Right Car, Wrong Time

Without the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, this massive 1975 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham two door would have sold well. But after gasoline prices nearly doubled, these two ton, 440 powered land yachts nearly sank Chrysler. And what's with that totally BOGUS B-pillar? Gotta watch to see!

[@wreckerjonny6144]

I'll still drive a big block mopar at 5.00 a gallon of gas rather than the prius

[@fishgeralding9224]

Heck yeah, or a 340 in an A body!

[@googleusergp]

I'll drive the fuel efficient car during the week and have the classics to enjoy on the weekend.

[@petervitti9]

In 1979, I drove a 1970 chevrolet caprice. It got 10 mpg. At 80 cents a gallon, I couldn't afford the gas. I made $2.40 @ hour. Love the car, nevertheless.

[@googleusergp]

@@petervitti9 My parents drove a 1974 Charger through mid-1979. We put it up for sale in the spring of 1979 right after the gas crunch and bought a '79 Phoenix with a 231 V6. The first question the new buyer asked was, "What kind of gas mileage does it get?" My dad said, "If you're easy on the accelerator, maybe 12-14. It is what it is". He bought the car on the spot and had it for many years.

[@flightmaster178]

Same. In my case I daily drive my 76’ Cadillac with the 8.2L (500ci) and get around 10mpg 😂

[@peterantonopoulos2572]

I worked on these land yachts back in the day with the big block. Some of these came with the lean burn system, what a complicated piece of electrical junk.

[@googleusergp]

Most scrapped it and rightly so. The car ran a lot better without it.

[@johnmaki3046]

I had sever "Lean Burn" MoPars! They ALL RAN FINE!

[@tomwesley7884]

Phones are ringing off the hook at Bernardston for that 440. Those styled steel wheels are bad a$$. Impressive the bumper filler is still flexible.

[@ddellwo]

That’s what I was thinking - I was amazed it didn’t crumble into a million pieces!

[@johngranato2673]

Sad. Handsome car, though. Btw, the Cordoba was very handsome--it was much better looking than the Gran Prix, Century/Regal, MC, Cutlass! Thanks for your hard work, Steve!

[@googleusergp]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. LOL. One division of that A and G body car easily outsold all of the Cordobas in a given year.

[@larrygro]

I always hated the looks of the Cordoba. The Magnums were cool though.

[@johngranato2673]

@@googleusergp Yep, they also outsold Rolls Royce...

[@googleusergp]

@@johngranato2673 You can't compare a Rolls Royce (basically back then a hand-built car) to a totally mass produced car from the Big Three. The Cordoba competed with the A and G body GM cars in the market and were swallowed up by one divisions' sales.

[@sasz2107]

I drove a 1977 Chrysler Newport 4 door sedan for many years. It had the 400 in it. What a great riding, and surprisingly good handling car for such a large car! Definitely the best riding car I ever owned. I had no trouble parking it because I could easily see all 4 corners of the car, so I could get very close to things when parking. It was definitely a BIG car. It was also mustard yellow - the color of French's mustard inside and out. It couldn't have gotten any more 70s than that!

[@MrScottie68]

Chrysler sedans of the 1969 to about 1977 era were absolutely the most beautiful and luxurious cars on the road. My 1969 Newport felt like I was on my living room sofa floating on air as I drove down the highway.

[@JazzzRockFuzion]

The fuselage (‘69 - ‘73) and formal (‘74 - ‘78) generations are among my favorite MOPARs ever. These C Bodies were gorgeous, stately, sturdy, well-trimmed/appointed, powerful and great handlers for their size! I’d love to one day get my mitts on an Imperial or New Yorker Brougham of the era.

[@gearbanger57]

Worked at a Chrysler Plymouth dealer in 74 as a lot boy, the big New Yorkers and Newport's were slow sellers. They sold a ton of 6 cylinder Valiants, Dusters and Crickets. The Cordovas were a big hit when they showed up. Cool part of the job was all the muscle cars that were traded in and I got to drive them all.

[@googleusergp]

If you had the foresight to buy some and hide them away until gas prices normalized again, you'd be pretty well off. But, back then, people used their muscle car for regular transportation, so something had to give for many folks.

[@jaymartell2967]

"CORDOBAS"!

