This is a video recopilation of the former Chrysler Corporation of 1996 now with all rights reserved to Chrysler Group LLC, Chrysler History since the twenties through the eighties.
I've been a "MOPAR GUY" since I bought my first 1969 Roadrunner in 1976. Sure, I like Mustangs and Camaros and Ford Trucks but my Love Affair with MOPAR trumps all else car wise. The story of Chrysler is All-American and I remember driving across the country as a child in a 1959 Dodge! I still own and Love my 1995 Dodge Ram 1500, 5.9 Liter Magnum, 4x4, Laramie SLT. It is 21 years old and has 93,000 miles and is still better than most new Pickups on the road. Dodge has a utilitarian feel that GM or Ford have never got quite right. Thanks for posting this video!
I've owned a few late 80"s chrysler products and were pretty good. my favorite was an 89 plymouth sundance rs four door. Thing was a little tank and was great on gas. confy seats and cold a/c. Would like to add to my stable a 300c or Magnum later on.
Yeah my thoughts exactly. I also love the Mopar Muscle cars but there are quite a few documentaries about them, while hardly any about the Mopar finned cars. Besides their body looks, their engineering was amazing.
I still say that Dodge's 1964 to 1966 2-door Polara, and Plymouth's 1964 to 1967 Fury's 2 doors "C" pillars were the best looking in the business- bar none! I owned a 1969 Plymouth GTX wished it had the 1964 Fury's "C" pillar Wow!
I always thought it was weird that Chrysler stuck with that old rugged flat head six for so long. But then a bit late, they switched to that revolutionary hemi V8. Later if you wanted a six, it was that freaky but innovative slant-six.
I had a 1966 Chrysler 300 in the 1990's as a daily driver. I loved that car. My brother found it as he was dropping off his 1971 Monaco he bought off a friend at the junk yard.
I had a 1958 Plymouth Belvedere 6 cylinder straight shift Plain Jane core and I just loved it I wish I had a picture of it but it's long gone to the junkyard I'm sure anyway it was a great car.
Valiants are my favourites. We've had 7 of them, from 1963 to 68. Never had any problems with them. Their engines, just kept going and going. Their Torqueflite auto Transmissions were as tough as steel. No matter how many times I trashed the slant six, the 245's and the 265's and the 318, 340 and 360, and an occasional 383 V8's, their Automatics were really tough and ongoing, as if their were designed for heavy trucks. Sadly, since 1963, when my father was an aircraft engine mechanic then quit and had his mechanic workshop, he and I have repaired, driven and raced many Valiants, including the Chargers E48 and E49 sixpacks and 340-360 V8's. We didn't buy any on the large tanks of the late 60's to the final days of Chrysler. Like the slogans used to say about Valiants, they really meant it. These cars were built tough and were proven to be real work horses. Pity Chrysler went bust in our country and Mitsubishi (Mitsushitty) took over, but Chrysler was doomed here, a boom for Ford and GMH. As we were mechanics, we had purchased many new parts for our Valiant cars as spare parts. I only have 3 Valiants left. The best ever kept.
Valiants were so underrated in Australia. I had a VJ Charger(Basic model) in my teen years which was in the late 80's and I loved it. I nearly bought a VH R/T Charger that was being sold for $2200.00 back in those days!!! My friend had a Regal 2 door Hardtop and a month after it was sprayed, he hit 2 horses that were escaped their paddock and were running along the Hervey Bay Road at night. The car was totalled and him and his father were lucky to be alive. Were were Valiant crazy and the bug bit us bad. I would love to have any of those 2 today and not because of what they are fetching but more because they are great looking cars.. But yeah most Valiants were just bullet proof!
abcmatt I'm in the same boat as you. Loved Valiant cars. Family had them when they were knew, bought my first car in 89, VJ Charger, 265 - 4 speed. Many years have passed by but, I still love 'em. Now days, my daily is a 300 SRT8. It's a nice car but, doesn't hold a candle up to the Valiant. I'm fortunate to still own a big tank silver e38, when I drive that car I have a big cheesy grin in my face.
