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Our family had a 1972 Fury III wagon with the 3rd seat & the same kind of tailgate.If driven very conservatively it was possible to attain 18 mpg even with the large V8 engine. Very powerful & fast car! Our mother once was in emergency situation with my brother & actually went >105 mph! Two state police tried to catch up but never did! This was before air patrols. Hard for us to learn to drive with our short stature as we could not see over the hood or see where the corners ended! Very durable & comfortable riding wagon & it was true about hauling 4 x 8 plywood. Our parents remodeled many houses using that wagon hauling lots of building supplies without any of the materials getting wet in our soggy NW rainy seasons.
What a comfortable car. My parents bought a 1972 Fury III Brougham edition. My mom loved the front 60/40 split seat. We were fascinated with the dual air conditioning that had a unit overhead between the 2nd and 3rd seats. (unfortunately it was constantly breaking down and was quite expensive to repair)It had a 440 4 barrel in it that sucked gas. Surprisingly with the added California anti pollution crap added on it wasn't as powerful as our 1965 Fury II with a 383. Dad ordered that as he was trying to "do something for the environment". My dad always said that he wished he could have afforded to buy a couple of the 1965 Furys and had them "mothballed" for future use. 🤣 There was a significant difference in quality and performance between the 1965 and 1972 cars that we owned. Maybe we just hit a lemon with the '72 Fury.
I used to own a 1970 Coronet 500. It was a 2 door, white with black interior and a 383 four barrel with automatic trans, and let me tell you, that car was fast for the time! Owned it when I was still in high school. It was my first car when I got my license. I sure do miss that car. Got T-boned by some idiot running a red light back in 1995 and car was totaled. It’s a shame cause she was in great shape too. It was garage kept it’s entire life. I Bought it from an old woman who got too old to drive anymore. She sold it to me for $1200. Good luck finding one for that price now. Bought it back from insurance company, pulled the engine and trans and every salvageable part and set up a tent at Chryslers at Carlisle. Sold almost every part that weekend and made some pretty good money off the parts. I still have a few parts in my garage attic and the wrap around “bumble bee wings” grilles/bumpers hanging on my garage wall. The chrome and plastic grilles are still in perfect showroom condition.
I liked the styling of my '73 Coronet sedan, and I liked the room, and at the time I convinced myself I liked the ride and handling. In retrospect, though, it was a less-than reliable piece of crap from the day my Mom bought it new until the day it was hauled away because it needed a new engine and electrical system and even with those repairs the front end would still not have held alignment.
By EPA classification at the time, the intermediate class was 111-120 cubic feet combined passenger and trunk space, The Coronet sedan came in at 120. My 2023 Subaru Crosstrek, for comparison ,comes in just a little bigger with a 101 cubic foot passenger cabin and a 21 cubic foot cargo bay. Fold the seats down and there's room for two medium-size (Norwegian Elkhound) kennel crates. and put the folding grooming table on the roof rack.
The Coronet line didn't include a two-door model between 1971 and 1974, and the revived _Coronet Coupe_ of 1975 was renamed _Charger Sport_ for 1976. Dodge rebadged the Coronet and Charger Sport models as _Monaco_ for '77-'78, adding the _Royal_ prefix to the bigger Monaco model title. From '71 to '74, all mid-size Dodge two-doors were Chargers,
They were fine cars as long as you didn't have to keep it gassed up, running mechanically and electrical system, and didn't mind replacing tires every 5000 miles. I lived with one, and between sub-7 miles-per-gallon fuel consumption frequent voltage regulator replacements, collapsed hydraulic lifters, and all the other little glitches, it kept me broke.
If these were made today, I would buy 3> (1) 2 door, (1) 4 door, & (1) wagon. Not retro crap but (exactly) like these here-originals. These are very nice rides> roomy, good gas mileage, handle great, and fast enough to land you in jail. AND NO DAMN COMPUTERS.
