Steve examines how Plymouth’s 1971 Satellite influenced the look of this Dodge pickup truck. And why did Dodge truck magazine ads mention the mighty 426 Hemi? Watch and see.
Totally agree with you Steve, MT completely blew it by cancelling Junkyard Gold. Thank you for keeping things going with Junkyard Crawl though, we appreciate your efforts and depth of knowledge. Love all the old publications you reference, and as a model builder and collector, love seeing goodies from your collection.
The family car in 1970 was a Plymouth Sport Suburban with a 383 Magnum, and it indeed had that hood style, along with the mini flasher’s on the top of the fenders to indicate 1)headlight on 2) Flashers indicated 3) High beams on Was a great cruiser. 👍🇨🇦
A V8 engine swap? You can tell that truck worked for a living every minute of its life. Back then we rarely bought a new truck when the motor quit. We just kept em running good enough to pass state inspection, and that was about it. Patched together with whatever was laying around.
I've always wanted to get my hands on a Plymouth trailduster, but good luck finding a semi-decent one at a decent price. Should have snatched 1up back in the 90s when they were just used trucks, but they were still fairly rare then as well. Also I believe I could speak for everybody in here when I say we are extremely happy you brought the series back. Thank you for all your time and effort
I had a '78 in the early 90s and it was pretty rough then. 360 2bbl. Definitely cool. You are right though, they are either way overpriced or rotted out.
Hey Steve I just came across your channel EXCELLENT I was a young man in the 70 s that was a great time no cell phones no computers everyone I knew was into cars trucks or motorcycles that’s what we lived for
Hi Doug Van Allen, WELCOME ABOARD. If you like today's Junkyard Crawl video, know that there are over 400 more - on vehicles of just about every description - awaiting discovery in the Channel Playlist. Thanks again for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
Steve, In an example of how the universe mysteriously balances itself, I can report the Slant 6 from our '75 Fury eventually found its way into a Dodge pickup. 😉
My dad bought a new 1973 D100 Adventurer with a 318 V8 and 4 speed manual. He used it on his farm for 25 years until it literally fell apart from rust. I loved driving that truck when I was in high school.
Whoa!! My coffee is making me hallucinate this morning Steve!! The dog was alive and moving!! 🤯 love these old D100's!! Thanks for another great informative vid!! ✌️ from Iowa
Man, this channel has quickly become my favourite one to watch when 1st waking up and getting a cup of coffee in hand. Perfect length and entertaining enough to get you on a good mood. Would someday love to come to the US just to tour the Junkyards since we in Finland don't have ones like these.
Hello Dick Cheese (you said it, I didn't!) Thanks for watching and writing FROM FINLAND! It is a good feeling to be able to reach "far away places" from my humble digs in Massachusetts. I did spend a week in Sweden back in 1980 during the summer. I remember all the Saabs and Volvos - many models I'd never seen on U.S. roads. It alerted me to the FACT there's a whole world out there beyond the U.S. Its all good too! A few months ago I did a Junkyard Crawl video on a Saab Turbo Cabriolet and included the fact the cabriolets were built in FINLAND by ValMet. But you probably knew that. Anyhoo, Thanks for writing. Oh, and IGNORE the "telegram scam" bogus Comment. I never ask viewers for anything except to Subscribe if they like what they see. And that's FREE. Thanks again, Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante Yeah sorry about the "funny" UA-cam account name, its to keep a bit anonymous, and I did watch that Saab video and got a huge pop about the fact they were built in Finland, a curious fact you might enjoy is that the Finnish Saab builders built a V8 Saab and got it complete enough to show the bigwigs JUST before GM purchased Saab and canned the whole deal. Also the Nordic countries are big on American cars, i myself drive a 1991 Caprice Classic with the anemic 305, and my dad has had over 30 different American cars in his lifetime, his absolute favorite a 1963 Imperial Crown.I also have a few French cars as projects of which i'm most thrilled over and i always love seeing anything in the US Junkyards having to do with French stuff.
I always love to down my first or second shot of the morning along with cracking what's usually my first beer of the day and digging in to the "old crawl".
That 1972 GMC truck in the pictures brought back memories. My dad bought one new in 72 for 2800 dollars. I drove it home from the dealer when I was 16 years old. It had 19 miles on it when I pulled in the driveway. 30 years later when my dad passed away we sold it for 2500 dollars. Had 90,000 miles on it. Still ran like new.
I love these old Dodge Trucks especially the W200s. The last truck owned by my father was a 1977 Dodge D100 with a 318 V-8 and automatic transmission. He bought the truck from a couple in California who drove the truck all the way to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he lived in 1989. I believe he had the truck until he died in 1998.
I currently own a 69 ih 1300 ford 67 f100 and 62 k20 chevy even a 67 dodge a100 pickup. I have to say the International and Dodge share the tough followed by the gm trucks. Ford is last. I love my yellow f100 4x4 but it doesn't hold a candle next to the International or Dodge when it comes to toughness . I do love them all. And I love the smell of them when driving. It takes me back when times were good.
