Thanks for staying on KZread Mike

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

We're working on it!

@danielbrealey2924

6 жыл бұрын

Your the man Mike!!! I've been hanging out for this new season. Thanks so much for keeping it real and keeping it free on YT

@hasbeengood

6 жыл бұрын

What he said...

I had the Plymouth version in 1978. two tone blue. loved it !

Mike Must is one of the most under-rated car guys on the internet. Hope he gets more episodes of his show in this year and in the future. He's just really cool to listen to, it's like I grew up with him when he talks about AFX slot cars. Keep up the good work Mike.

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers and thank you!

@danielbrealey2924

6 жыл бұрын

100%... Mike's the man

@nikonordman7624

6 жыл бұрын

Austin Powers 100% agree

love this dodge. you had me at 43

Oh man, this takes me back to when I had a Super coupe when I was in high school. The poor thing didn't go over 110mph not even with a hurricane-esque tailwind. The 360 was choked down so, getting rid of the Lean Burn system, fattening up the secondaries and installing real 2.5 duals exhaust with Hemi mufflers. My cousins and I were oh so happy when the car went an easy 122mph as indicated on the police radar. We were fined of course......

In case anyone was wondering about how dismal power figures were in the late 70's, the 1978 & 1979 Dodge Power Wagon Lil' Red Express pickup truck was the world's fastest production vehicle from 0-100. A goddamn pickup truck.

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

Credit that trucks not having to adhere to smog regulations.

"Ya bought a car, ya put louvers on it, ya grew yerself a mullet, and ya drank yerself a coors lite" ... amen brother. LOL

Do more oddballs like this. Even gear heads can learn a thing or two.

*MULLET-Mobile* Awesome! Right when we thought we knew it all on MOPAR, this shows up while Earl dies of envy...

I love these oddball mopars from late 70s and early 80s. Had few Miradas and currently one stw Aspen. Someday I will get my super coupe or R/T Aspen Coupe.

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed - would totally love an 78 Magnum one day.

In '82 a classmate pulled into our high school parking lot in a cherry '76 Dodge Aspen "R/T" red-orange on black, replete with RoadRunner graphics. We laughed so hard during first period coach thought we were high. We sang "Volare" whenever we saw him getting in or out of it. Randy didn't keep that car very long.

@rightlanehog3151

6 жыл бұрын

KCB, Although bullying is now frowned upon, in the context of 1982 your teasing and tormenting was fully justified.

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

Growing up i fell inlove with the old muscle cars from the 60s and 70s, so this video like how Mike mentioned made me feel like a 4 year old

Never saw 1 that color before. I saw 1 in brown and black and also a 2 toned Petty Blue before, but not that combo. Also, according to MSP tests in '78, a full police spec Aspen sedan with light bar, etc, did 0-60 in 8.8 sec, and the 79 version with 20 more hp, did it in 8.2, so a coupe with less weight at 7.3 seconds, sounds about right. '78 E58 360s in cars with cats were rated at 175hp for federal emissions, 170 for California, and 185 for Canada. The 220hp rated versions were for trucks only, in that yr only. '79 E58s were rated at 195hp in all states. Cali cars added an AIR pump. I had talked to a guy that worked at a Chrysler engine plant during the late 70's and early 80's. He said that 1 thing Chrysler was doing was measuring and testing the engines as installed in their cars, and using chassis dynos for fine tuning rather than an engine stand dyno, which made them run better and stronger than the competition. Even so, the ELB system was a constant problem. The technology just wasn't there until about '81. He said that a tech could tune the system and it would run great, but the next start up the car could run terrible, w/o even touching 1 adjustment. Ironically, the 1st upgrade in the Direct Connection parts catalog of the time was to ditch the ELB, and add an Orange Box electronic ignition system with a fast curve distributor.

@cameronvandygriff7048

Жыл бұрын

I think instead of being a street kit the brown and black was a super coupe or R/T it had at the least very similar flairs wings and louvers

I was born in 1991, so hearing stories about cars from the 1970s is really interesting because it's a period of car making that's not discussed a whole lot, especially the cars that were a bit more performance oriented (i.e. the few models that were oriented towards performance in those days). Anyways, lots of love from Sweden!

@majorwilkesjr.5827

6 жыл бұрын

chikitabowow you don't hear much about the mid-to-late seventies performance of any car company because there was virtually none to talk about. If anything you would hear about cars that had more styling cues than another.

