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back in the 70's I was a teenager, 80's in my twenties and 'bagging out' people who drove Ford or Holden or Chrysler was the "norm" but since I turned about 40 (now 60) I have grown to love and appreciate all brands of cars
Same here. Now all the old brands should band together. They're out to get us.
Adelaide was the home of Chrysler manufacturing in Australia. It had about 5 different plants at different times, the 2 main ones operating until they transitioned to Mitsubishi in the early 80's. Both now closed during this century.
I know Tonsley, Lonsdale and Keswick - what were the other 2 ?
Love these. My first car was a '74 VJ Valiant sedan. Later had a '70 VH Charger 770. Both 265 Hemi sixes.
Go back to 4min 54sec and adore the Silver VH Hardtop...best Aussie Mopar body of all 💖💖💖
In the 1970's my dad was a police officer and occasionally drove one of the Chargers. They were mostly assigned to the highway patrol.
when I was a kid in about 1979 or 80 I remember getting picked up by the cops in a valiant for being in the wrong place at the wrong time
Nice. I have owned over 350 Aussie Chryslers and restored most, including the K12 pursuit 265 HEMI Chargers. Here is a clip of one of my wins at the Newcastle Speedway Burnout Comp. Sorry about the quality as this particular clip was originally made small for mobile phones etc and slow internet speeds back then. :) ua-cam.com/video/xvHBJyYS9bg/v-deo.html
As a tip of the hat to Aussie engineers, am an expat Canuck living in Aus for the last 50 years. Don't take as gospel but story goes an Aussie race team running Aussie Chargers sent chassis and torsion
bars to Mopar engineers in the U.S. asking them to improve the handling. U.S. engineers sent back query " how the hell did you get it to handle this well ?" As I said, Gospel, who knows, but an interesting story none the less for Mopar maniacs like us !!! Alex
I learnt to drive on a Valiant ute with the slant 6 and three on the tree. It was my Dad's and he used it for his work as an additional car to the family sedan. Later on after the original ute rusted out, he upgraded to a VH ute with the 4.0L (245 CID) hemi six. That was light years ahead of the old one, went much harder and with disc brakes, it actually stopped. Though without a booster, you had stomp on the brakes, really hard. It also had some luxury features like seat belts, a heater and a radio.
I remember driving the VH home from Canberra and got it up to 175km/h on the speedo on the Hume Freeway and the oil pressure light came on! That was incentive to pull over and check the oil level. It was OK, so I think the oil pump just couldn't cope with the speed and revs. I didn't try that again. Dad would've been a little upset if I blew up the engine.
A mate had an ex-police Charger with the 360 V8. That thing could really move.
It is so amazing how people all over the world care so good for the automotive heritage. Those cars only get less. Not a single one will be produced. And at the same time it is pure and honest engineering. I totally love mopars.
Love the Adelaide car shows. Great cars & most times great weather.🌞
They sold the 300c from 2005 till 2012 and the 300 from 2012 till 2021. But they never officially sold the Dodge Charger or Challenger here during those time periods. There are Chargers and Challengers here but they were all imported privately and converted to right hand drive here. I owned a 300c 5.7l hemi from 2005 and changed to the 2012 300 SRT8 6.4L (392cu)in late 2012. Which I still have as my daily driver, Mopar or no Car for life haha.
We’ve had the 300s here since the mid 2000s but I was told the brakes had to be up rated before they could be sold, not sure how true that was but that’s what I was told. As for the murican trucks, they are getting pretty common here now. Lots of Rams, Silverados and F150-F250s here now too. But I probably see more Rams than any other where I am. Also it’s a long weekend here in Australia for ANZAC day on Monday.
Lest We Forget
Problem with 300's is servicing in Australia. Appalling here and many issues with the car.
@@somefatbugger owned one for five years and self sorted the issues none was the brakes , most sufficient for the 5.7 , if you were a real Aussie and taught to service , it wasn't that much of horror story
Where I live in the country, there are loads of RAMS, Silverados in RHD around. Rare in the cities. Last weekend there was also a GM Chev meet in town. Watched a convoy of around 50 muscle cars pass my property.
