1964 Chevelle 4 Door with a Surprise Underneath!

We bought this 64 Chevelle Malibu four door sedan which is almost a perfect match to our other 64 Chevelle Malibu four door sedan. But this one has a different engine and transmission, which is the whole reason why we bought it. Let’s take a walk around this thing and see why we thought it was cool.

[@jamessouthworth1699]

I used to love to drag race when I was a kid but these days I get more excited when I see an old inline-6 than a V8. It also warms my heart to see a cool old four-door.

[@youtuber5709]

Im with you , now that im older i can appreciate those four-door inline-6 .

[@johnmaki3046]

These were GREAT cars! They ALWAYS DID "their job"!

[@ostrich67]

"What you got in the trunk?" "Ohh, you don't want to look in there."

[@donk499]

The black one is so beautiful. I have many fond memories of our 64 Malibu wagon, back when it was brand new. The blue one is quite the "project" for sure...

[@muskykingjoe]

I had a 64 with the 230 motor and a three speed manual on the column. Drove it for 14.5 years with a motor rebuild and repaint in that span. Great driver and i loved the car.

[@johnmaki3046]

HOPE it DID NOT have "power steering"!

[@johnmaki3046]

GM had GREAT "hits" and LOTS OF "misses" IN "The Day"!

[@johnmaki3046]

I do believe the '64-69 Chevelles were the BEST GM "intermediates."!

[@hippydippy]

Boy do those bring back memories! Just like my first car I bought in 1970. 4 door, 3 on the tree, 6 banger. Drove the living snot out of that little thing. I hope you fix it up.

[@sporty196071]

I like it, I had a 63 Nova wagon for $50. back in 79 it was a Texas car. Red w/white top red interior no rust. Someone put a cheap floor shifter in it, spark-o-matic (K-mart). I put a Hurst shifter, red 65 GTO seats in it, I painted the rear side and back windows black put a small mattress in the back and went on a 3 month ride from Michigan to Florida I was 18. I got back and bought a 62 with a 9inch and glass front end traight axle with plans to put it on my wagon but I didn't have the ability back then. I still miss that car.

[@bigdogbob845]

Way back in the early 70's I had a 1965 Malibu 2 door with a built 283 cu in V-8 and a turbo glide auto trans. We called it the Freeway Flyer, that car would run out to almost 70 in low and when it shifted into high gear that 'ol sleeper was GONE ! The factory speedo only went to 120 mph so I really don't know for sure how fast it was, but after the speedo was topped out we could still get another 1,500 rpm on the after market tach, maybe 145+ Good Times !

[@randyslatton3945]

I had this car for just a little while in june-july 2020. It still had the 3 speed manual transmission in it and 7 inch rallies. The chrome on the pass side quarter was there and half of it on back door(broke). Still was missing on door. Awesome car for someone to play with.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

An older local person bought a '65 Chevelle Malibu convertible 396, 4 speed, bronze color, white top, long ago for $200... eventually just laid around in his garage... was willing to sell it now for $200 since it didn't run and needed brakes... someone else beat me to it... My girlfriend in 1960's drove a light blue '64 Chevelle convertible 283 PowerGlide... seemed like a really nice car... drove and rode smooth quiet solid like a full size car... much better than the offerings from Ford, Chrysler, AMC... the car/tech magazines of the day said the same thing...

[@johnmaki3046]

A '65 Buick "Special" (WHILE NOTHING "Special" was NEARLY this body type! They RAN, LITTLE MORE!

[@johnmaki3046]

Yup! These were GREAT, AFFORDABLE "RIDES"!

[@user-ts1ks2cg2l]

My first car was a 68 biscayne ,6 cylinder, powerglide a neighbor bought a new car so he gave it to me didn't run but new points and as good as a 79000 mile car could get I loved that car

[@brianfalls5038]

I've always loved the 64 Chevelle. That was one of my favorite years in the 60's.

[@leslieshepperd9850]

My mom had a black '65 Malibu with a 194 and 3 on the tree. That's what I learned to drive in .😊

[@johnmaki3046]

HOPE yours was not "power steering equipped"!

