1972 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE & CONCOURS ESTATE STATION WAGON PROMO FILM 19294
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This film first takes a look at the 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle and various models of station wagons that were based on the Chevelle, including the Concours. The Chevelle which was a mid-sized automobile produced from 1964 to 1977 model years in three generations. It was one of Chevrolet’s most successful nameplates. This film was created for sales personnel and will break down the model’s features. Its construction was of a full solid perimeter type frame (1:18). The all welded steel body was attached separately to the frame (1:31) and rubber mounts were placed between the body and frame to help keep noise and vibration down (1:39). Double paneled roof (1:55) and side guard door beams are pointed to (2:07) and they are followed by a test at the Safety Research and Development Center which shows the added factor of occupant safety the guard door beams provided (2:12). Other features include the inner fender at all wheels (2:46), steel cargo guard (3:19), the sealed side terminal battery (3:26), full coil suspension with coils at each wheel (3:53), and the front stabilizer bar (3:59). Six passengers are seen loading into the full foam seats (4:25). As many cars came with a mast type antenna, these came with embedded antennas (4:54). A choice of two wheel bases is given; the 112 inch on two door models and a 116 inch on four door models (5:07). A montage of the model years from 67 to 71 follows (6:39). This segment of the film ends with the information these cars ended up having a high resale value (7:01) and it was produced by the Bill Sandy Company Inc. (7:45). The next segment (8:19) is on Chevrolet’s 1972 mid-sized wagons (8:32). The Nomad, Greenbrier, Concours and Concours Estate (8:19) open the segment. They came in two seat models with either a V6 or V8 (8:41). The Greenbrier and Concours were available in the two or three seat models (8:51). The Concours Estate is pointed to next, and was a midsized wagon that was also available in two or three seat models (9:04). Power steering windows are controlled by either the control on the instrument panel (9:29), by the key operated switch on the tailgate (9:35), or by the switch near the third seat passenger (9:40). The third seat passenger was able to exit or enter through a two-way tailgate and the rear roof was slanted slightly to make access easier (9:53). Outside of an antique shop, the vehicles 84-foot cubic inch cargo space is pointed to (10:32). More concealed storage space is shown in the trunk (10:52) of the two seat models and under the back seat of the three door models (10:57). Other features include the front disk brakes (12:01) and the side guard door beams (12:48). A demonstration is provided from the Safety Research Development Center of how the side guard door beams added to occupant safety (12:52). The embedded antenna is pointed to (13:38) as well as the add-on feature of an equalizer hitch platform (15:05). The Vega Kammback (15:40), Suburban (15:56), SportVan (16:03) and Chevy Blazer are then looked at (16:11). The End. (16:49).
The Chevrolet Chevelle is a mid-sized automobile which was produced by Chevrolet in three generations for the 1964 through 1978 model years. Part of the General Motors (GM) A-body platform, the Chevelle was one of Chevrolet's most successful nameplates. Body styles include coupes, sedans, convertibles and station wagons. Super Sport versions were produced through the 1973 model year, and Lagunas from 1973 through 1976. After a four-year absence, the El Camino was reintroduced as part of the new Chevelle lineup in 1964. The G-body Monte Carlo, introduced in 1970, also used a platform that was based heavily on the Chevelle platform, although it was lengthened ahead of the firewall. The Malibu, the top of the line model through 1972, completely replaced the Chevelle nameplate for the redesigned, downsized 1978 model year. The 1977 models were the last to bear the Chevelle name; with the all-new 1978 models, Malibu became the basic name for Chevrolet's midsize cars.
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Not going to lie, as a child we lived inside a Greenbrier station wagon for a couple of years after my Dad passed away. Unable to afford our home, our Mom took care of us while living in the wagon. My Mom and sister slept in the back while my brother slept in the front seat. I slept in a little pup tent pitched off the back.
It was the mid 1970s when people didn't collect welfare as easily. Mom worked where she could until she found full time work; once I turned 15 I was able to find a job at Blanchard's Shell gas station.