I own a mutant Plymouth Valiant Duster 71-72 everything, graced with a '76 body; a restored drag car made street legal. The 340 Wedge (rebuilt) was designed for drag racing, and that's what's under the hood, everything totally restored. Love to stop at a traffic light beside a modern Dodge Charger or Challenger and they want to race, then watch their eyes pop out when I jump a couple or more feet ahead. She's old and usually gets treated like a baby except when a driver of modern muscle car wants to rock. K cars and Caravan's were designed to last & were good reliable vehicles. Me? I'm a Ford , Chevy, Chrysler man when it was totally built & assembled in the USA.
The K car is why Chrysler survived the 80s. It was a cookie cutter chassis but that's exactly why it was successful it could be adapted into whatever car is needed.
Nicholas Cortez, I agree, and still see a few people driving 1980's K Cars as their daily drivers. Though these cars now usually don't look so good, they still do their job. With proper maintenance a K Car can do over 300,000 miles.
Back in the '60's, our family had a '53 Plymouth wagon (though it was dark green) like the one shown at 17:14. Before that we had a white '52 Plymouth two door sedan during the late '50's. Thanx for uploading this!
little side note here, my brothers friend had a 1984 dodge caravan, with the four cylinder. in 2006, at 22 years old, he wound that old box out to 190 kmph. that thing hustled.
The 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner, with the 383 "Magnum" was Motor Trend's 'Car of the Year'. I owned two of the '69 models in the 1970's. Some of the most fun cars I've ever driven and I've had 3 Mustangs and a BMW 328i. 1969 Roadrunner was the epitome of a Big Block "Muscle Car" that even a kid could afford ($3,900) off the showroom floor in 1969. Ford and General Motor had nothing like it.
You can't arbitrarily set prices for goods, be they domestic or overseas. Unless there is substantive cause (i.e. the domestic automotive industry is in danger of collapsing completely) then that is illegal and immoral.
daniel rickel ..When I worked for Toyota as a tech, one of the first thing things they tell us at Toyota training school is, if the USA charged the same tariffs as they did in Japan for American cars, A Corolla would cost more than $100,000
Late 50s early 60s rust problems cost Chrysler more than their competitors, as far as Lee Iacoca goes it was he who invented the Ford Mustang. He used mainly stock parts and material Ford had available.
My first car was almost a 57 Ply Fury in 1975. Went to look at it but the engine seized up when the guy tried to start it. It was sitting in a garage to long and was low on oil. Looked at a 68 Dodge charger, a 66 T-Bird and finally ended up with a 69 383 RoadRunner.
5:15 Isn't that beautiful? That is just so beautiful to me. Look what we learned how to make only 100 years ago. Man really created a lot of beauty, function, and got ourselves out of poverty when we were free to do so. Thing of beauty, because of the beautiful freedom that came before it. Look around you. You can see what free people built all around you, and the copies from communism.
9:22 That man on the soap box is Jimmy Hoffa. My Father, (born in Detroit), told me that Hoffa when with the mob, walked into my Grand Fathers Deli in Detroit area and demanded "insurance money", so nothing would happen to his place of business. My Polish Grand father told him to go to hell, and as far as I know, nothing happened to his business. Integrity even under pressure. I wish I could have known my Polish Grandfather. His integrity, he would not sacrifice. Glad he moved here. :)
Oops, that is some thug named Walter something the vid said. I compared pictures before I posted to, and he looked like Hoffa. I guess all thugs look the same to me.
Chrysler history starts with Benjamin Briscoe, the same guy who once owned Buick. Sold Buick to Flint Wagon Works in 1904 and used the money to start Maxwell-Briscoe. Walter Chrysler left Buick to work for Maxwell and then bought it.
