Finally Delivering - This 1975 Cordoba Was a Runaway Hit for Chrysler, and Yes, Corinthian Leather
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- 0:00 Start
0:04 Startup and Headlamps
0:34 Intro - Weather, animals
2:30 Intro to car
3:53 Beginning of actual car review
5:52 Events of 1975
10:27 Back to the car
12:00 Bee attack
14:00 Ricardo Mantelban and Corinthian Leather
16:14 Exterior Walkaround
20:15 The trunk
21:34 Engine and mechanicals
26:12 Fuel filler door
27:08 Interior
31:57 Window Sticker, books and documents
34:50 Test drive
40:36 Highway drive
I would like it to be noted that I am delivering here. About a month ago, after many (unintended) months of teasing, I did a review on a 1979 Chrysler Cordoba, to the intense dissatisfaction of many - by not specifying, I had given the impression I had a first generation Cordoba, which is what most people were expecting.
Well, here it is, damn it. I tracked one down, bought it, shipped it back, and now it's on TH-cam - never let it be said that I'm insensitive to what subscribers might want.
I won't rail on about Cordobas, because I did that in the first video - instead, if you missed it, here's the link:
• The Chrysler Cordoba W... - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
"I am chipper and recharged - well that's not true; I feel like shit" Bill doesn't disappoint! The first generation Cordoba is definitely better.
I feel like shit too! But Bill keeps me sane.
He feels like shit because he didn't have his corona 19 shot yet
LOL, Bill should move out of FL.
He would have felt worse with a speeding ticket! Lol (@37:42)
In 1975 I was 8 yes old. One of my deepest memories from that period of my life was when my Mom took me to see Jaws. I remember it distinctly! I remember the line to buy tickets was LONG…wrapped around the building…and this was the line for the 2pm matinée!!! So we finally get tickets and went in. My next memory was listening to “Love will Keep Us Together” by Captain and Tennille before the lights went down waiting for Jaws to begin.
I think of this day often… to me it represents a simpler time….an age of innocence, if you will. Those were HAPPY TIMES (for me at least)!😉
Fast forward 5 yrs: I’m 13… my parents were divorced, and my Wicked Stepmother drove a Black 1975 Chrysler Cordoba! By this time I was in full rebellion mode as my world had long since begun to unravel … and I had to go to Summer School to avoid failing 8th grade. My Stepmother was tasked with driving me to class every morning (the one thing she EVER did for me lol). I distinctly remember the SMELL of the Corinthian Leather when I would Get in the car!
This period of my life was not so happy…but as I reflect on it, it makes the previous memory all that much more special!☯️
Well written! I was 10 then in 1975. We didn’t get American muscle cars. The oil crisis did ravage the Costarican economy so most cars were Japanese and some European Fords. Mom drove a Datsun 100 A known as a Cherry and dad had a Ford Taurus 17M with a 2,000 cc V6.
Im glad that you thrived!
Finally the infamous Cordoba we've been waiting for!
The old guy love this car....the ultra slim shady Pleather was the close..LOL
Now THIS is a Cordoba... and in proper period colors. Nicely done, Bill.
Shame the header panel doesn't match
I owned a white with burgundy top and interior and red pinstripes 75 Cordoba 400 4 barrel sadly it was totaled in a rollover.
Had a '75 with a 400, tore off the Lean-Burn, installed a gold ignition box, distributor from a '72 400, stuck on a Quadra-Jet from an Oldsmobile, the thing was so fast it was an absolute delight to drive. Can't tell you how many street races we won with that thing :-} Thanks for the memories !
Sleepers rule !
That’s more like it Bill! Now that’s the Cordoba model we wanted to see! God Bless Bill!!
Oh my. I thought VHS won because of the six hour versus 4.5 hour format. I learn something every video. I think the Cordoba was beloved was because the front end looked like a Jaguar mated with a Lincoln.
Thanks Bill! This brings back so many memories. My grandmother had a silver Cordoba like this one. Now I feel "chipper"!!!!
what a beauty, i absolutely love the '75 cordoba, my 5th grade teacher drove one of these back in '75 in deer park texas, wonderful car and ricardo's commercials were epic!!! , thanks for posting sir , wonderful memories!
It's like heroin for car junkies. Bill's voice and the Corinthian leather what more could you ask for. Thanks Bill love all your videos.
