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everyone wants a 69 but 72 is the ultimate year for american cars. 69 isn't even cool at this point 68 is better than 69 in every way

Lot of liberties taken on "Pure Stock" I have never seen a purestock Rambler run in low 13's before

My grandfather bought a new 1970 Chevelle in gold with a 350. Nice car.

Awesome 🇺🇲

This must be an early film, they didn’t mention the LS-6 450 horsepower 454.

I assume a "current Camaro" was still considered / titled as a '69?

The Canadian version of the Chevelle would be the Beaumont.

Funny how they show the 69 Camaro

I didn't know Chevy still offered the two speed Powerglide in 1970, thought all the automatics were turbo hydramatic 350 and 400 units by then.

It's a shame they didn't copy the bore/stroke changes the Brazilians made to the Nova 4 and spend a couple million putting an aluminum crossflow head on it for the Vega rather than launch the not-yet-fully-developed aluminum block/iron head engine.

I never knew anyone with a 4 cylinder Nova. In fact I would have sworn they didn’t exist.

OK, what the heck is a "torque drive" transmission??

never thought about it before seeing this...they had a lot of choices and the sky was the limit

Great jazz score.

Another film from Chevrolet Communications! Good one!

This is great. Thanks for this

Notice how when the lemans has the same features as the chevelle, they don’t mention that… they only compare it to Torino.

I don't remember the 4 cyl with torque drive semi automatic. I thought the 4 cyl for the Nova was dropped in the 1960's. Cool old film.

Knew a guy who had a regular Chevelle Malibu. Nothing special about that car. Wasn't a SS big block car. Bench seat car and automatic on the column. But someone ordered it with the the 350/300hp engine with power steering, power brake, and A/C. A really nice car. It had a really high rear gear ratio. Like 2.90:1. Consequently, it was a freeway flyer. It had long legs. Really nicely optioned car. I find those regular more appealing than all the big block cars that seem to be the only chevy cars that show.up to a car show.

great video to bad most of them had a diet of high octane leaded premium gas ,10.25 to one compression ratio

Actually prefer the look of the '70 Trans Am to the similar Camaro.

Another awesome drop!

Thanks for this. Been looking forward to it. You have an amazing collection!

I noticed it did not include the second generation of the Camaro yet.

I sure enjoy seeing what I have forgotten over the years, 😮😮😮😮😮

“The can be key can be removed only when turned into the off position” they just happened to say that as I stuff my key in my pocket while l let the car warm up

I also have a 1970 GS Stage 1in this somewhat rare color. So I had to check this short video out. It was a 1-owner car but had high miles so I decided to just rebuild the stock engine and cam it a bit. Rich Lasseter of the GSCA picked a cam for me and boy did he nail it! I also have a '70 LS6 Chevelle with 4.10 gears, old 2" Jardine headers and a Crower Monarch cam, and the GS is just as fast if not faster.

I don't know if anyone else caught this but the 1966 Chevelle SS396 came with a 325hp, a 360hp and the 375hp. This individual stated that the 66 came with the 350hp, the 360hp was only available in 1966, the 1967 came with the 350hp option. I know this because my Uncle bought a new Chevelle in Danville,VA, got shipped off to Vietnam and never saw it again because his wife totaled the car while he was gone. That was the fast car I ever sat in.

Very quick...if I was at that event, I would like to inspect those from shocks.

My grandmother drove a Sierra Fawn 1967 Impala sedan for many years. The Caprice Custom wagon was certainly one of the most awesome-looking wagons ever. Why, we had one win Best of Show at the International Station Wagon Club convention in 2019. Thanks for sharing!

That AMC Hornet SC-360 is the TIT'S!

I miss both my '66s. I had a 2 door hardtop from '82-'06 and a wagon from '90-'00. Both were Sandalwood Tan with Fawn interiors. The hardtop was a two-tone with a Cameo Beige roof. Both were 195 hp 283/'Glide cars with factory air.

What a great sales training film! Thanks for uploading

Definitely underrated HP numbers...pure stock appearing,modified drag racing is more like it...Great video nonetheless. 😊

IMO.... Some of these listed gear ratio,horsepower, weight don't add up to the IT'S listed ET's...for instance: 290 hp, auto,3.90 gear,3870 lbs best etc of 11.94?....😮... or....360 hp,auto,3.64 gear,4175lbs best etc of 12.36?...on bias ply tires and original equipment radials?. and there are others. ...especially given modern mustangs and camaros can't run those numbers with more power,less weight and comparable gearing.

Mid-size cars were gaining popularity by the mid-1960s... but their sales were still much smaller than full-size cars. Most new car customers then desired the status of a bigger car. However, the two oil shocks in 1973 and 1979 resulted in more customers permanently ditching their big cars for mid-size cars. By the 1980s the sales of big Chevrolets and Fords had significantly dropped.

Despite the minor styling update and expansion of the Caprice models, sales of these full-size 1966 Chevrolets dropped by 150,000 units to 1.5 million units for the model year. After the record breaking 1965 model year, sales of the full-size Chevrolet would continue to drop over time as more customers migrated to mid-sized and sporty "pony cars". The full-size 1966 Ford remained the second most popular new car.

In the 1960s, the Pontiac Catalina was a really good buy... because it was a lot more refined than the big Chevrolet with only a small increase in price.

The styling of the 1965 Impala was more dramatic ...with the 1966 Impala looking more dull.

What about comparing the Plymouth Belvedere/Satellite?

The mustang looks like a fancy falcon, which is all it really was anyway, compared to the Ferrari inspired 2nd Gen Camaro. No contest.

Silly question- are these cars running heads up- first to the finish wins? Or is it bracket racing based on ET?

Do you see something familiar here? There's no doubt in my mind that Chevrolet was itching to retire the Chevelle name EIGHT YEARS before it finally did with the downsized Malibu, following a procedure it did in 1968 with the Chevy II, which, of course, became the Nova just one year later.

A friend of mine had found a Marina blue "SS" Convertible , through an older co-worker in about 1986. It was a base 283 , power glide car. it was rough from northern Illinois winters. He drove it home with only one brake working. Ripped his pants on the seat springs. When he got back to his trail park, he went over the speed bump and lost the gas tank. He fixed it up with the money he has, replaced the bad engine with a 350. It wasn''t perfect,. But I ended it up with it, I sold it in 2016.

5.42 gear in 70 riviera? 3.42?

I put 15" chromys with firestone Indy lap tires on my ss 396 tach was right knee buster it reflected on winshield

My Husband had one .. ❤❤❤ why did we sell it!!!! Memories

Digging that hot chick. Hey, the SS396 was pretty cool, too!

In 1966, after his Corvair was stolen, my father purchased a 1966 Caprice (327) from Angelus Chevrolet in Highland Park CA. My brother and I learned to drive in that land yacht. My mother drove that car for years until she gave it to my younger brother. Some time in the early 90s, a little old lady sideswiped my brother and our beautiful Caprice was no more. 😔

Nice dealer film! Mr. sport parachutist must have been a Paratrooper in Vietnam 66 to 67 and made it out alive, still likes the thrill of jumping out of perfectly good aircraft. 😆 I still think the Corvair should have continued in production and updated for 1971.