Great to see beautiful cars like this, the older cars really have poise, love them. I had a 69 Pacer with 225 slant and loved it. Sold it for peanuts. Oh well.
Thanks for the video I remember our family car as a young kid it was a new VF Valiant it's so great that people are still looking after them old cars
I owned a Sky Blue 1970 2 door Valiant Regal back in the late 70's. I bought it 2nd hand from my uncle. It was a (manual) 3 on tree with a 245 hemi under the bonnet. I never had mags or wide tyres but It went like the clappers. Trust me, there is no greater experience/lesson than being branded by the old style seatbelt buckle or losing 4 layers of skin from sitting on the hot vinyl seats in the middle of summer. I am sure that most of us South Aussies in my generation (boomers) will know exactly what I am talking about.
You nailed it Ian.. We all talk sh*t on each other.. But deep down we can all respect a well built machine................Except Honda 😂
My youngest daughter had a 75th anniversary Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi V8 and the Pink was called Magenta. Peace out.
Yes we can import cars. In case you missed it, the car the guy was driving to the show is a left hand drive; and as you know, we drive right hand vehicles down here.
If you replay the video you will notice that many of the cars on show are, indeed, left hand drive.
Yeah, respect the others...But Mopar had the biggest and fastest motors; and they designed the sexiest cars no question.
Hey Charger! ✌
It’s so cool watching you cover my home town of Adelaide. Keep up the awesome work 😎👍
There used to be an event called "Chryslers on the Murray". Not sure if it still runs but i have always liked Mopars thanks to "Dukes of Hazzard", although ive always prefferred the Aussie chargers over the American ones. I once had an AP5 Valiant as a paddock basher until a mate hit a wombat hole and tore the passenger side front wheel off. Mitsubishi took over Chrysler Australia and made cars here from 1978 to 2008. Ive owned a number of their cars including the mirage in my profile pic (which was recently written off due to storm damage) and now own the last Australian built model of Mitsubishi. I still kind of consider them Chryslers as they were manufactured in the same plant as the Aussie Chryslers
Been a iron empire fan for a while now . One of the more real Aussie car channels for the average bloke . Marks always got something interesting and affordable cooking in the pot .
Heartening to see a few Regal hardtops in the lineup. My first car was a ‘73 VJ Regal Hardtop that I bought in ‘80. Had the 318 v8 with the 727 tranny on the column. It was a great car. Lowered, mags and a nice twin system exhaust …. And a pretty big Holley. It turned heads for sure. Wish I still had it of course.
Ian, Chrysler Australia didn't really get the far out colours until 69-70 but there were a few that were the same or very similar to the American Paint Eg. Sublime = Green Glow, Plum Crazy = Plum Metallic, Vitamin C/Go Mango = Vitamin C, Hemi Orange = Hemi Orange and others.
One of my trade school teachers, from Croydon Ok TAFE, was a body designer from Chrysler.
I was a Motor Trimmer.
Also my brother is one of the most knowledgeable people on CL & CM Vals.
Chrysler had their factory in Adelaide until the start of the 1980's. Chryslers were the number three seller in Australian with Holden one as they started manufacture in Australia in 1948 with Ford and Chrysler starting in the early 1960's. All three had assembled cars from imported chassis and mechanical parts with local panels and trim from much earlier.
Chryslers were strong sellers in South Australia and because of the dry climate appear to have the largest number of well preserved Australian manufactured Chryslers.
The Biggest Australian Mopar meet is the "Chryslers on the Murray" which has been held by the Albury Wodonga Chrysler club since 1992.
Great vid. From memory, all aussie Chryslers are based on the A-body platform. You can see this in dash and instruments, door handles, mirrors and such. Theres so many 'oh, that bit is off a Dart, or US Valiant ' etc. Its part of why we love them so much... they're all related!! As an '07 300C owner(yes, it has a Hemi), its a worthy successor to the '68 Valiant VIP i owned in the '90s. And the only car ive had since that has 'it'... that Mopar feeling.
regarding Plymoths - they were imported here before the war and had bodies by Holden! CKD units were imported after the war until the end of the 50s maybe early 60s then they disappeared.
