'70 AMC Gremlin chased by '79 Dodge St. Regis

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Car Chase Wonderland 2

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@rcaive0875 Ай бұрын

Two of the slowest cars ever made going head to head. What an adrenaline rush.

@kennethduarte9605 Ай бұрын

318 cubic inches of fury!😂

@RadialSkid Ай бұрын

Gremlins with the optional V8 were actually some of the quicker American cars of the mid-'70s. Only 150 hp, but decent torque and light curb weight.

@richardkaltenbach3961 Ай бұрын

William Schatner And Heather Locklear?

@peteness9550 Ай бұрын

Lamest car chase ever. Malaise era products.

@peteness9550 Ай бұрын

@@kennethduarte9605 100 horsepower in a 4000lb pig.

@steveprestegard5151 Ай бұрын

0:42 it’s a St. Regis. 1:11 it's a Monaco.

@kennethduarte9605 Ай бұрын

Yup, CHiPS does the same thing too!

@jjMcCartan9686 Ай бұрын

A team ,knight rider & starsky & hutch were the same ,chips was probably the worst for it .😂

@jrussellcase Ай бұрын

I'll plead ignorance here. I actually didn't know Dodge had a version of that vehicle. I thought it was a Newport.

@hatesTD Ай бұрын

Amazingly Shatner’s wig didn’t fall off either Where is Romano at 2:54???

@zythr9999 Ай бұрын

@@hatesTD Lol

@plainbrownwrapper9688 Ай бұрын

As an R body police car owner, i greatly appreciate this content.

@joshuamorehead6124 Ай бұрын

What car do you own?

@plainbrownwrapper9688 Ай бұрын

@@joshuamorehead6124 1980 Plymouth Gran Fury police package. It's a restoration project

@joshuamorehead6124 Ай бұрын

@@plainbrownwrapper9688 that's cool, good luck with the restoration!!!

@asteverino8569 Ай бұрын

I thought the production quality looked a bit cheesy, then I saw Shatner in the drivers seat and understood. Thanks for the clips.

@CarChaseWonderland2 Ай бұрын

You bet!

@LilAbproduction Ай бұрын

Love old tv shows. Goes from a Monaco to the st Regis and back again.

@bigcrowfly Ай бұрын

2:42 Low production 1973 Pontiac GTO being cut off.

@kirillholt2329 Ай бұрын

also caught my eye

@justin.4583 Ай бұрын

Or Grand Am.. 👀

@tomanderson6335 Ай бұрын

@@justin.4583 Grand Am had a unique sloped nose. GTO had the regular Le Mans nose with blacked out grille inserts.

@bodarville2510 Ай бұрын

High school friend had one. We ran around all over Indy in that. It was rough on a right rear tire!

@grand73am 3 күн бұрын

Yes, I noticed it too. Looks like somebody painted the front bumper. Should be chrome.

@That_AMC_Guy Ай бұрын

I love how the cop car changed models 3 times! And, it really was a '73 Gremlin! Might've been a V8 being able to evade those piggly St. Regis sedans!

@mexicanspec Ай бұрын

6:26 The van hit a telephone poll and there was no damage on the van. They don't make them like that anymore.

@account4info Ай бұрын

Yeah, the new poles are stronger

@Rich-fr2yv Ай бұрын

Yeah but the driver was ded

@kennethgammell9457 Ай бұрын

The whole stunt was staged on a studio backlot. Note the thinly disguised soundstages.

@mexicanspec Ай бұрын

@@kennethgammell9457 Sarcasm doesn't come through in the written word. I know full well how movies and TV shows are made.

@danmcpherson8158 Ай бұрын

Who puts white walls on a Gremmy really!

@rogerstlaurent8704 Ай бұрын

That's when Fugly was cool back then LOL

@dansmusic5749 Ай бұрын

I did and I loved it.

@morthedgebuckle227 Ай бұрын

Don't let him get away Jim!!

