The failure of the 1962 Dodge Dart wasn't reliability...it was quite well made. What killed it was Virgil Exner's oddball styling, as well as its downsized dimensions. The Dart became a compact in 1963 and was a sales success for the next 13 years.
Ihad a 1961 Valiant and it was one of the best cars I’ve had in my 63 years of car ownership. Contrary to this commentary my slant six engine (some had an aluminum heads that caused problems but mine was cast iron)was bulletproof and the transmission never gave me any trouble. I only traded up to a ‘66 Chevy, also a great car, because the mileage on the Valiant was getting so high although it was still running fine.
Got as far as the Corvair. Neither Nader nor you apparently knew ANYthing about this car. The '60-63' models had swing axles similar to the VW, and shared their virtues and vices to some degree. Both cars adequately served their intended markets. The '64 had a larger engine and significantly upgraded suspension, and was an excellent handler; the '65-'69 models were improved yet again. The '65 Corsa with the turbo, despite giving away nearly 100 HP, could perform on a road course comparably to the Ford Mustang on the same year. The Corvair wasn't for everyone, but it was well engineered and drove well. Unlike the VW, the heater worked. There were many contemporary cars much less safe. The Taunus, as many noted, wasn't sold here to any great degree. The Dodge Dart, while looking a bit strange, was a typical Chrysler product of the day, not the biggest car in the Dodge lineup, but big enough. They could be optioned for service from taxi to family to police, and were. The Edsel was notable for trying to cover too much space in the market; its models competed with the cheapest Ford all the way to the fanciest Mercury, sharing many parts with these cars. Styling was eye catching (not in such a good way) and build quality wasn't any better than, or perhaps not as good as, the rest of Ford's products. Today, any example in good condition is a collectable. You were too hard to listen to. Your facts are poor and you repeat yourself. Better research and about 1/5 the talk time would improve this video; as it is, uh-uh.
I owned one..a Monza. .It leaked oil like a sith..the steering was dangerous..exhaust came inside the cab.. I was going to give it away..but I was ashamed to so. I junked it @@patrickbass3542
1962 Dodge Darts came with 225 slant six's and 318 V8's which where always bullet proof engines. But you could also get it with 413 V8 which would probably break things when you were kicking everybodies ass in town when drag racing them :) But it wasn't a pretty pig.
The commentary on the Valiant is a COMPLETE LOAD OF RUBBISH!!!! We had this car in Australia, & it was by far one of the most popular cars of the time, with huge amounts sold. We only got the larger slant six (not the smaller one), & it was way more powerful than what Ford & GM offered !! Also the engine was totally reliable & the push button auto was completely bullet proof - one of the best auto trans ever offered in Australia.
Since you have no idea what you're talking about I'll tell you why the AMC Rebel Javelin and AMX didn't sell as well as Ford or GM. People in those days trusted Ford and GM more than Chrysler and AMC. It wasn't about any particular model as far as the public was concerned. Chrysler and AMC were seen as lower overall quality, especially AMC.
When I was shopping for my first new car I test drove a Javelin, I liked the styling but the interior seemed cheap to me and when i test drove, it felt cheap, good looking but not something I was going to buy.
62 Dart & 63 220 thru 500 B body unreliable? Wow, that is completely the opposite my experiences with a 63 Dodge 440 series (not 440 engine). 62 was the first year for the all aluminum Torqueflite transmission. It was an engineering breakthrough that took GM & Ford several years to catch up to. A low profile light weight trans coupled to a small diameter torque converter and the industries first bear reduction starter. Other firsts for the 62: An alternator rather than a generator, airfoil windshield wipers, integral power steering (others were stuck with a slave cylinder style), integral air conditioning not add on. Unreliable engines? One engine available was the slant 6 an engine that has been voted the most reliable gasoline engine ever. Then there ware the 318, 361, & 383. I had the 383 & it was almost indestructable. Currently I have a 727 torqueflite (same basic trans as the 62) in an 88 1 ton camper van. I have driven that thing all over the country without a problem. A worst car? How about a worst U-tube video.
There's nothing more vain to me than when people are trying to give their own opinion a false sense of credibility by acting as if they are an expert or any of the sort. I.e. by calling anything they don't like "dumb". To be more specific, real-life car expert Jay Leno has been going over the wrongfully assumed flaws with the Corvair on several occations. My point being that there's a difference between being a self-proclaimed expert with nothing but other people's opinions to refer to v.s. having actual, practical experience spanning over more than half a century, as in mr.Leno's case.
I'm also not going to let you make up lies about the Edsel. The Edsel didn't sell because it was considered somewhat odd looking and it was fairly expensive and there was a recession in 1959. It isn't known for reliability issues as it used the same engine and transmission as the Galaxie. Stop making shit up.
As far as the Chevelle 300, you bought a Cheap car to swap engines to make it a Street Beast. This particular array of vehicles seems to be written by someone who has NO IMAGINATION, is NOT A MOTORHEAD and has NO IDEA what he’s talking about. As far as the AMC vehicles he’s Spot On but follow the history of most of the other cars you’ll see that THEY were some of the coolest sought after road machines that WERE MADE to be BEASTS!! This just MY opinion and the years following their initial manufacture PROOF that for example, a 2 door poster chevy or Ford or Mopar were the fastest street cars and still are til this day. Mainly because most Motorheads have little money BUT, lots of knowledge , ambition and tenacity to BUILD THEIR CAR THEIR WAY!
