Australia’s Rarest 1960’s Muscle Cars | But Why So Rare?
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Australia’s Rarest 1960’s Muscle Cars | But Why So Rare
🇦🇺 Step back in time to the 1960s and discover Australia's rarest muscle car gems! These classic beasts didn't just turn heads-they defined an era of raw power, sleek designs, and Aussie engineering excellence. From forgotten Holdens to limited-edition Fords and elusive Valiants, we're diving deep into the rarest rides that left tire marks on history. Which one of these obscure classics would you love to take for a spin? Let us know in the comments! 🏁
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Intro
00:00
00:24 1967 Ford Falcon XR GT
02:13 1968 Holden Monaro GTS327
04:20 1969 Holden HT Monaro GTS 350
06:26 1969 Chrysler Valiant Charger E38
08:41 1971 Ford Falcon XY GT-HO Phase 3
The Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E38 wasn't released until 1971 and produced 280 horsepower. The true Chrysler muscle car is the Charger R/T E49 which produced 302bhp and was released in 1972, it is also one of the rarest with only 149 built.
plus there was only 316 E38's built.
Video not made by an Australian. Simple error.
@@riykkzsunshine9669 I don't know where you come from but I am Australian and the voice in the video is Australian. So therefore it is made by an Australian.
@@SpudsMcHaggis Well, you are easily fooled then. The wrong car facts were not a red flag for you then. AI voice overs are common today. The channel name might give a clue to the origin of the author. My comments are fair criticism of lazy research.
@@riykkzsunshine9669 agree with AI
You have no business making video's about Aussie muscle cars if you thought the Charger was made in 1969. Even the slightest research would have told you otherwise. Infact, most car people, even not Australians, could tell by the styling it's a 70's car. You and your AI produced video have no credibility.
Yeah, whoever made this video is clueless and has no idea.
Good video but must add the XR GT 289 had a real 225 bhp (even thought the badge on front guard say 230 hp), The XT had 230, the XW had 290 and XY had 300. Estimates vary on phase 3 GTHO between 330 and 380 even though Ford claimed thee same 300 as the GT.
😂
Give the A.I. a break, it's only about 3 years old.
Yeah. My dad bought a Charger XL in 1971, not long after the Charger was introduced. The E38 followed some time after.
Why does every UA-camr forget about the VF pacer just saying
250 Hemi 4bbl Pacer yes there was a 245 with factory +60 thou over bore Got love them Valiants
And you could spec a Valiant with just about any engine configuration in the range. There were some obscure Valiant muscle cars over the years.
@@MichaelBraid-xf3dwThe hemi six engines came with the VG model after the VF which had the last of the 225 slant six motors.
VG and hemis from 1970 from memory without checking.
And the 1971 VG pacer coupe
It's always baffled me as a kid growing up in the 70s why the Pacers were so not recognised for there early efforts in racing and development importance of the future models I mean both ford and Holden fans know every part of there heritage but as important as the pacer was it's always forgotten I used to see that even at cotm sad that the pacer is not remember
To this day 2024 I still think Australia made the best looking cars, Chrysler Valiants, AP5, VC, Charger, Ford Falcons/Fairmonts of the the 1970 era and Holden early models and late models; Commodore. Take a bow Australia. I had a VC and AP5 with the slant motor, heaps of torque, instant power. Awesome Australia cars.
Charger didn't come out until 71/72, so clearly this video is bogus
The E38 had more than 180 hp. More like 280 hp.
As an Australian male who was getting a drvers licence in the late 1970s, I can tell you exactly why these cars are "rare," (particularly the GTS, and any other 2 door Manaro for that matter) is because young blokes my age, were buying these up cheap as chips by 1978- 1980, and working the Jesus right out of them, and wrapping them round trees going home late on a Saturday night.
I owned a HQ Manaro, and a Chrysler Charger, but '72. I didn't think there were any Chargers before that, but I could be wrong.
I truly loved that car, I barely got to spend a cent on it, before wrapping it round a tree!!