[@vettekid3326]

The first Arab oil embargo happened in the fall of 1973 when coincidently I was working part time at a gas station in Peoria Illinois while in high school. That was back when in Illinois all gas stations were full service by law ( no pump your own ). Overnight the price of regular leaded gas went from 36 cents a gallon to 52 cents if you could get it. I still remember an older guy pulling up to the pumps with a big old 1960 Buick Invicta and taking a look at the price and saying "God damn Richard Nixon, God damn Richard Nixon!" We were limited to selling more than five gallons to any one vehicle at a time and lines were almost constant to the point we were busy until the underground tanks went dry.

[@googleusergp]

There's a video on YT from 1979 in Queens, NY filmed at a Mobil station during the gas crisis with the owner lamenting that, "The governor better do something about this. I'm not dealing with all this from these customers". Look at all the cars in line though, none are typically smaller cars. They are all larger or at least mid-size cars that maybe got 14 MPG at best. I cannot place where the station is. My coworker's brother-in-law owns a Mobil station in Queens, but it's not his station best we can tell.

[@BiggDave72]

Biden Climate Embargo these days 🤬🤬🤬

[@1223jamez]

I remember that also going to school with the long lines.

[@Railrider765]

Same here...run Texaco '73 after school. Gradu. '75 I remember seeing those cars. Built like a tank! 🇺🇲

[@jaysmith179]

Seems like every time a Democrat gets in office we have gas problems in America?

[@ddellwo]

Was that “masquerading” or “masturbating” at the end there? I think all this talk about Liz Frem might have Steve in a tizzy……..😂 Brougham = filled with a bunch of cheesy options that only old men like! I can say that because I am quickly nearing “old man” territory and will likely soon be seen driving in my pickup with a topper going 55 in the left hand lane..….😂 By the mid-70’s these things were definitely dinosaurs of the highway - hard to believe Chrysler even sold as many of them as they did! Don’t worry, fellas - a front wheel drive compact and a front wheel drive van are right around the corner to save the day! Although, if someone had said that back in 1975 they might have been taken in for “observation”……..😂

[@ClaremontClassicGarage]

We smashed lots of those. I see the derby guys already got the front bumper. 75-78 NY/Imperial "pointy bumper" most lethal front bumper ever.

[@AdamWaffen]

The only purpose one would serve today would be as a warning.

[@johneckert1365]

They got the rear bumper too! Haha. I got $300 a piece for every "Chrysler Pointy" I had collected lol. If you ever get the chance to, check out the front bumper on a 73 Riviera. Only 1 year, but it's tough!

[@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman]

My grandpa was a MOPAR salesman from 1946 to 1977 & when he died in 1979 I inherited his 1974 New Yorker 400 2bbl as a 16 yr old, it was white with blue vinyl top & interior & hauled all my friends around comfortably ✌💖☮

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you soon

[@robertchristie9434]

Great review. I worked at the Chrysler Engineering center in Highland Park Michigan when these first came out in late '73. Talk about some huge beasts that were massive land yachts. Timing was god-awful. That's when Chrysler started rebates to move them off the lots. The big three not just Chrysler got stung when gas prices jumped. My dad had a '73 LTD wagon that got 9 mpg. An uncle had a '73 Olds 98 that got 8 mpg. It was bad enough that fuel economy was terrible, but around Detroit they all rusted prematurely, like in 3 years, total piles of rust. Quality was a joke also. I knew guys who took delivery of a new car, drive it straight home & adjusted every panel. Some the paint was so bad they ended up water sanding the car & have it repainted.

[@albertgaspar627]

Ma Mopar has always had iffy quality control, beaten only by American Motors. That said, we forget all those old cars' odometers went only as high as 99,999 miles and every gas station had a repair man "on duty 24 hrs" according to the neon signs. Once we started paying European prices for gas, we decided for ourselves we wanted European like cars. And every time gas returns to that level, it's like the music stopped and Mopar doesn't have a seat to sit on with its gas hogs.

[@bradkay4794]

If you worked at Chrysler engineering how can you think that this error packed video is great

[@danw6014]

My employer was once upon a time an engineer for Ford's. In 1972 they brought back a one year old Torino wagon from a lady and gave her a new one. She had taken the car to Midas to have the muffler replaced. The technician came out to the waiting room and told her they could not replace the exhaust system on her car because there was nothing left of the frame to weld it to.

[@robertchristie9434]

@@bradkay4794 Tell us Oh great one what the errors were. I'm sure Steve would like to be enlightened also. By the way we're all entitled to our opinion. Looking forward to your detailed response.