; sThere were no two-door Coronets from 1971 to 1973. The 115-inch wheelbase Charger filled that niche. I guess gas mileage was good if you call 6.8 mpg good. I had a '73 sedan with the 318, three-on-the-tree and while it was undeniably roomy and reasonably quick in the context of the day, it got terrible mileage and ate front tires because even the dealer couldn't align it so it stayed that way, and it rode like a lumber cart at the home center. There were more bugs in the electrical system than in a tandem-axle dump truck load of bat shit, and more than once I was stranded because the points the film said were not there had failed and it had to be towed. Upholstery was about as durable as wet bathroom tissue. Interestingly. when I was car shopping earlier this year, I settled on a model that posts slightly more space for both the passenger cabin and the cargo bay, and a bit more horsepower (but not quite as much torque): the Subaru Crosstrek Premium six-speed. I'm past needing to carry sheets of plywood, but with the seats down I can carry kennel crates for two Norwegian Elkhounds, and on the first road trip it posted a respectable 35 mpg average and on one leg of the trip it turned 43.1, six to fourteen better than the EPA highway estimate.
I wish car ads today were like this. These ads explain in detail how much engineering design went into them. Today, ads just show attractive women and trucks driving through mud lol
@@chumbawaumbacumpa That's fair, but at least the dealers focused on explaining why their cars are superior, instead of just emphasizing how powerful it is
We had a 72 Coronet Custom sedan in Super Blue. The rear bumper was better looking than the 73's. It seemed that Dodge had a stiffer suspension than GM at the time. Chevy's felt floaty and light while the Dodge felt more planted and heavy.
Ha .... i remember cars, they were always in some Awful green color and that was about it . Here in my part of Canada that is . I would love to have one of the station wagons now .
Hey! That's really not fair. My '73 sedan was color code JF8, a dark green with gold metallic flake in the paint. Looked really nice. That was one of the few good attributes of that car, along with the passenger space and trunk capacity. Otherwise it lived up (down?) to its nickname: _The Green Latrine_
My '73 Coronet sedan listed a shipping weight of 3505 pounds and the sticker price with the 318, manual trans, power disc brakes, air and AM radio was $4200.78
The 1968 Coronet with the simple, durable, and lovable 5.2 V8 would leave 58’ long “elevens” (two equally black tire marks during a burnout) without power braking the trans (trans: a device that serves as a power transfer between an engine and the work) . Trans here is of course previous to the leftist definition meaning sexually confused democrat.
Those government mandated bumpers sure ruin the looks. Cars sure went downhill at this point with emission controls and the bumper mandate. Nothing ran good, looked good, or had any power.
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The wagon can haul more than any quad cab truck today.
So can the sedan's trunk. 😂
Our family had a 1972 Fury III wagon with the 3rd seat & the same kind of tailgate.If driven very conservatively it was possible to attain 18 mpg even with the large V8 engine. Very powerful & fast car! Our mother once was in emergency situation with my brother & actually went >105 mph! Two state police tried to catch up but never did! This was before air patrols. Hard for us to learn to drive with our short stature as we could not see over the hood or see where the corners ended! Very durable & comfortable riding wagon & it was true about hauling 4 x 8 plywood. Our parents remodeled many houses using that wagon hauling lots of building supplies without any of the materials getting wet in our soggy NW rainy seasons.
What a comfortable car. My parents bought a 1972 Fury III Brougham edition. My mom loved the front 60/40 split seat. We were fascinated with the dual air conditioning that had a unit overhead between the 2nd and 3rd seats. (unfortunately it was constantly breaking down and was quite expensive to repair)It had a 440 4 barrel in it that sucked gas. Surprisingly with the added California anti pollution crap added on it wasn't as powerful as our 1965 Fury II with a 383. Dad ordered that as he was trying to "do something for the environment". My dad always said that he wished he could have afforded to buy a couple of the 1965 Furys and had them "mothballed" for future use. 🤣 There was a significant difference in quality and performance between the 1965 and 1972 cars that we owned. Maybe we just hit a lemon with the '72 Fury.
