1972 CHEVROLET PICK-UP TRUCK vs. FORD MODELS CHEVY BLAZER GENERAL MOTORS PROMOTIONAL FILM 19324
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Made in 1972 for General Motors, this film shows the full line of Chevrolet pick-up trucks and gives salesmen and potential customers insight into the line's durability and value. As the film states, almost 56% of Chevy trucks made in the 1950s were still in service in the early 1970s thanks to their rugged design. At 1:25, the Nationwide Consumer Institute tests the truck versus a comparable Ford pick-up. At 2:11 a demonstration of the double steel cab strength. At 2:28 the box wall of the inner truck bed wall is shown. At 3:15 the truck's splash guard is shown. At 4:05 the shock absorber design is examined and then the exhaust system (4:38). At 4:43 the master brake cylinder and brakes are shown in head-to-head comparison. At 5:25 the disc braking systems are examined on a long, steep grade on Pike's Peak, where they crush the rival drum brakes. At 7:25 a TV commercial excerpt shows how the suspension system limits vibration to the forward area of the truck. At 8:05 the Chevy stabilizer bar is shown. At 8;25 a Chevy truck pulls a huge 747 jet aircraft. At 8:58 Chevy trucks are shown on the ranch, in service delivering goods, and more.
At 9:56 the film has special information for Chevy personnel about the Chevy Blazer. The vehicle is compared to a 4-wheel drive rival -- the Ford Bronco. The Blazer is equipped with truck components that give it an edge including in a tug-of-war at 11:30. At 11:55 the Blazer tows a trailer vs. the Bronco. At 12:18 the film shows the Blazer riding on a dirt road and off-road. At 12:50 a Camping and Trailering Guide magazine endorsement is mentioned. The interior of the vehicle is shown and then compared to the Bronco. At 14:10 the Blazer's disc brakes are shown in action vs. the drum brakes on the Bronco, which drifts into danger. At 15:23 the convertible aspect of the vehicle is shown.
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I wish car manufacturers would make a simple bad ass vehicle like this again. No computers. No digital screens. No cameras or all the extra crap you dont need. Just an affordable bad ass tool for the job. I'd buy it
Gov square heads wont let them because of all the green BS.
Now days they try to sell us vehicles we don't want, loaded with crap we don't want but have to buy. I ordered and bought a New Ford Ranger 4x4 in 1984. At that time you could order the truck with every option separately. Just exactly what you wanted and nothing you did not want. Out the door for $10,000. You could order vehicles in this way in the 1960's. Back in the "pencil and paper days". But now, in the computer age......and instant communication....we can't, its to difficult, according to the auto makers.
Thank the EPA.
Unelected bureaucrats deciding
what kind of vehicle is best suited for You.
The ashtrays on these trucks were usually stuffed full of cigarette butts. Life in the 1970s.
good times
Go in any department store back then , everyone's smokin and putting ciggies out on the ground
The long held tradition of dropping things on Ford trucks
Fix
Or
Repair
Daily
Back then they can actually justify the commercials cus Chevys were made reliably and not the piles of shit they are today
@@robertstetson4077 I wish I could say the same for Ford but they've never built a reliable truck.
@@tskraj3190 Liar! There's many old ford's still in service.many.
Timothy Isenhart yeah there are a lot more old fords on the road than chebys
GM needs to return to making truck's, not car's with boxes on the back.
Lol are talking about aluminum cars
@@samduran5180 no. Crew cab heated and cooled seats. Bose audio. All power windows. Plastic trim and bumper. Chinsey hardware.
Not as long as they hire homosexuals
for top management.
I liked the original Chevy car with a box. El Camino.
@@20alphabet I think the old school term is sodomites.
That settles it! I'm goin out and buying a brand spanking new 72" Chevy!!
I looove mine !
One of our neighbors has a '72 Chevy pickup, short bed, four wheel drive, that he bought new and still has it. And it's still in very nice condition. It's the two tone orange and white.
Of all the dozen pickups I've had in the past , the '72 C/10 is the I'd like to have back the most.
