Driving The 1967 Iso Grifo - The Ultra Rare Italian Muscle Car You Need to Hear (POV Binaural Audio)
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- Опубликовано: 1 май 2021
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When did you first hear about the Iso Grifo and Bizzarrini? Special thanks to The Bond Group and of course the Patreon Supporters for making this content possible.
as a jdm fan boy you have introduced me to many cool cars. keep it up tedward!
i herd about this car from some mobile game called top drives or something it's some type of card game
I just heard about it now
Saw one for sale in Switzerland like 12 years ago. They were asking 120k or so for it. They're 400k+ now.
I first heard when you posted a community post about it. Had to look it up and i love it.
No matter what the country, nearly every manufacturer produced a beauty in 1967.
Spot on!
Ford (mustang) Aston Martin, (db5) any ferrari, any Lamborghini. Maserati, so on.
Heck even Citroen
So true!
@Z and the music.
"they were actually a refrigerator manufacturer"
If the AC doesn't blow Ice cold air i would be insanely disappointed
Lol!!! I wish I had tried it.
The AC units aren’t bad, but definitely not GREAT. They used a lot of Alfa Romeo parts
Iso also made the BMW Isetta. That's why it has one door that swings open like a refrigerator.
@@s.sestric9929 I know what you’re saying, but it’s the other way around, BMW licensed and built the Iso Isetta (Isetta means little Iso)
Car and Driver called the Iso Grifo “a bastard child of a refrigerator and a Chevy”.
American muscle in an Italian beauty? Yes please. Thanks for showing us that this exists!
That's my kind of hybrid! American engine with Italian steel body.
You gotta check out the DeTomaso Pantera then. Same thing!
@@planej6315 I know that car. Power by a Ford 351.
I prefere 100% Italian products… (so yea Italian engines), but damn if I like this hybrid cars.
It looks like every single angle, corner, detail, was sculpted with a passion, a vision. It's gorgeous.
??? What r u saying
Absolutely true, I just can’t take my eyes off this car!
@@slinkygreyhound6994 the truth…
Serious Aston Martin DB5/6/Lamborghini Espada/Corvette vibes all mashed into one, such a cool thing
If you think that has espanda lines, look at the Iso Lele!
And the rear window remember me of a Barracuda of the same era.
The Iso Grifo was one of my favourite Matchbox cars as a child. I just loved the look.
I found this car in Matchbox form from a thrift store s few years ago. Nice to see the real one. Great looking car. Nice video.
I had a blue one too.
Me too 🙂🙂
These are the kind of videos we need on RUclips. Listen to the engine, no music. Enough said.
You are a very lucky man , mister, to be able to drive this extremely rare gem automobile.
definitely a few deep breaths before setting off in it
I'M originally from N Ireland and in 1967 this car was my dream car..I knew it well.
Iso was a MAJOR hit at the 1964 New York Auto Show
I have wonderful memories
of seeing two Iso products
displayed. Reliable BIG American power and Italian super build quality.....
I saw one of these things in a parking lot at a Ralphs in Long Beach CA, same color. I was admiring it when the owner walked up and so we had a chat. He told me that he had just imported it from Italy and in fact it still had the original black-and-white square Milan registration plate. How cool is that!
"Only 412 were built so it's pretty rare"... well, it's 1/8th of the total number of produced 300 SLs so "pretty rare" is quite the understatement. ;)
This thing's definitely a beauty and the sound it makes is absolutely magnificent! I love the dancing needle of the tachometer. :D
Reminds me of a Jenson Interceptor and an old Aston at the same time! Lovely noises out of this beast
One of the most beautiful and underrated classics out there.
The shifter noise is absolutely amazing I could listen to it for hours.
I like how the rev needle shakes a bit after every shift
As a kid, one summer my family traveled around the northern US with a tent trailer. In an Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area campsite, I 'found' an Iso Grifo! On our trip, I had a pocket guide of Cars of the World., I looked it up. So, I've had a memory and fondness. Thanks Tedward for doing an unepected drive of a 1967 Iso Grifo!
Matchbox made me love these.
I remember, I had a blue one too. 💙
I had the Corgi one in green ;)
Same!!
