@Adam Davis, 50 years?! Dayum I'm old! I had just a regular '70 Chevelle with a silly 307 in it. Beautiful car and great winter/bar car for when my '68 Camaro SS was 'parked'. Fun memories!
My dad was 18 when this commercial was aired. What a time to be alive!! He had tons of muscle cars, there were muscle cars everywhere you looked and went. He would just see another car on a lot he liked and trade it. No sales tax!!! Every weekend everyone was out cruising and racing. Gas and beer were cheap. What a time to be young. Rip dad. I’ll Always cherish the stories.
Chevelle‘s are one of my favorite cars of all time. This is Back when Detroit had 1.5 million people living in the city. This was definitely the peak of American Automobile Industry. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
My first car. Bought a used 1970 SS 396 in 1978, with unknown mileage because the odometer was frozen at 89K. It cost me all of $700. It was an automatic with 350 hp 396, no cowl induction.
@@pontiacattack249 That Dodge Challenger isn't shit. That's a bring back. It might not be your cup of tea, but it ain't shit. It's badder than the old Challenger.
@@pontiacattack249 I agree. I'd rather have a 70 Challenger...even with a 318. But the new ones would blow the doors off the old ones. And they don't look too bad.
I still have my 1970 Nova. My first car that I got in 1976. Originally straight 6 with 3 speed but my Dad and I did a 327/4 speed swap.was real easy to do since they also came with V8s and 4 speed. I added SS trim back in 80s. Has 383 stroker now. I baby now.
I still think about my father turning down an opportunity to buy a one owner 1969 Shelby GT350 4-speed Convertible, loaded and factory AC. The car was a stunning Acapulco Blue with white top & interior; good strobe body stripes & had 22,000 miles. She was asking $2,800 Firm back in 1974
One of the best looking cars ever made. We had a kid in my town growing up, that had a Red one with black stripes.He would leave posi marks forever down the road.
God i wish i could go back in time and Buy 20 of those lol don't we all, My Dad bought in 1970 a Chevelle 350 ci for $3,400 with air, am fm pw, pb, ps, it was like 600 or 800 more for the 396 SS Those were the days, when i tell my Son & grand So how much it was they say " No Way " i got my Licenses in 1973 Gas was 34.9 a Gallon in the metro Detroit area ...
The driver in of the Chevelle is a character actor for several movies. His biggest role was Lonigan in the 1978 movie, Stingray. It was about a couple of guys who just bought a used 1964 Stingray being chased by drug dealers driving in a Chevelle. William Watson, the guy in this commercial was the main star of that movie. You want some Chevelle action, you got it. Check Stingray out.
If I'm not in a hurry, and I take my 70 Chevelle to the store, when I come out of the store to go home there's always a crowd of people around it checking her out, they're taking selfies and asking questions and some are telling when they had a 70 Chevelle back in the day! It is one hell of an attention grabber! I get a kick out of it but my wife hates it lol!
Not to much more you can ask out of a car from that era? A real beauty with balls to boot. My 1st car was a used 1971 Chevelle SS with a 350 that had over 100,000 miles that was still a screamer-I can't imagine the 396 engine. That thing must have flew!
+Hippy(Bboomer) Wow capt. Obvious, thanks for that wonderful spark of idiosizm. However, besides this moron, interpretation of his own stupidity, for the day it was a wonderful performer.
I remember my old man getting his 396 engine warranty replaced 2x’s. How easily we forget how cars from that era required a lot more maintenance. I loved everything about that car btw. He switched to Mopar after that (Challenger)
'69 Chevelle's were not to be forgotten....I ordered my own from the Freedom Hill Exchange in Da Nang, VN in May of '69......I had 3 months left "in country".
The driver? I thought it was William Watson, an actor who did bit parts in teh Rockford Files and starred in a movie called Stingray, where he was driving a Chevelle to catch a Vette.
I remember a "classmate" had one in 1983-4 for $4,000 (which was considerable big bucks, LOL). It was mint - red, black stripes, S/S Cragers (so that was about the whole bowl of wax). I was behind him in my parent's Caprice Classic station wagon as we were leaving school. As he went into 2nd gear, two black strips appeared on the pavement like they were being painted - it was like a dagger of jealousy. (He didn't have respect from many since his parents bought it for him, that rotten SOB, LOL).
There's a reason why it'll get so much attention because the reality is that it's such a good looking muscle car I mean the body lines and the style is just breath taking and not to mention the 396 Big Block as well as the 454 Big Block unlike the overpriced plastic modern eggshell on wheels you see on the road today.
