My first car was a ‘67 Fairlane GTA, someone replaced the 390 HP with a hot cammed 428 SCJ. No seatbelts, no AC, no drink holders or airbags 😂 Pretty worn out by the time I bought it but still ran really good. Never had a problem pulling away from any stock small block Camaro or Mustang, even held up against the new at the time Mustang F body GTs. It was like driving the Batmobile because it was the only Fairlane on the road in my area.
@JA-sm9zf19 күн бұрын
Very informative- thanks
@g-mang-man792421 күн бұрын
My dad had a 62 Lancer while we were growing up. The day he tried to turn off the hi-beams, his foot went through the very rusty floor. Him and my mom went and bought used 64 Impala.
@67marlins26 күн бұрын
Great video!!! Thanks for posting.
@AtZero1382 ай бұрын
As a Mopar A Body owner.. 1968 Dart is my daily.. the early Valiant and its Plymouth equivalent to my Dart.. 67 to 72.. my choice.. i will have one someday...
@bryanharle3 ай бұрын
Does anyone know where I can find right side rear quarter panel chrome
@bryanharle3 ай бұрын
I am restoring a door Montclair. Marauder very hard to find parts for
@8avexp4 ай бұрын
I have two 1968 dealer catalogs - one without the AMX and one with. My father picked them up while car shopping (he ended buying an Ambassador).
@timc23464 ай бұрын
Very informative also a Car Guy.🇨🇦
@daviddawe73154 ай бұрын
Awesome trucks
@dicktatina78144 ай бұрын
mine looks like the first shown.
@FloydKirby-tw6qs5 ай бұрын
I have a trunk full of old car brochures Are you interested in buying them?
@jeffreymcneal15075 ай бұрын
I've had a long love relationship with the Slant 6, so when my kids told me I needed to get a new car, I found a 1960 Valiant with the toilet seat faux spare tire ring on the Internet ( they said "new," but failed to mention what defines "new," it's new. Just old and new). It's black with the red interior, and I paid way too much for it, $10K, plus shipping, but it runs. It's going to swallow another $12K in bumper to bumper restoration and interior, but that still translates to its original 1960's retail price, and it is a pleasure to drive. All cars today look like melted chocolate bars that got pooped out of the same wind tunnel. The black is fiercely hot in the desert sun, so it's getting a repaint in cherry red. I'd thought about white, but white is such a common color. I was surprised, from this video, that they came with full-on white walls. I'm going to mention "Classic Car Deals" as the vendor. The way the car was appraised, it was in drivable condition with a broken speedometer and was pictured with intact upholstery. In reality, it was nearly a wreck on delivery, and the interior was completely destroyed from carpet to headliner. Fortunately, she still had the original knobs and the original tube-type radio (no transistors!), but otherwise, the appraisal was flatly dishonest. Anyone looking to buy a classic online, and there are many dealers, will be well advised to hire an independent appraiser to go over it and photograph the heck out of it. I feel that Classic Car Deals is not the only dealership exaggerating the car's condition. If they don't like me writing this and want to sue for libel, I got the receipts to prove what a wreck it is/was. But she will be looking fine once the last of it is restored.
@brianandglendaharkin94575 ай бұрын
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇦🇺
@williamburkholder7695 ай бұрын
My Dad bought a new one in 1960. I learned to drive it in 1970 and it was mine in 1971-73. Worst POS car I ever owned! But hey, it got me to high school and work. It was a V100 with three on the floor, no radio, no A/C, no right side view mirror, rubber flooring, and the engine knocked no matter what gas you put in it. It burned oil, despite our by-the-book maintenance. Ball joints were loose by 90,000 miles. It was notoriously unreliable. Once, the wiring harness caught fire when I hit a bump. That bump broke the rusty battery-hold-down strap, which shorted out to a frayed wire. Cabin filled with smoke. Fortunately, I was going about 10 MPH and the engine died immediately. The entire harness had to be replaced. Another time, the pin holding the pinion gear to the drive shaft sheared off, disconnecting the drive shaft from the rear wheels. Imagine putting the car in gear and letting the clutch out. The speedometer goes up to 20 MPH or so, before you realize the car isn't moving at all! Yeah. I never bought another Mopar. I bought a Toyota Corolla in 1977 when I graduated from college, and have driven nothing but Toyotas ever since. They've all been great.
@printerudell36046 ай бұрын
Best car ever built. They were bullet proof.
@carlbuschman6 ай бұрын
Owned a 67 G.T. Ford Fairlane divorce took it away.
@jerylarcher64876 ай бұрын
I had a 66 GTXL a combo I haven’t seen a lot of.
@christophertaylor24646 ай бұрын
I just liked and subscribed to your channel. I have a 1970 F100 Short bed with a 390 big block under the hood. My first truck payed 500 dollars for it back in the late 90s and it has been sitting since 1999 and I really want to get it back on the road.
@ThomasPlesha-on5rr6 ай бұрын
My grandfather had a 62 Lancer I like it when I was about 15 years old my mom and dad got the car and I got to drive it in our backyard we had 5 acres I had a lot of fun with it
@stuarthughes59886 ай бұрын
undoubtably the first
@carlosmonasterios93686 ай бұрын
MORE VIDEOS PLEASE....😊😊😊😊😊
@LlyleHunter7 ай бұрын
My grandfather had one. I loved that car and so did he. He traded it in for a ‘’68 Satellite with a 383 and then he had a ‘72 Skylark then a ‘76 Regal then an 84 Cutlass. When I was in college in 1981 he and I went out one night on the town together when he was visiting us in town and let’s just say I was in shape to drive home when he drank me under the table so he drove us home in my’73 Duster and he said that it felt familiar. I told him it was because it was because it was pretty much the same car as his old Valiant.
