1972 Dodge vs Ford & Chevrolet Station Wagons Dealer Promo Film

[@MisterAMuck]

In 1981 I bought a 71 Ford Ranch Wagon for $100.00 They were selling it because it made a clunk when you turned a corner. When I got it home I crawled under the rear where the noise seemed to be coming from, put my toes on the frame and pushed the car side to side. When the 'clunk' revealed itself all it took was taking a half inch breaker bar and my trusty foot to tighten the nut that holds the sway-bar to the rear axle housing. The rubber bushing was still there and with a half a turn it was never heard from again. So having paid so little, I did a full tune-up, oil change and minor exhaust fix. The car was dent and rust free, the 351ci was super strong and the whole thing cost me a whopping $250 or so. Oh I miss those days. Love these videos just to bring me back...

[@MikeTrullAmsoildealer]

I miss my dad's old 73 Ford Ranch wagon... that 351 Windsor was always strong. Wish I still had that to rock today as my family hauler.

[@davidbranch1077]

Yeah, young people today have no clue of the true freedoms of those days. Soon these videos, will be torture to the next generation once the freedom is gone. No ..A.I nor cell phones and yet we had everything. Now, Alexia, iPhone, internet , online shopping, self parking cars and Soon space travel and less and less freedoms. Nah, I too rather have the 1970's and early 80's again. ❤💯👍

[@southerncross3638]

Nice car, we had a 70.

[@CarFacts81]

351s were boat anchors

[@superbirdsoundstudio7]

Most Fords do just that! Don't you think $35.00 would be fair? [We're semi- busting you.] 11:06

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

Wagons were so cool for long family trips as a kid! Definately miss them.

[@ffarmchicken]

We used the 1972 Dodge Monaco wagon to move around travel trailers at a campground I worked at as a kid in the summer. What a huge beast of a car. One of us would drive, the other would stand on the back bumper to jump off to hook up the trailer. Learned to back a trailer only using mirrors at 14 years old listening to AC/DC and Van Halen cranked up so loud the person on the bumper could enjoy the music too. Summer in the 70’s!

[@arielsarino2823]

That guy's striped bell bottoms pants - awesome! ❤️😎 I remember those fashion icons of my junior high school days.

[@wildbillhackett]

When I was a kid in the 60's and 70's there were more Ford Country Squire station wagons on the road than just about any other car. Seems like every other family had one.

[@raeyearnd3260]

Bong for the filmstrip operator,, takes me back to 4th grade where filmstrips came with a Phonograph record for the soundtrack

[@daviatorcustoms3168]

Any of these wagons are miles better than any minivan or SUV offered today. Plus, they were SOLID cars, not made with acres of plastic on the exterior front and rear fascias as in today's junk SUVs and minivans. When I was 15, I worked in a supermarket as a bagger and grocery valet. (That's someone who helps customers get their groceries into the car) and there was a guy with one of these full size fuselage era Chrysler wagons that would help neighborhood families out who didn't have cars (which was a LOT of them, it was a poor neighborhood). He would take 2 or 3 ENTIRE families at a time in that wagon with all their groceries for the next 2 weeks loaded in the rear. They would all give him a couple bucks for gas and he would drop them off and then pick up ANOTHER 2 or 3 families. I loaded SO many bags of groceries in that wagon in my time working at that market, and got loads of tips too. That wagon was at least 10 years old at that time but you never would have known it. He drove me home a few times at the end of my shift and that wagon was a champ. Even with a full load of passengers and groceries, it had mega power and rode like a cloud floating down the road, even in the summer with the air conditioning on. Solid cars that LASTED and had style and class. An era gone, never to return.

[@calif1mc]

You even got the beeps between slides, very cool! I was a year old in 72 😉 I remember these Staton wagons well, growing up in the 70's and 80's.

[@Tomgillchevy]

You have to love these "back in the day" car ads. I get as much of a kick out of looking at the clothing worn by the actors as with the cars themselves!

[@rightlanehog3151]

I imagine the people who produced these training films had no idea thousands of people would want to watch them 46 years later. They have become historical documents. As wild as some of the clothing was, the car interiors could be just as bold by the mid-seventies.

[@ffarmchicken]

Striped bell bottoms!

[@ralphabreu5022]

Those were the days!!!

[@timothysmith5769]

What a great time for cars. I always loved the stuff that was big enough to have its own zip code.

