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My first car was a '61 Belvedere (in 1968)..my current summer car is a '69 Fury..a host of Dodges, Chryslers, Imperials and Plymouths in between (newest was a '74 Fury)..just found this channel..keep this good stuff coming..
Napoleon Einstein I love Belvederes as well as pretty much anything Mopar. my first car was a 68 Charger and have owned two of them over the years as well as a 70 Roadrunner, 70 Duster and 74 Challenger. I like modern Mopar Muscle as well and have a Challenger SRT with 6.1 Hemi and have a lot of fun with it. I like all of that old Detroit iron, but the Mopars always did it for me
Dad bought a 1963 Valiant in Australia known as the AP5. Its more or less the same as the V200. Some parts made in America and the rest in Australia. We still have the car. Ours has the wipers that wipe for left hand drive, during the model run for that year some had wipers to left the others wipe right. So ours is an American shell with Australian rear quarters and grill. Great car its been in a long term rebuild soon to be finished.
In 1974 'my father bought an immaculate ap6 in two tone blue manual trans and regal seats.he kept it until1980 and replaced it with a vh valiant ranger with auto trans. In 1980 my first car was an ap6 identical to dad's one. Now I have an ap6 regal and dad's ranger.
My Dad was a Plymouth guy most of his life. The cars I can remember were a 1949 two tone green 4 door. 1953 grey two door Cranbrook or Savoy. 1956 two door two tone green Belvedere with Power Flight and V-8. 1962 Fury white 2 door with Torque Flight and 318 (car stolen). 1963 Fury white 2 door with Torque Flight and 318. 1965 Fury III two door white with 383 4 Barrel (Dad did not know much about engines and economy. He thought a V-8 was a V-8. He was always commenting how the 1963 had better gas mileage... Hehe. I encouraged him on that purchase). 1968 Satellite with 318 2 Barrel. His last car before passing away was a 1970 Fury III with 318. He was a Plymouth man from 1949 to his passing in 1975. He was thinking on getting a 1975 Fury when he passed away in his sleep. For him, there was nothing else as far as cars go than a Plymouth I did try to convince him to buy a more comfortable Chrysler Newport or New Yorker but he said it was too big for him. I imagine if he was still here in 1990, his last Plymouth would have been the 1989 Gran Fury. I really enjoy these Chrysler bulletins and advertisements for their salesmen. Thanks for posting these things.
My Parents had 56 Dodge with a 331 , then they went to Chevys , Me ? I've had a bunch of Mopars.. And loved every one of them , my first was a 71 Charger R/T 440 , Four speed.. My second was a 71 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 fourbarrel , Four speed, my next Car was a 68 Plymouth GTX with a 440 automatic.. Then I've had Chevys and Ford's , now my Daily Driver is a 2016 Ram 1500 Big Horn with a 5.7 Litre Hemi.
I have liked vintage Chrysler/Mopar cars for many years. I like the '64 Savoy for something nice in an economy intermediate, but it is the '68 Fury family that captured the most attention for styling. I like most of the '68 Ford, GM and Chrysler cars mostly for styling.
I test drove a unusual Savoy. I stopped at the Plymouth dealer in Augusta, GA to look at a '66 GTO light yellow, black vinyl top, all black and chrome inside. Sitting next to it was '64 Savoy, very plain brown, very plain inside except for the Hurst 4-speed shifter. I had to look under hood. That car had a race hemi motor. Cross ram intake, 2 4-bbl carbs. Price in 1967-$2400. Drove it around the block, it was a hand full very very hard not to spin the rear tires. Went back and bought the GTO which was also $2400. If I only knew then what I know now.......................
Chrysler screwed up, they had mistakenly thought Ford & GM were down sizing their cars in 1962 so they down sized their cars, only to find out Ford & GM kept their full size models. Actually the "full size" Plymouth & Dodge cars were really intermediates after '62. In '65 Chrysler came out with full size cars the Plymouth Fury & Dodge Polara. The reason this film was used was to train their sales people to "Sell what we got" until the big cars became available. In 1965 The intermediate Plymouth became the "Satellite" & the Dodge intermediate was the "Coronet" They actually were the former full size cars restyled and marketed as "intermediates".
Good info, thanks. What a brilliant marketing term “intermediate” is. It sounds sophisticated, it’s 5 syllables, like you’re saying something significant. Imagine just calling it a medium sized car?
What about the dual circuit brake system, standard in all Rambler and steel body Studebakers, and the high-market Cadillacs, not available on Plymouths? What about disc brakes, standard on the Studebaker Avanti, available on all Studebaker models?
