I can't help but mention my first project at Chrysler engineering and development was to fine tune the 440 6 pack. And they use to pay me to come work.
I got a 1970 340 Dart Swinger for my first car back in 1976 when I had just turned 16 yrs old. It only had 42,000 miles on it so the drive train (motor, trans and rear end) was in great shape. It was loaded with options. A 727 Torqueflite auto trans, 8 3/4 rear end w/ 3.23 SureGrip rear end. It had A.C., power 4 piston disc brakes and power steering. The car was medium green while the hood and scoops were matte black and a black vinyl top with the bumblebee black stripe around the back of the car. I loved the Rallye gauge cluster with the 150 mph speedometer. The auto trans was a column shift and it had the roller wheel type of AM radio. Lucky for me this was 3 years into the oil embargo from the middle east so people had been dumping these muscle cars like hot potatoes. That combined with the trunk lid being rusted with bondo thrown at it and not smoothed out. 12 - 14 2" x 6" bicycle reflectors glued around the trunk and quarter panels and curb feelers attached to the back wheelwells had this poor unloved, obviously, car sitting in what they at the dealership called the "dog lot". But, because of all of this, they only wanted $350 for it. SCORE!! Needless to say as soon as I got it home, off came the reflectors and curb feelers. With the rust and bondo, it was underestimated a lot. I smoked a lot of small block Camaros, Mustangs, Novas, and a few 383 Road Runners etc. The high school I went to had guys with rich daddy's who made their muscle cars beautiful. They were my favorite to beat! Great first car. Those disc brakes saved my butt MANY times. That 340 motor was amazingly tough. I considered pretty much every stop sign as the start of a 1/4 mile. Freakin' indestructible! Lots of happy memories. The thing I regret the most is never taking any pictures of it. After 3 years I had gathered up all of the pieces that I needed to bolt on before I got it painted. Hydroplaned on a wet road before I could put it all together. Wasn't wearing a seat belt and ended up upside down in the passenger footwell. Sad day, that car deserved better.
The 340 Dart Swinger and the Super Bee were two of the best performance bargains of the muscle car era along with the Plymouth Roadrunner and Duster 340. Mopars definitely didn't have the best overall build quality in those days as far as fit and finish but their high performance drivelines were the best in the business in my opinion
it reminds me of the film strips we saw in school in the 70's & even early 80's, lol..the days before the VCR. super cool art work on this one & fabulous cars & babes, ofc.
I wish they still made people and cats like this. Dodge is actually kicking butt right now. But, were about to go thru a horrible decade, like the 70's government demands. The gas situation and the insurance law. By 76, a car wouldn't pull a greasy strang out of a cat's Asspine. And people were so much better then too. Times we're better.
Super Bees. I've owned a 1968 with a 413 solid lifter cam 4 speed, 323:1 rear. Car was aluminum and fast. Owned a 1970 383 4 speed and 323:1 rear. That too was a fast highway cruiser with L-60x15 tires on all 4s. Both cars had non powered police drum brakes, no A/C, and no other accessories added, not even a radio for you couldn't hear it anyway. Ran headers and 3" straights to the back axial. Those were the days. Don't forget the 1970 340 6 pack 4 speed AAR Cuda I had too. Mopar was rockin the auto world back then. Those cars got real light on steering at 130. We didn't have electronic ignition either. We had 100 octane real gas @ $0.35 a gallon right out of the pump. That was when America was America.
I bought a 3 yr old 340 Duster when I turned 18, 1973. The heater core rotted out that first winter and flooded the interior. Would not start under 20f unless it was plugged in. I think I replaced 3 exterior door handles in 2 years because they simply snapped off. New clutch cable every 6 months like clockwork. Finally lost my license over speeding tickets and sold the car. Best thing that ever happened to me.
Dodge marketed its performance cars under the title "The Scat Pack" (Plymouth did the same, using the term "Rapid Transit System"--including the Duster 340 and performance Fury models)
@@CarminesRCTipsandTricks yeah, true. But..wait till next year.. Fauci/Gates scamdemic has not quuuiiiitee yet pushed the economy off of the cliff. Getting closer, by the day.
I’ve had a lot of Ford mustangs 97 saleen, 98 saleen , 2002 saleen , 93 Gt with built 306 alum 202 big cam , 2007 Shelby GT 500 , 2001 ford lightning , 2004 ford lightning . 2008 corvette zo6 and I had 2 ea 1971 Dusters both had 340 engines sig irson cams stock intake and holly 650 dual feed double pumper . Both had Saginaw 4 speeds 3:91 posi rear end . Those Dusters had the best 340 engines for being small blocks truly kicked ass.