As you know, there actually were Plymouth trucks early from 1937 to 1941 and then again from 1974 to 1983 (with the likes of the Trail Duster and "PB" Series vans). Correct, with the VIN for the win: D for 2WD conventional chassis, 1 for 1/2 ton rated, 4 for Conventional Cab Sweptline, A for 6,000 # or under Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, B for 225 CID Slant Six with one barrel, aka "Leaning Tower of Power", 3 for 1973 model year, S for Warren Truck, Warren, MI assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Warren Truck facility opened in 1938 and became known as "Dodge City" and still operates today under Stellantis. Possible code DT2469 Bright Yellow exterior paint. My neighbor, Mr. Cook had a 1972 like this, but it was a 318 and a three on the column. It had a habit of flipping the pitman arm if you turned the wheel too much to one side. My neighbor was doing construction on a building and Mr. Cook let him borrow the truck. So, my neighbor's brother was driving materials to the new shop that they were having built and he made a turn and got stuck on a lawn---of a lawyer's office. But not just any lawyer's office, the one he'd eventually work for. We had to take a ride there and "flip" the arm back over so that he could drive it again. LOL. When we asked Mr. Cook about it, he laughed and said, "Oh yea, I forgot to tell you boys about that quirk.....". Mr. Cook also had a 1962 Catalina with 37,000 original miles (it was a 326 V8) that was in very nice shape. I almost bought it, but he sold it to his neighbor and friend across the street, and they had it for a number of years. Later on, Mr. Cook passed away and sometime later I saw the 1972 Dodge in the local junkyard. That's the same yard where the manager told me one Christmas Eve, "Son, back up your car to the gate (an '84 Delta 88), and whatever you load in the trunk, it's $5 for all of it. Merry Christmas and don't tell the owner. He'll want to kill me." I always wore a baseball cap with a company name on it and he used to call me by that name, or "son", or "pal". He was a nice older man and had been the yard manager at this place for years and years. The yard closed up about 20 or so years ago and one day the owner lamented to me, "You know son, when I die, no one is going to take this business over. My kids have no interest in it. I'm sure it will get sold and they'll put something up here. Well, I'll keep it going for however much longer I can....". He was a fair man, and would say, "Give me a quarter for that, son", meaning $25 for a given part. He didn't know his inventory and told me, "I don't have those cars here, son". I said, "You're leaning on one that has the parts I need". He said, "Help yourself son. I don't know this stuff anymore. I'm too old. You know it better than I do." It was an old school yard where you had to know what you were looking for, but they let you roam around freely without any issue.
@@MidnightPolaris800 Yes. It was a set of 1980-1990 Oldsmobile "B" body parking lights (which also fit 1980-1984 C and D body Oldsmobile cars). He was leaning on a 1983 Olds 98 (a C body) when he said that he didn't have any of those cars. That's when he laughed and said, "Ok, son help yourself, I don't know this stuff anymore....". Those lights are still on the car today.
I was one of the lucky kids growing up in the 60s & 70s whose grandpa was a MOPAR salesman from 1946-1977 so these are like gold to me as I love them ✌💖☮
Steve, they cancel your show, but keep endless resto mod shows, utterly ridiculous, I love the factory 🏭 stuff with all the history tid bits, keep on truckin!
Morning Steve & all Mag fan ! Americans for the most part know what they want ! This is very informative how much things changed, I do not think might be worry pick-ups will be the main vehicles .
Very interesting to see and learn about the similarities in styling cues that went from the cars into trucks, to make them look more sporty in a way! Just like they’re doing today! Very cool video! Thanks for sharing Steve!
I hadn't noticed that about the styling before but have to agree... although when I first saw the heading for this video, I was expecting it to actually be one of the Plymouth pickups.. Yes there were a few of them built but not many
Great Video keep bringing them to us. Any thing old Truck related, the old Iron are my favorite ones. If you couldn't work it then it's for fun time and pleasure driving.
Hi Steve, I am 63 years old and I think one thing that helped promote the 1972 and up Dodge "D" series pickup truck was the the 1972-1977 NBC TV Series Emergency! The series used a 1972 Dodge D-300 standard trim tool box truck "Squad 51" with the optional chrome grill and front bumper. I have a feeling that Chrysler Corporation supplied the "three" identical trucks to Universal Studios for the TV series to promote their Pickup truck. Please reply. Dave...
Thanks Guys! I see the doggie found a snack. Love those old pickups. Basic, but tough enough for just about anything most could need them for, especially with a cavernous 8 ft bed.
Funny, of the 4 pickups in the article, Ford wasn’t mentioned, yet today, those 4 trucks of the early 70’s, are all but gone, but 70’s Fords are everywhere.
