1971 Chrysler Plymouth Dealer Promo Film - Coming Through in Station Wagons

[@TVHouseHistorian]

I'm amazed they didn't produce more of these. Satellites are such a rare find nowadays - especially to find them in good condition.

[@Tadfafty]

They did, but they have been destroyed by demolition derbies unfortunately.

[@67marlins81]

Thanks- I'd forgotten how attractive and under-appreciated the Plymouths were. Appreciate your posting as always.

[@rightlanehog3151]

Even the 'mid-size' Satellite wagon could carry a 4 X 8 sheet of plywood, that's truly impressive.

[@moparmadman1134]

Very innovative ,great cars!

[@67marlins81]

Interesting that the base division Plymouth had elegant, hidden headlights usually then found on middle and high end marques, where the top division Chrysler didn't. I always thought the front end of early 70s Imperials would have made a beautiful big wagon. I'm sure some Mopar enthusiast bodyman could build one.

[@007fredh]

The only hidden headlights I saw in this film strip we’re on the Chrysler town and country not the Plymouth satellite.

[@adamtrombino106]

My uncle bought a new 71 Impala wagon, and had constant trouble with the clam style tailgate. In 1975, he sold it and got a used 72 Chrysler T/C 3 seat wagon with 3 position tailgate and towing package. The only problem he ever had was that it couldn't pass a gas station.. lol.. BUT that car could tow anything, haul and carry anything. I remember it when I was a kid in 1982. We had 5 of us kids in the car, 2 adults, all of our luggage, and a 14ft boat behind us which was also loaded to the gills with cargo, and the car just motored along. 1 time, my uncle had to pass a slow moving semi on the way to Wisconsin. He nailed the gas and that 440 opened up... We passed that semi like it was standing still. All 5 of us yelled "Do it again Uncle John, do it again!" By 1985 rust had got it pretty good, and he moved on to the Chevy Suburban, which much to his dismay, couldn't tow as much.

[@williamobrien2759]

Adam Trombino We had a 1976 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser wagon. Pewter gray metallic with maroon interior and loaded. 455 under the hood. Beautiful beast but... Clam shell tailgate used to blow relays and gate/window stuck wide open. She liked to do this in winter when loading groceries or anytime we were in a hurry to get on the road. Power windows would quit part way up or down with no warning. Wait a few minutes and they were fine. Power driver's seat would freeze up once in awhile. Nice comfy ride though from gas station to gas station. Our Pap bought a new Pontiac Ventura in 1977. First trip out with it, on our way to a family farm to show it off and it died going up a hill just a few miles into the trip. Towed back to the dealer and she started right up for them in the garage. Chryslers weren't the only cars in the 70's with issues. They always got a bad rapp.

[@hankaustin7091]

LOL great comments guys! I drove a '72 Chrysler New Yorker from 1977 to 1982 - was the best car I've ever owned, except for the gas station part...then it wasn't such a great car.. but in other aspect it certainly was fantastic to drive!

[@codysmith9813]

I own a green on green 72 chrysler t&c wagon now has the 400 2 barrel but very solid and still great shape. Man they dont made great cars like this anymore.

[@eddevelo9269]

Wagons were always popular with large families, they were the full size SUV,s of their day.Love the rear facing 3rd seat for kids, that would never happen in todays safety paranoid world.

[@JJVernig]

The Tesla S had for a period rear facing seats. In principle it's more safe when you hit something and be pushed in the seat. And in the small SUV's your kid has just a few inches between the back of the head and the glas back window...

[@area51isreal71]

I loved that sliding roof rack idea. No doubt about it, Chrysler where always a step ahead when it came to basic engineering.

[@senorkaboom]

Boy howdy!! Them wagons is spiffy. Think I'll mosey on down to my Chrysler Plymouth dealer and give a look see.

[@wiibaron]

Don't forget Imperial's too...

[@Pro1er]

How many people would buy one of these new today? I would.

[@Tadfafty]

I would.

[@wiibaron]

Our family had a 70 Custom Suburban. Our neighbors had a Pontiac Safari with that clam tailgate. I was always jealous of them. Until we got a Dodge Sportsman Van a couple years later, then we were the 'Jones's' of the neighborhood.

[@willpoundstone71]

I can't imagine that those clamshell tailgates were reliable, also I imagine there were problems with kids getting their hands caught in there.

[@FIVEOFEVER]

My uncle had one of them 1971 Chrysler TC wagons. It came with wood grain on the side. One day we went over to his house and he took all the woodgrain off. My dad asked him why he did that and he just shrugged his shoulders and said. "Beats me..It looked better when it was still in the wood crate".

[@InsanityHere]

EVERYONE, PLEASE PLEASE: Let's lobby or do something to bring these cars back. I know, I know, I know about the gas crunch. BUT BUT BUT BUT, OK, what Chrysler did not do bac then was make a plastic attachment, like a Bra for the family that was on the GO. Think about the pointed Superbirds, OK? Stuff like that, would bring these cars back AND with updated transmissions, would ensure their longevity on the roads. YES, with BIG ENGINES, and electronic ignitions, etc.

[@MidKid61]

As shown on TV a Plymouth Satellite wagon can seat 3 adults and 6 children on a long trip to the Grand Canyon.

