Survivor 1962 Dodge Dart 440 4 Door in Buff Paint & Ride on My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

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These cars were featured prominently in the movie "It's A Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World" (1963)

Never thought they were ugly maybe a little different. Beautiful now! 😍

O. M. G! In 1971, I bought a 62 base model Dart sedan in that same color scheme. It was one of the best cars that I ever owned.

Very nice survivor! The unusual styling makes it stand out more positively some 60+ years later compared to its release date. Thanks Lou and Andy!

1962 Mopar offerings were not pretty, but this baby did end up being the Queen Of The Road at any automotive prom. Kudos for the owner’s love and respect.

In 62' I was still drooling over 57' Chevys.

I’m one of the few who didn’t think this car was ugly. Different, but not ugly. In fact, in some ways a bit sleeker than other cars from that year. Anyway, this car is impressive for a 62-year-old survivor.

Exner glory; thanks, great car. Poly power lives on

We grew up with bias ply tires. Never stopped us from going too fast.

This 1962 was the last real Exner Design before he was fired and Engel Took over, toning these down over the next couple of years. Like this owner, I love these because you never mistake them for anything but Chrysler products. Thank you so much for sharing with us and best wishes from Texas.

My dad had a 1962 Dodge Dart 330 station wagon. It had a slant 6, and very few options. My dad wasn’t too meticulous about maintenance on his cars, and that wagon held up for over 80,000 miles of abuse with little to no problems. That big grille in the center of the dash for the radio speaker, the push button gear selector, the whole interior vibe brings back great memories. Thanks for this one gentleman. Joe

Sure a sweet survivor. And pretty rare. Thanks Lou!

Nice!!!!!!!!!!

A FACE ONLY A FATHER COULD LOVE 🤗😁…GREAT…LIKE YOU SAID IT GROWS ON YOU… Right up the street there’s a gentleman that collects old Dodges , I see them when I drive past,😎 and I have a friend who used to love ❤️ them back in the day 💚💚💚

She's a beauty, love the design. Thanks so much for the video.

All Chrysler products from '61& '62 were astonishingly strange in design. But... you absolutely cannot take your eyes off them. I would love to own this car. Great video (except for blowing the stop sign😂)

That's one smooth Dart! I love the honesty of a good, ol' Survivor and Mr. Welemin's suits me just fine, too. What an eye catching and friend making cruiser. Thanks, Lou!

For a survivor it’s great that 1962.A very impressive car. A nice story! Thank you for sharing! 💯❤️👊👍

Andy has a very sweet survivor. I always say those are SO far OUT..They are IN. Thanks Lou.

🙋‍♂️THANKS LOU,ANDY FOR SHARING THE SURVIVOR 💚💚💚

Those 62 Mopars were controversial at the time, I personally love them. Very rare to see a video on one of these, thanks Lou.

Well, Lou, Exner picked up where the gang at Edsel left off...ooooof. "Better looking with age," nope. Lol... That being said, it is in very good condition. Good on you for featuring someone proud.

I HS mate had a 62 or 63' Dodge like this right out of HS in the early mid 70s. A 318 with a 3 speed on the column, he converted it to a 4spd on the floor. For a 318 it ran pretty strong. I was impressed with it. He put Cragars on all 4 corners with fat tires on the rear.

Greetings from Australia! Thanks for making this clip Lou, I've always enjoyed your content, especially MOPAR!... I remember seeing this vehicle when it was for sale. Coincidentally, last year I bought EXACTLY the same car, Dart 440, Buff Paint (All original excellent condition paint), Push Button Auto, survivor with 57000 miles from Denver CO. My car had been parked up in 1974 (the year I was born!), with a hydrolocked engine, and untouched until last year. I had some rectifications works done locally in Denver, before bringing the car to Australia, to finish off the mechanical restoration here. I restored all of the original mechanicals; however, built the engine as a Stroker, so now a 392CI... Would be great to post some pics of mine if anyone was interested!? Thanks again Lou, and keep up the awesome work!

