An original promo from Chrysler Promoting the Chrysler 300, the high performance sports car. Narrated by Morgan Beatty and hosted by Bob Rogers, head of Chrysler Engineering.
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@KoJo-qh9od4 жыл бұрын
I had one of these when I was 17 years old. My uncle sold it to me for 100 dollars. Loved that car and still miss it to this day.
@markmalone53849 жыл бұрын
Whoa! You sure had to have big balls to be the flagman when these cars crossed the finish line at 150 mph! Great video...
@WAQWBrentwood7 жыл бұрын
Grandma saying "Crazy!" made Coca-Cola come out of my nose.
@rcnelson8 жыл бұрын
My dad had a '62 300H. What a grand and powerful machine that was. It still haunts my dreams.
@McBanditHope7 жыл бұрын
Now I'm imagining riding down the highway in a black 300H at midnight while "Don't Fear the Reaper" plays on the radio
@rceldib9 жыл бұрын
I had two 1962 Chrysler 300s, a coupe and a convertible. Neither was a letter car but they both had the 413 engine. What a great car except for those old drum brakes. Very scary driving down the Grapevine.
@terrysellers67122 жыл бұрын
62 Chrysler brakes are great if you replace all wheel cylinders, and hoses. And adjust them properly! Then you have the transmission brake, the best in the business of that time. 😊
@tacoma55437 жыл бұрын
I've always loved that domed instrument cluster. Really space aged look for its time.
@curbozerboomer1773 Жыл бұрын
The glow from that spacey dash array, would light up the entire interior of such cars, when sitting at a light in the nighttime!...It was very impressive.
@theatreorganman8 жыл бұрын
What a car! I am partial to the 62 model as I had a "working man's" version, the non-letter 300. It was still a snappy car with plenty of get up and go. Never had a single service issue!
@michaelmartinez13453 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!!! This is a CLASSIC!!!
@garymckee88573 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful vehicle
@asteverino85692 жыл бұрын
This was fun and a good example of modern advertising.
@iMernerner5 жыл бұрын
still modern in 2019
@sonnyblack90288 жыл бұрын
awesome vid!...love the MOPAR 413 Wedge engine 2 X 4BBl...letter 300!....1st real muscle cars.
@2right4words7 жыл бұрын
funny funny how Chrysler mocked Continental a few years earlier for having slanted headlights
@nonyabusiness62405 жыл бұрын
That's because chrysler fired Virgil exner and hired engil, the guy who designed the Lincolns
@tillivanilli64814 жыл бұрын
Cars had to be Like this in USA, -and Made in USA again! I'm from germany and I'm looking for the great, amazing Automotive History of USA. Im studying this History and i've to say, the best cars ever made was produced at USA between 1950-1970s. And i think Cars Made in USA have to be like they was in the 60/70s again. Even the V8's, the Body on Frame design (+RWD!!!) have to be used again by GM and Ford for mid- & fullsize Sedans (+ even the amazing "4 Door Hardtop" Bodystyle without the B-pillars between the Doors.... This was the most beautiful and amazing design feauture + the long & elegant low roof stylings of the mid and fullsize cars.... When you see Crash tests arround the late60s &70s with US Cars what was using Body on Frame design you even can see this generations was the most strong Cars, even at the passenger cell! Then they brought Out the first Airbags and shoulder seat belts with shock absorbing dampers behinde the bumpers and yes, this was the safest cars ever made! A unibody Design could also bei very strong, but at present cars, especially the small cars are deathly dangerous. Even also because they've a fatal Design fail: the most of the present cars are small but very high in their roof and body lines. What isn't the right way for a car. This will even be a bad dynamic in turns or in dangerous situations when you've to dodge out something in the road ahed.... The bad understeering problem at 99% of FWD cars does the rest for a unsafe vhehicle. Yes, really this Design what was used in the 60/70s was the best for cars in all. It's a shame when there is a Toyota Prius, or Honda,... Those 150 years old electric cars are the badest cars ever. The Lithium cells are the Most dangerous and environment destroying things ever used for Cars/vhehicles. That electric cars are a dangerous, bad shame of engineering and produce cars ever. And yes, the electric car is the badest Thing about environment protection, too. And the electric cars was there before cars with Otto Motor was born. Oil isn't a Problem. Not for environment, not about "Peak oil" or something else. The big lie about oil is a thing what the people must know! Because oil never had the problem about ending or else. Oil is A-biotic, and is never ending. It's a shame about paying highest prices for a A-biotic oil what never ends and what never made a problem about environment protection. The reality about oil is a very importand thing to know. You can find Videos at YT about the A-biotic oil and reality about oil, too. And i think everybody have to look those videos that we all will know about the reality about oil. I hope i could give you some Informations/ things what you could look :)
@johnjessey69553 жыл бұрын
Very good comment. Most people don’t understand or know about the environmental catastrophe that are electric cars. It is all about the money, not doing what is best. This kind of talk will most likely be censored as well as dissenting political debate that does not fit the narrative of the morally superior green speak! Just a matter of time and we will most likely labeled environmental terrorists for even having this conversation. God save the internal combustion engine.