Couldn’t have said it better myself
Are you in love with Bill?
I wouldn't say all that
His voice?! This guy is no Marvin Miller,Paul Frees or Gary Owens.
Yes! Finally get to see the damn beautiful Corinthian Leather as promised a year ago. :D
I'm a lil younger than the average cordoba fan. When my 75 came out, my dad was just entering middle school. I bought my 75 in 2010 with 56k original miles. Its silver with B5 blue interior, console shift, power windows and manual crank asc sunroof. I was young so it became my daily driver and I must say....watching you cruise down the road reminded me of staring at the cordoba coin going down the road. It's been parked since 2012 with 72k on the dash and I'm saving it for my son since he's 12 now, but after watching this I just might try to find another. I love my 68 newport convertible I have now....but there's nothing like my old cordoba. Thank you for this video, its truly a timeless classic
Damn, I was 16 when this came out -- remember the "fine Corinthian leather" ads very well. Funny thing is, I like the way it looks way better now than I did in '75. My Dad had a 72 Newport he'd let me drive once in a while.
Isn’t that weird? Time really does shape all things against their will
Yeah - was 13. I thought they were a lame old -people car, LOL...
Yes,fine Corinthian leather, from a tannery in New Jersey.
Rich Corinthian leather
I was 18 when this came out. I wasn't a fan, but they were everywhere for a long minute. I preferred the Pontiac Trans Am.
Finally finally. I've been waiting so long for this wondrous beauty to be done. I'm restoring and own two Cordobas, and I have to say my favorite and classiest car out of the 70s. Both of mine are first year 400 blocks. One in blue and white vinyl top. Chrysler hit a gold mine with these, and nothing beats the luxury and comfort of rich corinthian leather!!
This is a beautiful, well-proportioned vehicle - looks good from every angle. The only letdown is the lack of a console and the low budget dashboard. This car really deserves more than that Dodge van-like instrument/radio cluster.
Unfortunately by this point, Chrysler was just grabbing stock parts from the bin. The steering column / steering wheel / column shifter / door handles / knobs / gauges in this 1975 Cordoba were pretty much identical to my parents 1977 Dodge Aspen which were pretty much identical to my grandfather's 1979 Dodge Van which were pretty much identical to my uncle's 1980 Dodge Diplomat. They didn't have an extra dime to spend on anything back in the 70s. (Come to think of it, I think the Aspen had a different speedo / gauge cluster... but that's the only exception that I can think of at the moment.. and I remember this stuff because at various points of my teenage life, I drove both the 79 Van and the 80 Diplomat regularly)
Yep, exactly only thing I did not like about mine was the weird Faux wood dash. There was a option for a console available.
@@control_the_pet_population -- Unfortunately they weren't the only ones. My mother had a 75 Regal. It wasn't any better. By then, GM was parts sharing across all their lines. Ford was doing the same.
Agreed. The interior seems to have a lot of cost cutting measures, plastic seat release button, plastic seat buckles etc. Modern day cost cutting was evident.
Parts bin could easily have supplied Chrysler with a dash dash guage display from an older Barracuda or Roadrunner or GTX. Even CHP cars had a better dash and layout , I think. Customers aren’t stupid forever. That’s why Ford had a popular but short run with their Gran Torino after that TV show ended. Maybe Mopar needed Carol Doda in a string bikini to sell more pretend stuff because they could have made a Córdoba GT. Or GranD Prix calling it the Córdoba C D if they had Carol Doda in and ad. Or Suzanne Somers. Hey it worked for O’Brien and Majerajah water skis , gloves, and ski and vests. Everyone knows neither female needed additional “ equipment “ just by a glance but it sold a lotta stuff including fake wood plastic fiberglass water skis.
Finally! The real "Ricardo Montalban Edition Cordoba"! Was 15 when this came out! Mahalo for bringing the memories!
I have to say Bill, nothing depresses me more than seeing a beautiful 70s luxo-coupe with crank windows. And you keep finding them! Who the hell is (was) ordering cars this way? Ricardo Montelban would not be pleased.
Ah, I just love checking out great car reviews and getting Long Dong Silver cross references interjected into the conversation! You won’t find that anywhere else but Curious Cars!