I’m about 90% done doing a frame off restoration on a ‘68 K20. I can’t wait until it’s done! 🇺🇸🏁
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Mike Yerke
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I love how in a different time, they didn’t have “tech” to differentiate their trucks from the competition, they actually had to prove that they were superior, it’s almost like they had to care about their customers
I could care less if it is a Chevy, Ford, Dodge etc.....as long as the damn thing runs when I need it. I will say, the 1972 model Chevy was one of the best body styles GM ever put out
It still isn’t a classic like the 72 Ford.
@@Gpacharlie The 1938-1972 GM trucks were some of the best looking designs ever.
@@Gpacharlie 67 too 72 ford cab mounts rod out truck fall too the frame, then steering colum breaks biggest pos trucks going ford?
Donald Kinder how about the radius arm tower rivets working loose so your whole front end shifts and pops on braking
Brand loyalty is the dumbest thing ever. All companies release good and awful cars.
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I 2nd that!
When you could open the hood and see daylight even with a 454 in the bay. Also, no computers.
What’s wrong with computers?
@@flight2k5 Boomers can't even type. What do you expect.
@@flight2k5 As a younger guy who likes to work on cars and trucks, it’s easier and more enjoyable to work on older vehicles because they’re simple.
@@mcsquigilnugets6603 but that’s your opinion. Not a fact.
@@flight2k5 ..they have no d@mned business in a vehicle!..especially a truck!...
The glory days of chevy
Nothing but Chevys 💪 power
Not today
Yeah with offerings like the new blazer crossover chevy is dead now.
Back when the gas tank was inside the cab, right behind the seat.
My 70 had one behind the seat and two outside the frame rails; it was a Chevy Longhorn ;)
@@TiborRoussou My 46 GMC has it right UNDER the front seat.
@@seththomas9105 Under the seat, interesting.
@@seththomas9105 Have you ever tried putting on barbeque sauce you'll need it if you get T-boned!!
@@TiborRoussou Same thing as I said to Seth Thomas you should keep some BBQ sauce in your glove box to put on yourself if you get into an accident.
Love these old commercials. Maybe because everything seem to be simpler looking back.
It was simpler then. Auto companies these days are a joke. And you can also thank the govt for their regulations and required fuel economy standards.
My '68 C-10 is still running and road worthy. I've had many offers for it, but it's not for sale.
Gave my son my 70 Chevy Longhorn; first year of the 402 big block, 8.5 ft box, 3/4 ton, 3 gas tanks, Dana 60 rear end all built on a 67 one ton frame ! I still don't think he truly deserves it ;)
I had a '72 C-10, the last year for that classic Chevy style. Bought it for $800 in '85, sold it in '98 for $1,500. Lord knows what it's worth now. I kick myself for sure as it was one of the biggest mistakes I ever made selling it. I think I sold it because it only got about 8-10 mpg loaded or empty, LOL. It was a gold colored solid steel beauty, 2WD, bias ply tires, 350 V8, with a 4 speed standard. First gear was a real low granny. I did upgrade to new wheels and radials and it really improved the ride. If I still had this truck I'm thinking it would sell for $8,000 or better. If I win the lottery I'm gonna buy another!
@@TiborRoussouyou are the best for that man!
Hay look teenagers actually helping and no cell phones insight
Michael Hendrix Only a CB radio
Says the guy the responded on a cell phone 🤣😂
Michael Hendrix that’s because data was so expensive 😉
The dummy test had me rofl
I still have my '72 Ford F-100 4x4, bought it used and was my high school vehicle back in th 90's.
SWEET !
Daniel C
And you have an overwhelming desire to sell it to me.
And you have an overwhelming desire to sell it to me.
And you have an overwhelming desire to sell it to me.
Keep it... best truck you could ever buy... new one's can't hold a candle to them for longevity!!! Take care of it she'll run forever... OL J R :)
It’s true the old fords was built to last the new ford truck will make you a Chevy man
@@topfuel6824 No way! The chevy truck of today is overpriced and such a piece of shit.
Fords twin I beam suspension? Every time you put a load in the box it would change the front end alignment. You were lucky to get ten thousand miles from a set of tires!