When I was a fireman back in the day I went to a few car accidents that were roll overs and that's when that tank behind the seat was an issue. One was at such an angle that has was going in the cab with the driver stuck inside..good times.
Yep Plymouth did make pickup trucks way back when they also made Fargos which were Canadian and export. I agree it very much resembles my 72 Roadrunner with the wide fenders and the scallops on the hood . I also had a Chrysler jet boat with a 340 and it had a sculptured engine deck lid very similar .the flame arrestor super bee V! Was incredibly good at turning high octane gas in the noise and fun!
I do remember a small few '70's Dodge pickups and vans being labeled as Plymouths. Not just the Trailduster. Decent birdbath hoods are getting to be worth some money.
Well...they were planning something,in 1974 Plymouth had a truck&vans..until 83'ish. As for the HEMI in the add,maybe the Ball Stud HEMI was still going to come through? Plymouth also made trucks in the late 30's to early 40's..I cant remember the years too lazy to look it up...I need my Coffee that's more important at the moment!!!
I thought “Plymouth” on that one just because the paint color on the cab looks identical to the hue that was on my brother-in-law’s 1973 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus that he purchased new and owned and drove as his “daily” well up into the 1990’s before the Minnesota road salt finally took its toll on the unibody and underpinnings of the vehicle. If my memory serves me correctly, the actual Plymouth name for that paint was “Honey Gold” and it must have been a “hot” color during that time period because I’ve seen it on many restored cars over the years. My brother-in-law always claimed that he liked the front-end styling of the 73’s better than the 71’s and 72’s with their iconic chrome bumper surrounds. Back then I thought he was just trying to explain away why his car wasn’t as sporty looking as the two earlier models, although I must admit that as I get older the decidedly different front-end appearance of the 73’s have really started to grow on me…….🤔
My brother in law had a 74 Plymouth Satellite Sundance. I think "Sundance" was an appearance package. It was basically a slant six stripper car and was gold in color inside and out with the "Sundance" graphics. I think it was a one year only thing.
@@dougfisher1813 Correct, 1974 only. About 150 were white and 150 were gold and they had the "Sundance" graphics package on them. Phoenix Graphix reproduces it.
Interesting that the door tag included at the top Dodge, Fargo, and, De Soto, especially since the DeSoto was discontinued in 1961. Perhaps the DeSoto name plate continued on in the export market.
Another excellent video, Steve. Re: the door tag: Dodge - Fargo - DeSoto. I recall Fargo as the brand name used in Canada. Where was DeSoto used? Thank U.
In the US until the 1960s. After that time, they probably just kept using the same tag for a time. They were probably required to support the brand for a time (service and parts) so the tags stayed.
Hi Steve, great video on this Dodge pickup with its Plymouth DNA. I see you had to slip a bribe to security today. Hats off to you, Steve battling the elements for the Crawl. I see Lockjaw waiting to take another ride. Any word of the REMCHARGER build? Have a blessed day. Namaste 🙏🏼
Hello Chris Scearce, Thanks for writing. The REM-Charger is....sleeping. Get it? I only have Super Shane The camera Man one day a week so the REM-Charger is on hold until I can do more with it. But it is all cleaned out (41 pounds of Texas silt came out) and resting indoors after its 30 years under the Texas sky. I can only imagine what it saw....Anyhoo, Thanks again for watching and writing...and being classy about the 305 / 307 shoot out. -Steve Magnante
@SteveMagnante Thanks Steve, it's all good. Thanks Super Shane we enjoy the footage and the drone footage was definitely a winner. I remember in one of your earlier comments that the REM-CHARGER was on hold. I was just checking for updates, if any. I've bought and sold hundreds of "projects." Most of them get almost finished, and I'll move on to the something else. Maybe I like a work in progress vs. the finished product. 🤔. If anyone is interested, in Milton, NC, there's a 30yr collection of foreign cars mostly European, up on the block. It's pretty close to VIR. There WAS a white 70 Jensen Interceptor 383 car there, but I was too late. 😭 It wasn't a 4spd car. The gentleman that's selling them told me that the Jensen offered the 440 in later models. Man, I bet that was a beast. But many other European cars are still there. No more Jensen, tho. Stay warm up there and we'll see you on the next Crawl. Remember, it doesn't have to be new to be exciting. PS: You mentioned earlier about some failed merchandise, got any other merchandise in the works? "There's gold in them there hills!" A little passive income doesn't hurt any. Namaste 🙏🏼
@SteveMagnante Hi Steve, I should probably redact some of my earlier comment. I said 100s of projects well, technically, maybe a 100 or so. I'm no Danny Koker. 🤙🏼 I was once a used car dealer, so some of those probably counted as projects, too. 😆 🤣 and since Mr GP has chimed in. He is correct 🏆Namaste 🙏🏼
I've always liked this generation of Dodge Trucks 🚚 🛻 Maybe because of its styling similarities too the Plymouths Like that , Dodge , Desoto , Fargo ID tag 🧐
Mopar marketed a Plymouth Trailduster which was identical to the Ramcharger other than the badging. I took a test drive in a salesman's demo Trailduster but ended up going to the Dodge dealership down the street and buying a Ramcharger with no milage that I liked better.