Hi Ian. In about 5 weeks there is a Chrysler Event called Midstate Mopars. Fantastic event. They block off the centre of the town for the cars. It is held in Bendigo which is located in central Victoria. You would thorough;ly enjoy it
All very nice . Some beautiful examples on show . I didn't know of the Australian Charger before seeing this, with you on it being a sweet looking car .
The CL series Charger was introduced in late October 1976 and was the last Charger model made in Australia, it featured new front bodywork and was expected to be designated as the VL series, but Chrysler decided to rename it CL to reflect the corporate Chrysler name which was now being applied over the whole range of cars sold in Australia.
The Charger XL variant was deleted (except for police duties) such that the CL series offered only the Charger 770 for public sale.
CL Charger Drifter (A34, A49 options): Late in the life of the CL Charger, Chrysler introduced the Drifter Pack option which was made available in four body colour choices, namely Spinnaker White (A34), Impact Orange (A49), Sundance Yellow (A49), and Harvest Gold (A49). This was basically a cosmetic option inspired by features found on the Chrysler Drifter panel van. These cars were available in a choice of 4.3 L (262.4 cu in) or 5.2 L (317.3 cu in) engines, but only with 4-speed manual transmission.
Chrysler's manufacturing production of the Charger ceased on 16 August 1978.
The pink in Australia is called magenta. It was available in 71.
Had an old pacer when I was a young bloke…I paid 400 bucks for it …She was pretty beat up but it went like a rocket and only had a six banger in it 😎
The 265 R/T E49 Charger was as quick as a Ford Falcon Phase 3 GTHO (which was the fastest production 4 door sedan in the world at the time) over a Standing Quarter Mile and finished 3rd at Bathurst in 1972
Charger had a faster quarter mile time
10min, 28sec Sherwood Green Hardtop 😍
Next to that is another rare one, a Red Centura with White Roof and Black rear window louvers.
Hi Ian, my dad bought a VK charger a few months ago, it's got a stroked 360 in it and was set up for the quarter mile with a fuel cell system and race seats but he is currently converting it back to the original interior and fuel tank, I'll send you a few pictures once it's done
Ram & Silverado are being sold here new now, converted to RHD by companies associated with the old HSV. Ford have just announced they will start local conversion on F150s soon.
Ian, that hot pink colour on the Aussie Charger was called Magenta. With the black stripes it looks amazing! Glad you're a Mopar guy, I love them too but I also appreciate all the classic cars of the 60's and 70's. They all had their own unique style, what an era!
Had 4 cars built in Adelaide, now driving the last, the 380. Great country car.
Look up the old advertisement poster for the Charger R/T IN Australia, screaming it's guts out ,you will find it when the outlet manifold and exhaust are glowing red or white hot ,great poster
in aussie here, i work in a paint shop, so we have colour cards with GMH on them, im sure you have the same colour codes on your cars in america like 608R name voodoo met, 636F name switchblade, 679F name GAZ. 608R is a great colour, very nice blue with green pearl.
300C's are part of the Police force Highway Patrol in some states here. To see a 300c in hot pursuit and listen to the sound is borderline frightening.
There is a Chrysler on the Murray event on the weekend of the 18 March and an all Ford day at Geelong.
I am a Holden man but own 1 holden ute and 3 dodges , a 1927 dodge tourer ,1960 dodge 359 truck with the flat head 6 and a D5N 600 truck with the 318 v8 .I think the new mopars handle nearly as well as the old ones .
Well no. The news ones eat the old ones by a country mile. I have an 2015 SRT, abs a Charger e38. The cars you mention would handle like a black of flats in comparison.
Is that all! I was zoned in for an entire afternoon. Ta for showing.
The silver one at 4:55 is a Regal Coupe. They are my favourite
I had a genuine 1977 Chrysler by Chrysler back in the 90's and left it in my dad's workshop while I worked surfed around Australia for 14 months. When I returned to Wollongong I was straight down to the old man's work to pick up the 'val'.
"Dad, where's mi Val?"
"The guy who had the second unit offered $500 for it. I'll get it out the bank later"
"What!!!!!!"