[@priyananthpremakanthan9655]

😍😍😍😍

[@senorkaboom]

Well, that makes it easy. Going to my Dodge dealer tomorrow and check them out.

[@markges6308]

Hahaha don't I wish

[@oliverdelgado6952]

I wish

[@jeffmorse645]

Be sure to wear your turtleneck sweater and striped bell bottom trousers.

[@lordapophis5723]

senorkaboom I'll break out the time machine!

[@thunderray1987]

Hey, no problem. I'll go and buy a Dodge Coronet Crestwood Wagon right now. Just need a time machine, I'll call Doc Brown and we'll schedule an appointment, lol.

[@adamtrombino106]

We had a 72 Monaco w the 400 4bbl. in 9 seat trim and factory tow package, bought used in 77, just 2 yrs after I was born. We had that car until 86. Dad used the car primarily for trips to Ws, but often used it in the winter time to get to work, as the 69 Chevy he had at the time, 70 Pontiac, and newer 76 Chrysler Cordoba refused to start in cold weather. That wagon always started. As a result, by 86, the car was a rust bucket, though the drivetrain never failed. In fact, the guy that bought it specifically did so for the drivetrain.

[@charlies.5777]

Oh, man, I LIKE this post!! My parents had a '70 Town and Country 440 wagon with a 3.23 rear,I believe. Thing WAS nasty. I remember when my Dad picked me up from a soccer⚽game and pulling up next to the coache's Chevy 350 Kingswood wagon at a light . When the light turned green, they went for it; I STILL feel bad for the coach's kid as it was a massacre!! My Pop also had a '76 Cordoba With the 400 4bbl Lean Burn system, which he then "bypassed," reconfigured the intake and carb and put a Turbo dual exhaust system on it. After said modifications, I'm NOT SURE if it was legal, BUT the "Gray Ghost" 👻was freakin' QUICK!!

[@gorp27]

@@charlies.5777 I had a 76 Cordoba with a stock lean burn 400 and even that would scream, I opened it up one night on a 4 lane highway when there was no traffic and took the speedometer up to the P in MPH after it passed 120. That was the last time I cranked a car up over a hundred.

[@charlies.5777]

+gorp27 I LOVE it - cool story!! Yeah, that 400 Cid engine was pretty sweet!! I THINK it actually had a biggest bore( and a short stroke) of any Mopar V-8, so it loved to rev. The Thermo quad carb was awesome as the primaries were the size of a penny and the secondaries were the size of IHOP pancakes!! I wish we still had the 'Doba -a really fun car!!

[@mattskustomkreations]

My ‘70’s story from sitting in the “Way Back”: on the way to Cub Scout summer camp, we discovered the Den Mother’s rust bucket wagon had holes straight through the floor. So of course we started shoving anything we could through the floor and watched it bounce or float up to the car trailing us…it was all fun and games until the car trailing us pulled into the camp right behind us! The driver got out and talked to the Den Mom. She had us line up all in a row. The guy was the Assistant Camp director! He gave us a well-deserved lecture on the sin of littering and detriments to road safety and the duty of Scouts to uphold the principles of being good citizens. Then he assigned us to clean the grounds for an hour. And we just got there! Obviously I never forgot that lesson!

[@jameswillett7186]

When I was a kid in the 1970's the third seat was called the back back.

[@rightlanehog3151]

Makes sense.

[@nathanbryan3192]

Usually the third seatings open up from the flooring 👍

[@Mikefngarage]

WAY BACK for us.

[@m-71tx26]

I grew up during the time when station wagons were still a thing on the American roads. There were thousands of them. These days, it’s a rare thing to see even one station wagon that’s still running. POST SCRIPT REGARDING THE FILMSTRIP: It’s just a theory, mind you, but I suspect that the blonde girl appearing at the end was inserted to test out the salesmen to see if they were actually paying attention to the information. Just a thought.

[@dougs184]

I wish they still made them this way !

[@kalebm9302]

"Rich simulated wood grain"

[@troyw1843]

Kaleb M 😘

[@billthompson5644]

Don't be jealous... I had a Reliant K wagon with wood siding. (The sticky paper my Grandma used to line her pantry shelves. LOL

[@DTD110865]

Bill, every car mentioned here dominates the Reliant K wagon. Nobody is jealous.

[@DTD110865]

@@billthompson5644 Hey, I thought you were just trying to trash Mopars, but whatever, dude.