Motortrend canceling "Roadkill's Junkyard Gold" was indeed a travesty. Nothing like having some chill knowledge dropping from the dulcet tones of Steve Magnante when I want to wind down and learn some deep history of cars.
I did find a 1966 Hemi Charger in a Vermont junkyard waaaaay back in 1988. Of course I had NO CAMERA so it lives on only in my memory - and with the two other guys at the junkyard that day. One of them - noted New England Mopar wheeler-dealer Chuck Pierce - bought the gutted, engine-less hulk the very next week! I have no idea what became of it. It did have "torque boxes" and a Hemi-style exhaust head pipe with the "H" and little metal heat riser nub. It was a Hemi body for sure. But half the vertical body was sliced off and it was rusty. Oh IGNORE the "telegram scam" junk message. but you knew that...-Steve Magnante
While it had pretty good styling for 1971, technologically it was already behind the times, based upon the advancements that Chevy and Ford would come out with just two years later. On top of that, with a major refresh in 81, they essentially ran this truck through 93.
Totally agree with you Steve, MT completely blew it by cancelling Junkyard Gold. Thank you for keeping things going with Junkyard Crawl though, we appreciate your efforts and depth of knowledge. Love all the old publications you reference, and as a model builder and collector, love seeing goodies from your collection.
The family car in 1970 was a Plymouth Sport Suburban with a 383 Magnum, and it indeed had that hood style, along with the mini flasher’s on the top of the fenders to indicate 1)headlight on 2) Flashers indicated 3) High beams on Was a great cruiser. 👍🇨🇦
0:10 I'm glad you blurred the junkyard dogs face out. I think he's in the witness relocation program. 😜
I think it's a she, that's Katie the "junkyard dog". She looks like a nice dog.
A V8 engine swap? You can tell that truck worked for a living every minute of its life. Back then we rarely bought a new truck when the motor quit. We just kept em running good enough to pass state inspection, and that was about it. Patched together with whatever was laying around.
Those days are back. I'll keep repairing my F-150 until it rusts away in the street. No way I can afford a new vehicle in this current economy.
@@gregggoss2210 The Hair Sniffer/FAKE president.
A guy can work on the old ones without a degree in computer science. My daily is a 73 C30 with utility body 350 four speed
In New England, a Mopar slant six would usually outlast the body.
@@janderson8401 my uncle said once that a guy would have to replace the body three times before needing to overhaul the engine and drivetrain.
Gotta love the bird bath hood. Water sat there and eventually rusted the hood. But loved the '75 my dad back in the day.
I've always wanted to get my hands on a Plymouth trailduster, but good luck finding a semi-decent one at a decent price. Should have snatched 1up back in the 90s when they were just used trucks, but they were still fairly rare then as well.
Also I believe I could speak for everybody in here when I say we are extremely happy you brought the series back. Thank you for all your time and effort
@Rich those are hard to find now even here in San Diego, Haven’t seen one in a while.🤷♂️
I had a '78 in the early 90s and it was pretty rough then. 360 2bbl. Definitely cool. You are right though, they are either way overpriced or rotted out.
I have seen a few over the years, but all of them I've seen were 2 wheel drive.
Hey Steve I just came across your channel EXCELLENT I was a young man in the 70 s that was a great time no cell phones no computers everyone I knew was into cars trucks or motorcycles that’s what we lived for
Now we need computers to provide us with UA-cam just so we can remember what life was like before computers and cell phones 😉
Hi Doug Van Allen, WELCOME ABOARD. If you like today's Junkyard Crawl video, know that there are over 400 more - on vehicles of just about every description - awaiting discovery in the Channel Playlist. Thanks again for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
Good morning Steve and everyone
Steve, In an example of how the universe mysteriously balances itself, I can report the Slant 6 from our '75 Fury eventually found its way into a Dodge pickup. 😉
Mopar Leaning Tower of Power will run forever
@@patdesrosiers6423 I had a couple over the years. In my experience the engines far outlived the cars they were bolted into.
I loved the old MoPars for their parts interchangeability! You could keep Chrysler Products "on the road" CHEAPLY!
My dad bought a new 1973 D100 Adventurer with a 318 V8 and 4 speed manual. He used it on his farm for 25 years until it literally fell apart from rust. I loved driving that truck when I was in high school.
These are the most underrated trucks. Throw in a rowdy 360 and they are rippers. Thanks Steve!!!
