The Elwood Angle

Chrysler styling took a turn for the better in 1965 as the less exotic designs of Elwood Engel replaced Exner’s excess. No bash on Virgil Exner, but the change did Chrysler sales a lot of good.

[@HotRod-wv4vm]

My dad had bought me a 65 Dodge coupe, beige, auto on the floor with a 383. I really didn’t appreciate the car cause my heart was set on an Olds 442. Looking back I think boy how stupid was I. The car was beautiful, ran like a clock and quiet. Most of all I really didn’t appreciate my dad as much as I should have. After all not too many kids can say that their dad bought them a car. So dad if you are listening from above thank you for being a great dad and a good friend. ❤

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

Yeah don’t feel bad buddy, we all don’t think or see things when we’re younger! Then we get older and hopefully wiser and we realize what a quality human being is! I feel the same about my Pop! Have a good one!

[@larrygro]

I could cry when I think too much about how I treated my dad.

[@HotRod-wv4vm]

@@larrygro yes I do it all the time.

[@HotRod-wv4vm]

@@jeffreycarleton1535 thanks you too

[@googleusergp]

I had a great relationship with my dad and mom but he passed away when I was in HS and he's been gone longer than he was with us. Both of my parents are gone, but I own their cars and their house (as well as part of my grandparent's property now too), so I have those memories to look back on with fondness.

[@soulwagon1251]

My first car was a 65 new yorker with a 413 in the same color. I think the front bumper is heavier than the car I drive now. 😆😆

[@charlesdalton985]

Each time you show the “cancelled” clip I flashback to the DIY Network and your restorations. Thank you and Shane for the daily education. ~ Chuck

[@deanstevenson6527]

It does it for me. The channel was great.

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello charlesdalton985, THANKS for watching and writing. Wow, you remember the Classic Car Restoration series on the DIY Channel! That was back in 2003 (or was it 2004?) Anyhoo, those shows were fun as we rebooted a 1962 Ford Thunderbird Sports Roadster and a 1966 Ford Mustang 2+2. Those two series were the only two I hosted but there were others, some hosted by a great dude named Kevin Tetz. I was living in Los Angeles at the time and the DIY studio was in Knoxville, Tennessee. I'd fly to Knoxville for an entire week and we'd shoot five episodes in a rip. Two visits to Knoxville and viola, all 10 episodes were done. That was one of my first "real" TV hosting experiences where the entire show was "on my shoulders" as the primary host. Before that, I was a "bit player" on Hot Rod Magazine TV which had a primary host (mostly NHRA announcer the legendary Dave McClelland) and I was just hosting the segment I was in (often a junkyard crawl). Anyhoo, THANKS for remembering the DIY Channel and for tuning in today on KZbin! -Steve Magnante

[@charlesdalton985]

@@SteveMagnante Thanks for the background info on how the show was done. I really enjoyed that series and absolutely recall the 62 Roadster as well. I’ve appreciated your work, in various forms (magazines, books, TV, podcasts, Barrett Jackson, etc), for a long time. You teach like few others. Thanks for everything you do ~ Chuck

[@johnwayne3904]

​@@charlesdalton985 I agree with you wholeheartedly on that, sir. He is by far my favorite magazine/TV tech guy that has taught me so much I didn't know I wanted to know.. he truly is a legend in my opinion! Thank you, Mags, if you ever get to reading this! 🙏

[@AceOfTrades]

Man what a great day for this video! I just finished dragging home a '65 300L 4spd that my father owned when I was little. A guy from Baltimore flew down and drove it home, and moved to several states over the years before settling 2 counties away in my state. Found it randomly because of pic of another 4spd 300L on fb and was able to purchase it with a ton of parts from his sons. Literally finished it unloading everything last night and stumble onto this video this morning. Gives me more motivation for the project!

[@chriscadman6379]

Good Morning.