I put my Monaro under a parked bus! Full of piss, got a collapsed lung and broken ankle, the car was a right off..... I slowed down then
@colinl9018
Like most drunken car accidents, the driver (me) walks away with barely a scratch, but others, and the car, are almost always the victims.
Well, as dumb luck would have it, I was dropping off two of my mates at their place, and I was showing off when I was driving up the street away from them, when I lost control, did a 360° out a f-kn nowhere, and slid over the curb, through a neighbours front fence, and wrapped the whole left side of the car round a f-kn Grey Gum.
I got out with whiplash and a killer black and blue bruse across my chest from the seat belt, and I think one or two other small scratches and the like, but my car ... "the Q" she was finished.
I only owned it four months! Fark! Did I think that I was "cool cucumbers" .. I was just young, dumb, and full of fun, but I will forever regret righting my SS HQ Monaro off. At least I didn't "lose my licence," or anyone's life, including my own. Ah, bugger it, your only young once.
Anyway, Merry Christmas mate!! 🍺🦘
@@frenzalrhomb6919 We're Old enough to know better now. Stay safe.
Hey! Sorry for the mistakes! Im the narrator in the video...
Ill do my best to take the things youve said into consideration for the next reading.
Why are there so many wrong facts in this video, do more research before making this type of video.
The Chrysler info was all over the place haha
All over the track was a common race drivers battle. I used to watch the Georgan brothers at Amaroo and Oran park in the early 70,s went like a shower off the line and along the straights but the handling and snakey brakes were a handfull for the best of drivers, Comments like "the only time this thing is on the track is when it crosses it " and worst.
The E38 produced a lot more than 180bhp. The two barrel carbied 265 in the Valiants produced 208bhp. So the E38's produced much more than this!
South African here,i am not an Australian muscle car efficionado so 10 hp here or 15 hp there makes no difference to me! As a kid i can remember family friends of ours having a Holden GTS Monaro and contineously complaining at the cost of filling it's fuel tank and how fast it guzzled that fuel down!
The cars we've grown up with in Central Australia back in the 90s, miss the days when Muscle Cars ruled the streets😢
The Xr had 220 HP
Yes to my knowledge you are correct
225 HP and only 596 ever made. These guys should never make AI videos.
@@liamgross7217 Yep correct, ill delete my comment
@@jimclarke1108 only knew because I’ve had one in the shed for 30 years. It’s a good old toy.
@@liamgross7217 Ill trade you, for my Sprint?
The Torana XU1 was an amazing little muscle-car as well.
Bathurst winner. Every Aussie supercar at least was competitive at Bathurst circuit.
Thanks to the Aussies we had these muscle cars in South Africa!!
Bring 'em back, we've run out!😂
@@colinl9018 I agree my friend the Grenada and Capri Perana that we had here were also cool V8's from SA
South Africa also had a few of there own too like the V8 Capri
Where are the flares on XY GTHO? Oh that's right, they didn't have any, except for the specially built Super Falcons.
The misinformation in this video is scary. One point in particular - the E 38 charger had 280 brake horsepower. This goes to show that anyone can put a video together even though they don’t know what they’re talking about. It’s because of such poorly put together videos that our history will be lost.
I think they do some AI searches and have no idea when they get the facts wrong. I quit before the end of the XRGT segment.
Exactly and they think it’s true and correct where they actually have no idea
That's my blue Xr Falcon in the 1st 10 seconds
Henry is still famous 😂
They are from the early 70's that are getting the best price
E38 had 280 horse power. Get ya facts correct!!!
...and the E38 had a 3 speed trans. E49 had a 4 speed trans.
Correct and came out in 1971 with a 3 speed gearbox not 4 speed .
The E38 Chargers didn't start production until 1971 and had 280hp however the 4 speed transmission versions, the E49 that followed the E38's had 302hp .You could hardly give them away in the 1980's however now they're worth a small fortune .
Nobody called the HK Monaro GTS 327 a 3-2-7, it was a 3-27.
I was waiting for the AI bot to say "three hundred twenty seven" like they say "call nine hundred eleven" when reading written text.