[@davidsantos8206]

Very nice little project for you or someone else. It reminds me of my 65 Elcamino, which was also a 6cyl 4spd. Thanks for the video

[@jamescon55]

Ya know IF it WAS factory 6 with the 4 spd? 🤔 I know you could order em with darn near anything that WAS optional. Obviously? Most of the 6 banger Chevelles/Elcos seemed to have the 3 spd manual (some with power glide). Back in 91 my senior year of HS, I bought my 1st 2nd Gen ELCO, a 66 El Camino 6 banger and 3 spd manual (with a custom built header, split low into dual exhaust with glasspacks, Lol. Truck also had FACTORY AC too! All intact, but didn't work. LOTTA fun in that truck...😏👍

[@chrispaulson2934]

If it was gold in color..it would be giving Repo Man vibes 😃. Bad ass 64s you got! 👍 👍

[@napoliansolo7865]

Back when I was in high school in the 70's a friend had a 66 (I think) Chevelle and he kept the original radio in it and mounted his cassette/radio under the driver's seat. Kept that original and also less likely to be stolen if someone didn't know where to look.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

I ordered my new cars without a radio since for the price of a factory AM radio I could put in aftermarket AM/FM/tape stereo and 4 speakers myself...

[@napoliansolo7865]

@@BuzzLOLOL When you buy a car used that's not an option. The point being that the hot rod hoarder said that he hated it when someone cut up the dash to install a deck @3:22 . You're just full of opinions this morning aren't you?

[@BuzzLOLOL]

@@napoliansolo7865 - I never had to cut up the dash, the aftermarket stuff was made to fit into the original holes... I'm more into facts than 'opinions'...

[@johnmaki3046]

I raced (stock car) a '66 Chevelle. The 64-65 had A LESS BULKY "body"! They were just SLICKER!

[@johnelliott7375]

Very cool as always, you did good with that one Good morning and great day to you all and I hope that you enjoy your weekend!

[@faslane5]

glad im not the only one that buys cars that are battery challenged, every one!

[@theheyseed]

Very cool, thanks for sharing. I had a 65 white four door 283 Powerglide. Bought it from the original owner in 1978 Drove it all over the east coast for eight years. I miss that car.

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

We had two of these in the family. Parents bought one like this dark blue 4 door as our family car with a straight six powerglide, and my older brother bought one new as well both 1964's but my brothers was bright red two door hardtop with a 283 powerglide. My brothers red two door got hit broadside on the passenger side by a Ford pickup and the car was totaled because the frame was bent so bad.

[@johnmaki3046]

This is SAD! The Ford pick-up must have been "going strong"! The GM intermediates, back then, HAD STRONG FRAMES!

[@ericnixon4225]

Thumbs up nonetheless,both cars are very worthy of keeping out of the junkyard or scrapped as both of these Chevy Chevelle's,very impressive and very nice to find such beautiful classic cars. Peace and Blessings to you all 👍🙏💯

[@johnmaki3046]

Well, they SURVIVED.

[@jeffyoder8105]

@@johnmaki3046 hey Johnmaki I don't disagree with your Mopar comments but the showroom hotrods were expensive and with the money saved by buying a mid 60s chevelle could buy a variety of powerful big and small block motors that could turn the lightweight chevelles into very fast sleepers that many street racers won a lot of races (and money) with including big block motors from the various Super sport Chevy models which fairly easily swapped into the mid 60s chevelles and with the advent of wide oval tires to put a little extra ( but not too obviously on the back wheels also wider mag style wheels all of which made for a surprisingly fast 4 door sedan that could smoke the back tires every bit as much as the big block Mopars and Fords did which for the younger folks made the car wars a 3 .manufacturers battle and also fueled those same 3 manufacturers wars in Nascar until Toyota made it a 4 brand war that is still happening today

[@johnmaki3046]

@@jeffyoder8105 In July '67, my dad (tired of the CRAPPY workmanship and "shaky" V-6 of our '65 Buick "Special" wanted to trade the thing! We looked at a '67 Plymouth Satellite coupe with a "426 HEMI", and factory 4-speed for $3698! My dad DID NOT like "stick-shifts" and the "160 mph" speedometer! I COULD HAVE INHEIRITED THIS AWESOME RIDE! Instead, I inherited a leaky, cheap, MISERABLE DRIVING JOKE!

[@JA-sm9zf]

Wow - what a great car - the way it rusted is odd - but that’s how rust works - lol thanks for sharing and keep up the good work

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Doors look like they came off another car...

[@johnmaki3046]

Well, "great cars" IF you EXPERIENCE a GOOD ONE!

[@alanwood5857]

Some nice pieces on the car - seats, battery, HEI and Muncie 4 spd. Some rust repair and some other work, would be a good driver for cheap.

[@johnmaki3046]

This could be REALLY EPIC!

[@Geoduck.]