@curbozerboomer1773 Жыл бұрын
Your rationale is as bad as your spelling.
@JuarezsantossousaSousa7 жыл бұрын
sensacional.
@frequencyfluxfandango85047 жыл бұрын
That Bob Rogers fellow reminds me of Alfred E. Neuman.
@bigman554348 жыл бұрын
These are what are referred to as "the letter cars", right?
@WAQWBrentwood7 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@robertbutts98354 жыл бұрын
I remember a neighbor had one when I was young
@michaelcaron76594 жыл бұрын
Wow wish I had one of these today my Dad had the 62 New Yorker basically the same except not as much high performance but it did have the 413 with a single 4 barrel carb on it though and I remember that thing would still get up and go Lol 😂
@curbozerboomer1773 Жыл бұрын
That setup provided 340hp--plenty of power to launch that large vehicle!..Also, it was quaintly amusing to hear the bragging about 0-60 times around 8.5 seconds...Nowadays, a cheap Honda Civic easily beats that number!..I do remember, that back in that time frame, very few cars could break the magic 10 second 0-60 time.
@moparmadman11343 жыл бұрын
What a great inspirational video .. Take me back to those times! Trump 2021
@curbozerboomer1773 Жыл бұрын
If you buy all the BS in the film, no wonder you approve of Trump!
@superbird43515 жыл бұрын
Is the fuel economy on this measured in Miles Per Gallon or Gallons Per Mile?
@TheRazvy19904 жыл бұрын
Liters/km ! Abber gut auto !!!😃😃😃😃
@carolyngiven36653 жыл бұрын
They actually got decent mileage. The engine design was very thermally and volumetricly efficient. Also they ran without complaint on regular gas.
@kimharbison5277 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like the narration is Humphrey Bogart.
@gojoe2839 жыл бұрын
Bob Rodgers, engineer who helped in pioneering the original Hemi, doesn't have a Hemi to promote here. Chrysler dumped it in 1958 (for the 1959 model year) in favor of the 413 Wedge engine. While the Wedge wasn't a bad engine, it wasn't the Hemi. And after 1965 the Lettercars were gone too. The 300-H used the 122 inch Dodge platform, and the non-letter 300 came out that watered down the 300's special place in the lineup.
@johntechwriter7 жыл бұрын
Joe Yeah, it's a shame the manufacturer diluted the 300 monicker in later years, removing its sports features. Many years later BMW have done the same with their M designation.
@Rare92Mustang6 жыл бұрын
The 413 made more power, equal torque, and weighed 125 pounds less. 1958 vs 1959, the '59 was faster.
@billbright17557 жыл бұрын
Those two four barrels must have been thirsty, what kind of mileage did it get?
@billbright17557 жыл бұрын
Well and good but if you loose traction and go into a skid at 135 mph not much good will come of it.
@OsbornTramain7 жыл бұрын
I would imagine in the 8 to 10 mp gallon range in the city, 12 to 14 on the highway. Kind of like a Hummer
@paulbrown46767 жыл бұрын
Bill Bright in the age of. 25 cents a gallon not the issue one would think. especially for the buyer of these luxury models.
@nonyabusiness62405 жыл бұрын
My new yorker with the 413 v8 (same engine) gets 14 city and 20 highway
@TheRazvy19904 жыл бұрын
@@nonyabusiness6240 that is not bad at all....for driving it 4...6 sundays a year in the summer !!
@ammca665649 жыл бұрын
Who was the audience for this? It kinda sounds at the end as if they're letting people drive them at the proving grounds? This sure wouldn't have been on network TV. And it was too long to be shown in movie houses. Dealers wouldn't have facilities to show it, nor would you get customers to sit still for it. Anybody know the purpose of this film, besides to amuse us 50 years later?
@OsbornTramain9 жыл бұрын
Back in the day, it wasn't unusual to have mass showings of films in theaters for Dealers. The audience would have been the Chrysler Salesmen at new car introduction time. Remember, back then, it was every September/October when the new cars were introduced. Now, new cars come out at all times of the year.. A zone or region would rent the theater in the morning and the sales people would show up and watch the film and then they'd go on with a sales meeting. By the 70's, they used small projector systems and showed the films in the Dealers themselves. By the 80's, it was VHS or even Beta. Then laser discs....then well, you get the picture.......
@TheItsmegp469 жыл бұрын
Fifty odd years ago, going to a movie was an all afternoon or evening affair. They would show 2 films, newsreels (not everyone had tv back then), a cartoon and perhaps even this commercial film.
@WAQWBrentwood7 жыл бұрын
+OsbornTramain Pretty much yes.
@WAQWBrentwood7 жыл бұрын
+itsmegp46 This film splits the difference between consumer commercial and dealer promo. What ever audience It's for, I seriously want an Imperial with 300 "goodies".....To hell with "High Tech"!
@fredgarvin82807 жыл бұрын
Theaters. Spending a Saturday in an airconditioned theater was a popular past time. Before "the feature" movies played they showed news reels, informercials, cartoons etc.