M@youtubecarspottersguide1 60s was the last decade where cars had alot of style and could still be worked on by back yard mechanics.......That was before the Feds stepped in and created the melise era!!!!. As a car junkie my sweet spot in Auto history is 1946-1973, and I haven't gone back to thinking that anything newer is completely better!!!!.
@@mikeweizer3149 yes ,do like todays tires add overdrive , 63-69 my fav yrs 1971-73 has low compression ratio can run todays gas , as was not much of a fan of muscle cars and 6 mpg and a diet of 99 octane leaded premium gas
1960s??? Pinto and Gremlin were introduced in 1971, Vega in 1970, Pacer in 1975, Mustang II in 1974, Aspen/Volare in 1976, Chevette in 1976, and Aztek in 2001. Most of the Marlin footage showed Rambler Americans, and Volare was mispronounced. This is just a very sloppy and factually incorrect effort.
Very accurately spoken. I NEVER heard anyone call the Volare a "vol-AIR", especially over and over. You must spend a lot of time alone. There was even a pop song of the same name recorded by several artists, pronunciation the same. Sloppy, careless, embarrassing!
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Yeah, at least the editor excluded Studebaker models from calendar '64 through '66 which were only produced in Hamilton Ontario.
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 There was NO Rambler about the AMC Gremlin The Rambler name was gone after 1969, And the Gremlin came out in April 1970.
@@mikeweizer3149 My bad. You are 100% correct. The trouble with AMC is they changed their corporate name every few decades. First it was Kelvinator, then Nash-Kelvinator, then Rambler, then AMC... Previous generations usually call it by it's previous name. I remember in the 60s the old guys were still calling Rambler cars "Nashes", even tho Nash was already obsolete. Thank you for your clarification.
I couldn't make it thru this whole video. I can't imagine watching any new ones! Whoever writes this stuff doesn't know any real facts about cars period! I lived it, either owned these cars or knew someone that did. Most, not all were far more reliable as well as affordable than the plastic look alikes we are stuck with today. Thankfully there are a ton of channels on yt with serious content. For some real indepth history about these cars, try starting with the RCR channel that has long, accurate histories on the big 4 (yes t totally include AMC) an the cars they made.
Of all your nominations for "bad" cars, only Aztec, Vega, Corvair and Edsel were ever considered truly bad at the time. The rest are just garden-variety cars, NONE of which came out in the 1960s. My suffering thru this self-appointed Bragg-All finally made me run to the terlet and wretch. Please keep your day job... thank you.
The Corvair was a really cool car. They had a little trouble in the first year, but the later models were absolutely incredible. They were beautiful cars and I wish I had one today.
So, another video of some guy's personal OPINION being presented as fact. Many of his "worst cars" were perfectly fine cars, that today are sought after as classics. There was nothing wrong with the Corvair, that 100lbs. in the front trunk couldn't fix. Keeps speaking of the Marlin while showing the Rambler sedans.
He shows Impalas while talking about Corvairs. He can't pronounce "Volare" at all. Can't even disclose what years Marlins and Pintos were produced. If this were a 4th-grade video project, I'd give it a thumbs-up. Since it's supposed to be an adult review, it gets a very generous F-.
My first car was a corvair and I loved it. Had it in the winter of 78 in Chicago. Would go anywhere I wanted it to go as long as it was in a straight line lol
My first car was a 67 corvair and I loved it. Had it in the winter of 78 in Chicago. Would go anywhere I wanted it to go as long as it was in a straight line lol
Gremlin, Aztec, Vega, Pinto, Pacer, Mustang, Chevette, Volare, Aspen, Edsel. On what planet are these cars from the 1960s? Production ending in 1960 does not qualify Edsel as a car of the '60s. I give you an F+.
you are very wrong on two of the brands. The Edsel is today very desirable and they are being restored. The entire AMC line is also very desired. People have learned of the AMC quality along with Studebaker, their quality was very good.
However, Studebaker's quality far exceeded AMC's (Rambler). He says the Edsel came out with fins. Funny, I never saw a '58 Edsel with fins. This Poor Soul talks like Donald Trump farts.
What an idiotic video! Most of the cars shown are from the 1970s. The Edsel is from the late 1950s; the 1960 model was withdrawn before the end of 1959. Mixing different models of AMC cars and calling them the Marlin makes no sense. Showing a Chrysler New Yorker and calling it an "Imperial"? Calling the Plymouth Volare the "Vo-lair"? Lol! How does the Pontiac Aztec qualify as a "1960s car? It was introduced as a 2001 model! And that added "speckling" throughout the video is so aggravating.
Obviously this video's creator does some limited research, but has absolutely no real knowledge of the automotive world. Maybe you should actually know something about a subject before you try to make a video about it.
I drove a Corvair granite later later Corvair it was an awesome car really cool and fun to drive early models got a bad stigma on the suspension but once they corrected it, it was an awesome car
As the son of an Edsel owner (which is what I learned to drive in), I've got to point out that the 1958 model was introduced in September 1957 and the line was cancelled three months into the 1960 model year in November 1959. This car does not belong to the '60s at all. And your tag line indicating they "should have conducted more market research" shows a complete lack of understanding. The Edsel was the first new car that was completely researched beforehand. They came up with the design specifications based on that research. And it wasn't just a new model, it was a whole new division of Ford inserted between Mercury and Lincoln with two major lines and over a dozen individual models. Of course, what they didn't know about at the time was "market lag" and during the four years of gestation the market moved away from their original target. It didn't help that it was still rushed to market and had dreadful reliability.