Whoa!! My coffee is making me hallucinate this morning Steve!! The dog was alive and moving!! 🤯 love these old D100's!! Thanks for another great informative vid!! ✌️ from Iowa
Glad you enjoyed it
Man, this channel has quickly become my favourite one to watch when 1st waking up and getting a cup of coffee in hand. Perfect length and entertaining enough to get you on a good mood. Would someday love to come to the US just to tour the Junkyards since we in Finland don't have ones like these.
Hello Dick Cheese (you said it, I didn't!) Thanks for watching and writing FROM FINLAND! It is a good feeling to be able to reach "far away places" from my humble digs in Massachusetts. I did spend a week in Sweden back in 1980 during the summer. I remember all the Saabs and Volvos - many models I'd never seen on U.S. roads. It alerted me to the FACT there's a whole world out there beyond the U.S. Its all good too! A few months ago I did a Junkyard Crawl video on a Saab Turbo Cabriolet and included the fact the cabriolets were built in FINLAND by ValMet. But you probably knew that. Anyhoo, Thanks for writing. Oh, and IGNORE the "telegram scam" bogus Comment. I never ask viewers for anything except to Subscribe if they like what they see. And that's FREE. Thanks again, Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante Yeah sorry about the "funny" UA-cam account name, its to keep a bit anonymous, and I did watch that Saab video and got a huge pop about the fact they were built in Finland, a curious fact you might enjoy is that the Finnish Saab builders built a V8 Saab and got it complete enough to show the bigwigs JUST before GM purchased Saab and canned the whole deal. Also the Nordic countries are big on American cars, i myself drive a 1991 Caprice Classic with the anemic 305, and my dad has had over 30 different American cars in his lifetime, his absolute favorite a 1963 Imperial Crown.I also have a few French cars as projects of which i'm most thrilled over and i always love seeing anything in the US Junkyards having to do with French stuff.
I always love to down my first or second shot of the morning along with cracking what's usually my first beer of the day and digging in to the "old crawl".
Morning folks!
Good morning, watching Steve early
Top O morning
That 1972 GMC truck in the pictures brought back memories. My dad bought one new in 72 for 2800 dollars. I drove it home from the dealer when I was 16 years old. It had 19 miles on it when I pulled in the driveway. 30 years later when my dad passed away we sold it for 2500 dollars. Had 90,000 miles on it. Still ran like new.
The GREAT days of Detroit!
Man, I really miss my 77 Adventurer pick-up.
Steve with grey hair? Love this guy and can't believe his show was canceled. Thanks for putting it where we all can see it.
Interesting, provocative, well seasoned
Lov junkyard gold!
Canceling Junkyard Gold was STUPID. I kept looking for new episodes. At least we still have Steve doing these mini versions.
I love these old Dodge Trucks especially the W200s. The last truck owned by my father was a 1977 Dodge D100 with a 318 V-8 and automatic transmission. He bought the truck from a couple in California who drove the truck all the way to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he lived in 1989. I believe he had the truck until he died in 1998.
chryslers were garbage they still are
I currently own a 69 ih 1300 ford 67 f100 and 62 k20 chevy even a 67 dodge a100 pickup. I have to say the International and Dodge share the tough followed by the gm trucks. Ford is last. I love my yellow f100 4x4 but it doesn't hold a candle next to the International or Dodge when it comes to toughness . I do love them all. And I love the smell of them when driving. It takes me back when times were good.
Chryslers were absolute garbage they still are
Great I always liked those hoods,that truck looks like it lived a good life
I laugh every time at the junk yard gold clip. One of my favourite motortrend shows.
Awesome never noticed that, thanks again Steve!
Get well soon Steve
As you know, there actually were Plymouth trucks early from 1937 to 1941 and then again from 1974 to 1983 (with the likes of the Trail Duster and "PB" Series vans).
Correct, with the VIN for the win: D for 2WD conventional chassis, 1 for 1/2 ton rated, 4 for Conventional Cab Sweptline, A for 6,000 # or under Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, B for 225 CID Slant Six with one barrel, aka "Leaning Tower of Power", 3 for 1973 model year, S for Warren Truck, Warren, MI assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Warren Truck facility opened in 1938 and became known as "Dodge City" and still operates today under Stellantis. Possible code DT2469 Bright Yellow exterior paint.
My neighbor, Mr. Cook had a 1972 like this, but it was a 318 and a three on the column. It had a habit of flipping the pitman arm if you turned the wheel too much to one side. My neighbor was doing construction on a building and Mr. Cook let him borrow the truck. So, my neighbor's brother was driving materials to the new shop that they were having built and he made a turn and got stuck on a lawn---of a lawyer's office. But not just any lawyer's office, the one he'd eventually work for. We had to take a ride there and "flip" the arm back over so that he could drive it again. LOL.
