The Weirdest Special Edition Cars
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- In this video we go over the craziest special edition cars ever made. From the Trans Am to the Lincoln town car, we count them down. Do you have a special edition that we didn't cover? Leave us your comments.
Chevrolet produced the Spirit of America Nova in anticipation of the United States bicentennial in 1976. In 1974, approximately 20% of Novas came with the Spirit of America package. However, only 14,463 Spirit of America Novas were built in 1974, while roughly 390,537 Novas were built that year.
In 1982, Lincoln-Mercury Division became the exclusive automotive sponsor for TV coverage of 17 Professional Golfers’ Association tournaments. By 1992, Lincoln-Mercury Division was the title sponsor of the “Lincoln-Mercury Kapala International” golf tournament. It should probably come as no surprise, then, that in the fall of 1991, Lincoln offered a 1991 Jack Nicklaus Edition Town Car.
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Gremlin Levi's
00:58 1975 Levi's Jeep
01:10 Chevy Spirit of America
02:01 El Camino
02:45 Frank Sinatra Imperial
03:19 1980 M81 Mustang
03:59 Plymouth Road Runner
05:13 Jack Nicolaus Lincoln
06:17 Bandit Trans Am
07:36 Outro - Авто та транспорт
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You missed a really big one on more ways then one, the 1976 ford e100 Levi van. Yes a van with side pipes and all. I had one for a short time, wish i still had it.
What am amazing way to knock it out of the park with this video! I am 59 and this is an amazing trip down automotive memory lane!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Don’t forget AMC’s Pierre Cardin wild striped interior package of the early 70’s and Lincoln’s Bill Blass Mark VII’s of the 80’s.😊
I wanted to buy one of them used, back in 78. A local mechanic, in my neighborhood, had it for sale. The car, was just black, .. but the interior, was this striped, multiple colors. I didn't have the 1K to buy it. It was hella cool! It was the only one I've ever seen. There were a lot of cars, with limited edition. Good luck in finding any.
I've thought about buying one here lately. Then again, I want every car that I've done a video on! I envy Jay Leno! lol
AMC also had an Oleg Cassini edition alongside the Pierre Cardin one
Don’t forget the Eddie Bauer Broncos
My sister had one and unfortunately it was destroyed in an accident. We saved the interior though and it went into another Javelin.
Let's not forget about the Javelin Pierre Cardin, the hornet Gucci edition, and the Mark IV Bill Blass editions.
Oh yes! Thanks
Awesome video 📹 for us old timers 😊.
The good old days Raider19582!
My neighbor had a new Levi's edition Gremlin when I was a kid. That brought back memories of the Levi's edition Timex watch my late father bought for me around the same time. I've looked high and low for one lately and can't find one anywhere.
Tough to find. I see some beaters here in Texas. Not the Levi. I just saw a vid on the production line for the Gremlin. That was cool
I'm in the rust belt of Ohio. There are a couple of regular Gremlins still surviving in my area, but most succumbed to the rust.
We had a local car salesman that owned one of the Impalas. It was really cool to work on it in the early 80s when I started as a mechanic, he cherished that car. Great ride❤👍🏻🇺🇸
Good Morning 🙂, when you stared as a mechanic, what were you staring at? I've had some trucks and other vehicles catch my stare. Out on the street in Buenos Aires I saw parked, a Desoto pick-up truck. And I saw vehicles in other parts of the world I never heard of. If I could get a few million $$$, I would go around the world and collect some of those interesting cars / trucks. Instead of just collecting the photos of them.
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* My buddy bought a used one of those Levi Gremlin X's in 1975. It was no joke ! It had a 304 V8 4 barrel he put headers on and a KN air filter. It ran pretty much the same as a Mustang and was fun to do burnouts in. And you couldn't leave roach burns in those seats ! 😤 We used to deliver newspapers with it in the afternoons after school. I remember sitting in one of those 81 Imperials at the Autoshow in 81. That was a nice car. Unfortunately they disappeared fast. Another buddy of mine bought a used one of those McLaren Mustangs. It was great. First 4 cylinder turbo I ever saw. Never saw another and it was fast for the day. Light and cornered a lot better then a V8 one. He ended up trading it for a 1970 Boss 302 stang. Which I thought wasn't as much fun. Either car would be worth some bucks these days ! Here in Detroit those Daytonas and Superbirds just sat on dealer's lots. They were heavy and slower then the 440 6pack Roadrunners, Hemi Challengers & Cudas so nobody bought em. That Superbird was really silly looking with it's vinyl roof. Trans Ams were great looking cars but only really fast in 1970 with the 455SD . After that they were heavy sleds. 👊😎👍
Great memories man! Thanks for watching and supporting the channel!