That is one bad beast love the body 396 big block you cam heads intake maybe turbo after gaping rings lower compression with pistons and forged crank but even a great torque monster in stock form
This car has become the king of all muscle cars outpacing the Mustang,vette, and even the Camaro. Its value has tripled over the last decade. GM was hittin on all cylinders (pun intended) when they crafted this masterpiece.
I almost bought one in 1998/1999 for $4,000!! It was a 1970 SS396 4spd., orange with black interior . I was graduating from high school and that car sold one week too soon! I ended up with another cool car though. A 1967 Chevelle no-post, that I modified, a beautiful hotrod! Anyways,......✌🏻
At age 17 back then I was working on weekends as a service station attendant. Looking back , it is fun to remember putting gasoline in the tank on these cars back then. The one I remember best is a customers new 1970 Dodge Challenger and you know the engine it had, so no need to say it.
It's funny, the 454 was never mentioned. You had to be in the know, that it was even an option that you could buy. At least I never remembered them being advertised.
My 325 HP version is BS rating , was closer to 265. 14.10 @ 98.19 with open aftermarket headers , Holley 650 spread-bore , Hays electronic ignition conversion.
I was going to ask if anyone remembered the 402 still badged as a 396... was it just that year? I forget what they did, shaved down the deck on the heads and changed the stroke slightly to bump the compression ?
They complained for years that the 396 was an oil burner , Chey did some research , found it was bored .030 over so to correct the problem cast 402 pistons to fix it.
wow seems like there was so much NICE NICE muscle cars 50 yrs ago compared to now ! haha since back then seems like most cars had a V8 as now very very few cars have one i was like " what the F*** " when i saw a NEW mustang has a 2.3 L 4-cylinder underthe hood!
50 years later it's still drawing crowds no matter where you take it
@Adam Davis, 50 years?! Dayum I'm old! I had just a regular '70 Chevelle with a silly 307 in it. Beautiful car and great winter/bar car for when my '68 Camaro SS was 'parked'. Fun memories!
Spot On!
@@maggierezac5820 even without the big motor, the car was still gorgeous
@@theoneandonly9282 Yes it was. My 'little" bro and I were just texting about my beautiful 'Gertie'! rock on!
Yes...even bigger crowds.
I have a 1970 L S 6 SS 454 when ever I take it out I still get that reaction it’s Fifty years old this year have own it thirty years!
How much did you pay for it in 1990, ?
Nice
Last one with quad headlights, nice
Me too owned it 37 years now
one of my favorite cars of all time
My dad was 18 when this commercial was aired. What a time to be alive!! He had tons of muscle cars, there were muscle cars everywhere you looked and went. He would just see another car on a lot he liked and trade it. No sales tax!!! Every weekend everyone was out cruising and racing. Gas and beer were cheap. What a time to be young. Rip dad. I’ll Always cherish the stories.
Yes, it was.
Mr. Screw Your Freedom? Is that you?
This was the era when car commercials meant something. Not the garbage that’s out there nowadays.
I almost can't even watch TV at this point.
Like everything else today...
@@user-dw2tm3jm5h Times change dipshit. We're much better off than we were in the 60's.
@@41knots20 speak for yourself🖕
Now its just them saying JD Power and associates in a billion diffrent dumb commercials....
"Expect to draw a crowd" Just like nowadays.
I am proud to say I own one of these Chevelle's and I cant take it out without drawing a crowd even today !
If GM built 2018 versions of these, their plants would run 3 shifts and very profitable!
they can't. the world is a different place.
@@Andyface79 Yes, far too many snowflakes today.
@@kj475 We have this thing called the environment that we need to protect. Heard of it?
Andyface79 shut the fuck up pussy, im gonna keep driving my shit box till there’s no more earth
@@lsc1057 that's great but it isn't going to save gm.
Chevelle‘s are one of my favorite cars of all time. This is Back when Detroit had 1.5 million people living in the city. This was definitely the peak of American Automobile Industry. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
You got that right brother. This is also the time the City of St.Louis Missouri was going down hill.
And now days, we're on the fucking downfall
And you can thank the unions for the dump it is now , came through there on way back from fishing in Canada thought I was on a mad max movie set
Cars nowadays all look the same and have the same ugly rear ends as well unlike the old school muscle cars and hotrods.
@@CJColvin 60s cars all looked similar.