In 1979. Me and a buddy built a warmed up 340ci in a dodge dart. It had a 4 speed and a 391 out back. Plus a pair of MT slicks. It would pull the front tires 3 inches into the air.
I almost convinced my mom to buy herself a brand new 1970 Swinger 340 in 1971 because the dealership had 11 of them lined up in various colours for $2900 each, Canadian. Even then, they were giving them away and the 1970 models all had 5 year 50,000 mile warranty. (Not Kilometers, Miles) .
I was in high school when the mopars were just cheap used cars. Total rattling pieces of tin with an unbeatable drive train. If you drove a Chevy or a Ford, all you saw was mopar tail lights
Interesting how the front and rear ends of the Dart took such a dive in styling from '69 to '70, while other Dodge models stayed pretty good looking (with maybe the exception of the Coronet).
Trap speeds would have been 95 to 103. Depending on the car I'm from back in the day those cars were everywhere when I was young had two friends with 72 CUDA and challenger a little slower than a 70 model but pure stock they would run mid fifteen at around 90 for the 72.
Interesting video! :thumbs up: What's crazy is the fact that rare versions of these cars (MOPARS in general) can fetch $500,000 - $1,000,000. Think tri-power Hemi Super Birds and the like. I'm no expert, however. I don't have a lot of MOPAR memories because they were pretty rare in my circle of friends, but when I was just a kid I do remember going to Cardinals baseball games in the back seat of a Dodge Dart quite often. It was a typical plain Jane model, not that it matters... The rear seat was bouncier than any trampoline I've been on.
tscooter22 back in 2005 my neighbor across the street owned that Dart RT just like the one in the video. When his Sister died the city was about to repossess her house because he couldn't make the house payments. so he sold the car to a guy in Michigan for $89,000. I guess the house is paid for now.
Its true back then the cars had skinny tires and they would burn for a hundred yards then grab then they would give a high speed at the end but not a very good et.
Jason, my first car was a 72 Plymouth duster with a 225 slant six, everything was stock. I used to get it up to it's top speed of just over 120 mph on my way to work regularly on some straight stretches all level ground. It's the same cheap car as the Swinger, and not even a V-8. No, it did not get to 120 in a quarter mile, but it did get there easily enough.
What a cool reel. Had never seen these. Ha, my HS principal had a Swinger....don't think it was a 340. Coronet in '70 was my least favorite (wanted one when i found my '69) but love the 440 Six pak. Had read this as 'violent'. Nice white mini skirt.
It's pretty cool that the millionaire folks that rebuild these today, give them a build quality far better than what could be achieved back then. Really I think jay Leno does a great job with this. Better brakes, shocks, lights, fluids, tires, and seatbelts. And the paint is much better. Of course your custom building one car, not 200 per day.
Love the clock inside the tach on the swinger But how come the supper bee stipe in the video finishes to a point but the real cars the stripe stops unfinished at the door? ??????
true enough! ppl sneer at smog era cars, but hey..my bro & i just de-smogged a '77 440 from a New Yorker and plopped it into a '70 Fury Gran Coupe. She's no slouch. 90's MP dist/orange box, '74 TQ. ok..still a bit of smog era, lol. but not Leanburn anyways. after we get more things done, ie brakes, exaust (and the fauci/gates scamdemic doesn't push the economy ALL the way off of the cliff), a cam & aluminum intake are in order..get us up over 300 hp, no prob.
Boy, talk about bogus m.p.h. The Swinger was in the low 15 second range with ridiculously high miles per hour. I had a bone stock '71 Duster 340 auto with 3:23 gears and 14" E 70x14 polyglas tires. It ran 14.02 and 102 m.p.h. The car that ran 123 m.p.h. Should have been in the low 12's at least. Something wrong.
THIS "sounds about right" because it is: wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990400592914/1968-04_HR_Dart_GTS_340_Test_1-3.pdf
Amazing features that were not sufficiently or properly promoted. They could have utterly destroyed sales numbers of Ford and GM if they had put someone that understood the significance of the numerous Incredible features the engineers designed. Our familys' 1970 Roadrunner that became my car eventually was the best car I ever owned. It totally outperformed my 71 454 Corvette.
Didn't even see an actual photo of a pistol grip shifter unless i blinked. Instead a black outline on paper 98 percent of the people back then would not have even guessed what they were looking at.
Some of our fine commentators, including one “Me Too,” one “Rick Bullock,” one “BuzzLOLOL,” one “Brian Cartwright,” one “OneFastDuster,” and several others ought to be informed that it says right on the filmstrip that, “This film is based on information available on Feb. 15, 1970.” It goes on to say that “information cannot be guaranteed.” The motor company has done everything it can to make the consumer happy but keep in mind that this is a dealer information film. The idea is to inform the dealer to help the dealer sell the motorcar. The more cars the dealer sells the more more money everyone will make from the janitor at Joe Blow Dodge or whatever to the assembler on the line to the executive to the shareholder. The dealer will be selling the 1970 Dodge so they all need to know about it so that everyone can make money and stay in business. And the Dodge Division is still in business.
