buchanan GM And Ford were pretty close and neck to neck in quality control in those years today Ford over takes Chevy in quality control GM Quality has been going down hill for decades now Ford Quality has been going up in the last decade or so
I've owned both of these trucks,except mine was a GMC. And I can tell you if you wanted to own a GMC or Chevrolet back then,you'd also need to be at least a part owner in a full truck repair shop. My GMC was broke down more than it was running. My Ford F100 on the other hand was one of the most durable long lasting trucks I've ever owned. It was the Timex of pickup trucks,it took a licking and kept on kicking. I owned one more GMC after that one and that was all I needed to know about GM trucks. Have owned Fords ever since. No more GM junk for me.
Both gm and ford have had promblem ford 5.4 junk chevy afm on ls motors so it is crap shot on wht year of truck you are talk about same with dodge ford or chevy
Whoa on the gas mileage differences between them, also, comparing a Jeep competitor to a full size truck with a wagon body, entirely different markets.
The casing wires they put on brake lines make them rust and fail faster. I never liked them. The suspension isn't what absorbs everything you encounter in a truck - another grand Chevy failing. This video is comparing 1972 Chevys to earlier models of other brands. Roofs like in a chevy rust out. That is why absorbant material is used instead of metal inside. I also like how they obviously poke holes in different heights in the truck beds. Lame comparisons to earlier models.
As a work vehicle the GM trucks were no match whatsoever to the Fords of the day. The Chevy was more of a beefed up car whereas the Ford was a dedicated truck through and through. I don't need Google or You Tube to tell me this,I was working and driving these very same models of trucks back then working on the farm and with my dad's waterwell drilling company. The GM's did ride and drive a little better,but the Fords were the tough as nails work trucks in those days and today as well. There's a reason that the F150 is the sales leader.
At. 12:30. Galvanized exhaust system....only thing on the blazer that doesnt rust......the BLAZER is bigger..I would not put it in the same category as the BRONCO
Chevrolet this, Chevrolet that. Had a '69 F100 two tone long bed back in the late eighties in high school. Loved that truck!! Ford still kicked chevys ass by selling 26,000 more trucks from 67-72 models.
I have considered that both Chev & Ford built good pickups during the early 70's. If you wanted a 6 the Ford 300 was the best bet but both manufacturers offered a good selection of V8's. Chev's 350 & 400 autos were very good & Ford's best auto was the C6. Both offered pretty fair 4 speeds & Ford had a slightly better selection of differentials. .
Both of those generation pickups were built from 1967 through 1972. The Chevy is a second generation C/K series pickup & the Ford is a fifth generation F-series pickup.
Baylor58 Duncan I wished they would have done one of these videos of the 73-79 body style. Those were real rust buckets, several people in my family owned them and they rusted before you finished payments...
Baylor58 Duncan is your memory rusty also? everyone knows that 73-75 models weregiulty of that . bet 72 model year by its self is still number 1 in registered pickups out on the Roads today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