[@nickjervis8123]

The only MOPAR I have here in the UK 🇬🇧 is a 1949 reg P15 business coupe. Would love to find a 57 / 58 but, eh, I can dream. Meanwhile I love my P15. All the best, Steve. Nick Jervis UK 🇬🇧

[@lilmike2710]

I have ridden in one of those i can proudly say. One of my little league baseball coaches had a his and her set that he and his lovely wife and baseball mom would drive us all around in. Even took a trip to Six Flags Over Georgia in them. They'd seat 8 comfortably, but you could get 14 kids and the driver in one and get away with it. 🤣 And they did. And that included all our baseball gear in the trunk, and for the Six Flags excursion, all our camping gear including tents. And I'm not kidding....That happened. His was a grayish/silver-ish color and hers had sort of a beige-golden thing gong on. Imagine one loaded with 14 year olds, Merle haggard blasting through a single speaker somewhere under the dash, and cruising at 65-70 (speeding) down I-20 Eastbound with that 440 just singing away. The smell of Winston's, hot dogs and bubblegum... And other assorted odors that any typical 14 year old boys will most certainly create 😁 Grear times and great memories. Thanks Steve 👍

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

Hot dogs flatulence and bubble gum and Winston’s to cover it up! No wonder his wife took the other car, LOL!!! Sounds like great times! Thanks for the cool story!😂 you made my day!

[@lilmike2710]

@@jeffreycarleton1535 🌭🌭 💩💩 🚬 🚬 🦶🦶 🍬🍬💩💩🫧🫧😱🤗🫨🥵🗣️🗣️

[@paulday6875]

Sounds like the ultimate road trip

[@lilmike2710]

@@paulday6875 one that I'll never forget

[@bk14nyc]

I just recently bought a 1966 Dodge Monaco 500. I just can’t stop looking at it’s beautiful lines! 👍👍👍

[@Daniel-fd3wp]

Great Car . 👍👍👍

[@bk14nyc]

@@Daniel-fd3wp thank you Danny…. It has the Original 383 Big Block with the Factory Carter AFB 4 barrel still in it! Factory A/C, Power Windows, Power Steering, Power Brakes, Power Trunk Release, and it’s still wearing its Original Paint!!! 👍

[@tonyfriend7413]

@@bk14nyc Oh Groovy Ba be.

[@lefttea]

2:05 wonder if they ever got that tire balanced? :)

[@throckmorton8477]

Yes, some quality work there! Some of those old bias ply tires took a lot of lead, so put those tires in the back! But the old bubble balance method of two on the outside of the rim and two on the inside would look a lot better.

[@burthenry7740]

When we'd see stuff like that at the tire shop I worked at in high school, we'd wonder what these people were smoking. 🤔

[@xfactorautomotive1496]

Ha! That caught my eye, too!

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

My friend, Jim had a 1962 300 with the 413 and two 4Bbl carbs! It had a 150 mph speedometer I always loved that car it had such a futuristic look to it, it had the push button transmission gear selector on the dash to the left of the steering wheel, it was a two door hardtop sport and it ran like a scalded dawg! We spent almost as much on Gas a night as we did on left handed cigarettes beer and white Castles! It was White with tan interior! This was the summer of 1976 and all the other kids were driving firebirds Camaros, the old 300 looked like a aircraft carrier next to them but few if any could hang with her out on the highway!

[@UnfinishedProjectDartSport]

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[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B. Here ! ☕️☕️🍩🍩👍👍. Morning to all ! Very informative & interesting, Steve thank you !

[@tomwesley7884]

Morning

[@debbiebermudez5890]

@@tomwesley7884 Mr. B. Here ! Good afternoon 🍔🍔🍺 . Yard work over do !

[@PhaQ2]

I was 16 years old in '85 and found a blue '65 New Yorker for sale. I had saved up $500 delivering news papers and knocked at the door where the car was sitting. The owner and his wife came to the door and quickly shot down my dreams, when the old man said it was too much car for me. To this day I have deep regrets that I couldn't convince him to sell me the car. I guess he figured I'd kill myself trying to pin the needle. Here I am some nearly 40 years later and this 300 makes me think back on what might have been.

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

Wisdom on behalf of that old man! I never found the top end on mine at 120 it still had plenty of pedal and and breathing room! Out on The Florida pike at night! Uncapped it sounded like an aero plane going down the Highway! Sweet Memories!

[@terrencegiordan2775]

Love your story I used to deliver newspapers to. i bought schwinn stingray bicycles go carts. another thing that is gone today what a shame.

[@paulday6875]

My story is similar. The guy that owned the chevron station had a 66 charger for sale, blue on blue. Had most of the money and dad talked into getting it. Then I made the fatal mistake of showing it to mom. It had all the wrong numbers in all the wrong places. 383 four barrel on the fender, 150 mph rally Guage cluster, and the beautiful pistol grip 4 speed. Oops, that got shut down in a hurry 😭. Pap and I did get to sneak through the 454 4speed 57 Chevrolet 😈

[@danielulz1640]

In 1965, only Imperial, New Yorker, 300L and 300 had glassed over headlights; Newport did not. Edit : I see that you corrected yourself. My high school girlfriend's family had a 65 Newport Town Sedan which I was lucky enough to get to drive, wonderful car.