The Edsel was "product-planned to death." Overlooked the sharp recession of 1958 as a contirbuting factor in its demise, although the pricing strategy for a car supposed to "bridge the gap" between Ford and Mercury actually bracketed the mid-level Ford models to the top-of-the-line Mercury which could be optioned into lincoln territory did it no favors.
Those 'likes' are not from car experts, but the Peanut Gallery, who wouldn't know a 2024 Edsel Town Sedunliner Cabrio Squire from a 1769 Cugnot Skyleaky Contractible.
My brother had an AMC gremlin. It had a great engine, but the doors fell off it, and as I took it to the junkyard, it was overheating. The doors couldn’t be closed, but that engine ran right up to the junkyard.
I had a '74 Pinto Squire. Bought it in 1985 for $400 needing tires and a water pump. I put 70M on it and only replaced the crummy plastic timing belt once in that time. Ugliest car Ford ever made? No doubt. Most reliable car Ford ever made? No doubt there, either.
My girlfriend at the time had a pinto. I likes its looks and hatch back space. It also handled pretty good. But it really shined in the upstate NY winters. It was nearly as good as the Corvairs that I was driving at the time.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Other than the '62 they were all the newer versions. They were pretty well used. The body work was still pretty good on most of them with very limited rust damage. I rebuilt the motors and clutch on each car and the universal joints on a couple of them. One was unregistered parked at the curb. I left a note and got the car for free. Besides the motor/clutch rebuild I had to replace the driver's side door from my stock of parts cars. It was my daily driver and I ice raced it for two years IRC. I called it the "Multi Color Wonder". It was pretty reliable. The only recurring problem on all of them was the seals on the exhaust loosening up and letting exhaust gas into the passenger compartment when the heater was on. Very dangerous. A failure on the way back from the US GP at the Glen caused me to nearly pass out. Drove the rest of the way home with the windows and vents open at 32 degrees F. Brrrrr. -dave
@@UberLummox He'll probably review the 1952 Marlin Ranchero, the 1954 Ford Expedrorer Sunscraper, the Harley-Davidson 4-door motorcycle and the 1950 Chubby Bel Air SS 4x4 Pogo Stick LE that can scale Mt.Everest. I can't wait.
@@UberLummox Oh, I remember that car. I always wanted a 1959 Mustang Skyscraper 4-door retractable hardtop in Turkeyturd Turquoise. I wonder if "America Before" has any info on it?
Pure nonsense. There is no objective reality here; only personal opinion. Of the whole lineup, I can only see 2 cars that were truly bad, neither were from the ‘60s. You will go on my don’t watch list.
My mother had a 78 Chevrolet chevet for 10 years and sold it second hand to a friend of the family who want a car for his daughter to drive to school and they had for the four years she was in college there was nothing wrong with those little cars .
I agree. We regularly rented Chevettes (or 'chevet' as you like to spell it) for the 1st few years they were out. We used them for long trips and never had a problem. After the ten-year debacle of the Corvair, the stigma became attached to all small Chevrolets and persists to this day. The public has a long memory.
This video was supposed to be about cars of the 1960's. But, it began with a late 1950's car and stretched to the Pontiac Aztec of 2001. What a joke this video was.
To this clown, that means a Kaiser and a Camel. The 2001 Aztec was the latest in a long generation of dreadful cars from GM. It's a shame it had to be a Pontiac!
Excuse me, were you alive in 1965? I was 21 back then, and it was Nader's book, 'Unsafe at any speed', published in 1965, that killed Corvair, NOT the Ford Mustang.
@@oldgysgt True, up to a point. The Corvair became a disaster the first few months they appeared on the roads. Movie star Ernie Kovacs was killed in an early 1962 Corvair. By 1965, Nader's book spilled all the beans, by which time lawsuits against Chevrolet and GM were flying like leaves in a hurricane. If the Mustang killed anything, it was its own sibling, the very handsome, restyled '64 Falcon, which had morphed into a sports compact. By then, the Nova had taken over the role of Chevrolet's compact, leaving the Corvair an orphan with nobody to claim it. Meanwhile, Corvair got a complete appearance makeover, but it was too little too late. The brand was toast, yet GM dawdled around another five years before finally deciding to put it down. It reawakened a skipped year later renamed Vega only now it was air-cooled, but spooked with the same engineering flaws that killed the Corvair.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602; I owned a 1966 Corvair Corsa convertible, and two friends also owned Corvairs. All three of us encounter stability problems on wet or poor surfaced roads. In these conditions the Corvair had a tendency to swap ends with little or no warning. My two friends ended up spinning theirs, and mine once got sideways on a wet street faster than you could say "sh*t". With most cars you can feel it getting a bit squarely just before it starts to swing around, but the Corvair gave no such warning. One minute everything is going fine, and the next minute the rear end has already swung around on you. As I can remember, Kovacs was coming out of the Hollywood hills early one Sunday morning, and went through a rain puddle at a high rate of speed. His Corvair started spinning, and the spin stopped when he plowed into a concrete retaining wall.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 I owned, drove daily and ice raced Corvairs, including a 1962 with the notorious swing axles. Probably ten of them including parts cars. By at least 1964 the swing axles were replaced by Corvette half shafts, eliminating the hazards of the swing axles. The second version as well had the Corvette half shafts. A friend owned a turbo charged '64 which was lots of fun to drive. In Ice racing a slightly modified Corvair won just about every rear engine rear wheel drive class ice race. For a couple of years second version Corvairs won just about every SCCA D Production road race in the Northeast. Restoration of Corvairs are ongoing to the extent that it is getting hard to find chassis worth restoring as well as parts. So much for the baloney in this upload and in Ralf Nader's hit piece book. -dave
The first thirty seconds featured cars from the 1970s and 1950s, only represented the sixties with the late sixties Rambler Amrerican which was one of the most successful models of its time.