Why, I'd say that cravat alone makes him the Big Man O' the Track! But with those tight plaid trousers, what a model of a sportsman! [Kick him, honey--No, I mean KICK him!]
What's the difference between a two door hard top and a coupe, I'd really like to know an answer from an expert, especially since I first rode in my now owned family heirloom since I was 11 yr.s old. PS: It's a Chevy, but love my old Plymouth Duster 340 Wedge too.
LOL...he said styled for "Young Bucks". Cars definatly built for men, unlike most cars today are built for women and snowflakes. Only a handful of cars left today made for both young and old bucks.
4 years ago my uncle died and willed me his 1970 454 LS6 chevell SS, my 1967 440 R/T Coronet and 69 GTX 440 and my 71 Cuda' 440-6 would blow this car away. That 450 horsepower rating was gross and very highly overrated.....Go MOPAR!!! If you type in cleve's chevelle in the search line and check out the video I have on the chevelle.
283 rear wheel HP in a 3,800 pound is nothing by today's standards, yet that was the reality for the 1970 LS6 Chevelle. www.superchevy.com/how-to/additional-tech/sucp-1102-chevrolet-muscle-car-dyno-wars/ The pre 1972 "gross" ratings were essentially fabrications produced by the advertising departments. Consider than a new bone stock base engine Corvette (455 SAE Net HP) will produce about 410 HP at the rear wheels - bone stock.
According to the NHRA HP calculator that car with a curb weight of 3300lbs going 122 mph in the quarter mile was putting 467.7 horsepower to the ground. That curb weight doesn't take into account the driver. Assuming Landy was 200lbs means that the car was putting 496 horsepower, to the ground! Even factory prepped cars, which were common when given to magazine testers, wouldn't do anywhere near that. Take for instance the 1970 GS Stage 1. It was the fastest of the year for regular production cars at 13.38 at 105. That's only 344hp to the ground. The 1970 LS6 Chevelle managed 13.81 at 103.8 which means 339hp to the wheels. So that means that a 340 was putting 160 more horses the ground? I smell something fishy here and it ain't a 'Cuda!
Keep in mind this promo film was intended for car salesmen, not the public. Accuracy of information was not a high priority. On the other hand, Chrysler ran a really great magazine ad in probably 1970 in which Dick Landy made multiple passes in all the Plymouth performance cars. ET's and trap speeds were very accurate and representative of what the cars would run.
Just the 4 bbl. engine with more carb.s... maybe a tad higher compression ratio and slightly bigger cam... at least that's what GM added with tripower...
Are you KIDDING? The 340 six pack didn't become available until 1970 and was never offered in the Dart. Only the AAR Cuda and Challenger T/A got that engine. Calling it a "slightly detuned racing engines" is laughable. Here's a vintage HOT ROD magazine drag test of a 340 Dart. It ran a 14.5 @ 95 MPH in bone stock trim. They managed to get a 14.38 @ 97 MPH after removing the air cleaner element and upper half of the filter housing, thereby improving airflow. wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990400592914/1968-04_HR_Dart_GTS_340_Test_1-3.pdf
There no way that Satan would drive anything but a MOPAR.. they've always been depicted as the Bad Guys Car, because Badass is something everyone wants when they enjoy driving and maybe push the Fun up a Notch.. good MOPAR... Or whatever a Ford is..
That's on the high side. HOT ROD managed a 14.5 @ 95 MPH in bone stock, as received state. They got a 14.38 @ 97 MPH after removing the air filter element and upper half of the air filter lid assembly: wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990400592914/1968-04_HR_Dart_GTS_340_Test_1-3.pdf
I can't help but mention my first project at Chrysler engineering and development was to fine tune the 440 6 pack. And they use to pay me to come work.
Don Berry 👊🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Are you the one who put all that great info in the D/C manual? Used it like a Bible!
What a guy 🙈
@@nickdulak1837 well i did give the numbers/spec's to the writers. Great memories.