Also the transmissions were called BOP they had the same bolt pattern, Chevys were different, later they made a transmission with both patterns called the 200R4
Then came the max wedge 426 I have two friends they both have 426 wedge sport fury’s both are standard nand are almost finned can’t wait to see them I’ve seen the painted not all the trim
Older Chrysler products were inventive for the time. BUT, I can't think of the last time I saw an older Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth on the road. While you frequently see classic Chevy and Ford vehicles. Were they less reliable or did they sell less?
They never sold as well as GM and Ford. That's always been their problem. If you looked at a parking lot in the 60s, you would have seen a lot of Chevys. The more cars you have out in circulation, the easier to find parts after the fact to keep one running.
4:32 i HATE dealers who insist on coming along with the test drive. I like to have the car to myself without them talking/selling to me. Or maybe I want to stop by a different dealer and compare side by side
IT is very interesting to watch these dealer promotional films. I am shocked how stupid people were at that time to buy what the salesman was pitching, but I am more shocked at how cynical and contemptuous the salesman was toward his customer.
Hmmm, Sure is odd that this so called "Joe" Sounds like the Narrator changing his voice. One must wonder whatever happened to Joe? Well, Joe worked his way up to manager. As the energy crisis took hold in the 70's and Big heavy , high horse power cars were not selling. Joe had purchased a very large house. His wife was pregnant with their 3rd child. The stress was terrible. Joe started drinking. At first just at night. Then at night but all weekend. Then Joe decided to put a little weekend in this week. Eventually Joe found it harder to even show up for work. Joe then started using Cocaine to get past the hangovers. Joe's weight started to skyrocket and he was up to half a carton a day. When Carter won the election Joe took off in a customers Dart, in a drunken rage and hopped up on Nicotine Joe totally lost it. He drove that Dart like a dart. After a 30 mile chase Joe was captured and arrested. Joe stayed Angry for a long time and this eventually landed him in the mental hospital. Joe had grown up in the business. Joe Fury was not just an employee he was the company. His father had started from the bottom and worked his way into chief of design. That was where his father named a car after Joe. ..................And now you know...............The rest of the story.
You should make that story into a novel , sell the rights to Hollywood, make a blockbuster movie out of it, start snorting lines off the hood of Al Bundy's "Dodge Duster.......yada..yada......
Yeah well, when you don't have a competitive full size... sell it against the intermediates. Plymouth/Dodge downsized 62's were a disaster in the showrooms and they spent the next two model years adding inches before they could finally come up with a real full size in 1965.
Looking back, the effect of that recession in the late 50s ended up being profound on the big 3. Chrysler must have thought downsized cars were the wave of the future, and were empty handed for a full size workhorse for several model years. Then lunged after trends with questionable financial viability. Ford bet big on the Falcon, and along with the Edsel debacle mostly stuck to a simplified product lineup, mostly avoiding risky projects. GM ignored the scare, doubled down on big cars, expanded brand offerings, and began a pattern of interesting products with half-assed follow through. Also treated the compact car as a fad, then spent 30 years playing catch up.
I'm 71 and a greaser from Detroit , been a gear head for ever. Great video.
You all probably dont give a damn but does anyone know a way to get back into an instagram account..?
I was dumb lost the login password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me
@Forrest Quinton Instablaster =)
In HS, I owned a 1964 Valiant with a 273 V8 and 4 speed. I loved that car.
My favourite years for the Plymouth Belvedere and Fury are 1962, 1963, and 1964.
My first car was a '61 Belvedere (in 1968)..my current summer car is a '69 Fury..a host of Dodges, Chryslers, Imperials and Plymouths in between (newest was a '74 Fury)..just found this channel..keep this good stuff coming..
Napoleon Einstein I love Belvederes as well as pretty much anything Mopar. my first car was a 68 Charger and have owned two of them over the years as well as a 70 Roadrunner, 70 Duster and 74 Challenger. I like modern Mopar Muscle as well and have a Challenger SRT with 6.1 Hemi and have a lot of fun with it. I like all of that old Detroit iron, but the Mopars always did it for me
Dad bought a 1963 Valiant in Australia known as the AP5. Its more or less the same as the V200.
Some parts made in America and the rest in Australia.
We still have the car. Ours has the wipers that wipe for left hand drive, during the model run for that year some had wipers to left the others wipe right. So ours is an American shell with Australian rear quarters and grill.
Great car its been in a long term rebuild soon to be finished.
The Australian Valients are legend, very rugged cars and sporty in later years with the Valiant Chargers and their "Hemi" 6 cyl. engines.
In 1974 'my father bought an immaculate ap6 in two tone blue manual trans and regal seats.he kept it until1980 and replaced it with a vh valiant ranger with auto trans. In 1980 my first car was an ap6 identical to dad's one. Now I have an ap6 regal and dad's ranger.
I didnt know about early ap5's being american imported shells'not sure if that was the case with our nz ones. Thanks for that.