[@repete2362]

how was the back seat ?

[@butcher390]

What a beautiful , 65 Chrysler 300 🤩 !!!! Love Mopar C bodies I appreciated Elwood Engel too That yard , should be a museum Learned something new Thanks Steve Btw , hope you're ok Steve I heard , there was a tornado 🌪 In your neck of the woods

[@johnkranyics281]

Good morning. My Dad bought a new 65 Windsor (Canadian Newport) 4 door hardtop. 👍👍🇨🇦

[@miken7422]

Love your videos! I have a 65 300 Conv. I'm working on .Has a 66 383 but I'd like to find a 65 413 that it came with. Also came with A/C

[@haljohnson5729]

Always liked that roof line.

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

Memories, in the corners of my mind misty water color memories, of my Chrysler Scattered pictures, of the tire smoke left behind When I depressed the accelerator, and that 440 began to shine! Can it be, that it was oh so simple then That my headers glowed so white at night And uncapped It sounded like a plane screaming down the pike, and if I had the chance to do it all again, yes I would, you bet your life, though the top end In that car, is something I could never find! Memories, may be beautiful and yet What’s too painful to remember We simply choose to forget ,so it’s that big block,that big block I’ll remember, whenever I remember,My Chrysler! 😂🏆🏁

[@SteveMagnante]

Well done! "Funny Girl" herself would certainly approve. Now I want to hear your rendition with the spoof title "Mamerys"....Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante

[@W33DwasherME]

Me and single pot master cylinders have something in common. 1 or 2 pumps and we got nothin left! 😂😂😂

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

😂😂😂😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣🏆🏆🏆🏁

[@paulday6875]

😂

[@edpinkerton7947]

Winner

[@burthenry7740]

If you check out the 1963-1964 full size Mercuries, you'll see the same undulating body sides! Elwood brought that design feature over too.

[@jimpatnode4445]

Working the algorithm. Up 6k subs in 10 days. Hope you are improving

[@GuyandLori]

Always a great morning lesson from Steve in the junkyard.

[@Daniel-fd3wp]

Just get a cup off Coffee ☕️ and enjoy at least 10 minutes off great car knowledge. 👍

[@Wheres_MyVetteParts]

Great video Steve, I would really like to see you read another one of your books like “1001 corvette facts” I loved the last “book read” you did. Keep up the hard work!

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello Wheres_MyVetteParts. Thanks for watching and writing. You refer to my "old" show, "The Steve Mags Muscle Car Show Podcast" wherein I read about 10 facts per 1/2 hour show from my first "1001 Facts" book on Muscle Cars. There were something like 69 episodes. The majority were SOUND ONLY and the series is dormant right now but I'll probably re-post them at some point. I might continue the series using the 1001 Corvette facts and 1001 Mustang Facts books in the future. Thanks for bringing this up. -Steve Magnante

[@simonedwards5070]

Maybe Jimmy Hoffa is spraying the inside of all the trunk lids

[@vettekid3326]

Those '65 Chrysler's reminded me of the '63 Mercury Marauder with the slab sides and crisp dominate body lines and had a similar roof line.

[@danielulz1640]

63 Mercurys were being designed when Engel was still at Ford in 60 61.

[@googleusergp]

No VIN, can't win, but easy to figure out, no doubt: C for Chrysler, 2 for 300 (300L would have a "4" in this position on the VIN), 5 for 1965 model year, 3 for Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Jefferson plant that assembled this car would have operated from 1925 to 1990, and in 1991, Chrysler (now Stellantis) opened up the "new" Jefferson plant adjacent to the old one and it still operates today. No tag, can't brag, but would go something like: C22 for Chrysler 300, M3X, P3X, M4X, P4X for Black interior trim, W for Persian White exterior paint, possible AB62 for 383 V8 with four barrel, among other codes. Yes, the "universal" key always works. I remember being in a yard and pounding out a trunk lock on a Camaro and the loader operator yells out, "Hey, you're ruining that panel!!". I said, "What panel? I can see my feet THROUGH the trunk lid and through the trunk floor. This hasn't been solid since Reagan was in the White House the first time. Do you have the keys?" (Silence). I did find the needed small jack parts/hardware for my '79 Trans Am (same as a Camaro of that vintage) and also scored a very nice set of spare T-top bags from the same car.