It's awesome to see an old 4 door, especially a survivor car. My late uncle a real Chrysler man had one of these and brings back some nice memories. Thanks Lou! More sedans please.

Neat car 😀

A 1962 White Dodge Dart 440 White 4-door vehicle! Thank you for showing this car?

I loved these Cars. Mrs. Boozer, no joke that was her last name, had a beautiful white one and I wish I could have bought it from her when she stopped driving, A block 318, push button transmission, and was loaded for 1962

Love the bias ply snow tire spare.

Magnificent Dart survivor! Been waiting a long time for this one, my favorite yr for the Dart. It was available in 3 different trim levels. We had one in the early 60s. This one has a few options, seatbelts, steering wheel, radio and reverse lights. It's fabulous 🤩

Sweet !!!!

Yeah Lou, they even put the mighty 413 Max Wedge with the Cross Ram intake in these right from the factory starting in the '62 model year! Darn good vid brother!

I had a girlfriend who had one of these cars........hers was blue. Thanks Lou!

That was a rolling stop ha ha ha. Great old time capsule.

Great show! It's amazing that Exner designed the 57 Fury and then...these cars.

You find the rarest and coolest cars Lou. I like over the top late Exner. ❤

My grandfather did have a car just like that but white 2dr ... thanks for sharing

This is a great looking car and I love the color combination inside and outside. That was my first thought when I saw the back window early fifties Studebaker, funny how I don’t remember the back window being that shape. My uncle back in the days had a 1959 Plymouth Fury he bought new same color as this. I always called it coffee with cream.

I like it, back in the 80's I bought a 64 four door Belvedere and the spare tire had never been on the ground and the sticker was still on the tire. 60 thousand miles for 300 dollars and it was the same color or very similar.

Love it!! ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥 I loke the design- always have. I think my dad had a Chrysler in that color.

Great episode car guys, love it. I have 1965 dart 2 door and 1964 dodge 880 4 door. Love them. And also 1975 coronet 2 door.

Very nice car Lou a MOPAR fan. Love the look. Have never se this car ever. Tanx Lou.

As a little kid in the early 60's , I knew there was something weird about the Mopar's of that era... They always reminded me of the "Jetson's" somehow. Over the years, they've grown on me a bit....so weird, they're cool. I dig that polysphere 318, though.

Beautiful Dodge Dart Lou. Don't see many of them around. Sad story here but my grandpa ran a wrecking yard from the 1940s until the 1980s and he crushed alot of these late 1950s to early 1970s mopars because alot of them were bad about leaking water around the trunklids. Still loved the video and the car though always enjoy seeing those survivor cars.

Hi Lou, that Dodge is in great condition for its age .

These were interesting and eclectic cars. After 1962, Elwood Engel saved the day for Chrysler!

Lou, Let's just say the styling is an acquired taste. Kinda like anchovies. The old girl appears to have been well loved. Great 440. As always Thanks and stay well

Beautiful a cool combination of Sci fi and the best of horror film from that era. More imagination with some risk taking from Detroit. Another universe.

"A face only a father could love." LOL Virgil Exner special!

pre-Fratzog emblem, that is added to a Polara Convertible featured here. an early edition, the steering wheel still featured the emblem we see on this here. Exner Forward Look 383 convertible in Red white interior

Have to agree about the looking better over time. Quite a few 1960s cars that I used to consider goofy looking, I would now love to have.

Nice! Mine was the '62 Savoy with the Leaning Tower of Power and 3 on the tree. A cop wanted to give me a ticket for no exhaust, until I proved it was a rod knocking. It was knocking pretty loud though.