"Was a bloody Valiant! Dime a dozen"
Adelaide, my hometown and the former home of Holden RIP
I'm a Holden guy. Still love these American beasts.
Years ago I had a 67 dodge phoenix 4 door hard top which was in America a Plymouth fury hardtop sedan with a worked 383 I loved that car
Panther Pink is called Magenta in Australia. I own a 71 VH Pacer and a 70 Dodge Charger.
Nice. The Aus Charger advertising slogan of "Hey Charger!" was pretty catchy. It's interesting that the "Dodge Ram" was released here , but it didn't sell. They re-badged and re-released it as a "RAM 1500". There's one in my neighbourhood. ☮
👌hey charger!. The rams were pretty expensive. 100k odd. I see one around here, its pretty large. Walkinshaw was bringing them over. I'd rather the f-150 raptor I see on occasion though. Saw a jeep trackhawk at the bottle-o once. Sounded so good. Whoops wrong emoji, the 70's was a long time ago
I'm a Ford guy but I like Mopars too. Especially Aussie Valiant/Chrysler hardtops. And the 69 Dodge Charger!
When the Charger first came out, one of the colours was "GangGreen"
About the only Chrysler thing I know is on that superbird the reason the wing is so high is to clear the "trunk" (it's a boot goddammit) due to the wing being attached to the rear guards
Thanks for watching Ian, cool too see your take on it! 🙌🏼
Mark
Ian,
Adelaide is the city (suburb of Tonsley Park) where the Australian Chryslers were built.
The only later Mopars here were the 300C, imported via Fiat Chrysler Australia.
We never got the later Chargers and Challengers (although quite a few people across Oz have imported them).
I personally had a beautiful black (rare) supercharged 6.4 litre 300C, that was tragically destroyed (along with absolutely everything else I owned, including my house) in the Port Macquarie NSW flood of March 2021.
Unfortunately it was eventually hauled away to Brisbane, to be scrapped for parts.
I also worked on the assembly line of Chrysler for 17 weeks in the late 70's, and out of the 120-150 cars I have owned in my life, some of my absolute favourites were Mopars.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Chrysler_Australia
You should check out Marks other videos. He rescues old cars from paddocks or barn's and gets them back on the road......where they belong. He does mainly old Aussie cars. Check out what we once had.😃👍
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The pink that the chargers in Australia come out in was called Magenta
Just looked up RAM sales in Australia for 2021.
Sold 3819 in a market of 1,050,000 vehicles sold.
So 0,36% of new cars.
Placed 68 , so 67 other make and models outsold it.
But the Mustang only got to 91.,
No Chevrolet Corvette or Silverado in the top 100.
Big growth in the Chinese made MG that got to number 10 after being unheard of a few years ago.
Toyota Hilux number one then Ford Ranger not too far behind.
Chrysler 300C off the market I think.
Might be interesting for you to search for the top 100 cars sold in Australia for 2021.
RAM trucks and Silverados are in Australia but they are expensive because GM and Chrysler don't make them in Right Hand Drive so they get shipped here as stock left hand drives and then we have a process to convert them properly like factory. So for example your average $40,000 RAM truck could be nearly $110K here after conversion. I can buy 2 Hiluxes for that.
It was great to see them all cruising the esplanade after the show, we had a Chrysler plant here in Adelaide before they were bought out by Mitsubishi so they have a good amount of history here
Another show is Mopars on the Murray at Albury and Wodonga (towns on the border of Vic and NSW)
We have the Chrysler 300. You've seen pictures of it because we use it in NSW highway patrol. We didn't get the charger though.
Sorry for the timestamp and rambling stuff but man...
2:30 Yep, Ian. We had/have the 300/Cs and the Chargers. Had a drag racing acquaintance in a city I lived in who owned a tweaked 300C with the 5.7 litre. It was all Black and in Chrysler 300C terms, it was a sleeper. For context, he owned and ran a Top Fuel drag racing team with a full workshop. The car got the treatment. His car made me want a big 300C. I still want one 16-odd years later.