Did anybody catch the 'Charger' dash in the two tone wagon?
I used to own a 1970 Coronet 500. It was a 2 door, white with black interior and a 383 four barrel with automatic trans, and let me tell you, that car was fast for the time! Owned it when I was still in high school. It was my first car when I got my license. I sure do miss that car. Got T-boned by some idiot running a red light back in 1995 and car was totaled. It’s a shame cause she was in great shape too. It was garage kept it’s entire life. I Bought it from an old woman who got too old to drive anymore. She sold it to me for $1200. Good luck finding one for that price now. Bought it back from insurance company, pulled the engine and trans and every salvageable part and set up a tent at Chryslers at Carlisle. Sold almost every part that weekend and made some pretty good money off the parts. I still have a few parts in my garage attic and the wrap around “bumble bee wings” grilles/bumpers hanging on my garage wall. The chrome and plastic grilles are still in perfect showroom condition.
Miss my 1969 440 coronet 4 door cobalt blue.. :.((
I loved that 440 engine!
that back hatch / door on the coronet station wagon had me impressed 😂
When a 'full-size' wagon can hold a full sheet of plywood I am impressed but when an 'intermediate' can do it I am amazed. 😁
That tailgate is ready to take on the 80’s in the 70’s.
Best "Coronet" film ever!
Timeless styling.
I liked the styling of my '73 Coronet sedan, and I liked the room, and at the time I convinced myself I liked the ride and handling. In retrospect, though, it was a less-than reliable piece of crap from the day my Mom bought it new until the day it was hauled away because it needed a new engine and electrical system and even with those repairs the front end would still not have held alignment.
"Intermediate Sized"
Yeah, for a battleship maybe. I still can't believe I used to drive around in cars this size.
By EPA classification at the time, the intermediate class was 111-120 cubic feet combined passenger and trunk space, The Coronet sedan came in at 120.
My 2023 Subaru Crosstrek, for comparison ,comes in just a little bigger with a 101 cubic foot passenger cabin and a 21 cubic foot cargo bay. Fold the seats down and there's room for two medium-size (Norwegian Elkhound) kennel crates. and put the folding grooming table on the roof rack.
I was a junior in high school in 73 and really hardly ever seen the wagon. The 2 door hardtop was really cool though.
The Coronet line didn't include a two-door model between 1971 and 1974, and the revived _Coronet Coupe_ of 1975 was renamed _Charger Sport_ for 1976.
Dodge rebadged the Coronet and Charger Sport models as _Monaco_ for '77-'78, adding the _Royal_ prefix to the bigger Monaco model title.
From '71 to '74, all mid-size Dodge two-doors were Chargers,
Nice Styling.
"Intermediate" size cars, lol! Always liked the styling of the early 70s Coronet and Satellite, especially the '71s
They were fine cars as long as you didn't have to keep it gassed up, running mechanically and electrical system, and didn't mind replacing tires every 5000 miles.
I lived with one, and between sub-7 miles-per-gallon fuel consumption frequent voltage regulator replacements, collapsed hydraulic lifters, and all the other little glitches, it kept me broke.
If these were made today, I would buy 3> (1) 2 door, (1) 4 door, & (1) wagon. Not retro crap but (exactly) like these here-originals. These are very nice rides> roomy, good gas mileage, handle great, and fast enough to land you in jail. AND NO DAMN COMPUTERS.
; sThere were no two-door Coronets from 1971 to 1973. The 115-inch wheelbase Charger filled that niche.
I guess gas mileage was good if you call 6.8 mpg good. I had a '73 sedan with the 318, three-on-the-tree and while it was undeniably roomy and reasonably quick in the context of the day, it got terrible mileage and ate front tires because even the dealer couldn't align it so it stayed that way, and it rode like a lumber cart at the home center. There were more bugs in the electrical system than in a tandem-axle dump truck load of bat shit, and more than once I was stranded because the points the film said were not there had failed and it had to be towed.