the Edsel was introduced in 1958, right near the beginning of the 1957 Recession, the worse recession between the Great Depression and Reagan's 1982 Recession. High end cars do not sell well in recessions.
This video is getting roasted quite deservedly. Some critics gave the Chevette a crude pronunciation, implying that Chevrolet had no respect for its customers. My father bought one new, and would demonstrate its "supercharger" by turning off the air conditioner. For a long time, it seemed strange to have a car so underpowered that a climate control would have such a drastic impact on performance. But now we have glorified golf carts that lose considerable range if the heater or air conditioner get used.
Unfortunately, America's reputation for beautiful, well-made cars went completely to hell with the introduction of government cars built after the 1972 model-year, but General Motors was the worst. In particular, 1977 was when they decided to put Chevrolet engines in all their car lines and not let buyers know. We had a 1998 Buick Park Avenue on which everything literally crumbled to dust, from the plastic hub caps (which had to be replaced each time the brakes were done) to the ashtray to the seat adjusting lever to the outer door handles.
The Marlin was based on a show car based on the Rambler American platform, but the Marlin was actually built on the Classic platform initially, before bowing out as a fastbacked Ambassador. It was more comparable to the first-generation Dodge Charger, and may be considered a cautionary _don't let this happen to you_ chapter in the development of the Highland Park model.
My 71 Vega was one of my favorite cars! It was only when you kept driving after it overheated that it would melt the aluminum engine! Had safety switch been installed to shut the engine off like the Japanese manufacturer had it would have not gotten the bad name! The Vega factory suspension original out handle a corvette and was a mechanic dream to work on!
Poor coverage certain cars that truly addressed problematic issues and disappeared because tight market competition. In particular 2nd generation Corvair which is not addressed in this video
I owned a '62 Corvair. It was a little oversteery but I added quick steering and stiffer springs, lowered the car a bit and it tamed right down. I jacked the swing axles all the way up when I hit a curb due to being cut off. It was all asses and elbows before the rear suspension became unj-jacked. By at least the 1964 model year the swing axle rear suspension was replaced with Corvette half shafts that because of having to run at an angle due to the trans axle position, had to have their universal joints replace at least on a bi yearly basis. At least no more jacking. When I turned twenty one I took the '62 ice racing on Lake George. I started last and finished in second place after pursuing the first place car, another 60's Corvair, for the most of the race! I later became a club racing driver in formula cars from F3 to FF. I had no luck racing newer Corvairs, the a modified for the ice Fiat 850 (1sts: 3; 2onds: 2; 3rds: 1; DNF's:1) Didn't do the entire season due to university tests. The 62 owners manual specified 27 lb. tire pressures. If the driver had to make a high 'g' maneuver, the tire flexed, the rim would dig into the pavement and flip the car. I ran 32 lbs all around. 28 lbs in a swing axle car was just nuts! Other fun cars I've owned have been a MGB before the raised it way too high (most fun) and a '86 MR2. I'm currently rehabilitating a 1999 Lexus. -dave
The Edsel is not really a 60 s car because it was produced not through the whole 1960 model year which started in late summer 1959 the last cars were sold around March 1960.
The '60 Edsel lookes like a '59 Pontiac mated with a '60 Ford. Not terrible in comparison with its competitors aside from the startling taillight treatment. Now, the '61 facelift of the '60 DeSoto (a masterpiece) was genuinely hideous on a Medusa level.
This channel always gets so much wrong. Not only are not all of these cars mot from the 1960s, but they always get their B roll wrong on their videos. During the Rambler Marlin segment, they showed Rambler Classics, Ambassadors, and Americans. This is a problem I have noticed on all of their videos.
Oh dear, you have quite a few cars from the 1970's. Even I who live in England would realise that quite a few of the cars mentioned are not from the 1960's. You should research the subject with abit more care rather than make a shoddy upload.
The person whom botched this vid probably had a relative like Nader destroying the domestic market for foreign imports. Good intentions paving our roads, I need a Yugo now.
I have no problem getting rid of foreign cars. They're ugly as hell, junky, flimsy, dangerous, overpriced and cost a fortune to service and maintain. I'd rather drive Vegas, Corvairs, Edsels, Volares, Aspens, Mustang IIs, Gremlins, Chevettes and Pacers. They had CLASS!