My family had a 1960 Dodge Dart. It was an EXCELLENT family car. We sold it because I was going to have driver Ed in school and it would be an automatic so my dad bought another Plymouth. Which he really liked, too. In any kind of half-decent partially restored shape these cars e.g Corvair, Marlin are very sought after. Next in this series they will be mocking the XKE and 300SL gullwing for not being as fast as a Countach.
Several of those cars, if you look at- reliability and long life probably ranks as some of the best cars ever made. I can easily drive 100k in a 64 chevelle for a fraction of the cost a new Audi would need.
The Marlin was a slightly heaver version of the classic. the 327 v8 had 270 hp. and was a solid engine ( ive got one with 500k miles on it.}. The javelin came out next and AMC fixed most of the issues.but they were behind in the money car market. Same problem with Studibaker and the Hawk and Avanti
And now youre going to dump on the Comet wagon? You dont have a clue! The Comet was wildly popular just like the Falcon. In 1963 people were sensible so they didnt care about having a high performance station wagon! It wasnt designed to be outstanding in any way it was designed to be cheap family wagon! You're using todays standards on yesterday's cars and it's not fair nor reasonable. In conclusion, you have no idea what youre talking about!
The 340 V8 Dart was a great car the big block killer the 1970 Dart was a good buy you could get them right out of the showroom with a 7.000rpm 340 V8 they kicked butt
Chrysler Corp. has a long, odd, history. They've made some of the nerdiest cars in history and some of the coolest ones as well. When I think of Chrysler, I prefer to remember Demons, and Roadrunners, and Chargers, and Challengers.
The GT350H was also a favorite among some persons that would remove the Hurst engine and replace it with their own underpowered engiine , and then return the the rental. Wonder how many were ever litigated, if any?
Another example of someone coming up with a theme for a video which they know absolutely nothing. Every 2 door dart shown is either a real or clone Super Stock. Try finding a real one for under 100k!
Being as old as I am i was around and drove some of these cars he talks about but lot what he said I never heard or knew about I so I would question his info about reliability. Will give him this some 60S cars were ugly ducklings then again made with some of the most beautiful classics ever made in that decade but we had lot more choices of makes and models then we have today so if you didn't like it always had another choice.
Two of my friends bought Corvair convertibles new, never had a lick of trouble with either car. I know for a fact that one of those Corvairs is still running and being driven.
62 dart never had mechanical problem the slant six was one of the most dependable engine ever and the design is very collectable now this is a dumb vidio
We had a 1958 Ford Taunus 17M which was a great car. It had the look of the 1956 Fords (US) and wasn't ugly like the 1961 shown in the video. It was bought in the time when everyone were getting VW Beetles. In comparison to the Beetle it was faster, better riding, better suspension, and it had exciting design for a small car of the day. We took a trip (two adults, 1 child and 1 dog) from Maryland to Northern Wisconsin and it kept up with traffic doing 85 mph all day long at around 30 mpg. It had very comfortable seating in both the front and rear and a huge trunk. My father said it was great driving across the street car tracks in D.C. on his daily commute.
You are also exaggerating the problems with the Corvair. Despite Ralph Nader's efforts to kill it the Crovair sold well for 10 years and the second model is very good, just like the Pinto. Those are facts you cant run away from. You need to stick to the facts not your opinions 60 years later.
I had often described the flawed design choices in my 2016 Jeep Compass as reminiscent of early 70's Plymouth styling. As I watched this video, I realized I was wrong. My 2016 Comapass made many of the same mistakes as the early _60's_ Plymouths.
My dad drove a 62 Dart as his police vehicle when I was a little kid. He went from a 1959 Impala to the Dart and my dad hated all Chevys but preferred the Impala to the Dart. He told me the Darts that he drove had the wedge motor and they were really fast, but terrible drivers, the handling was terrible. The city he worked for had a fleet of 1962 Darts, so he drove quite a few of them for about 5 years. He said the handling was horrible, especially for a Police car, a few got wrecked and dad said thats because they drove like a sled. Dad was a Lincoln man, his personal car in those days was a beautiful white 1956 Lincoln Continental MKII. My Dad was a car guy his whole life
I had a 1964 Ford Taunus when stationed in West Germany in the US Army from 1976-1977. It was a four door with a v-4 engine, 4 speed column shift vehicle that really needed to stay off the autobahn as it had a hard time getting up to 140km, which is really the slowest one can expect to be able to get away with lest a driver is hoping to piss off his/her fellow drivers on the Autobahn. But, it was reliable, and with A/C it got really decent fuel mileage - which was important as even with US subsidies for a limited amount of gasoline per month, fuel was fairly costly. There are times I wish I had shipped it to the US when I completed my time in the military, just gor giggles and grins if for no other reason. That said, it is no surprise that Ford trying to bring the Taunus to the US ended up flopping is no surprise. It had a very European kind of style that no American would have wanted to be related to - kind of like Peugots.
I owned a 1961 Valiant, a red 2 door hardtop with the slant 6 and push button automatic. It had over 100,000 miles on it when I bought it and I kept it for 9yrs it had over 300,000 miles on it when my wife slid off the road in an ice storm and totalled it. The only thing I had to repair in all that time was a set of lower ball joints. The slant 6 is indestructible and the push button was called the Rock crusher.
You won't believe the hyperbole in this video! Nor will you actually see Jay Leno, as the creator photo shopped his image to get more clicks. I lived during the 60s and I can tell you that none of these were dumb. The Edsel outsold the 57 Chevy, and introduced several new features that Ford used on it's other models. The Dodge Darts were very good cars and sold well, the Corvair had handling problems and the engineers at GM eventually over rode the bean counters and fixed the suspension.