This is hands down the best car commercial of the 1970s.
The truck ones are good too.
the dodge challenger one is better imo
How can you not love the '70 Chevelle? With the proper meats on the back and stance..you've got the sexiest car ever!
I just love the design of the body and the wheels. That rounded back of the car is SEXY!
This car brings more boys to the yard than a milkshake does
yes
😄 well maybe although milkshakes are kinda hard to ignore
By far considering that's an American muscle car and if you're referring to that stupid song that was a flash in the pan
Right on bootie bros
My first car. Bought a used 1970 SS 396 in 1978, with unknown mileage because the odometer was frozen at 89K. It cost me all of $700. It was an automatic with 350 hp 396, no cowl induction.
...that strange odometer-freezing phenomena 😰
GM Bring Back the Chevelle.
No, bring back 1970. Whenever companies try to bring back things that used to be good (example: Blazer) its always shit. Do you want a shit Chevelle?
@@pontiacattack249 That Dodge Challenger isn't shit. That's a bring back. It might not be your cup of tea, but it ain't shit.
It's badder than the old Challenger.
@@electrolytics its not complete shit, but its definitely less cool than the '70
@@pontiacattack249 I agree. I'd rather have a 70 Challenger...even with a 318.
But the new ones would blow the doors off the old ones. And they don't look too bad.
Can we also bring back the '69 AMX?
I was 6 years old in 1970 but still remember this commercial
In mint condition it still draws crowds till this day 50 years later 🇺🇸
Great car! I had the 1970 and 72 SS chevelle 396. I wish I had it back now.
knightingalesaid many of us who owned these classic cars regret selling them i had a 70 chevelle and 72 nova back in the 70s
I still have my 1970 Nova. My first car that I got in 1976. Originally straight 6 with 3 speed but my Dad and I did a 327/4 speed swap.was real easy to do since they also came with V8s and 4 speed. I added SS trim back in 80s. Has 383 stroker now. I baby now.
I still think about my father turning down an opportunity to buy a one owner 1969 Shelby GT350 4-speed Convertible, loaded and factory AC. The car was a stunning Acapulco Blue with white top & interior; good strobe body stripes & had 22,000 miles. She was asking $2,800 Firm back in 1974
I had a new 454 with a four speed rock crusher trans. Blue with white interior. Sold it for 3K. Still kicking myself!
Me too. Had the same combo.
That car is a beauty!
It sure is brother.
One of the best looking cars ever made. We had a kid in my town growing up, that had a Red one with black stripes.He would leave posi marks forever down the road.
God i wish i could go back in time and Buy 20 of those lol don't we all,
My Dad bought in 1970 a Chevelle 350 ci for $3,400 with air, am fm pw, pb, ps, it was like 600 or 800 more for the 396 SS Those were the days, when i tell my Son & grand So how much it was they say " No Way " i got my Licenses in 1973 Gas was 34.9 a Gallon in the metro Detroit area ...
I'd go back to 1975 and buy a few '68s is what I'd do!
@@SanDiegoHarry1 LOL i hear that ... Those were the days ...
@@DJ-365 Had a 69" Chevelle. 350 Tonawonda and 2 barrel carb. would smoke the rear tires off!! I sure miss that car.
@@MrArinder yeah, those Cars were super freaks ..
Got mine in 1970 and still have her! ZOOM ZOOM! 🤘🏻❤️☮️😁❤️
"Those are hood pins baby and there for real"... Those where the days and I miss almost all of it!
Subliminal message, it will get you laid. Imagine driving this car and wearing Hai Karate cologne?
Probably did wonders for the nerd who looks kind of like Jonathan Daly in this ad!
Wow think that's how i was conceived lol!!
I had the Hai Karate.
That is one Great commercial!
Love how the guy at the end just randomly gets in like his gonna steal it
Aleksandar Lozanovski he looked around first lol
I love watching this video especially since I got the chance to buy a 70 SS Chevelle a few years back. Gotta Luv those old school cars 🤘
The driver in of the Chevelle is a character actor for several movies. His biggest role was Lonigan in the 1978 movie, Stingray. It was about a couple of guys who just bought a used 1964 Stingray being chased by drug dealers driving in a Chevelle. William Watson, the guy in this commercial was the main star of that movie. You want some Chevelle action, you got it. Check Stingray out.
If I'm not in a hurry, and I take my 70 Chevelle to the store, when I come out of the store to go home there's always a crowd of people around it checking her out, they're taking selfies and asking questions and some are telling when they had a 70 Chevelle back in the day! It is one hell of an attention grabber! I get a kick out of it but my wife hates it lol!