2:47 I'm commenting as I go, so there may be more further on, but that Pink Dodge reminds me of a '58(?) Plymouth Hardtop that someone offered to sell me for 700 bucks in 1977 when I was a young car nut of fourteen. It was a 318 with a push-button auto on the dash. Not inlet manifold and it had been sitting with no bonnet/hood for many years. Anyway, I raced home on my pushbike/dragster the five kilometres/3 miles home and proceeded to beg and plead with my dad to loan me the money. I raved and raved about the thing and he said no. I was gutted.
3:20 I had a Fawn '74, 245 Charger for a few months in 1983 before I near killed myself in it. That's way too long a tale to tell here...lolz
3:33 I bought one of these, a VG, for 300 bucks in 1993 from a bloke. I drove it home and started to work on it from front to back. I stripped out the flooring and it was pristine. In fact, from the front to the back of the rear quarter panels was pristine...the rear quarter panels had been stuffed with chicken wire and bog. The entire rear bottom 18 inches of the car was bog, wire and prayers under a so so paint job. He used to back it into the river with his boat trailer...
9:03 I love the Australian Ford coupes (XA/B/C) from that era but I too feel the Chargers had their own style that just said 'Muscle Car'.
9:23 I think that's a 'Chrysler by Chrysler', the luxury model that Chrysler/Valiant released over here in the 70s. I had one of these in 2004 that just needed paint and a new electric fuel pump before it was ready to roll. Worked 360, 727 Torqueflyte(?), LSD. Then someone decided to put a wallaby carcass in the back seat (we lived in the bush) to keep it from the dogs overnight and then forgot to tell anyone. I found it four weeks later...I sold the drivetrain for 1500 bucks on the condition that they took the entire vehicle away on purchase.
I've had a few more Valiant/Chryslers but this comment may not even make it. It is a bit long.
My dad has both my grandpa's 1953 Chrysler New Yorker with the original "Hemi" (when it was still called the "Firepower V8") and also a 1965 Chrysler Imperial Le Baron (with the 413ci "small" big block) that the president of Chrysler Canada would get Chauffeured around at the Windsor assembly plant and Chrysler Canada Headquarters downtown stationed downtown on the riverfront!
My 1st car was a 1966 AP6 Valiant with 3 on the tree manual shift and slant 225 6 cylinder.
australian motoring magazine described the pink sort of lol,but it was magenta.great cars owned every model from r series to cm.
There's a car show nearly every year here In Australia called Chryslers on the Murray
Holden's XU-1 pink was called strike me pink
I'm a ford guy from Australia I respect and love other brands of muscle, super and street cars. My favourite mopar is the challenger and my favourite Chevy is the 72 chevelle. I love the mustang. ford cougar eliminator and Ford turino.
This may have been mentioned earlier but Ram and Chevy trucks are becoming more common as there is no more vehicle manufacturing in Australia anymore. But you have to have deep pockets to own one as they go for $85-100K plus! Love your content mate. Curious at to your interest in all things Aussie??? Cheers bloke!
the centers are called mexian hats from the 70 charger
There was a time when it was uncool to have a Valiant, they were called wog chariots.
Also a Marrickville Mercedes
You brought back memories cracked out laughing.went to school in the 70s and 80S and heaps of Virginia market gardeners Italians northern suburbs adelaide.remember as a kid them being called that.im 52 still laughing !! 👍
Not where I grew up. Southern NSW farmers bought them in the tens of thousands. Towards the end of the 70's, it was common for them to trade them in on the then just released XD Falcon and ZJ Fairlane. These days if they're still alive, they're probably running Hilux's and LandCruisers. Out there, nobody cared if they were 'cool' or not. What counted was that they suited those conditions.
@@noelgibson5956 Weren't most southern NSW farmers of European origin?
Ram and Silverado are sold here new. But outsold by about one hundred more popular cars.
The $100,000 starting price puts them out of reach to most. Not much US right hand drive production, mustang and new Corvette only I believe, means these trucks need to be converted here adding to the expense
Ford in the news here talking about the F series making a comeback. I expect a huge price. Even Ford's only big seller here, the Ranger, is getting very expensive with the new models.