And God bless you for it brother!🤘
I got a 1970 340 Dart Swinger for my first car back in 1976 when I had just turned 16 yrs old. It only had 42,000 miles on it so the drive train (motor, trans and rear end) was in great shape. It was loaded with options. A 727 Torqueflite auto trans, 8 3/4 rear end w/ 3.23 SureGrip rear end. It had A.C., power 4 piston disc brakes and power steering. The car was medium green while the hood and scoops were matte black and a black vinyl top with the bumblebee black stripe around the back of the car. I loved the Rallye gauge cluster with the 150 mph speedometer. The auto trans was a column shift and it had the roller wheel type of AM radio. Lucky for me this was 3 years into the oil embargo from the middle east so people had been dumping these muscle cars like hot potatoes. That combined with the trunk lid being rusted with bondo thrown at it and not smoothed out. 12 - 14 2" x 6" bicycle reflectors glued around the trunk and quarter panels and curb feelers attached to the back wheelwells had this poor unloved, obviously, car sitting in what they at the dealership called the "dog lot". But, because of all of this, they only wanted $350 for it. SCORE!! Needless to say as soon as I got it home, off came the reflectors and curb feelers. With the rust and bondo, it was underestimated a lot. I smoked a lot of small block Camaros, Mustangs, Novas, and a few 383 Road Runners etc. The high school I went to had guys with rich daddy's who made their muscle cars beautiful. They were my favorite to beat! Great first car. Those disc brakes saved my butt MANY times. That 340 motor was amazingly tough. I considered pretty much every stop sign as the start of a 1/4 mile. Freakin' indestructible! Lots of happy memories. The thing I regret the most is never taking any pictures of it. After 3 years I had gathered up all of the pieces that I needed to bolt on before I got it painted. Hydroplaned on a wet road before I could put it all together. Wasn't wearing a seat belt and ended up upside down in the passenger footwell. Sad day, that car deserved better.
Cool hotrod from factory
The 340 Dart Swinger and the Super Bee were two of the best performance bargains of the muscle car era along with the Plymouth Roadrunner and Duster 340. Mopars definitely didn't have the best overall build quality in those days as far as fit and finish but their high performance drivelines were the best in the business in my opinion
In the late 60's early 70's we used to say "Fit and Finish" translated to "Mopar, our finish will give you fits"
This is pretty cool! I wish they still made these types of films. :)
it reminds me of the film strips we saw in school in the 70's & even early 80's,
lol..the days before the VCR.
super cool art work on this one & fabulous cars & babes, ofc.
I wish they still made people and cats like this. Dodge is actually kicking butt right now. But, were about to go thru a horrible decade, like the 70's government demands. The gas situation and the insurance law. By 76, a car wouldn't pull a greasy strang out of a cat's Asspine.
And people were so much better then too. Times we're better.
I fondly recollect the exhaust bark" on swinger,s.bee,coronet rt,charger,challenger, barracuda,such a throaty growel" Chrysler:1960-1970s👍👍
i'd say this is the cutest Dealer Promo I ever saw, definitively a keeper...
Super Bees. I've owned a 1968 with a 413 solid lifter cam 4 speed, 323:1 rear. Car was aluminum and fast. Owned a 1970 383 4 speed and 323:1 rear. That too was a fast highway cruiser with L-60x15 tires on all 4s. Both cars had non powered police drum brakes, no A/C, and no other accessories added, not even a radio for you couldn't hear it anyway. Ran headers and 3" straights to the back axial. Those were the days. Don't forget the 1970 340 6 pack 4 speed AAR Cuda I had too. Mopar was rockin the auto world back then. Those cars got real light on steering at 130. We didn't have electronic ignition either. We had 100 octane real gas @ $0.35 a gallon right out of the pump. That was when America was America.
Boy howdy. I am going to my Dodge dealer today and taking a look at them there cars. They looks spiffy.
senorkaboom they were badass in their day
Mark Demoreuille ----They're badass in any day.Mopar had and still has THE muscle cars.
You are 47 years to late.
Gonna be done in a jiffy
CLASSIC 1970 Dealer slide show! Dick Landy narrates! Save this one!
At 17 yrs old I bought a 70 bee ht already had the r/t engine in it 440 hp2 auto paid 1700 in 87 & it never let me down!
How was the gas
Traps speeds were high for the ET but great video. Thanks for posting.
14.2@123 my ass. And I'm a Mopar diehard ( I've carried around a ballast resistor in my pocket everyday for the past 40years)
Me too
I bought a 3 yr old 340 Duster when I turned 18, 1973. The heater core rotted out that first winter and flooded the interior. Would not start under 20f unless it was plugged in. I think I replaced 3 exterior door handles in 2 years because they simply snapped off. New clutch cable every 6 months like clockwork. Finally lost my license over speeding tickets and sold the car. Best thing that ever happened to me.
i recommend that you dont google the phrase 'scat city'
Dodge marketed its performance cars under the title "The Scat Pack" (Plymouth did the same, using the term "Rapid Transit System"--including the Duster 340 and performance Fury models)
Paul Duca yeah basically means “shit pack”
Don't goggle anything. Bias censorship thought police.