Hi, I misspoke my apologies. The voice-over isn't AI btw
August 1971 for the VH Valiant Charger.
😅😅😅 the HT 350 had improved areo dynamics over the HK 327 .... hmmmm 😂😅😂😅😂
maybe the new plastic grill made all the difference 😂😅😂😅😂
Aerodynamics and 70's aussie cars, "never the t'wain will meet! 😂
You mentioned improved aerodynamics of the HT Monaro over the previous Hk.
How so?
Well, it was proven if Brocky pulled his elbow in about an inch on Conrod it would get another 2 km/h out of the car. Didn't you know 😂😂
@ ah yes, the elbow!
But seriously the bonnet nostrils did nothing for performance of the race car, and apart from a new bootlid and rear lights, the body was the same - new plastic grille wouldn’t do anything either.
The tail lights made all the difference. lol
it's the plastic HT grill ...its so much more slippery 😅😅😅
@@matt0607hkgts Doesn't matter what the grill is made of, it not going to be more aerodynamic than the HK Monaro grill
1972 Valiant VH RT Charger 2BRL Hemi 265 3 SPD Manual ....My dream car.
Stop marking videos until you do some research. I didn’t even bother going to the end of the first car and I own one.
Charger was my first car many years ago.
I passed my driving test in a limelight 770
Almost everything had 1000 limited....???
500 was the minimum to sell to the public to make it available for racing
you have a lot of things wrong
You also left out the most obvious, the HK-T-G Monaro was a 2 door coupe only until the HQ release ( and not straight away the holden HQ SS was a trial as a 4 door type monaro and its success created the 4 door GTS and oddly enough by end of 1978 Holden - Ford - Chrysler killed of the coupes )
Your chrysler charger is wrong 1971 - in 1969 your are probably researching the Valiant Pacer which was a 4.0 litre 245 6
I think the facts are off the mark ~
My father bought a VJ ute and he said to me "this thing flies!" Being a XU-1 driver myself I was amazed a how well the ute went . When we got back the house I checked the engine number and it was stamped E38 ~ and it had a twin barrel carb. Intriguing swap out for sure ~
Being a fast car fan and I liked the chargers, the E38 was the lesser model with the twin barrel ~ the E49 was the triple Webber job ~
XY GTHO produced around 380 plus HP.
Yes but to be fair Ford claimed less (to prevent excessive backlash from safety advocates etc).
You also forgot the XT GT.
who put this together ? in 1970 the Pacer 4 barrel led for a few laps, looks nothing like the charger...
@@stephensmith1794 yes I perchased one from Pellegrino motors in Marouba was a fast car it would have been better with a 4 speed instead of 3 The Geaugans raced it Ron N Z
Well an AI with an Aussie accent bug deal . As with all these AI generated stories , its full of mistakes
Not AI voiceover thanks.
1) The HT 327 Monaro went up against the XT Falcon GT, not the XR GT
2) Allan Moffat never raced the XR Falcon GT and was not even in Australia when it raced. He never made a comment about the XR's price.
Now in Australia we make nothing but for me the best and last muscle car we made was the ford falcon xe esp
check your facts before making vids
I loved the Falcons and Fords. But the Holden Monaro was a beauty, it looked great! The Holden Toranas were crap. The Chrysler Charger was a Great car along with a few Pacers. I love our Aussie Brothers except when we play you at Rugby Union!
The Charger was a great looking car. I also love the Mad Max Falcons!
The 1965 AP6 V8 Valiant would question "Australia's first Muscle Car" with a v8 engine. As would the EH Holden S4... all the way back in 1963. And the Super Pursuit XM Falcon. And the HD Holden X2 with the 140 HP 179 cubic inch motor. And the HR Holden X2 with the 186 cubic inch motor. And the VC Valiant V8.
The XR Falcon GT didn't come along until 1967. Just Saying.