[@SteveMagnante]

I had a similar experience at The Vermont Stash last fall. I had opened the hood on a 1956 Buick Special (to show how the cheaper Special had a solid plastic hood scoop block off panel while the top-line 1956 Roadmaster had an open metal hood scoop insert that really channeled outside air to the air cleaner) but a bad case of CARthritis stuck the hinges in the open position. I gently stood up on the fenders and was in the process of standing on the hood edges to gently overcome the hinge resistance to close it .... and along comes the owner of the collection. There I am STANDING on one of his old cars. Not a good look. But he understood the situation and was soon helping to force the rusty, crusty hood shut to protect the engine from the elements. That said, some folks just don't see things as they are. If you didn't hack that rotten, worthless Camaro decklid open, you couldn't have purchased that jack. Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante

[@googleusergp]

@@SteveMagnante I was hammering on it pretty good, and the guy in the loader actually stopped it to call out to me. I get it, some people really wreck things, but this decklid was bad. Another time, I had to get a mirror for my '84 Delta 88. I found a car in the yard that had what I needed, but the window was half-way down and the battery was gone. The window was covering the nuts I had to remove to take the mirror out. I thought about blowing out the window but didn't want to destroy it or wind up sitting in glass. The door was barely holding on with the hinges as well. Seeing the door was rotten at the bottom, I peeled it up and used a left hand cut tin snip to cut the mirror out of the door (with the piece of the door still attached). The owner of the yard was like, "You didn't ruin a good door, did you, son?" I said, "No, the door was rotted completely off at the bottom, it wasn't any good". He laughed and said, "I believe you, son...." That yard owner is long deceased and the property is vacant now. I saw your livestream with Mr. DeFeo the other night. I would have jumped on and commented, but it ran when I was out of town on a business trip in Ohio and it ran late after I got back from dinner. I then went swimming for exercise in the hotel's pool and off to bed to repeat the next day's work. LOL.

[@robertchristie9434]

Chrysler had quite an impressive lineup back then with some great looking styling & what coaxed a lot of customers was their 5-year 50k mile powertrain warranty starting with the '63 models except for cars with the Hemi option.

[@petervitti9]

Love the 1965 imperial and chrysler line. Years ago our marketing manager told me that he bought a brand new blue chrysler new yorker and first day cranked it up to 110 mph. He said that it was so smooth. When he got home his wife made him sleep outside that night cuz he took his kids

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

Well, she obviously had no sense of adventure! Poor guy! At least he was comfortable in that plush Chrysler interior!

[@larrygro]

He was probably happy to get away from her for the night……I bet he slept in his new car!

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

@@larrygro yes and he slept like a baby! The car was probably more comfortable than his bed without that big lump on the mattress next to him! 😂🤣😆

[@aaronsmith5433]

For 30 years +~ during that period any large Chrysler "living room on wheels " could go 110mph all day if in good shape with well balanced good tires. And with care they last for at least 10 forever. I'm driving one that outlived it's original owner. It's comfy, quiet,and everything nice!, 🎉

[@wrongwayroger2519]

My dad talked my mom into letting him purchase a 1965 Imperial 383 torqueflight automatic, she was scared of it ...to fast she said LOL !!! When he tried to pull it into the garage that big Ole hood (both ends) kept it from fitting with the garage door shut !!! So the oleman cut the back wall out and built a "dog house" for the hood of the big Ole car !!! It was about 2 foot shy of fittin !!! LOL Good memories !!!

[@Ian-of9oi]

I was at a car show on Saturday. Guy had a 65 300 4 door with those glass covers. Said they are impossible to find.

[@corvairjim1]

My first car was very nearly a '65 Chrysler Newport. My brother's godparents were looking to sell it because they had gotten a new car to replace it and thought the dealer's trade-in offer was too low. I don't remember the specifics except that it was a 4-door sedan with light green metallic paint (that really needed polishing!) and a light tan interior. What, at the time, I referred to as a "Large Barge". This was in 1979 hen gas was so outrageously expensive - nearly a buck a gallon! I accepted a hand-me-down '65 Chevy II 100-series sedan from my folks instead. They still had it for the same reason the Chrysler was available: a lowball, $50 trade-in offer for, of all things, a very left over 1976 AMC Pacer in late 1977! A free car that gets high teens per gallon beats a $250 car that might possibly get 12 mpg every time, even though the Chrysler was in better shape all around and definitely a higher class of car.

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

That’s a beautiful car!❤

[@charlie225]

Good day Steve, hope u have a wonderful week, keep up the great content ! 😊

[@AdamWaffen]

Awww, such fawning.

[@hughmarloweverest1684]

My friend”s family bought a new 1966 Chrysler Station Wagon. Yes, I know. Kinda rare, then and now. If memory serves, and it serves me well, it had a 440 cubic inch engine. I rode in it a few times, once for many miles. It was a light metallic blue. Very pretty car. I am fairly sure that it made the move with them to Oregon in 1969. Probably is no more.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Very cool!!!

[@johneckert1365]

I was once told that when the 440 was introduced in 66 it was Imperial only, and then available to the other brands in 67. If that's true then your wagon would've had a 413 or 383. But who knows 🤷‍♂️

[@samrumade9429]

Here’s hoping you are getting better! Get well soon!

[@junkman7426]

I had one of these in college. Loved it so much I had to get another one 2 yrs ago. Thank you for covering one of my favorite cars, and a very underrated designer. These are really nice handling cars too in my experience. I went to an auto design conference in Detroit and talked with a bunch of guys that actually worked under Virgil Exner. Interesting stories.

[@redneck5356]

I remember one of those running around in the 70s. Dark maroon crager mags air shocks and shackles. Typical car of the 70s

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

It's a shame that beautiful car is just sitting there rotting away.

[@danielulz1640]

Sadly, it was rotting away before it even got to the yard.

[@tomwesley7884]

We all were able to view and enjoy this morning, so, not so bad. I f she was under lock and key in a garage, we wouldn't see 'er.

[@oldskool1979]

Elwood Engle

[@vet-7174]

Good Morning Gents ! 🇺🇸

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

Good morning!

[@MauiWauiPineappleExpress]

And gals!

[@vet-7174]

@@MauiWauiPineappleExpress most definitely !

[@MauiWauiPineappleExpress]

@@vet-7174 Then say it the next time!

[@rescuedandrestoredgarage]

I have a 63 Saratoga 300 2 door hardtop. Very cool looking car.

[@tomc8295]

Steve, my first car was a 65 300 4 door hardtop. My brother gave me the car in 1978. He bought it from a relative who bought it new. I LOVED that car and had it for 17 years! White with a red interior. Power steering, power brakes and bucket seats. 383 four barrel... Huge pull out tray with 2 ashtrays! Had it through college. Probably biggest car on campus. Once had 10 people in it. I slept in that hugh trunk once after a party. Tin worm finally claimed it.....

[@paulday6875]

🎶 " I got me a car it seats about 40 so hurry up and bring your jukebox money " 🎶

[@davidpawson7393]

​@paulday6875 If that song doesn't get you in a better mood then you're wearing a granite hat and voted for Hiden.

[@tomc8295]

Exactly the same car! Just a convertible. I also had a 2 door hardtop many years later

[@paulday6875]

@@davidpawson7393 💯

[@SteveMagnante]

I got me a Chrysler...its as big as a whale...and its about to SET SAIL! Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

GoodMorning!

[@peterantonopoulos2572]

Morning Steve.....buddy had a 65 polara back in high school auto shop days, really beautiful 2 dr hardtop similar looking to the 300 you're showing .We painted it red, worked over the 383, Great car,good times.

[@jeffreycler495]

My Dad bought a1968 New Yorker 2 door htp. That car was a velvet rocket ship. She had the 440 V8 ,red with a white vinyl roof beautiful car. Premium fuel was 34 cents a gallon back in the day and she went through a lot of it.

[@toddbob55]

Chrysler had the WORST build quality of any manufacture JUUUUUUNK

[@johnnyedify]

My father bought a brand new leftover 64 Newport, but those beautiful’65s were already in the showroom. Boy those were really nice and wished he went for one of those big ‘65s instead.

[@terrencegiordan2775]

Another great video when I buy classic cars for my collection I only buy two door hardtops especially my tri five's they look so much more sporty. That Chrysler was a good looking car. Thanks again for another great video.

[@dario1837]

that must be the biggest trunk ever!

[@michaelmullen8373]

Great video! My Dad bought the all new 2 door, Newport in 65. It was gold with the same roof as this one but in black vinyl. I was very young but loved the look of the car and the dash board is still one of my all time favorites. I really like your deep dive on these cars. Keep up the great work.

[@Tmrfe0962]

Thanks Steve, such great details in your knowledge. Wonderful to have your genius and humor to entertain us

[@paulcraven4652]

Love the mopars

[@ddellwo]

I often wonder what late-60’s Chargers and Road Runners would have looked like had Exner managed to hang onto his job into the mid-60’s…….😮

[@Daniel-fd3wp]

@ddellwo You would still be able to were your Hat in the vehicle. Roofline would had been high still. Lol 👍

[@Taconix]

They were going to name the Road Runner "La Mancha". Could you imagine?

[@58sportsuburban]

That was K.T. Keller. Not Exner. Exner’s Forward Look did away with that, by dramatically lowering the roof lines.

[@Taconix]

@@58sportsuburban Kaufman Thuma Keller was long gone by the mid 60's.

[@58sportsuburban]

@@Taconix I was replying to the comment about wearing a hat, and a high roofline.

[@arthurmccarron4379]

My brother has. A 65 Saratoga. His. Lights. Are. Covered

[@danielulz1640]

Saratoga was what the 300 was badged as in Canada.

[@jimc3688]

I’ll be singing for the next few hours “Hop in my Chrysler, it's as big as a whale And it's about to set sail I got me a car, it seats about twenty, so come on And bring your jukebox money” -B52s

[@jeffclark2725]

Great video, that thing is a big boat ,thumbs up

[@tomm1109]

6:33 that 68 was a beauty. Very underappreciated classic.

[@justinnav]

The scribbling all over everything with marker thing is like fingernails on a blackboard to me. As someone who clearly appreciates history you'd think he wouldn't be absolutely destroying these magazines for future generations. He also has absolutely no junkyard etiquette.

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

Don’t worry one day those magazines will be worth more because the great Steve the Mag MAGNANTE wrote and marked in them! Also he has more class and etiquette under one dirty fingernail than you do in all your digits combined! Take that you hypocritticiser!😂🤣😆😂

[@xfactorautomotive1496]

Since they are his magazines, he can do as he wishes with them. And, has it ever occurred to you that since he is making a video, he goes back and closes doors, lids, and returns stuff when the vid is done rather than waste time doing that while filming? If you watched on a regular basis, you would know that he never Yanks on things that don't open, pry open things or breaks anything. He is very respectful to the car and the yard. Negative comments on KZbin are getting out of hand. Just appreciate the content and the cars, comment if something brings a memory back or you have a related story, etc. Beyond that, remember what your mom taught you..."if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all".

[@justinnav]

@@xfactorautomotive1496 Sure, they are his. Doesn't make it any less obnoxious. As for the junkyard, it isn't just about closing doors. I've seen him scribble on cars with marker, remove and discard air cleaner and other covers keeping water out of things, etc. I don't even think he can help it. He clearly seems like he's on the spectrum for sure.

[@jimc3688]

Most of the reference materials were from dumpster dives. If not for Steve would have been destroyed years ago. Now he shares them with us. Remember he also has to store them somewhere and the countless hours of research he does with them.

[@googleusergp]

@@justinnav That marker will fade to nothing in a few years, and even if it stays, you're going to have to sand and refinish those panels anyway if you use them. The marker would not survive all of that.

[@1987glhs]

A few years ago i found myself drawn to a forsale ad for a 1965 Dodge Polara 880 convertible. I ended up buying it, and with my ownership of it have learned about Elwood Engle and come to really appreciate his work. Thanks for this episope Steve.

[@patdesrosiers6423]

Once I saw the car I knew it was a salt eaten New England Bondo bomb. I remember them well from my youth in Massachusetts. Here in CO the bodies will rust but nowhere near as badly and frame rot isn’t seen with very clean undersides

[@stoveguy2133]

Recall 67 fury? It had different rear qtr glass angles. Why is that?

[@craigbenz4835]

I always loved the '65 - '68 Chryslers, and had several of them.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Cool car cool vid!!!!! 👍👍

[@stevefirth2013]

I've always heard Elwoods design described as box on box. That being said the 66 Coronet and 67 to 68 300s were some of the sharpest cars Chrysler made in the 60s.

[@rixkafer56]

In the late 70s, early eighties, a family drove a burgundy 65 300 and we used to call them " the 50s" here comes the 50s we'd say lol ..they even dressed the part .. anyway we were kids driving 60s and 70s cars ourselves because they were the cars to hotrod and easy to buy and find back then,..hard to believe people wanted new cars back then instead of these gems... if you could only predict the future anyway thats what these cars remind me of... thanks for sharing

[@will7its]

Nobody ever said the masses were smart.....

[@tomm1109]

@@will7its I like to play the game of what would I buy. In 1972 their are a lot of cars I would buy to hold me over until something good came back. Not much in the 80s or 90s I like, but I was really happy when the Chrysler LX cars came out in 2005.

[@SteveMagnante]

@@tomm1109 YES, the LX cars - with their rear wheel drive and Hemi V8 option - were The Beginning of a Dynasty that continues to this day! As a 20 year old kid myself in 1984, I would have bet ANYTHING we'd never see cars like the 2005 LX cars - let alone the LC Challenger that followed. The "good old days" are Right Now. Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante

[@davids8449]

Must be Hell when he makes himself an omelette

[@ScarlettFire341]

Steve you the hardest, most hands on journalist in the business ! and your shirt proves it - Keep up the Good Work !

[@pmafterdark]

Such a beautiful looking car for the year I was born. 😊

[@garyspaun5237]

Steve is the maestro of muscle cars.

[@chuckselvage3157]

They looked so much better than the early 60s funky stuff,cleaner and less going on.

[@edwinhesse11]

It’s obvious that you like the glass plate over the headlights. I would like you to mention something that is particular to the Chrysler New Yorker of 1965. That would be the tail lights. Following this car down the road it appears as though the tail lights are, perhaps clear glass? When you step on the brakes, then you see the red. I was only 11 years old in 1965 when my father bought his robin egg blue with a white top Chrysler Newport. It had a normal red tail lights. But our next-door neighbor bought the 1965 New Yorker and I was mesmerized by those tail lights that were silvery clear until you stepped on the brakes. Another thought, you mention the master brake cylinder but I have a question if you take out the single unit and put in the double unit, do you really get a benefit? You still only have the single lines going to the brakes. Just a question. Interestingly, in 1966 you were able to get the telescopic steering wheel I don’t think that was available in 1965. In 1965 we lost that amazing dashboard that was on the 64s but the 1965 dashboard was pretty cool! So was the center emblem on the steering wheel and on the hubcaps! What a cool car that was.

[@SteveMagnante]

Hello edwinhesse8825. Thanks for watching and writing. The dual-circuit master cylinder upgrade / conversion would certainly be accompanied by the addition of a junction block with extra ports to divide the circuits. A fair amount of tube bending and flaring is needed to do this. That said, if you look at the car in this video, somewhere along the line, the hard lines were sliced away by a brutal mechanic. I didn't look closely to see if it was a "get it home" hack or what. But when done completely, the dual-circuit conversion involves more than a master cylinder swap. But you knew that. Thanks again for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante

[@JohnDaly-x4i]

"A basketball of hornets" lol

[@savedin87ify]

Not too shabby. Chrysler 300 was cool looking.

[@Steve.Cutler]

Just imagine where auto tech would be now, if not for the epa!

[@SolamenteVees]

The letter series 300s had a light in the grill? Fascinating stuff.

[@TJ-oi5qe]

I love these Elwood Chryslers! Thanks Steve

[@billiebobbienorton2556]

Isn't this a 300L ?? ?

[@martinliehs2513]

Interesting to see the lack of rust at the front end of this car, compared to the rear. Oddly, those fender liners appear to have less rust than the underside of the trunk lid.

[@DarkFlamage]

Friend needed me to drive his '59 Saratoga Golden Lion 413. Was a huge & heavy 4 door tank. Muscle cars around my town (at the time) had deep respect for what that beast could do with no mods what-so-ever.That 413 had MOre PAwR!

[@marioncobaretti2280]

When steve told katie he loved her yesterday, it sounded like an a.i. version of steve. It was sooooo goofy

[@SteveMagnante]

Ni a.i. there. The fact is while I goof around with Queen Katie, she holds a dear place in my heart. The problem is, Dale Hastings (owner of Bernardston Auto Wrecking) already has claim to Katie's heart. I plan to challenge him to a duel...Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante

[@ROCKYPEAK1]

C pillar. Missing a B pillar doesn't rename it.