1960's? First Edsel, 1958... Second Pacer mid-70's..., the Covair is a kid of the 50's (1959), and these are the first 3! Nothing to do with the 60's. The second didn't even exist...
The Pacer came too soon. Today it would sell great along with many extremely ugly vehicles built by Nissan and Subaru. Early model Subaru Outback models looked like a kissing cousin to the Pacer which came along in mid 70's.
The Edsel came out in the late Fifties, the Corvair as well. There were cars from many different decades and there are very often the wrong cars shown. There is hardly a Marlin in the Marlingsegment. Cannot watch the rest, sorry!
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Why are cars from the 1970's being included in a video on cars from 1960's.?
It's amazing that the one's who put these videos don't know a Damn thing 'bout cars period!!!.
@@mikeweizer3149 yes why do we even click the vid? we know what cars they are , all these cars have fans who collect them
M@youtubecarspottersguide1 60s was the last decade where cars had alot of style and could still be worked on by back yard mechanics.......That was before the Feds stepped in and created the melise era!!!!. As a car junkie my sweet spot in Auto history is 1946-1973, and I haven't gone back to thinking that anything newer is completely better!!!!.
@@mikeweizer3149 yes ,do like todays tires add overdrive , 63-69 my fav yrs 1971-73 has low compression ratio can run todays gas , as was not much of a fan of muscle cars and 6 mpg and a diet of 99 octane leaded premium gas
Agreed, like the AMC Pacer which came out in 1975.
1960s??? Pinto and Gremlin were introduced in 1971, Vega in 1970, Pacer in 1975, Mustang II in 1974, Aspen/Volare in 1976, Chevette in 1976, and Aztek in 2001. Most of the Marlin footage showed Rambler Americans, and Volare was mispronounced. This is just a very sloppy and factually incorrect effort.
Gremlin came out in 1970 it was the first American small car of the 70s
Very accurately spoken. I NEVER heard anyone call the Volare a "vol-AIR", especially over and over. You must spend a lot of time alone. There was even a pop song of the same name recorded by several artists, pronunciation the same.
Sloppy, careless, embarrassing!
We might as well add the Austin Marina from 1971… and how about the Sterling from Rover 1987… FIAT 500 from 2008… Yugo 1985?
@@nigelcharlton-wright1747 Those were all foreign cars. I remember the Yugo was a World Famous Flop, but didn't know the others were.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Yeah, at least the editor excluded Studebaker models from calendar '64 through '66 which were only produced in Hamilton Ontario.
Do you know what would be good in a film about 60's cars? 60's cars.
The retarded makers of this film obviously couldn’t grasp that point . Lol.😆
You MUST watch "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" with its all-star cast. Insist on the restored 3-hour version, not the edited 90-minute one.)
Hey, what a splendid idea. I wonder if this guy ever conidered that?
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Great isn't it. 😊😊
@@bossdog1480 If he had the knowledge, he could edit the thing so it made sense.
Pacer was first produced in 1975. Vega and pinto were unleashed on the public in 1970. This video is ridiculously bad.👎
Pinto and vega came out in 1971
@@stephaniebooth6169 Correct, of course. Only the Rambler Gremlin first debuted for the 1970 model year.
Voted down.
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 There was NO Rambler about the AMC Gremlin The Rambler name was gone after 1969, And the Gremlin came out in April 1970.
@@mikeweizer3149 My bad. You are 100% correct.
The trouble with AMC is they changed their corporate name every few decades. First it was Kelvinator, then Nash-Kelvinator, then Rambler, then AMC... Previous generations usually call it by it's previous name. I remember in the 60s the old guys were still calling Rambler cars "Nashes", even tho Nash was already obsolete.
Thank you for your clarification.
I couldn't make it thru this whole video. I can't imagine watching any new ones! Whoever writes this stuff doesn't know any real facts about cars period! I lived it, either owned these cars or knew someone that did. Most, not all were far more reliable as well as affordable than the plastic look alikes we are stuck with today. Thankfully there are a ton of channels on yt with serious content. For some real indepth history about these cars, try starting with the RCR channel that has long, accurate histories on the big 4 (yes t totally include AMC) an the cars they made.
Thank you
Of all your nominations for "bad" cars, only Aztec, Vega, Corvair and Edsel were ever considered truly bad at the time. The rest are just garden-variety cars, NONE of which came out in the 1960s. My suffering thru this self-appointed Bragg-All finally made me run to the terlet and wretch. Please keep your day job... thank you.
The Corvair was a really cool car. They had a little trouble in the first year, but the later models were absolutely incredible. They were beautiful cars and I wish I had one today.
What part of “13 worst cars of the 1960’s , Nobody wants back “ did the makers of this video not understand?? 🤔
NONE. Absolutely None!
And, truth be told, I wouldn't mind having a '63 Studebaker Lark Wagonaire (a rather innovative revision of the station wagon concept).
So, another video of some guy's personal OPINION being presented as fact. Many of his "worst cars" were perfectly fine cars, that today are sought after as classics.
There was nothing wrong with the Corvair, that 100lbs. in the front trunk couldn't fix.
Keeps speaking of the Marlin while showing the Rambler sedans.