True. Ford had a better idea, but I guess they went with the cheaper one instead. Lol
@@20alphabet I think in the old days to adjust the camber they had to bend the I beam.
Anthony Nelson my uncles 79 f350. Steering was so bad i got pulled over numerous times for probable dui ! 😆
@@anthonynelson9136
They did.
Ain't they still producing the twin I beam?
My first pickup was a 72 Chevy C 10 with helper springs .
Have a 73 short box f100 and wouldn't trade it for every Chevy on the lot! I like my 73 Chevy even with the body rust. Both good trucks👌
Does it have a 240 straight 6, 302 V8, 360 V8, or 390 V8?
@@bobbyheffley4955 it has the 360 .. with factory AC..
I'm still running my 72 Longhorn.
17:08 Yes that does look like someone is having fun!
This Chevrolet's exhaust system is made of double wall alumanized steel!......of which the inner wall rusts and collapses and blocks off the exhaust flow leaving everyone, including your favorite mechanic scratching their head wondering why the truck won't run.
Ha!! So so true
if a mechanic can't figure out an exhaust blockage then they aren't worth a shit.
7:28 haha that's a nice Sunday drive
The days of " TONKA TUFF " Chevy Pick Ups.
I like both the Blazer and the Bronco. They just look cool.
"Aluminized exhaust that resists corrosion"... glad there was ONE part of the Chevy's of that era that wouldn't rust LOL:) Dad had a '72 Chevy pickup... it was a pretty good pickup, plenty of power, just a 350 with a three on the three standard transmission IIRC, but boy did that thing rust... the fenders rusted, the cab rusted, it looked like Swiss cheese by the time he traded it off. Another problem was they used stupid coil springs and long bars for rear suspension-- thing would squat on its spurs and bottom out REAL easy when you put a decent size load in the bed compared to a Ford... Dad finally had enough and traded it off on a new '77 Ford because the floorboard was completely rusted out under the doors and beside the seats-- you could see clean through to the ground! The back corners of the cab had rotted off behind the doors, the top of the cab roof where it joins the pillars was rusting through, and the front and rear fenders looked like Swiss cheese... Chevy might have had "double panels" back then but they were using recycled steel from old tin cans and so the trucks simply rotted away in no time, and we were down south in Texas where they DON'T salt the roads in winter-- hate to think how they'd rot up north after being exposed to winter road salt!
That said, Chevy was ahead of the curve on the front disc brakes-- HUGE improvement over the drum brakes that hung around too long on Fords... Disk brakes give much better heat dissipation and stopping power, resistance to brake fade and of course are MUCH more resistant to water intrusion since they just sling the water off the rotors, where drums trap the water... even so, anybody who's ever driven a HD truck (2 ton or up, which are pretty much ALL drum brakes even to this day) knows if you drive through water, you drive fairly slow and "drag the brakes" by applying light pressure to the pedal for a bit after you get out of the water to generate heat in the brakes to dry out the drums and get rid of the water... otherwise you step on the brakes and the trapped water on the inside surface of the drum simply "hydroplanes" the brake shoes and your stopping distance goes up a ton...
Later! OL J R :)
I'm a GM guy but your right about the rust part, these bodies rusted terrible up here in Iowa, but so did the Fords and Dodges TBH. the 73-77ish seemed to be better on cab rust but the boxes on those were notorious for turning to Swiss cheese in ten years.
@@seththomas9105 yeah agree... We had a 77 Suburban we bought used in the late 80's for a farm truck... That 454 automatic would pull like a team of wild bulls, and pass everything but a gas station... Why we eventually had to sideline it-- simply drank too much gas, which got real expensive in the run up to the first Gulf War.... I was gonna get it running again after being parked again and it was rusting away to badly, the body was turning to Swiss cheese, the rear C pillars were nearly completely gone... Shame really because it was a great truck otherwise... My brother put the 454 into his 79 El Camino, which he later sold... Later! OL J R
my 70 c10 has coils in the back and you cant put anything back there without it squatting, but it rides like a dream. i also have a 72 c20 that has leafs in the back and that truck is an absolute work horse. i agree with you on the rust part though, luckily the metal is cheap!
