Informative videos of the cars no one talks about from the 70s- 2000s. If you check the playlists tab, you can filter what decade you want to watch! My goal is to release a different decade each week!
There are so many “special series” trucks from GM. As a kid I was huge into fishing and remember ads for the starcraft series suburban. Starcraft was a boat manufacturer and I think the biggest differences was wood components in the interior, a body kit of sorts, and if i remember correctly a built in cooler. It was strange. I cant imagine many were made. Anyways, thanks for the video. Good job 👍
@angela-ti1np2 сағат бұрын
In the 70s my family of 6 traveled around in a Chrysler that we called 'The Boat'. I remember spending hours in the car headed to the beach and other vacation spots, and never feeling cramped, not even with a seventh person riding along.
@bryanhill44673 сағат бұрын
My old 2 door 72 Chrysler Newport Custom rolled in at 224 inches.
@charleshollingsworth15834 сағат бұрын
Amc javelins ruled the Alabama roads in the early 70's (Alabama state troopers),of course they used the tough as nails mopar 727 torqueflight transmissions. Other's were fords. A retired Alabama trooper had pics of all his patrol cars thru the 60's,70's and up till 88 when he retired and none were chevy or other gm crappage as he stated they were so unreliable, but he stated that they had some. He had like 6 Amc cars Matador's javelins's sporting the 401 v8 amc engines. He passed away a couple years back.
@SteveSluterbeck6 сағат бұрын
had an '82 challenger and loved that ca
@zarstar15766 сағат бұрын
3 marks of same car x sept vette
@bryanmchugh13077 сағат бұрын
The Prince William Police here in northern Va. actually have a 1960's Mopar. Has a 440 cu in and the car has been painted to match the new cruisers.
@kendallevans40799 сағат бұрын
If you curb park one of these boats you stop traffic when you open the door!
@tenorman9 сағат бұрын
I HATED the 5mph bumpers. They made every car uglier.
@jameshastey30589 сағат бұрын
Not being a Ford factory built vehicle was one of the big death knells for the Durango. The other being that it was a modified Fairmont - not a great harbinger of success if you've ever driven a Fairmont or Mercury Zephyr from this time period. I've seen a couple of the Durangos and both had the Thriftpower inline six and quality just downright sucked. The 4.2L V8 should have been the only engine for the Durango. The 200 cubic inch Thriftpower inline 6 could barely move an empty Fairmont, let alone a loaded down Durango. My mom had a 1980 Zephyr Z7 (the Mercury version of the Fairmont Futura) with the 200 CID engine and it was so slow to accelerate that it would be downright dangerous to try to merge onto the freeway today. 0-60 times were along the lines of 12-14 seconds and it topped out at 75mph if I remember correctly. Going up a minor uphill grade of 1.5 miles starting from 70mph you would be down to 40mph by the time you got to the top of the hill. My mom bought the Zephyr in 1990 with less than 80,000 miles on the odometer and honestly I've seen cars with 250,000 miles today with less wear and tear than that car had. The steering gear was so worn after 10 years that you could turn the wheel a quarter turn (90 degrees) before the car would even start to move out of it's lane, and a 90 degree left or right turn took 1 1/2 turns of the wheel. Another problem with them was that the 3 speed auto transmission had a habit of dropping from Park to Reverse at random, regardless of whether or not the engine was running. The only good thing about the Fairmont/Zephyr was that you could drop the drivetrain from a late 80's Mustang GT into it easily.
@michaelduttry18210 сағат бұрын
While both the Olds and the Buick are great cars I'd have to pick the Buick.
@jameshastey305810 сағат бұрын
I've driven both a 2nd Gen LHS and owned a 2003 300M - While in sheer acceleration you wouldn't notice much difference (unless your LHS didn't have the Autostick option); where you did notice the difference was in the handling. The LHS had a much softer, boatlike ride (as it was the more "traditional American luxury" option of the two) whereas the 300M had a much firmer ride and held the road better. The two that were hardest to tell apart in handling were the Concorde and LHS, the big difference there was the engines. Since the Concorde was more of the "base" or "entry level" Chrysler LH car, a lot of Concordes came with the lousy 2.7L V6 mated to and were underpowered. Those that got the 3.2L V6 were still noticeably short on power compared to the 3.5L powered LHS and 300M. The Concorde was also the only version where you could get a front bench seat and column mounted shift lever (but only in the base model cars). the LHS was discontinued in 2001 and renamed the Concorde Limited. Of the 3, my favorite was the 300M I owned. The engines were the only points of issue with these cars. The 2.7L had notorious oil sludge problems, and the 3.2L and 3.5L were hard to work on due to lack of space under the hood.My biggest complaint (and what was the death of mine after a broken timing belt required that the cylinder heads be rebuilt) was Chrysler using a Daimler mandated wiring harness that used "biodegradable" insulation - which meant that if the wiring harness had to be disconnected fully (such as for an cylinder head replacement or complete rebuild) there was a good chance that the harness would be damaged unless great care was taken not to let it curl up. All said, I would pick the 300M any day of the week over a supercharged Buick Park Avenue Ultra, Regal, Olds Aurora, and would definitely pick it over the Grand Marquis or Town Car. None of the competitors from GM or Ford that you mentioned available with a "manumatic" transmission like Chrysler's Autostick. Not only were the 300M's faster, but they were far better handling cars and their build quality matched if not slightly exceeded those from GM or Ford of the same time period. It was even a match for the 2003 Cadillac Seville STS I owned in the same timeframe.