The 55 Chrysler 300 was the very first American muscle car...the first production car to carry a 300 horsepower factory rating since Duesenberg in 1928. Then in 1956 the other 3 Mopar divisions( besides Imperial)released their own high performance models...the DeSoto Adventurer, Plymouth Fury, and Dodge D-500. The Dodge D-500 was the fastest American production car in 1956...like the Chrysler 300 was in 1955. Mopar invented muscle cars in 1955-56...not Pontiac in 1964. Even Jim Wangers himself wrote that in his memoirs. Virgil Exner was a genius. The 1955-59 Mopar high performance cars were the fastest and best looking cars in America at that time...although they did suffer from some rust issues and build quality issues. My personal favorite is the 57-58 Chrysler 300... One of the best looking cars ever produced by any manufacturer at any time. And the 331/354/392 Hemi is the best high performance engine of the entire 1950s. The Dodge/DeSoto Hemi's were great performers too but the Chrysler 392 Hemi was king. It was rated at 375 horsepower in 1957 and 380 horsepower in 58. No other engine from the 1950s approached those kind of power numbers
Incomplete History, 1955, 56, 57, 58 and 59 Imperials, New Yorker, Desoto, Dodge and Plymouth! Not to mention original true muscle car 55, 300, what of the Adventurer, D500 and Fury? First rear facing 3rd seat, station wagons. So much had been missed, you've done a rather disappointing job. Thanks anyway for one or two nano glimpses.
I recently found a '86 Fifth Avenue down in Canton, OH.. Rather clean and in good shape, $700 bucks.. But my fav Chrysler would be the Sebring, my first car was a '99 Sebring JX Convertible and shortly after I saved a '97 JXi from the scrap yard. I basically restored them both to near new like condition, then I got eyes on a 2001 Sebring LXi Coupe and so I bought that lol before I knew it I had 3 cars and then I found my Fifth Ave and my parents said I gotta let the '99 and '97 go so I can keep my '01 and buy my '86 :( but hey, Imma Chrysler bum I fork out more money than they're worth, it kinda fuels me. It may not be a Camaro but damn if it ain't pretty when I'm done..
So many details left out. No mention of how the 55 Chrysler 300 had the most power at 300, and how the 300 dominated on the larger race tracks. (55 Chev dominated on the short tracks). Didn't even show a shot of the 55 300, though the photo on the front of this video shows one.
TO MAKE IT SIMPLER, HONDA, TOYOTA, CHRYSLER, NISSAN, FORD AND OTHER AUTO COMPANIES PRODUCE HYBRID VEHICLES USING AN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY THAT COMBINES A SMALL GAS ENGINE WITH AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.
My grandfather had a cherry 1962 Chrysler New Yorker that was left to my uncle Joe upon gramps' death. Uncle Joe went and traded it for, of all things, a VW Vanagon ! Oh, the HORROR !! SACRILEGE !!
The 70 80 were a pain for the car market I work for ford linc mercury in those days it just go to show you how the government can file things up with out any body can't do any thing about it until we got tired of what they were building then went back started building h.p cars that the people wanted
Chrysler between 1967-1977 produced appalling looking cars, more like a cartoonists idea of a car along with other dumb ideas like mounting the rear view mirror on the dash on a six seater, reverse fins & the stipid square/round steering wheel! Ever tried reversing the car with a steering wheel like that! Good luck!
I get tired of these shows getting facts wrong on Mopar 60's muscle. Talk of the Hemi and inevitably they show an E body. Miss the beginning of the Barracuda completely and tell us it was to compete with the Camaro and Mustang. And I have yet to hear any of these type shows mention the '64 Dart with a 273 and 4 speed.
There are many comments about "my grandpa's car" or "I remember back in the day when my.valiant could climb mountains and cross rivers". People it's like this, Chryslers been on its death bed for decades. It's car line is next to nothing, the overall quality blows. I would be surprised if it last another twenty years. I owned a Chrysler car at on time. All the used to be don't mean squat.
Confused, doesn't know the difference between the Chrysler super stock Dodges and Plymouths and the rare hemi cars, much less the difference in 60's cars and 70's cars.