One of the first cars I got to drive back in the 80s was the 2 door. It was great. So unique and just plain solid. I definitely think you're right Lou, not only about cars, but stuff in general becoming more attractive as it gets older. Still waiting on the Pontiac Aztek to look attractive though, both inside and out 🤪

An exciting survivor car Lou. Yes, it does bring back memories of `It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World but Virgil Exner must have been on Acid when he designed this car. Nevertheless a clean and well-documented car. Good Video as usual Lou.

Hi Lou...You keep finding them. My gramma's last car was a blue 1962 440 sedan. She didn't drive it often and one afternoon she went to start it and I surmise the carb backfired and caught fire. One neighbor called the fire crew then me and when I got to the house the front and dash were gone and a front tire had blown off and set the neighbor's lawn on fire.

Plymouth and Dodge B-bodies of 1962 started Chrysler's drag racing terror🏁 And they were the top dogs on the street too💪

Sylvester from Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, had one of these. A rag top in red. He was a crazy M.F.

Virgil Exner's final descent into madness. 😆

great looking car! I have a 61 Dodge Dart Seneca 2 door post still in original white paint but not as nice as this one. slant 6 - 3 speed. the Chrysler torsion bar suspension gives a great ride. great video showing all the odd styling up close.

My dad had one of these. It’s what we had when I first got a license. Needless to say I didn’t pick up many chicks with it. LOL

Nice car, brings back memories. I think he should name it Ugly Betty. Thanks.

Actually I like it. I think it looks cool. I was born in 57 but I don’t remember seeing this model.

My mom and dad bought one exactly like this ; new ! I always thought that it was smiling at us ! 🤪❤

Thanks for filming "young Andrew's" very cool car. It's as cool as Andy himself! I can't believe you didn't talk about that Minnesota style, knobby spare tire in the trunk. Which do you think is uglier, Andy's '62 Dodge, or my '61 Plymouth 4-dr Sedan? You guys made my day today!!!!

The chief designers for the car was Virgil Exner, who was allegedly fired from Chrysler after the cars lack of enthusiasm by the public. Rewind to 1957 where he rocked the world with his innovative designs and Chrysler's forward look.

It’s beautiful 😍

If I'm not mistaken, all those odd designs at Dodge, Plymouth and Chrysler in the early '60's were Virgil Exner's "swan song". I don't know if they look better with age but we do come to recognize them as styling exercises instead of competition for the '62 Chevy or Ford like when they were new.

Well, I really don't know if this 1962 Dodge Dart 440 looks bad with that Buff paint; It just depends on the eyes with which you look at it. Its extravagant design catches my attention, with those headlights inserted into the same large grille on the front and two on its sides, the large lines that stand out with chrome finishes from the sides of the front and rear fenders, ending at the back with those turbine-style guides, placed in an unconventional position and adorned with chrome lines (special mention for the curved, bubble-style rear window). Nice interior, with those large and comfortable seats, along with the instrument panel with that line of dials below the speedometer and its attractive steering wheel with two chrome partitions. The brochures and catalogs in the trunk are interesting; since it could be seen that there was even a Station Wagon version available. Nice walk at the end; giving the feeling of going back in time, while demonstrating the smooth behavior of the vehicle. Congratulations to Mr. Welemin, for giving this baby a special space in his heart! Best regards, Lou!

Next level beautiful for me

A co-worker has his Grandfather's 1962 Dodge Dart Polara 500 Convertible same color with a medium Blue trim, and matching vinyl buckets in Buff and Blue. The top matches the body color and the car is all original with 36,000 original miles. I think he told me it had a 361 cubic-inch V-8. It is so ugly it is pretty. It has factory air conditioning, power windows, and real wire wheels. I rode with him to Santa Clarita last week and the car got so much attention considering its' odd looks. It really rode nicely, and he told me it drives better than his 2022 Tahoe.