@CEOkiller Ай бұрын

Kirk to Enterprise! Lock transporter onto a ‘73 AMC Gremlin!

@bigw8549 Ай бұрын

Spock should have been there

@MrJavaman5 Ай бұрын

Never thought I would see Al Borland driving a Gremlin.

@account4info Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

@jamesfrench7299 Ай бұрын

Al dare to be dull Borland had a double life.

@CustomerPayment Ай бұрын

all those first generation Honda accords in the background!!!!! LOVE it! still have my 1980!!

@danebeck7900 Ай бұрын

I noticed that too! My first car was an 80 Accord and I miss it, would love to have one again someday. The Accords in this show were brand new back then.

@CustomerPayment Ай бұрын

@@danebeck7900 I saw a first generation Prelude convertible that a California company did a few of!! drove my 80 Accord again today!

@jamesfrench7299 Ай бұрын

It's the semi auto Hondamatic that has that distinct whine?

@CustomerPayment Ай бұрын

@@jamesfrench7299 I can't remember that. its been 40 years since I've driven one.

@bobcoats2708 Ай бұрын

Impressive! My first car was a ‘77 Accord. Kinda wish I could drive it again, but my memories are likely fonder than reality.

@SIXPACFISH Ай бұрын

Nice Pontiac Lemans GT that the Gremlin cut off at 2:45. I love watching these old shows and spotting sweet cars.

@dansmusic5749 Ай бұрын

That’s a GTO.

@grand73am 3 күн бұрын

Close, it's a 73 GTO. Rare car. I have one. Looks like somebody painted the front bumper. Should be chrome.

@eldo59 Ай бұрын

I always love the Dodge St. Regis and the Dodge Monaco. Both are hard to find anywhere today.

@peteness9550 Ай бұрын

Because nobody wanted them.

@ThaddeusJameson Ай бұрын

And some many were destroyed or stunts or just wore down to nothing! Ones that didn't get ruined in stunts had a long grueling second life as taxis! Then we're pretty much toasted after that !

@robby062 Ай бұрын

@@ThaddeusJameson I bought a lot of these and resold them to taxi companies back in the day. Drove a few myself, including an 82 Impala and an 87 Gran Fury.

@ThaddeusJameson Ай бұрын

@@robby062 the Impala is probably most collectable of em all! Best ride best interior especially 82 still a carburetor!

@stepheneickhoff4953 Ай бұрын

Collapsed into piles of rust.

@patrickfuchs1821 Ай бұрын

As a former Gremlin owner, it is a good thing he never turned on the AC - speed would have dropped 30 mph and it would have overheated after about the third block . . .

@Fabulousprofound168 Ай бұрын

3:56 When I saw a Gremlin and Impala together my mind went straight to Roadkill 😅

@glen7201 Ай бұрын

I forgot how easily vehicles exploded back then,seems like even a small parking lot ding would sent shrapnel flying.

@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman Ай бұрын

They took cues from the Pinto

@account4info Ай бұрын

These were the days when a car ran out of gas, it exploded

@zythr9999 Ай бұрын

CA trying to get fuel inefficient cars off the road.

@CarsandCats Ай бұрын

Even standing on the horn too long could cause it.

@ront769 Ай бұрын

@@account4info And when spinning tires screeched....on gravel.

@smurftums Ай бұрын

Also a 1976 Honda Accord liftback appearing several times.

@pt008 Ай бұрын

TJ Hairpiece Shatner = as believable a cop as.... Locklear 😅

@KDoyle4 Ай бұрын

Gremlin must had had the optional 232 six. Dodge van must have had a load of TNT in the back.

@dansmusic5749 Ай бұрын

My 232 Gremlin was the quickest subcompact on the road!

@KDoyle4 Ай бұрын

@@dansmusic5749 You've got that right.

@bobcoats2708 Ай бұрын

Didn’t you know? All the criminals in the 70s and 80s drove around with a load of dynamite in the back of their van!