Great! How about the Gentleman Jim, and Beau James GM pick up trucks from the mid 1970's? The mustang GTCS, and the mustang High country special, only available in 1968, would probably qualify for special editions, as well.
Cool...I need to look them up!
Don't forget the Levi's edition Wagoneer.
Oh yes! Thank you!!!
I had a '76 CJ-5 Levi edition in beige/tan. Pretty cool, until you took the top off and those brass buttons virtually branded you each time you sat down.
I owned one! And so true!
Oh no! lol Thanks for watching and supporting the channel !
The Royal Knight looks more like the Screaming Chicken put on medieval armor. Sir Pollo! Still, looks good, but funny.
Right? Leave it to GM! Sir Pollo......Pollo Loco! LOL
Some really cool Special Edition rides back in the day!!
Yes there were some cool rides. Just not the same today.
My High School buddy had the Levi Gremlin, not only was it fitted with Fake Denim, all Levi's options were the Gremlin X model with the V8 engine, sport suspension and Rally Wheels. There was also the Trans Am Javelin with a Red, White and Blue paint job (Red front fenders and hood, White door and roof and Blue rear fenders and trunk.
Great video!!! I love these weird special editions!!! 👍👍🙂
Thanks Christopher!
Interesting note. None of the Levi's editions used actual blue jean material. The law required internal materials be non flammable.
?fake denim ?
@@xxxy9928real denim. Fake car
@@xxxy9928 Yeah, real cotton denim is flammable.
True dat
These 304 v8 levi gremlin was cool!
Thanks for brightening my day!
Glad to do it.
I don’t know if anyone has mentioned the Monza Mirage yet. It was a IMSA styled Chevy Monza, I believe sold in 1977.
I have been a long time subscriber to your Channel this is the first video I have seen from you in quite a while
Great video, keep em coming
Thanks, will do! Thanks for you support!
The fox body Mercury Capri had a McLaren edition in the 80's too. Even rarer than the Mustang.
Don't burn yourself on the copper rivets during the summer!
The AMC Pacer and Hornet had Levi Editions also.
Awesome! Didn't know that. Thanks BooneBuddy!
Don’t forget 78 Lincoln Mark Diamond Jubilee Edtion . Had a Diamond chip in the opera window !
The Dodge Dart Sport Hang Ten Edition would make a great inclusion. Also, Dodge Pickup trucks were available in bicentennial graphics too.
I had a Hang 10. Supposedly 1 of 500. 318 no sunroof.
I loved my '73 Gremlin & '76 Jeep but I really loved my new 1985 Bandit II edition Trans Am that I drove until 1998 & sold with 320,000 miles on it ✌💖☮
I had a buddy of mine who had an 85. Pretty cool ride!
@@ThisOldCarChannel It was a great car & got me lots of dates as the chics loved it! Only thing I did was put a $2000 Alpine system in it in 1992 with 2 18s, 2 12s, 2 10s, various other speakers & a 1500 watt amp to push them & limo tinted the windows...she was a head turner!
I have built 2 versions of the 77 Bandit Trans Am Model kit...a 1/18 scale ERTL version and a 1/24 scale Revell version..
WOW! I want to build model cars. I remember going to K-mart and seeing a whole row of them. I don't see that anymore and darn those kits are expensive! Thanks for supporting the channel
I worked at Cape Fear Ford in Wilmington NC in the early '80's and they had one on the Mustang McLarens and I had a uncle that had a Super Bird. I got to drive both. As a teenager the were fun as hell but sooo scary to drive !
Lucky you! WOW! Thanks for watching and supporting the channel Michael
5:04 There is a lot behind that wing! Back when NASCAR used production cars as the template for the race cars (back then call ‘Stock Car Racing’) the race teams wanted a wing for rear downforce at high speeds. The original design was much shorter but it was deemed that the trunk had to open on the production model so the raised the wing enough for the trunk to open & it turned out great on the racetrack.
I remember a neighbor had a Dodge Dart Hang 10 Edition 😊
Hang edition? I got to look that up. Cool! Thanks for supporting the channel!
@@ThisOldCarChannel hang 10 edition, the car was so cool 😎
Yes ,I had on briefly in about 1992
Ford Bronco and F-150 came in the Nite edition, a special appearance package from 1991-92.
Great vid!!!!!
1976-79 Dodge Ram Warlock and Warlock II. A black and gold version of The Lil Red Express truck.