[@robertchristie9434]

@@danw6014 Buddy of mine had a '72 Pinto. Both doors were rusted so bad the only item left was the vinyl guard strips. You could see how the windows went up & down the doors were deteriorated. A body shop in Utica Michigan did a land office business welding new floor & trunk pans into A-body Mopars, Ford Mavericks & Mustangs & GM compacts. Ziebart would only honor their warranty only if you brought your vehicle in for "touch up" every 6 months. The Japanese & German cars were just as bad.

[@jackanapes6676]

I had a 74 Imperial, a 78 New Yorker, and an 80 Cordoba. I liked them all, a great time in automotive history. We didn't realize how good cars were way back. Cars after 2010 are quite disappointing.

[@lilmike2710]

I had a red 81 Cordoba. Slant six but it was one of my favorite cars. It had square headlamps and a unique front and grille. It looked really good with chrome five spokes and white letter tires. And I think it had the torsion bar suspension. I do recall it having a smooth and comfortable ride though. Wish I had it today for sure

[@googleusergp]

Yes, it did have torsion bar suspension. It was the same basic chassis as the Aspen and Volare.

[@rightlanehog3151]

Steve, Thank goodness the New Yorker we had was a 4 door, the plastic B pillar is one of the cheesiest things I have ever seen. 😂

[@dubiousf00d]

I was thinking something similar. I have a 76 2 door and I'm so glad mine doesn't have that silly thing.

[@will7its]

Flapping in the breeze....😊

[@Whats-It-To-Ya]

The two-door is still better than the four-door, but that goes for dam near every car

[@StanKelley]

So- does someone here KNOW the 4 door B pillar was real? Certainly could have also been a hardtop masquerading as a sedan, Volvo would never do such a thing.

[@MrZdvy]

I have a ‘74 Imperial and the hood & fenders are the same. Amazing the 440 and everything around it is still there.

[@robertbeckler5058]

Call up VGG.

[@lilmike2710]

​@@robertbeckler5058 no steering wheel...... "It'll be fine" 😂

[@tomwesley7884]

@@lilmike2710 We'll just ignore that for now

[@robertbeckler5058]

@@lilmike2710 my buddy had one for a derby car. But that one did have a steering wheel which did him no good.

[@garyszewc3339]

It's been that long so it's hard to remember but that's about the time they eliminated the Imperial, rebadged it as the New Yorker, and re badged what was the New Yorker as the Newport.

[@vet-7174]

Good Morning Gents 🇺🇸

[@dubiousf00d]

Crazy how the engine is still there for the moment. Love these C body cars. I have a 76 Brougham 2 door 440 car. The hideaway headlights and no B pillar are my favorite things about Hilariously big parked next to the cars of today.

[@34Packardphaeton]

... real IMPERIALS were designated by the corporation as a D-body ...

[@dubiousf00d]

​@@34PackardphaetonCorrect. What am I missing here😂

[@34Packardphaeton]

@@dubiousf00d .. Possibly my error ---- many guys refer to Imperials as "C-bodies"... which is not correct, at least for '55 - '66 (or '68, or '73, or '75) .... Those are D-bodies.

[@dubiousf00d]

Most definitely. I know about imperial cars. For a while they shared nothing with other alphabet cars. Crazy that they weren't even recognized as chryslers or dodges. Super special Cadillac and Lincoln fighters. I just wished I hadn't wasted so many in my younger years in a demo derby. Lessons learned

[@allanperry6507]

Hey Steve 👋 is it possible to see an up date on your police car project, kinda curious how its coming along 🤔 ?. Smiles 😃 from Huntsville Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

[@1gatomon]

My Dad purchased a Cordoba in 1976. it was a beautiful car White with a black cloth like interior. When he had it. It had all kinds of trouble with the "Lean burm 400 Cu engine. Finally after a couple of years of dealing with it and constantly replacing the stupid Lean burn stuff. He had them Yank it all off and put in a points distributer and parts. It ran like a top for many years. I took myu date to the Sr Prom in it. I believe at 200K miles it was finally sold. And it had two front end accidents. Both required a full front clip. It still kept on going,

[@googleusergp]

The car is gone, hopefully the woman is still around.

[@MillerMeteor74]

That's one of my favorite body styles for Mopar. I love them. I have two of those 1975 Chrysler color brochures, from when my parents bought their 1975 Town & Country, which I remember well. I loved that car, but they sold it the year before I started driving. It was the same color as the one in that brochure. It also had the optional 400. That engine suffered from carburetion problems almost from Day 1 though. Also the car started rusting behind the wheels, maybe by 1978 or so. It's still a car I wish were around today though. In the time since then I have never seen one in a car show. But I have seen a `75 Imperial at a car show. What a beauty.