Dog dish caps black tires. PERFECT! Due to the fact there are few or no options on that Chevelle its likely a base model 3 speed with 194ci inline six. I would love to own that one.

[@dionrau5580]

If they was My two car's, I wouldn't waste a minute putting the four speed in the black beauty.... 🤔

[@georgewetzel4380]

Please speak English.

[@jamesdennis2058]

Cars not car’s. A plural does not use an apostrophe.

[@dionrau5580]

@@jamesdennis2058 ca ca

[@mick_1949]

Yeah. Get the front seat out of it, and the 4 speed into the carlys black car. 6 cylinder with a Muncie, what an eye opener. Too cool. 👍🇦🇺

[@buff6637]

Man...I had the same car in 88...283 3 on tree 4 dr

[@dh190852]

A friend of my mom had a black Chevelle just like that one. 6cyl, 3 speed column shift. She LOVED that car. It was wrecked after some moron pulled out in front of her. It was replaced by a 78 Nova that she hated the rest of her life.

[@shitbox82]

Man I’m jealous, can’t find decent 4 door cruisers in my area, good find. 😎👍🏻

[@kennethhamby9811]

Owned a 62 nova, 66 nova, a66 impala, a67 chevelle, and a 69 nova . Wish I had any one back great fun .

[@Dwayne-mb2uj]

You have to see the movie Repo Man that the plot line centers around this model car and the dead aliens in the trunk from Roswell NM The car turns out be a time machine. It is a cult classic .

[@terryeustice5399]

It does need work. But should make a great quick flip for you. Thanks for sharing!💯👊👍

[@bigw8549]

One of my siblings drove a 65 Chevelle 4 door 6cyl with a powerglide. It was either Willow Green or Artesian Turquoise

[@philgrimsey3637]

Get Josh in for a collab on the bodywork. Aside that, i love it ❤

[@paulalexander8305]

Do not call that patina We all know what it really is I hope you're gonna paint the damn thing!!!!!! 😎

[@sporty196071]

I'm kinda of sick of that word PATINA, it seems to just popped up in the old car world.

[@JT-SE-OHIO]

My first car was like the black 4 dr with the same blue interior. I bought it in 1969 from my Grandparents with only 12.000 miles on it. They bought it off the showroom floor. It was a 283 powerglide with a 4 barrel carb and dual exhaust and for some reason had a SS emblem on the trunk lid. It was sort of a freak because it ran so good. I really think it was a 327 instead of a 283.It was an awesome car being such a fast 4 dr..Detroit put together some, get more than you paid for, cars during this time period since this was the first year of the Chevelle and they put together what they had on hand that day of production. It never broke so I didn't do much research on it, no google at the time so I didn't do any number search but it was one fast 4 dr. that surprised a lot of muscle cars whatever it had under the hood. It had this little box under the dash called a service-a-cater (I think) under the dash that spit out these cardboard cards that told you it was time to take it to the dealer for an oil change or whatever. That had to be a rare option. I didn't pay much attention to it and when it ran out of cards I just unplugged it..

[@BuzzLOLOL]

SS could be had with 6 cylinder engine...

[@johnmaki3046]

In "the day", Chevelle was a GREAT "intermediate" ride!

[@josephkovalcik8266]

Your black four door reminds me of my dad's 64 Chevelle. It was a black four door also, but with a red interior just like my 62 Impala convertable, sharp looking color scheme. He special ordered it in the fall of 63, one of the first off the line, he upgraded the engine to a 250 rather than the 230, three on the tree. We had it for four years, but the Cleveland winters took it's toll, the doors rusted thru. He sold it to my uncle when he bought our 68 Belair wagon.

[@charlie6629]

That's a whole lot of love to clean up that rust bucket. I see a full floor panels and a trunk replacement in his future

[@wsbill14224]

By the way I had a 4 door 64 Chevelle and I put an Alpine stereo in mine in 1981. Factory radios sucked back then so everyone put in better stuff. A good stereo was a prized possession back then, almost as important as having a car.

[@johnmaki3046]

TRUE!

[@1956model1]

Since the trim is missing on the right side, I'd take it off the left and fill in the holes. Pick a color and go with a smooth look.

[@jimmccauley9099]

Why and when did people start calling surface rust "Patina?"

[@willyschmitt5665]

Patina is what cheap ass people call rust and are too cheap and ignorant to restore the vehicle back to its former new condition.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Patina if just surface rust, not a hole...

[@willyschmitt5665]

@@BuzzLOLOL yes, but still ugly.