Duck duck go
@@tomservo56954 they still do with Challengers.
@@tomservo56954 I was in my 30's before knew scat had another meaning. Didn't make me like my Road Runner any less.
It must have been nice to live in a era when you could buy a profromece car and not put a hole in your pocket.
down side is they rusted out before the final payment
Oh believe me at about $3.10 an hourly wage they put a whole in your pocket .
Hot cars and even hotter women - no worries about sexual harassment then - mini skirts, hot pants, boots - yeah baby!
And bras were for the elderly
I'm just GLAD I was alive then!!
..... Except it reminds me of how REPRESSED, apathetic and militant things are now. 😞
@@CarminesRCTipsandTricks yeah, true.
But..wait till next year..
Fauci/Gates scamdemic has not quuuiiiitee yet pushed the economy off of the cliff.
Getting closer, by the day.
@@tomj4406 Sad but true.....
I’ve had a lot of Ford mustangs 97 saleen, 98 saleen , 2002 saleen , 93 Gt with built 306 alum 202 big cam , 2007 Shelby GT 500 , 2001 ford lightning , 2004 ford lightning . 2008 corvette zo6 and I had 2 ea 1971 Dusters both had 340 engines sig irson cams stock intake and holly 650 dual feed double pumper . Both had Saginaw 4 speeds 3:91 posi rear end . Those Dusters had the best 340 engines for being small blocks truly kicked ass.
I'd have probably been a Mopar guy if I'd been alive and driving back in those days. Budget muscle isn't a thing these days.
Sure it is. Base model Camaro.
"Budget" today is *$18,000!!!* 😖😞
@@williamjordan5554 I doubt it mate
In 1979. Me and a buddy built a warmed up 340ci in a dodge dart. It had a 4 speed and a 391 out back. Plus a pair of MT slicks. It would pull the front tires 3 inches into the air.
I believe the time and MPH figures along with the no body rust guarantee.
My father has a all original 1970 Dart Swinger 340 that is all rust free it's even has the original paint and he has had it since it was a year old
I think 1970 was the last good year of the muscle car era.
I almost convinced my mom to buy herself a brand new 1970 Swinger 340 in 1971 because the dealership had 11 of them lined up in various colours for $2900 each, Canadian. Even then, they were giving them away and the 1970 models all had 5 year 50,000 mile warranty.
(Not Kilometers, Miles) .
Rudy Schmuck should change his last name
Change his first name too
lol imagine all the young people who bought these in 1969-1970 and had to deal with the fuel crisis
I was in high school when the mopars were just cheap used cars.
Total rattling pieces of tin with an unbeatable drive train.
If you drove a Chevy or a Ford, all you saw was mopar tail lights
Where I grew up on staten Island in the 1960s and 1970s, mopars ruled
Well yeah but my point was you had to spend money on chevys and fords to compete with the out of the box rattling mopar piece of tin with a stock v8.
I sure miss my 69 Super Bee 383 4 speed Hurst and my 69 Coronet with a 440 but at least I can say I have and they were a blast peace out
Sweet sounding 340
Interesting how the front and rear ends of the Dart took such a dive in styling from '69 to '70, while other Dodge models stayed pretty good looking (with maybe the exception of the Coronet).
That's only your opinion I don't think it took a dive I like the 70 Dart Swinger front end and rear end and I know many other like it too
Ah them good Ol day’s. Where’s my darn time machine
Those trap speeds are Hellcat like ; )
Trap speeds would have been 95 to 103. Depending on the car I'm from back in the day those cars were everywhere when I was young had two friends with 72 CUDA and challenger a little slower than a 70 model but pure stock they would run mid fifteen at around 90 for the 72.
Gee still have a Swinger in the garage
you ought to let HER go. 😀😀
Scat packs were awsome!
He's giving some tips to "Rudy Schmuck" LOL
Ain’t no way it’s hitting 118 in the trap running 15’s
Do those legs go all the way up?
Yes, right up to heaven.
6:35. Dashes were typical of this era. Big blank areas where the tachometer, clock, or some other available option would appear if ordered.
Impossible MPH , I run a Dart 13.3 @108 mph smoking through 1st gear , no way to run high 14 @ 120+mph ,
Maybe it was the Dart top speed
I know, mine with 3.91 screws screwed any stock muscle car I ever ran. All OEM
You noticed that fake trap speed too, eh? Running high 14s would probably net you 95mph, maybe crack 100 mph with high rear gears. 120? No.
It was that sneak shot of juice in the last 120!! 😜
@@CarminesRCTipsandTricks must have used a huge shot for that mph !. 120s should be in the 11's at 120
15 Chev owners gave this excellent video the thumbs down
I had a B-5 Blue 71 340 Swinger.. Many years ago..