[@Mr.Death101]

My mom had a 1975 Cordoba and in 1987 up in Massachusetts we were driving down the road and the door opened up and I almost fell out of the car. It ended up being because the latch mechanism was so Rusty that it fell off. I can still see it in my head.

[@herbienbrian2]

Ah good old Chrysler quality

[@Damone7653]

Ricardo Montalban would be proud

[@Mr.Death101]

@@Damone7653 Trust me bro it didn't have the rich Corinthian leather LOL.

[@williamjones4483]

I had a '78 Cordoba w/T-tops, bucket seats and console. It was a very decent car, not fast, but comfortable. It also had the 400 cu. in. engine w/Lean Burn and got usually 18-19 miles per gallon. The Lean Burn did not work properly and after a time I ended up converting that to straight electronic ignition.

[@johneckert1365]

Those 400's could really come to life with a better cam, re-jeting or replacing the carb, and (like you did) converting to conventional Electronic Ignition. They have a HUGE bore and a nice short stroke, capable of high RPM even with stock rods & hardware

[@bobbyz1964]

Bought one of those, a two door, around 1990 250 bucks. An absolutely beautiful car to drive, had the leather interior front seat was electric and more comfortable than most living room furniture. It even looked nice, from a distance, had gallons of Bondo bubbling up in all the rusted out areas. Bought it for the 440 and 727, rest went to the scrap yard of course. That's one car I'd love to have now (without the Bondo) nothing smooths out potholes like a big old Chrysler and Minnesota roads suck. Really wish they'd build cars to ride smooth again instead of this stupid handling bs with the low profile tires and stiff suspensions.

[@MattTrakker350]

This car has the "St. Regis" roof option. It is still a pillarless hardtop in construction as shown with loose trim pieces. What's interesting is rather than fixed quarter glass, Chrysler left the windows permanently rolled up, with mechanicals in place but no switches, etc. I've seen more than one person remove this roof treatment on these cars and make the quarter windows functional.

[@Hyrev1]

Great video Steve!

[@tonychasey7990]

Hi steve! Boy, am I glad you featured that car! I need parts from it! I am working on a 75 Imperial Crown Coupe and that has the same vinyl top treatment that my car does. I could use some stainless trim from it. Is there any way possible those guys could get me some better pictures and info on it considering the fact that I'm all the way in ohio? Or is there any way in the world that you could somehow contact me and get me some pictures? I don't miss a single one of your episodes!

[@SteveMagnante]

Hi Tony, sorry to say I don't get in the middle if things like this. But I'm sure Bernardston Auto Wrecking owner Dale Hastings would be happy to help. He can be called at 413/648-9300. Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante

[@tonychasey7990]

Thank you sir!!!

[@redneck5356]

Always liked big old American cars

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

Wow, it's a hardtop under there? That's awesome. I wonder if any other cars are like that

[@gillesjacques1022]

I had the 1977 cordoba, in the same maroon colour on the front of the brochure, I also had a 1979 cordoba in a cream colour. The cordoba was classed as mid sized luxury.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid!! 👍👍

[@joemcmillan5415]

Cordobas were cool except for That spark control lean burn crap

[@googleusergp]

Easily removed and converted to regular parts to make it run a lot better.

[@petehunter2988]

Chrysler Corporation was in turmoil at that time. UAW was pushing to get Lynn Townsend out over shutdowns to get Supply in line with sales. Redesign of the C bodies were not as good looking as the cars they replaced. Pricing was a problem, as full size Chryslers were higher than comparable Buicks and Oldamobiles, then they would give you a rebate check after you bought one, which lowered the value of the car after you took delivery. Perfect storm of bad decisions. decision

[@googleusergp]

Yup, the first thing Mr. Iacocca did when he got to Chrysler was drop the "push" system of building vehicles. That lead to weird (and often undesirable) combinations that were hard sells at dealerships. Chrysler would build something and foist it out to the dealer network. The other car makers did a "pull system" (Customer specifies, we build it to suit).

[@BSGSV]

2:22 Fun Fact: in 1976, $8000 was also the price of a BMW 2002. Back then you could either buy this giant semi-luxury boat with a smooth V8 or an extremely compact but sporty and fun German sedan with a 95hp 4 cylinder engine that set the mark for all sport sedans to come. I still have "mine". I was a kid when we went to the dealership to drive it home in July 1976, the last year they were made. Also those hydraulic bumpers were also on the BMW as 5mph bumpers were a legal requirement back then.