[@mr.intensity2685]

I'll tell you when it really became a thing... 2012, Episode 1 of Fast 'N Loud when Richard Rawlings scuff sanded a rusty weather beaten 1950 Oldsmobile, and then he clear coated the exterior. He splurged, painting the interior and dash a blue and white with white seats. Then he yanked the siezed Oldsmobile 303 Rocket, because he was cheap and lazy, and dropped in a crate 350. Later, when Aaron found a buyer, who was a trustfund baby, he wanted it "bagged", which Richard didn't want to do, but an extra $5500 sealed the deal. Derek from VGG, would have had that 303 running! Oh, and the rich kid later sold it a few years later at Barrett-Jackson!

[@erickricharson5196]

Sweet car. I got a 71 4 door nova. Sat 23 years I saved it from junk yard. Runs and drives now. Original driveline. 4 doors are making a come back

[@johnmaki3046]

As long as GM (Goofy Mechanics) assembled it well!

[@johnmaki3046]

Post 70s GM cars had MUCH BETTER power steering! The OLDER ones were "fish-flipping-outta-water "specials"!

[@erickricharson5196]

@@johnmaki3046 I much prefer the steering so soft I can turn the wheel with my pinky

[@johnmaki3046]

@@erickricharson5196 I guess I prefer HANDLING, but WHATEVER!

[@johnmaki3046]

@@erickricharson5196 As long as it is NOT "twitchy"! GM "accomplished" this in the late 50s-mid 60s! Ford and Chrysler "accomplished" this in the 70s! The vehicle "floated" like a MINNOW OUT OF WATER! I 'enjoyed" this "awesome handling"!

[@earlputnal9124]

Now throw a sweet 500+hp LS3 under that hoid. And you'll have a sweet sleeper ride?

[@HarborLockRoad]

First car my parents had when i was born was a 65, maroon 4dr 6cyl automatic. The funny thing is how much it reminds me of my 65 Studebaker cruiser with the same chevy 6!

[@stevegimenez9981]

That is pretty cool I'd leave 6 cylinder. With The Muncie 4 speed that would be fun to drive.

[@country4lyfe365]

That's beautiful. I always loved thee old Malibu's.

[@nativestacker4185]

I think she is worth putting some effort into , with some welding and filling the side molding holes slap a coat of paint on it , throw a small block at it and BAM! a neat cruiser .

[@davida.p.9911]

Diamond in the rough! 😎 Admittedly I like the 70-72 Chevelles/Malibus, but this one is really cool! I'd probably fix it up as is...not much needed. But everything is for sale at the right price.

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

swap out the gear box and seat ! sell the remainder .

[@wayne1340]

Man I tell you N64 reminds me of my 64 I had back in the day it has a 283 rebuilt with what we call the slip and slide but it was fast with that little gear you can go up to almost 80 miles an hour before you shift to drive it was a two doors though blue one you really made that black one look sweet and if I recall you said it had the 283 in it also thanks brother it brings back memories and as far as that blue one if you can I restore it I'll tell you with that 283 and that Powerglide I was blowing away Corvettes in low gear great cars

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Friend had a '64 Chevelle 283, Powerglide, Crane cam, revved to 85 in low...

[@davidt8844]

I love the car. I'm 61 years old. This was my first car at the age of 14. I paid $500 for it. But it was a 2 door convertible with a 283 . Someone put a 4 speed tran in it.

[@williamcap2236]

Nice ride ! Funny you opened the trunk the key you used is the same key my 1962 chevy II with 3 on the tree used gotta love them old chevys ❤

[@wsbill14224]

I had the same dark blue 4 door as you. Mine had a 6 cyl 3 speed and the floor was rusted out when I owned it in 1980-82. Good thing is the engine ran nice and could go 100 and gave me 22 MPG avg delivering pizza. For what I was doing I didn't want a V-8 I wanted a straight 6 for mileage.

[@novanut1964]

i'd drive it, i liked the baling wire on the exhaust hanger!

[@RustyIronProjectsRIP]

I have this same car minus the four speed, mine is still the three speed. I put a hurst shifter on the floor because the linkage on the tree finally wore out. Mine is not a Malibu but a 300. I also took the trim off the side and filled in the holes. If I can find the trim I would let you have it very reasonable.

[@dougfisher1813]

That's what someone did to my 73 Dodge. Now it has a dogleg 3 speed on the floor.

[@RustyIronProjectsRIP]

@@dougfisher1813 lots easier than trying to fix the original three on the tree. Mile of linkage.

