1972 CHEVROLET RECREATIONAL VEHICLES EL CAMINO NOVA TRAILERS RVS CAMPER PICKUP TOW PACKAGE 19274
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Made to educate Chevrolet sales personnel, this 1972 film focuses on Chevrolet recreational vehicles. The film looks at the proper pairing between vehicle and trailer as well as available equipment according to Chevy. It opens with a montage of cars being loaded up for vacation or recreational activity ending with the El Camino (:23). The Chevy Custom Camper 20 fleetside is shown carrying a slide in camper (1:10) and equipped with a girder beam front suspension (1:10). A closer look at the front stabilizer bar is given (1:26). Throughout the film, contrast between Chevy models and competitor models are given including one here without a front stabilizer bar (1:38). The popular shell camper (2:17) sits on top of the Chevy C10 fleetside pickup. An excerpt from a Chevrolet television commercial follows with a look at the water resistance of the front disk brakes (2:45). The engines Chevrolet had available are shown including the most powerful V8 they had and these could be run on leaded, unleaded or regular gasoline (3:51). A demonstration between the Chevy double paneled roof and the competitor’s roof plays out (4:07). Other features include the inner fader liners (4:21) and the double wall pickup box construction (4:30). A diagram showing that 55% of 1956’s Chevrolet models were still on the road (5:02) follows. The El Camino, which was considered a half truck half car vehicle, is pictured towing a travel trailer (5:07). Its features include bucket seats, center control console (5:18), adjustable air boosters, and rear shock absorbers (5:39). An add on feature is the fifth wheel hitching or trailering device (5:45). The Chevy Van with a raised roof camper conversion (6:00) follows with a close up of the stabilizer bar (6:27), factory installed air conditioning, and power steering (6:36). Mini motorhome conversions were built on Chevrolet Van Chassis with a specially designed camper body (6:52). Full motorhomes (7:05) came equipped with private bedrooms, bathrooms and cooking facilities (7:15). Standard equipment included a 350 V8 turbo hydromatic, front disk brakes, and dual diaphragm power brake boosters (7:37). A list is presented of the many makes and manufacturers at the time (8:10). This segment ends with a montage of the vehicles (9:18) and a look at the 1972 Chevrolet Trailering guide. It was produced by the Bill Sandy Company Inc. (9:30). The next segment is called ‘Hitch up to Chevrolet’ (10:22) and it will include a sales representative who specializes in trailering and examples of customers looking for the right vehicle for their trailers. It opens with a Chevy towing an Airstream as sales of recreational vehicles had been on the climb (11:29). By 1980, they expected to see seven and a half million recreational vehicles on the road (11:38). In order to determine the right towing vehicle for customers, a minimum combination of engine, transmission and axel ratio was necessary (12:32). An example of a couple with a 29-foot model weighing 6,000 lbs. when loaded follows (13:29). The salesmen points to the charts behind him which were created by Chevrolet Engineers and paired towing vehicles with trailers (13:55). After pointing to the various equipment and add on’s available, the installation of Chevrolet’s equalizer hitch platform is shown (15:39) and the Caprice, which came with attachment holes pre-punctured in its frame. Another customer incidence includes a medium trailer which weighed 4,000 lbs. when loaded (16:27). Here the Nova is recommended (16:00). A demonstration of sporty couples including one with motorbikes and another with skis and snow mobiles follow (19:51). He recommends the Chevy Blazer (20:00) for both and the film concludes. It was produced for the Chevy Motor Division by Regan Productions Inc. (20:49).
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Trust me you want the stabilizer bar. I owned a 68 Chevy SWB and it didn't have the stabilizer bar. I was surprised that it still had door handles after going around a sharp turn. That body roll was insane.
That does it! The next time I go camping or snowmobiling in 1972, I’m driving a Chevrolet!
I'm coming too, all those smiling, waving people look like great company. Think how far your money would go too!
Great video, I especially liked watching the elcamino town a fifth wheel trailer, I don't recall ever seeing that before, My Dad had a 1973 Ford Ranchero and he bought a camper that was made for the Chevy elcamino and slid that into the bed of the Ford and it worked just fine.