Upholstery was about as durable as wet bathroom tissue.
Interestingly. when I was car shopping earlier this year, I settled on a model that posts slightly more space for both the passenger cabin and the cargo bay, and a bit more horsepower (but not quite as much torque): the Subaru Crosstrek Premium six-speed. I'm past needing to carry sheets of plywood, but with the seats down I can carry kennel crates for two Norwegian Elkhounds, and on the first road trip it posted a respectable 35 mpg average and on one leg of the trip it turned 43.1, six to fourteen better than the EPA highway estimate.
Any of those cars could be had with 383 Magnum for 1971 and the 400-4V for 1972-76; dual exhausts and all, outside of Calif
The Monaco was such a winner.
Nice
Wink Martindale.
wagon are the perfect car. EVERY suv is still a station wagon. Where's the lie ?
Every SUV is worse than a bad station wagon
Correct; about all SUVs being wagons
Exactly like the Aussie Chrysler made Valiant and Regal. 😊
Periscope, where do you find these films and rights for purchase?
I wish car ads today were like this. These ads explain in detail how much engineering design went into them. Today, ads just show attractive women and trucks driving through mud lol
This was more of a promotional video to send to dealers rather than an ad broadcasted to TVs.
@@chumbawaumbacumpa That's fair, but at least the dealers focused on explaining why their cars are superior, instead of just emphasizing how powerful it is
I would LOVE to know what the opening song is
The only car, other than the Dodge, that is identifiable is a Volkswagen Beetle. The contrast between the two is the genius of advertising.
We had a 72 Coronet Custom sedan in Super Blue. The rear bumper was better looking than the 73's. It seemed that Dodge had a stiffer suspension than GM at the time. Chevy's felt floaty and light while the Dodge felt more planted and heavy.
Look folks, an advertisement WITHOUT a social justice message!
Chrysler invested a ton in the 73’ lineup.
Ha .... i remember cars, they were always in some Awful green color and that was about it . Here in my part of Canada that is . I would love to have one of the station wagons now .
Hey! That's really not fair. My '73 sedan was color code JF8, a dark green with gold metallic flake in the paint. Looked really nice. That was one of the few good attributes of that car, along with the passenger space and trunk capacity.
Otherwise it lived up (down?) to its nickname: _The Green Latrine_
Looks like Canyon Country, California in 1973. Nobody there. Open. Rich. Free. American excessiveness at its peak.
Must weigh 6 tons lol, loved the 70s motors..Isn’t that the car Micheal Myers drove into haddonfield in halloween 🎃
My '73 Coronet sedan listed a shipping weight of 3505 pounds and the sticker price with the 318, manual trans, power disc brakes, air and AM radio was $4200.78
And then gas rationing happened.
Is that baggage guy Tom Wopat? I think that was his name…he was on The Dukes of Hazzard.
Didn't look like him to me but the announcer is Wink Martindale who later went on to host game shows including Tic-Tac-Dough
Don't think so. Luke Duke would have slid across the hood like the general Lee
I don't think it's Wopat, but I love his look when he sees all the luggage in the trunk. 0:57
But I understand what the director was trying to achieve
Help I've gone deaf!
The young baggage handler has the wrong attitude
"Nobody wants to work anymore" he didn't seem too keen on it 50 years ago, either!
@@imKazahkstan He was probably making $1.25 per hour. I wonder how bit a tip he received from people who drove economical intermediates. 😁
Lol ‘intermediate’
The 1968 Coronet with the simple, durable, and lovable 5.2 V8 would leave 58’ long “elevens” (two equally black tire marks during a burnout) without power braking the trans (trans: a device that serves as a power transfer between an engine and the work) . Trans here is of course previous to the leftist definition meaning sexually confused democrat.
New for '73! Less power, Worse looking!
Those government mandated bumpers sure ruin the looks. Cars sure went downhill at this point with emission controls and the bumper mandate. Nothing ran good, looked good, or had any power.
Nice