[@jlletaw1954]

I did not know that about the B pillar...the K car helped but l think the minivan was instrumental as well in turning things around

[@johneckert1365]

Right on. Chrysler paid back every dime of it's government backed loan too, so it really wasn't a "bailout"

[@pennywise8182]

I always wondered what was involved in these particular vinyl tops......This junk yard New Yorker has the optional "St. Regis" vinyl roof.Not many were produced....But pretty much every 2 dr C body of these years that you see at a car show has this vinyl top on it,if you see one at all......They look very nice in good condition....But nothing beats a real 2 door hardtop,right?......Regular 2 door New Yorkers had full vinyl tops with roll down rear quarter windows....And every "74-"75 Imperial had rear disc brakes as "standard equipment",they were not optional.....And that also required a special brake booster for it too.......My grandfather special ordered a new "74 Imperial 4 dr hardtop.....My father owns it still.

[@randyoberholtz7490]

My dad still has his 1978 2 door new Yorker brougham 440 with less than 40k miles on it ...

[@bryanfisher9071]

I had one of those the white one gave 50 buck's for it had white leather interior, loved that car. Also had a 75 and 76 Cordoba's 360, 400. I miss those days 😞👍

[@johneckert1365]

I smashed up a BUNCH of these C-body Chrysler products in demo derbies over the years. Some of them were nice cars at the time, wish I had saves them :/ I bet the missing bumpers from this New Yorker went to some derby guys lol. These 74-up Chrysler bumpers were TOUGH

[@Tumbleweed_Tx]

The New Yorker was made for people who didn't care about gas prices. Also, they ran on unleaded fuel, which was more expensive to make than leaded gas. This was in the transition time from leaded to unleaded.... No one would buy unleaded fuel if it was 20-30 cents more per gallon, so they invented the gas crisis to make gas prices the same whether leaded or unleaded.

[@fishgeralding9224]

Oh deer, is that Corinthian vinyl? 😎

[@americanrambler4972]

I really liked the first generation cordoba’s with the round headlights. They looked big and elegant. I also like the big two door Chryslers like this one at the time. But I was still to young and broke at the time to get one of these. I had a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner at the time. I thoroughly enjoyed that car. 12 mpg was the gas mileage I got with that one.

[@georgewilson1184]

The true definition of Brougham is a Sedan Chair and it is what Kings & Queens would sit in with a tent type hut over it and their would be two big muscular servants that would transport or carry around his or her highness and stop& go was signaled by the King or Queen with a hand clap the car companies in America during the 1970 s really over used & abused the brougham designation on just about every model they produced LOL that or Landau

[@captlazer5509]

I loved these big boat Chryslers. Preferred the New Ports. Great cruisers and that 440 engine needs to be salvaged.

[@jnzkngs]

People these days simply don't understand the idea of not being able to put gas in your car. Back then in order to buy a car you either had to have money upfront or had to have an actual good credit rating to be able to finance cars or homes. When it suddenly costs twice as much to buy something that you need to get from one place to the other, that's going to have a huge effect on your ability to save up money to buy anything else. Sure gas back then was cheap, but coffee was a nickel or dime and look at what people are gladly willing to pay for that today. Now the people with a bad credit rating and the worst decision making abilities are the target market for our entire economy.

[@reversemaxxus]

Going back to my MOPAR days. I bought a '78 Cordoba with the 318 Lean Burn and single exhaust. Base model with VINYL split bench, no air or power windows. Starlight Blue Sunfire Metallic with the silver blue rear half pimp-style vinyl top with the opera lights. Got 20 mpg's but would win no drag races. I put Appliance 5 spoke chrome wheels and Goodyear GT Plus white outline letters on, but still would not go any faster. Chrysler had some of the best looking 2 doors in that period IMO. Dodge had a Charger version as well as the Magnum variants.

[@googleusergp]

Yup, paint code PB9 in 1978.

[@tailfin6595]

C-Body Mopars of the 70's were such gorgeous under appreciated cars

[@Riverdeepnwide]

Loving these history lessons Steve 👍🏻

[@Iowa599]

Is the glass behind that removable B-pillar? Like, rip it off & the cabin is still sealed?

[@cmcb7230]

I can’t help but think they would’ve looked a lot better with no b pillar instead of that padded window.

[@guylr7390]

Yes, like a Mercedes 250C

[@FoxeemaTV]

i had a new 75 new yorker brougham ordered same color ...evening blue met..4 door hardtop.. watched t come off the truck..wonderful car..

[@Daniel-Weaver]

14 MPG?? Downhill with the engine turned off

[@loualiberti4781]

I can’t face the day - without first watching a Steve Mags Vid .