I'm a Ford guy and have been all my life. First truck was a Ford 100 explorer with a 390 V8 back in my HS days. Kept it 10 years and sold it because I moved to Japan.
@Randy Wiesendanger explain yourself on your post.
@Randy Wiesendanger I was in the service and so I had little say over low standards and or rice burners. Events👍
You do know he’s not talking about the suv explorer in the 90s. He’s talking about the old pickups right?
@@joejoe493 yes, my motor was a 390. Mostly all cars in 1970's & 80's were junk regarding the big 3. Sad because they had the knowledge and became totally complacent.
@Randy Wiesendanger Nope you've got that covered already. Good for you that you believe bow ties are the best. Isn't that why there are choices?
My company truck is a 1 ton Dodge and it does a function and I wouldn't take it home if they gave me the keys.
Cool, back when vehicles where over built with solid heavy components that last and take abuse. Nothing like the flimsy shit boxes of today.
I did notice the real 16 gauge in action. Oddly enough, that ford that failed the forklift is still thicker than today. I weld the poop out of my 1996 gmc...but it is deserving it. 377k miles in the north.
You’re an idiot 😂🤣
7:33 LOL That’s how I looked when I drove my Ford Ranger, it was a rough ride!
the next time i need to move my 747 to the other side of the yard,i'll have to remember this.i do love the body style of the 67-72 trucks though.if you can get past having the steering wheel 2 feet from the dash.gm' early substitute for an air bag.it may crush your chest,but will keep your face out of the windsheild in a wreck.
This is when GM made really good automobiles. Today, well, the politicians seem to be happy with them. GM caters to the politicians, not customers.
GM stands for Government Moters!
@@albertmcmichael9110 It markets for government motors because they try to satisfy politicians, not customers. But it builds like garbage motors. None of that ugly junk is going to last long. They look like garbage as well as are put together like garbage. Thus we have Garbage Motors built for the Government. G²M should be the née name. We now know what G² stands for.
Anyone else think it would fun to ride in the dummy seat once.
Aside from the brain damage, it would be fun!
67-72 Chevy Trucks, the new breed. Best trucks GM ever made.
..Yeah..only a six year run..wish they had made them at least till 73 or 74..just needed to do one more grill revamp...the 73-87 squarebodys are all-around good trucks, but they made them WAYY too long..I always begrudged that they made these trucks only 6 years, and the suarebodys 15 years..even longer for the Blazers, Suburbans, and crew cabs....
I see old Ford's and Chevy's on the road all the time, but I never see any "job rated" "army certified" Dodge's around. I do see the 80s and 90s one's alot though.
My 1988 Dodge (5.2 litre), will be registered as my birthday gift in June. Not many left in New Hampshire.
Buen comercial de los 60 70 me imagino 👍😁 buenos vehículos
When those first generation Chevy K5 Blazers came out in 1969, the GMC Jimmys came out a year later. They replaced the previous panel trucks. 1972 was the last year for those first generation K5 Blazers & Jimmys & same with those second generation C/K series pickups & sixth generation Suburbans. Those first generation Ford Broncos were built from 1966 through 1977.
17:07. I'm sold!
Allways owned Chevys no regrets at all but got to admit those old Ford trucks are also sexy not as reliable as chevys but still sexy
@7:25 thats awesome
The US Military bought a lot of Blazers with V10 diesels and called them CUCV's. They could carry 5 people. Then someone decided the Hummer was a better idea. The Hummer only carried 4 people and couldn't go in narrow areas or climb steep slopes as well as the CUCV. I remember one Hummer that couldn't go through a standard street underpass. Seems Chevy and the government both changed about the same time (both for the worse).
The 6.2 Detroit Diesel in the CUCV is a V8.
8:00 my 73' camper special came stock with both front and rear sway bars
I have an ‘83 K30 which I carry a huge camper on. Didn’t come stock with a rear sway bar but I added a big aftermarket one. Replaced all the bushings for the front bar too. It helped the sway but not as much as I hoped it would.