When we asked Mr. Cook about it, he laughed and said, "Oh yea, I forgot to tell you boys about that quirk.....". Mr. Cook also had a 1962 Catalina with 37,000 original miles (it was a 326 V8) that was in very nice shape. I almost bought it, but he sold it to his neighbor and friend across the street, and they had it for a number of years. Later on, Mr. Cook passed away and sometime later I saw the 1972 Dodge in the local junkyard. That's the same yard where the manager told me one Christmas Eve, "Son, back up your car to the gate (an '84 Delta 88), and whatever you load in the trunk, it's $5 for all of it. Merry Christmas and don't tell the owner. He'll want to kill me." I always wore a baseball cap with a company name on it and he used to call me by that name, or "son", or "pal". He was a nice older man and had been the yard manager at this place for years and years.
The yard closed up about 20 or so years ago and one day the owner lamented to me, "You know son, when I die, no one is going to take this business over. My kids have no interest in it. I'm sure it will get sold and they'll put something up here. Well, I'll keep it going for however much longer I can....". He was a fair man, and would say, "Give me a quarter for that, son", meaning $25 for a given part. He didn't know his inventory and told me, "I don't have those cars here, son". I said, "You're leaning on one that has the parts I need". He said, "Help yourself son. I don't know this stuff anymore. I'm too old. You know it better than I do." It was an old school yard where you had to know what you were looking for, but they let you roam around freely without any issue.
Thank you for the info and really enjoyed the stories!
@@geoffkeller5337 Sure thing.
Ur leaning on it LMAO
@@MidnightPolaris800 Yes. It was a set of 1980-1990 Oldsmobile "B" body parking lights (which also fit 1980-1984 C and D body Oldsmobile cars). He was leaning on a 1983 Olds 98 (a C body) when he said that he didn't have any of those cars. That's when he laughed and said, "Ok, son help yourself, I don't know this stuff anymore....". Those lights are still on the car today.
Morning...i have a 77 D100 shortbox..slant 6 w/ 3 on the tree...
Hahahah I love the way Steve still does his best to peel up the hood even tho the neon is on top of it
My `71 R/Runner had functional air-grabber w/monster chrome oval breather below.
I was one of the lucky kids growing up in the 60s & 70s whose grandpa was a MOPAR salesman from 1946-1977 so these are like gold to me as I love them ✌💖☮
I drove one of those truck back in the 1980s for work. I never connected that link between the car and truck styling until now!
I see the witness protection is still in full force...Funny. Thanks Steve. Great video...
Witness PAW-tection? Oh, IGNORE the junk "telegram scam" comment. But you knew that. Thanks for watching. -Steve Magnante
Steve, they cancel your show, but keep endless resto mod shows, utterly ridiculous, I love the factory 🏭 stuff with all the history tid bits, keep on truckin!
Totally agree
Hey Steve, how about a video showing us your magazine collection?
would love to own a 1975 Plymouth Trailduster
Wish I still had my 72 W200. What a beast.
Thank god the dog's face was blurred to hide his or her identity. I applaud your efforts
Morning Steve & all Mag fan ! Americans for the most part know what they want ! This is very informative how much things changed, I do not think might be worry pick-ups will be the main vehicles .
We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you soon
Dog's face pixelation, ha ha! Nice one!
Very interesting to see and learn about the similarities in styling cues that went from the cars into trucks, to make them look more sporty in a way! Just like they’re doing today! Very cool video! Thanks for sharing Steve!
My most watched show on MT on Demand. Another great episode Steve!
Love your videos keep up the crawling!
ahhhhh the old bathtub hood catches water like no ones business!!
And down your alley, nice that MPC (AMT) Round2 reissued their pickup kit.
I hadn't noticed that about the styling before but have to agree... although when I first saw the heading for this video, I was expecting it to actually be one of the Plymouth pickups.. Yes there were a few of them built but not many
Great Video keep bringing them to us. Any thing old Truck related, the old Iron are my favorite ones. If you couldn't work it then it's for fun time and pleasure driving.
My first 4×4 was a 79 Dodge Power Wagon
Hopefully you can find a Plymouth Trail Duster.
Hi Steve, I am 63 years old and I think one thing that helped promote the 1972 and up Dodge "D" series pickup truck was the the 1972-1977 NBC TV Series Emergency! The series used a 1972 Dodge D-300 standard trim tool box truck "Squad 51" with the optional chrome grill and front bumper. I have a feeling that Chrysler Corporation supplied the "three" identical trucks to Universal Studios for the TV series to promote their Pickup truck. Please reply. Dave...
Gotta love Steve Mags!
They were making the Plymouth Trailduster at the same time.
I thought that's what the video was going to be about.
He said that this pickup is a '73.
Plymouth didn't start making the TrailDuster until '74.
1974 was the first year for the Trail Duster.
We called those hoods “rain trap hoods.” The standard hood on the ‘71 Charger Super Bee had a hood a lot like the Dodge pickups.
We call them bird bath hoods
I love Tim grill dodges. I had an 84 3/4 ton with a 360, 727, and 4.10 geared dana 60.