The Bailout of 1980? Wellll, it did not really set a good precedent did it. Today: "You vill make what ve vant you to make, no mater if de people can afford it or not!!!"
I got my degree in Economics 40 years ago and am pretty much a Libertarian within limits. Henry Ford was such a pompous ass that he claimed full ownership of Ford Motor Company as "his" (and Edsel's) Company. Well Henry, you do own the real estate, buildings and machines to build "Ford" automobiles but realize you can NOT build Fords without THOUSANDS of Workers to do the Labor. Henry Ford is like the spoiled child who owns the Football and if the other kids don't obey HIS rules they cannot play with HIS Football. You ever see a kid playing with a Football by himself? Pretty pathetic to watch. Anybody want to see Henry Ford build automobiles by himself? Pretty pathetic idea, isn't it? Hatred of pompous fools like Henry Ford allowed the Communists to recruit millions to their bad idea...
All american cars became crap in the 1970's. In the 1960's, new cars came with a 3 year warranty. In the 70's, as quality declined, warranties went to one year. Cars were falling apart within weeks of getting them. My Maverick threw a rod after 40,000 miles because they reduced the main bearings from 7 to 4 on the old venerable in-line 6 engine. The Japanese made better cars. Simple as that. The Datsun B-210 would run forever. So would the VW Beetle. Even the luxury cars were crap, and the German Benz and BMW expanded greatly. I didn't buy another American car for 20 years.
All new Chryslers suck and so does Dodge. They all smoke after 40,000 miles or less. Don't buy one. Dealer and company doesn't care about customer. Just look at all the reviews.
I've been a "MOPAR GUY" since I bought my first 1969 Roadrunner in 1976. Sure, I like Mustangs and Camaros and Ford Trucks but my Love Affair with MOPAR trumps all else car wise. The story of Chrysler is All-American and I remember driving across the country as a child in a 1959 Dodge! I still own and Love my 1995 Dodge Ram 1500, 5.9 Liter Magnum, 4x4, Laramie SLT. It is 21 years old and has 93,000 miles and is still better than most new Pickups on the road. Dodge has a utilitarian feel that GM or Ford have never got quite right. Thanks for posting this video!
I had a 69 RR too, that bought in 76. Kept it 12 or 13 years.
I'm on mini-van #6-several went over 200,000 miles, also had a LHS that went 225,000, and still drove well. Thanks for this video!
I've owned a few late 80"s chrysler products and were pretty good. my favorite was an 89 plymouth sundance rs four door. Thing was a little tank and was great on gas. confy seats and cold a/c.
Would like to add to my stable a 300c or Magnum later on.
Took me until 2005 to become a Mopar guy. Now with 345,000 miles on my RT Magnum, 255,000 miles on my Hemi Ram, I get it. Freaking love my Mopars.
Thanks to all for seeing my video. I really aprecciate.
Mopar Legends TV dude sick profile pic. Im all MOPAR history and MOPAR Cars!
Mopar Legends TV k
Please, would you mind adding subtitles ?
I wished they cover more of the big tail fin cars of the '50s.
Yeah my thoughts exactly. I also love the Mopar Muscle cars but there are quite a few documentaries about them, while hardly any about the Mopar finned cars. Besides their body looks, their engineering was amazing.
I still say that Dodge's 1964 to 1966 2-door Polara, and Plymouth's 1964 to 1967 Fury's 2 doors "C" pillars were the best looking in the business- bar none! I owned a 1969 Plymouth GTX wished it had the 1964 Fury's "C" pillar
Wow!
At 14:14, there is a 1953 DeSoto Firedome V-8, 2 door Sportsman hardtop a rare body style with 2 tone paint job with blue body with white top.
I always thought it was weird that Chrysler stuck with that old rugged flat head six for so long. But then a bit late, they switched to that revolutionary hemi V8. Later if you wanted a six, it was that freaky but innovative slant-six.
I had a 1966 Chrysler 300 in the 1990's as a daily driver. I loved that car. My brother found it as he was dropping off his 1971 Monaco he bought off a friend at the junk yard.