My first car was the 62 Dodge dart 318 with the push button automatic had the little two barrel on it, but that car ran pretty good. You weren’t gonna set no world records with it, but it was reliable and it’s a good driving car handled very nice and the steering was so effortless. I mean, you could be moving 2 mile an hour grab the steering wheel and flick it to the right or left, and it would go all the way it hit the lock anyway I like that car tell another thing back up lights on it when you put that thing on reverse and nighttime, you could see anything you needed to see all right this is six in a row Jim kennerdell Pennsylvania

When you opened the hood I had forgotten how much room there was. Even with the big 440 you still had lots of room.

318 poly is a great engine

As oddball was the styling, the 1961 Dodge had the even more quirky reversed tailfins. I count the later model as an improvement. The styling had a lot in common with the 1960 Valiant.

How ironic I just watched "It's a mad mad mad mad world" ! Spencer Tracy drove one of these in the movie. I get it, the car is cool not only because it's a survivor but because it got hit with an ugly stick of uniqueness! Rare indeed.

Fabulous Mopar.

My first car.

I remember as a kid seeing one of those and I thought it was the ugliest car. But now I'm 60 yrs old I really think it's a great looking car now. Ha ha good the test of time. It's cool now.

In 1966 my best friends mother bought a black twin to this car. Why ? The salesman said it was so ugly no one would buy it but it would run great and last a very long time. We were 16 and would take it to the drag strip on Saturday nights. We surprised a lot of people that V8 was great!

The car has allot of sculptured sheet metal all around giving this car a unique sophisticated sort of elegant look to it. It looks reminiscent of the mid 50's DeSoto with more pronounced sculptured sheet metal, that took a definite paradigm shift in illumination placement of exterior lighting. I think this car would've been more popular had it leaned more into the luxury Chrysler category. Dress it up a bit more with luxury options and I think it would've been a stately hit.

Wow! A great example of one of the ugliest Chrysler products ever made. I don't know what they were thinking when this was designed. Ghastly is probably understating my feelings. It is so rare that something this homely would survive. One could say like a modern Honduh and Toyoduh, these vehicles are better looking when crushed. With that said, it is so homely that in today's world, it looks almost normal (especially when put on the two brands named above sales lots). Virgil Exner had a weird sense of style for sure, but his cars looked like nothing else. Nice survivor! One could say this is like the last Dodo bird. Thanks for sharing this automotive oddity, Lou!

I actually kinda like these oddball cars ❤🥴

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While the '62 may have been the homliest year model, the 62-65 B-bdies were all great riding cars. Not as unwieldy like the full size cars, but not as choppy & uncomfortable as the compact(A-bodies).

There’s a couple guys that have these with 413’s in em that race em at Cordova.

Most sexy car of the 1962-1965 MoPars......

When new, those were thought to be so odd looking that Chrysler fired the designer. Virgil Exner. But today they are very much sought after.

@13:05 was that a stop sign? 😮

This was not Exner's best work, but somebody must have loved this little homely beast for it to be in such good shape after all these years. The 318 is such a great dependable engine...basic maintenance and it will run forever.

Дизайн...Загальна форма ділиться на багато "дрібничок". А с переду( це про батьківську любов...) Дякую, автомобілі різні бувають...

Vergil Exner fired himself with this design! Great mopar quality though!

My stepfather had one in the early 80's same color, but was a three on the tree with radio delete. The car was beautiful except for that ugly front end! Edsel:"I've got the ugliest front end"! 1962 Dart: "HOLD MY BEER"!😂😂😂😂

Was this built in Mexico with out-sourced Asian import components?

It was a "different" design, to be sure.

Somehow it went beyond ugly so far, that it became beautiful.

Virgil Exner got fired styling cars like this.

Actor Art Gilmore, later of Dragnet 1967-70 fame, did the voice over for this television commercial for the 1962 Dart. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8r36gc1G69s.html

A face only a father can love I disagree that car like a lot of early 60s Mopar took a lot of thought in design unlike today I think are works of art and this ones a survivor but only a real body man can restore and reshoot one

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