[@scottwhitmer2034]

That'd make a heck of a sleeper!

[@brianglade848]

My dad bought a '67 Biscayne back in the 70s, thinking his smokes were in the glove box, he found an ear, he freaked out and flung the ear on a sidewalk

[@joemurray553]

My second car was a 1964 Malibu convertible. 283 2 barrel carb with 3 on a tree. I served me and my wife well

[@napoliansolo7865]

I've always wondered why American auto manufactures didn't offer 4 speed with their sixes. I know Jag and Mercedes did and they were 4 on the tree too.

[@tlr-nut7275]

The six cylinder was the economy motor. Same as the 3-speed. The 4-speed was a premium transmission, went with the upgraded motors.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Many offered a 4 speed with a 6... but 6 and 3 speed manual moved the car cheapestly, so that's what most got... of course, the big torquey American 6's didn't need a low 1st gear 4 speed like the small European 6's did...

[@napoliansolo7865]

@@BuzzLOLOL With a low first gear you could put taller gears in the back.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

@@napoliansolo7865 - Yes, get 'overdrive effect' without the inefficiency of the overdrive gear step in the drivetrain...

[@colescrustycars]

I also have a black 64 4dr I acquired. I really was gonna use it for parts for my 64 ss. But with a engine swap, it would be a driver again.

[@gatesyslots]

Cool cars bud. Gotta love the old Chevelles!

[@memphismike57]

My grandpa had a white 4 door automatic I passed my road test in it back in 76 no power steering didn’t matter I really liked that car !!

[@johnmaki3046]

The ones WITHOUT "power steering" WERE BLESSED!

[@dougfisher1813]

I remember my uncle had a 2 door 64 Malibu back in the 70s, 80's that was perpetually in red primer.

[@atsidis]

Big block sleeper is what that car needs

[@Grungegarage1955]

Hey I’m 17 and looking for my first project I would really be interested in buying this!

[@Clappedoutgarbage]

I'd leave it exactly how it is but fix some of the rust and add a healthy little small block and make a stop light racer/ cruiser

[@johnelliott7375]

Yes sir it could be and I would love to take it to my local car shows and start a book as a new project kinda thing.😊

[@MarkCordell]

My grandfather had one just like the with the white top.

[@davidmaggard9403]

Man what a find that shifter as came out of a 66.67 Chevelle id say the trans as came out of one of those great video as always keeper car ❤

[@bigdaddy9864]

Looks like the car from the movie classic "Repo Man" staring Emilio Estevan with out the Alliin's in the trunk.

[@keithhackman5713]

I like it. Hop up the motor a little. Fix the structuted - involved rust and bang around with it. Some 4 door styles look good. This is one of them. I look forward to more videos if you keep it. It may be a 194. Either way, with being relatively lightweight , no a.c. p.steering, less drag on the motor without the belts dragging off power. Even like.175 h.p out of that motor wiyh the 4 speed would feel good

[@johnmaki3046]

Without "power steering", these cars were GREAT! With...Not "so much"!

[@frankl.5153]

I also had a 64 Chevelle. Factory 327 325hp with a factory Muncie 4 spd Midnight Blue Convert. Man I loved that car. Sold it; two days later is was totaled. So sad.

[@kesleycottrell1416]

Except for the motor the blue one looks like my Great Uncle's moonshine car.

[@Fezzler61]

My first car was a 1965 Chevrolet 2-door, 6 banger, 3 on the tree. I always wonder if it was a Malibu or Chevelle until I found out there was a very base, stripped-down model called the Chevrolet 300. That makes sense because my aunt was a widow and office worker and would have purchased the least expensive model. I love the 3 on the tree. My friends in H.S. back in 1978 had never seen one. The car was from north Jersey so snow and salt and being parked outside did a job on it. Rear window leaked. Holes in the floor. But I was glad to have it. Put my Radio Shack 8-track player in the glovebox and Jensen speakers in rear window (both stolen by neighborhood kids eventually - still mad about it today.) Someone cut me off and crushed the front quarter panel and that was it. I guess its charm, to me, was the 3 on the tree and oddly the very plain styling (no styling).

[@BuzzLOLOL]

LOL! "6 pack"... more like 6 banger... but a fun car project... too bad it got pilfered and wrecked...

[@scootherring9314]

Miss my 64SS chevelle 283 p/g power drums p/s goldwood yellow w/black interior 2 owner me being 2cd thanks for sharing

[@ACF6180T]

What happened to the 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa?