Very Interesting!
Love these
Boy those are highly collectible now! And beautiful May I add!👌😎👍love that blazer! Too bad the new blazer doesn’t even resembles a real blazer anymore! Is just a name! They’ve should have never had called the new one a blazer!
Awesome film. Can you re-post when you're finished with the audio restoration? This seems to be a first draft
BTW my 72 had no power assist, disc brakes NO POWER BRAKES LOL. Still that truck was a beast. 307 auto low gears, manual steering. Only options were the heavy springs auto trans and radio LOL
That dummy catching hell.
Is this the predecessor of J.D. power?
You ought to see the ford pickup truck commercials of the day, Those commercials were awesome
The "other truck". Lol. I place no blame. I can't say the "f" word" either!!! Lol. Cool video!
YAY 1972 my dad was born
I graduated from HS and went in the military.
Wow, your dad is a kid!
Me to
My 1971 GMC Jimmy is a little rough but it's been getting me to work the last 2 weeks in the snow 35 inch super swampers get it through the deep stuff, got the np205 and the granny 4 speed gotta love the old ones
Had the orange chevy.it was a beast.a beast.i miss it.not fair to compair the Blazer with the bronco.they were two different worlds that year.ive had both.bronco would go further off road.
My 70 GMC C2500 was 50 years old last month.
I want a Blazer so much now. I’m sold!
Chevy is junk get the best get a Ford.
The new Blazer can’t climb a curb... smh
I couldn’t stop laughing at the dummy bouncing around. I laughed so hard I cried!
The tractor used for the testing was a Ford
I was starting to think that I was the only person who noticed that.
Ford made good tractors!
Well Fords normally being towed by a Chevy! LOL
JohnnyBDyer then why doesn’t Chevy make tractors? “LOL”
I miss my truck it wasn't 4wd but it was great my dad bought it new in 75 it was a Scottsdale painted white with black trim blue interior i have now got truck blood always running through my vaines Thank You GMC CHEVY😂😂😢😢
Back in the days when men were men!! If you had asked for a heated seat you'd get laughed out of the showroom..
Chevrolet was really something back then unlike now
They sure were. But Chevy also produced some good trucks from '89-'98, and again from '99-'05. I had a '91 that I bought new, and it was great. I drove it until '05 when I bought a new Chevy truck, that I still drive today. I would not own a modern new one though.
I will Still take the 1972 Ford!! where can i order please.
Good thing they didn't use a 73 model year, things went downhill fast from then on.
yeah but they had disc brakes
Have to dis agree with you on that the square body trucks were one of the best truck chevy/GMC made.
@@troyf374 : LMAO they even showed the truck going downhill with the brakes being sprayed with water hoses. Poor choose of words Daniel Ginther.
@@dominicoconner1973 I didn't say anything about the disc brakes, go back and review the guy who did.
@@dominicoconner1973 whatever
I would love to have been one of their test drivers. Lol. I bet they paid out a few settlements
I wish they still made these trucks and blazer. I would buy one today if they were on the lot beside these new ones they make.
If I ever move to USA, my new car will be either F150 or Silverado.
Get an early 90s Silverado.
@Old Iron Everything in this country is gone to sh!t now, why would you want to move to a country run by a complete moron who is screwing up everything?
If you get an F150, make sure that it is a model that is newer than around 2011 or so. The previous years had a horrible engine in it that made them a bad choice. Also, do not get the “EcoBoost” engine that comes with any of the Ford vehicles, they are unreliable pieces of junk. If you want something older than the Ford, then get a Silverado from around 2006 to earlier years. GM(the company that owns Chevy and GMC) had a terrible quality drop due to their bankruptcy in 2009. All GM quality has been terrible since then, which is why I recommend Ford for the later years, and Chevy for the earlier years.
Ram the best!
Nermash Get the Ford F-150 GM quality control has been going downhill for decades now this video was made when GM and Ford were neck to to neck in quality control.
I don't plan on dropping spikes on my roof anyway.