[@billthompson5644]

@@DTD110865 I still have my Factory 69 GTX 440. My dad bought it brand new and gave it to me when he died of cancer. I love Mopars and in my opinion the 318 was the best engine ever made.

[@DTD110865]

@@billthompson5644 Cool. Years ago, my parents had a 1966 Plymouth Fury I station wagon, and if I recall, that had a 318 engine... either that or a Slant 6, I can't remember.

[@johnfarel3152]

That's what Sinatra drove in the 80s

[@errorsofmodernism7331]

I got driven to school in a '72 Monaco wagon in '73. Great car.

[@capiberra4118]

We had, in turn, a '70 and a '74 full sized Plymouth Fury III wagons as I was growing up. Redoubtable old battle ships they were to be sure. Lucky to be alive, I guess, thinking back now on the number of miles I rode loose in the back cargo area of those old cars at highway speeds! Cheers & thanks for the memory jog.

[@kennethsouthard6042]

As a kid I remember sitting in that third row seat. It was like riding a sweat box as the air conditioning never seemed to get back that far, not to mention that you were also up against that back glass and the two long side windows, so it was like the sun hit you from three sides.

[@Mr.White10-65]

But perfect to flip off drivers and to piss off your parents that couldn't reach you with the car in motion..........

[@brkitdwn]

Well, looking on the bright side, if you were fat, sweating help you lose weight.

[@kennethsouthard6042]

@@brkitdwn I also forgot to mention that either sitting sideways or backward (depending on the wagon) aft of the rear axle made for a lousy ride and some great car sickness.

[@75aces97]

My neighbor had a Fury wagon from this year. You could hear and smell the (leaded; good times) gasoline sloshing around underneath you while barreling down the road. The 3rd seat (or "the way back" as we used to call it) was fun though. With as many people and a luggage box on the roof, I think we had too much weighing us down to bounce much.

[@giovannichirico1478]

Those cars are the Spirit of the Usa,

[@guidedmeditation2396]

Funny how when they point out the flush door handle design you also notice a gap in the door panel large enough to put your thumb in. How things have changed. I have to say that watching a number of these old Chrysler product videos I have a greater appreciation for their styling and features that were truly competitive and often ahead of their time.

[@chryslerelectronicleanburn1676]

I noticed it too.

[@vmat1000]

Nice flash back to a favorite year in my life, 1972. Among other things, trips from Ca to Or in you guessed it a Station wagon, in this case a '64 Chevelle Malibu with a power pak 327 and a 3 speed. Car was awesome.

[@dodgedurango6591]

These videos are food for the soul... subscribing now. 👍😊

[@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz]

Chrysler has always been a favorite. They were under rated. A very good product

[@superbirdsoundstudio7]

THEE BEST ENGINEERING/ APPEARANCES OF THE (then) BiG 4. "Without the 'STAR' it's just not a car"

[@gregbenwell6173]

God this makes me feel old!!! My best friend growing up, his mother had a 1975 Chevelle Malibu Wagon and we used to sit in the very back seat has it faced the road behind us!! My cousin also owned a 1966 Bel Air Station Wagon that was his first road car!! While I was in Boy Scouts I had another friend whose parents owned a 1977 Volarie Station Wagon and my one neighbor back in the 1970 had a big Dodge Monaco Wagon as well, which was always a nice riding car and I think their was a 1973 model!! And what else can be said about station wagons other than one other family that lived in our neighborhood owned a 1956 Chevy Nomad in 1975 and then later they had a 1957 four door station wagon in 1978, BOTH were beautiful cars and I would give my right eye today to own any one of the cars I just mentioned with the exception being the Volarie!! Seems like a million years ago since those days!! And there was a lot of cars that jump into my memories of those day back in the 1970's from my Uncle's 1968 GTO to my other neighbors 1969 Dodge Daytona Charger (with the big ass wing on it), to my other neighbors 1967 convertible Firebird!!

[@MisterMikeTexas]

I was friends with a kid whose parents had a blue 68 or 69 Plymouth Belvedere wagon, the only mid size Plymouth wagon of that generation I saw. It probably had the 318. They had that car forever, from new to the mid 80s! I rode in it with them a few times. They also bought a new 1975 Ford Maverick sedan with 3 on the tree. It was a Six, not sure if it was the 200 or 250.