My mom had a 76 red gremlin with white vinyl bucket seats. That was a cool car!
In 1976 you could get a Harley-Davidson special edition
The presidential edition Lincoln town car I think it was in 1997 my dad had one
That was an aftermarket trim kit.
We learned to drive in Gremlins in high school. In the 70s
My sister had a CJ5 in white, with blue denom top and seats. It looked a lot better than the one you showed in blue paint. She rolled it into the ditch one winter and left a big boot print on the roof. That always prompted questions from passengers.
The wing on the Superbird and Daytona wasn't about down force, it was the upright section that allowed them to be stable at high speed in the corner, that info is from one of the guys responsible for making the cars.
Most of 1970s muscle cars were mostly trim packages due to the regulations and insurance cost . Especially when the 1976 road runners were trim packages. But thankfully the 1982 mustang 5.0; got the performance started again.
THE BOSS IS BACK! I has a neighbor who was two years younger than us. He was 16 and his parents bought him a maroon 1982 Mustang GT. There we were kicking back outside throwing the football on a Saturday night and here he comes in that new GT with tops. Man I was so envious. It's a sin ya know. lol The good old days!
Boca Brother???? What is up?????????
Old man Boca was like da Terminator
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I miss AMC and their kind of weird cars, they were big in the 70's, but all gone now. I remember well the Chevy Spirit of America line, there were a lot of them around where I grew up, lots of Gemlins and hornets, my uncle had a sportabout I really liked. God do i remember all the bicentennial crap going on back then, and all the pop culture marketing especially over blue jeans!
Pierre Cardin and Oleg Cassini AMCs, Gucci AMC Hornets', Brock Yates Cannonball Run edition Audi Quattros, Desert Fox edition GMC K10s and Jimmys, GMC Beau James and Gentleman Jim C10s, Marlboro edition Syclones, Indy Haulers, Ford Bigfoot and Nite edition Ford F150s, Macho Trans Ams, Free Spirit Buicks
You could do a multi video series
Thanks!
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1967 AMC Rebel Mariner station wagon. They were blue with white washed fake wood clapboard sides and anchor badges on interior and exterior. They looked like a boat. only 600 made.
To be fair, that Trans Am was very fast for its time. (It actually had 220hp) It sure felt fast with the 4spd transmission and it was a blast to drive.
Lincoln Town Car Jack Nicklaus Signature Series.
1980 Pontiac TransAm with a 301 turbo V8 automatic . Power everything.
Love the Bandit 🤠
I have a recommendation I don’t know if you’ve done this certain car, but could you possibly do a 73 grand Torino? There’s not much information that I’ve seen on UA-cam about this car. ( I would see every other year, but ) please and thank you
One you forgot
All of those 70's Marks by fashion designers
Bill Blass, Cartier, Givenchy, Pucci
But it was good to see AMC showing up with the very interesting Levi and piere cardin
Thanks for the info! I need to look up the others!
Mom had a white Levi's edition Gremlin when I was growing up.
Kendal coker has a ton of them, the mclarens m81 is cool as hell.
The special edition I thought was the best was from AMC on the Gremlin; As well as the Jeep IMHO. I do remember most of these. The 1 girl that said look at that car; 3 years latter would be in the movie Carrie. Her name was Nancy Allen.
When was the Renault Mégane Sport launched, a friend's Mom had the 1.9 DCI version one in our final high school year which was 2004.
I had a late 70s grand Cherokee wagoneer with Levi interior
1979 Cadillac Seville Gucci Edition.
I insist anorher message from the Boca Brothers isn't??❤😁😁😁👍🏾🙏🏾
El Camino also had a Spirit of America edition.
Okay I have a proposal
Please make a video about underrated everyday American classics.
In my opinion no 1 is to have spareparts available either new or used. Also if it is cheap it's easy to get a spare parts car. Maybe I could import a cheap car to EU with easy spairs and drive something no one here drive
The 77 Trans Am 6.6 Letre only had 185 HP. This was in the form of a Pontiac 400 or an Oldsmobile 403 if you lived in the People’s Republic of California. The 200 HP version was noted by the T/A 6.6 on the shaker which was a high performance Pontiac 400 which was called the W72. The W72 was also in the 77 Pontiac Can Am (or a 185 HP Oldsmobile 403 in California)
a friend of mine had the Levis edition of the Gremlin.
When I was a teen there used to be a Pierre Cardin edition Javelin running around town, and a good friend of mine had found an el DIablo graphics el Camino.. or was it a GMC Sprint, I don't remember now. Maybe these were for Canada, as this is where I live?