[@SteveMagnante]

But every time I follow that convention I get a bunch of Comments saying it's wrong. I'm soooo confused. Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante

[@michaelconnor6282]

My first car was a 1963 Chrysler Newport with the push-button controls. Bought it for $100 and 2 lazy boy chairs 🤣

[@RonnN-gf8tm]

I remember a guy had a 68' Dodge Monoco 318. Looked similar to this car

[@AdamWaffen]

No, they don't.

[@Perry3377]

It's got cop suspension, cop brakes, and a 383 cubic inch plant. It's pre- catalytic converters so it runs on leaded gas! ELWOOD YOU MOTOR HEAD!!

[@jeffdalrymple1634]

It's my understanding Engle saved Lincoln as McNamara wanted to can the brand in '60. Same can be said for Engle saving Chrysler. Chrysler would have gone bankrupt in '64 if they didn't secure the loan from Prudential. Without the loan Chrysler would have been able to afford the retooling. The '63-'64 was intended to be the '60 Imperial.

[@randyauer7303]

Another great videos professor Steve number 981 this morning Good morning everyone

[@auteurfiddler8706]

I think my 65 300L was the finest quality old car I ever owned, with a 68 300 being slightly behind and 69-73 C bodies slightly behind that. I love B bodies, for looks, but, in terms of quality, they are a step behind. A bodies are below that. Each year got more plasticy in the interior. On the other hand, the suspension improved going forward on both types from 1965 to 81 (counting R's as B's).

[@672egalaxie6]

Hey buddy, hope you are getting well. Thought I'd go back and watch a few of my favorite episodes. Turns out, choosing a favorite Steve Magnante episode is like trying to pick your favorite Beatles song. So I'm watching a bunch lately lol....Hope to see you out and about soon. Praying for a speedy recovery.

[@oneparticularharbor144]

Something a bout western MA and classic cars. My dad lived in Greenfield and found my first two cars in 1980 which I saved up to buy. First car he found was a 69 Mach 1 - silver 4 speed 351c which was wrecked when an old lady ran into it just a month later. Followed up by a ‘68 GTo 400/4 speed manual in carousel red - he had a nose for great cars -I think they were ones he would have bought , I wish I kept them both . Thanks Dad- you knew how to find them!

[@captainsouth4460]

I drove a 68 Newport Custom with the 4 bbl 383 in High School, greatest car for a kid, huge and under the radar to the Police. They probably though I was a long haired ugly chick LOL. The was in the mid 70's. Drove that car until 1984 and did all the repairs myself. Sadly she rusted out to dust.

[@frankfurther3828]

This may have been available with 3 on tree. Obvious family resemblance with my '67 Coronet.

[@talfacprez]

O owned a 1966 Chrysler Newport. 4 door 383 ci Engine. The trunk was longer than the hood, just like the car you showed today. A car so large you didn't drive it, you navigated it.

[@u121921]

I've seen that door and quarter shaping before on the full size 63 and 64 Mercury

[@Flies2FLL]

Now I have a book in my house that tells how a Ford executive and a Chrysler executive got drunk together, and this is why Chrysler went small in the early 1960's....

[@rightlanehog3151]

Steve, I prefer the sytling of these mid-60s Chryslers over the 61 Lincoln.

[@tomwesley7884]

'61 Lincoln was featured on Rare Classic Cars and History channel yesterday

[@rightlanehog3151]

@@tomwesley7884 Yes, that is why I mentioned it. One day I hope to see Steve let loose on Adam's collection.😉

[@concretedawgs]

Did a cross country road trip from new York to California national Lampoon style in a 65 New Yorker 413 with gold paint back in 1983.great memories

[@pauledgewater8991]

My first car was a 1968 300, just like on that magazine cover you held up such a cool car. Get well soon, pal.

[@auteurfiddler8706]

One correction. The glass headlight doors came on 1965 300, 300L and New Yorker but not on Newport. They were absent the following year, 1966, on Chrysler car line when the front and rear got a mild redesign, which most people think doesn't look as good. They stayed two years 65 and 66 on Imperial. From what I read, the government warned them about the glass covers but didn't actually do anything about them. Kind of like how they came down on Ford after the 1960's model year bodies went over 80 inches in width.

[@failranch9542]

In my mind that rivals the contemporary Buick Riviera as the best looking full-size American car of the post war era.

[@jamesadkins1780]

I once owned a 1965 Plymouth Belvedere II The roofline looked just like that. Was it basically the same body?