Mannix's Dodge Dart

This is a video clip from season 2 of Mannix. He is driving his Dart through the canyon road after the bad guy tampered with the car. This is a good scene of his car featured in 1968. I really like this model.

[@colbraddock9913]

Love the bendix starter sound, typical of all Chrysler products back in the day.

[@muffs55mercury61]

So true. Car makes were distinctively different back then. A blind person would know what a Chrysler Corp starter sounded like.

[@johnpopoff7950]

Was a gear reduction starter. They are still in use today.

[@colbraddock9913]

@John Popoff Still manufactured by Bendix too

[@christopherekin1747]

@@johnpopoff7950 Gear reduction starter patented by Chrysler back in the day. Spin the flywheel faster with less RPM from the starter. Everyone copied this in use on today's starters i.e. Denso etc. Chrysler also patented the alternator and electronic voltage regulator before anyone else.

[@mickangio16]

@@christopherekin1747 you got it backwards. Starter motor spins faster & easier with gear reduction. Engine spins slower in relation to starter motor rpm.

[@mx5219]

loved this show when i was a kid in the 60's early 70's..and here i am 60 years old still diggin this show..

[@lewiscarey6984]

65 for me!! 🤠 Love these cars! When America was Bold& STRONG in all aspects of life! NOW?????? 🤔🤔🤔

[@willhorting5317]

I still watch the reruns, late nights Mon-Fri.

[@raylamp4505]

Me too 60 yr old northern ohio.

[@luizalmeida9399]

2007 mattel hot wheels '07 chevy tahoe tm gm comentários 267

[@kerrygibbs8198]

Looks like the typical modern driver to me.

[@muffs55mercury61]

The car still exists today after being found derelict some years ago. It was restored and Mike Connors got to drive it again before he passed away.

[@piercehawke8021]

Question; was that 1968 Dart a 340 or 383 car? The dual exhausts looked stock but wasn't able to see the engine callouts on the front fender

[@cind119]

I heard he was so good that he even drove at for weeks AFTER he died

[@peteragersea377]

Manix drove all sorts of cool cars Cuda convertable even the blue 74 camaro wasn't bad me tv 2am

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@peteragersea377 In an interview Mike said they were rough on cars. A lot of chase scenes but that makes a TV show quite realistic and of course very popular now for nostalgic reasons.

[@leegraves101]

He lives near my hometown. Ive seen the car and it looks great. Mike signed the dashboard. He also has the Volvo 1800 that Roger Moore drove in The Saint.

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

Strange how at the 3:00 marker Mannix lets his foot off the working brake pedal then lets the Dodge rock back a foot, stops it with the brakes, and then...puts it in "PARK."

[@dennishough3709]

I noticed that too!🤣

[@underthebus5801]

One of my favorite body styles. I found it amazing how driving a convertible didn't mess up Mannix's nicely styled hair!

[@STho205]

He and Jack Lord used the same pomade.

[@marklavoine8502]

You forgot about BRILCREME.very thick GREASE!

[@firstnamelastname7143]

When cars were cool, even square boxy looking ones. They had bumpers and didn't shred and disintegrate to total loss from bumping something.

[@johnpopoff7950]

Yeah bumping something like a rose 🌹 bush.

[@davidallen5776]

I can attest to that. They had much more character than they do NOW!

[@rocknral]

And if you were in an accident above 35 mph you were dead.

[@mickangio16]

@@rocknral not quite. I'm still alive.

[@valleyguy633]

Peggy back at the office shuffling papers, and looking SO FINE.

[@kelvinwebber90]

Fine.as.a.turd.are.you.blind...

[@calvinbealer7264]

The Classic Gold 🥇 TV shows like Mannix will definitely be around Forever.

[@michaelhill7471]

Pretty slick how the car had the means to brake rolling back after coming to the stop. Got to love those reverse brakes. Got them on my rides. Love the Mannix show. Still watch these days on METV.

[@czechmate6916]

I think that’s because he put the transmission in park.

[@tyhighway2127]

Best show there was......and that FRIGGIN 1970 'CUDA was so awesome that 10 of us car guys would watch the show together just to freak out over the 'Cuda burn out. YEAH BABY....

[@rsprockets7846]

anybody ever find the cudas?

[@johnchurch4705]

Many years ago I read an article in Car Craft or Hot Rod magazine that one of the Cuda’s was saved and turned into a Hemi convertible clone.

[@rsprockets7846]

@@johnchurch4705 one was wrecked in 72 durng a on screen car chase crash horrors

[@underthebus5801]

Mike's hair barely moved while driving that convertible!