Got parts from jeep to slow down the stearing beefed the shocks up . And fatter premium tires tamed the shrew. 😊 Then got drafted ..parents sold off my ideas off😮
We had a '62 Dart from 1965 to 1973. We had our share of problems with it (body rusting, buttons would jam). We had to replace the engine once. But it faithfully took us all over the upper midwest in 1971 for our vacation.
I owned a 63 Dodge Dart 318 V8 automatic. It was very dependable, and acceleration was OK. After I worked on the engine, it became another of my hot rods. Whoever put this video together didn't know what they were talking about. This is also true for the Chevrolet Corvair. My band director and teacher would get a new one every year and sell his old one to me. The Corvair was a great car and improved with every new year. The Monza Spider was a very good sports car. I would blow the doors off other fast cars, and when they met me in the twisties, they could not keep up.
We had a 62 Mercury Comet and that was the weakest car you could imagine. I think it was a 170 6 cylinder, some reason the number 141 is in my head, and it had the tiniest little carburetor I've ever seen! It looked like it belonged on a Lawn mower. Backed up by a 2-speed automatic this was not the thing to run around Denver and the Foothills to the west. That was one slow beast. Then they follow up with talking about the 61 valiant. The slant 6 is a pretty reliable motor. I guess it's just another BS video
There's an old saying that goes " Opinions are like noses and ass holes everybody's got one " the people that are making these videos obviously don't know shit about cars , and believe it or not a vehicle can be modified to overcome any short comings or problems , i e overheating for example you could install a radiator with more lines and switch to an electric fan , if you have a. 1961 Tuanas and you're not happy with the performance you could swap out the engine for a 289 c.i.d. small block V8 performance problem solved !
The 62 Dodge, he said it had a lot of transmission problems, however, the Chrysler Torque Flite transmission proved to one of the best transmissions built. This is a case of someone has a nickles worth of information an thinks they have $2.75 worth. Lets face it, every company has put out some lemons. To say an entire run of one model is bad is unintelligent
Thats all right, the Mustang was sleeping under the skin of the Taunis. Dodge to this day has problems with its designs, ugly. The Corvair was genius 👍. The Valiant was no prince. There's that ugly Chrysler design dept at work again. The Sland 6-cylinder engine was on it the greatest of all time. AMC, Rambler?, move along, nothing to see there 350GT H, genius, icon, beautiful design👍👍. Finally, Chevy is all about its engines.
I owned a 65 Corvair and loved it. True you had to spend time learning how to deal with the way it handled but once you learned you ended up with a car that handled really well. I didn't care to much for the 1960-64 model but the 65-69 cars were great. They also made to great mod car if you got the Crown V8 conversion you had a true mid-engine car that could take on any Ferrari on a mountain road. If you did get a Corvair if you got the 140hp engine the car was so light that it performed pretty good. It had a better cyl head design with 4 1bbl carbs and much larger valves. And there were aftermarket add-ons like scrapping the stock carbs and mounting a single 4bbl carb for even better performance.
Each and every car is a classic, some in demand more than others. You will see these cars at show and shines and if you have deep pockets you can purchase a 1960 Edsel Ranger convertible, there were few made.
6:08 - "Sedans, Station Wagons, and Hart Tops" - wouldn't the Sedan and Station Wagons both be hard tops ? - I am clicking to the next vid now after the Taunus description seemed to drone on forever.
you know you are wasting your times here when the first car of a video called 10 DUMBEST and WORST Cars in America in the 1960s is of a car made in Germany and never sold in the USA and Canada
Show us your face. "was the taunus 17m imported to the united states?" No, the Ford Taunus 17M was not widely imported to the United States; while a very small number may have been brought in by individuals, it was not officially sold by Ford in the American market, primarily being marketed and sold in Europe by Ford Germany.
Ok, so mostly ugly cars but most everyone here agrees this is a big bunch of old news & commentary about things that are obvious….EXCEPT for some glaring omissions or mistakes by whoever this self-proclaimed expert is. Some of us old farts like me (I’m 75) remember these cars and they were what was considered the common vehicles available snd in some cases like mine, ALL WE COULD AFFORD! In my case in 1972 I was a young 23 year old guy with a wonderful wife and two young daughters and suddenly unemployed. Why I was unemployed was a reflection of the economic downturns of the times and layoffs were like an epidemic. We needed a “family car” so I bought a very used ‘63 Comet Wagon, body in bad shape, complete with a decent sized hole in the floor In front of the drivers seat, so if course it was nicknamed the “Fred Flintstone Fireball Special”. Fireball you say? Yup! That little wagon had a 260-V8 the same engine that was the base V8 for the soon to be introduced Mustang ; the Mustangs hi performance 289 was a great engine, available with tweaks like a 4 barrel carb, 3/4 cam with solid lifters, etc…(I guy I knew had one and promised me first shot when he was going to sell it…,but he lied, his personality flaw and BS artist)… ANYWAY ! My point is that the person who posted this opinion piece NEVER MENTIONED the 260 V8 in the Comet. Mine was a a peppy ugly beast that could haul decent cargo, be it me plus my wife (still is, 57 years later!) and our 2 kids OR lots of heavy equipment. I apologize for this long post but that old Comet was perfect for me, an unemployed family man. Inositol $125 for it, and two years later sold it for the same price! If I can find my pics of my Flintstone car I’ll post later! PS: one last minor goof; one of the station wagons in the video was NOT a Comet, but the then “mid size” model, the Mercury METEOR. Peace everybody…and Happy Motoring! 😊
And how can you talk about the AMC Marlin without mentioning the 1966 Baraccuda that copied its looks? Both were underwhelming so neither sold well but the Marlin was a better car. Ramblers were more reliable than anything Chrysler made at the time. You dont seem to know much of anything about old cars. You keep picking at cars that weren't so bad at all.