@kirbywaite1586 Ай бұрын

The rear car in the thumbnail is a '69 Chevy Caprice.

@pmd467 Ай бұрын

Just ONE More thing.. LoL.. The Gremlin and the St. Regis both putting out 88 hp..Rofl.. The Regis was barely breathing and running rich..lol

@kennethduarte9605 Ай бұрын

California emission components robbed a ton of power, more so an issue if you don’t make power like the 318, no wonder the CHP hated ‘em!

@P00katube Ай бұрын

@kennethduarte9605 any V-8 engine with California emissions that put out less than 200 hp would be calledcpathetic

@Golbez1991 Ай бұрын

Thanks for showing how the story ends, even though it doesn't have car chases in them.

@johndrake2729 Ай бұрын

The Fall Guy, this ain't.

@mexicanspec Ай бұрын

Wide white walls on a Gremlin. No, just no.

@tomservo56954 Ай бұрын

No on any car past 1960

@dansmusic5749 Ай бұрын

Aw, you don’t know what your talking about! lol

@jamescampbell2190 Ай бұрын

I got a laugh out of Shatner running, trying to look like his corset wasn’t too tight.

@edwardp3502 Ай бұрын

He was in pretty good shape for a guy in his early 50s. Most youngsters today are so fat they can barely walk, let alone run.

@tablesizeproductions4360 Ай бұрын

Gotta say, that Gremlin took the damage like a champ.

@KingOFuh Ай бұрын

I love the Screen Gems logo at the end. Composed by Eric Siday. Also Maxwell House "Percolator" TV commercial. Commissioned Robert Moog to create first percussion synthesizer. Did many station IDs & commercials, like the old National Educational TV network, forerunner to PBS, the 1966 CBS "in color" bumper, & this, one of the 1965-1976 Screen Gems/Columbia Pictures Television logos.

@crushingvanessa3277 Ай бұрын

I used to always think the siren was connected to the speedo or driveshaft. Whenever the cop cars in these shows would stop, the siren also stopped.

@account4info Ай бұрын

Tires also chirp on dirt roads

@durant29 Ай бұрын

Broderick Crawford could burn rubber in the dirt, too!@@account4info

@tomservo56954 Ай бұрын

RIP James Darren

@kenimpzoom Ай бұрын

Who puts wide whitewalls on a Gremlin?

@mexicanspec Ай бұрын

Somebody that had a J.C. Whitney catalog.

@rogerstlaurent8704 Ай бұрын

@@mexicanspec And the car horn that plays Dixieland music JC Whitney catalog is a Classic

@peteness9550 Ай бұрын

Driving a 6 cylinder Gremlin being chased by a malaise Gran Saint. Might have a chance.

@account4info Ай бұрын

Maybe, it's not like they were going to pass O.J Simpson on the freeway though.

@Porsche996driver Ай бұрын

1:16 Looks like Long Beach - Ocean Blvd but the other locations are scattered around San Pedro it seems. -Man the smog back around SoCal in 1979 was sooooo awful the sky was always brown and 0 visibility. Thank emission laws that our air is a million times cleaner by now.

@milfordh.mercado2787 Ай бұрын

I can see how despised the st. Regis was back in the day 😅.

@Crazytwister-vw4er Ай бұрын

The start got me off guard

@actereighty4776 Ай бұрын

The decade of switching cars and plenty of Plymouths squad cars.

@edthompson6131 Ай бұрын

4:44. Tell me I'm not the only one who immediately thought "KHAAAAAAAAAANNN!"

@sasz2107 Ай бұрын

Wide white walls on that Gremlin! That is more like what a late 50s car would have had then an early 70s car.

@CarsandCats Ай бұрын

That dismount off of the pier was fantastic!

@roywhitman7109 Ай бұрын

The squad car changed multiple times!😳

@roadking99jokerst60 Ай бұрын

Remember revolvers ?