[@bobtepedino5661]

About that odd roof: that New Yorker is equipped with the very expensive "St. Regis" option, a catalogue custom that replaced the regular 2-door hardtop's movable rear windows with a fixed opera window and a front-half padded roof, something that was developed for the Imperial and was called "Crown Coupe" in the senior make.

[@klwthe3rd]

I was wondering when someone else was going to post the comment about the St. Regis option. In 1975, the New Yorker Brougham when ordered as a 2 door coupe was a hardtop. The rear windows would roll down to create a huge window expanse. But when you ordered the St. Regis option, they installed the fixed opera window as this car has in the video. Sadly, i don't think their were any external badging on those St Regis equiped models so you just had to know that fact. Obviously you picked that up. Great eye.

[@dowen1511]

14 mpg 😂 lol. 6 city mpg 11mpg hwy more like it . that's what grandmas 4 door got. 1976 literally got 3 mpg and 7 mpg when pulling the trailer air stream. I remember it was funny in 1986 they bought a new motor home 32 ' southwind with a chevy big block 454 and it got 7-12 mpg . better mileage than the car and trailer by double . grandpa was so blown away by that for longest time he bragged about for years . lol. Only bought gm stuff from then on .

[@TinManKustoms]

I always loved these cars. Me and a buddy raced one in the street stock circle track class. With a 360 which was the biggest motor we could run in that class it handled awesome and won quite a few races .

[@haljohnson5729]

Poor high school kid who just got his license just as the gas increased. My first car was a 67 AH Sprite so I was able to survive on my 1.25 per hour job.

[@speedfreak8200]

Right about that time I went from a 66' chevy Biscayne 4dr ex marine staff car 6cyl. 3 speed to a 65' Ford Galaxy 500 390 ci C6 Trans. 1 tire fryer

[@garyspaun5237]

Keep it up with these videos - really enjoy them all.

[@UnfinishedProjectDartSport]

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[@toreygriffith1598]

Trailer Park Boys brought me here

[@seed_drill7135]

My great uncle had a ‘77. The family let it rot down after he died.

[@richarddavis5542]

I wonder how complete the cruise control setup was on that car? The turn signal stock switch doesn't seem to be there. My '68 Coronet came with that option. Wouldn't mind gathering the parts for one just in case I find myself owning another Coronet.

[@kellycassutt3165]

My family owned 6 of them! Mine was a 1975 Newport. Green color (of course - apocrypha story is Lee I. through away the green paint).

[@googleusergp]

Lee Iacocca didn't arrive to Chrysler until 1978.

[@kellycassutt3165]

My 1975 was green, my Father's 1976 Newport Custom was green, the 1976 with the 360 engine, a gutless wonder that we saved from the crusher, was green. When Lee took over, green color was reduced (or was it?).

[@googleusergp]

@@kellycassutt3165 Nope, green was available past 1978 and beyond......

[@crumblerx99]

Thanks for the all the hard work steve 😁

[@jsmith2130]

I love these big Mopars !!! I lucked into one of these and a 1975 Pontatic Grandville with a 500 engine . I got them from a sweet couple my grandparents knew !!! I loved driving the Chrysler!!!

[@rescuedandrestoredgarage]

Man, I'm surprised the front disks are still there, and the engine trans and dif have not been pulled out. Buy the entire car for 1000 bucks, gut it, and get a few bucks back from scrap price. Let a lot of parts help another ride come back to life.

[@speedfreak8200]

Those cars were never popular

[@markcollins457]

Hey Steve, my mother had the 4dr version what a beautiful tank. I had a Plymouth Suburban wagon 76 or 77 and it had the 400 with the wonderful Lean Burn system that was loved by I think 3 people. These cars did suck some fuel an I remember the lines at the gas station they would not fill your car if you had more than 1/2 a tank and around that time they had the odd or even days fir fill ups. Just think now we still have full size SUV's THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.

[@brianleclerc1593]

Hi Steve, I remember seeing a 71 or 72 Newport for sale with a three on the tree. It was a car that was used to carry a gate for harness racing horses. Thanks for featuring this big old C body.

[@76629online]

My dad had a brand new one of these that was special ordered. 440, with a 3.91 gear'd sure-grip axle. It was a beast. I think it got about 6 mpg. It caught on fire one day on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and burnt to the ground. Had an issue with the power window wiring on the driver's side. It was brand new still when that happened.