One of my neighbors around the lake drives one as a daily driver. Much like I do my 82 crew cab K30. I really appreciate this car and I wish more people drove these old relics
A person of fine taste...and refinement... when you were 12
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We had one of these when i was a kid. Family was so hype. First family ride was to the county fair and my puppy barfed all over the Corinthian leather interior 😆
Bill, I waited 40 decades for this review. My grandpa’s brother had one exactly like this one. My grandpa who was a Cadillac guy, was looking at him, like you would look a guy riding a Civic with a huge wing.
Yep, my parents bought ours brand new, fully loaded with the 400ci “Lean burn” V8. It was green with green “Corinthian” Leather. Damn thing was a tank. I was headed home from a ball game one Friday night in the winter, hit a patch of ice and the rear end came around on me and slammed the passenger side quarter panel into a concrete corner post on my dad’s farm. Going 40mph when it happened and all it did was dent the quarter panel and smashed the small side light. One of my favorites growing up
Yes! Finally! I absolutely love this car and you reviewing it makes it even better.
Oh for the love of god Bill, rich Corinthian leather!
The richest. Hello Paulie, good to see you.
Is it Sunday gravy or Sunday sauce?
Bill killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. He was an interior decorator!
I bought a 75 new when I was 21. They were so popular it was hard finding one. It had the 360, Corinthian leather, console with floor shifter, power windows, am/fm with 8 track tape player and halo vinyl roof. It was a great car, smooth, quite and comfortable. Kept it for 8 years and had over 100k on it, then gave it to my cousin. Never any issues with it. I do miss it. My 2018 Challenger RT reminds me of it. Similar proportions, comfortable and quite but with more performance. Your review brought back some good memories. Thanks for the review Bill.
When I was 14 me and my friend were getting high and shooting bottle rockets at cars from a field near our houses when I hit a car in the windshield, it was a 1977 Córdoba, it started to chase us around the neighborhood, we stayed off the streets, everywhere we went it was there waiting, we finally lost it and went to his house to catch our breath, a minute later his mother came home with her 6’4” boyfriend fuming about some punks hitting cars with fireworks, we just looked at them in disbelief 🤣🤣🤣🤣
My freind and I*
HAHAHAHA! awesome! Only in the 70s!
Hahaha
You’re lucky someone didn’t pummel you to death.
You could’ve killed somebody.
I loved this car. I owned a black 1976 with a white leather interior. I have become addicted to listening to Bill. He is an absolute riot.
We drove a 1975 Cordoba back in 1977 from Oreon to Oklahoma it was my in-laws car. I absolutely fell in love with that car on that trip. Thanks for the great video and memories. 318 cubic inch two barrel about 19 mpg no problem. This particular Cordova was equipped with the 904 automatic transmission very durable Trans. The 360 V8s had the 727 Great trans as well and both engines very durable long-lasting.
In 1980, My parents bought a beautiful ‘77 Cordoba (white, red interior IIRC) for my sister.
It remained a beautiful car until she drove it through our neighbor’s living room a few weeks later.
I can say as an eyewitness that as robust as the Cordobas were built, they could not shrug off a solidly built brick fireplace.
Made for several weeks of awkward mornings thereafter, because our school bus stop was in front of the same neighbor’s house.
LOL
Bill I just want you to know that to me, and probably only to me, this is the most exciting car you've had on the channel.
I had a 1977 model in maroon for 3 years. I LOVED that car and still miss it. It was nice to hear this one running and driving.
You knocked it out of the park with this one, Bill, thanks!!
Just popped up, can’t watch, at work, but I know it’s gonna be a great night 🍻
God rest my mother's soul. When I was a kid back in 1976 she had a brand new one in what she called "Maroon" color. It did not have "Corinthian Leather Seats", but ones made out of "maroon" colored velvet. It had a little moonroof(?) that you opened and closed with a crank. I used to puke in that car every single time she drove it. She smoked like a chimney, always stopped short because she was a shitty driver, and never rolled the windows down because she did not want the wind to wreck her hair. Looking at this car, I feel car sick all over again, but miss it, lol.