@@MLaciBp Me too. Metallic blue, as I recall.
I'm still angry because some kid stole it from me at school.
I love Italian taste of cars
I saw one of these at a car racing event about 10 years ago. I had no idea what it was so took some photos and then spent a couple of days researching it. So beautiful
Drop dead gorgeous. I need a moment
My dad daily'd his 63 chevy nova convertible with a 327 and muncie 4 speed back in 2011-2013 The sound of this Iso brings back a lot of memories!
Probably the most beautiful Italian Gran Turismo of the late 1960's to early 1970's. Designed by Giugiaro. The only thing it need to be even more perfect is an Italian V12. However, I think the Chevrolet 7.0L V8 is enough. But imagine if it ever had a Ferrari V12, or a Lamborghini V12, or an Alfa-Romeo V12.
327ci is 5.358... Or 5.4l. I believe you're thinking of the 427ci.
@@A_Cowboy_called_JackRabbit Yes, the 7 Litri version with the Chevrolet 427 V8. I mean it is the same engine that is in the Corvette, and Chevy V8 are very reliable and still delivers excellent potential.
@@jannadrielcervo7753 there's no alfa v12, there's flat 12 engine but its intended for race car
You should learn more about V8's... Aston Marin and Maserati
@@jannadrielcervo7753 - The 7.0 - 7.4L are big block engines about 100-150 lbs. heavier which is undesirable in a car like this... better to go with an even lighter small block Chevy with aluminum heads like this one: www.dailymotion.com/video/x3rfhrk
This is my kind of hybrid. Gorgeous Italian lines powered by a Detroit V8 that sounds so good.
A beautiful and rare car ,,, I remember these back in the days , thanks for showing
1967 was a good year for cars - I’d like a collection of 67 cars from around the globe.
I, and many other British boys born in the early sixties, first came across the Iso Grifo when the toymaker Matchbox produced a model of it. To this day, despite a life spent around cars, I have never seen one on the metal. Lovely car, fabulous sound, beautiful lines.... And the only one I have ever been anywhere near fitter into my coat pocket.
Man those old chevy small blocks sure can put out a note! Whats great about them too, is my truck sounded just like that!
Had a toy Iso Griffo when I was a boy in the 60s , corgi or dinky or something like that , never seen one in real life , as soon as I saw it I knew what it was , I guess this is the nearest I'm going to get so thanks for this , love it
I had an Iso Griffo Matchbox car. It was one of my favorites for the way it looked. There's a red one running around Charlotte that comes out to cars and coffees. So few know what it is.
Darren’s car! He runs the Iso Facebook page and is a great guy!
Ooh it’s my dream car! My father gave me all his old matchbox cars when I was a kid. The coolest, best looking one was the ISO. I loved the recessed headlights that were little crystals on the corgi model. So many good memories.
I had that one too. It was my favorite and to this day the ultimate proportions and flow of body line by which I judge every other sports GT
@@toofbrown6335 yes so true, it’s actually incredible how much a little toy can influence us. It’s the reason I like BMW’s with the e30 style grill because it has the same nose style. Also the reason I like a specific metallic blue it was painted 👌
Can we all take a moment to appreciate the bond group?
I feel lucky to just watch these drives and loving it more and more.
I find myself watching them twice. TY bond group and Tedward!! Best duo
The interior truly is gorgeous. And that is a really interesting origin story too. Nice one!
Great video Ted! Just the car, the road and your commentary bringing the viewer into the experience. Respect the drive 😎!
I knew of this car because back when I was a lot younger I got an Iso Grifo Matchbox toy car as a gift. I thought it looked a bit like an Italian version of a Camaro at the time. Superb car!
Thanks for the drive.
Loved these for ever, especially when I heard they do 170mph
People have caught on to these, and prices exploded. Basically you get an Italian exotic car, that was quite cutting edge for its time with the convenience and maintenance costs of an old American car. You can get parts cheap and service it anywhere. Not the case with most other period exotics.
Drive train, yes. Everything else? Unobtainium.
Luckily with modern manufacturing processes a lot of the parts are becoming easier to reproduce.