The Marlin was based on the Tarpon , and they're basically the same design. The Tarpon came out in 1964 , as did the first Valiant Barracuda ( early 1964) so I doubt there was any copying, as they dont really even resemble one another, the '66 and '67 Dodge Charger is more similar to the Marlin . I recognize that the AMC's were good and reliable , even a bit more powerful in 6 cylinder form , but the slant 6 , and Torqueflite ( and manual box) were the epitome of reliability.
The Ford Taunus was a Falcon with different lights so you're illogical for saying it wasn't a good car. The Falcon was one of the most successful cars ever.
Rubbish, the Dart was an excellent car. It's odd looks were an acquired taste but it suited my parents very well and it was great for me when I inherited it and they bought a New Yorker (old man's car)
I had to stop watching this when it stated the 62 Dart was unreliable, anyone with an inkling of car knowledge knows that the Slant 6 was as close to bulletproof as engines come.
The Corvair the chev VW lemon they had no power and try starting it in winter my buddy had one years ago rent a race car what did they think would happen I would rather have the 351 clev V8 in the Mustang
Well the Taunus sold in the UK they will buy ugly cars but in Canada and the USA on way would I have drove that thing and a 1.4 or 1.7 motor you would have to get out and push it up a hill lol
How stupid can it be? Ford Taunus was never mend to compare with any american fuel hungry V8. It was a very popular car in europe. The owners loved their car, and it provided space for a hole family. Driving were excellent, and it was made for european ways. It's a bit boring hearing all that crap of european cars. Most of them were build to be economic and practic for daily use. It wasn't that common to have a car in the nineteen fifties and sixties in europe.
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The failure of the 1962 Dodge Dart wasn't reliability...it was quite well made. What killed it was Virgil Exner's oddball styling, as well as its downsized dimensions. The Dart became a compact in 1963 and was a sales success for the next 13 years.
there was nothing wrong with the 1962 Dodge Dart
Ihad a 1961 Valiant and it was one of the best cars I’ve had in my 63 years of car ownership. Contrary to this commentary my slant six engine (some had an aluminum heads that caused problems but mine was cast iron)was bulletproof and the transmission never gave me any trouble. I only traded up to a ‘66 Chevy, also a great car, because the mileage on the Valiant was getting so high although it was still running fine.
My brother bought a 65 Valiant convertible, he loved that car, we all did, no problems with it ever.
Got as far as the Corvair. Neither Nader nor you apparently knew ANYthing about this car. The '60-63' models had swing axles similar to the VW, and shared their virtues and vices to some degree. Both cars adequately served their intended markets. The '64 had a larger engine and significantly upgraded suspension, and was an excellent handler; the '65-'69 models were improved yet again. The '65 Corsa with the turbo, despite giving away nearly 100 HP, could perform on a road course comparably to the Ford Mustang on the same year. The Corvair wasn't for everyone, but it was well engineered and drove well. Unlike the VW, the heater worked. There were many contemporary cars much less safe.
The Taunus, as many noted, wasn't sold here to any great degree. The Dodge Dart, while looking a bit strange, was a typical Chrysler product of the day, not the biggest car in the Dodge lineup, but big enough. They could be optioned for service from taxi to family to police, and were. The Edsel was notable for trying to cover too much space in the market; its models competed with the cheapest Ford all the way to the fanciest Mercury, sharing many parts with these cars. Styling was eye catching (not in such a good way) and build quality wasn't any better than, or perhaps not as good as, the rest of Ford's products. Today, any example in good condition is a collectable.
You were too hard to listen to. Your facts are poor and you repeat yourself. Better research and about 1/5 the talk time would improve this video; as it is, uh-uh.
The Corvair was actually an engineering marvel and performed quite well even with Nader's criticism!
Corvairs had recommended tire pressures of 16front 26 rear. Setting the pressures at 28 front 28 rear (which people did) caused handling problems.
I owned one..a Monza. .It leaked oil like a sith..the steering was dangerous..exhaust came inside the cab.. I was going to give it away..but I was ashamed to so. I junked it @@patrickbass3542
That's what I was going to say
It sounds like the narrator was an AI robot.
That red souped up 62 Dart is an awesome looking car. I have that same Nixon's the One bumper sticker.
A 62’ Dodge Dart 2 door poster with a 413 or 440 Max Wedge was a Street Beast and wanted by Many True Motorheads!!
That last one (red) burning rubber in a parking lot looked like a winner.
It was junk
@@geoffreybailey3512probably a 11 second quarter mile elapsed time easily.
1962 Dodge Darts came with 225 slant six's and 318 V8's which where always bullet proof engines. But you could also get it with 413 V8 which would probably break things when you were kicking everybodies ass in town when drag racing them :) But it wasn't a pretty pig.
The Dart had two slant 6 choices, the 225 CI with a 2 barrel carb and the lesser 195 CI. My uncle at that time was a Dodge Dealer.