Yep..can't beat a hemi..I'm doing a ground up resto on a Ap6..got a 5.7 hemi going into it .👍
I'm a Ford guy but always wanted a Plymouth Duster.. Not many over here but I have seen some nice ones ❤
Hey to Australia Ian, I live in Adelaide and you are more than welcome. Birth place of holden
5:30 oooh I could see myself driving that beautiful beast around 😍
Hahahaha, the Demo Ranch Cuda with a F150 diesel dually under the skin.
I 100% agree, it doesn’t matter which brand you support, if you don’t like or respect these awesome cars, then you’re not really into cars at all
9 seconds in. Liked and sound up and watching on the 100 cm computer monitor. I LOVE my Chryslers/Valiants.
As you know Ian , I'm a Ford nut but I do love the Charger ...When I was still playing cricket one of my team mates had a red V8 Charger.. It was stunning .. It was red but I was green with envy .. On red Ford's most famous red was /is called Vermillion Fire ... Another one of my Ford favourites is Wild Violet . Not up with Chrysler/Dodge colours but some of these in the vid are great .. The Valiants were a hugely popular car here and are extremely sought after now. Great reaction video again and Iron Empire is also a top channel and features cars from Mopars to Holden to Fords ..Thanks so much ..
10:16 Empire zoomed in on his Dart.
most older cars are worth a small fortune. It is difficult to find a Valiant charger under $10k. And for that price it will probably be a really bad rust bucket that needs another $15k thrown into it to get it back on the road.
A half decent roadworthy Valiant is probably around $20k+.
However if one is lucky they might find a rare Barn Find that is in good knick and easy to put back on the road.
Personally my favourite Chrysler down under were those I encountered in my childhood in the early 60’s those beautiful models that had the spare wheel moulded in the trunk lid
The hemi 6 when first developed put out more power than the v8 . Chrysler Australia had to detune it so it didn’t make the v8 look bad
Didn't work because the Hemi was still better.
Check out the mighty car mods Cresta, that has a Barra turbo that makes around 1500hp with stock block
to answer yu plymoth question and im prob too late lol . >>>>>> The Chrysler Valiant was a full-size car which was sold by Chrysler Australia between 1962 and 1981. .
2 of my fave UA-cam channels, and my fave cars
No par for mopar
Love Iron Empire, great content and it's in my home city Adelaide,
Yes we have new 300c,
That is one of the channels I follow here in oz. there is a lot more rams and Silverados getting about now here in the last few years, they are a lot bigger than we have been used to, they eat up the parking spaces that’s for sure
My dad had a 1946 Plymouth ,which I had planned to restore. Un fortunately it was on my grandfather's farm in southern Victoria and during a bad storm ,a tree destroyed it .😢😭
Chrysler 300 are quite common , even the police use them in NSW where I live now.
That Australian " we can import whatever " is called Freedom...
Y'all should give it a go sometime.
oh mopar , ian will love this one lol .
Love the video shared with two of my mates ones a Mopar fan the other was a spray painter for a lot of years. PS today is April 23 and Monday 4/25 is Anzac Day the day we Rembert service men and woman past present and fallen.
in the usa it was dodge- panther pink and plymouth- moulin ruege
We had Plymouths through the fifties. But, the name Plymouth did not sell well. This in 65 they bought plymouth Fury's out here, but they were rebadged as Dodge Phoenix. They stayed until 71. They were converted here locally by Chrysler Australia
Not a car head, but enjoy your vids and your enthusiasm. Road runners - we have a local bird, and I have them all around me on our island, is a Stone-Curlew, the breed is a very close relative to the road runner.
The 1969-1971 Valiants (VF and VG models) offered a hardtop version which grafted the local front onto an imported Dodge Dart body so these are not a local mod
90% or more or Dodge/Chrysler/ Jeep sold in Oz are just Jeeps, but 300's, Crossfire, Dodge Nitro, Chrysler Neon, Chrysler Grand Voyager vans and of course the PT Cruiser were exported to Australia. Currently in 2022 the only car available that's not a Jeep is the 300.
I've owned a Charger 265 hemi , XB Coupe 351 GS , XC panelvan 351, GXL Sedan 351, XD 302 Ute and XD 351 Station Wagon I wish I still owned them all. Still upsets me I didn't buy a Purple VJ Charger 340 back in 1987