He shows Impalas while talking about Corvairs. He can't pronounce "Volare" at all. Can't even disclose what years Marlins and Pintos were produced. If this were a 4th-grade video project, I'd give it a thumbs-up. Since it's supposed to be an adult review, it gets a very generous F-.
My first car was a corvair and I loved it. Had it in the winter of 78 in Chicago. Would go anywhere I wanted it to go as long as it was in a straight line lol
My first car was a 67 corvair and I loved it. Had it in the winter of 78 in Chicago. Would go anywhere I wanted it to go as long as it was in a straight line lol
What a disappointment- most cars not from the 1960’s in a video with 1960’s in the title.
When you say 60's don't show Fifties and Seventies cars!
Gremlin, Aztec, Vega, Pinto, Pacer, Mustang, Chevette, Volare, Aspen, Edsel. On what planet are these cars from the 1960s? Production ending in 1960 does not qualify Edsel as a car of the '60s. I give you an F+.
Well deserved. He's talking about the cars they make on Pluto. The last Edsel was actually built in 1959.
you are very wrong on two of the brands. The Edsel is today very desirable and they are being restored. The entire AMC line is also very desired. People have learned of the AMC quality along with Studebaker, their quality was very good.
However, Studebaker's quality far exceeded AMC's (Rambler). He says the Edsel came out with fins. Funny, I never saw a '58 Edsel with fins. This Poor Soul talks like Donald Trump farts.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 ; It had fins, but subtle.
Yep have a 1963 Lark 289 in garage custom love it
@@Johnnycdrums Well, not really. ''Subtle'' fins are a 1959 Ford.
My mom had an AMC swept back sedan, I thought the styling was gorgeous. It wasn't very reliable though.
Let's make an errors and misconceptions plagued 60's cars video featuring 50's and 70's cars
What an idiotic video! Most of the cars shown are from the 1970s. The Edsel is from the late 1950s; the 1960 model was withdrawn before the end of 1959.
Mixing different models of AMC cars and calling them the Marlin makes no sense. Showing a Chrysler New Yorker and calling it an "Imperial"? Calling the Plymouth Volare the "Vo-lair"? Lol!
How does the Pontiac Aztec qualify as a "1960s car? It was introduced as a 2001 model!
And that added "speckling" throughout the video is so aggravating.
You need your videos proofed before you list them-So many incorrect facts - cancel this and start over.
@bobroth1951 You took the words out of my mouth almost verbatim.
That's the best advice yet. Scrap this bull, go learn about cars, then try again. This is nothing short of insulting.
The 1960's Pontiac Aztek was WAY ahead of its time!! Lmao 😂
When the 1975 Pacer made its appearance I made my disappearance!!! It's amazing that you've got to 39.7K subscribers!!!
Obviously this video's creator does some limited research, but has absolutely no real knowledge of the automotive world. Maybe you should actually know something about a subject before you try to make a video about it.
I drove a Corvair granite later later Corvair it was an awesome car really cool and fun to drive early models got a bad stigma on the suspension but once they corrected it, it was an awesome car
Nobody in America (that I know of), dislikes the Studebaker Lark, especially the R2.
It wasn’t called Chrysler Imperial, that was the 1960 Imperial Crown. The other car Volare, was called Vo, la, reh, not vol air.
The part about the Marlin shows mostly everything but Marlins.
And no '67, the best-looking of them all.
1960s. And added a 1975 Pacer....bogus
As the son of an Edsel owner (which is what I learned to drive in), I've got to point out that the 1958 model was introduced in September 1957 and the line was cancelled three months into the 1960 model year in November 1959. This car does not belong to the '60s at all. And your tag line indicating they "should have conducted more market research" shows a complete lack of understanding. The Edsel was the first new car that was completely researched beforehand. They came up with the design specifications based on that research. And it wasn't just a new model, it was a whole new division of Ford inserted between Mercury and Lincoln with two major lines and over a dozen individual models. Of course, what they didn't know about at the time was "market lag" and during the four years of gestation the market moved away from their original target. It didn't help that it was still rushed to market and had dreadful reliability.
The Edsel was "product-planned to death."
Overlooked the sharp recession of 1958 as a contirbuting factor in its demise, although the pricing strategy for a car supposed to "bridge the gap" between Ford and Mercury actually bracketed the mid-level Ford models to the top-of-the-line Mercury which could be optioned into lincoln territory did it no favors.
hagerty1952: 100% completely accurate. Thank you!
winstone: 100% completely accurate. Thank you!
And crazier still about this video is that it has over 150 likes.
Those 'likes' are not from car experts, but the Peanut Gallery, who wouldn't know a 2024 Edsel Town Sedunliner Cabrio Squire from a 1769 Cugnot Skyleaky Contractible.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 🤣Yup!!!
The channel does not know cars.
What a bunch of garbage and misinformation, among showing and ONLY 4 cars from the 60's of 13!!!
This poster probly rode a short bus to school
He went to school???
"probly" is not a word! (Nor is "probubbly".)
@@UberLummox Yep, and gradiated 8th grade.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Yer prollubly right!
@@UberLummox I think I prawly am.
The pacer is a seventies car.
I had a Pinto. Bring it back. It was a fun to drive, decent mpg and easy to work on. Just move the gas tank.
....??? .... in a tiny car like the Pinto - where would you move the gas tank to ?? So, your comment is stupid......