@tazmod727211 сағат бұрын
Though it is a 60’s era car the car that I learned to drive was the family 1962 Buick Invicta wagon with the 445 Wildcat engine.
@tazmod727211 сағат бұрын
We have a 2010 Grand Marquis with less than 70K miles on it. We bought it used from a Ford dealership. It was a leased car that had 1 year left of the factory warranty.
@YTChiefCritic13 сағат бұрын
Some jackass started using this silly term 'land yacht' now every other jackass has jumped on the bandwagon including this one.
@jasonyoung369018 сағат бұрын
My dad was in The California Highway Patrol from 1967 until he retired, and he says by far the best cars they used were the 1969 and 1971 Dodge Polaras. Every single one of these cars was ordered with the 440 Magnum engine, with special up-jetted carb, hotter cam and beefier transmission from the factory. These upgrades for police use were not available to the general public from the factory, so basically, you got a much hotter engine in these cars than was available in the usual lineup. These cars were very quick for their size, and flat out FAST! It was very popular to buy these older cars at auction just for the engines and transmissions, as they were direct swaps for most any Mopar that had the same Mopar big block engine (383 and 440). The engines in the patrol cars were far better than the standard 440s found in Chargers, Road Runners, 'Cudas and Challengers. I bought a wrecked 1971 Polara that was former CHP in the 80s just to get at that engine and rebuild it, as they were getting harder to find in that horsepower rating. Spike Helmick, former CHP commissioner said that by far his best patrol car was the 1969 Polara. I know this isn't a 70s car, but they were still in service in the 70s. I wouldn't mind at all having that very 1969 or 1971 Polara 4 door for myself. I'd restore it to CHP specs and colors, and show it.
@Speeddemon319 сағат бұрын
My father had a 76 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser. 9 passenger wagon with what was called the "Clam shell " tailgate. There was what looked like another ignition switch and if turned left the window dropped into the door, turned right, the door dropped into the floor. We would head to the cottage stuck in this beast for 2.5 hours listening to Sesame Street 8 tracks while my parents smoked up a storm in the front seat!
@TCperry20 сағат бұрын
Jesus loves you!
@cassiusdio604820 сағат бұрын
I miss that type of power steering, you could turn them with hardly any effort, it was like heaven.
@artisannurse20 сағат бұрын
in my opinion only people witha passion of cars an automobile appreciate this videos i loved the video
@wareflyers121121 сағат бұрын
Don’t take one to a modern day car wash. They don’t fit
@acemulligan701021 сағат бұрын
Cars used to be great. Unfortunately, back then I didn't have a drivers license or the money to afford them. Today, I have the money but nothing on today's market appeals to me like the land yachts in this video.
@TheClunkingFist21 сағат бұрын
WANT!
@PacoTheCuban22 сағат бұрын
The 80s 442 had a 4 barrel, 4 speed auto and dual exhaust
@OrieCipollaro23 сағат бұрын
My dad bought the Oldsmobile 98 regency 1973. It was my older sisters first car. A guy ran a red light doing about 60 miles an hour and broadsided her. She walked away without a scratch he perished
@cossieboa5717Күн бұрын
My choice is the '71 Ford Custom/Custom 500 with the 429 CJ/Police Interceptor engine
@PhilipKopp-wm5lyКүн бұрын
That 98 Regency had the most comfortable seats I ever sat in.
@PhilipKopp-wm5lyКүн бұрын
We had a 1974 LTD Country Squire wagon. Brown exterior and interior. Rear facing fold down third seat. It had a 454 cu. In. V8. Great car!