To clarify, which model Chevelle? Which does your wife hate, the car or the popularity that follows it?
@@Coupydog she likes the car but hates the attention it draws! I have a 1970 Chevelle Malibu! It's on my channel
Have you got a chance to take it to the 1/4 mile, I took mine back in July ran a 12.6
@@garlitzhyperformancegarage8818 Awesome brother. My 96 F150 gets alot of attention as well.
@@CJColvin early/mid-90's F150 are crazy popular right now and are going up in value and are getting hard to find a clean one.
Not to much more you can ask out of a car from that era? A real beauty with balls to boot. My 1st car was a used 1971 Chevelle SS with a 350 that had over 100,000 miles that was still a screamer-I can't imagine the 396 engine. That thing must have flew!
+Hippy(Bboomer) Wow capt. Obvious, thanks for that wonderful spark of idiosizm. However, besides this moron, interpretation of his own stupidity, for the day it was a wonderful performer.
hindlic himler any car with a non smog 350 ss or not, would run off the like from a v6
I remember my old man getting his 396 engine warranty replaced 2x’s. How easily we forget how cars from that era required a lot more maintenance. I loved everything about that car btw. He switched to Mopar after that (Challenger)
imagine this at your Chevy dealer sports department
My first car.,used of course 1977,One of the one's I purchased in my Life I wish I could have still have.
I just love those old skool tv commercials. Especially from the 70's.
I owned a 1970 SS Chevelle in my last year of High School in 1978. Yes the girls loved it. 🤠🇺🇸❤️
'69 Chevelle's were not to be forgotten....I ordered my own from the Freedom Hill Exchange in Da Nang, VN in May of '69......I had 3 months left "in country".
Best looking Chevelle ever made the 70
Those were the days! I had a black with white stripes 396/350 hp & man was it fast!!!
This was actually a really good commercial...
Now THATS a car! Back when Chevy did things RIGHT!
Why would anybody give this a thumbs down is beyond me
Not a Chevy guy but this one of a handful of Chevy’s that I really liked👍🏿
Michael J. Fox Dad from teen wolf actor James Hampton. Doesn't look that much older in teen wolf.
The driver? I thought it was William Watson, an actor who did bit parts in teh Rockford Files and starred in a movie called Stingray, where he was driving a Chevelle to catch a Vette.
The "2 pipes" guy. I knew I recognized him, but couldn't remember where.
A fifty year old car. Still turn heads at vintage, classic car shows
My dad bought me one of these in 1976 for my 16th birthday wish I still had it... he paid $1,000 for it a lot of money back then
I remember a "classmate" had one in 1983-4 for $4,000 (which was considerable big bucks, LOL). It was mint - red, black stripes, S/S Cragers (so that was about the whole bowl of wax). I was behind him in my parent's Caprice Classic station wagon as we were leaving school. As he went into 2nd gear, two black strips appeared on the pavement like they were being painted - it was like a dagger of jealousy. (He didn't have respect from many since his parents bought it for him, that rotten SOB, LOL).
There's a reason why it'll get so much attention because the reality is that it's such a good looking muscle car I mean the body lines and the style is just breath taking and not to mention the 396 Big Block as well as the 454 Big Block unlike the overpriced plastic modern eggshell on wheels you see on the road today.
Remember when cars were real.
Had one but mine was the SS 454. Black, white hood stripes, saddle interior, 4 speed.
Surprised it wasn't a 454 SS commercial. Holy grail Chevelle.
I remember this commercial.
I am so old. Ha!
“No one gets a chance to perform it” Damn right,when u drive this masterpeice on street,everyone will come and take look at it
My dream car
I'm proud to have my 1970 Chevelle and El camino (both malibus)
I remember a friend of mine, bought a new 1970 Chevelle SS 454 / 450 hp at the Drag Strip ….he got into the high 11's and was his daily driver...!
awsome i have a 434 sbc 605 flywheel hp in 66 chevy c 10 3500 pounds i think i can maybe run a 10.95 at 123 mph
This is one of my favorite commercials. the words "expect to draw a crowd. No matter where you take it.
Introducing...Our Tough One...The 1970 Chevelle SS 396.....VRRROOOOOOM!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I could go back to 1970. Then,invent the PC,Windows and Amazon all in one year. Probably be a 13 year old trillionaire by 1971.