I had a 1958 Plymouth Belvedere 6 cylinder straight shift Plain Jane core and I just loved it I wish I had a picture of it but it's long gone to the junkyard I'm sure anyway it was a great car.
@Robbie H a 57-58 Fury with the dual quad 318 or 350 Golden Commando was anything but an old man's car. One of the original muscle cars
Valiants are my favourites. We've had 7 of them, from 1963 to 68. Never had any problems with them. Their engines, just kept going and going. Their Torqueflite auto Transmissions were as tough as steel. No matter how many times I trashed the slant six, the 245's and the 265's and the 318, 340 and 360, and an occasional 383 V8's, their Automatics were really tough and ongoing, as if their were designed for heavy trucks. Sadly, since 1963, when my father was an aircraft engine mechanic then quit and had his mechanic workshop, he and I have repaired, driven and raced many Valiants, including the Chargers E48 and E49 sixpacks and 340-360 V8's. We didn't buy any on the large tanks of the late 60's to the final days of Chrysler. Like the slogans used to say about Valiants, they really meant it. These cars were built tough and were proven to be real work horses. Pity Chrysler went bust in our country and Mitsubishi (Mitsushitty) took over, but Chrysler was doomed here, a boom for Ford and GMH. As we were mechanics, we had purchased many new parts for our Valiant cars as spare parts. I only have 3 Valiants left. The best ever kept.
We had a 1960 slant six Valiant which was fantastic
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Check my profile. You will find my customized Valiants there.
Valiants were so underrated in Australia. I had a VJ Charger(Basic model) in my teen years which was in the late 80's and I loved it. I nearly bought a VH R/T Charger that was being sold for $2200.00 back in those days!!! My friend had a Regal 2 door Hardtop and a month after it was sprayed, he hit 2 horses that were escaped their paddock and were running along the Hervey Bay Road at night. The car was totalled and him and his father were lucky to be alive. Were were Valiant crazy and the bug bit us bad. I would love to have any of those 2 today and not because of what they are fetching but more because they are great looking cars.. But yeah most Valiants were just bullet proof!
abcmatt I'm in the same boat as you. Loved Valiant cars. Family had them when they were knew, bought my first car in 89, VJ Charger, 265 - 4 speed. Many years have passed by but, I still love 'em. Now days, my daily is a 300 SRT8. It's a nice car but, doesn't hold a candle up to the Valiant. I'm fortunate to still own a big tank silver e38, when I drive that car I have a big cheesy grin in my face.
I liked the valiant, the duster, and the dart. I did not think much of the K cars.
I own a mutant Plymouth Valiant Duster 71-72 everything, graced with a '76 body; a restored drag car made street legal. The 340 Wedge (rebuilt) was designed for drag racing, and that's what's under the hood, everything totally restored. Love to stop at a traffic light beside a modern Dodge Charger or Challenger and they want to race, then watch their eyes pop out when I jump a couple or more feet ahead. She's old and usually gets treated like a baby except when a driver of modern muscle car wants to rock. K cars and Caravan's were designed to last & were good reliable vehicles. Me? I'm a Ford , Chevy, Chrysler man when it was totally built & assembled in the USA.
The K car is why Chrysler survived the 80s. It was a cookie cutter chassis but that's exactly why it was successful it could be adapted into whatever car is needed.
Nicholas Cortez, I agree, and still see a few people driving 1980's K Cars as their daily drivers. Though these cars now usually don't look so good, they still do their job. With proper maintenance a K Car can do over 300,000 miles.
Chrysler had the best looking cars in the mid 60's through very early 70's.
Back in the '60's, our family had a '53 Plymouth wagon (though it was dark green) like the one shown at 17:14. Before that we had a white '52 Plymouth two door sedan during the late '50's. Thanx for uploading this!
Don't forget the legendary "Chrysler hemi" starting in 1951.
Thanks for sharing. Fascinating the history of mopar. ;)
16:34 Very subtle, Made my day ;)
little side note here, my brothers friend had a 1984 dodge caravan, with the four cylinder. in 2006, at 22 years old, he wound that old box out to 190 kmph. that thing hustled.
3:46 They don't make promotional films like that anymore
Roxy Katt does anybody have the full video?
the problem with the air flow, was that it looked like an old milk truck
+Supremely White In those days it looked like a new milk truck.
Could those words at the end be any more prescient? "Enjoy these times. Savor them, because these are the 'good old days'"
Volvo took that Airflow design, and made a killing in Sweden with their version of it.....
When only the best will do MOPAR OR NO CAR
good stuff!
MY FAMILY!!!!! You own one YOU are part of it! That's who WE are!
The 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner, with the 383 "Magnum" was Motor Trend's 'Car of the Year'. I owned two of the '69 models in the 1970's. Some of the most fun cars I've ever driven and I've had 3 Mustangs and a BMW 328i. 1969 Roadrunner was the epitome of a Big Block "Muscle Car" that even a kid could afford ($3,900) off the showroom floor in 1969. Ford and General Motor had nothing like it.
they(the government) should put massive tariff's on import's. if I had my way a hundai would cost more than a Cadillac.
daniel rickel wish more thought like you
You can't arbitrarily set prices for goods, be they domestic or overseas. Unless there is substantive cause (i.e. the domestic automotive industry is in danger of collapsing completely) then that is illegal and immoral.
paul austin No you wouldn't. It would create new companies, become self reliant in foreign products.
+Jake, tell that to Trump. He's placing tariffs to make several markets more competitive.
daniel rickel ..When I worked for Toyota as a tech, one of the first thing things they tell us at Toyota training school is, if the USA charged the same tariffs as they did in Japan for American cars, A Corolla would cost more than $100,000
Late 50s early 60s rust problems cost Chrysler more than their competitors, as far as Lee Iacoca goes it was he who invented the Ford Mustang. He used mainly stock parts and material Ford had available.
The timing of this doc is hilarious! Made right before buyout by Daimler & killing off of Plymouth!
My first car was almost a 57 Ply Fury in 1975. Went to look at it but the engine seized up when the guy tried to start it. It was sitting in a garage to long and was low on oil. Looked at a 68 Dodge charger, a 66 T-Bird and finally ended up with a 69 383 RoadRunner.
Sing with me, sing for the year.
Sing for my laughter, and sing for the tear
5:15 Isn't that beautiful? That is just so beautiful to me. Look what we learned how to make only 100 years ago. Man really created a lot of beauty, function, and got ourselves out of poverty when we were free to do so. Thing of beauty, because of the beautiful freedom that came before it.
Look around you. You can see what free people built all around you, and the copies from communism.
Chalmers and Maxwell are horseless carriages before they have merged together to form Chrysler in 1924.
I like the way the early Dodges had a star of David hood ornament
Chrysler stole its power steering from Francis Davis, without paying him a red Cent
9:22 That man on the soap box is Jimmy Hoffa. My Father, (born in Detroit), told me that Hoffa when with the mob, walked into my Grand Fathers Deli in Detroit area and demanded "insurance money", so nothing would happen to his place of business. My Polish Grand father told him to go to hell, and as far as I know, nothing happened to his business. Integrity even under pressure. I wish I could have known my Polish Grandfather. His integrity, he would not sacrifice. Glad he moved here. :)
Oops, that is some thug named Walter something the vid said. I compared pictures before I posted to, and he looked like Hoffa. I guess all thugs look the same to me.
Chrysler history starts with Benjamin Briscoe, the same guy who once owned Buick. Sold Buick to Flint Wagon Works in 1904 and used the money to start Maxwell-Briscoe. Walter Chrysler left Buick to work for Maxwell and then bought it.
Will you be continuing this series to the present?