Thanks Guys! I see the doggie found a snack. Love those old pickups. Basic, but tough enough for just about anything most could need them for, especially with a cavernous 8 ft bed.
Yeah, and the live one had his face pixelled out to protect his identity.
@@gregkellow4723 I saw that, too! I was thinking that he must be in "witness protection" for some reason
This body style always reminds me of its military cousin, the M880.
I had a 75 ex state truck in the same color slant six manual everything and it was a dependable vehicle.
Funny, of the 4 pickups in the article, Ford wasn’t mentioned, yet today, those 4 trucks of the early 70’s, are all but gone, but 70’s Fords are everywhere.
When I was a fireman back in the day I went to a few car accidents that were roll overs and that's when that tank behind the seat was an issue. One was at such an angle that has was going in the cab with the driver stuck inside..good times.
Good looking truck ! Thanks Steve and Shane ... it felt like i was actually holding the magazine as Steve read to me lol😄🍕
Glad you enjoyed it
Yep Plymouth did make pickup trucks way back when they also made Fargos which were Canadian and export. I agree it very much resembles my 72 Roadrunner with the wide fenders and the scallops on the hood . I also had a Chrysler jet boat with a 340 and it had a sculptured engine deck lid very similar .the flame arrestor super bee V!
Was incredibly good at turning high octane gas in the noise and fun!
Kinda interesting that Desoto was still appearing on a data tag in 72
My uncle has a couple of these. Good hunting vehicles. I had a 76 4x4 with a four barrel 318. Loved that truck. Rust loved it more.
My first pickup was a 70 Plymouth arrow sport. A re badged Dodge D50.
Yes great video coverage and I believe Chrysler Plymouth division also offered a full size van at some point in the 60s/70s.
Really love these trucks, and looking to get one and lower it.
3:39 the awesomeness of those hubcaps on the blue car. Didn’t the Brady Bunch folks have a car (wagon) with those caps? Keep up the good work Steve!
congrats on coming to terms with the gray hair steve ! that dye job always looked silly!
Must be getting colder, also.
Me and my brother drove a 73 dodge truck with a slant 6 over 160 miles a day to work and back for over 3 years in the late 90s
Dog Officer finally caught up to you!!!!!!!!
I do remember a small few '70's Dodge pickups and vans being labeled as Plymouths. Not just the Trailduster.
Decent birdbath hoods are getting to be worth some money.
That's hilarious that you obscured the dog's face to protect his privacy!😝
Love the dog Steve!
Well...they were planning something,in 1974 Plymouth had a truck&vans..until 83'ish.
As for the HEMI in the add,maybe the Ball Stud HEMI was still going to come through?
Plymouth also made trucks in the late 30's to early 40's..I cant remember the years too lazy to look it up...I need my Coffee that's more important at the moment!!!
Correct. 1937 to 1941 on Plymouth trucks and yes, again from 1974 to 1983 (Trail Duster and PB Series vans).
You look much better with the grey buddy!
Interesting that the door plate shows Fargo and Desoto as late as 1971.
I thought “Plymouth” on that one just because the paint color on the cab looks identical to the hue that was on my brother-in-law’s 1973 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus that he purchased new and owned and drove as his “daily” well up into the 1990’s before the Minnesota road salt finally took its toll on the unibody and underpinnings of the vehicle. If my memory serves me correctly, the actual Plymouth name for that paint was “Honey Gold” and it must have been a “hot” color during that time period because I’ve seen it on many restored cars over the years.
My brother-in-law always claimed that he liked the front-end styling of the 73’s better than the 71’s and 72’s with their iconic chrome bumper surrounds. Back then I thought he was just trying to explain away why his car wasn’t as sporty looking as the two earlier models, although I must admit that as I get older the decidedly different front-end appearance of the 73’s have really started to grow on me…….🤔
Yes, paint code Y3 in 1973 for Plymouth was called Honey Gold.
My brother in law had a 74 Plymouth Satellite Sundance. I think "Sundance" was an appearance package. It was basically a slant six stripper car and was gold in color inside and out with the "Sundance" graphics. I think it was a one year only thing.
@@dougfisher1813 Correct, 1974 only. About 150 were white and 150 were gold and they had the "Sundance" graphics package on them. Phoenix Graphix reproduces it.
Better styling than contemporary Chevy or Ford in my opinion.
It’s a shame junkyard gold was cancelled! Also I like the dog figure that now shows up in each episode!
Interesting that the door tag included at the top Dodge, Fargo, and, De Soto, especially since the DeSoto was discontinued in 1961. Perhaps the DeSoto name plate continued on in the export market.
I miss " Junkyard Gold "
Nice
Thanks
The dog looks right at home in the bed of that Dodge.
Another excellent video, Steve. Re: the door tag: Dodge - Fargo - DeSoto. I recall Fargo as the brand name used in Canada. Where was DeSoto used? Thank U.