[@eudaldguell3004]

Beautiful cars

[@tracy4good]

Can you explain to me how the same company can put out a car as beautiful as a "72 Dodge Monaco and one as hideous as a '72 Plymouth Fury at the same time

[@OsbornTramain]

Always loved these coronets and C bodies, but if they included the AMC Matador Wagon or Ambassador in the comparison, it would have won out on almost every measure used in this demonstration.

[@rightlanehog3151]

I tend to agree with you about the Coronet, a 'mid-size' that could carry plywood suits my cheap budget. I wonder what engines were offered in 72.

That's a very beautiful car in your profile picture. What year, make, and model is that?

[@OsbornTramain]

@ it's really just a 1961 Ford Galaxie, but I customised it by using the 1961 Meteor Montcalm parts. Meteor was a brand of cars sold by the Ford Motor Company in Canada. So it's has the same body and structure but different lights and trim and lenses....so I simply switched them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZTKpmShrpiqb5o

@@OsbornTramain WoW!! Thanks a lot!!

[@jamesslick4790]

Offering cassette player as a factory option in 72! They were definitely ahead of most. This was the height of the 8track era!

[@231gnx]

Hey-looks like an 8 track in the photo.Did they call them "cassettes"back then?

[@jamesslick4790]

@@231gnxThe names 8track and Cassette were the known and used terms for their respective formats then, In this film, It IS a side loaded Compact Cassette deck. An 8track cartridge is much larger. ( by volume an 8track is equal 4 cassettes). And yes cassettes WERE called cassettes in 1972. Cassette (originally called Compact Cassette) existed since 1963 (for dictation) ,but not really a valid music format until the introduction of Dolby and "high bias" tapes (about 1971) 8track OTOH, was designed as a mobile music tape format, It was even an option on first generation Mustangs. 8Track became THE mobile format of the 70s. Cassette decks OTOH weren't generally available in cars (by the OEM, anyway..) until the late 70s and wasn't really a mainstream factory option until after 1980. That MoPar even HAD Cassette as a factory option put them at least 8 years ahead of everyone else! Then too they had alternators for years before everyone else had them too. Chrysler Corporation (MoPar) was often years ahead on tech from the 1930s through the 1980s.

[@231gnx]

@@jamesslick4790 Oh ok,informative-before my time but I do know that FM radio was introd for cars in '62.

[@jamesslick4790]

@@231gnx LOL 😂 I'm old, I remember buying an FM adapter for my car, FM was around since the 40s but didn't become a "thing" until the introduction of stereo FM in 61. Then it took off. AM radio was still the pop king into the late 70s 😊👌

[@HIDHIFDB]

@@jamesslick4790 Am radio its amazing.

[@RivetGardener]

Loved these tuna boat station wagons even when as I was Kid. Gawd there their were huge, but beautiful, and rode like caddies. My friends parents who owned them back then were "rich". Loved going to the movies as a group of kids, floating on this regal station wagon to the local movie theatre. Life was good back the in the 1970's.

[@donaldgrant9067]

Reminds me of dads 67 Dodge Monaco. We sat backwards in the rear seat and only had the door between us and the Mack truck behind us. Good times.

[@chriswright8464]

My Dad had a Ltd Country Squire, 72 green with fake wood. Had that car 16 years.

[@rightlanehog3151]

These old wagons are great. Let's go buy some plywood.😁

[@Fandango541]

👍🏼LOL

[@rightlanehog3151]

@@Fandango541 I'm semi-serious. Look at today's fancy-pants pickups , most of them can't even carry a full sheet in their bed but Dodge's 'middle-sized' Coronet could handle them easily. BTW you never know when a spare sheet of 5/8 plywood might come in handy ;)

[@6h471]

LOL. I can remember when every carpet layer in the country seemed to have a station wagon with rolls of carpet on top. They kept them running until they literally fell apart.

[@rightlanehog3151]

@@6h471 Those were the days!

[@fairfaxcat1312]

Bingo Hall Paneling is the cheapest, easiest, best looking wall for any addition or renovation project.

[@Kuessemir]

Sold! .... where do I find one?? I also intend to take full advantage of those substantial full-metal bumpers when "easing" my way past distracted drivers on their cell phones.