CHARLES ATWELL 😂GM and Ford were pretty close in quality control standards but Chevy made there vehicles 20% more then ford in those years that’s why GM cars trucks were made better then compared to now
I wish American auto makers thought like this again instead of investing millions into figuring out how to make their vehicles fail just after the warranty is up.
Best truck ever made
Last year for that Chevy body style.
Edward Pate the next year was the rust bucket style...
Josh Hunt all of them rusted
I find it interesting that sales literature often refers to the Blazer as a "personal car-truck" or Four wheel drive "car" - in a sense it was like a passenger car with the the backseat. Strictly speaking what is a 'truck' that has no separate cab from the distinct pickup box/body?
A Chevy suburban is simply a station wagon on a truck chassis. I'm comparing a 62 Impala wagon I've got with a 75 suburban that I have two wheel drive. I guess soccer moms needed more room than Little League moms did. I'm not knocking suburban. I've had multiple suburbans over the years decades newer than that 75 I mentioned.
Nowadays, and I kid you not, the US FTC would sue, harass, or block any manufacturer from doing comparisons with competitors, one reason you don't see comparative advertising anymore. Even court cases have held it's not easy to do comparative advertising in the USA. All in the name of TruthSpeak.
if you needed it to start every time you bought a Chevy. Ha Ha Ha!
Whoa on the gas mileage differences between them, also, comparing a Jeep competitor to a full size truck with a wagon body, entirely different markets.
A drunk driver plowed into my 72 Cheyenne c20 while it was parked, the impact moved it about 4 feet forward and completely onto the sidewalk. Bumper was only bent and a little bit of the rear quarter panel. Frame completely unscathed
17:09☺️
Vid is going to implode , 666th like.
That was the true Chevy truck.
This is why all the older folks know so much about cars, cause they marketed them and informed the general public of what goes behind the truck. They demonstrated why their truck was better and gave all the engineering behind it. The people could truly decide for themselves which actually was better. And today’s commercials just show a family in a car and show that it backs in for you and their like, “this is why my family drives a Ford, this is safety.” And then the commercial ends. It’s boring and non informative. No wonder you see those people who’s cars are falling apart on the road today. Nobody, besides car people, care about or know much about their car nowadays. Also, can I please go buy myself a 1972 Chevy cause this sells me. Oh how I wish I could get one new now.
They left out the torque hop of the coil spring rear suspension on backing up. Dodge seems to have fixed this problem on their new rear coil springs.
I have considered that both Chev & Ford built good pickups during the early 70's. If you wanted a 6 the Ford 300 was the best bet but both manufacturers offered a good selection of V8's. Chev's 350 & 400 autos were very good & Ford's best auto was the C6. Both offered pretty fair 4 speeds & Ford had a slightly better selection of differentials. .
what was the price difference of the models shown?
👍🏼
Back when American auto makers put quality over shareholder profits.
Both of those generation pickups were built from 1967 through 1972. The Chevy is a second generation C/K series pickup & the Ford is a fifth generation F-series pickup.
OMG the dummy bouncing up and down 😂😂 just imagine being him
👍
Sold... Where's the nearest dealer?
yah" we know chevy had the commercials. but ford had the trucks baby,,still got mine 75 f250,,,
The last year to own a GMC!!!!?
Who was the film made for? Dealers? Customers?
17:08 liberated girl... thank me later.
The high beams were on.
Thank you
God bless.
Thank hippies time, amen, now every moron holding cell phone next to junk way too much
17:10 ...you're welcome.
Thank you
Yet a year later in 1973, both Ford and GM had redesigned their trucks.
Wow gm had dumb commercials back then to but at least they were well built
Chevrolet this, Chevrolet that. Had a '69 F100 two tone long bed back in the late eighties in high school. Loved that truck!! Ford still kicked chevys ass by selling 26,000 more trucks from 67-72 models.
Only because price was cheaper.
How come I dont see those 26000 fords now?HAHAHA.
My 78 chevy stepside is still running like a top 42 years later!
(after12,000 dollars restoration)
Lmc truck loves guys like you.
local garage has a 57 with the big back window 283 cid and 4 speed sweeet truck
I want a blazer!