That car was a tank because she knocked a fire pump over when she hit it and the pump exploded into a geyser like burst of water that shot about 20 feet into the air. She burned rubber and took off from the scene. I started crying "Mommy the police are going to arrest us" and she said "Not if they didn't see us" as we took off 😂🤣
My dad had a 1976 Cordoba with the 400 4barrel carb. It was power everything including it had the console. I loved driving that whip. It was so smooth on the road. Really sharp 70s personal luxury car. Thank you for the detailed interesting videos.👍
I have a 1975 Cordoba, Spinnaker White with black vinyl top and black leather interior. It's fully loaded with bucket seats, floor console, AC, pw, pl, power trunk release, cruise control, 360 V8 and a working 8-track player. It even has the optional turbine wheels. I have other cars but it is my favourite by far. It is an awesome car just for cruising comfortably down the highway, I'll never sell it.
Ricardo Montalban would be proud of this car. 1975 was the year I graduated from High School...Great time to be young when you actually did things and you weren't connected to your cell phone.
My step dad bought a brand new black 76 Dodge Charger with a 400 4 barrel police interceptor, I remember him beating a 77 black Trans Am at a red light, that car was very fast back then! Later in life I drove it and left a 85 GT mustang in the dust!!That Charger hit hard when you floored it!
It’s hard to believe my ‘70 Charger became this 5 years later. 😀
Remember the Charger became the Coronet/downsized Monaco coupe for one year? That was the base and the S/E was the Cordoba sister.
1976. Yeah. You didn’t see many even back then. But in ‘71, they got rid of the 2 door Coronet thru ‘74. I always thought those Chargers were just Coronets. And recently noticed the VIN on them starts with a “W”. For Coronet. The ‘68-‘70 Chargers were “X”.
@@drippinglass Cool that you remember that teeny piece of trivia. Then Charger became the Magnum as you know.
Sad, isn't it?
😂
Please make these as long as you want … I look forward to your reviews to get me thru the week !!
I know a guy that has the 235 horsepower “high performance” 400. He bought it new. Performance was good for a heavy mid 70’s car. 0 to 60 in 8 seconds and about a 130 top end.
My '76 with the 400 handled beautifully in the Portland ice/light snow. Frankly, it was amazing!
My 75 Cordoba had a 235 hp 400 mine had more options than this one with power windows and seats buckets with console and slap stick foot shifter.
Absolutely love these reviews. Good classic cars and Bill’s good morning, weather, animals, etc they add to the experience. The knowledge behind these cars is so expansive it is to be appreciated. Thank you Bill! Both informative and a pleasure to listen to; like the voice real radio broadcasters from an era gone by.
NOBODY does a “heavy sigh” better than Bill!
It's soooo beautiful!
Thanks for finally finding one. When I got home from work and turned on my tv to log on….. this picture made me happy😃. Thanks and keep your video’s coming. Your one of the few that I look forward to🤟🤟. 🥃🥃 Cheers from SoCal!
A friend of mine had a 76 Cordoba and it was a beautiful shade of brown and had the beautiful deep brown leather seats she was so Beautiful Car. Thank you Bill for bringing this beauty to us. she looks like she really flies.
Love You Bill, You are totally redeemed...you brought us the REAL CORDOBA that we thought you were bringing us weeks ago....this car is Simply Gorgeous....absolute ORIGINAL for its day. I have been missing your videos as of late, Glad you are back man....You made me hear my laugh again this morning. :) BRAVO.. !!!!
My Aunt Barb had a very similar one as this. Saw Star Wars in a drive thru venue( remember drive thrus) in her Cordoba with my cousins. Remember listening to that chromatic clock ticking over. As always Bill ya hit it outta the park especially with this one.
Bill- this video is the highlight of my week! When I was a young boy- I thought these were the coolest cars.
Did you possibly miss your calling in life? You know I have great respect for Jay Leno. The man evolved from stand-up comedian to automotive historian and first class collector. But as much as I admire that man’s talent I find you even more entertaining than him. Your sarcastic sense of humor has made me almost pee my pants on more than a few occasions and I haven’t viewed more than about five of your videos! And to top it off, your an obvious automotive historian. Absolutely love the way you incorporate the historical timeframe info around the year of the car. Absolutely brilliant. I’m hooked!
Bill, I friggen appreciate it, all your efforts for this car was worth all the wait!
Ricardo suggested the name Corinthian merely because it sounded nice with his accent. This came out when I was 12 and Ricardo convinced me that I wanted one. At 12 this and the AMC Matador were my favorite cars. I never had either. I enjoy your videos.