[@ClassicRideSociety]

These wagons are a little hard to come by these days

[@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz]

Craigslist Salvage yard maybe😁👍

[@stevencooper2464]

My fathers 1970 Ford Country Squire, and his 1973 Country Squire LTD both had hide-away headlights; my siblings and I thought that was so neat...a car with eyelids!!!

[@stevencooper2464]

That's something the Triumph TR7's were notorius for; every one I saw had one "eye" stuck open.

[@rightlanehog3151]

I wonder if there was a computer in those days powerful enough to calculate the total options in customization available to the buyer. You could actually order the car you wanted made to your specific taste. What a concept!

[@rightlanehog3151]

@Samuel Molloy On Lou Costabile's KZbin channel you sometimes get to see the old dealership brochures detailing the huge variety of choices. At the time these wagons were being built Dodge would have been offering 16 -20 exterior paint colors.

[@kennethsouthard6042]

I guess one could take the option sheet and run the permutations and combinations. I'm sure it will be a big number, but it could probably be calculated by hand or in MS Excel.

[@rightlanehog3151]

@@kennethsouthard6042 Did they have MS Excel in 1972? ;)

[@josephgaviota]

@@rightlanehog3151 No. There were no PCs until the '80s, and back then, we used VisiCalc, until Microsoft stole the idea and made Excel. Later they stole WordStar and made Word, stole Mac OS, and made Windows. Ah, Bill was an expert at marketing, but he's no innovator.

[@Therevdon]

You can still order any car to your own tastes, it just takes longer to get than picking one off the lot. It was exactly the same way when this promo film was made. Go to any new car manufacturers website, look for the "Build" option on that page. You can pick all the options you want and leave off what you don't want. The dealer will order the exact car you want. I've only done it once, but I was very specific with that truck.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

My parents 95 Buick Roadmaster wagon held 4 x 8 plywood sheets and hauled ass. I used to drift in it when they gave it to me. Did great , smokey powerslides.

[@jimervin387]

My brother drove only Dodge wagons in those years, which were supplied by the Gestetner Copying Machine Co. Remember them? He even used his Dodge wagon to move all his furniture when he moved away after being transferred. I still remember the ripped headliner.

[@rightlanehog3151]

I remember those.

[@AlexanderCrump]

Did Gestetner make the mimeograph machines that squeezed ink through the master, or the spirit duplicators that used purple masters - or both? Those were some good times!

[@jimervin387]

Gestetner made mimiograph machines and then photo copiers. Now if you see that name, it's a collector's item.

[@s.sestric9929]

7:36 Ah yes, the "carsick" seat. I thought it was cool when I was 10, until I rode in one. "Uncle Bob, can I roll down the back window so I can hurl?"

[@markges6308]

Hahaha so true

[@ffarmchicken]

Ha, I can smell my brothers vomit to this day!

[@smellsuperb1]

It's just crazy that the coronet wagon was "midsize" lol. I owned a '76 Coronet Brougham sedan.

[@arnaldosandoval453]

I would love to watch a modern time dealer promo film, probably the include crumbling features and how their models look so similar to the competition's

[@joeculpepper5504]

I miss those days the ole grocery getter. Don't see em much now days. Mom gave em hell back in the day lol. Used to sit in the back, no seatbelts. Gone are the good old days..

[@ClassicRideSociety]

I just found a 72 Town and Country in the Junkyard. Wow what a wagon! Put my Buick Special Wagon to shame big time.

[@christhompson9486]

I actually miss the station wagons. Not like these crossovers nowdays, these were tough and great cars.

[@bobwalsh3751]

AGREED

[@vincentp.locollo3343]

Going down to the dealer now to check out this time ride!!!!

[@propdoctor21564]

I love these old commercials

[@mikevale3620]

It's not actually a 'commercial'. It's a dealer instruction video for the salesman to become familiar with the new model lineup, hence the questions at the end to see if they were paying attention.

[@propdoctor21564]

@@mikevale3620 ,, I may have not watch till the very end 🤤

[@TheIloveretro78]

Actually it sounded like a film strip like we used to watch in school back in the day. Everytime you heard the bing you had to turn the dial for the next picture while the record was playing.

[@marcusdamberger]

He wasn't looking at the questions at the end, but rather the lovely lady framing the questions.

[@isailwind3471]

The Colony Park was the king of station wagons, no contest.

[@sdmercuryman]

My parents had a 72 Colony Park, loaded wagon with a 429 2bl. Loved that car then and would be thrilled to have one now.

[@Beth9228]

When I was a baby till I was 7 years old. My father had a couple station wagons. One was brown with wood trim and traded it with a white one with wood trim.

[@d.peters6075]

Sounds like Peter Graves narrating. I love old stuff like this.

[@tremec6]

🎵SUVs killed the Station Wagon star🎵

[@oliasofsunhillow7116]

Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes!

[@tremec6]

Olias Of Sunhillow The Buggles, LoL

[@DTD110865]

Nah, the Minivans did that.

[@oliasofsunhillow7116]

@@tremec6, Yes Drama!

[@oliasofsunhillow7116]

@@DTD110865, yeah, you're right! Led by Chrysler Corporation! The pioneers of the mini van!

[@shawnbeckmann1847]

I Demand a High Measure of Luxury!!

[@Fandango541]

I know that's right! LOL

[@sailinstyle]

Then make sure to get the "luxurious vinyl seats"

[@ClassicRideSociety]

Then you might want the 72 Chrysler Town and Country

[@shawnbeckmann1847]

@@ClassicRideSociety Now there is a Swell Idea.

[@Johnkoth]

First time I heard of Luxury with station wagons.

[@Porsche996driver]

The quiz at the end was the best part!

[@thunderray1987]

I still have to go with buying a '72 Gran Torino Wagon over the rest of them because I love Ford styling a little more than the other two.

[@Mikefngarage]

IMO in that era was the KINGS WOOD ESTATE....that was the car to have. My parents had a NOMAD wageon. the 3rd seat facing the back window was called the WAY BACK.....

[@CoberBox1]

Oh man, that 4x8 (@ 5:08) sheet of paneling brings back as many memories as the wagons.

[@kmyre]

That's it, I am getting the Polara. The flush doorhandles were the deal breaker 🙃

[@727100bear]

surprisingly no mention of the dual air conditioning option on Monaco and Polara - a Chrysler Corporation exclusive - albeit expensive - option for decades since the late 1950s. Ford and Chevrolet remarkably never offered this option on any conventional station wagon they ever built.

[@rickloera9468]

He did at approximately 9.54.

[@727100bear]

Rick Loera you’re right! ..how did I miss that? .. there’s even a picture of the ceiling-mounted unit shown

[@727100bear]

F L gimmicks? .. ridiculous comment! .. I wouldn’t call the alternator - for instance - introduced by the Chrysler Corporation - as a “gimmick”! - ended up replacing the inferior generators used on Ford and and General Motors products and is now an industry standard! The dual air conditioners offered as an option on full sized Chrysler Corp station wagons from the late 1950s through the 1973 model year were very useful in cooling the rear section of the large station wagons of the era - my father traded cars every two years and we owned no fewer than six full sized Plymouth and Dodge wagons from 1966 through 1977 - two of those wagons were equipped with the ceiling mounted unit and I will assure you made an enormous difference in interior cooling capacity. The 1974 models did not offer a rear unit as an option. The front unit included an additional fan speed which was nice but not nearly as effective as having the separate rear unit.

[@01trsmar]

@F L ..Electronic ignition was a gimmick ? Subframes thats Unibody that all cars use today a gimmick ? Powerful engines a gimmick,better looks ,better driving and handling a gimmick ? Ford/GM sold more because they were cheaper and like today they could produce more cars..More factories,more plants/workers thus more cars made !!! Chrysler always suffered from not having enough factories !!

[@727100bear]

F L Chrysler Corporation station wagons were always much more stylish and modern appearing than their GM or Ford counterparts - especially during the “fuselage styling” years (1969-1973) the GM “clamshell” tailgate design was hideously ugly! .. Chrysler’s Elwood Engel was a design genius

[@MrScottie68]

In 1969 my dad bought a brand new Chrysler Town & Country station wagon; lighter color blue with wood paneling on the side. It was a real looker with air conditioning but most of the time my dad would put down the rear power window and front windows and sitting in the rear was so much fun because it was like a wind tunnel. I agree with this video, Chrysler Corporation vehicles, including Dodge, always had a huge styling advantage over Ford and GM.

[@TallStarlite]

I would much rather have a 72 Olds Vista Cruiser then any the wagons featured here.

[@hinomura2001]

the choice of Red Forman.

[@javahedz]

Personally, I’d surrender my left nut for that Monaco!! 🥜 WITH the 440 Magnum, of course.

[@devonriley110]

Nobody had a wagon to compete with the Olds, it was truly unique.

[@robertdye1905]

With the 455

[@bklynp718]

@@robertdye1905 The 350 was plenty fast, and had unbelievable torque.

[@jdog5534]

Can somebody invent a time machine already I want to go back!😄👍🚎

[@boboren8246]

Oh yes I would love to find a time machine and go back to those wonderful days that's when we had great American cars on the road not like today all we got is a bunch of junk on the road today

[@pcno2832]

8:39 Has anyone, ever, in the history of automotive design, gone out of their way to pay extra for hidden headlights? I'm sure somebody, somewhere has, but I'll probably never meet such a person.

[@bobdavis3357]

My Dad's Royal Monaco had hidden lamps and a mean 440 under the hood from a totalled 70 Cuda. We wanted a bigger engine for more towing power and reliability. Dad still has his ugly green Monaco WĜN.

[@seanmohamad5701]

Wagon are the best, I owned ones, and I love it 😘

[@zudemaster]

People these days would die if they went back to the 70s. I can remember being a kid, nobody worried about seat belts or child car seats. They would take one of these big old wagons, fold the back seats down and throw all the kids back there. You would just lay down back there playing with your toys or whatever. These days people wouldn't pull their car forward 10 feet without buckling up.

[@josephgaviota]

We 3 boys have spent many miles in the back of the station wagon; sliding around when mom made a corner, my brother banging his head on the mechanism for the tailgate window. Ah, fond memories :-) PS, yes, we're all still alive, 40+ years later!

[@RSTBKT]

maybe because they didn't want people flying out windows of their cars when they crash???

[@RSTBKT]

I'd still by a old vehicle because nostalgia

[@gregbenwell6173]

Yeah my dad's arm was my seat belt as a kid, BUT you have to remember that cars today are made out of plastic and you look at them and the sheet metal bends!! Meanwhile a 1972 Dodge Monaco (which I owned a two door Monaco) you can about drive the car through a brick wall and it would only scratch the paint!! Now you hit a moth at 55 miles per hour and you have $6000 worth of body damage to the tin foil cars are made out of!!! And if you think I am being a bit sarcastic, perhaps I am, but my one lady friend had a little "sexual encounter" with a guy she liked on the hood of her 2012 Ford Focus and she asked me "how to you get the dents out of the hood?" Something you WOULD NEVER DO to a 1972 Dodge Monaco, even if you were "doing your lover" with a jackhammer!!

[@thomasschreiber1028]

I grew up in the southern suburbs of Detroit, Ford Motor country. Ford station wagons were common like country squire with the wood grain panel on the sides. Part of my childhood memories.

[@fireballxl5768]

These would be giant cars in the UK,but still love them ! Could sleep in it when you go on holiday ! My Dad had a mk 3 Cortina estate with bench seat in yellow which I learnt to drive in,a big car at the time Wish he still had it would be a rare car now.

[@JeffKing310]

I like that the "Simple offerings" include 9 different Dodge wagons.

[@traingp7]

1970 Ford Country Squire from Harry and the Hendersons comes to mind watching this video.

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

Loving the latest uploads!

[@williyrayslater3299]

I'm 1980 I came home from the army. I bought a sixty six super sport station wagon four twenty seven

[@jeffreyconstance6435]

Hands down, the ‘72 Gran Torino is so much more attractive than the other two. The interior is so much better..!

[@michaelflores2318]

If you remember on the Wonder Years had a big Chrysler wagon then they got rid of it for a Galaxie Also on the Brady Bunch they had a Chrysler wagon as well but the smaller version

[@StephenViola-ib8dq]

That era Mopars disintegrated from rust within 2 years like my uncle's 69 Plymouth wagon!

[@herbiehusker1889]

That Polara is pretty awesome.

[@bobdavis3357]

Dad still has his Monaco Wagon. Qe stuffed 440 in it from a wrecked 7p Cuda. 13k on that motor. Now, Dad has 177k on it. Everything still works, even the converted AC. Dad and Uncle Rex put that 440 in for reliability and more torque for towing those extra pounds. This meant a spring upgrade up-front. Still no rust, still driven weekly to church. People are mesmerized by that polarizing green Monagp with 3" duals.

[@doncnunez6231]

As a kid the neighbor had a 1970 Olds Vista Cruiser mid night blue with a 400 cu. that car was quick for big old boat. i remember the neighbor taking us to little league practice and running as fast or faster than 79-80 Z28's and Trans Am's !!

[@rightlanehog3151]

That 70 wagon had twice the HP of the cars that followed a decade later.

[@johnfarel3152]

Can't believe they're using luxury and vinyl in the same sentence haha

[@wolfshanze5980]

Well the luxurious vinyl helps breakup the simulated wood grain.

[@antonioederlopezlopez7341]

People use 4cylinders and fast these days, so....

[@Chidoro41]

@@antonioederlopezlopez7341 can punch a few holes in that match up.

[@2bitrasputin793]

I'm convinced. The Monaco is the winner!

[@chadfvkj9082]

That lady was bummed out in the ford and chevy station wagons.

[@priyananthpremakanthan9655]

My dream car

[@Sincopare]

The ultimate test of wagon in the 1970's: Will it fit a 4x8 sheet of plywood?!

[@michaelflores2318]

We had the Falcon wagon blue with the wood trim and the handle to roll the back window was on the outside

[@fubarmodelyard1392]

I still like the busy front end of the 72 torino.

[@tootall5559]

I had a 72 Coronet wagon long ago. It was a hand me down, the family car handed down to me when the rest of the family was done with it. The drive train, based on the 318 was great, and never did quit.. but the rest of the car.... well it pretty much fell apart. The front wheels were splayed out, the passenger door had to be chained shut, it was a real mess when i finally gave up on it. My next car was another hand me down from my wife's family, a 73 Torino. That was a great car. The 302 engine never failed, but alas the tranny went out, and was too expensive to replace on an old beater.

[@rightlanehog3151]

I recognize the image of a solid engine surrounded by a vehicle that was falling apart. ;)

[@chipcool6654]

I think I finally decided for the Monaco, better head out to the dealership

[@rightlanehog3151]

Good choice.

[@juanpabloarena2724]

No me importan las diferencias existentes...LAS QUIERO A TODAS LAS STATION WAGON!!!!! Aplauso largo y admiración desde Argentina.

[@robhargis6980]

The Monaco wagon was by far the best looking of the full size category. With the Mid size it's a tie between the Coronet and the Torino. My neighbors had a 72 Torino sedan. It was a nice car..

[@rahulvinalnarayan9743]

These were the SUVs of its time

[@elizabethcherry920]

I like that sporty Dodge Monaco wagon, I don't ever recall seeing one. I also like that Torino Squire wagon, I wonder if any of those Torino wagons was ever ordered with a 429 V8.

[@LearnAboutFlow]

My parents had a 72 Torino wagon and it averaged 9 mpg, and that was with the base engine. Times have definitely changed.

[@acersalman8258]

how beautiful cars ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@johnnymula2305]

I would take the 72 Torino. I always liked those front ends.

[@DavidWilliams-zr5ew]

Oh yeah, well when I was a kid we had an AMC hornet station wagon, it was burnt orange with orange interior. We were loving life because it had air conditioning

[@shawnhuff3920]

Putting big v 8ts into the wagons and frag drag racing them fun

[@ROGER45211]

great video

[@darinclark1853]

Took my driver's license test in a '73 Monaco wagon.... in 1984. 👍

[@rightlanehog3151]

I took my test in a '73 Duster in 1980.

[@PlayWaves1]

That Monaco is stunning. I'd love to own one.

[@WahabAzan-n6u]

Beautiful cars amazing

[@hankaustin7091]

Fabulous video!!

[@lego4virgo]

When wagons ruled the roads...

[@rightlanehog3151]

Wagons ruled as was right and proper. Only snow plow operators and lumberjacks bought a 4X4.

[@superbirdsoundstudio7]

Had that very Royal Monaco wagon fully loaded including it's 400 4bbl. Dual Exhaust "Magnum"- a sweet puppy, 10 passenger with REAR A/C. NEVER should have sold it. Only a Chrysler T & C would be a sweetEST replacement•• oh sure, we'll find one [NOT] but nice dealer sales dept. trainer- THANK YOU

[@Buzz-vz2js]

We had a 74 gran torino wagon growing up

[@PatrickJago]

Back when you had to lean over to change the radio channel. I got me a Chrysler and it’s as big as a whale and it’s about to set sail!

[@spacetrucker2952]

I like the red Polara custom wagon.