[@briandawkins984]

All that sugar water and hair spray!

[@davidcobb2693]

@@briandawkins984 Brylcreem!

[@davidcobb2693]

@@briandawkins984 www.google.com/search?q=Brylcreem&source=hp&ei=C0m-Y5erPPWJwbkP3fux4Ak&iflsig=AK50M_UAAAAAY75XHOS5OTRRVwsa2-eGGeN2j1QUGNGX&ved=0ahUKEwjX3Oyw5L78AhX1RDABHd19DJwQ4dUDCAo&uact=5&oq=Brylcreem&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyCAgAEIAEELEDMgsIABCABBCxAxCDATIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEOg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARDRAzoRCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQ0QM6CwguEIAEEMcBENEDOggILhCABBDUAjoICAAQsQMQgwE6CAguEIAEELEDOgsILhCABBCxAxCDAToICC4QsQMQgwE6DgguEIAEELEDEIMBENQCOgQIABADOg4ILhCxAxCDARDHARCvAVAAWOZ5YK2AAWgAcAB4AIABXYgB6wWSAQE5mAEAoAEB&sclient=gws-wiz

[@briandawkins984]

@@davidcobb2693 ah, yes, with this I am very familiar from my youth, but his hair doesn’t look oily enough I suspect hair spray.

[@davidcobb2693]

@@briandawkins984 Maybe you should research Brylcreem a little more, it was not a treatment for oily hair.

[@davidj.7227]

When I was a toddler, this show is why my mom forced my dad to sell their 66 Chevelle and buy a 1970 dark green w/ black vinyl top 383 Plymouth Satellite. That is the first car I remember as a kid. I'm just now watching the show for the first time and almost done with season 3.

[@dancingtrout6719]

embryo Remembers..😆

[@davidj.7227]

@@dancingtrout6719 huh?

[@dancingtrout6719]

@@davidj.7227 joking around🤣😊

[@davidj.7227]

@@dancingtrout6719 Gotcha.. but you have to admit it's very cool to be rushed to the hospital in a 66 Chevelle to be born, and then first car memories is straddling the center console of a 70 Plymouth.

[@blah064]

Those Mopar torsion bars helped with the handling down that hill. No stunt driver. Mike did most of his own stunts.

[@mochawitch]

He was in such great shape.

[@migmadmarine]

The shifter worked fine when he put in reverse,then drive. Tinseltown b/s

[@USCG.Brennan]

You'd think he'd know by now that you need to push the button down on that shifter to make it operate.....not just grab and pull on it! And did you also notice that when he pushed down on the foot brake that it didn't go to the floor....it had plenty of pressure (fluid) still in the system. ;-)

[@scusemethankyou]

He figured it out at 3:02 !

[@USCG.Brennan]

@@scusemethankyou Took him long enough....especially since he had driven the car all the way up there earlier. ;-(

[@chiefbobdavis99]

It wasn’t in the script…

[@briandawkins984]

He could of also tried engaging the parking brake

[@USCG.Brennan]

@@briandawkins984 At spot 1:11 he tried and it didn't work.

[@bdogjr7779]

Mannix is one of my favorite shows👍🏾⛾The Good guys drive Dodges & bad guys are left with Brand-X✌😎☮

[@wynecrawford9826]

i always liked the 68-69 dart convertibles swift !!

[@charlesmascari8197]

You have to push the button on top of the gear shift to change gears.

[@frederickwise5238]

Not on the 340 S 68 cuda I had (it had the console) Only to get out of park.. I wished it did. I missed a shift from 2 to H once. Buried the tach, I expected to see valve train come thru those shiny chrome inserts in the hood. LOL Somehow it held.

[@rickr442]

Not if you're an actor or stuntman trying to fill airtime...

[@rickr442]

The front suspension on that car still had the dent from hitting that rock on the final ramp.

[@aldenturner7761]

Nope - Slap Shift Transmission

[@chrishigbie8645]

People used to try and run him over once a week. Diving away from cars was his signature move . Joe is the best ask peggy.

[@johndrake2729]

Fine piece of machinery, that Dart.

[@peteshea8010]

Hardly, though the 340 engine itself was a serious over-achiever back in the day. Actual "as installed" (SAE Net output) was 257 HP, which was just 18 shy of its advertised "gross" rating. The large majority of 396 CID and larger engines couldn't match that figure, despite their hugely inflated advertised ratings.

[@johnthonig8832]

Rust Buckets

[@davidallen5776]

I still see reruns of Mannix from time to time!