[@paulfulton5078]

Great job Steve 👍 hoping you have a fast recovery time and prayers for you 🤞. My very first car was a '75 Newport that my dad gave me. He bought it new in 1975, and I got it around 1982 in high school.

[@paulfulton5078]

My Newport was a 2 door, burgundy, with the Aztec design crushed velour interior...it was a stunning car, when new! Great memories!

[@jacobfleming565]

I immediately recognized it as the trailer park boys car😂😂

[@SteveMagnante]

YES! I totally missed that connection. Which is all the more egregious because the idea to pixelate Katie's face (the junkyard dog) came from how the many cats in Trailer Park Boys (including Bubbles' fleet) are all pixelated! "I'm shuttin' it down Julian!" Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante

[@JazzzRockFuzion]

I adore ‘C’ bodies, particularly the fuselage and formal generations… ‘69 - ‘78. Heartbreaking to see this gorgeous (and rare!) New Yorker Brougham coupe rotting in a junkyard. Nonetheless, thanks so much for highlighting this oft-maligned, overlooked vehicle!

[@mikedewsberry1774]

Now look at them....what joke..1 trick pony and now the cummins lawsuit.......1.675 Billion.......wow....😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Jupitermustangmike]

Bro ham

[@jonathangodbout6645]

Someone needs to grab that 440.

[@sreginkc]

I had a 1977 New Yorker Brougham 4 door with the 440/4Bbl. It was a land yacht with beautiful styling inside and out. It got 17mpg consistently city and highway. I loved it.

[@66skate]

I had a 77. Not much difference between 75-77. The Lean Burn system was really fussy at times and it probably would have been a better car without that. It did serve me pretty well for a lot of miles.

[@burthenry7740]

A great tribute to the last of the land yachts! Or gas guzzling dinosaurs. 😁 There were a lot of people who felt Chrysler was undeserving of the federal backed bail out that was to come, because of cars like these. Even though by then the Omni/Horizon was on the scene and successful, these Broughams were what people thought of. Chrysler Corporation had a hard sell to overcome this image. Enter master salesman Lee Iacocca. And the loans were just backed or co-signed by the government. Not from the government itself. Unlike some other corporations, later on! 🤔

[@googleusergp]

The Congressional hearings on the bailout are on YT. They are an interesting listen. Mr. Iacocca pretty much says, "Ok if you don't bail us out, the taxpayers will pay anyway in welfare, benefits, retraining, etc. Why not let these folks work which is what they want to do?"

[@throckmorton8477]

Yes, there were a lot of newspaper and magazine articles that stated "let Chrysler die". 'That was how capitalism worked'. 'The weak deserved their fate'. Another factor in the bail-out was also all the hundreds of smaller companies and the tens (or hundreds) of thousands of their employees who were suppliers to Chrysler. Should they also suffer? The impact would have major repercussions.

[@googleusergp]

@@throckmorton8477 That's correct and that was mentioned I believe in the hearings. All of the related suppliers, bankers and what not that depended on Chrysler to survive, never mind the dealerships that would either have to fold up or sell other brands (not so easy to do).

[@tomwesley7884]

Was the many government fleet cars supplied by Chrysler a consideration, too?

[@kenttalsma7906]

​@@googleusergp thats common sense reasoning right there. Not that there's anything wrong with it. Some people, though would condemn it with the justification of "that makes too much sense. There's gotta be something wrong with it."

[@jonathanmorrisey5771]

Popping an ad into the middle of the video I'm watching guarantees I WILL NEVER USE THAT PRODUCT!!!!!

[@larryfromwisconsin9970]

I remember in 1974 the first time it cost me $20 to fill the 26 gallon tank in my 1967 Plymouth Fury. It hurt me.

[@ddellwo]

I remember filling my little Ford Ranger pickup at an Exxon station on I-45 about halfway between Dallas and Houston and hitting the $40.00 mark for the first time ever on a tank of gas!

[@googleusergp]

@@ddellwo When gas hit silly numbers a few years ago, we went on a business trip in WI and each vehicle was well over $70+ (and we had three of them) to fill up. I thought the trip coordinator was going to have a heart attack. LOL.

[@dowen1511]

I always wondered why the opening on the side of them looked so long on demo derby cars . now I get it .

[@deanstevenson6527]

🥝✔️

[@robertbeckler5058]

Can you say derby car.

[@arthurmccarron4379]

Thank you. For. The respect. To these. Dad. Had. 74. Plymouth. 76 dodge. Both. City police cars. I had my license for about three years. Remember. Driving them. Dad. Had. 70 polara wagon. Before them. I still. See these cars. Most. Of them. Perfect. Probably. Low. Milage. Thanks. Again. Very interesting

[@johnmaki3046]

At least Chrysler's "safety bumpers" DID NOT RUST OFF like Ford Products "of the day"!