It might be sad if it happened today, but to be honest, its some of the best memories from my childhood. We had a lot of fun playing cards, Yahtzee, jigsaw puzzles, whatever. We did what we had to do. Thankfully there is more options today for people that find theirselves in a similar situation.
1971-1972 Chevrolet Chevelle 2-door is one of the most beautiful cars ever made. Even today it does not look old or dated. What a shame that 1972 was the last good Chevelle model year.
like the Laguna clam shelled wagons
2nd to the 1970 model
I agree!
@@rsprockets7846 had to Google that one , as my buddy had a 76 Laguna.
It was slow ,but we always were impressed when it would do the 1-2 shift at 55-60 and the 2-3 upshift at 100mph.
We never saw much more then 105-110 down a slight incline,most of the time on the level or slight uphill it would lose speed in 3rd 😂
@@Mo-Town_Auto_Icons I hear ya on the 70 , but they shoulda used 71-72 style taillights on the 70 and the look woulda been nailed 100%.
Now that I think of it ,there used to be an oddball running around here back 30yrs ago.
I think it was a 71-72 ,but had a 70 rear bumper.
Or it was a 70 with 71-2 front sheetmetal.
Not sure if it was front clip swapped ,or bumper swapped.
What a great time in automotive history. That was the last of the beautifully styled A bodies. I wish I could buy a new one today. You can keep all the electronic fluff and features of modern cars. At least in those days you knew how to turn off the radio!
And how to work on them
@@m42037 now you have to remove bunch of plastic panels just to do an oil change!!
@@Lacheyenona72 That's why trucks have been the biggest seller's for many years, the cars today are tin cans. My "old" 07 Impala the metal is so thin I tried to fix the front fender and bent up like cardboard I had to take it to Maaco to fix it lol
My parents had a '72 Chevelle wagon 3-seater. It was banana yellow. My dad would fold the back down flat and put down a piece of foam for us to sleep on during road trips. Best thing ever.
These vehicles are absolutely beautiful. The amount of attention paid to detail for entering and exiting at the tailgate, and the high quality craftsmanship is impressive.
To a true chevelle buff that 26 mph crash is tuff to watch !!
My neighbor had either a 71 or 72 wagon when I was a kid. That tailgate that that hinged two ways sure fascinated me.
What a great time to be a kid...I was 10...and loved cars...I own a 1970 Chevelle today...I get more looks and thumbs up in that car than in any thing else Ive owned.
wanna sell it
I agree. I have a 70 SS el Camino and do get thumbs up all the time! I was 10 too!
I got a 72 chevelle Malibu 4 door hard top probably not many left I decided to keep it bought it when I was 18 just got the ls 5.3 dropped in it I love it I got 5 boys they all fit in it and love it as well be awesome if they came out again with the chevelle in 2023 lol
@@beeasy4360 it would be awesome I used to have a 72 two-door Malibu 350 it was green
Anything pre 73 is awesome.
When I got back from my senior trip to Vietnam in back in 72 I got a Malibu SS. One of the best investments I ever made. Paid less than $3500.00 for her back then. Turned down a offer of $90,000.00 a few weeks ago.
Must be a one of one 454 for that kind of money
Oh yea buddy! Respect you fro your service and buying and holding on to her not many can say that....that was money well spent for sure.
1972 was the last year of the great American cars.
That music score... So underrated, the subtle magic of Richard Behrke.
It certainly has that 70s vibe.
My belated graduation present. "Henry" was first automotive love. I still miss him.
I have a blue interior exterior 72 Malibu in my garage. My grandparents bought it new. Has original General Jumbo tire in trunk. I don't drive it only in nice weather. It's the absolute best automobile I've ever owned!
What a gem you have 💪💪👍👍👍
My first car was a 72 concours my parents bought new. Wish I had it back
wanna sell it ?
@@lewiskemp5893 But one there's lots for sale, Google
We drove our 72 Concours Estate to the ground! 175,000 miles from the 307! Great car and great memories.
how koo
Those early 70s Chevelles had a really sexy shape, in my opinion!