@@urbanurchin5930 In later model Pintos GM built in improved protection for the fuel tank, fixing the explody problem to a large extent.
-dave
My brother had an AMC gremlin. It had a great engine, but the doors fell off it, and as I took it to the junkyard, it was overheating. The doors couldn’t be closed, but that engine ran right up to the junkyard.
How is it a great engine then
My PINTO was a great car. Had it for 10yrs. I reg
I had a '74 Pinto Squire. Bought it in 1985 for $400 needing tires and a water pump. I put 70M on it and only replaced the crummy plastic timing belt once in that time. Ugliest car Ford ever made? No doubt. Most reliable car Ford ever made? No doubt there, either.
My girlfriend at the time had a pinto. I likes its looks and hatch back space. It also handled pretty good. But it really shined in the upstate NY winters. It was nearly as good as the Corvairs that I was driving at the time.
@@dgwachtel Any Corvair that lasted to 1971 must have been a "Tuesday morning car".
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Other than the '62 they were all the newer versions. They were pretty well used. The body work was still pretty good on most of them with very limited rust damage. I rebuilt the motors and clutch on each car and the universal joints on a couple of them. One was unregistered parked at the curb. I left a note and got the car for free. Besides the motor/clutch rebuild I had to replace the driver's side door from my stock of parts cars. It was my daily driver and I ice raced it for two years IRC. I called it the "Multi Color Wonder". It was pretty reliable. The only recurring problem on all of them was the seals on the exhaust loosening up and letting exhaust gas into the passenger compartment when the heater was on. Very dangerous. A failure on the way back from the US GP at the Glen caused me to nearly pass out. Drove the rest of the way home with the windows and vents open at 32 degrees F. Brrrrr.
-dave
Where are the 60s
You made 3 videos ( 1980s, 1970s, 1960s) each one got worse and worse. I cant wait to see a 1950s if you make one,
Oh he made one. Can't wait to see how completely fuct it is!!
Thank you for the warning. Nothing aggravates me more than watching bedtime stories and fairy tales about cars that don't exist.
@@UberLummox He'll probably review the 1952 Marlin Ranchero, the 1954 Ford Expedrorer Sunscraper, the Harley-Davidson 4-door motorcycle and the 1950 Chubby Bel Air SS 4x4 Pogo Stick LE that can scale Mt.Everest.
I can't wait.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 HAHA! "Sunscraper" - brilliant! Don't forget the 1959 Mustang Urban Sedan! 😁
@@UberLummox Oh, I remember that car. I always wanted a 1959 Mustang Skyscraper 4-door retractable hardtop in Turkeyturd Turquoise. I wonder if "America Before" has any info on it?
Pure nonsense. There is no objective reality here; only personal opinion. Of the whole lineup, I can only see 2 cars that were truly bad, neither were from the ‘60s. You will go on my don’t watch list.
Mine too. Nothing but rubbish and misinformation.
My mother had a 78 Chevrolet chevet for 10 years and sold it second hand to a friend of the family who want a car for his daughter to drive to school and they had for the four years she was in college there was nothing wrong with those little cars .
I agree. We regularly rented Chevettes (or 'chevet' as you like to spell it) for the 1st few years they were out. We used them for long trips and never had a problem. After the ten-year debacle of the Corvair, the stigma became attached to all small Chevrolets and persists to this day. The public has a long memory.
This video was supposed to be about cars of the 1960's. But, it began with a late 1950's car and stretched to the Pontiac Aztec of 2001. What a joke this video was.
Was almost expecting to see a section on the K car and the Hupmobile. And who can forget the 1965 Pontiac Aztek?
To this clown, that means a Kaiser and a Camel.
The 2001 Aztec was the latest in a long generation of dreadful cars from GM. It's a shame it had to be a Pontiac!
How come the running total of Down votes doesn't appear? I'm 27 seconds into this lousy video and I've already given up and given a thumb down.
Even the TVs and speakers shown are not of the 1960s.
Pacer was like riding around in a Fish Bowl.
The introduction of the Mustang ended the run of the Corvair before the safety issues were exposed.
Excuse me, were you alive in 1965? I was 21 back then, and it was Nader's book, 'Unsafe at any speed', published in 1965, that killed Corvair, NOT the Ford Mustang.
@@oldgysgt True, up to a point. The Corvair became a disaster the first few months they appeared on the roads. Movie star Ernie Kovacs was killed in an early 1962 Corvair. By 1965, Nader's book spilled all the beans, by which time lawsuits against Chevrolet and GM were flying like leaves in a hurricane.
If the Mustang killed anything, it was its own sibling, the very handsome, restyled '64 Falcon, which had morphed into a sports compact. By then, the Nova had taken over the role of Chevrolet's compact, leaving the Corvair an orphan with nobody to claim it.