[@dkt1976dt]

That was the Brady Bunch, they used Plymouth Station Wagons in the show

[@bluesharp59]

Nice video , Thumbs up.

[@seand2711]

Damn that Furry wagon was gorgeous. Where is my nearest dealer so I can order one to my specifications. That AC in the back was the clincher for me. And that safety feature so small children can open the rear tailgate but can get freely thrown around on a crash,... Consider me SOLD!

[@fairfaxcat1312]

“Does that sound like your neighborhood?,” the narrator begins in the ever creative world of sales. This is a dealer information filmstrip. The idea here is to prepare the dealer to sell the automobile. The automobile the dealer will be selling is the Chrysler-Plymouth brand of automobile station wagons. The Chrysler-Plymouth nameplate goes back to the early days of the twentieth century. Chrysler is the name of all the automobiles in this “family” of automobiles. These cars are named after Walter P. Chrysler. Mr. Chrysler started out as a mechanic in the train industry. He wanted good running automobiles and started the Chrysler Corporation. When he wanted to make a cheaper automobile he started the Plymouth line. The motor company does not put out a Plymouth any more. So the more of these Chrysler-Plymouth station wagon automobiles the dealer sells the more money he and the motor company will make. Everyone from the janitor at the local dealership who cleans the toilets back where the men service the automobiles to the executives on the board of directors are cheering on the dealers because the more of these Chrysler-Plymouth station wagon automobiles he sells the more money all of them will make. Conversely if the dealer doesn’t sell these Chrysler-Plymouth station wagon automobiles he will be chewed out and eventually let go by the sales manager or general manager in the back room and cussing might take place. For the dealer it’s best to go ahead and sell these Chrysler-Plymouth station wagon automobiles so he can continue to feed his family and not get chewed out and fired by the management. This filmstrip will help the dealer sell the automobiles.

[@garbage854]

Cool :)

[@diedonner299]

The best looking wagon silhouette in this video is the Kingsman at 4:01.

[@coiledsteel8344]

Know people wanted 4 spd trans , but Torque Flyte Trans superior,and faster for most applications, including racing. Cops loved their high performance cars. Hugh Strength unibody construction, Torsion bar for "high speed handling" - 440 and legendary 426 Hemi for all out performance.

[@gli7utubeo]

Seat belts? Special car-seats for kids? Nah... (3:52) Just hang out the window. Another good place to store your kid: 5:42. At least he's not on the roof rack (7:04) with the luggage.

[@paradoxdea]

Check it out, folks. I'm buying a station wagon...woohoo!☺

[@RhinoXpress]

Chrysler did have a lot of standard or optional equipment not found on its competition. too bad the quality of the vehicles were below their competition back then.

[@petermata5488]

i choose chrysler plymouth dodge also

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

It's nothing but a slideshow. Most likely this is how they made it in the late 60s, early 70s.

[@1L6E6VHF]

It is a film strip. A strip of film with half-frame images (18x24mm) on perforated 35mm film. The chimes directed the user to change the picture in a manual projector, or would trigger a change in an automatic projector.

[@roya.cathcartjr.5042]

Michael O'Keefe, that's exactly what it was a slideshow presentation for training dealership sales personal and mechanics about the new models. The tone promoted the presenter to advance the projector to the next slide to keep in sync with the separate audio recorded presentation, these slide presentations were in use by the automaker's corporate office from 1950 through 1989 in 1990 video cassette presentations replaced them.

[@wiibaron]

Anyone know why those GM tailgates had the vents in them?

[@macgto]

I can't say for sure, but here is my educated guess. On GM cars, the flow thru ventilation system would have the outflow vents located somewhere in the rear quarter panels (inside the panel, not visible, varies per model) Because the GM clamshell tailgate lowering mechanism (motors, gears, counter weights) were housed inside the quarter panels on each side, I would suspect the venting would have interfered with all that hardware, hence the move to the tailgate. Also, this would allow them to keep those mechanical compartments sealed against any moister that would lead to corrosion of the moving parts. I may be wrong but that is the most plausible theory I can muster.

[@jameskish4044]

Like the Chevy Impala of the time, only cars with AC had them, in theory it let the excess heat of the interior vent out as the AC worked (In High school one of my friends Father was an engineer for GM)

[@71plymouth.]

Mopar or no car: At All. Period.

[@heavymetal375]

pretty sure everyone who is watching this video already knows that...

[@leonardoantonio8756]

Yeah man, real cars!

[@71plymouth.]

Leonardo Antonio That's right. When cars were made of real steel and metal,instead of plastic crap with a computer... The simple fact of the times nowadays can be summed up in one sentence: They don't make nothing like they used to.

[@leonardoantonio8756]

71 Plymouth. yeah man, it's kinda sad those days are long gone, that was real engineering there, real space and commodity, real power when you step on the gas, and hear that v8 roaring and torquing! Still are some rolling in my country, very few well maintained.

[@71plymouth.]

Leonardo Antonio Yep,that is sad to hear... I wish I could have came up in the good ol days... My dad tells me stories all the time,drag racing,100+ MPH in his 70 Challenger 383 (r.i.p. challenger). Those days and times, sadly: will never be again. I'm just glad that he got these mopars. I might of not been in the good times... but at least I can drive a car from the good times,so I'm happy. Hahaha,yep friend: you're exactly right up to a tee.