Chevy Wagon 'Luggage Rack' Commercial (1971)
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- "Chevrolet is offering a luggage rack at no charge."
Chevrolet wagon commercial featuring a free luggage rack offer. Commercial filmed at the same Burbank , CA backlot where "The Partridge Family" was shot. Spot aired November 1971. Visit www.bionicdisco.com for 1970s pop culture fun.
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My dad bought a brand new 1972 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate wagon, in beige with the wood grain . Us kids thought that the disappearing tailgate was really cool. That thing carried all of us 7 kids, luggage, and a boat filled with more luggage up to the cottage 7 hrs each way. Many happy memories!
The tailgate technology was ever amazing. As a kid, the first time I saw the two way tailgate (I think Ford had it first) I marveled. Wagons were part of family lore. Ours:'59 Ford Ranch Wagon-pale green
Indeed the 2-piece automated tailgate looks interesting as it does away with the space allowance required for a conventional tailgate to swing open so this is great in confined space parking lots ! So question would be why this wasn't more widely used...any reliability, crash safety or water-sealing issues where the rear screen glass meets the metal tailgate or is it simply too expensive to offer ? So far if there's ever ANY thing about those old yank tanks which can really impress me, it has to be this 2-piece automated tailgate ?!! If the glass can slide all the way up till flat then even better but as it is (was), still a great idea from user ergonomics point-of-view ! Wonder which maker invented this concept ??
@@hseochin General Motors engineered and produced the "clam shell" tailgate from 1971 to 1976, and it was standard on all of their full size station wagons. This tailgate design remained exclusive to GM and was discontinued in 1977 when GM downsized their large sedans/wagons. I don't know if GM had a patent on the design, but Ford and Chrysler never offered this tailgate design. (I think it was probably very expensive to design and produce). In our experience owning the Kingswood Estate wagon, we never had any problems with water leaks or any malfunction in the operation in the 4 years we owned it. Always super reliable and a treat to see in operation. I think even by today's standards this design still has relevance in some applications.
@@oldskool59 So this power tailgate is entirely electrically not hydraulically operated (unlike stuff in the Mercedes-Benz 600 where all the 'powered' devices from windows to doors to seats were driven by hydraulics) ?
Indeed i'll say having this powered split-tailgate design is a useful feature even in 2020 as it's such a hassle to lift & pull a 'normal' manual tailgate & you need to get out the way to make space for it to swing open ! Since you didn't find problems with water leaks or operation reliability issues, i'll think it's due to cost & perhaps safety concerns that it's not more widely used then ?
1972 model year. My dad bought a brand new '72 Kingswood at Warren-Biggs Chevy in Downtown LA. Stayed in the family well into the mid-80s. 350 engine, thing was a tank and extremely dependable.
This was shot at The Columbia Ranch studio at Hollywood Way & Oak in Burbank. All exteriors to Bewitched, Hazel, The Partridge Family, I Dream of Jeannie, Donna Reed- all Screen Gems shows were shot there. The VO was by Richard Long of The Big Valley.
Thanks for mentioning the voice over by Richard Long. I thought it sounded like Robert Lansing :)
I thought I recognized that neighborhood. Lol.
Was Desperate Housewives shot on that same lot? Or My 3 Sons? This looks like one of those Hollywood locations that I've seen a lot of?
I thought that looked like a back lot.
@@75aces97 I don’t know where DH was filmed, pretty sure it was not this lot. MTS was initially filmed at Desilu in Hollywood (Adjacient to Paramount) then moved to CBS Radford in Studio City.
My parents LOVED station wagons! I remember us having a '59 Pontiac, '63 Pontiac, '70 Kingswood, '75 Impala (which they DIDN'T like because of the clamshell!) and finally a '78 Buick Estate wagon. They kept that the longest and then got an '89 Caprice Classic Brougham, since us children were all out of the nest by then.
I wish big wagons would make a come back. I don't want an SUV.
You can still get one of these
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Regal#Regal_TourX
Thank CAFE standards, the SUV of today is what the wagon became.
@@Drchainsaw77 Oh so an rebadged Opel?
Just do what I did and buy a used wagon. I got a 1993 buick roadmaster
@@themagicboy6548 Does it have the rear facing seats and the fake wood?
A neighbor of oura had one of the gm big wagons with the clamshell rear and towed a boat,. It made it easy to open with the trailer hooked up and when open to easily see when launching the boat.
Love these BIG wagons
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I have a wagon like the blue one, except mine is brown. Mine was made in December of 1971.
A friend of mine has a blue one like on the commercial. His was made in October of 1971 and was built in Canada in Oshawa, Ontario.