Its cool hearing how people drove aspens back in high school,and im getting mine fixed up for my sophomore year

Dad had a 77 Aspen wagon when I was young lol. Purple!

I remember wishing I could own a 1970 Challenger. Now, I’ve got a Hellcat. Thank you Mike for reminding me that the dark times are over. Long live Mopar!

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

Any time!

I’d used to see the Chrysler kit car stock cars in USAC race at the Milwaukee Mile in the 70’s. Race car in a box!

Get rid of the lean burn, put a regular thermoquad on it and a regular electronic ignition and you had a decent engine for the time. In fact the cam in the 360 would have been considered an aftermarket rev cam in a Ford or Chevy. In 1980 competition cams came out with a line of cams called the High Energy series. They put a 268 degree cam in every American V8 with 9-1 compression, a decent dual plane manifold, 650 Holley and headers and advertised the Horspower each engine made with that combo. In the early ads Chevy lead the way in horsepower. But when they finally published the horsepower for the 360 it was the only engine to make one horsepower per cubic inch, blowing the competition away!

@MrJohnnyDistortion

3 ай бұрын

And where is it published that a Chrysler 360 produces 360 HP?🤔

I remember seeing one of these at the Chrysler dealership in Topeka Ks. Then low and behold my uncle got one - the blue and silver version. All of us kids loved it and it was really fast to us. Great memories.

This channel is gold! I need a HOM T-Shirt now.

This was featured in Car and Driver Magazine. I was in vocational school at the time. My teacher was a MOPAR guy. Showed him the article and we drooled together

A Yo Musto, That epic beard deserves its own KZread channel..

@SashaZvyagin

6 жыл бұрын

I second that . The House of Bearded Muscle?

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

I'm going FULL MOSES!

@hmackprotection1

6 жыл бұрын

The House Of Muscle, lol right on 👊 “Let my people go” -Moses “Let My Mopar Go” -Musto

Thanks big guy...many of us appreciate your content.

Glad to see ya back

Looks like you've grown a full beard and this is one cool rare street car.

@kyletheis4259

3 жыл бұрын

I have one

@CJColvin

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyletheis4259 Awesome brother.

I remember the decals were shipped in the trunk and we would apply them. The rest of the car was as you see it. Had the wider wheels which surprisingly weren't mentioned. Great job commentating, and so true about the WS6 T/A vs mopar P/S. How about the overly assisted power brakes? i love those.

I always wanted one of these too. They had a lot of potential - a little tuning on that 360 and a better exhaust system and it would really wake up, even with the lean burn system.

Beard is looking good!

House of muscle is back!

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

Been here for awhile and glad you're back as well!

I recall the version of the Aspen/Volary/Roadrunner with Roadrunner decals on it. My 8th grade teacher had a black one w/ the red baha style wheels.

I absolutely love these and the Super Coupes.

Santa is driving a muscle car 😂

First car...'70 Dart, second car... '76 Aspen coupe, brown with yellow and orange strips, slant six with a four speed. I loved that car!!! I actually got it featured in the readers section of car craft in the mid '80's when they did a article on building a 225 slant six... Did I mention that I loved that car😍.

My first car was a 1978 Dodge Aspen, fresh from the factory with that same red interior, no radio, no air, slant 6, just power brakes and steering. Those interior shots were my original interior. They had put some odd options on it, which probably was why it had sat on the lot all year. Modified that car heavily in the five years+ I had it, drove it all over, including one lap of the Indy brickyard, never let me down after I learned to always have a ballast resistor in the glovebox.

Awesome I love this show, so glad your still doing it

My first car memories as a child are of my dads 78 Aspen. It was dark blue with black interior. I'd sit on his lap and steer on the back roads. The 2 things that I remember the most were the louvred back windows and the SUPER SLANT SIX sticker on the air cover. Thank you for the great vid and bringing back fond memories.

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

The leaning tower of POWER!

@chrishastings2665

6 жыл бұрын

The House Of Muscle lol Don't be hatin on the leanin tower. I'm a Mopar guy because of this car

Chrysler was scheduled to build 1000 Plymouth A-43 street kit cars and 1000 A-43 Dodges. But Richard Petty left Chrysler mid season for GM so Chrysler halted production. As a result only 247 Plymouth's were built and only 145 Dodge's were built. Very cool cars for the day!