There were only around 600 XR GT Falcons made, and was 220 hp
596 and 225hp. These blokes should be banned from YT
i own 2 of each model that came out from the start to the finish..... what a era ... .....true genuine muscle cars here Australia no u can't have my address ......in my dreams every night i wish
Change hands. 😂
Charger was still in protype form in 1970 the VH Valiant range was designed in 1968 !!! And the Valiant Charger was a after thought. Designed later.
Rust killed most. Not the cars fault rather than the very poor anti corrosion practices back then?
Hogwash .
Rust killed most XR Falcons and HK Holdens. They were much rustier than the XPs and HRs before them and the XTs and HTs which followed them.
The early Monaro,s rust would start around the internal rear window winder racks ,some even under warranty.
@@Rick_Yates I had a HT when my mate had a HK back in the day. I also owned an XR while my brother owned an XT. The rate of rust decomposition between those first "mustang hump" models and the next ones was completely different. The HK was surely diabolical but my XR was the clear winner in the corrosion race right down to the monocoque. Only the chrome plated parts and the dash were solid on that beast.
Did the E38 engine not have an advertised 302 bhp
E38 Hemi 6 produced 280 horsepower, not 180 horsepower. Simple mistake again.
That should have been a dead giveaway for most car enthusiasts. In the mid 1960s the Jaguar Mark 2 claimed 220 hp for their 3.8 L six with twin SU carbs, so you'd certainly hope the Charger could at least match that with triple webers on a larger engine.
TheXR GT was the best looking of the Falcons.
I purchased the VG 1970 245 4 Barrel hemi hot yellow Pacer only 200 made with Bathurst kit 36 gal fuel fast fill double diaphragm clutch etc NEVER hear of them they came before the Charger with the 265 get your facts right
XR GT was a 4 door bread and butter 289 Mustang that was rated at an extremely optimistic 220 hp . Allan Moffatt was a Canadian Privateer who a drove a Coca-Cola sponsored Trans Am Mustang in Sports sedan racing in 1967 . He had no affiliation with Ford until he was given a Ford Factory Sponsored GT HO in 1969 . He never raced at Bathurst in Touring Cars in 1967 or 1968 . 327 Monaro had more power than the improved XT GT which had a 302 engine making 230 hp . 1969 Bathurst , Moffatt and everyone else in XW GT HO s were plauged by tyre wear . Ford stupidly ordered Soft Sprint Tyres instead of hard Endurance Tyres and they were forced to pit for Tyres every hour . Ford gave the 350 HT Monaro the 1969 Bathurst Win on a Plate .An XW GT HO would eat a 350 Monaro for Lunch . A full second quicker over a quarter Mile and 20mph higher Top Speed .350 Monaro wouldn't stand a chance around Bathurst .GT HO was a whole different Animal to the XT GT .351 Windsor , 750 cfm Holley 4 barrel Carb , HM Headers , twin point Distrubutor , Solid Lifter High Lift Camshaft laughably rated at 300 hp the same rating as the standard XW GT !
BS, Moffat's first drive for Ford was the 1965 70,000 mile durability run with the XP Falcon
@@chrish4469 That's nearly 3 times around the world
@@BearsTrains They did it in nine days, non stop ua-cam.com/video/juTj5gS3xUI/v-deo.html
The 225 cui VF Pacer and the 245cui Hemi VG Pacer were the 1960's/1970 muscle cars for Chrysler. The E37 Charger preceded the E38. There was also the E55 340 cui Hemi Chargers being developed for Bathurst when the racing rules were changed. Killing the muscle car programs of the manufacturers. Many things have been written up about the E55 not being developed for 1973, but Leo Geoghegan told me personally that they were. With disc brakes at the rear to overcome it's breaking/weight issues and was adamant that it would have won the race in 1973. No better source than the man himself.
Sadly this video has so many errors I feel sorry for the guy who put all the work into making it.