My Dad was a Plymouth guy most of his life. The cars I can remember were a 1949 two tone green 4 door. 1953 grey two door Cranbrook or Savoy. 1956 two door two tone green Belvedere with Power Flight and V-8. 1962 Fury white 2 door with Torque Flight and 318 (car stolen). 1963 Fury white 2 door with Torque Flight and 318. 1965 Fury III two door white with 383 4 Barrel (Dad did not know much about engines and economy. He thought a V-8 was a V-8. He was always commenting how the 1963 had better gas mileage... Hehe. I encouraged him on that purchase). 1968 Satellite with 318 2 Barrel. His last car before passing away was a 1970 Fury III with 318. He was a Plymouth man from 1949 to his passing in 1975. He was thinking on getting a 1975 Fury when he passed away in his sleep. For him, there was nothing else as far as cars go than a Plymouth I did try to convince him to buy a more comfortable Chrysler Newport or New Yorker but he said it was too big for him. I imagine if he was still here in 1990, his last Plymouth would have been the 1989 Gran Fury. I really enjoy these Chrysler bulletins and advertisements for their salesmen. Thanks for posting these things.
Code3Forever thanks for sharing your memories of your dad. My dad was a Pontiac man and that’s what we had from 56-98.
Your dad had good taste in vehicles.
Im sold! Im heading down to my local plymouth dealer and checking out....er...never mind.
My Parents had 56 Dodge with a 331 , then they went to Chevys , Me ? I've had a bunch of Mopars.. And loved every one of them , my first was a 71 Charger R/T 440 , Four speed.. My second was a 71 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 fourbarrel , Four speed, my next Car was a 68 Plymouth GTX with a 440 automatic.. Then I've had Chevys and Ford's , now my Daily Driver is a 2016 Ram 1500 Big Horn with a 5.7 Litre Hemi.
Hell of a lineup
My grandfathers 3/4 ton international pickup had an ole 383, it was a work horse.
In 64, my dad went with a red on red sport fury hardtop with a max wedge. Drove it until the big block vetted came out, then he switched to a vette.
I have liked vintage Chrysler/Mopar cars for many years. I like the '64 Savoy for something nice in an economy intermediate, but it is the '68 Fury family that captured the most attention for styling. I like most of the '68 Ford, GM and Chrysler cars mostly for styling.
I test drove a unusual Savoy. I stopped at the Plymouth dealer in Augusta, GA to look at a '66 GTO
light yellow, black vinyl top, all black and chrome inside. Sitting next to it was '64 Savoy, very plain brown, very plain inside except for the Hurst 4-speed shifter. I had to look under hood. That car
had a race hemi motor. Cross ram intake, 2 4-bbl carbs. Price in 1967-$2400. Drove it around the
block, it was a hand full very very hard not to spin the rear tires. Went back and bought the GTO
which was also $2400. If I only knew then what I know now.......................
My dad had a Dodge Polaria 500 two door with a 383 4 barrel great car
James Kurt Smith ,,, I also had a 63 Dodge polara 500 with the 383 engine. Owned that car from 1983 till 1996.
I just love these old muscle cars I have owned a few of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The film said Rambler had the compact field all to themselves. Seem to me they forgot about the Studebaker Lark.
I am thinking by then, they didn't see Studebaker as competition anymore.
The Lark came out after the Rambler took third place. The Lark did well, however it could not save Studebaker
Everyone else forgot about it too...
Belvedere im sold on it..
I can't wait 'til the 2020 STRIPPOS come out in September.
Joe Gates looks sketchy.
Chrysler screwed up, they had mistakenly thought Ford & GM were down sizing their cars in 1962 so they down sized their cars, only to find out Ford & GM kept their full size models. Actually the "full size" Plymouth & Dodge cars were really intermediates after '62. In '65 Chrysler came out with full size cars the Plymouth Fury & Dodge Polara. The reason this film was used was to train their sales people to "Sell what we got" until the big cars became available. In 1965 The intermediate Plymouth became the "Satellite" & the Dodge intermediate was the "Coronet" They actually were the former full size cars restyled and marketed as "intermediates".
Dodge came out with the 880 halfway through 1962 as a full size car!
Good info, thanks. What a brilliant marketing term “intermediate” is. It sounds sophisticated, it’s 5 syllables, like you’re saying something significant. Imagine just calling it a medium sized car?
You are right, yet in the move mad mad world in the chase from all angles the 62 dodge looks same size as 61 Chevy.
426 Savoy.....yeah that's the ticket in '64 🥰
Plymouth had the engines but they didn't yet have the looks to go with them, that would happen in a few years.
Just had to wait till '65 and the looks dramatically improved. '60-'64 must've been hard times for Plymouth dealers.
loved my valiants, but Buick really had it going on!