Reminds me of my childhood.
That garbage truck style tailgate is dope AF but I can see reasons why it never got popular.
What's surprising is that they had a rainbow coalition of kids for that period in time.
That isn't surprising because we all go along just fine back then and there were all race types on TV, movies and regular life, I lived through it and know it first hand. I grow up with black and hispancs in my school and we were all friends and never even thought of "skin color". It is just you have been conditioned by certain factions of our society that we were racist back then and racist now which is all a lie. It is very sad that young people today fall for this lie. Life back then was much better then today.
One of our neighbors bought a new 1972 Kingswood like this one...except theirs was a dark green color.
Awesome content!! Thanks for sharing
I have a 1972 the tail gate works and found a new motor for the glass,it works .the only reason I actually found one and could afford the wagon was it got listed in 2008 and nobody could buy a damn thing I bought it for only 1500 a no rust California car it won't ever happen again. I spentb6 months labor making everything perfect about my Kingswood. Dual exhaust 350 with headers The car is really fast..it's the big lizard
Biggest thing that stood out to me "...when you buy *or order* a 1972 Chevy..." None of the "must take delivery from dealer stock" you see in ads all the time more recently.
I knew a couple of people that had wagons like the ones in this ad. I don't recall the exact year of them but I know one survived over 300K miles and three engines (why so many engines IDK, the other one I remember had over 200K on the engine it came with from the factory) in Michigan winters.
Wow, that disappearing tail gate was special.
Wonderful memories
The glory days of the American automobile.
Everybody had one!
Walter Wynnchok We had a 75 with no wood,dark green.
Not us Walter.. we had a stinkin' cheap-ass Ford Ranch Wagon.. I WANTED a GM wagon because of the hide-away tailgate.. but nope, my Dad was a Ford man til the day he died last October 11th.
Hank Austin, so now you traded in his stupid ford for a chevrolet.
I beg your pardon?
whooti do! A free luggage rack after ordering all those other accessories....
Well, those luggage racks weren't exactly cheap either.
A friend I know who is a Chevrolet mechanic has that same exact Kingswood Estate Wagon medium blue and was built in Oshawa Ontario Canada.
Not only that, the house they're standing in front of was "Tony Nelson's house" on "I DREAM OF JEANNIE"!
Yes! This was shot at The Columbia Ranch studio at Hollywood Way & Oak in Burbank. All exteriors to Bewitched, Hazel, The Partridge Family, I Dream of Jeannie, Donna Reed- all Screen Gems shows were shot there. The VO was by Richard Long of The Big Valley.
that's a slick tailgate.
50 years ago. can you believe it?
Aunt Edna Rack.....
this is 1972, not 1971, it may have been November of 71, but the New Models for 72 were introduced in September and October of 1971 just like today, the new model year always starts in September.
The disappearing tailgate was introduced in 1971. September of 1970. A friend I know has a 1971 Pontiac Safari wagon made in March, 1971 was built in Canada.
I'm fairly certain the title is referring to when the commercial came out that would line up with your model-year designations.
Many '71 GM cars had a one-year-only louver punched into their tailgates and trunk lids for flow-through ventilation. Somehow, the '71 Vista Cruiser didn't get those louvers.
Obviously it's meant for people who use the rear-most seat all the time, otherwise, how the hell could you need MORE cargo capacity?! The back of those were enormous, especially compared to the hatchbacks-on-stilts that today's crossovers generally are.
Great !
Wow, good example of "how that clamshell actually works".
I really love that jingle. _Chevrolet; building a better way to see the U.S.A._
Best derby cars i ever had !
0:00 Hmm...well, not bad.
0:31 I take it.
The best thing is you could put the least favorite kid in that tailgate seat and then hammer on the breaks going down the highway.
LMAO!! OMG!! that is TOO FUNNY!!
Johnnywhamo Lol!!!
Just put him on the roof-rack and be done with it.ALL ABOARD!!!!!
Hey, that was usually me!! 😂😂
Nice wagons
Remember when cars were real, Today cars are just goofy plastic small and uncomfortable.
You'd think with all the advancements in powerful fuel economy engines, they'd start making full size cars and wagons again. Sure, not everyone wants a car that can seat eight people comfortably or hold 4x8 sheets of plywood, but plenty of people clearly do, judging from the comments.
@@woodyofp8574 people buy suv these days, they have a easier time in side impact tests than a normal full size wagon, so its cheaper to make.
a bumper in a side impact would hit the middle of the door in this car, while in a suv would hit the floor line, big diference.