The 55 Chrysler 300 was the very first American muscle car...the first production car to carry a 300 horsepower factory rating since Duesenberg in 1928. Then in 1956 the other 3 Mopar divisions( besides Imperial)released their own high performance models...the DeSoto Adventurer, Plymouth Fury, and Dodge D-500. The Dodge D-500 was the fastest American production car in 1956...like the Chrysler 300 was in 1955. Mopar invented muscle cars in 1955-56...not Pontiac in 1964. Even Jim Wangers himself wrote that in his memoirs. Virgil Exner was a genius. The 1955-59 Mopar high performance cars were the fastest and best looking cars in America at that time...although they did suffer from some rust issues and build quality issues. My personal favorite is the 57-58 Chrysler 300... One of the best looking cars ever produced by any manufacturer at any time. And the 331/354/392 Hemi is the best high performance engine of the entire 1950s. The Dodge/DeSoto Hemi's were great performers too but the Chrysler 392 Hemi was king. It was rated at 375 horsepower in 1957 and 380 horsepower in 58. No other engine from the 1950s approached those kind of power numbers
I had a '56 Plymouth Savoy and '56 Chrysler Windsor
back in the day a ferrari costed 10 k that ferrari now costs 65 million
Incomplete History, 1955, 56, 57, 58 and 59 Imperials, New Yorker, Desoto, Dodge and Plymouth! Not to mention original true muscle car 55, 300, what of the Adventurer, D500 and Fury? First rear facing 3rd seat, station wagons. So much had been missed, you've done a rather disappointing job. Thanks anyway for one or two nano glimpses.
Jesus Christ you like to whine, don't you? How about appreciating the fact you have a video to watch at all?
@@branon6565 Im watching this at exactly 11:00pm and you got me rollin bro
I recently found a '86 Fifth Avenue down in Canton, OH.. Rather clean and in good shape, $700 bucks.. But my fav Chrysler would be the Sebring, my first car was a '99 Sebring JX Convertible and shortly after I saved a '97 JXi from the scrap yard. I basically restored them both to near new like condition, then I got eyes on a 2001 Sebring LXi Coupe and so I bought that lol before I knew it I had 3 cars and then I found my Fifth Ave and my parents said I gotta let the '99 and '97 go so I can keep my '01 and buy my '86 :( but hey, Imma Chrysler bum I fork out more money than they're worth, it kinda fuels me. It may not be a Camaro but damn if it ain't pretty when I'm done..
great show history
So many details left out. No mention of how the 55 Chrysler 300 had the most power at 300, and how the 300 dominated on the larger race tracks. (55 Chev dominated on the short tracks). Didn't even show a shot of the 55 300, though the photo on the front of this video shows one.
TO MAKE IT SIMPLER, HONDA, TOYOTA, CHRYSLER, NISSAN, FORD AND OTHER AUTO COMPANIES PRODUCE HYBRID VEHICLES USING AN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY THAT COMBINES A SMALL GAS ENGINE WITH AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.
And government demanded/subsidized. That's not freedom, and we can no longer compete with what we can make and sell ourselves.
My grandfather had a cherry 1962 Chrysler New Yorker that was left to my uncle Joe upon gramps' death. Uncle Joe went and traded it for, of all things, a VW Vanagon ! Oh, the HORROR !! SACRILEGE !!
The 70 80 were a pain for the car market I work for ford linc mercury in those days it just go to show you how the government can file things up with out any body can't do any thing about it until we got tired of what they were building then went back started building h.p cars that the people wanted
The K car and the caravan were both pieces of shit for reliability. But Ford and Chevy also had lemons in that era.
At the 5:00 mark that looks like Dolores Del Rio a famous Mexican actress of the time.
i like the k.t. kellar designs.
Chrysler between 1967-1977 produced appalling looking cars, more like a cartoonists idea of a car along with other dumb ideas like mounting the rear view mirror on the dash on a six seater, reverse fins & the stipid square/round steering wheel!
Ever tried reversing the car with a steering wheel like that! Good luck!
I have been a Mopar man all my life and will stay one the rest of my life way to go Mopar
I get tired of these shows getting facts wrong on Mopar 60's muscle. Talk of the Hemi and inevitably they show an E body. Miss the beginning of the Barracuda completely and tell us it was to compete with the Camaro and Mustang. And I have yet to hear any of these type shows mention the '64 Dart with a 273 and 4 speed.