In the US until the 1960s. After that time, they probably just kept using the same tag for a time. They were probably required to support the brand for a time (service and parts) so the tags stayed.
When the 318 in my old ‘71 Charger got tired I was going to swap in a 225 slant six but I ended up selling it instead.
Hi Steve, great video on this Dodge pickup with its Plymouth DNA. I see you had to slip a bribe to security today. Hats off to you, Steve battling the elements for the Crawl. I see Lockjaw waiting to take another ride. Any word of the REMCHARGER build? Have a blessed day. Namaste 🙏🏼
Hello Chris Scearce, Thanks for writing. The REM-Charger is....sleeping. Get it? I only have Super Shane The camera Man one day a week so the REM-Charger is on hold until I can do more with it. But it is all cleaned out (41 pounds of Texas silt came out) and resting indoors after its 30 years under the Texas sky. I can only imagine what it saw....Anyhoo, Thanks again for watching and writing...and being classy about the 305 / 307 shoot out. -Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante No shoot out or "dust up", that one is done, and all parties have moved on. LOL.
@SteveMagnante Thanks Steve, it's all good. Thanks Super Shane we enjoy the footage and the drone footage was definitely a winner. I remember in one of your earlier comments that the REM-CHARGER was on hold. I was just checking for updates, if any. I've bought and sold hundreds of "projects." Most of them get almost finished, and I'll move on to the something else. Maybe I like a work in progress vs. the finished product. 🤔. If anyone is interested, in Milton, NC, there's a 30yr collection of foreign cars mostly European, up on the block. It's pretty close to VIR. There WAS a white 70 Jensen Interceptor 383 car there, but I was too late. 😭 It wasn't a 4spd car. The gentleman that's selling them told me that the Jensen offered the 440 in later models. Man, I bet that was a beast. But many other European cars are still there. No more Jensen, tho. Stay warm up there and we'll see you on the next Crawl. Remember, it doesn't have to be new to be exciting. PS: You mentioned earlier about some failed merchandise, got any other merchandise in the works? "There's gold in them there hills!" A little passive income doesn't hurt any. Namaste 🙏🏼
@@SteveMagnante glad to get an update on Rem charger. been curious.😎
Now I don't feel as bad about getting stalled on several of my projects.
@SteveMagnante Hi Steve, I should probably redact some of my earlier comment. I said 100s of projects well, technically, maybe a 100 or so. I'm no Danny Koker. 🤙🏼 I was once a used car dealer, so some of those probably counted as projects, too. 😆 🤣 and since Mr GP has chimed in. He is correct 🏆Namaste 🙏🏼
I've always liked this generation of Dodge Trucks 🚚 🛻
Maybe because of its styling similarities too the Plymouths
Like that , Dodge , Desoto , Fargo ID tag 🧐
I have a bird bath hood is what I called here that has the roadrunner call outs on the hood .383 .
Plymouth had the Trailduster at some point in the 70s.
1974-1981 on the Trail Duster.
my dad had a 73 he bought new. day after he got it, he went and bought a set of slot mags for it.
Mopar marketed a Plymouth Trailduster which was identical to the Ramcharger other than the badging. I took a test drive in a salesman's demo Trailduster but ended up going to the Dodge dealership down the street and buying a Ramcharger with no milage that I liked better.
Motortrend canceling "Roadkill's Junkyard Gold" was indeed a travesty. Nothing like having some chill knowledge dropping from the dulcet tones of Steve Magnante when I want to wind down and learn some deep history of cars.
Looks like the modle kit..the mags and the mini bikes
I had a 77 M886 based on the W200 for a few years. The Np203 full time 4x4 transfer case was brutal on fuel mileage though.
And front left/right U-Joints
Does M886 mean military?
Thanks Steve, really enjoy your video's..what is the rarest car,automobile you have located?thanks ,keep up the great work..
I did find a 1966 Hemi Charger in a Vermont junkyard waaaaay back in 1988. Of course I had NO CAMERA so it lives on only in my memory - and with the two other guys at the junkyard that day. One of them - noted New England Mopar wheeler-dealer Chuck Pierce - bought the gutted, engine-less hulk the very next week! I have no idea what became of it. It did have "torque boxes" and a Hemi-style exhaust head pipe with the "H" and little metal heat riser nub. It was a Hemi body for sure. But half the vertical body was sliced off and it was rusty. Oh IGNORE the "telegram scam" junk message. but you knew that...-Steve Magnante
TrailDuster comes to mind. Maybe some forethought???
Could be. The TrailDuster came out in '74.
Those hoods are call a bird bath hood
While it had pretty good styling for 1971, technologically it was already behind the times, based upon the advancements that Chevy and Ford would come out with just two years later. On top of that, with a major refresh in 81, they essentially ran this truck through 93.
The dog's face is pixelated out. LOL
That's a very bad doggie. In witness protection now. Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante