1977 Dodge Ramcharger Promotional Film - Dodge Demo Screen
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- Опубликовано: 18 июл 2012
- This is a Roy Ross film for Chrysler Corporation's Dodge Division for it's Dodge Demo Screen used in Dodge Dealers. This film was saved from the trash in 1980 when Sam Dell Dodge, (formerly Suburban Dodge) of Natick MA was being shut down. This was a factory owned store.
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I purchased my 1974 Ramcharger brand new paid $4800.00. It still looks pristine and has 56000 miles on it.
Would love to see a video of it.
Too bad it was hardly used.
Hardly worth talking about.
Sell it to me!
What engine ?
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3:58 an insulated beer chest for those long drives; the good ole days.
It is crying shame that no car manufacture will ever make vehicles this good ever again. Honesty it makes me sad.
I have a 78 Ramcharger with the LA 318 in solid Woodbine Green and non vinyl Winter white top. Was my Dad's, and it still runs and drives with original engine and transmission. Has 58k on the odometer but to be honest probably has way more since it was a daily driver for my Dad, and the odometer broke 30 years ago. Very easy to work on and maintain. So glad I have this classic beast that still looks good today.
How i wish it was 1977 again
i have 1985 ramcharger Prospector Royal SE...👍 in a nice original condition... this trucks are tough 👍
Nice, I have an '85 too but not SE. I've never seen an SE "in the wild"
This vehicle has aged very well. It looks as good today as it did then. I'd love to have a factory fresh SE with one of the bigger V-8s. It'd be one of the coolest cars in town...more popular than ever, really.
Thank God I was born in '73..! And not born today in this NIGHTMARE WORLD!🤯😷
We have also have a 77 Ramcharger. My dad is the original owner, he bought it even before he got married. He would often talk about seeing the film comparing it to the Bronco and Blazer when he went to the dealer to buy it. I'm really looking forward into seeing this film. Thanks for your uploads.
We had a 2wd one when I was young. It's was my Dad's car and on the weekend pulled our camping trailer. Before the Ram we had an International Travel All!
RamCharger and TrailDuster they are gorgeous 70’s vehicles I love them so much ❤️
I have a 77 RC. Never have seen another one with my paint combo though. Instead of the yellow/white/yellow like the one on here mines white/yellow/white. In process of restoring it and I'm going to stick with original colors and trim.
Cool vid. Thanks for sharing. Love old power wagons and ramchargers.
Best looking 4x4 ever built!
My Grandpa has one of these. He used to take it all over Guam, the Everglades, and now Wyoming. We recently repaired the gas tank and fitted it back in, all it needs is a new battery, gas, fluid changes and it ought to be ready to go!
Wow, thats a real geographic change from Everglades (Where I'm from), Wyoming and Guam.
I knew an old man who had a story about a new Aspen he had bought. He had a rattle in the rear quarter panel, so he took it back to the dealer. Long story short, and several frustrating months later they couldn't fix it, so they gave him another car, and sent his car back to Chrysler to find the rattle. When they cut the quarter panel skin off they found a washer tied to a string that swung back and forth inside causing the noise. Someone in the factory had placed it there to cause the rattle.
Too bad he didn't keep driving it for those several months. Then he could have just reached through the rust hole in the quarter panel and pulled it out himself. I had a friend who had a Volare Wagon. One day they turned into the driveway and the radio antenna disappeared. It was rusted so bad that the antenna just fell into the fender well.
more to come, I have a Ramcharger Film comparing it to the Bronco and Blazer.....I'll have that up in a few months
I wish you would adjust the color on the comparison video, it’s a great video for someone who’s restoring one,
Back when car companies actually cared about their consumers.
I miss my 74 ramcharger full convertible top. ...it had a 360 in it and literally lifted the front tires when you would stomp on the gas, it was a rust red and yellow stripes factory 70's paint scheme
I miss both my Ramchargers so bad! Mine were newer, though. An ‘89 followed by an ‘86. Real suvs.
That style of truck - Ramcharger/Bronco/Jimmy/Blazer - were so great! Takes me back. 🇨🇦👍🏼
Standard music group of 1970s: string section, drums, trumpets, flute, weird synthesizers
The only thing missing is some wah-wah guitar!
Anything of the old past trend would look odd and sound eerie compared to modern times
I also loved old NFL films music, the 70s were a time of fusion jazz like Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Grover Washington and the Crusaders
I went to my baseball games/practice on this kind of vehicle. I was 13 yrs old.
Greetings from Toluca Mexico.
I'm jealous of you guys in Mexico because, as far as I know, Mexico was the only country to get a RamCharger built from the 1994 "Big Rig" generation Dodge Ram. I know we didn't get it here in the US for reasons I've never understood.
@@mattdavis9601
But , the 2001 Dodge Durango with the magnum engine was very very impressed
That the Ramcharger isn't for sale today is a crime. You can't tell me a modern Ram wouldn't sell in this configuration...
Thanks to the return of the Bronco, we might see a new Ramcharger in the foreseeable future!
Yep. Competition breeds innovation. I can't wait to see what they come up with!
They'll never do it, it would compete against the Wrangler
Ramchargers just started to appreciate in value, mostly pre 1980
Broncos and Blazers of same era are through the roof with pricing.
When I worked for Chrysler (factory owned dealer zone office), it wasn't uncommon to see a Dodge Aspen with Plymouth Volare badges. Occasionally, you'd see a Volare Grill on a Dodge Aspen, the dealer would always fix it but it was kinda funny at the time. We did use to laugh about it at the dealer as they came in off the Truck.
Very nice seeing such an old commercial I'm sharing this
I have the rare 76 Plymouth Trailduster 2wheel drive that I Love. I have one of the super Rare Minnesota Truck Parts Pacesetter halfcab roof on it with a stroker 472 lowdeck.
Sweet 😀
Man I'd love to see what that looks likw
Thanks for taking the time to post this little piece of history...!
These were just a fantastic rig.
Man, to go back to this era and live would be awesome. Gas was only pennies and you could go cruising for only a few bucks. Today's cars and trucks look like shit, no personality or character and the price of gas is insane. :(
be fun for like a month then you'd blow your brains out.
Yeah but gas in the 70s was more expensive then it ever was because of the oil crisis
GMDRuby facts
Sputnikki yeah
Im guessing that even the 440 probably only made about 200 horsepower since they tried to make it more fuel efficient after the oil crisis. Also full-time 4wd sounds terrible for gas mileage.
I've been enjoying watching these promo films, lately. I came here from the '78 video with disabled comments. The RUclips recommendations algorithm knows me better than I know myself. Haha. I love these old Dodges. I wasn't alive when these were new; but, watching these videos it's hard for me to believe that they were only a couple of years away from the government backed loans and Lee Iacocca taking over. The dealer sales training videos sure makes it seem like the Dodge Truck division were at least pulling their weight.
Increased sales volume doesn't necessarily equate to profitability. Chrysler was incurring significant costs on the development of the Aspen/Volare, Omni/Horizon and The R body cars and K Cars for 1980. while also incurring costs on the (at the time) most expensive recall in history (1976 Aspen/Volare Front Fenders). The reason why the Government went ahead with the Loan Guarantees (basically cosigning bank loans for Chrysler) was due to the high prospects for the Car Company and Car lines. I worked for Chrysler at the Time and we were all very up and high on the future, which is why it would reflect in the marketing material. I think there are a lot of Hack Auto Journalists that paint a pretty bad or negative picture of the time period for Chrysler and the Car industry in general. They really overstate the negatives.
I wanted a 1970's Ramcharger or Trailduster as my first car as a teen in the late 1980's. At that time, well-maintained examples were available all over town (Tucson, Arizona, so no rust) for around $6,000. That was impossible money for me then (and difficult now). Today, if one of these can be found at all, it is either rusted or beat to sh*t, or commands muscle car prices when rare survivors surface in good, original condition.
I'm a huge Ramcharger fan. Always have been. I laugh at the fuel pacer warning light though. There's one thing that both of my RC's were not, and that's good on gas. Even the small block your looking at 10 mpg. Not until the early 90's did they finally start to get a bit more power with a little better gas mileage. Of course all that doesn't matter. It's about the truck! If it's Chuck Norris approved, then it's approved by me too.
I love that the door trim is off on all of those trucks
Truth in advertising.
i like how the trim is mismatched straight off the factory floor. Oh how I miss my 88 ramcharger.
this is awsome. this film made my day
Ramcharger and fullsize Bronco are the best trucks ever made. Nothing new comes close..🚙
Dang, this (and the video for the 1978 Ramcharger where comments are not allowed) has sold me on how good these utility vehicles are. Now I would like to find one! Surely there are some nice survivors in Southern California.
sorry on the "no comments allowed"....only a few of my video's are like this, Ramcharger stuff, AMC pacer, gremlin and matadors stuff and dodge Aspen Plymouth volare stuff...get sick of the myths and incorrect data that haters post......only reason why those videos have it turned off for comments
+OsbornTramain they should turn off the comments on most of the RUclips videos. Too many crybabies having stupid arguments. Just ruins it for the rest of us.
Thanks for the great video. Used to have a Ramcharger so this was awesome.
Yes, I've actually been disabling any comment sections on specific uploads.....Anything new related to Dodge Aspens and Plymouth Volare as well as AMC Pacer and Matador and Gremlins. The problem is that too many people think they know the history and actually have it all wrong. It just infuriates me to know end the stupidity of some of the comments. Part of the problems is all these auto Blogs with baffoons commenting on them creating myths and group think....places like Barnfinds or Curbsideclassics and even Hemmings......they are just filling the antique auto world with myths.
OsbornTramain yup
+OsbornTramain same deal on Facebook.
Remembered Chuck Norris had Dodge brand Suv truck in retro movies 👍🏻
@ 1994/1989 - yes my very same thoughts, " Lone Wolf McQuade ",
The bad guys buried him in the truck and he switched on the turbocharger to back out or should I say Blast Out!
A real kicka$$ movie !!!
I would have opted for the V8 but those Slant 6s were bulletproof.
We still have a truck with a slat six I tell ya it's just great really does get the job done
The 318 is the best of both worlds
at 1:02 you can see how off it is with the stripes. i had a 78 power wagon 440, 85 ram slant 6 and 90 d250 360, never had any issues with engine and drivetrain
The quality control at Chrysler in the late 1970s was abysmal. Lee Iacocca came in and make some immediate changes. Good or bad, the Ramcharger went through a major revision in 1980 that would last for more than a decade with only minor changes. The fit and finish improved greatly.
@@RoadCone411...I dont know where you get your facts...We owned many 70's Chryslers and I even sold them starting in 1978 as a 19 year old...
They never rattled,fell apart,they drove great and all their cars/trucks were good...Iacocca 's leadership the Volare/aspen came out and the 1st model year the front fenders had some rust issues,other than that they were tough reliable cars..they lasted until 1989(Lebaron,Diplomat,5th Avenue,Gran Fury were all Volare/Aspen's same fenders,doors,dash,windows,drivelines etc)
RamChargers were tough and reliable,no quality issues as with their cars...You are talking about people who bought beat up ,messed with used Chrysler cars from that era that a teen or younger guy abused...Try to find a quality 1990's Civic,they are all messed with so they rattle now,parts,doors,hoods dont align as they put scoops on them,cut up the interior etc..
RamCharger changed in 1981 to a fixed roof,1988 brought efi and 1992 the magnum engines..They had othe rupgrades during those years too..Remember the Blazer stayed the same from 1973-1991.Hell Toyota had the same platform for 26 years for its cars they just changed it a few years ago !!!
Chryslers were the best handling,best driving and toughest cars of that era...Yes the mid 70's cars some rattled after years of use in the 1980's due to door clips,a $4 cost to replace the clips to a rattle free driving experience again.. Nothing serious..these were well built cars,remember its the clowns who owned them who messed with them that had issues,like modern tuner cars they rattle and are junk for the most part.
01trsmar While I don’t claim to have ever owned a late 1970s Chrysler, I never ever saw one that wasn’t a total POS. My friend’s mom drove a 3-4 year old Aspen, roughly equivalent of my parent’s Fairmont at the time. The Ford may have been boring but it rarely gave us any problems. The Aspen - again, not my car and I was a kid! - sure seemed to be a heap. Trim broken off, heater fan didn’t work, transmission that clunked loudly, idiot lights that flickered on and off, that sort of thing. We used to laugh at it. I can’t even remember all of the things that went wrong, it was almost 40 years ago. I suppose some of it could have been from misuse but I have no way to judge that. My impressions - and backed up by many contemporary reports - is that the Aspen/Volare may have been solidly engineered but it was put together by an indifferent workforce who had never heard of sufficient quality control. Chrysler might have worked out many of these problems by the mid to late 1980s, but no matter how tough the Diplomat/Le Baron/Fifth Avenue might have been, I’m sorry to say it was an outdated clunker by that time.
@@RoadCone411 Chrysler had insufficient quality control, which meant that how good a car was depended on people working on line. Some Chryslers lasted decades, while others build by different person have not lasted 5 years, because of some careless worker in factory. But the problem was rather in factory workers, not engineering. Therefore if you had a luck to buy a good unit, there were not problems. The same applies to later Chrysler, in our family we have a PT cruiser that has 20 years with only repairs (other than suspension) being fan control cable and blown gasket (blown due to the overheating because of this faulty fan control cable). Not much and not expensive. You also have to remember that cost of car is also one of the lowest in case of Chrysler if you include dealer discounts. The thing that truly ruined Chrysler was when Mercedes bought them. When Germans took over manufacturing and started to suck money out of Chrysler, the quality of cars went downhill and hit the bottom in times of sebring 2.7 v6 and late production PT cruisers (which were way worse than early production).
I do have the film and will upload it eventually. It's expensive to convert these old super8 cartridge type films. But I will load it, I promise.
Sweet video, Thanks for sharing it!! Adds a push to get my 77 RC SE put together.
I tell you what....I was surprised at the available options back then....center armrest chest cooler etc. And we thought all the options we can get today are new. Good looking vehicle.
My buddy has a 77 with the 440, it’s black. He’s lucky to have it.
I have a 77 short box Pu with the 440. It's a pretty rare truck.
In the nineties I saw a mint low mileage ram charger at an auction. I went to 300 bucks which was everything I had at the time. Somebody else bought it for 350.
Still have my 83. 318 2 Barrel automatic on the column. Doesn't get drove very much anymore however. Definitely need to take it out and drive it more
Great video thanks !!!
Love these trucks
thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the video. I have the Plymouth version, the Trailduster, with a 440. Great truck. From the video, I see that the same high back seats, with the same striped cloth, were offered for both Dodge and Plymouth. Also the same fake wood trim dash that my Trailduster has.
check out the Plymouth video, no sound, but it's a trailduster. ruclips.net/video/lIqFWf5HtVM/видео.html
I had a 76 SE with a removable top! 😍😍
I like the dark one atthe end of the video with the chrome rims, classy looking, nice.
I remember in 1978 the Dodge dealerships were selling the RamCharger and Trailduster for $5 down and $ 199.00 a month. I was too young to get one. At the time my girlfriend's mom and Dad bought a beautiful Red over white over red one on that sale. That RAM Charger would climb a tree if they let it. Mopar
your welcome! More to come! More Commercials and More Chrysler Corp Promotional films!
Door slam makes a noise about 2 seconds after closed.
RAM needs to build the Ram Charger again !!
Nope it will All Fiat Chevy made a Cross over and stamped Blazer on it God knows what Ford is doing with the Bronco and Fiat owning Chrysler today and rebadging a Fiat 500 into a Jeep renegade would put a New Ramcharger in doom these 4×4 were discontinued for reasons for 4 door family SUVs.
This is a cool looking truck.
Good looking truck.
I have a 96 2 door Tahoe and a 93 ramcharger canyon sport with the 360 all I need is a ford bronco
Better than todays toyota pick ups👍
I love the 70s and not having to wear face masks for everything
Dont listen to.the television. It's full of lies
MONTERREY impresos y LONAS URGENTES just turn off the news
@Normal American Dude i was a young teen back then and while more people smoked back then it wasnt that much greater than now. 70s while not perfect were a lot better time to be alive...people were more laid back and out going too
Vinyl roof on a truck, brought to you by the 70's.
Those were eaten alive by the ☀️
They looked awful after that!!
I remember seeing these at car shows.
Take a shot every time you see a door that’s misaligned.
My friend bought a Pearson stock 79 Ramcharger 360 Shortblock thing was a beast he'd go mudding with Jacked up modified trucks he'd leave them in the dust and end up pulling them out of mud. It would take a 10 foot jump with ease and the whole roof could come off and the all Vinyl interior was perfect after a day of mudding all you had to do was hose it clean!
I love this
my 1st car was a 1978 Dodge Magnum XE i got 2nd hand from the father of the original owner that totally abused it! i have no clue what that guy was thinking but he blew out 1 piston, ruined the cooling system, burned out some of the wiring with an old equalizer, destroyed the braking system to the point only the front brakes barely worked, plus many of the smaller features were broken or just not working! after more than a year of being in my uncles garage i finally got my car back after a 75% restoration and it ran great for another 14 more years! i cant really remember all that mu uncle did to the car but i was lucky enough he found another 79' Magnum in a junkyard he used for parts to make it cheap enough to fix mine! the only problem i had after the repair was electrical as my uncle didn't fully replace the harnesses that were ruined he just repaired them! my car "Maggie" met her demise when my own mother stole (borrowed without asking) her for a weekend and wrecked it driving over a center divider and basically ripping out the oil and transmission pans! she did that on purpose because she has always been jealous of Maggie! ! !
I'll take it! ... It'll go great with my 87!
I miss my Plymouth 1981 trailduster v-8 4 barrel carb best off road truck I had so far
I can’t imagine one of these with only the slant 6 for power, on the other hand I can’t imagine one of these with a 440 in it either.
My dream vehicle. 440 with a 3 or 4 speed manual
Ram Trucks, as we know it as today, should never have discontinued the Ramcharger, and instead, updated it like the current Ram 1500, as a 4-door to combat the Chevy Tahoe/GMC Yukon, Ford Expedition, Toyota Sequoia, and Nissan Armada.
i like the all new 2020 dodge ramcharger too.
It even had a built in cooler for your beer.....
I remember seeing that on one of the commercials on TV. As a kid I thought that it had to be the coolest thing around. Now that I watched the film here, I realize that it is only an ice chest that fits inside the console. Sheesh - I can't believe I thought it was so cool way back then. But I wish I had something similar in my 2016 pickup so that I didn't have to keep the cooler on the seat or the floor...
I'd love one of those old 440 Ramchargers. I have an 87 with the 360. Poor thing is rusting apart.
You know, I was surprised when I looked on Ebay and found so many NOS parts for these vehicles. If you have a good solid one, it would be a great candidate to restore for sure.
+Jsalrulz the 87 and 77 are on the same platform so you can just install one in yours and it will fit into the engine bay fine.
+Hugh Savage I'll keep that in mind if I am ever not poor. lol
The Mopars are known to be and love to rust which is just unfortunate.
Love ramchargers.
A lot of them still running down in Mexico.
yes, I lived in Baja and I was amazed at how many I'd see in the wild on the road.
I feel like I'm watching an old episode of C.H.I.Ps.
That's right....I can dig it.
California in the 70s
...oh man
I had many dodge vans and pickups with the super six. Most dependable and great fuel mileage.
the background song is cool.
Had one 16 years old 318 completely rusted away used can spray foam keep Cold air out and a chain hold it together
Que hermosura😍😍😍😍
I need that car dude .
I love Ramchargers
Nice rig.
They were full time 4x4, no locking hubs, which was not fuel efficiency friendly. My cousin had a 77 that he used to brag up pretty good, until he challenged me to a pull off, chain from hitch to hitch. I had an 81 GMC swb 350 standard. I drug him away three times in a row, that quieted him down some😄 don’t get me wrong, I like ram chargers! and i did more than a few repairs over the years I owned the gmc
I ordered a 77 Ramcharger from New Rochelle Dodge, 360 4 speed, black sunfire metallic, carmel colored interior, white spoke wheels, 6100 ib. GVW package, skid plates and of course the beverage chest. I think it was a little over 6K out the door. Great truck, had a lot of fun with it but the build quality was pretty bad. I only ever saw two other 4 speeds.
This is way better than my 89 ramcharger wtf
Ramchargers are the best!
The music is the best part
I might. I know I have a Ramcharger vs. Blazer and Bronco film...and possibly a truck film. just saving up enough money to decode it all and then uploadthem.
Nice 😀
Do you have any of the films of Mopar Adult Toys; Warlock, Macho Power Wagon , Street Van etc..?
what you see is what you get, if you don't find it on my channel, I don't have it, I'm constantly collecting so possibly in the future
Badass Riggs !
Slightly before my time, but damn, that's a sweet ass truck!
Ok já me convenceu!! Onde compro uma??
Dodge Ram Charger - a vehicle named after 3 contradicting words
I love it, wish to have one
Que bonitas camionetas como las voviera dodge a fabricar