@JobyJoby-iw2wrКүн бұрын
I learned something today.....
@smeragliuolomax5683Күн бұрын
I had a 98 sun fire an it had 115 horse power not under a 100 the sunbird from 89 had 98 horsepower
@toddhansen3468Күн бұрын
Muskego wi had AMC Javlins not a lot of room in the back seat even for a little kid .
@GreenHawkDriveКүн бұрын
I’m from Milwaukee
@CraigCholarКүн бұрын
The era when auto stylists thought it was a major drag to think about drag coefficients.
@justinwatts6210Күн бұрын
i havent watched all your videos but where was the flareside f 150
@Normanx964Күн бұрын
Modern American luxury cars cost more today because of the sophisticated electronics and suspensions. A loaded Escalade is 115,000.
@tarheelpatch3386Күн бұрын
The Chevy were crap, it was the fury , after were the crown vics.Chevy never had a good police car.AMC had a good car but getting it repaired and getting parts took forever.We had one to try out.
@DouglasHale-od8ysКүн бұрын
Until you have had a 400+ HP Land Boat with skinny wheels, you don't know what losing traction is.
@MahkoshКүн бұрын
Can I dub your videos in Hindi?
@GreenHawkDriveКүн бұрын
No
@MahkoshКүн бұрын
@@GreenHawkDrive Why don't you create similar content for Hindi audience, I can help you with scripting, translation etc.🫡
@juansaladzarКүн бұрын
10:13 that’s a 1968 Chevrolet BTW brah
@juansaladzarКүн бұрын
Jesus dood get rid of the Trump ads nobody in their right mind wants to hear that clown felon brah 😑
@stevekline1171Күн бұрын
It was was 1980 when I took my driving test in a 1973 Buick estate wagon . lol yes it was a big car with the wood grain plastic paneling and a 455 .
@jsnsk101Күн бұрын
Fords best car based pickup was the P100, imo
@_Clem_H_Fandango_Күн бұрын
What is the movie at 1:08 that the cop car says “Black Oak” on it? I wonder if that was supposed to be Black Oak Arkansas?
@johnmayer158Күн бұрын
Thank you for putting this together! Seeing these cars brings back alot of memories. I have my Grandfather's 1978 Lincoln Town car, 2dr coup, Cartier edition, all original except for the exhaust system, with the 460 4bbl. It even has the original am/fm quadrasonic 8 track player, and yes, it still works! I have approx 64k on the clock, and its never been out in bad weather. The original spare tire has never been out of the trunk. It still had the faded blue on its white wall. I'll probably have it till I pass, then it'll goto a museum. Just a point I think you'd like...looking at the mfg data sticker on the driver door, it had a curb weight of 6433 lbs. Thanks again for the video, sir.
@DanielOrtegoUSAКүн бұрын
In 1974 I drove a 440 Dodge Coronet and it was a lot of fun. The only major drawback was the high torque and short rear end. It would fishtail very easily. 🚓
@benjaminfranklin1515Күн бұрын
The 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V was fabulous.
@mikeywid4954Күн бұрын
My "gotta have one" car was a 1972 Cadillac Eldorado which I bought in 1975. That was one sweet ride. The bittersweet part was I had to sell my Harley Davidson to be able to buy it but it was totally worth it.
@IlluminovaNibiruКүн бұрын
Crazy bout a Mercury
@johnandersonjjrКүн бұрын
I’d like to find one of those javelins without the coil induction hood
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The Matador
Left out the Saab 9²x rebadged WRX.
There are so many “special series” trucks from GM. As a kid I was huge into fishing and remember ads for the starcraft series suburban. Starcraft was a boat manufacturer and I think the biggest differences was wood components in the interior, a body kit of sorts, and if i remember correctly a built in cooler. It was strange. I cant imagine many were made. Anyways, thanks for the video. Good job 👍
In the 70s my family of 6 traveled around in a Chrysler that we called 'The Boat'. I remember spending hours in the car headed to the beach and other vacation spots, and never feeling cramped, not even with a seventh person riding along.
My old 2 door 72 Chrysler Newport Custom rolled in at 224 inches.
Amc javelins ruled the Alabama roads in the early 70's (Alabama state troopers),of course they used the tough as nails mopar 727 torqueflight transmissions. Other's were fords. A retired Alabama trooper had pics of all his patrol cars thru the 60's,70's and up till 88 when he retired and none were chevy or other gm crappage as he stated they were so unreliable, but he stated that they had some. He had like 6 Amc cars Matador's javelins's sporting the 401 v8 amc engines. He passed away a couple years back.
had an '82 challenger and loved that ca
3 marks of same car x sept vette
The Prince William Police here in northern Va. actually have a 1960's Mopar. Has a 440 cu in and the car has been painted to match the new cruisers.