@jamesfrench7299 Ай бұрын

They look more stylish.

@DarkElfDiva Ай бұрын

@@jamesfrench7299 Agreed, but the lower capacity and external moving parts can be problematic. The switch to semi-auto was a sound decision.

@stejer211 Ай бұрын

She can't go any fasterr captain, she's givin' all she's got!

@JohnStraub-o6r Ай бұрын

The bad guy Looks like al from tv series home improvement.

@mik3y80 Ай бұрын

I think it is 😆

@juststreaming012 Ай бұрын

James Whitmore Jr.

@WillyPark Ай бұрын

Yeah, before he gained all the weight!

@run4funorgo4dough Ай бұрын

Now I remember why I never watched that show, it really sucked.

@MillerMeteor74 Ай бұрын

At 1:17 it's a different car with stacked headlights. Anyway, pretty cool clip. I love seeing the older cars now.

@CycolacFan Ай бұрын

At 7:33 a slightly quicker edit and it have looked like Shatner broke into her apartment 😂

@jamesfrench7299 Ай бұрын

I want a car with twin square headlamps like them. I nerve knew they had frameless glass. I did know, however they are unitary construction unlike the B body GMs and Panther FoMoCo with full chassis.

@metalburner357 Ай бұрын

3:48 Swerves hard to the left and cuts to the Gremlin gently merging. Always cracks me up when I see that in car chases.

@dxer22000 Ай бұрын

back when a time TV was worth watching.....

@Dino6961 Ай бұрын

Action Packed! Did you notice that Shatner runs like little girl.

@JohnShinn1960 Ай бұрын

I cringe in shame at the thought of me watchin tripe like this back in the day. 😖

@jamesfrench7299 Ай бұрын

It was trading on the stars in it.

@Chivo1288 Ай бұрын

I watched it too. We need to wear that badge with pride😂

@Joe-jd4pn Ай бұрын

Gremlins are cool.

@KingOFuh Ай бұрын

Captain Kirk, nearly run over by an AMC Gremlin? Say it ain't so!

@kingcountrytowing 14 күн бұрын

High hp chase scene, maybe 250hp for both cars

@tomm1109 Ай бұрын

Running right up to high voltage lines isn't the smartest thing to do

@Sonormuseum Ай бұрын

Lots of f locations I recognize. Venice Beach, Marina Del Rey and the last scene is on the Santa Monica Pier. Sinbad’s and Moby’s Dock have been gone for decades.

@LAactor Ай бұрын

The scene with the wires lol But beaides that, looks like Warner Bros Burbank by the Mill shop?

@rtex8563 Ай бұрын

How did they switch while driving a B body mid-sized Monaco to the larger St. Regis when they arrived on scene?

@edwardp3502 Ай бұрын

Magic cars. Hollywood is full of ‘em 😂

@shaun8256 Ай бұрын

Gold I see no gold who's got the gold, gremlin? Even back then they forget to fix the bloopers! Awesome chase.

@kevinpatrickmacnutt Ай бұрын

Wow a St.Regis. I think I have actually seen more Checker Marathons in civilian use.

@ront769 Ай бұрын

I'd rather watch a lawnmower chasing a golf cart.

@arthurmccarron4379 Ай бұрын

My. Dream. Chase. I used to own. 79 St Regis❤❤❤❤❤

@TRPage Ай бұрын

Shatner is not a bad driver. Who knew

@rogerstlaurent8704 Ай бұрын

Captain Kirk knows how to burn tires in anemic Regis or maybe the tires were really bald

@CycolacFan Ай бұрын

Shatner certainly didn’t… 😂

@Howrider65 Ай бұрын

Both of these cars had steel frames and real metal bodies and if they hit a car of today, they would cream it and would only have a big dent on them.