The 70 Chevelle SS 454 will always be my favorite muscle car and it's also considered the king of the muscle cars as well.
12 second car with sticky tires
@Ken Sturm Yep you got it brother
@@CJColvin Oh and naturally aspirated I forgot that too unlike most supercars today lol
@@m42037 Exactly mate
We took these cars for granted
Last year of the good looking Chevelle that made you find a way to get it.
Back when they designed cars to be simple, good looking and affordable.
I miss my 72 Heavy Chevy 4 spd Chevelle I got when I was in the Air Force in 1980 had to get rid of it for an overseas assignment had nowhere to keep it😩
I have never heard of the Heavy Chevy. What options/equipment made it so?
@@dwightl5863 Mine was interesting basically it was the SS hood and instrument package but yet mine had drum brakes and a bench seat and none of the fancy chrome that the SS had not many were built I think only at 71 and 72 like I said I had an overseas assignment I couldn’t take it with me to Germany
U got to love those chevelles ALL yrs 64 -87
When I attended Vo-Tech in the early eighties, our school had a donated gold 1972 Concourse Estate. It had been written off brand new after being in a flood. It had less than 100 miles on it and was completely functional. Obviously we only used it for training. It was in remarkably good shape considering some of the hacks that attend auto mechanics to keep from going to juvie.
Is 1970 Chevelle the same in frame of body and doors, water dumping construction? Or just 1972 has all of that things??? Someone tell me please
They are essentially the same car, mechanically. However, horsepower dropped significantly by ‘72 due to tightening emissions standards and the adoption of unleaded fuels.
@@antievilnonane9606 SAME thing (MORE or less) 70-72 , YES...😏👍 (In regards to your questions about the BODY constructions etc.)
The 1973 GM mid-size cars were actually planned for the 1972 model year but the very disruptive UAW strike that lasted for 67 days in 1970 delayed that introduction. Just as well because the GM mid-size cars that followed were never as well made or collectible as the 1968-1972.
I’d rather push one of these , than drive a Prius...
I had a 72 Chevelle, was a Great Car!
So did I and yes they were
Nineteen years old I was making 1970 chevelle hoods. About two month's after startup of build they had engineering change in inner panel. They put a crease in middle of inner mid hood ,left to right so hood would fold up instead of going through windshield.
This is among my favorite cars. I am great fan of the round tail lights recessed into the bumpers, As sharp as these cars are, there were very few of them left on the road by 1980.
Until those holes plug up with mud a rust the guess what happened next ?
Just crossed this path!! Wish they would bring these cars back ( Chevelles) in general!! I wanna drive a 60's Chevelle!!
They went down hill starting in 1973, the great cars of the 1960’s were neutered by the federal government. The insurance industry played a major role as well. The 60’s were the best designed chevelle’s.
As a kid, my parents had Chevelle's. A 70 Malibu and a 71 Malibu.
Those "flush and dry" rocker panels were good for trapping road salt, debris and accelerating rust just like the inner fender wells.
If you had the plastic inner fender you knew that you had a Canadian built car. The U.S. ones were metal.
@@g.k.1669 Some US plants used plastic too, and I think Baltimore used plastic on one side and metal on the other!
Oh the 1970's ... when we all were proud to Americans
and bought better Japanese cars
@Magnus Atheos you think Consumer Reports is a leftist mag?
@@nomadcowatbk them Japanese cars were a piece of shit
You would almost think they would tout a steering wheel as being an awesome addition to the Chevelle
I had a 73' Nova and later a 73' Chevelle. Both with the 307 2bbl. Both had decent power and got 20 MPG.
I had the 71 Chevelle, two door, lime green, Ralley wheels, and mine also had the 307 2bbl. Great car to drive and easy to work on. My first car out of college. Rusted out badly unfortunately. Thanks for posting the video-- it brought back memories.
And 50 years later still going strong..
yep....still have my 68 and 70 man!
My first car was a '71 Chevelle Malibu. Burnt Orange metallic. I remember when she first came home it was foggy one headlight was pointing up. Lol. Miss that car.