John and Horace Dodge born and raised in Niles,Michigan,their half brother Charles married my gg aunt.
So you're rich, correct?
IF YOU ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE, YOU'LL KNOW THIS TYPE OF CAR.
the chrysler airflow is not the first design of its type. Look at Tatra 87, Tatraplan.
why does every old car documentary start with ragtime piano..like its a silent movie...alittle scott joplin goes a long way.
Was this produced by Chrysler Corp.? Sure seems that way - but informative, nonetheless. (My mom, 94, won't own any car but a Jeep.)
There are many comments about "my grandpa's car" or "I remember back in the day when my.valiant could climb mountains and cross rivers". People it's like this, Chryslers been on its death bed for decades. It's car line is next to nothing, the overall quality blows. I would be surprised if it last another twenty years. I owned a Chrysler car at on time. All the used to be don't mean squat.
YAY IM THE 100TH PERSON TO LIKE THIS VIDEO YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Erik boyz Haha ima bout to break it.. 101!!! XD
+Nathan Lester lol
I’m 666 👹
15:50 KT Keller is the man
Why Chrysler have a lot of electrical problems on their vehicles
Lo podrias subtitular?
car model /year at 25:45 anyone please?
Cordoba with fine Corinthian leather..Ricardo montobahn.. look it up.🐟
Confused, doesn't know the difference between the Chrysler super stock Dodges and Plymouths and the rare hemi cars, much less the difference in 60's cars and 70's cars.
Still , it came to M.Benz and now FIAT . What next ??
And after all of that Italy still got it. Sad.
CHRYSLER IS A EXAMPLE OF A HYBRID VEHICLE.
Mopar or no car
79tazman "How do you like my new Volare…".
79tazman Fiat engineering
+79tazman Nopwr
318
The Bailout of 1980? Wellll, it did not really set a good precedent did it.
Today: "You vill make what ve vant you to make, no mater if de people can afford it or not!!!"
Someone is trying hard to sound like warf LOL
In 85 I got a 1965 300 it was mint a lady who's father died sold it to me for $300 it' was black and fast.
Great in their day. They sure are junk now.
am I the only one that had to stop watching bc of the narrator?
Mercedes Benz history
8:41 is this nigga the priest of ford? 😂😂😂😂
I got my degree in Economics 40 years ago and am pretty much a Libertarian within limits. Henry Ford was such a pompous ass that he claimed full ownership of Ford Motor Company as "his" (and Edsel's) Company. Well Henry, you do own the real estate, buildings and machines to build "Ford" automobiles but realize you can NOT build Fords without THOUSANDS of Workers to do the Labor. Henry Ford is like the spoiled child who owns the Football and if the other kids don't obey HIS rules they cannot play with HIS Football. You ever see a kid playing with a Football by himself? Pretty pathetic to watch. Anybody want to see Henry Ford build automobiles by himself? Pretty pathetic idea, isn't it? Hatred of pompous fools like Henry Ford allowed the Communists to recruit millions to their bad idea...
All american cars became crap in the 1970's. In the 1960's, new cars came with a 3 year warranty. In the 70's, as quality declined, warranties went to one year. Cars were falling apart within weeks of getting them. My Maverick threw a rod after 40,000 miles because they reduced the main bearings from 7 to 4 on the old venerable in-line 6 engine. The Japanese made better cars. Simple as that. The Datsun B-210 would run forever. So would the VW Beetle. Even the luxury cars were crap, and the German Benz and BMW expanded greatly.
I didn't buy another American car for 20 years.
Just to let you know my 96 Ford F150 will outlast whatever import you drive.
All new Chryslers suck and so does Dodge. They all smoke after 40,000 miles or less. Don't buy one. Dealer and company doesn't care about customer. Just look at all the reviews.
Hardly anything on the forward look cars . Lame!! Way lame.