I remember when these came out, I saw one with the tailgate going down, thought that was so cool! Then of course years later I learned that they had to move the gas tank under the back passenger seat so the tailgate could go under the car, not to many people liked that idea. Kids sitting on top of a bomb!
Actually the gas tank was under the left rear fender where the gas cap was.
Why did they say "Chevrolet, or Chevelle wagon..."? Was Chevelle not a Checrolet, but a separate brand like Pontiac, Oldsmobile etc?
The very beginning of theis commercial sounds like the theme from Jurassic park.
And there you can see *EXACTLY* why the clamshell died off. You want to just pop something in the rear? Dont forget the key, wait for it to roll down, be careful with the glass, and you better hope it isnt freezing outside or it might not open. Its really, really neat, but not very practical.
I what to put my order in!
And then it rains
I love station wagons. I Hate SUVS!
iwoder how long tat disappearing tail-gate lasted???
1971-76, so until the next full model change.
nlpnt Yeah, but how long did it keep working? lol
@@MaestroTJS --Our family had a 1975 Caprice Estate wagon with the electric window and tailgate. I don't recall having anything go wrong to where it didn't work. I seem to remember that a chain had to be replaced which moved the window and/or gate, but it never quit working. We had the car for six years. It was a great car!
The electric windows in our 74 Caprice estate way again were broken more than once. Actually I never forgot it. That’s why I am weary of older model cars with electric windows. As far as the back tailgate, from what I remember it always worked, and we had that car for 11 years 1974-85
Hey, I was born in 1971.
So I take it you didn't take advantage of the free roof rack?
65.
Ford FLEX
The Titanic 😂🤣
Funny you mention the Titanic. That's what the "disappearing" tailgate on my '71 Kingswood leaked like! And they put those emergency pull-up handles on that miserable tailgate for good reason; it would frequently "disappear" with no intention of reappearing! Too bad; the rest of the car was nice.
Did anyone actually USE the luggage rack on these wagons?
Aragorn Stellar all the time
Oh yes! My dad always had luggage racks on all of our family wagons while we were a family. I can still see him methodically placing all the luggage and whatever else was going on top, then covering it with an old quilt that we had. He'd then tie it all down with rope in all different directions so that the quilt and the contents wouldn't blow off. He finally found a vinyl luggage bag from either Sears or Montgomery Ward that you placed everything into that included special ties to attach it to the car. The bag just zipped up once it was loaded. We had some great family vacations back then!! :D
Used to put my mother-in-law on it all the time.Those were good times!
@@marka1422 My dad built a wooden box with a lid in the shape of the rack, and we filled it with luggage and stuff when we went up to our cottage. Fun times!
@@oldskool59 --It sounds like your dad was very ingenious! I think Dad got that luggage bag in '73 to go with our new '73 Dodge Polara Custom wagon. We had some great family vacations in the late 60s up to the mid-70s. Good memories, indeed! :)
Actually, these are 1972 models.
Sounds likely. The spot aired in November of '71 so they were probably showing off next year's models.
I can tell by the front end of the Kingswood Estate wagon, which has the front end for 1972.
Frederick Rothe III yah definitely the Chevelle wagon is a '72
The Ford and Chrysler wagons of that era were better !ooking.
In midsize, Ford and Mopar had both gone on to the next generation while the '72 Chevelle was a warmed-over '68.
Nothing Ford and Chrysler did looks as good as a Chevy
I always liked the look of that generation GM intermediate line of wagons.
Agree with you. The clam shell full size GM wagons sacrificed looks for function. Having said that the Chevy looked the best of the clam shells, Buick next, the Oldsmobile and the very worst looking were the Pontiac clam shell wagons. Strange because prior to that the Pontiac full size wagons were very nice looking.
@@batmore1 - The very best-looking clamshell wagon was the '76 Buick. The worst-looking was the '71 Pontiac. My childhood next-door neighbor traded his light yellow '71 Pontiac for a light blue '76 Buick.
So, Chevelle was not a Chevy???? XD
Yes, it was. The name Chevelle was just their mid-sized car line that came in sedans, coupes and wagons. The full name would have been the Chevrolet Chevelle, like Chevrolet Impala or Chevrolet Caprice, etc.
wish they still made these great stylish practical kid movers instead of the ugly, overpriced truck-based things they make today!
Wagons looked so classy, unlike the extremely ugly SUVs, MiniVans & Crossovers.
"because Chevrolet wants your wagon to be the best you've ever owned" its obvious they've never heared of Chrysler lol
Very true!! The Chrysler Town and Country was the best wagon on the market, rivaled only by the Mercury Colony Park wagon. Those two wagons were in a class above all others!
We need a station wagon not SUV s that waste more gas than these wagons ever did