[@workofArt6602]

That’s a great car considering the garbage we have in Illinois.

[@dannybenfield1164]

I like to have it to drive it around

[@Slowgroovin]

Add four barrel intake, split exhaust manifold, torquey cam and you'll be good to go. Rear gears are most likely low because of the 6 banger.

[@andrewwade5951]

355 probably

[@Merylstreep1949]

That Jensen is old enough to make it cool....I'd keep it

[@stephenclark5812]

"Patina"...another word for rust bucket!

[@junkman7426]

Very handsome Chevy. I'm not sure why people still scoff at four doors. I get they weren't every teenagers dream cars, and dont saturated the cover of every RACECAR magazine. I've always been a fan of engaging transportation, and this thing looks like fun.

[@jucedcustoms2274]

Those are huge plug wires! 8.5mm? We have a 1964 300 deluxe chevelle we are bringing back to life. It has the 230 straight 6.

[@erickriebel4366]

They put 327 for barrels and 3-speed column shifters in some of those cars and believe it or not they were hot stuff they didn't look at but they were

[@jasonsimmons811]

That looks like 64 car that the man use to work at master blasters bbq that was on 23rd and Rossville blvd about 25yrs ago

[@scarbourgeoisie]

Pure "Repo Man" vibe to it.

[@earlputnal9124]

Contact original parts group. They sell all of the trim parts you'll need.

[@OpenRoader]

Crew Cab Chevelle's ROCK!

[@tylermarshall6852]

Tommy, I’d definitely be interested in it if you decide to sell it! I live about 40 mins north of you. Let me know!

[@SamtheSham2000]

The first thing my buddy does to a classic is some gaudy stereo.

[@stomper2582]

64s didn’t have seat belts unless someone added them. 😮

[@markdahl1962]

64 is the first year I think that they were mandatory.

[@olikat8]

Have a '76 Valiant V8 w/the OD A-833...they are cool sedans

[@johnelliott7375]

Not bad for a survivor, I believe that it looks the part.

[@gearheadgary6449]

Gearhead Gary here, are you looking for magnesium rims. This is a 50 year collection---10"--8"and spindal front.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Yes we’re always looking for magnesium stuff. My email is [e-mail].

[@mrbear3579]

"Body by Fisher" emblem on seat belts

[@joyceleadbetter2600]

Definitely driven hard in the winter.

[@richardsiegfried9423]

I want it…. I’d love to have it bro…

[@HotRodDave]

Someone needs to save it and fix it up. Your Dark Blue one is nice

[@jimmyhamm6041]

My brother bought me a 64 Chevelle SS for $100 in 1980 283 2 barrel yellow auto .

[@redlion9199]

The seatbelts are right 👍

[@tommycook9620]

NICE

[@country4lyfe365]

Very dependable cars.

[@jeffyoder8105]

Yeah the chevelle Malibus were a auto transmission car from the factory that got seriously hotroded by many owners because of the stock weight to horsepower ratio and the amount of parts available to help increase the horsepower greatly especially if they came as v-8 car rather than the standard 6 cylinder version and if you started out with a 6cylind most any powerful small block Chevy engine would fit under the hood 😊😅😮😂❤😂😊❤

[@johnmaki3046]

I just WISH you to know NOT all were "awesome"! I grew up (67 y.o.!) with these cars! To this day. I KNOW MoPars were FAR SUPERIOR "in the era"!

[@jeffyoder8105]

@@johnmaki3046 hey Johnmaki I already said I pretty much agree with your Mopar comments 100 % but the problem with most of the Mopar showroom hotrods were expensive compared to most of the Chevy and Ford lightweight 4dor sedans which could fairly easily have more powerful big and small block swapped into them for a little less money and when they became available Ford and Chevy big horsepower big blocks became favorite Mopar killers and then the Mopar Showroom hotrods got even more expensive to be competitive

[@jeffyoder8105]

@@johnmaki3046 and Johnmaki of course today the 3 American manufacturers make showroom hotrods that range up to the 60s and 70s and more depending upon what horsepower and handling packages you have the money to pay for

[@jeffyoder8105]

hey Johnmaki before you get on your Mopar high-horse again I know of what I speak cause back in the day I had a Chevy Nova 4door and a early 60s Ford Fairlane that I spent way less to make into Mopar killers than what I would have for most any Mopar showroom hotrod especially when both Chevy and Ford started making crate motors available for fairly reasonable prices which they still do to this day