My dad have one of this in the 80. Red with white on the top
Man would I love to own one them beauty’s now a day’s! I would take that car over a new one anytime! Any day!👌🥰👍
Me too!
I had a 1972 Chevelle in high school. It was the same green as the 1st car in the video but with a black vinyl roof and interior. Good times.
Did anybody else notice the guy standing over between the car and the wall and nowhere to run in the test lab if the machine should break simulating a bouncy gravel road? Also it's not big as the big cars! Sometime we forget how big the big cars work because this midsize car is so much bigger than the cars we have now. I prefer the 68 Chevelle of this body style.
Back from Vietnam 1969-my first car a SS 396 chevelle 1969-next bought a 1970 SS
Great built cars for the money....Frame,suspension,quality and any engine your heart desired......reason why there is still alot of those 64-72 models still going compared to Ford and Mopar.....just go to a local car show,cruiser or dragstrip.....they will always be a G.M. A-body there.thanks for sharing this.
64,66 70 are my fav chevelle I have 1 of each and 2 70s all SS cars. 64ss 327/325h spd, 66SS 396/375h 4 speed, 70SS 454/450h ls6 and another 70SS 396/375h 4speed. my son has a 71ss 454/425h ls5 and a 72ss 350 automatic daily driver.
Era un coche que estaba bien hecho. Muy bonito.
And Henry Ford thought that that automotive perfection had been reached with the Model T. They didn’t even mention the hard-wearing and attractive nylon carpeting, or the scent of off-gassing plastics (now standard on all models with vinyl seats).
Speaking of gassing, I’m about to let loose with a powerful shart.
I think there must have been some unwritten law which stated all films from the 70's had to include music that made you think of polyester suits and tinted glasses...
Plus sideburns and a porn moustache!
Something between jazz and disco depending on the year.
Our drivers ed car was a 70 Malibu 4 dr. 350 power glide. I liked the car so much that I later got my own 70 SS. Wife made me get rid of it, she was scared of it. I told her to stay away from it, my toy, but relented and damn near gave it away as that was back when they were every where. I wish that they would build them new again, really was a good driving and beautiful car. The insurance companies were the reason I couldn't drive it, they charged just plain stupid money just for basic liability. IIRC something like $4000. / year! About the time that The state required insurance by law. So it sat mostly for several years before I sold it.
When "built to last" was a good thing
Fun fact guys, there's a Canadian version of the Chevelle and that my friends is the Beaumont SD.
Sorry, bought in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
In NZ, it towed heavy boats, and was the car I got my license in.
I Had a 1971 Chevelle it was a great car 🚗🚗
Excellent documental wagons Chevrolet, mark of excellence. I would like a new chevelle 72 350 cu in very smooth, quite and comfort drive.
I use to like this body style. But prefer the 65 and 66 better. Seems the quality is better too.
"Easy maneuverability in heavy traffic"
*makes a basic lane change*
I really like those wagons but it would have been very difficult to choose a 70s Chevelle wagon that could not hold a full sheet of plywood when most of the other options did.
Ford torino and Dodge Coronet wagons were basically 'full size' by that point.
Awesome days
17.09..hood mounted tach?. Never saw one on a Chevelle
I saw that too!!! It's bigger than a Pontiac hood tach. I wonder what it could be.
3:12
As a new Yorker, the HORROR
"Even Ford guys like Chevelles"
Is it any wonder that the Partridge Family had a Concours Estate station wagon
I was thinking the exact same thing!! They also used a 70 Kingswood Estate in the 1st season and I believe a 73 Impala clamshell in the 3rd season. I believe it was in the 2nd season that reuben had a 71 or 2 Chevelle convertible which was seen in a couple of episodes. It is such a shame the stuff automakers are churning out won't in all probability last 10 years...let alone 50:-)
Can I get into a time machine..I wanna go back omg
Very good
Well, I’m sold on the concours estate wagon. I’ll take it.
I have never seen a Chevelle with the external tach in the hood till I watched this clip, I always thought that was a Pontiac thing.
chevelle wagons are nice.
Nice advancements.