If you curb park one of these boats you stop traffic when you open the door!
I HATED the 5mph bumpers. They made every car uglier.
Not being a Ford factory built vehicle was one of the big death knells for the Durango. The other being that it was a modified Fairmont - not a great harbinger of success if you've ever driven a Fairmont or Mercury Zephyr from this time period. I've seen a couple of the Durangos and both had the Thriftpower inline six and quality just downright sucked. The 4.2L V8 should have been the only engine for the Durango. The 200 cubic inch Thriftpower inline 6 could barely move an empty Fairmont, let alone a loaded down Durango. My mom had a 1980 Zephyr Z7 (the Mercury version of the Fairmont Futura) with the 200 CID engine and it was so slow to accelerate that it would be downright dangerous to try to merge onto the freeway today. 0-60 times were along the lines of 12-14 seconds and it topped out at 75mph if I remember correctly. Going up a minor uphill grade of 1.5 miles starting from 70mph you would be down to 40mph by the time you got to the top of the hill. My mom bought the Zephyr in 1990 with less than 80,000 miles on the odometer and honestly I've seen cars with 250,000 miles today with less wear and tear than that car had. The steering gear was so worn after 10 years that you could turn the wheel a quarter turn (90 degrees) before the car would even start to move out of it's lane, and a 90 degree left or right turn took 1 1/2 turns of the wheel. Another problem with them was that the 3 speed auto transmission had a habit of dropping from Park to Reverse at random, regardless of whether or not the engine was running. The only good thing about the Fairmont/Zephyr was that you could drop the drivetrain from a late 80's Mustang GT into it easily.
While both the Olds and the Buick are great cars I'd have to pick the Buick.
I've driven both a 2nd Gen LHS and owned a 2003 300M - While in sheer acceleration you wouldn't notice much difference (unless your LHS didn't have the Autostick option); where you did notice the difference was in the handling. The LHS had a much softer, boatlike ride (as it was the more "traditional American luxury" option of the two) whereas the 300M had a much firmer ride and held the road better. The two that were hardest to tell apart in handling were the Concorde and LHS, the big difference there was the engines. Since the Concorde was more of the "base" or "entry level" Chrysler LH car, a lot of Concordes came with the lousy 2.7L V6 mated to and were underpowered. Those that got the 3.2L V6 were still noticeably short on power compared to the 3.5L powered LHS and 300M. The Concorde was also the only version where you could get a front bench seat and column mounted shift lever (but only in the base model cars). the LHS was discontinued in 2001 and renamed the Concorde Limited. Of the 3, my favorite was the 300M I owned. The engines were the only points of issue with these cars. The 2.7L had notorious oil sludge problems, and the 3.2L and 3.5L were hard to work on due to lack of space under the hood.My biggest complaint (and what was the death of mine after a broken timing belt required that the cylinder heads be rebuilt) was Chrysler using a Daimler mandated wiring harness that used "biodegradable" insulation - which meant that if the wiring harness had to be disconnected fully (such as for an cylinder head replacement or complete rebuild) there was a good chance that the harness would be damaged unless great care was taken not to let it curl up. All said, I would pick the 300M any day of the week over a supercharged Buick Park Avenue Ultra, Regal, Olds Aurora, and would definitely pick it over the Grand Marquis or Town Car. None of the competitors from GM or Ford that you mentioned available with a "manumatic" transmission like Chrysler's Autostick. Not only were the 300M's faster, but they were far better handling cars and their build quality matched if not slightly exceeded those from GM or Ford of the same time period. It was even a match for the 2003 Cadillac Seville STS I owned in the same timeframe.
Though it is a 60’s era car the car that I learned to drive was the family 1962 Buick Invicta wagon with the 445 Wildcat engine.
We have a 2010 Grand Marquis with less than 70K miles on it. We bought it used from a Ford dealership. It was a leased car that had 1 year left of the factory warranty.
Some jackass started using this silly term 'land yacht' now every other jackass has jumped on the bandwagon including this one.