In 1962, the 2 slant 6's was 170, and the 225. In 1970, the 170 was dropped and replaced with a 198.
WHAT A BUNCH OF BS !
Yeah, so mrkans didn't like the cortina platform ?. (More cowbell?).
The Valiant, especially the 2 door coupe with the 273 or 383 BB made this a real Sleeper on the street!
The commentary on the Valiant is a COMPLETE LOAD OF RUBBISH!!!! We had this car in Australia, & it was by far one of the most popular cars of the time, with huge amounts sold. We only got the larger slant six (not the smaller one), & it was way more powerful than what Ford & GM offered !! Also the engine was totally reliable & the push button auto was completely bullet proof - one of the best auto trans ever offered in Australia.
Or here in the US. I had a 61also and it had over 300,000 on it.
European built as well. Good reputation.
My 1960 made VALIANT had NEVER a big problem in 64 years! And i still use it!
Yeah Australia? The video represents the success in America!
Loved and miss my 62 Polara 500. 361 with factory A/C
The Styling was Fabulous. Weird is a good thing 😅
Since you have no idea what you're talking about I'll tell you why the AMC Rebel Javelin and AMX didn't sell as well as Ford or GM. People in those days trusted Ford and GM more than Chrysler and AMC. It wasn't about any particular model as far as the public was concerned. Chrysler and AMC were seen as lower overall quality, especially AMC.
When I was shopping for my first new car I test drove a Javelin, I liked the styling but the interior seemed cheap to me and when i test drove, it felt cheap, good looking but not something I was going to buy.
Your loss!@@Barbarra63297
These are all opinions stated as facts. That is extremely common nowadays.
Like you just did. Theyxwere ugly pieces of crap. Stellantis made them worse. Fucking scrap.
62 Dart & 63 220 thru 500 B body unreliable? Wow, that is completely the opposite my experiences with a 63 Dodge 440 series (not 440 engine). 62 was the first year for the all aluminum Torqueflite transmission. It was an engineering breakthrough that took GM & Ford several years to catch up to. A low profile light weight trans coupled to a small diameter torque converter and the industries first bear reduction starter. Other firsts for the 62: An alternator rather than a generator, airfoil windshield wipers, integral power steering (others were stuck with a slave cylinder style), integral air conditioning not add on. Unreliable engines? One engine available was the slant 6 an engine that has been voted the most reliable gasoline engine ever. Then there ware the 318, 361, & 383. I had the 383 & it was almost indestructable. Currently I have a 727 torqueflite (same basic trans as the 62) in an 88 1 ton camper van. I have driven that thing all over the country without a problem. A worst car? How about a worst U-tube video.
There's nothing more vain to me than when people are trying to give their own opinion a false sense of credibility by acting as if they are an expert or any of the sort. I.e. by calling anything they don't like "dumb". To be more specific, real-life car expert Jay Leno has been going over the wrongfully assumed flaws with the Corvair on several occations. My point being that there's a difference between being a self-proclaimed expert with nothing but other people's opinions to refer to v.s. having actual, practical experience spanning over more than half a century, as in mr.Leno's case.
This first car was never sold in the U.S. So there's that.
The valiant with the 273 or 383 made this a Really cool sleeper and its looks, to me, are Sleeper Worthy, especially the 2 door coupe!!
@johnfrasca9928 Valiants were weird. An ugly car that was capable of looking badass with just a set of nice rims and a good waxing. 👍
I'm also not going to let you make up lies about the Edsel. The Edsel didn't sell because it was considered somewhat odd looking and it was fairly expensive and there was a recession in 1959. It isn't known for reliability issues as it used the same engine and transmission as the Galaxie. Stop making shit up.
It also looks very fine,to me.
As far as the Chevelle 300, you bought a Cheap car to swap engines to make it a Street Beast. This particular array of vehicles seems to be written by someone who has NO IMAGINATION, is NOT A MOTORHEAD and has NO IDEA what he’s talking about. As far as the AMC vehicles he’s Spot On but follow the history of most of the other cars you’ll see that THEY were some of the coolest sought after road machines that WERE MADE to be BEASTS!!
This just MY opinion and the years following their initial manufacture PROOF that for example, a 2 door poster chevy or Ford or Mopar were the fastest street cars and still are til this day. Mainly because most Motorheads have little money BUT, lots of knowledge , ambition and tenacity to BUILD THEIR CAR THEIR WAY!
My family had a 1960 Dodge Dart. It was an EXCELLENT family car. We sold it because I was going to have driver Ed in school and it would be an automatic so my dad bought another Plymouth. Which he really liked, too.
In any kind of half-decent partially restored shape these cars e.g Corvair, Marlin are very sought after. Next in this series they will be mocking the XKE and 300SL gullwing for not being as fast as a Countach.
My advice would be to enjoy the footage, ignore the voice track but read the comments.😊
Several of those cars, if you look at- reliability and long life probably ranks as some of the best cars ever made. I can easily drive 100k in a 64 chevelle for a fraction of the cost a new Audi would need.
I lived through the 60's. I've owned or worked on almost all of these cars. You're full of crap. Nothing but click-bait!
The Ford taunus 17m was very popular in Europe but I can understand that it wasn't popular in the US.
The Dodge Dart -62 is one of my favorite car's .
I actually like the '62 Dodge Dart body style. I like the '61 Plymouth Valiant, too.