[@craigmiller7063]

I had a Chrysler Cordoba when I was a teen and I'd love to have it back today. It fit all my friends and all our stuff plus more in the trunk because it was huge

[@chriswalker4626]

Hay Steve ween did Thay stop macking the 413 blocks and ween did Thay shrink the 426 hemies

[@1967davethewave]

I always have to question big cars with big engines with single exhausts. A nice, free flowing dual exhaust, which Mopar was famous for back in the day , would not only help performance but fuel economy as well. I understand they wanted the cars to be quiet but that can be achieved with proper mufflers. As Steve has stated in other videos, Cadillac stopped offering dual exhaust on any of it's cars in the mid 60's. They never made a 472 or 500 with dual exhausts. That just blows my mind.

[@howardfletcher7206]

Owned many of them and yes they sounded plugged up under heavy throttle. Damn shame.

[@martymiller4300]

15 mph bumpers were too first of the insurance company lobbyist mandated backfires. Take an impact above 20 mph and the repair price skyrocketed with the cost of new hydraulic rams. Seat belts, padded dashboards and window cranks that snapped instead of impaling people all worked good. Plastic radiators don’t pop like a balloon and spray hot coolant over the crash scene but killed the radiator repair shop industry. Collapsing steering columns and crumple zones all good. Then came the ‘passive restraint’ scam. First attempts to avoid the expense of air bags resulting in self-fastening seat belt that reeled out when the door opened and knocking the cup of coffee out of your hand or motorized shoulder belts that decapitated you if you didn’t fasten the lap belt. Finally airbags became ubiquitous and any collision that deployed them totaled the car. And by now a 2,00 pound $4,000 economy car weighed 3,500 pounds, got 10 mpg less fuel economy and cost $6,500. Thank you Ralph Nader, wherever you are.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

👋😂👌I can hear Ricardo Montalban’s comercial saying! “Luxurious Corinthian Leather”

[@cookieman0916]

😊

[@joeknowz4898]

Speaking of OPEC... we were on a 4 state amusement park vacation trip in 1980 with me dads 1979 Plymouth Voyager van.. in Texas.. during the so-called oil embargo.. he could only get 5 gallons of gas at each station...now .... 24/7 ...365 and no waiting... who was fueling who ???? Thank George Bush Sr. for that one...

[@ericwilson2585]

Really! An actual 440 eh? Jeez, I ain't seen a Chrysler big block in a junkyard in over 25 years, up here in "da nordern mitchigan eh"......

[@BubbaSmurft]

39-59 = ~50%, it's no where near doubling, in fact, it's only half way there.

[@sombra6153]

It would have to be someone from our generation correctly pronouncing ‘brougham.’ So many later generation’ers even got me thinking ‘bro-Ham.’ The irony of the mid 70s desperate measures that included offering smaller motors to do the work of larger versions is apparent now. Not so much back when OPEC introduced us to lines at gas stations. I would imagine that for most driving, a 400 two barrel probably handled the weight of those big cars somewhat well, but wasn’t really much more efficient than if the companies had actually started engineering the larger displacement motors to run more efficiently. Of course things like dual free flowing exhaust added cost that the manufacturers were going to pass down to the consumers. The added weight of the luxury and convenience options as well as the government mandated safety and smog equipment didn’t help.

[@throckmorton8477]

Ah yes, Bro-HAM 😁 About 9 years ago I went to get a starter for '81 Pontiac Bonneville. The counterman asked, "Is that the Bro-HAM edition?" It took me a few seconds to figure out what he was asking! I didn't bother to correct him. 🤐

[@benrittenhousedotcom]

KZbin stopped sending me junk yard crawl notifications!!! Glad I did a search! Love the videos.

[@djwest3453]

My folks bought a new '76 Dodge Charger Daytona. After 3 sets of steer tires in 30K miles, it was figured out the whole front clip was welded together incorrectly, impossible to properly align. Needless to say, soon after, we had a new 1980 4 banger hatchback Mustang in the garage!!!

[@yrboogiemn]

My dad had a 78 or 79 Cordoba with the 400. White on white Corinthian leather with Cragars. Beautiful, comfortable cars. Something you just can't find today.

[@SonnyGTA]

In the same family…there a red 1979 Dodge Magnum GT for sale on Hemmings right now!! 😮