I remember when Petty had long gone to Pontiac and some people were stuck with those big lumbering chrysler Imperials :(

@russellhartwell5404

3 жыл бұрын

,, ,, "BUDDY," "&," "JOEY, " ARRINGTON'S, ,, ,, # 6 7, !!, "IMP'S," COULD, MOVE, !!,

HOM has always been the best show on Motor Trend. I'm glad it stayed on youtube!

And there was a Volare Kit Car as well - they were 2-tone blue. I only ever saw ONE of those on the road, & I'm from the Motor City. These were insanely rare cars. I owned a Super Coupe Aspen for a couple of years - same drivetrain as this. After playing with the lean burn system for about a year, I installed a single point distributor which made it feel like I had tapped into 100 more HP. With the ignition working right, this car had good power & definitely had a great muscle car feel. The E-58 360 was no slouch, AND these cars handled like they were on rails - VERY sporty & comfortable cars to drive!

brilliant episode as always guys

Love these oddities of Mopars.

In a world of people that think all cars should make 4 numbers on the dyno, it's really cool to see pieces like this still exist. Don't get me wrong, I dig a well built restomod, but I have truly had more fun in a bone stock fox body with a gear, and a good clutch, than I have any 4 digit racecar. Keep up the cool work Mike! We all dig it!

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

@MrJohnnyDistortion

3 ай бұрын

4 numbers?

Back in 1991 I had a 1974 Chevy Camaro. Yes, one of the most hated cars in the 90s. All my muscle car buddy's laughed there buts off and pointed out that gen2 Camaros had no power and weren't worth anything. Well after replacing the small block with a built 396 big bock, a bit of suspension work, and better gearing, I was running high 10s in the quarter and no one was laughing anymore. Well except me of course because even with all the upgrades I still had spent half what my muscle car buddy's who were left seeing nothing but tail lights had spent on their cars.

Love it, pure 70’s cheesy cool. I dig Aspens, and I’ve never seen one of these before, thank you for showing us this gem Mike, nice beard too! 😁👍🏻

@utooberblooper

6 жыл бұрын

the r/t and road runner of the same era are cool as well.

@mikestaihr5183

6 жыл бұрын

There's a reason you don't see many Aspen/Volare examples around--they were garbage

@bcmiller1985

6 жыл бұрын

Kinda weird how similar the Aspen and the 76 Nova are. Its like companies gave up on styling once the power was choked off too.

@nelsona779

5 жыл бұрын

I never seen one of these either I mean I seen the Aspen but not this Edition.

Well presented; seeing that nobody instantly start bashing on it in the comments. I love me some cool looking oddball Mopars, even more so knowing these where the last Iterations of the A-body's. Amazing really how long and divers/widespread they where able to use that platform in their line-up. Thank you for still providing a world wide audience with this quality content.

I love the look of it!

When I was 16 (1987) my friend had one of these, it was his first car. I remember the first time he showed up in it, We were all like, "what the heck is that? Dude if your trying to have a cool car, you failed." To us a cool car was a chevelle, camaro, mustang, etc. but he couldn't afford one of those, so he bought what he could afford, he only paid a few hundred bucks for it. We ribbed him every chance we got about it, lol. Until this video, I've never seen another one, and now it's really cool. I have no idea where he, or that car is now. Ahh, memories.

That car brings back memories. My first car was a 1978 Volare Wagon with the "Super Six", near identical red interior, column shifter and optional "vent package" (which added the A/C vents and a vent position on the heater but didn't have A/C). Later I bought a 1977 Aspen Wagon as a parts car and then a 2-door 1979 Dodge Diplomat to replace the Volare (now with over 350,000 kms on it and a cracked frame under the passenger seat that failed due to too much flexing over the "pizza delivery" miles). I had the frame welded a couple of times but it kept cracking in different places. When it was cracked you could see the rear window flex left and right in the rear view mirror (the whole car would twist). The Diplomat was close to loaded (including A/C & power windows) but only had the super six too. After swapping the heavy duty rear axle from the Volare into the Diplomat (after its failed) I put over 500,000 km on the Diplomat (delivering pizza too). The Diplomat didn't experience the cracked frame problem. I really enjoyed those cars and drove them from about 1981 until the mid 1990's.