The Marlin was a slightly heaver version of the classic. the 327 v8 had 270 hp. and was a solid engine ( ive got one with 500k miles on it.}. The javelin came out next and AMC fixed most of the issues.but they were behind in the money car market. Same problem with Studibaker and the Hawk and Avanti
And now youre going to dump on the Comet wagon? You dont have a clue! The Comet was wildly popular just like the Falcon. In 1963 people were sensible so they didnt care about having a high performance station wagon! It wasnt designed to be outstanding in any way it was designed to be cheap family wagon! You're using todays standards on yesterday's cars and it's not fair nor reasonable. In conclusion, you have no idea what youre talking about!
AI stupidity
The 340 V8 Dart was a great car the big block killer the 1970 Dart was a good buy you could get them right out of the showroom with a 7.000rpm 340 V8 they kicked butt
Classic Cars is now an AI platform that repeats the same info, more than 5 times on EVERY car......
Chrysler Corp. has a long, odd, history. They've made some of the nerdiest cars in history and some of the coolest ones as well. When I think of Chrysler, I prefer to remember Demons, and Roadrunners, and Chargers, and Challengers.
The GT350H was also a favorite among some persons that would remove the Hurst engine and replace it with their own underpowered engiine , and then return the the rental. Wonder how many were ever litigated, if any?
I hadteo Marlins and loved them both.
The 60 Edsel, 62 Dart? WTF? The 60 Edsel got the 375 hp 390. The 62 Dart had the 413.
Another example of someone coming up with a theme for a video which they know absolutely nothing. Every 2 door dart shown is either a real or clone Super Stock. Try finding a real one for under 100k!
Why does the Edsel Ranger say Corsair?
Yep, you nailed it.
my friend Craig and told me he took his 62 dart out on Walker Rd. I asked him how fast he did he go. He said the speedometer read 110 when it busted.
Being as old as I am i was around and drove some of these cars he talks about but lot what he said I never heard or knew about I so I would question his info about reliability. Will give him this some 60S cars were ugly ducklings then again made with some of the most beautiful classics ever made in that decade but we had lot more choices of makes and models then we have today so if you didn't like it always had another choice.
Two of my friends bought Corvair convertibles new, never had a lick of trouble with either car. I know for a fact that one of those Corvairs is still running and being driven.
62 dart never had mechanical problem the slant six was one of the most dependable engine ever and the design is very collectable now this is a dumb vidio
We had a 1958 Ford Taunus 17M which was a great car. It had the look of the 1956 Fords (US) and wasn't ugly like the 1961 shown in the video. It was bought in the time when everyone were getting VW Beetles. In comparison to the Beetle it was faster, better riding, better suspension, and it had exciting design for a small car of the day. We took a trip (two adults, 1 child and 1 dog) from Maryland to Northern Wisconsin and it kept up with traffic doing 85 mph all day long at around 30 mpg. It had very comfortable seating in both the front and rear and a huge trunk. My father said it was great driving across the street car tracks in D.C. on his daily commute.
You are also exaggerating the problems with the Corvair. Despite Ralph Nader's efforts to kill it the Crovair sold well for 10 years and the second model is very good, just like the Pinto. Those are facts you cant run away from. You need to stick to the facts not your opinions 60 years later.
I had often described the flawed design choices in my 2016 Jeep Compass as reminiscent of early 70's Plymouth styling. As I watched this video, I realized I was wrong. My 2016 Comapass made many of the same mistakes as the early _60's_ Plymouths.
The Comet Villager was actually a good looking wagon. It just lacked power.
My dad drove a 62 Dart as his police vehicle when I was a little kid.
He went from a 1959 Impala to the Dart and my dad hated all Chevys but preferred the Impala to the Dart.
He told me the Darts that he drove had the wedge motor and they were really fast, but terrible drivers, the handling was terrible.
The city he worked for had a fleet of 1962 Darts, so he drove quite a few of them for about 5 years.
He said the handling was horrible, especially for a Police car, a few got wrecked and dad said thats because they drove like a sled.
Dad was a Lincoln man, his personal car in those days was a beautiful white 1956 Lincoln Continental MKII.
My Dad was a car guy his whole life
I had a 1964 Ford Taunus when stationed in West Germany in the US Army from 1976-1977. It was a four door with a v-4 engine, 4 speed column shift vehicle that really needed to stay off the autobahn as it had a hard time getting up to 140km, which is really the slowest one can expect to be able to get away with lest a driver is hoping to piss off his/her fellow drivers on the Autobahn. But, it was reliable, and with A/C it got really decent fuel mileage - which was important as even with US subsidies for a limited amount of gasoline per month, fuel was fairly costly. There are times I wish I had shipped it to the US when I completed my time in the military, just gor giggles and grins if for no other reason. That said, it is no surprise that Ford trying to bring the Taunus to the US ended up flopping is no surprise. It had a very European kind of style that no American would have wanted to be related to - kind of like Peugots.
I owned a 1961 Valiant, a red 2 door hardtop with the slant 6 and push button automatic. It had over 100,000 miles on it when I bought it and I kept it for 9yrs it had over 300,000 miles on it when my wife slid off the road in an ice storm and totalled it. The only thing I had to repair in all that time was a set of lower ball joints. The slant 6 is indestructible and the push button was called the Rock crusher.
You won't believe the hyperbole in this video! Nor will you actually see Jay Leno, as the creator photo shopped his image to get more clicks. I lived during the 60s and I can tell you that none of these were dumb. The Edsel outsold the 57 Chevy, and introduced several new features that Ford used on it's other models. The Dodge Darts were very good cars and sold well, the Corvair had handling problems and the engineers at GM eventually over rode the bean counters and fixed the suspension.