Meanwhile, Corvair got a complete appearance makeover, but it was too little too late. The brand was toast, yet GM dawdled around another five years before finally deciding to put it down. It reawakened a skipped year later renamed Vega only now it was air-cooled, but spooked with the same engineering flaws that killed the Corvair.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602; I owned a 1966 Corvair Corsa convertible, and two friends also owned Corvairs. All three of us encounter stability problems on wet or poor surfaced roads. In these conditions the Corvair had a tendency to swap ends with little or no warning. My two friends ended up spinning theirs, and mine once got sideways on a wet street faster than you could say "sh*t". With most cars you can feel it getting a bit squarely just before it starts to swing around, but the Corvair gave no such warning. One minute everything is going fine, and the next minute the rear end has already swung around on you. As I can remember, Kovacs was coming out of the Hollywood hills early one Sunday morning, and went through a rain puddle at a high rate of speed. His Corvair started spinning, and the spin stopped when he plowed into a concrete retaining wall.
@@oldgysgt That sounds about right, except it was a metal light pole that twisted his Corvair into a pretzel.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 I owned, drove daily and ice raced Corvairs, including a 1962 with the notorious swing axles. Probably ten of them including parts cars. By at least 1964 the swing axles were replaced by Corvette half shafts, eliminating the hazards of the swing axles. The second version as well had the Corvette half shafts. A friend owned a turbo charged '64 which was lots of fun to drive. In Ice racing a slightly modified Corvair won just about every rear engine rear wheel drive class ice race.
For a couple of years second version Corvairs won just about every SCCA D Production road race in the Northeast.
Restoration of Corvairs are ongoing to the extent that it is getting hard to find chassis worth restoring as well as parts.
So much for the baloney in this upload and in Ralf Nader's hit piece book.
-dave
Lost me at 1975 pacer..
The first thirty seconds featured cars from the 1970s and 1950s, only represented the sixties with the late sixties Rambler Amrerican which was one of the most successful models of its time.
Beautiful colored Edsell at about 2:27.
I had a 1975 Vega GT in Florida that thing rusted at the dealership and by the time I got rid of it it had no floorboard. I was looking at the street.
You could get a Gremlin with a 401.
But why?
"Horsecollar" is an intetesting take. Most thought the Edsel grille resembled a toilet seat!
You ought to change the video title, because it does not issue cars from the 60's exclusively.
At 3000 lb.'s minimum, the Pacer was way too heavy, in my book.
I think it was much less cool than the Gremlin.
the Edsel was introduced in 1958, right near the beginning of the 1957 Recession, the worse recession between the Great Depression and Reagan's 1982 Recession. High end cars do not sell well in recessions.
This video is getting roasted quite deservedly. Some critics gave the Chevette a crude pronunciation, implying that Chevrolet had no respect for its customers. My father bought one new, and would demonstrate its "supercharger" by turning off the air conditioner. For a long time, it seemed strange to have a car so underpowered that a climate control would have such a drastic impact on performance. But now we have glorified golf carts that lose considerable range if the heater or air conditioner get used.
Does the author have a clue what year it is
I had a 77 Pontiac Sunbird and my uncle had a 77 Chevy Monza and both were pure garbage.
Unfortunately, America's reputation for beautiful, well-made cars went completely to hell with the introduction of government cars built after the 1972 model-year, but General Motors was the worst. In particular, 1977 was when they decided to put Chevrolet engines in all their car lines and not let buyers know. We had a 1998 Buick Park Avenue on which everything literally crumbled to dust, from the plastic hub caps (which had to be replaced each time the brakes were done) to the ashtray to the seat adjusting lever to the outer door handles.
ÀMC American Motors /Rambler made some of the best American cars of that time. The person who made this video has No idea about American cars at all
The Marlin was based on a show car based on the Rambler American platform, but the Marlin was actually built on the Classic platform initially, before bowing out as a fastbacked Ambassador.
It was more comparable to the first-generation Dodge Charger, and may be considered a cautionary _don't let this happen to you_ chapter in the development of the Highland Park model.
No mention was made of the corvair ending in 1964 and the improved Monza made in 1965-1969.
7:10 Lots of action shots of Ramblers, only one of a Marlin in motion, and that was pulling into a driveway.
Very cool content
What year did you mean
Aztec. 2001… in a 1960’s car video… Back to the future?
The pinto wasn't a very hot car to own but at the same time the Corvair was the one that had the fire issues
I like the Mustang II, but with a 289 HiPo, and a lowering kit.
My dad almost bought a pacer thank God he didn’t
I love the Pinto, great little handler, cheap and very reliable.
If you look at the Pacer (70s) it is being chased by 2 cars from the 60s
My 71 Vega was one of my favorite cars! It was only when you kept driving after it overheated that it would melt the aluminum engine! Had safety switch been installed to shut the engine off like the Japanese manufacturer had it would have not gotten the bad name! The Vega factory suspension original out handle a corvette and was a mechanic dream to work on!
Hm.
Poor coverage certain cars that truly addressed problematic issues and disappeared because tight market competition. In particular 2nd generation Corvair which is not addressed in this video
I owned a '62 Corvair. It was a little oversteery but I added quick steering and stiffer springs, lowered the car a bit and it tamed right down. I jacked the swing axles all the way up when I hit a curb due to being cut off. It was all asses and elbows before the rear suspension became unj-jacked. By at least the 1964 model year the swing axle rear suspension was replaced with Corvette half shafts that because of having to run at an angle due to the trans axle position, had to have their universal joints replace at least on a bi yearly basis. At least no more jacking.