0:53 ...Like .... You need 375 HP from a 454. You need Posi traction with a 4/11 rear end.
Trust me.... you need it!!
I am going to run down to my local Chevrolet dealer in the morning and get a wagon.
those front seat sewing split 4 yrs after i had my chevelle el camino
0:30 The Pontiac X body Nova is behind the Chevelle. Were these built on the same assembly line?
3:58 did he say "produce" instead of "reduce"?
The floor pan of my 70 el Camino is the same one they used on the coupe. The anchor mounts for rear seats are there, you just can’t see them.
Sold!
rust after 5 years... STANDARD
Really like the location for the intenna but what were to happen when u needed to actually replace the windsheild
Funny that they talk about mechanical longevity and rust resistance while at the same time selling the Vega, isn't it?
Those Chevelles hiting other Chevelles...that's Chevelle abuse!
it didn't deflect the other car .it merely pushed the car sideways .because of the 45 deg angle
No mention of the El Camino?
So why didn't embedded antennas in the windshield catch on more? My guesses are either they didn't work as well, or made the windshield cumbersome and expensive to replace.
I want a Chevy Chevelle please
Guess I will only call it "Chevelle" now
A time when automobile manufacturers delivered what the people wanted. Now all automobiles are throw away government mandated junk
Honestly, a car that lasted 10 years or got 100,000 miles without having the engine or transmission rebuilt was an uncommon occurrence, unless you really babied it. Now, the _average_ age of a car on the road is 12 years. Do you know why finance contracts use to be three years? Because that was the point where a car started having problems, and people didn't want to keep paying for a car that was in the shop a lot.
My current car is a 99 Mustang GT, and I can remember the service work that either I've done or had done. Leaving out things like tires and fluids I've had:
Struts and shocks replaced (one time)
The clutch replaced (one time)
The radiator flushed (one time)
The brakes replaced (one time)
I replaced the IAC valve one time
I replaced the plugs one time.
I put a new alternator in last month.
I've replaced three of the 8 coil-on-plug parts.
That's it. That's all the mechanic stuff I've done in 23 years. Show me a 72 _anything_ that had that little mechanical work done by 1994, then come back and talk about how modern cars are "throw away government mandated junk".
As far as "government mandated", I'd think most people would think that making cars safer was a good thing.
I'll take this beautiful wide over green Chevelle with a white walls and hubcaps I got more than enough room in my driveway
Embedded antennas didn't stay around long. lol
They've made a comeback-most cars have them now.
@@roger628 True - the center-rear-mounted stubby antennas as well. I almost forgot. :)
73-87 GM trucks
ok il put an order in
15:10 Come to where the favor is.
2:44 "Why are you putting so much emphasis on the 'H'"? Lol
i had 73...base SS model?? it had bucket seats...and a non functional cowel hood auto on the colume 350 2bbl. and factory ralley wheels...it was a odd combo...but back then you could order a new car any way you want...making for some really odd cars
Is it wrong that I am watching this naked?
who else cried when they crash tested that 72 Malibu 2 door. woulda been a great SS candidate
No such thing as a ss canadate. The numbers either show it as a factory ss build or it is just a normal car.
I cringed!
The BEST Chevelle was the 1970 Chevelle SS with a 454 under the hood and 450 plus horsepower!!!!!! 1969 was a close second.
Our Chevelle had a myriad of issues: misfiring, oil leaks, rust after a year… nice looking though.
Don't believe you about the rust after one year maybe five
You wouldn’t happen to have a video about the 1968 nova?
There's a shot of one at 6:41
a 72 307 Chevelle sedan or a 72 318 Plymouth Satellite?🤔
The Plymouth
The 307 was not a very good engine. Try to find one with a 350.
Opala
64 el camino mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Yes , I like the 64 El Camino , when I was in my teens , a house we was working , there was a lifted 4wd one , I just couldn't take my eyes off of it , just wonder if it's still around.
we used to v8 vegas after we picked them up doa for pennies
The best advertising for the 72 chevelle would have been to show people how ugly the 73 was going to be!