Got parts from jeep to slow down the stearing beefed the shocks up . And fatter premium tires tamed the shrew. 😊 Then got drafted ..parents sold off my ideas off😮
see my experience above. I got drafted too. By that time had a 65 mustang 289. Family sold it but as an E2 I really needed the money.
We had a '62 Dart from 1965 to 1973. We had our share of problems with it (body rusting, buttons would jam). We had to replace the engine once. But it faithfully took us all over the upper midwest in 1971 for our vacation.
Another video about cars by someone who doesn't know anything about cars.
Probably knows more than you
@@BruceNewton-jw1ht I actually owned some of these cars.
Facts & voice are A I
When talking about the Comet Villager, don't be throwing in snippets of video of a Mercury Meteor.
the dart was a very good car,,,
I owned a 63 Dodge Dart 318 V8 automatic. It was very dependable, and acceleration was OK. After I worked on the engine, it became another of my hot rods. Whoever put this video together didn't know what they were talking about. This is also true for the Chevrolet Corvair. My band director and teacher would get a new one every year and sell his old one to me. The Corvair was a great car and improved with every new year. The Monza Spider was a very good sports car. I would blow the doors off other fast cars, and when they met me in the twisties, they could not keep up.
We had a 62 Mercury Comet and that was the weakest car you could imagine. I think it was a 170 6 cylinder, some reason the number 141 is in my head, and it had the tiniest little carburetor I've ever seen! It looked like it belonged on a Lawn mower. Backed up by a 2-speed automatic this was not the thing to run around Denver and the Foothills to the west. That was one slow beast. Then they follow up with talking about the 61 valiant. The slant 6 is a pretty reliable motor. I guess it's just another BS video
I had a 62 Corvair. the Corvair did not have "handling problems". It had "driver problems"!
There's an old saying that goes " Opinions are like noses and ass holes everybody's got one " the people that are making these videos obviously don't know shit about cars , and believe it or not a vehicle can be modified to overcome any short comings or problems , i e overheating for example you could install a radiator with more lines and switch to an electric fan , if you have a. 1961 Tuanas and you're not happy with the performance you could swap out the engine for a 289 c.i.d. small block V8 performance problem solved !
The 62 Dodge, he said it had a lot of transmission problems, however, the Chrysler Torque Flite transmission proved to one of the best transmissions built. This is a case of someone has a nickles worth of information an thinks they have $2.75 worth. Lets face it, every company has put out some lemons. To say an entire run of one model is bad is unintelligent
Thats all right, the Mustang was sleeping under the skin of the Taunis. Dodge to this day has problems with its designs, ugly.
The Corvair was genius 👍.
The Valiant was no prince. There's that ugly Chrysler design dept at work again. The Sland 6-cylinder engine was on it the greatest of all time.
AMC, Rambler?, move along, nothing to see there
350GT H, genius, icon, beautiful design👍👍.
Finally, Chevy is all about its engines.
I had 67 Corvair monza. It was the first car I bought after leaving the Navy.
I owned a 65 Corvair and loved it. True you had to spend time learning how to deal with the way it handled but once you learned you ended up with a car that handled really well.
I didn't care to much for the 1960-64 model but the 65-69 cars were great. They also made to great mod car if you got the Crown V8 conversion you had a true mid-engine car that could take on any Ferrari on a mountain road.
If you did get a Corvair if you got the 140hp engine the car was so light that it performed pretty good. It had a better cyl head design with 4 1bbl carbs and much larger valves. And there were aftermarket add-ons like scrapping the stock carbs and mounting a single 4bbl carb for even better performance.
The 2nd Generation Corvair, especially the Monza was a fine car. Wow, this is BS. What happened to You Tube. ?
"Worst cars in America?"...then you lead off with a foreign car!...What crap!
60s were strange at all 🙂 drugs, hippies, Vietnam, president murdered, KKK and these cars :-))
Each and every car is a classic, some in demand more than others. You will see these cars at show and shines and if you have deep pockets you can purchase a 1960 Edsel Ranger convertible, there were few made.
6:08 - "Sedans, Station Wagons, and Hart Tops" - wouldn't the Sedan and Station Wagons both be hard tops ? - I am clicking to the next vid now after the Taunus description seemed to drone on forever.
you know you are wasting your times here when the first car of a video called 10 DUMBEST and WORST Cars in America in the 1960s is of a car made in Germany and never sold in the USA and Canada
Show us your face.
"was the taunus 17m imported to the united states?"
No, the Ford Taunus 17M was not widely imported to the United States; while a very small number may have been brought in by individuals, it was not officially sold by Ford in the American market, primarily being marketed and sold in Europe by Ford Germany.
my corvairs can out stop an out turn any 60 70 car this guy does not know anything about them...an i now have 6
Ok, so mostly ugly cars but most everyone here agrees this is a big bunch of old news & commentary about things that are obvious….EXCEPT for some glaring omissions or mistakes by whoever this self-proclaimed expert is. Some of us old farts like me (I’m 75) remember these cars and they were what was considered the common vehicles available snd in some cases like mine, ALL WE COULD AFFORD! In my case in 1972 I was a young 23 year old guy with a wonderful wife and two young daughters and suddenly unemployed. Why I was unemployed was a reflection of the economic downturns of the times and layoffs were like an epidemic. We needed a “family car” so I bought a very used ‘63 Comet Wagon, body in bad shape, complete with a decent sized hole in the floor
In front of the drivers seat, so if course it was nicknamed the “Fred Flintstone Fireball Special”. Fireball you say? Yup! That little wagon had a 260-V8 the same engine that was the base V8 for the soon to be introduced Mustang ; the Mustangs hi performance 289 was a great engine, available with tweaks like a 4 barrel carb, 3/4 cam with solid lifters, etc…(I guy I knew had one and promised me first shot when he was going to sell it…,but he lied, his personality flaw and BS artist)…
ANYWAY ! My point is that the person who posted this opinion piece NEVER MENTIONED the 260 V8 in the Comet. Mine was a a peppy ugly beast that could haul decent cargo, be it me plus my wife (still is, 57 years later!) and our 2 kids OR lots of heavy equipment.