That is one bad beast love the body 396 big block you cam heads intake maybe turbo after gaping rings lower compression with pistons and forged crank but even a great torque monster in stock form
One of the best muscle cars which ever build !
This car has become the king of all muscle cars outpacing the Mustang,vette, and even the Camaro. Its value has tripled over the last decade. GM was hittin on all cylinders (pun intended) when they crafted this masterpiece.
Still looks better than most cars of today .
The rounded back of those early 70s GM mid size cars looks so sexy and macho to me!
It sure does brother. Also they made a pickup truck version of the Chevelle (aka the Elcamino).
unique and entertaining commercials in the world of classic cars
One hell of a Super car, love it
I've never seen the air intake on this car before.... adding it to the list
from this awesome badassery to a toyota prius --- depressing ain't it...thank GOD for the Challenger REDEYE And such the muscle car era LIVES INDEED!!
A 1970 chevelle commercial that was posted in 2011, suggested now. He'll yeah.
It would be awesome if you could go back and buy one of these new !!!
It would be more awesome if we could go back and stay there.
This is scary as FUCK, if I was in the middle of nowhere and people started popping up from everywhere I would run like hell.
Sweet
i have a 71... so true.
"no matter where you take it" and what year you take it.
What are those fucking thumbs down for, this is the commercials from 50 years ago dummies! Save your negativity when you’re driving your Prius
And it will draw a crowd today 😆😁😉.
I almost bought one in 1998/1999 for $4,000!! It was a 1970 SS396 4spd., orange with black interior . I was graduating from high school and that car sold one week too soon! I ended up with another cool car though. A 1967 Chevelle no-post, that I modified, a beautiful hotrod! Anyways,......✌🏻
70 prettiest body style too me timeless!
The "rounded" design of those 1968-1972, I think--is really sexy!
At age 17 back then I was working on weekends as a service station attendant. Looking back , it is fun to remember putting gasoline in the tank on these cars back then. The one I remember best is a customers new 1970 Dodge Challenger and you know the engine it had, so no need to say it.
Beautiful
Love it! Great commercial. Bobby Pins Lol!
It's the 'Love American Style' cast doing a GM commercial.
Im a chevrolet, dodge, and ford fan is that weird?
I'm saying it's ok. All great
American muscle .. in any language..Ford, GM, Chrysler were at their best in the 70's..
No
No, I agree with you, I grew up in the 70's and saw these beautiful machines i was little but I do remember the good ol days. Much simpler times.
Detroit makes the best cars
Ordered my70ss copo from Nikky Chevrolet in chicago. Car was a monster at the track
Still true today! Awesome ride!
Great commercial , very ahead of its time.
I didn't have the SS396 but i did have the 300 horse 350.
super video
Wow.... 2 pipes
The 2 Best Built Chevelle's Ever Built...
The 70 & 67.
Mine was Gold.
It's funny, the 454 was never mentioned. You had to be in the know, that it was even an option that you could buy. At least I never remembered them being advertised.
Rigt.
Back when cars had Class and Big America V-8s
We gotta go back
and even more so today!
The guy looking at the trunk at 0:26 is the guy who played "Caretaker" in the original Longest Yard movie.
I got my first bicycle in 1970! I was 7 years old! LOL :)
Awesome commercial
My 325 HP version is BS rating , was closer to 265. 14.10 @ 98.19 with open aftermarket headers , Holley 650 spread-bore , Hays electronic ignition conversion.
I .a "70 chevelle SS back in "72 when I was in the Marine Corps for $1200.00. The emblem saids 396 but in was really a 402ci
I was going to ask if anyone remembered the 402 still badged as a 396... was it just that year? I forget what they did, shaved down the deck on the heads and changed the stroke slightly to bump the compression ?
They complained for years that the 396 was an oil burner , Chey did some research , found it was bored .030 over so to correct the problem cast 402 pistons to fix it.
0:46 Thats Michael J Fox's dad in the film Teen Wolf!!!
Teen Wolf sucks
This is when there was truth in advertising!
As true today as it was back then.
It sure is brother.
I own a 70 Camaro bracket car.My favorite is a 70 Chevelle,not complaining just wishing for a 70 Chevelle for the street.
wow seems like there was so much NICE NICE muscle cars 50 yrs ago compared to now ! haha since back then seems like most cars had a V8 as now very very few cars have one i was like " what the F*** " when i saw a NEW mustang has a 2.3 L 4-cylinder underthe hood!