[@merman93]

This Dart got all the attention from car enthusiast magazines as it had a subtle George Barris facelift, but I preferred the '72 cuda convertible over this Dart or his first car, another Barris reworked Olds Toronado ragtop.

[@rsprockets7846]

forgot peggys SIMCA

[@davedavis775]

Loved the show as a kid . Anyone catch him putting the console shifter into park at the end . Same shifter that wouldn't move moments before .

[@shortchange26]

In all of his panic and stress he simply couldn’t think to push the damn button on the shift knob to unlock it!

[@davidkastin4240]

The torsion bar suspension handled great. I had a 66 Dart GT. Great acceleration 😈

[@shortchange26]

The faster you went the tighter it got!

[@gregoryclayton8287]

Thats my favorite Dodge Dart in the whole world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MOPAR ON BABY...

[@lonnyjaw]

Joe must have panicked, because all he had to do was push in the button on top of the shifter with his thumb and then slam it in low! That was my favorite Mannix car out of all of them.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

I noticed that, too. Press the button, move the lever. Now, if the button had been sabotaged that would have been even more interesting. BTW I wonder if Joe started doing "brake tests" after that incident?

[@stephenconway2468]

I remember watching that series as a kid and then again fairly recently. I was surprised how well it stood. It was very much underrated.

[@Hany-fu1vc]

Mannix won four Grammy award.

[@tropicvibe]

Holy cow, I had a '73 Dodge Dart with a slant 6 given to me by an uncle....probably one of the hardest cars to kill. Great car but I was a stupid idiot kid at the time and cracked the engine block while driving it on the highway with a broken water hose cause I didn't want to stop....

[@misternewoutlook5437]

I had slant 6 too! Plymouth Satellite 1968. My first car as a kid. Like you, I wasn't mature and diligent about maintenance. I swear it could run on a teaspoon of oil.

[@blah064]

Had a ‘73 Swinger. Replaced my slant 6 with a junk yard Volare motor. The original needed a valve job and it was cheaper to throw another engine in. Damn thing rusted through even after 2 paint jobs.

[@byrnc927]

I loved that car. I still want that car 50 years later.

[@timatkinson9291]

You and I both. A friend of a friend had a supped up 440-4 speed. It would burn rubber in every gear. Never forget!!!

[@joegongora2200]

I remember this episode in the early 70's how his car was sabotaged, but he managed to stay alive. Of course Mannix was a difficult man to kill.

[@chiefbobdavis99]

Of course. It’s his show! Can’t axe the star!

[@pualsmall5378]

Come on Joe..gotta push the button on on the shifter

[@mikesuch9021]

Back in the seventies and '80s you can pick up a muscle car for less than $600 most of the time $300.

[@david_sdiego]

In '73 my first car was a '63 Chevy Nova. $125. CA reg only $13/yr.

[@label1877]

Too bad he did not think to switch off the ignition.

[@calvinhandley2373]

They never do

[@frederickwise5238]

That 340 cuda I just tol you about didnt have any push button for protecting gear shift. Mine only kept Park, all other gears no stops at all.

[@sd31263]

And lose his power steering. Great plan, genius.

[@frederickwise5238]

@@sd31263 Maybe it didnt have power steering,. genius! Mine didnt!! And Ive seen several others that didnt!

[@paulanger2048]

@@sd31263 I admit, I didn't think of losing power steering...

[@markwilliams5606]

Still watch Mannix Every night. Great show. Cool Cars.

[@rcnelson]

And a convertible to boot. Car'd be worth a fortune now.

[@rickr442]

Still exists, and yeah it is.

[@chrisdrummond8893]

Oldest trick in the book for P.I.s on tv ; bad guy drains brake fluid from P.I.'s car.

[@piercehawke8021]

Although the parking brake wouldn't work either.......note I've done a couple of drum to disc brake conversions 1960's A bodies......the 1973+ stuff with the rear wheel bolt pattern changed to match the front, were easy to do. I 'cheated', used the donor A bodies 8 1/4" rear ends with their included 5 x 4.5" bolt patterns.

[@Johnnyjonas274]

In the mid 80s, a friend of mine rebuilt a Dodge Dart GTS. 340 4bbl, 4 speed stick. Painted it bright yellow with black decals. We were lucky we didn’t get killed it that thing 🫣

[@mbcoll8154]

He really worked those steel belted radials and 4 wheel drum brakes.

[@piercehawke8021]

And for irony; I had a 1967 Dart 4 door sedan with both manual disc brakes and the HD suspension, swaybar and all. This was 45+ years ago

[@mbcoll8154]

@@piercehawke8021 Well shut my mouth!