Interesting video! :thumbs up: What's crazy is the fact that rare versions of these cars (MOPARS in general) can fetch $500,000 - $1,000,000. Think tri-power Hemi Super Birds and the like. I'm no expert, however.
I don't have a lot of MOPAR memories because they were pretty rare in my circle of friends, but when I was just a kid I do remember going to Cardinals baseball games in the back seat of a Dodge Dart quite often. It was a typical plain Jane model, not that it matters... The rear seat was bouncier than any trampoline I've been on.
tscooter22 back in 2005 my neighbor across the street owned that Dart RT just like the one in the video. When his Sister died the city was about to repossess her house because he couldn't make the house payments. so he sold the car to a guy in Michigan for $89,000. I guess the house is paid for now.
This old promo is groovy.
It's like watching a ghost from a different time.... damn i was born to late and in the wrong country
Where are you from?
15 seconds at nearly 120? Not buying it! The 120 part I mean.
Its true back then the cars had skinny tires and they would burn for a hundred yards then grab then they would give a high speed at the end but not a very good et.
no they didint...a dart like that with stock tire would do 15 low in the mid 80s
Jason, my first car was a 72 Plymouth duster with a 225 slant six, everything was stock. I used to get it up to it's top speed of just over 120 mph on my way to work regularly on some straight stretches all level ground. It's the same cheap car as the Swinger, and not even a V-8. No, it did not get to 120 in a quarter mile, but it did get there easily enough.
Jason Carter
Boy, you got that right. The trap speeds on all these runs are closer to cars making 450-500hp.
Been breathed on a bit?
@@steveflor9942 Most muscle cars of the day made much more than what their manufactures rated them.
What a cool reel. Had never seen these. Ha, my HS principal had a Swinger....don't think it was a 340. Coronet in '70 was my least favorite (wanted one when i found my '69) but love the 440 Six pak. Had read this as 'violent'. Nice white mini skirt.
Peak performance on a budget!
Wasn’t a big fan of mopars 3 speed on the floor. I had numerous issues.
Sometimes a Big Cigar is just a big cigar...
It's pretty cool that the millionaire folks that rebuild these today, give them a build quality far better than what could be achieved back then. Really I think jay Leno does a great job with this. Better brakes, shocks, lights, fluids, tires, and seatbelts. And the paint is much better. Of course your custom building one car, not 200 per day.
My three favorite cars fuck yeah Chrysler had the muscle
Love the clock inside the tach on the swinger
But how come the supper bee stipe in the video finishes to a point but the real cars the stripe stops unfinished at the door?
??????
Tic-Tok Tach!
& say what? ill have to look at that again. this was 'as of Feb '70'
..hmmm.
yeah, the artists rendering is a bit diff than the actual car at 6:28
Dodge has kinda done a full 360 on the cars they build
Last time I checked. "Scat" was quickly followed by the all to familiar word........Porn.
think n with your V ginna
You should learn what curious yellow and purple shaft meant?
Thank you!
Due to smog tuning stock 383 🐝 s were a lot slower than 69's. A tweak here & a bump there would put one in the low 14's
true enough! ppl sneer at smog era cars, but hey..my bro & i just de-smogged a '77 440 from a New Yorker and plopped it into a '70 Fury Gran Coupe.
She's no slouch. 90's MP dist/orange box, '74 TQ.
ok..still a bit of smog era, lol. but not Leanburn anyways.
after we get more things done, ie brakes, exaust (and the fauci/gates scamdemic doesn't push the economy ALL the way off of the cliff), a cam & aluminum intake are in order..get us up over 300 hp, no prob.
#furyvanwinkle on instagram.
Satan came up from Hell, driving a Ford Mustang II with 129hp, to vote down this vid.
Sounds like Satan's a pussy...
MyMopar. com he is he would have drove his trusty pinto but after getting rear ended well that's why Hell is burning
George Huffert that’s why the pintos in hell
I thought he was in a 4 cylinder Iron Duke Camaro. Lol! 🤣
@@mymopar Rather, the cesspool of Satan than his pussy.
How do you think the Schmuck felt when this guy began puffing his cigar in his new car?
Dandy Dick never lit the cigar.
Is Schmuck the guys last name to 😂
Boy, talk about bogus m.p.h. The Swinger was in the low 15 second range with ridiculously high miles per hour. I had a bone stock '71 Duster 340 auto with 3:23 gears and 14" E 70x14 polyglas tires. It ran 14.02 and 102 m.p.h. The car that ran 123 m.p.h. Should have been in the low 12's at least. Something wrong.
tires?
traction
Yep... Dodge should have been sued by its customers over this false advertising! EASY lawsuit to win!123 MPH in the 1/4 is mid 11's seconds time...