The 426 Hemi was the only Chrysler Hemi V8 in that era .The 273,318,340 and 360 where la engines
@moparmadman1134 'Hemi' is an abbreviation of the word, 'Hemispherical' which was the shape of the combustion chamber in the cylinder head. It was not particular to the US made 426 Hemi, it was just the US Division of Chrysler's way to market the 426 cui engine. In Australia the term Hemi was used by Chrysler Australia for all engines designed this way, if you want to look closer at images of the cars at the time, the vehicles manufactured here from the 215 cui six to the 360 cui V8 engine were badged as 'HEMI''s it's even in the rear side decals of the Charger in this video. I am old enough to have owned all these cars during my lifetime, as well as English motorcycles manufactured as far back as 1947, that were effectively 'hemi's. Google AJS & Matchless Competition singles.Time and again I get messages from uninformed plebs in the US who don't understand what 'Hemi' actually means, or why it was particularly used on only one model of car.
@coolhand1964 I believe the chrysler 340 is a la series engine .The Hemo name I released was used for the six cylinder but not the v8s in Australia with the exception of the slant six in the early valiants also not a hemi,
The Chrysler Hemi V8 goes back to ww2 and was the basis for many race engines and drag cars
@@moparmadman1134 It's not the designation by the factory, it's the design and marketing that I am referring to. The LA series engines, were still designed with a hemispherical combustion chamber and were marketed in the vehicles as 'Hemi's in Australia. Hemispherical combustion chambers existed in overhead valve motorcycle engines from the UK, as early as 1935. (I own one).
Not bad but You have a bit of the information not quite right XR 289 was not 300HP, missed Torana L34 And A9X and XA,XB,and XC Falcons
What a lot of bullshit
You forgot the XW GT and GTHO.
I don’t like 4 door muscle cars
LMAO the XR GT didn't have 300hp. I laughed as soon as this came on screen. It's not even close. It had 225hp. Google will confirm.
Had a 1973 Porsche RSR 280 HP
900KG 0-100 in 4.5 sec 8000rpm
Top Speed 280 kmh
Worth now 11 Million AUD
But that was in Germany
Greetings from FNQ Cairns
Nobody cares.
I miss holden in Austrailia and opel in germany
None of them had brakes up to the job
Lost me at the 1969 Valiant Charger, need to do some better researching 🤯🤯🤯
I had to thumbs down this video because of the amount of incorrect information.
These cars are rare simply because owners had a habit of destroying them, usually along with themselves!
But Why So Rare? This was a time when body corrosion protection was unknown. Unless cared for fastidiously, these cars just dissolved in the rain.
rare because not many like the charger.
Mate. How about the Rolls- canadly? Rolls down hills and hardly get up again.
"HT Monaro had improved aerodynamics"... No. I'm pretty sure the aerodynamics is the same as the previous HK model.
I noticed you also include American cars such as the 2 door falcon, from the XR through to the XW we had no falcon 2drs at all because ford Aust decided not to do them, also we had the holden 1964 EH s4 which raced in bathurst and my mother had a 1971 VG valiant pacer which also looked a little like the dodge dart of 1968 but and Aust redesigned front amongst other things. I remember seeing the gt's gtho's r/t and 4's slr5000's and so on racing at bathurst.
do your research yourself and don't include none Australian in a video about aussie cars, don't use AI.
69 Dodge Charger, not 69 Valiant Charger. They're NOT the same car, or year of manufacture.
The cars are rare because so few people care about them enough to spend money to keep them running.
Nobody pays anywhere near those ridiculous asking prices, owners just love to talk up the price but take a look at the online ads, those ads stay there for years, if you had $100K to spend would you really buy an old gas guzzling clunker from the 60s without any comfort or safety gear? Really? We used to think those cars were so fast back then and the handling was so amazing, yet they would not rate anywhere near 20th century cars. If a car manufacturer produced something like that now they would get laughed into bankruptcy as nobody would buy them. People who own these cars drive them maybe 10 hours per year in club events and even then they keep below the speed limit, the build quality of these cars was so shoddy they would fall apart quickly if you got up to highway speed. cars were built back then to last about 7 years max. Cars like these spend years or even decades off the road as owners search for parts, then when they finally get the car finished they think some sucker is going to pay more than a new Porsche or Lexus or Mercedes or a couple of hundred other options. Antiques and collectibles that have no fixed price are rife for asset fraud, tax fraud and money laundering, most of that you can get away with, if you claim your car is worth a million bucks and you have the bill of sale to prove it you can grossly overstate the value of your assets and use that to borrow money or claim a massive tax deduction. If you want to move huge sums of money from one person to another then vintage cars are the perfect smokescreen.