This is a great episode, a very cool ride ! ! ! ! ! ! Very original muscle car, and a very original episode, is not one of the too many classic muscle cars.

Killer (rare) car! Thanks for showcasing one of the baddest of the 70's.

I like these rare muscle cars! Beautiful ride!

If you ordered the solid isolators and police suspension- it'll handle & brake much better. Since '73-up steering knuckles were standardized, so caliper adapters and a set of "Big" car rotors, that thing can sport 12" rotors using factory parts on the cheap.

I was a Police Officer back then and we ran Aspens and Volares 360's. Not bad in a straight line, but did not handle in corners. Back end wanted to pass the front end. We never did have any impressive cruisers until we got the Satellite 440's.

Had a 360 Aspen in the early 80s. Had a fatly padded half vinyl roof. Some kind of luxury edition. Good running car. Can't figure out why Aspen, Volare, and LeBaron from those years were not engineered for big block options.

This video put a big ass smile on my face.😅

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

Good - means we're doing our job!

Great show again Mike ✌️

Thanks Mike!!!

i missed the first minute /five rolling around, in great laughter! your killin me HERE!

Letterman’s hosting The House of Muscle? Yeah!

I won't rip on your beard Mike. That Kit Car Aspen is the story here. Fastest American Production car in 1978. Only beaten by the Dodge Little Red Express pickup- truck had no cats. Other options like a rear Anti-sway bar, heavy duty cooling system and the Plymouth Petty Blue version. No other American car in this size had rear anti-sway bars. 1978 had Supercoupe versions of the Aspen/ Volare', also a Plymouth Roadrunner version, and Aspen R/T version. These are definitely not a "me too" car. Thanks for featuring this awesome kit car Mike. you Rock!

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

Rip away man - no worries LOL! And I agree - I just love the uniqueness of the Kit Car.

@79tazman

6 жыл бұрын

My 79 Dodge Aspen R/T had the same 360 that came in the Little Red Express trucks it was a police block it had cats but no lean burn junk on it

Killer beard, killer episode!

at the dealer it was the super coupe and if you knew what there was a w-2 cylinder heads . if you went to the parts department you could order a kit to go short track racing start with a shell of the car then piece by piece up to complete kit.

ive got a 79 aspen with a slant six and 4 speed. planning on hopping the slant six a bit

Awesome looking car.

Cool car.. reminds me of the Holden A9X - probably because of the bolt-on flares and coupe styling.

Well...it was in the video description :-D I didn't even know about these cars. Pretty cool in context, especially when so many cars of this era were more advertising the EPA fuel economy rather than how quickly the cars would even go.

Very cool car Randy. Those are insanely rare! I love all mopars, this is cool too.

I own a blue on blue one with a bench seat, loved that car I was also 19 and sold it at 21. I will own another some day thanks for the ride along.

I really love your videos and, if I may say, your affection for mopars!

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

Love em' all - but yeah, got a soft spot for 'Ma.

my dad bought a '80. my lead guitarist had the '78. We thought that we were cool. great memories, cheap beer, loud amplifiers, and slow cars, what else do you need, ? Fast Women!

Enthusiasm is the thing I like most about Mike Musto and the House of Muscle. Most of the time he describes the FEEL of the car, so that you can appreciate it even though it might not be exactly your thing. Kinda like he was saying, it's all about the context and that's what a lot of people should take into consideration when talking cars. It's all tied into a certain era and culture, coolness isn't absolute.

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mikko - and what you said is very true.

Thanks dude. I have the Plymouth version of this car, six cylinder unfortunately, but I have the same interior and louvres with a Duster package.

My first car was a 1980 Dodge Aspen w the 225 slant 6. Everyone thought it was a Nova.

@rightlanehog3151

6 жыл бұрын

I took my drivers' ed course in a 1980 Aspen coupe with a Slant 6.

@79tazman

3 жыл бұрын

mine was a 79 aspen with the super six 225 lol

Cool. My first car was a 1980 Volare so I had a pretty good idea what this car was. Great episode thanks.

I read about these cars in a Facebook group, which was of course only pictures. It's neat to see one on the road. Cool car indeed!

Have followed and been a fan for a long while. Great videos Mike and you sure know how to bring back our youth with the cool cars you drive. Thanks again for not bailing out of you tube.

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

No problem!

I remember the Aspen R/T and Super Coupe looked similar and there was a Volare Roadrunner as well. Never saw one of these in person though ..very cool.

If you're in the rust belt look elsewhere for these cars. The Chrysler F/M/J bodies had a bad habit of rusting out at the front subframe just below the firewall and it stresses the inner fenders enough to shear the spot welds. I had 3 Plymouth Volares and an 85 Chrysler 5th Ave with the same problem.

@GreenJeep1998

6 жыл бұрын

Cheezy Dee No need to look for them in the rust belt, they're long, long gone.

I love this car, I had a 1978 Plymouth Volare, same color but a slant six 225.

1. Very Cool, nice car 2. Excellent narration / very informative 3. STELLAR Camera work 4. I just subscribed

@9ZERO6

5 жыл бұрын

Just a great non offensive host / narrator that is a true car guy. Love it. Thank you!

Those wheels really set that car off.

@TheHouseOfMuscle

6 жыл бұрын

Love they fact they never came with center caps.

@bobroberts2371

5 жыл бұрын

The slotted wheels are from the police package but look much wider though, perhaps they are modern. The magazine article shows non slotted wheels. Police package cars also had small dog dish hubcaps with many 1/2" holes to cool the bearings. Chrysler pretty much owned the police car market in the day. See also " The Blue Brothers" movie.

Such a cool car

,hi, Mike back in the late 80s I had the brother to it aVolare Roadrunner I think. It was a 318 car otginally it was a 3spd with overdrive when I get it it had a 340 in it and a 4 spd. I brought it just for the motor and transmission .

nice, an old man from my neighborhood gave me a volare plymouth because his sons didn't like it, can you believe it, I want to restore that beauty.

My first car was a 77 Plymouth Volare same body style.I have never seen this limited edition Aspen.Great video.

Great review. Thanks !! I currently own a 1980 Plymouth Volare Coupe with a modded 360. I get plenty of thumbs up too LOL !

I love your videos.

I love this....

This is a pretty neat car. I really like the wheels.

I had the 1977 Dodge Aspen R/T. Black with Red stripe 318cuV8 /7:27 rear. Single carb. Rally Rims. We repolished the heads and distribution timed it a little rich. A slight adjustment to the exhaust manifold and at idle shook the car sideways slightly. With throttle open sounded like a 6000hp stock car. It did great going straight. 0-60mph in about 5 smokey seconds. Streering was best done at slow speeds. Lol. A tank. But fun to drive for this old high school kid. Lots of interior room. Loud, fast, smokey, and ugly. But so fun.

@rayh6108

5 жыл бұрын

Also not sure about the others but the Dodge Aspen R/T was a run of 500 cars. Dodge made a fabled "purple" cam for racing purposes only as it would need extra motor mounts or the cam would shake parts off the car. Dont know if anyone ever had this cam or not. I only saw a pic of it.

I had a Canadian (KPH in the big white numbers on the speedo) 77 Aspen R/T with a 4 speed 318, it was a BLAST!!

Why didn't I get into Chrysler products when I was 16??? Cool factor is definitely 11. Been in Florida for almost 18 years...and never seen this, at any of the big shows. Love it! Thanks for sharing. JT ORlando, Fl

Mike's back!

Funny thing about this car and engine... 1978 was also the first year for the Dodge Little Red Truck. 1/2 ton trucks didn’t have to meet the same emissions standards of cars, so Dodge was able to use a true duel exhaust without a catalytic converter. It used the same engine with the old “340” cam and stiffer valve springs. That truck was the quickest American made “car” that year... if you could get it to hook up!

Had a 77 Aspen in the mid 80’s. The slant 6 would stick to the bumper of my buddy’s 305 Camaro no problem. Love to have another someday, oh ya had a 70 comet, and 77 maverick back in the day as well.

love it, I have one of each in my Beehive

I just stopped paying for motortrend on demand since I wasn't really watching it anymore. The main show I watched was House of Muscle, Ignition and Head to Head. In the end it was House of Muscle I was looking forward to the most. But there hadn't been any new episodes in like half year and I figured it was cancelled or something. Looked up Mikes twitter and saw this video posted. So damn happy Mike started this House of Muscle channel. Instasubbed.

A girl that I was friends with in high school drove a regular 78 aspen.