[@jdmacgyver2062]

steel belted bias-ply not radials

[@Robert-bg2nm]

you mean bias ply tires

[@peteshea8010]

It's far fetched to assume that someone installed a lockout that prevented him from downshifting the car from 3rd to either second or first in order to maximize engine braking.

[@steveludwig4200]

Hey Mannix - TURN THE IGNITION KEY OFF............Jeesuz........

[@spankyharland9845]

His Dodge Dart started acting up like a Ford, my Ford Fairmont did that all the time.

[@frederickwise5238]

MisterNewOutlook, and if you ever drove a 68/69 Dart or Barracuda with the 340 engines, YOU'D LOVE IT EVEN MORE!!

[@frederickwise5238]

Aug 73, Magnolia Oh ,my 340 Barracuda, 4bbl, auto, 3.31 axle beat a 72 340 Challenger 6 pack by almost 1 1/2car lengths 13.95/105.1! Yeah very fast! Dan Kennedy was so pi$$ed he traded it off on Monday for a 69 hemi roadrunner. I coulda saved him money if Id known. Amazing what cold air intake can do! And that was before I put the Paxton VR57 on it.

[@onlyweknow2]

I saw this when I was a kid on Tv...Damn that was a long time ago!

[@125southernnh2]

Those drum brakes left a lot to be desired. :)

[@gregoryhodge9452]

I watched this as a kid, I can't figure out why people don't try turning off the key.

[@briandawkins984]

Really not helpful especially if the car has power steering. Ever try driving a car approaching two tons without power steering?

[@redtra236]

@@briandawkins984 A lot of cars in the 60's didn't have power steering, but yeah turning the engine off isn't gonna help with brake failure.

[@rayinpau.s.a.6351]

Thinking back , Mike always got shot in the arm or shoulder . his sport jacket has a few holes in it !

[@commentatron]

Peggy was serious when she asked for a raise. Now Joe knows.

[@mochawitch]

😂😂😂😂

[@mikiejr111]

He used the best cars,love the show,,,,,I'm really loving ALL the old series

[@aldenturner7761]

This was a '67 1/2 Dart. Great car. I'm the second owner of a '68 GTS. Loved the show in '68. Guess I was "imprinted" early!!

[@JClark-34695]

Maybe if he tried to PUSH THE BUTTON ON TOP OF THE GEAR SELECTOR.......

[@lauribricker9439]

Season two, episode what?⛸️

[@aliassmithandjones9453]

I think if he woulda fiddled with that gear selector ONE MORE TIME he coulda gained control 😆

[@brentcrude8153]

hee hee - I know.

[@williamboardman9476]

Barris tweaked Dart with Rader wheels, etc. looks great. I never saw the show before Barracuda, when I was 11 or 12 watching.

[@greghank6554]

I watch mannix in the '70s Friday night I loved it Mike was one hell of a guy and I still watch it today lots of love Mike ✌️♥️🇺🇸

[@fidelioquesadilla6575]

the brakes worked when the car went reverse in the end?

[@robertray4191]

hmmmmm

[@briandawkins984]

Perhaps the brake shoes were installed backwards?

[@kellyjay7448]

Those cars were notorious for bad brakes! 😜

[@alfaalfa9764]

Those Eyes.

[@mattskustomkreations]

I never saw this show growing up. The only detective shows my folks watched in the early 70’s were HI 5-0 and Rockford Files.

[@haljohnson5729]

Typical Chrysler everything fails at once.......settle down I was joking

[@krisone5253]

Mike Connors is MANNIX! Tough looking dude, but Handsome and debinair as I Wanted to be Him!

[@yanblouin6095]

Yes ..realty ..dodge make beaty car .with huge engine ...but ..only good in a strait line ... Vs many other us cars ... ...not ..a fake video ....??

[@SB-rs8te]

Did nobody notice the car phone?

[@evelk5233]

I owned a '74 Dart

[@gilbertramos6039]

That is how you pad a scene... too much. Thirty seconds becomes 3 minutes. And how many TV scripts have I sold? Exactly.

[@joevette6290]

Ok so what engine was in the Dart??? and cuda???? 340 or 383???????.

[@stratfordbaby]

He forgot he could have turned off the ignition and cut the power to the engine that way. DUH.

[@misternewoutlook5437]

As I mentioned in another post. Car sabotage is a weak dramatic device.

[@redtra236]

Turning the car off isn't gonna do anything when the problem is brake failure. Other than if it's equipped with power steering you'll lose the power assist if you turn the engine off.