I apologize for this long post but that old Comet was perfect for me, an unemployed family man. Inositol $125 for it, and two years later sold it for the same price! If I can find my pics of my Flintstone car I’ll post later!
PS: one last minor goof; one of the station wagons in the video was NOT a Comet, but the then “mid size” model, the Mercury METEOR.
Peace everybody…and Happy Motoring! 😊
The valiant was just a subtle massage of the dart
I've never seen a Ford Taunus in America
65 chevelle w/396 severely underpowered..... 🤔 c'mon...
One of our family cars was a 1966 Impala SS, 396 turbo. Nothing underpowered about that engine at all!
And how can you talk about the AMC Marlin without mentioning the 1966 Baraccuda that copied its looks? Both were underwhelming so neither sold well but the Marlin was a better car. Ramblers were more reliable than anything Chrysler made at the time. You dont seem to know much of anything about old cars. You keep picking at cars that weren't so bad at all.
The Marlin was based on the Tarpon , and they're basically the same design. The Tarpon came out in 1964 , as did the first Valiant Barracuda ( early 1964) so I doubt there was any copying, as they dont really even resemble one another, the '66 and '67 Dodge Charger is more similar to the Marlin . I recognize that the AMC's were good and reliable , even a bit more powerful in 6 cylinder form , but the slant 6 , and Torqueflite ( and manual box) were the epitome of reliability.
@@barrycuda3769 they all copy each other. The Camaro and Firebird exist because of the Mustang.
@@wsbill14224 A mine of information.
That Dodge Dart looks like a Frankencar.
You can thank Virgil Exner for that.
Nice. Not a slab.
The Ford Taunus was a Falcon with different lights so you're illogical for saying it wasn't a good car. The Falcon was one of the most successful cars ever.
It was a different model sold in Europe only. It may have been badged as a Falcon over there as well but still different than the US version.
@@WilliamAkins-rw2hv I have eyes. It's a Ford Falcon with European styling.
The 1960 Edsel Ranger was a very good looking car!!!
Rubbish, the Dart was an excellent car. It's odd looks were an acquired taste but it suited my parents very well and it was great for me when I inherited it and they bought a New Yorker (old man's car)
Taunus to Taurus. How convenient.
I had to stop watching this when it stated the 62 Dart was unreliable, anyone with an inkling of car knowledge knows that the Slant 6 was as close to bulletproof as engines come.
The 62 Dart came with the 225 slant 6, a 318, 361, 383, or the 413. All were good engines.
Nader was fighting for Volkswagen. Corvair was safer than vw and had more power and better gas mileage. Also in snow I passed many vw .
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62 dart was ugly but engine transmission problems not that i remember slant 6 or max wedge
Picture of Jay Leno in the thumbnail - CLICKBAIT
We loved our Dart - very few problems. Not sure if this information is accurate.
The Corvair the chev VW lemon they had no power and try starting it in winter my buddy had one years ago rent a race car what did they think would happen I would rather have the 351 clev V8 in the Mustang
Was the Taunus an American car. And in the early 1960,s it was a rather good car.
Well the Taunus sold in the UK they will buy ugly cars but in Canada and the USA on way would I have drove that thing and a 1.4 or 1.7 motor you would have to get out and push it up a hill lol
So many years later, Ford made the Taurus, another ugly piece of crap. But a lot of thought had to go into the name! lol
Who wrote this garbage? Continuous repetition.
Disagreeing. The freedom of design should not be restricted. Because you become more and more trapped in petty thinking.
How many times. Can you repeat the same thing?
How stupid can it be? Ford Taunus was never mend to compare with any american fuel hungry V8. It was a very popular car in europe. The owners loved their car, and it provided space for a hole family. Driving were excellent, and it was made for european ways.
It's a bit boring hearing all that crap of european cars.
Most of them were build to be economic and practic for daily use. It wasn't that common to have a car in the nineteen fifties and sixties in europe.
tawniss was never offered in the us
17 m sold well on islands as fuel and parts were a premium. Saw sevral on the great lakes island chain
Taunus looks like aan ugly version of a Falcon. Never saw one before this. Saw a lot of those ugly Darts.
Who says you know it might be of your opinion but not mine so I watch 40 really seriously.
who creates this nonsense?????? This guy's opinions are stated as FACTS and most of these were fine cars and typical of the period
lot of believers who like all of them
A car video seemingly put together by an AI guy. Not a car guy. This perhaps is the Dumbest and worst car vid made ...
Certainly some of the ugliest cars no doubt
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Plymouth savoy/ pioneer. Corvair. Monza.
You're giving the Valiant, AMCs, and Corvair a bad rap. You're somewhat delusional.