My dad was in The California Highway Patrol from 1967 until he retired, and he says by far the best cars they used were the 1969 and 1971 Dodge Polaras. Every single one of these cars was ordered with the 440 Magnum engine, with special up-jetted carb, hotter cam and beefier transmission from the factory. These upgrades for police use were not available to the general public from the factory, so basically, you got a much hotter engine in these cars than was available in the usual lineup. These cars were very quick for their size, and flat out FAST! It was very popular to buy these older cars at auction just for the engines and transmissions, as they were direct swaps for most any Mopar that had the same Mopar big block engine (383 and 440). The engines in the patrol cars were far better than the standard 440s found in Chargers, Road Runners, 'Cudas and Challengers. I bought a wrecked 1971 Polara that was former CHP in the 80s just to get at that engine and rebuild it, as they were getting harder to find in that horsepower rating. Spike Helmick, former CHP commissioner said that by far his best patrol car was the 1969 Polara. I know this isn't a 70s car, but they were still in service in the 70s. I wouldn't mind at all having that very 1969 or 1971 Polara 4 door for myself. I'd restore it to CHP specs and colors, and show it.
My father had a 76 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser. 9 passenger wagon with what was called the "Clam shell " tailgate. There was what looked like another ignition switch and if turned left the window dropped into the door, turned right, the door dropped into the floor. We would head to the cottage stuck in this beast for 2.5 hours listening to Sesame Street 8 tracks while my parents smoked up a storm in the front seat!
Jesus loves you!
I miss that type of power steering, you could turn them with hardly any effort, it was like heaven.
in my opinion only people witha passion of cars an automobile appreciate this videos i loved the video
Don’t take one to a modern day car wash. They don’t fit
Cars used to be great. Unfortunately, back then I didn't have a drivers license or the money to afford them. Today, I have the money but nothing on today's market appeals to me like the land yachts in this video.
WANT!
The 80s 442 had a 4 barrel, 4 speed auto and dual exhaust
My dad bought the Oldsmobile 98 regency 1973. It was my older sisters first car. A guy ran a red light doing about 60 miles an hour and broadsided her. She walked away without a scratch he perished
My choice is the '71 Ford Custom/Custom 500 with the 429 CJ/Police Interceptor engine
That 98 Regency had the most comfortable seats I ever sat in.
We had a 1974 LTD Country Squire wagon. Brown exterior and interior. Rear facing fold down third seat. It had a 454 cu. In. V8. Great car!
I learned something today.....
I had a 98 sun fire an it had 115 horse power not under a 100 the sunbird from 89 had 98 horsepower
Muskego wi had AMC Javlins not a lot of room in the back seat even for a little kid .
I’m from Milwaukee
The era when auto stylists thought it was a major drag to think about drag coefficients.
i havent watched all your videos but where was the flareside f 150
Modern American luxury cars cost more today because of the sophisticated electronics and suspensions. A loaded Escalade is 115,000.
The Chevy were crap, it was the fury , after were the crown vics.Chevy never had a good police car.AMC had a good car but getting it repaired and getting parts took forever.We had one to try out.
Until you have had a 400+ HP Land Boat with skinny wheels, you don't know what losing traction is.
Can I dub your videos in Hindi?
No
@@GreenHawkDrive Why don't you create similar content for Hindi audience, I can help you with scripting, translation etc.🫡
10:13 that’s a 1968 Chevrolet BTW brah
Jesus dood get rid of the Trump ads nobody in their right mind wants to hear that clown felon brah 😑
It was was 1980 when I took my driving test in a 1973 Buick estate wagon . lol yes it was a big car with the wood grain plastic paneling and a 455 .
Fords best car based pickup was the P100, imo
What is the movie at 1:08 that the cop car says “Black Oak” on it? I wonder if that was supposed to be Black Oak Arkansas?
Thank you for putting this together! Seeing these cars brings back alot of memories. I have my Grandfather's 1978 Lincoln Town car, 2dr coup, Cartier edition, all original except for the exhaust system, with the 460 4bbl. It even has the original am/fm quadrasonic 8 track player, and yes, it still works! I have approx 64k on the clock, and its never been out in bad weather. The original spare tire has never been out of the trunk. It still had the faded blue on its white wall. I'll probably have it till I pass, then it'll goto a museum. Just a point I think you'd like...looking at the mfg data sticker on the driver door, it had a curb weight of 6433 lbs. Thanks again for the video, sir.
In 1974 I drove a 440 Dodge Coronet and it was a lot of fun. The only major drawback was the high torque and short rear end. It would fishtail very easily. 🚓
The 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V was fabulous.
My "gotta have one" car was a 1972 Cadillac Eldorado which I bought in 1975. That was one sweet ride. The bittersweet part was I had to sell my Harley Davidson to be able to buy it but it was totally worth it.
Crazy bout a Mercury
I’d like to find one of those javelins without the coil induction hood