@NorthStarBlue1 Ай бұрын

Yeah, that Gremlin took a direct hit to its front wheel and didn't even care that it was cambered in after. That kind of collision will immobilize any modern vehicle, though I'd rather the car shattered instead of my leg bones so not really a bad thing...

@gsdfan8455 Ай бұрын

I think I can outrun a gremlin.

@alexander1485 Ай бұрын

Can a pinto?

@richardkaltenbach3961 Ай бұрын

Not If It's A 401!

@account4info Ай бұрын

@@richardkaltenbach3961 Exactly, there's some Gremlins at the track that look bone stock running low 9s in the 1/4 mile. The back bumpers are scratched up from the wheelies.

@pyootchnich Ай бұрын

6:10 the good old days before spike strips

@ChrisCaster-tl1pf Ай бұрын

Good captain kirk

@johns6331 Ай бұрын

Man, did TV ever SUCK back then.

@jamesh7571 Ай бұрын

Lmfao, yeah that was '70s tv for y'all....

@CycolacFan Ай бұрын

They never could arrive in the same car they were in when they left…

@NorthStarBlue1 Ай бұрын

To be fair, on a crappy 1980's television they looked similar enough that you wouldn't have noticed. Nowadays we have the benefits of higher framerates and resolutions to spot these kind of things.

@CycolacFan Ай бұрын

@@NorthStarBlue1 I guess if you’re not into cars you wouldn’t, but I always used to spot it. Even when they swapped a car a few frames before it exploded.

@thebigsuperbeatle Ай бұрын

it’d be fun to go into ‘Sinbad’s’ for cocktail probably long gone

@johnsiorek1630 Ай бұрын

Common captain kirk, get that gremlin😂

@CarsandCats Ай бұрын

Did you hear the St. Regis detonating at full throttle? Sounded like a popcorn machine! Lean Burn FTL.

@jamesstuart3346 Ай бұрын

How did cops manage to catch criminals without having 400 pounds of junk strapped to their chests?

@jason2533 Ай бұрын

After this Al Borland saw the error of his ways and co hosted home improvement.

@danielgardner394 Ай бұрын

When the getaway car was announced a 71 Gremlin, who else broke into 😂?

@bodarville2510 Ай бұрын

@ 1:16, Thermoquad opened up!!

@markaylott1780 Ай бұрын

WHAT, no Blues Brothers jump?

@chrisw.1457 Ай бұрын

how coool! a gremlin! i drive pacer, is there any pacer-chase in history?

@theshield44 Ай бұрын

Was a Dodge Monaco before

@andynewman835 Ай бұрын

So what happened to the girl?

@jbrown7403 Ай бұрын

The drama! Oh….the drama! 🙄

@WillyPark Ай бұрын

7:44 Moby Dock lol!

@kirioaldohernandezcheyne342 Ай бұрын

Perdón pero el gremlin que aparece en este video no era tan lento como algunos piensan en esa época contaban con un motor de seis en línea y algunos con motor v8 con transmisión automática de buen desempeño influye mucho la forma de conducir el auto pero lento no

@darrelwoolley7291 Ай бұрын

William Shatner...... playing William Shatner

@Rich-fr2yv Ай бұрын

Is that William Shatner?

@craigmartin5939 Ай бұрын

That is the worst siren I've ever heard.

@brianhechinger6726 Ай бұрын

The only good thing about those St. Regis is the frameless doors. That Gremlin must have had a V8 for it to move like that.

@dukeallen432 Ай бұрын

Posts are better cars. Hard tops marketing strategy that worked on ignorant buyers.

@martinliehs2513 Ай бұрын

@dukeallen432 The R bodies are a bit of both. I think they were called "pillared hardtops".

@DarkElfDiva Ай бұрын

There was a package you could get for the Gremlin that had a V8. It was meant to be standard but AMC was struggling so they went with an inline 4 cylinder for standard options.

@dansmusic5749 Ай бұрын

Gremlins were much faster than the competition because of the 6. All the others had fours.