These pure unibody Mopars were so far ahead of GM and Ford it was ridiculous. Taut, rigid, fantastic suspension, steering, transmissions, etc.
I owned a beautiful 64 red 2 door Belvedere.
Performance-full size Fury? BARRACUDA!!
great video!!!
What about the dual circuit brake system, standard in all Rambler and steel body Studebakers, and the high-market Cadillacs, not available on Plymouths?
What about disc brakes, standard on the Studebaker Avanti, available on all Studebaker models?
What does the "B.O.P.s" stand for? Thanks.
Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac.
Also the transmissions were called BOP they had the same bolt pattern, Chevys were different, later they made a transmission with both patterns called the 200R4
Then came the max wedge 426 I have two friends they both have 426 wedge sport fury’s both are standard nand are almost finned can’t wait to see them I’ve seen the painted not all the trim
Nice
Older Chrysler products were inventive for the time. BUT, I can't think of the last time I saw an older Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth on the road. While you frequently see classic Chevy and Ford vehicles. Were they less reliable or did they sell less?
They never sold as well as GM and Ford. That's always been their problem. If you looked at a parking lot in the 60s, you would have seen a lot of Chevys. The more cars you have out in circulation, the easier to find parts after the fact to keep one running.
Also in '64 the Mercury Comet was slightly longer than the Falcon and shorter than the Fairlane. The Meteor was discontinued by 1964.
The Meteor crashed into a planet in the Romulian galaxy.
4:32 i HATE dealers who insist on coming along with the test drive. I like to have the car to myself without them talking/selling to me. Or maybe I want to stop by a different dealer and compare side by side
IT is very interesting to watch these dealer promotional films. I am shocked how stupid people were at that time to buy what the salesman was pitching, but I am more shocked at how cynical and contemptuous the salesman was toward his customer.
Dude, get therapy.
Hmmm, Sure is odd that this so called "Joe" Sounds like the Narrator changing his voice. One must wonder whatever happened to Joe? Well, Joe worked his way up to manager. As the energy crisis took hold in the 70's and Big heavy , high horse power cars were not selling. Joe had purchased a very large house. His wife was pregnant with their 3rd child. The stress was terrible. Joe started drinking. At first just at night. Then at night but all weekend. Then Joe decided to put a little weekend in this week. Eventually Joe found it harder to even show up for work. Joe then started using Cocaine to get past the hangovers. Joe's weight started to skyrocket and he was up to half a carton a day. When Carter won the election Joe took off in a customers Dart, in a drunken rage and hopped up on Nicotine Joe totally lost it. He drove that Dart like a dart. After a 30 mile chase Joe was captured and arrested. Joe stayed Angry for a long time and this eventually landed him in the mental hospital. Joe had grown up in the business. Joe Fury was not just an employee he was the company. His father had started from the bottom and worked his way into chief of design. That was where his father named a car after Joe. ..................And now you know...............The rest of the story.
You should make that story into a novel , sell the rights to Hollywood, make a blockbuster movie out of it, start snorting lines off the hood of Al Bundy's "Dodge Duster.......yada..yada......
Christopher Smith This sounds a lot like a tale of personal experience, to me.
@@thewiseowl3672 😅
Yeah well, when you don't have a competitive full size... sell it against the intermediates. Plymouth/Dodge downsized 62's were a disaster in the showrooms and they spent the next two model years adding inches before they could finally come up with a real full size in 1965.
Looking back, the effect of that recession in the late 50s ended up being profound on the big 3. Chrysler must have thought downsized cars were the wave of the future, and were empty handed for a full size workhorse for several model years. Then lunged after trends with questionable financial viability. Ford bet big on the Falcon, and along with the Edsel debacle mostly stuck to a simplified product lineup, mostly avoiding risky projects. GM ignored the scare, doubled down on big cars, expanded brand offerings, and began a pattern of interesting products with half-assed follow through. Also treated the compact car as a fad, then spent 30 years playing catch up.
Joe is no more than a cartoon character, just as Plymouth’s intermediate car is no more than a cartoon character existing on paper only...maybe.
Selling against the intermediates.
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Whatever we do as manufacturers, do not not place high performance V8 ,4 barrel engines with 4 wheel drum brakes and one finger power steering .
Sounds like Johnny Carson.
What does a guy want in a car? How about a fishbowl rear window?
Those pesky "BOP+"🤣🤣
Mopar or no car !!
Valiant, aka why Chrysler ended up needing a bailout in 1979
Valiant was rock solid. You must mean Volare.
Valiant was rock solid. You must mean Volare.
@@Ebooger I meant the looks of the early 60s Valiant. That's when Chrysler desperately fell behind in sales volume and never really recovered from it.
The best part is you get a hood ornament to look at while driving down boring roads.