@HADJEE7 ай бұрын
I saw a Holley fuel injection in a '62 Lancer.
@peterolsen37977 ай бұрын
Chrysler also made a couple of Hyper-Packs, aluminum 225 cubic inch motors. My best at the 1/4 mile was 11.06 on a winter morning at Fremont Raceway. Biggest problem was keeping air in the tires as low pressures were needed to get traction and not break the tire to rim seal. A friend and I ran the car at Bonneville in 1970 and got a one-way speed of 132 MPH. the clutch exploded and it was a one-way run. The car did make it through the measured mile. In fact, with a damaged clutch, (no release), we drove it 300 miles home rather slowly. That was the only failure of the car for the ninety thousand miles i had the car.
@SCfanIam1007 ай бұрын
My Grandma had one and it would haul A~~!
@MrOlgrumpy7 ай бұрын
These were sold in Australia,the first called the "R" series with the fake spare in the boot lid then the "S' without. All had the 225 slant 6 with about 140 hp,and I only remember seeing push- button autos.More power than the Falcon or Holden of the time,but thirsty.
@steeliewheelies7 ай бұрын
Very cool video, thank you
@caribman108 ай бұрын
Lancer GT didn't have a 4-speed? Wow.
@jerrycallender93528 ай бұрын
My gramps had one of these GTs. LUVed that little car.
@ashleybrown3258 ай бұрын
Awesome I love 1972 I had 3 off them trashing my 328 I cov BMW for another Grand Prix I might get 1967 an 1972 !
@Bbbbad7248 ай бұрын
I really wish they had put the 410 4 V with just a little better exhaust manifolds. They had the parts on the shelf. The C6AER heads and the aluminum PI intake. Torque monsters. And even the 428 T-bird with the same heads only with LR 2.09/1.63 valves and the aluminum 4 and 2x4 intakes with Holleys. 66-67 GT and GTA could have been so much better. Even the GT/CJ cam. They would have been better on the street. I never understood it. A pair of 2.25 duals to the rear with resonators and muffler delete. They were THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CARS IN 66 and 67. They could have slapped around any 383 Mopar.
@tommywatterson52768 ай бұрын
The 67 convertible model was really very nice and luxury sport looking. To me, it would've competed very well against the Ford Thunderbird ragtop.
@ketflip75029 ай бұрын
Nice video ;-) Love it or hate it? Hmmm I think that ve simply like it
@MarinCipollina9 ай бұрын
Nobody else needs to mention the Canadian Pontiac Grand Prix.. It's been mentioned twice already.. Thanks for this video, @Char_Gens..
@MrGuitar14589 ай бұрын
I love the video, but I hate to have to complain for the 8 millionth time, the name of the car is pronounced WILLIS, NOT WILLY'S, OR WILLIE'S. It was named after a man named John North Willys, pronounced WILLIS, who founded the company that made the car in 1908. Otherwise, wonderful video, great brochure, excellent information. Sorry for the rant, but it drives me crazy. Just saw Dave's comment below...sorry to double down...
@steveng-my6zk9 ай бұрын
I had a 2 door Malibu Classic. I loved it. Wish I still had it. You NEVER see one on the road anymore, guess they have all been crushed😢
@brucesimpson71699 ай бұрын
We had one, more thn million miles, it turned into a rust bucket with sides flapping in the wind
@jamesbosworth419110 ай бұрын
Notice how today's truck advertising never mentions chassis/cabs, flatbeads, or stakebeds?
@jamesonpace72610 ай бұрын
Can't take anymore, it's making me cry - despite the almost exact Monty Python's Flying Circus music....
@Char_Jens10 ай бұрын
Lol
@gabrielsandoval499410 ай бұрын
4:47 That last part is pretty sad now in hindsight.
@DAN-lo5db10 ай бұрын
Dad had a 1967 metalic green ford V-8 stick shift truck. He took out the back window and made a custom camper towing a trailor and we went across the country for summer vacation in it and mom passed us kids in the camper ice tea or lemonade and sandwiches during the long trips.
@Stevenimich10 ай бұрын
Man! Prices were really cheap then if you think about it!
@MichaelJones-ci6hq10 ай бұрын
Koool video.
@mariuskancel911510 ай бұрын
La meilleure américaine de tout les temps
@charlessorrell122610 ай бұрын
My dad had a 62 GT, white with red interior. It didn’t have the hyper pack, but it did have the aluminum block 225. That made it a little peppier. In the winter, when the car was warmed up from driving and you stopped, say at the grocery store, that aluminum block would cool down and you had to start all over again with the heater.
@brianeastman354710 ай бұрын
I recommend the 351 Cobra Jet Cleveland 4 barrel.
@jamescooley574410 ай бұрын
I've always called the 60-66 Chevy trucks the "breadloaf design"... looking at the back they look like a loaf of bread.
@jamesbosworth419110 ай бұрын
They sure do! Never thought about that before!
@Skaramine10 ай бұрын
This is such a great series, breaking down the brochures and the Buick is a beautiful subject.
@ButchNackley10 ай бұрын
The Cyclone and 68 Cougar are the only Fomoco cars I ever liked.