When I turned twenty one I took the '62 ice racing on Lake George. I started last and finished in second place after pursuing the first place car, another 60's Corvair, for the most of the race! I later became a club racing driver in formula cars from F3 to FF. I had no luck racing newer Corvairs, the a modified for the ice Fiat 850 (1sts: 3; 2onds: 2; 3rds: 1; DNF's:1) Didn't do the entire season due to university tests.
The 62 owners manual specified 27 lb. tire pressures. If the driver had to make a high 'g' maneuver, the tire flexed, the rim would dig into the pavement and flip the car. I ran 32 lbs all around. 28 lbs in a swing axle car was just nuts!
Other fun cars I've owned have been a MGB before the raised it way too high (most fun) and a '86 MR2. I'm currently rehabilitating a 1999 Lexus.
-dave
The Edsel is not really a 60 s car because it was produced not through the whole 1960 model year which started in late summer 1959 the last cars were sold around March 1960.
Half the cars mentioned are not from the 1960s
Who did this, a lingerie salesman??
1959 Edsell didn't look too bad.
I think it came with a 410 MEL or wicked racy 383 MEL.
The '60 Edsel lookes like a '59 Pontiac mated with a '60 Ford. Not terrible in comparison with its competitors aside from the startling taillight treatment.
Now, the '61 facelift of the '60 DeSoto (a masterpiece) was genuinely hideous on a Medusa level.
I wouldn't mind a Marlin.
The title of this video is mis-leading.
The 1960 Edsel wasn't ugly like the 50's Edsel's shown in this video!
Aside from the taillights, it wasn't too bad.
Cars from the 70s in the 60s
2001 Pontiac Aztek in a video supposed to be about 1960s cars. So stupid.
I renred it a Chevette. It was brand new when I got it when I turned it into transmission was slipping. What a terrible little car.
The Aztec was described by some as a dumpster on wheels.
I stopoed after the 1950s Edsel. Dumb content
Idiotic incompetence. Cars from three decades included.
This channel always gets so much wrong. Not only are not all of these cars mot from the 1960s, but they always get their B roll wrong on their videos. During the Rambler Marlin segment, they showed Rambler Classics, Ambassadors, and Americans. This is a problem I have noticed on all of their videos.
Chrysler Imperial, why would that be a WORST car? This makes absolutely no sense. D H
Just a bad video over all. Bye.
1970's is not 1960's...
I took a 1974 mustang two to my junior prom. It wasn’t a bad car not very roomy, but it wasn’t a mustang.
Oh dear, you have quite a few cars from the 1970's. Even I who live in England would realise that quite a few of the cars mentioned are not from the 1960's. You should research the subject with abit more care rather than make a shoddy upload.
The person whom botched this vid probably had a relative like Nader destroying the domestic market for foreign imports. Good intentions paving our roads, I need a Yugo now.
I have no problem getting rid of foreign cars. They're ugly as hell, junky, flimsy, dangerous, overpriced and cost a fortune to service and maintain. I'd rather drive Vegas, Corvairs, Edsels, Volares, Aspens, Mustang IIs, Gremlins, Chevettes and Pacers. They had CLASS!
My guess is they had a millennial or a generation z research this
Poorly done video. Many cars from the 1970s here. Don't trust any technical data stated in the video. Not a good video for those learning.
1960's? First Edsel, 1958... Second Pacer mid-70's..., the Covair is a kid of the 50's (1959), and these are the first 3! Nothing to do with the 60's. The second didn't even exist...
And number 5... The Pinto, from 1971!
Next the Vega... 1971...
Sorry, but this shite has no lack to do with the Sixties at all.
Mustang II... come on!
Gremlin... 1970's
The Pacer came too soon. Today it would sell great along with many extremely ugly vehicles built by Nissan and Subaru. Early model Subaru Outback models looked like a kissing cousin to the Pacer which came along in mid 70's.
The Edsel came out in the late Fifties, the Corvair as well. There were cars from many different decades and there are very often the wrong cars shown. There is hardly a Marlin in the Marlingsegment.
Cannot watch the rest, sorry!
Yes, it’s shite! Should have been 70’s not, 60’s
They got you to? come on, they you.
This video is trash. I would LOVE to have any of these cars especially an Edsel.
You lost me with the 70s cars in a 60s video. Bye
I,had,a,1973,Vega Gt,and,I,really,like,it,I,was,a,lot,of,fun,to,drive,wand,mostly,reliable,the,bodywork,was,iffy,and,rusted,if,rain,even,threatened
UN,it,hit,about40,000,miles,,the'silicon,coating,on,the,cylindr,walls,was,shot,and,I,had,to,sell,it.
my,parents.,took,pity,on,me,and,bought,me,a,1969,Chevy,Malibu,in,prtty,good,condition.They,didn’t,give,m,any,warning,they,just,shoed,up,at,my,dorm,,room,door,and,said,come with,us,so,I,followed,them,to,this,beautiful,little,cevy,Malibu.Ot,only,had,a,307,engine.bu,it,was.still.fairly,peppy,and,I,liked,it.
Volair??
Exactly wtf
VOE-LAR-E
Coop OMG 😂 it's coupe pronounced coopay bru
Here in the USA, "coop" is entirely correct.
@@lancerevell5979 oh OK then I need to apologize for my mistake
@@immermanarnold2938 The rare YT apology. Well done, "matey"!!! 😁