PLCs were orders of magnitude cooler that SUVs/CUVs could ever be.
This was the best Cordoba. It was the smoothest riding car I'd ever rode in, to date. I was so sad when my father had to return it, as it was a rental. I tried to convince my dad to buy it, but he said he couldn't.☹
Thank you Bill - the 75 Cordoba was my first car, forest green with a white landau roof, white interior with bucket seats and center console. Many great memories cruising around New York City with that car.
I love the tail lights on that thing! Beautiful color too! Hope you’re doing well, Bill.
Those lights are great. A thing about Chrysler designs for certain.
If only he knew how much we love his long videos. 😆
I was just 11 when they came out..man what a work of art they were 🤙🏾
Hey Bill, another BIG reason BetaMax tanked with consumers was that the TAPES only could record about TWO hours. The much larger VHS cassettes were capable of 8 hours. Was with RCA at the time and they joined the VHS bandwagon with an extensive model line. The porno factor is interesting but I don't think that was what ultimately led to the demise of the Sony units. Keep ^Up^ The Great Content Fella'. 👌 🔜📺 🎥
Meanwhile, on The Left Coast, circa 1975, as kids, we were rolling around in a polar opposite vehicle:
A utilitarian, spartan, Germanic VW Bus with 65hp, a wobbly 4 speed stick and hose-out rubber floors.
These Cordoba things were around, but mostly owned by matronly types who ate at the Royal Fork and chose wall-to-wall hi-lo carpet.
Probably also the dream machine of sales rep Herb Tarlic on the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati.
10:30 - After mentioning John Holmes, thought he said "On Golden Blonde."
But it's "Golden Fawn" and that flick hit VHS 9 years later starring the great Peter North.
So happy to see this Bill. I love first generation Cordoba's
Thiiiiiiis is the Cordoba we deserve!!!
Thanks, Bill!!!!
At last!!! A real Cordoba with fine Corinthian Leather!!! The Canadians & I are so chipper I can't stand it!!! Thank you Bill, have a good belt of coronavirus whiskey!!! 👍👍😁
Corinthian leather came from New Jersey. 😂
Yes but does it have cornering lights?
I had a 75 Cordoba for 1 year only because it wasn't peppy enough for me with the standard engine. I traded it in on a 76 with the 400-4barrel lean burn engine and that made a big improvement in performance. They were great looking cars.
Man this is more entertaining than this week’s Jay Leno ride. Magnificent review. Wish I could give it more than one like.
My mother owned a 1975 Cordoba. I was about 18 at the time . Her car was white with red interior. It had the 360 "lean burn" V8. When you pressed hard on the accelerator, the left side turn signal lamp on the hood would get brighter....suppose to be visual cue you were using a lot of fuel. I could not tell if this one had that feature. Your video brings back a lot of memories. I put some miles on that car but it was a fuel hog for sure.
Thanks god Bill is not complaining…….. AHMED FROM BAGHDAD IRAQ
I owned one back in the eighties and it was fun to drive. It was dark blue with a white vinyl top. Dark blue interior with the same shifter on the console and the same 360 cubic inch 2 barrel engine. I wish I had it now.
In 1976, I was 12 and my family bought the Cordoba’s sister car, a Dodge Charger Daytona with the 400 ci engine. I loved that car!
This was my company car back in the seventies. Mine was silver/grey with red ( Corinthian Leather ) with the red half roof and opera lights. The seats were studded high-backs and extremely comfortable with a console and shifter running through the Centre. Unfortunately I wrecked it and it went to meet its maker! Also I must say that the carpets inside was sumptuous. I can’t remember having any problems with the car or engine. Wish I had it today!
I remember ads that proclaimed this was "The New, Small, Chrysler". It was Ford that bragged about 'road hugging weight'.
I had a 1978 Gran Fury, mechanically identical to this car, except mine had a 400. 1978 was the last year for the big block. It did 8 mpg.
I feel ya. I was 8y/o when my parents took me to see Jaws. Scared the ever loving goose crap out of me. I ran out of the theater during Quint's death scene and after that I refused to go into the swimming pool for at least a month.
I like the honest presentation and the walk back in that time in history!