That El Camino pulling the 5th wheel doesn't look too happy.
No wonder, it looks very much to me like the trailer's kingpin is behind the car's axle. It's probably only the weight of the 454 keeping the front wheels on the ground!
Could you imagine going to look at it as a "lightly" used car? "Now what are these holes in the bed?" Geez.
I would love to have a 72 Blazer, Suburban or pickup.
I want every vehicle in this video even the Ford truck
I sure love my 1972 Chevy Chevelle!!
I have a 1979 Chevy Camaro hand painted to look like Bumblebee. He’s got the primer and rust- identical except the movie is a ‘77. Look on google maps at 2154 Stowe Lane in Mount Pleasant TN. My ex husband took the cover off to let in rust when I fled in 2016. I miss my car.
Ironically, my ex is an actual Decepticon with the power to “punish and enslave.”
I painted Bumblebee while recovering from Complex Traumatic Brain Injury. He still needed the clearcoat.
All fun and good moving those tons of steel around until Oct of 73.
Wouldn't trade my '72 4x4 Cheyenne for anything. They certainly don't make 'em like they used to.
Beauty = simplicity = reliability. 🇺🇸
Love the fender mounted rear view mirrors. My dad hit an on coming truck mirror with the fender mounted mirrors on our 1967 Colony Park station wagon while we were traveling out west. That mirror exploded, it sounded
Iike a Cannon going off !
And kids today think you need a one ton diesel dually to tow a jetski.
I would like to see that 1972 chevy caprice 454 do a burn out while pulling that airstream
That rear bumper on the slide in looks like a death trap
“See the USA, in a Chevrolet”
Humorous that vintage car presentation films almost always have the "It's so easy, a girl can do it" point to make
"We're so confident in our product that we prevented overseas competition from entering the US market in light trucks!"
GM at its peak. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Even a girl can drive one?!! In the stabilizer bar segment, they are not driving the vehicles at the same speeds 😂 I love these old movies and old cars! Thank you!
A slip of a girl.
Still have my 73 nova!
Those trailer mirrors were deadly.
Magnificent.
They don't make them like they used to. These were well thought out vehicles. I've had a couple of modern Chevrolets. They're garbage today.
The problem is they would transfer the force of an accident into the occupants instead of absorbing most that energy into crunching metal.
I really like my Chevy Bolt. A real solid car. Drive one.
@@scotts.2624 So don't hit anything.
@@mexicanspec I guess you have the magic ability to keep others from hitting you.
"I'm gonna love you in my Chevy van...and that's alright w/ me..."
7:22 Is that a now illegal Lawn Dart?
Ah the good old days, when cars and trucks could tow trailers, you can order them any which way you wanted to. Sure Hope on that class A you could have got the 400 big block or 454. I'm not even sure what I'd ordered to tow a trailer too many choices back then
Life must be difficult after your head trauma but you still seem to type well enough. Strange.
@@User0000000000000004 What the hell are you talking about?
This is Steinbeck Travels with Charley kind of stuff
Phrase of the day “slip of a boy/girl” = a petite person
thanks for this I legitimately thought he said "slit
Narrated by the Robot from Lost in Space.
All of these are now favored by homeless in California. See them at any major city parked and rotting away!
1972 was the last year of quality American cars.
1973 brought extended bumpers - body styles got ugly. Unleaded gas mandates/ pollution controls brought low compression / low powered engines (really bad performance with piss poor gas mileage!).
The Arab Oil Embargo was disastrous for the US - causing high inflation that lasted for many years.
I like the big bumpers. It gave me a place to sit while waiting for the tow truck.
4:57 rear end. ugh
Designed to do 72 mph Wight a gigantic caravan? OK I can accept extra speed with a fifth wheeler but they were just using a standard rear hitch. With shorter trailers I have towed faster but that looked like a bad recipe. On my phone so I can't link but search for "Claude the caravan."
NOVA?
Sure back then all cars had full ladder frames like a pickup heck they had better engine choices than the pickups.. that full size sedan I had a 454 baby you couldn't get the 454 in a truck until 73. The 396/402 is nothing to stick your nose up at though
WTF happened to GM now they make complete shit