Rick Bullock you re right! The mph is 15mph high
Swingers/Dusters didn't run 14.02 @ 102 MPH with stock exhaust system... more like high 15's and low 90's...
Yeah, those 1/4 mi. speeds sound about right!
That's darn good, but I said "speeds".
High ?? More like impossible unless they hit the bottle 1/2 way up the track !
+Me Two You could "harass" these real hot gals if you had the balls to do it then. Obviously before the "Me Too" generation of feminazis.
THIS "sounds about right" because it is:
wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990400592914/1968-04_HR_Dart_GTS_340_Test_1-3.pdf
hahaha 15 sec at 120mph ...yep thats about right
Far out and groovy.....man!
Amazing features that were not sufficiently or properly promoted. They could have utterly destroyed sales numbers of Ford and GM if they had put someone that understood the significance of the numerous Incredible features the engineers designed. Our familys' 1970 Roadrunner that became my car eventually was the best car I ever owned. It totally outperformed my 71 454 Corvette.
Didn't even see an actual photo of a pistol grip shifter unless i blinked. Instead a black outline on paper 98 percent of the people back then would not have even guessed what they were looking at.
11 Brand X drivers that got smoked by 340 Darts and Dusters voted this video down.
Maybe not any with a Gremlin X featuring a dealer-installed 401...
❤❤❤ looooove it ! ❤❤❤ 😇👍🏼
Some of our fine commentators, including one “Me Too,” one “Rick Bullock,” one “BuzzLOLOL,” one “Brian Cartwright,” one “OneFastDuster,” and several others ought to be informed that it says right on the filmstrip that, “This film is based on information available on Feb. 15, 1970.” It goes on to say that “information cannot be guaranteed.” The motor company has done everything it can to make the consumer happy but keep in mind that this is a dealer information film. The idea is to inform the dealer to help the dealer sell the motorcar. The more cars the dealer sells the more more money everyone will make from the janitor at Joe Blow Dodge or whatever to the assembler on the line to the executive to the shareholder. The dealer will be selling the 1970 Dodge so they all need to know about it so that everyone can make money and stay in business. And the Dodge Division is still in business.
I miss these cars, but I really miss women who dressed and acted like women. The cars and the women had style AND power!
The short skirts I image made women back then feel more feminine. Were pants even allowed
7:28 - "Do I look like a dork wearing this necktie?" LOL
Why, I'd say that cravat alone makes him the Big Man O' the Track! But with those tight plaid trousers, what a model of a sportsman! [Kick him, honey--No, I mean KICK him!]
glass-belted 14s OMG sign me up !
Drum brakes.I am so there.
What's the difference between a two door hard top and a coupe, I'd really like to know an answer from an expert, especially since I first rode in my now owned family heirloom since I was 11 yr.s old. PS: It's a Chevy, but love my old Plymouth Duster 340 Wedge too.
jeff craven a coupe has a solid "post" between front and quarter windows (current challengers) a hardtop does not. Hope that helped.
wally is correct.
Way cool vid. What’s with the chick arcing the battery? Still, was funny.
It won't kill you very much, just if you hit something or if something hits you
Anyone notice the ramcharger set up painted?and the New Yorker steering wheel.
Look up Scat in the dictionary....got a big laugh right when video started.....Bob Glidden rules Landy fans!!!!!!!
i can dig it.
LOL...he said styled for "Young Bucks". Cars definatly built for men, unlike most cars today are built for women and snowflakes. Only a handful of cars left today made for both young and old bucks.
I suppose you're an old buck. Of course you are.
Snowflakes? Seriously?
@chris richard Or don't know what restroom to use.
A Prius Googoomobile with a COEXIST sticker will save humanity!
For those unbelievers, watch the non Computer Graphics Stunt Driving in Chase Scenes - ultra real and dangerous!
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She can hold my sway bar anytime.
4 years ago my uncle died and willed me his 1970 454 LS6 chevell SS, my 1967 440 R/T Coronet and 69 GTX 440 and my 71 Cuda' 440-6 would blow this car away. That 450 horsepower rating was gross and very highly overrated.....Go MOPAR!!! If you type in cleve's chevelle in the search line and check out the video I have on the chevelle.
454 Chevelle 450 HP 4 speed was way faster than any of those cars... give your Chevelle a tune up...
No doubt, 454 LS 6 Will make you see God
283 rear wheel HP in a 3,800 pound is nothing by today's standards, yet that was the reality for the 1970 LS6 Chevelle.
www.superchevy.com/how-to/additional-tech/sucp-1102-chevrolet-muscle-car-dyno-wars/
The pre 1972 "gross" ratings were essentially fabrications produced by the advertising departments.