And it has the same tailights as ? Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV Bertone Coupe, what a lovely machine, classic italian curves and this v8.. wow
Excellent design and combination!!!! Every detail in the cabin is perfect and doesn't make you bored in long driving.
The engine is a perfect choice for this design. What a lovely sound it makes. Thanks for this video.
What fun to learn about this beautiful car! Love your videos where we really get to experience the car from the drivers perspective. Bond is smart to let you show off their cars - who wouldn’t want to buy this after seeing it run like this.
I said it but I will say it again. The way you drive these old cars always, is so beautiful and satisfying. Precision and care. great one again
Massive thanks for this!
In junior high school in 67 in the library there were these road and track mags that talked about ISO Grifo’s. I thought of them as Italian Corvettes....but don’t forget the Jensen Interceptors with Chrysler V8s.
That brown-on-blue interior is gorgeous, and especially with the silver exterior.
Thanks for the sharing all your vides. It's always a big pleaseure to watch your videos. Soooo many beautiful cars and sometime never heard of the brands like Iso :) You are so lucky man that you can drive any of all these beautiful cars. Thank you once again.
Thank you for making this video! There are not many driving videos of these things since they're so rare.
Never heard of this car.
It is an absolute beauty😍.
Thanks for showing, it made my day.
Wow! Fantasy car since my old Matchbox cars days. Fantastic video.
Another good video, thank you. Yours are by far the best short vids on 'interesting' European made cars.
had one of those when I was a wee lad, My mum bought me the Matchbox car, she had an eye for beautiful cars, and we used to play cars and make the sounds, but never imagined they would sound like that ! thanks for the drive!
Very cool! Thank you for the ride along. Love the dash design, blue leather & silver combo
Beauty. If you grew up as a kid in the 70's, you must know the car because you must have played with the sky blue models from Matchbox back in the day. Very elegant car, never seen for real. You own a treasure.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful experience. She is really the ultimate mixture of Italian styling and US muscle heart. And yes, there's hardly any better just to let the big engine cruise on lazy low rpm, and to make sometimes a nice pull on open road:-)
Really nice Video, thank you for sharing
Superb! I love the styling, another hot car that still looks great is the AC 428 coupe, great review.
In the summer of 1970, my older brother worked at a gas station along I-10, about 10 miles West of Houston. I was hanging out at the station one Sunday afternoon when a car unlike anything I'd ever seen came limping into the driveway on a flat rear tire. Turns out, it was an Iso Grifo. There was a Harley Davidson motorcycle sticking out of the trunk. This guy steps out of the car, hair way past his shoulders, and wearing a long flowing gown and sandals. He told us he was driving his friend's car from Florida to California, and asked if we had a tire that would fit the car. He didn't want to try to get the Harley out of the trunk to get to the spare. Of course, we didn't have anything nearly big enough to fit the rim, which looked like it was a foot wide. We scrounged around town and finally found an L78-15 tire in someone's garage, and managed to get it to pop on to the rim. He was hoping that would get him as far as San Antonio where he might be able to find a properly sized tire for the rest of his trip. Always wondered if he made it to S.A. on that old tire...
That is incredible!
Great stories and history ! I hope he did make it, I'm sure he did !
Great to see a recent review again😍. What a wonderful car
I knew this car when I was 8. It was in my Matchbox collection. A green one as I recall.
Mine was blue .
Haha, right on!
Very beautiful car, truly incredible in its day, and still today. The Chevy 327 would definitely not have been my choice for an engine , but it makes good power in that era, and ample enough to make for a pretty decent street car. Truly one of the Classics for sure :-)
I have a red one 20 years ago i got it from sonny and shar agent... I miss that car very beautiful... That car endless power...
Beautiful car. I saw one once. A long time ago. I was born in 1967, so this one is something special to me. I would love to hear more of that V8 at full song. Thanks for the drive.
Fantastic car, wonderful sound! And a great video, of course!
Did not expect the GM engine. So cool. I love these videos. I get educated and I see the beautiful POV work
Only reason why I wake up on sundays is to watch tedward!
Watched one video of this car, I'm already in love! Beautiful Italian design with American reliability.