Thanks for watching Canada! I got to look up that Pierre Cardin Jav! Thank you for supporting the channel
Had the 74 Levi's gremlin
Bought a 77 Trans Am with a dead 6.6 engine in the mid 80's. Pull the Pontiac motor and put a 454 from a 69 Riviera in it. That car was scary to drive. Ended up junking the car, the frame had some rust issues and it wasn't worth fixing.
Here is one to look for , The Barney Fife Dodge pick-up , I think it was made around 1970 ? It was called "The Dude " @ This Old Car
I had an 83 ShelbyCharger. It was pretty rare I think they only made 8k of them Sante Fe Blue with Silver stripes, 123 hp, 2200 lbs it was faster than Z28 and handled better than a mustang.
What song is playing ? When the Levi’s is seen
A few years ago I saw a Levis Dodge Dart
If I remember correctly, Jeff Dunham owns a Levi's Gremlin
I can just imagine the 2057 Toyota Century Mugenverse 50th Birthday Edition.
I had a friend that had a super bird. That wing would make the car drop about 2 to 3 inches about 85 90 mph . Riding in the car you could feel it drop. The wing worked.
What about the other designer cars from the 70S? And some of the 90 designer cars as well
4:19 a cop baiter car. How about a segment on the Studebaker Golden Hawk 1956-57. I learned to drive in one. Stick shift with supercharger. It had a special name plate on the swirled dash with a production number and the name of someone it was made for in Texas.
Those denim cars, the interior would outlast the exterior.
You had missed the Ford versions of sprit of 76 cars the Mustang and Pinto and I think Maverick had special paint jobs for the bicentennial year 1976.
there are rare Chevrolet Capirce Classic 2 doors sold in California only from 78 to 82 that were sport model with spoilers I think they known as a Hollywood edition, not sure of its name, so rare I only saw 2 at a San Diego Chevrolet dealer, one in 79 and another in 81 that had a turbo.
I'd take any of them. Well, except for the Town Cars. Not a big Ford/Lincoln fan. I think my favorite from this list is the 1976 GM cars. I love those cars anyway. So a special model would be even better
You just don't see that anymore. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel!
My first car was a 1975 Gremlin with the Levis seats, our neighbor had a 1976 Dodge truck that was some type of spirit of 1776 edition
That's right! It was the 1976 Dodge "Spirit of 76" D100 truck
@@ThisOldCarChannel im 59, and memory sure not great, weird what you remember, I remember him pulling in his driveway the day he bought it new. The Dealer gave him A white hard plastic Cowboy hat with the truck,not sure if thats relevant to the edition or not. Haha
I had a limited edition 82 Toyota Corolla rust edition.
Chevy made a hoped up Vega call Cosworth. 5 speed, front disc, beefed up suspension fuel injected dual overhead cam. Late 70's if memory is correct.
My family owned a Gremlin darn thing had a thirty gallon gas tank, cost almost ten dollars to fill it up
Pierre Cardin edition 72-73 Javelin/AMX was 'cool'.
The Superbird were so good NASCAR, changed it’s rules so they couldn’t run. Won pretty close to Every race it was in.
Is that Nancy Allen in the Gremlin opening? She was in 1941 and Robocop.
I believe that is her
And Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake.
It looks just like her! That was the first thing I noticed. I’d bet my paycheck on it.
My father had a limited edition Bill blass 76 Lincoln.
My uncle had a 79 Bill Blass Lincoln Continental
what about the eddie bauer edition explorers n stuff?
Not being critical, just curious(I'm a Chevy guy and I would love this car), but is that a dent on the air filter? 3:31
How about you do one on special edition trucks? like the dodge "little red wagon"
We have one on the Little Red Wagon. It was one of our very first vids. Thanks for supporting the channel!
No Fila edition t-bird? Come on man!
What about the international scout 1976 Patriot model
How about a "weird" Volvo with a chopped top: Volvo 262C Bertone Edition
My uncle had a Levi's jeep . It might be in a shed 🤔🤔
They also made a hornet x Levi edition
76 Gremlin had an air conditioning setting that said 'DESERT ONLY'. I guess that was a joke?
Where is the Toledo rocket at the fooball field aimed at?
The girl that said “a car with pants” looks like Karen Allen.
LINCOLN MARK V DIAMOND EDITION.
180 hp not 200. Today a VW Golf GTI has well over 200 and the R edition, 300! Yeah the Trans Am was a heavy sled without much 'muscle'.