Consider than a new bone stock base engine Corvette (455 SAE Net HP) will produce about 410 HP at the rear wheels - bone stock.
The video should be on your channel
According to the NHRA HP calculator that car with a curb weight of 3300lbs going 122 mph in the quarter mile was putting 467.7 horsepower to the ground. That curb weight doesn't take into account the driver. Assuming Landy was 200lbs means that the car was putting 496 horsepower, to the ground! Even factory prepped cars, which were common when given to magazine testers, wouldn't do anywhere near that. Take for instance the 1970 GS Stage 1. It was the fastest of the year for regular production cars at 13.38 at 105. That's only 344hp to the ground. The 1970 LS6 Chevelle managed 13.81 at 103.8 which means 339hp to the wheels. So that means that a 340 was putting 160 more horses the ground? I smell something fishy here and it ain't a 'Cuda!
Never meet your heroes
Keep in mind this promo film was intended for car salesmen, not the public. Accuracy of information was not a high priority. On the other hand, Chrysler ran a really great magazine ad in probably 1970 in which Dick Landy made multiple passes in all the Plymouth performance cars. ET's and trap speeds were very accurate and representative of what the cars would run.
Or maybe it was Dodge. Same difference.
Great !
ET's are believable but c'mon... MPH is way, way off!
7:55...Why is that guy grabbing his own ass?. Is that where Sally kicked him for telling her to touch both battery terminals with the pliers? (7:35)
The last time posted was a 13.8 @ 122 miles per hour from the big block Super Bee. All these commentators cannot read
A 14.9 at 120 is hilarious
@@MrTheHillfolk The timer did not start till you crossed the beam, so if it was a pro light the sec the last light was activated the timer was running
You just can not buy a big V-8 two door sedan any more. I would love to buy a modern BIG fast car like this new.
You mean no 2 door hardtops...
Now they're called pickup trucks.
Damn...they killed Sally!
5:16-5:17 changes into a super bee, with the rear end of a dart.
Production error...
3 2bbl carbs available for 340- which was a slightly detuned racing engine.
Just the 4 bbl. engine with more carb.s... maybe a tad higher compression ratio and slightly bigger cam... at least that's what GM added with tripower...
Are you KIDDING?
The 340 six pack didn't become available until 1970 and was never offered in the Dart. Only the AAR Cuda and Challenger T/A got that engine. Calling it a "slightly detuned racing engines" is laughable.
Here's a vintage HOT ROD magazine drag test of a 340 Dart. It ran a 14.5 @ 95 MPH in bone stock trim. They managed to get a 14.38 @ 97 MPH after removing the air cleaner element and upper half of the filter housing, thereby improving airflow.
wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990400592914/1968-04_HR_Dart_GTS_340_Test_1-3.pdf
cool
What's the difference between a two door hardtop and a coupe? I thought a two door was a coupe.
A two-door coupe normally indicates a thick B-pillar being present, whereas a hardtop has no B-pillar whatsoever.
@@jakekaywell5972 I remember my dad using the term "two door post". Makes sense now. Thanks.
There no way that Satan would drive anything but a MOPAR.. they've always been depicted as the Bad Guys Car, because Badass is something everyone wants when they enjoy driving and maybe push the Fun up a Notch.. good MOPAR... Or whatever a Ford is..
Dick Landy, otherwise known as the Big...................... cigar
Bill Clinton also known as the Big Cigar...
Hahaha! Maybe that’s what made him “Dandy”?!
no way in that mph i have a stock 440 im running mid 11.5s in my 71 challengers at 112
bullshit
Either you spin your wheels or you feather the throttle at take off.
Haha ... 120+ mph trap speeds with only 14 second et.?
Doesn’t make sense.
Sounds like a load of crap to me! 🤣
Burned the tires off in the first eighth and went like his ass was on fire on the second half ?
🤣🤣
Yea that's crazy speed
15.02 @ 118???????? Bull sheeeeet
I thought the same more like 98mph
That's on the high side. HOT ROD managed a 14.5 @ 95 MPH in bone stock, as received state. They got a 14.38 @ 97 MPH after removing the air filter element and upper half of the air filter lid assembly:
wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990400592914/1968-04_HR_Dart_GTS_340_Test_1-3.pdf
Where we're going, we don't need roads.
The mph through the 1/4 is way over exaggerated. Running 14-15 seconds at over 120mph lol wtf
Why is there carpet everywhere?
God they had the MPH WAY off!
mutton-chops and mini-skirts.
Those trap speeds are total b.s.
“Scat city” wtf were they thinking?