Its incredible because for basic maintenance you do not need a special Italian mechanic to keep it running!
Best looking and best sounding car I’ve seen in a long time!
my favorite italian car with my favorite interior color!
One of my favorite Matchbox cars as a kid was an Iso Grifo.
That slow reacting tachometer is period-comical!
Always loved the car, ever since my Matchbox Iso Griffo I had as a kid!
Sick vid Tedward!! 🔥🔥
My recollection of Iso Grifo, goes back to when I was a "slot car" racer ... when It was 1st built - 1967. The last time I saw one; was when I attended "Concorso Italiano", at Black Horse, back in 2004.
Thanks for the enjoyable trip.
Who knew Italy made a muscle car
@@derbigpr500 - Few if any Italian cars came with an engine that powerful back then...
since my late teens i've been fascinated by everything iso rivolta and the grifo is the apex of that fascination (also, iso rivoltas and grifos have the best looking steering wheels). thanks so much for this video because there's not much out there. i loved your work on the ferrari 250GT and 330GT, the DB4 and also the delightul 356 speedster ... but this one, for me, is the cherry on top! so, yeah, you have a new sub.
Being a luxury car they of course added a radio but it's totally superfluous : The most beautiful music comes from the engine 🙂🙂
A perfect combination: Italian chassis and simple American V8!
My jaw would have dropped if i was to see an Iso Grifo today as it was one of my favorite cars back the day.
Thanks for the ride
One of my friends has a red one, got a ride in it once. Gorgeous car!!
I had the matchbox back in the day. Wish I still had it. It would look great on my wall.
Such an Italian beauty…. Pure art on 4 wheels 😍🇮🇹🇮🇹
This one and Alfa Romeo Montreal are probably my fav muscle cars!!
Nah there are tons of other Italian cars I love, but this one is just gorgeous!
67 was really a good year for cars
Best of both worlds, Italian chassis and body style. Chevy 327 engine and Muncie trans.... very cool !
Your videos are making my heart ache. I was in high school in the early ‘70’s and knew many of these cars well ... but not this one!
dear to the 8.9k current viewers please like the damn video. just takes 2 seconds to do. and itll help tedward make more of these awesome vids!
Great stuff. I liked simply because you showed me a car I wasn't aware of.
Simply, the sweetest car ever made, better than any design today, PERIOD!
This car looks amazing, The back looks like a mix of an Austin martin and a 1963 corvette.
Austin Martian?
I remember seeing these in the Road & Track classifieds back in the mid to late 70's. They would pop up pretty regularly for 10 to 15 grand. A little bit less than the purebred Italian machinery, which were selling for 5 to 10 grand more for like a 330 GTC, but still pretty cheap compared with comparable brand new cars at the time for what you were getting. If only I had a couple of hundred grand and a time machine, my garage would be spectacular.
In 1966 I bought a small hard-bound guide of cars and this car was in it, I always thought this was such a cool car, even back then.
Beautiful! Never seen one in person. And then the '70 Series II with the hidden headlights offered a Chevy 454. For 1972 a Ford 351 could be had. Like the Pantera and Mangusta the Grifo straddled the line between muscle car, sports car and exotic.
No conocía el Grifo, es bonito...me imagino que impresionaba en su época.
That would be so cool to own for weekend cruises
Outrageous you could get your hands on one of these
what a great car 👏❤️ one of the best in 60‘s 👍 pure elegance ❤️
I've heard of them,I've never seen one, but it looks and sounds fantastic.👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
The very first Matchbox car I chose to buy as a kid was an Iso Grifo!! In 1972, Zayre's Shopper City!!
Yeah; that's just plain beautiful.
I'm American, have known about the Iso Grifo since the late '60s, and would recognize one immediately. Even if I wasn't already familiar with them, no way I'd think it was a Camaro. Some type of Ferrari maybe, but not a Camaro. That sexy body screams 1960s Italian.
When I was young under the apple bow and fresh behind the wheel of the Grifo and Rivolta, there was a singular disconcerting thrill .. bury the throttle and take off sideways ... bit of a 'hello' experience!
Beautiful! And the cars pretty nice too!!