[@mcshagger510]

This car was lost then found & restored. Mike got to drive it again! kzbin.info/www/bejne/enOycn2Je5aspqM

[@jkwfo]

of course he couldn't stop it it had 4 wheel drum brakes LOL

[@kmath50]

Does anyone know where this was filmed? My guess is Topanga or Decker canyon. I would like to see the scene where he beats up the perp that disabled the brakes.

[@Barnabas45]

I actually preferred the '74 Dodge Challenger!

[@anthonyangeli256]

That torque flight tranny jammed up?

[@jrlo4597]

En México este modelo de auto fue Dodge darte gto modelo 1968, de techo duro, no se vendió descapotable

[@gregatkinson7276]

Did not know it was just a clip from the show....

[@anthonytripp2251]

Whew! That was a close call! I was scared that car might get hurt!

[@dancingtrout6719]

the Whole Time He Was Gunning It...lolz

[@robertodebeers2551]

Shift yer automatic down to low and turn off key.

[@trevorkeyes6067]

What excellent driving

[@markreed171]

Push the button in to downshift joey

[@VankeithBarnes]

He done messed with his car big time!!

[@johnoconnor5581]

At the 1:21 mark on the video it looks like he has a phone in the car

[@dannyarmstrong2013]

Amazing. All that horse power and wants brakes too...

[@briandawkins984]

Didn’t Volvo used to advertise this particular American car feature

[@Moparmaga-1]

Bpress the shifter button dipshit

[@mochawitch]

This was a helluva scene❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@BilgePump]

It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World!

[@vincemajestyk9497]

I like the wheels. I remember reading there was a ton of lead in that bodywork. I think his first car in the first season was an Olds Toro. This is a weird scene. He doesn't depress the button on the shifter knob to move the shifter to downshift and is pulling the parking brake release instead of stepping on the parking brake pedal.

[@tomkrisel4493]

It stopped really quickly at the end, for having no brakes.

[@Robert-bg2nm]

@@tomkrisel4493..... yah.....lots of bs....but still cooler than anything on tv today! nothing worth watching today....even the news!

[@vincemajestyk9497]

@@Robert-bg2nm ESPECIALLY the 'news'.

[@kenlaursen6435]

I liked his custom Tornado he had before the Dart. But that's because I am a first generation toro fan.

[@ashtraysonsundays4274]

"Who are you Mannix?"

[@marioncobaretti2280]

Omg. Look at the phone

[@UQRXD]

That show was awful!

[@Rain-or9yx]

Not my car either

[@NicholasRamos]

Mannix was a badass & Connors was a true gentleman. Thanks for reminding us of one of TVs most iconic private detectives & his associated muscle car. A format many future TV shows started to use thereafter.

[@josephtravers777]

He was a dumbass for not killing the ignition on this one. 🤣

[@pacz8114]

A Dart is a muscle car??? Yeah...for Bozo the Clown. (Man, what yoo smokin', Jim???)

[@NicholasRamos]

@@pacz8114 I don't give a shit what you think, MFer.

[@pacz8114]

@@NicholasRamos Well, Einstein, obviously you do or you wouldn't have replied. So take that and ram it up your ramos, Nickee babycakes.

[@marioncobaretti2280]

Is it a gt? Or a gTs..

[@mauriciogomes7761]

desliga na chave....

[@j.t.3627]

68 GT or GTS ?

[@spokes28]

How was he able to stop at the end of the dirt road?

[@KurtBenning]

Good question indeed

[@tomcarpenter700]

Slid, to a stop Then it roll backwards,,, Then put,it in park,,, Is funny how everything started working, After he stopped, He would have jumped out of the car, Immediately ,when the car stopped, Before it had a chance to go backwards down the mountain,, Just saying,,, Love the show, That's just Hollywood, I Guess,, And when you come to a complete stop, Would have cut the wheel sharp to the left, So when it rolled back it would hit the bank,,, Just thinking out loud,

[@redtra236]

Because it was up hill

[@TrackTruth]

Clorets can save you from bad breath,,, and even canyon accidents.

[@jorgecallico9177]

Attempting to shift into Park can have it's limitations. Was driving my own Sixties vintage automobile recently going down one of those super steep hill in San Francisco. While shifting to Neutral I accidentally hit either Reverse or Park. A mistake I'll never make again. I could a sworn however that it did begin to stop the vehicle. Although was making a nasty crunch. They just don't.make 'em like they used to! Especially that C-4 tranny they once put into ten million Fords.

[@pontimaniac2303]

Same shit happened to Jimmy Olson. But Superman saved his butt.