I’d buy a old car over a new one because of electrical nightmares with new cars
Seriously dude, those old cars broke down every other week with some annoying problem, you couldnt drive to the shops without seeing a couple of old Fords or Holdens with the bonnet up, hoses, belts, gaskets, filters and electrical components failed 5 times as often as modern cars unless you replaced them every year, just a little moisture or even dust anywhere near the distributor or carby or coil, and the car wouldnt start. Then there were the constant leaks and the cooling systems that overheated after 20 minutes stuck in traffic. Modern cars may look boring but they are 2000 percent more reliable.
@@fruitopia6798
That's called innovation. Cars don't rust like they used to because most of the key areas have now been covered with a plastic shroud to prevent water ingress.
A lot of the body panels are also plastic too.
If it wasn't for the extortionate fuel prices here in the UK I'd still be running that 3.0S Capri in my avatar and that's the point isn't it.
People LOVE old cars. They have so much more STYLE and are willing to pay "Silly money" for that style.
Me ?
I wish I never sold that Capri or my Kawasaki 2 Stroke Triple but there you are. We have to deal with the monetary constraints of the time we grow up in.
I now drive a Dirty Diesel 2.2 litre hatchback Civic.
It's better in just about every way to my Capri except style and "Launch speed" acceleration but even back in the day I had my arse handed to me by an AeroDeck type R Civic.
Fekkin Pocket Rockets they were !
D E L E T E.... this misinformed dribble !
1969 Chrysler charger? Might want to do some research before posting misleading videos.
Supposed to be 1960, cars ,yet you have 1970, models lmao 😇😇😇😂😂😂😂😂😂
Some of the years and stats are wrong.
SLR5000?
ALL THESE SO CALLED MUSCLE CARS would be blown into the weeds by a modern turbo hatchback or M 5 BMW
@@michaelnaisbitt1590 you will never know what you missed out on 😜😜😜
Modern is the word. These cars were up to the minute in their day and the fastest thing around then. That’s what it’s all about. There weren’t too many turbo hatch backs or BMW M5s around then. I know what I’d rather.
Its fairly apparent that the research for this was very rudimentry and not from original credible sources, like many here I owned a few of these great Fords and Chryslers, and the real specs are indelibly set in my memory, so much wrong here, showing a 2 door XR/XT style Falcon has no place in Australian history as Ford Australia only did 2 doors in XM, XP then XA/B and C models.
😊As many here would know stated HP specs were not always accurate for various reasons including downrating to reduce govt clampdowns on big HP and insurance.
There are much better reviews than this out there!
This never even deals which what it says it will, the initial prices versus the current prices of each; & with a poor AI driven voice-over and often misplaced video scenes.
Now deal with the badging issues, chassis numbers and body tags from the Todd motors assembly plant for the NZ releases of the Chargers.
Because they all rusted away.
A great, flood of oft repeated cliches.
It's not about horsepower it's horseshit. 300 HP XR GT 2 door coupe 😂
AI generated bullshit.
Rare? Because only total 1970s Richard Craniums drove these type o cars back then mate! & being total wombats, they pranged the lot!😂
Fords fastest and most expensive collectable V8 Falcon the XY GTHO 351...lost to a Holden 6 cylinder lol.....Don't waste your money on a Ford :)
LOAD OF BULLSHHT, XR GT IS NOTHING IM SORRY, 300 HP ANOTHER LIE, LOL,
This video is just a load of AI Crap! No research and poorly put together. This channel should be taken down. Reported.
"Moff-fat" wtf?
Honest mistake, sorry!
You info on release dates of the Charger are all wrong., broi,. It was a 1970s vehicle only! Edit and try again.