I had a friend with a later one in black and gold metal flake paint. I found it rode very nice and soft for a torsion bar suspension and equal or better in ride quality to its Detroit competitors. In fact I was considering buying it but I wasn’t at that point of class then.
My grandfather had one of these after he traded his LeMans in for one. I can still hear that chronometer changing the hours, gears whining as it flipped over. Powerful memories.
Thanks for this, Bill. Ricardo Montalban would have been very proud.
Finally a true Cordoba! Thanks Bill, keep em coming.
Partly why we want a Cordoba is how well Bill can get in a rhythm with a strange cool car like this. Vehicle like this bring us Bill at his best.
I always thought that the Cordoba was a beautiful car and yes that includes the stacked headlight version too!
These videos make my day.Thanks Bill!!
8:24 - I grew up water skiing. As a kid in the 80's, I never ONCE hopped in the lake without thinking about Jaws after seeing that damn movie. Spielberg can suck it.
Even at my advanced age, I cannot watch Jaws. Terrifying.
I met my wife in 1975. We are still rockin however we don't get chipper in the back seat anymore.
Being an old Jaguar Fan, when are you reviewing the Mark X ?
That car would give a veeery interesting video with tones of mob and gun references 😅
A true Bill-style classic it would be !
FABULOUS CAR!!!!
Your viewers hate when the weather is good.
I got so excited about this video my shorts are more humid than Naples. A REAL Cordoba! Thank god its 42 minutes long. We would feel shortchanged if any less. I hope I'm not too Baroque to buy one in this condition.
When I was a kid a family in the neighborhood had a brown Cordoba. The parents didn't get along and they eventually divorced. I still remember the mother running out of the house after an argument one evening, jumping into the Cordoba, and taking off much faster than she should have in the neighborhood, the Cordoba's tires screeching and body leaning in the corners, outside edge of the rear bumper practically scraping pavement. That's my memory of the Cordoba.
One of my favorite 1970s American cars. And what a beautiful colour
I,am such a Cordoba fan. Loved this video. Cheers
I love watching your videos they are very entertaining. Thanks for posting!
Love the vids. Love the weather reports.
Bill, I loved the 2nd Gen Cordoba, but nothing compares to the 1st Gen! Ricardo would be damn proud of you and this absolutely gorgeous example! And of course we all know about "Rich Corinthian Leather", even down here in Australia and we never even sold them! Actually, this is one of the best "sounding" V8s you have ever recorded. And as we know "it is on the highway where Cordoba best answers our demands"..."all at a most pleasant price" :-) Thank you mate, love the review!
Now THIS is the cordoba we all had in mind. Thank you Bill, it's been worth the wait.
Thank Bill I needed this break to re-live the past and forget about the frigging miserable present
Bill, this was long awaited b/c I'd never heard of a Cordoba,
I sent the link to my uncle John (official car guy of family) and he didn't watch it, well he's 80, he doesn't understand the tv on the phone ... But he called me up immediately and said I had one of those! And the next thing he said kinda shouting was it has Corinthian leather! Led to a 20 min conversation, he got a silver with black quarter top and black interior bucket seats. Which sounds much better to me then the umpteenth variations of baby shit brown Bill mentioned. He had the 360 4barrel and was living in Albuquerque in 75 and he said he took all the smog shit off of it b/c they didn't make you have it there and changed the filler neck so he could put leaded gas in it and he got 23mpg on runs to Vegas and back. It was a good car.
Thanks for sparking that stroll down memory lane for my uncle John. In 20 years of us talking 80% of conversation was cars and he'd never mentioned owning a Chrysler. He had big Lincoln's in most the stories.
My dad had a 2 door triple black chrystler newyorker....I was a little boy but I remember that was a fun car..although it would burn the hell out of you of it was sitting in the sun long enough..but it was fully loaded...boy what a car
Atta boy.. now we are talking
Bring back the PERSONAL LUXURY COUPE! Love the Cordoba, 2nd gen Monte Carlo and Grand Prix, Thunderbird, etc and of course, the grand daddy of them all the Lincoln Mark V. Another great video Bill.
That's if people would buy them. They just want these little scrunched up things you see now. BORING AS A
BOX OF STYROFOAM!
One could argue the current Challenger could be a modern PLC. At over 4000 lbs, they're not exactly anything else if they're equipped with the V6 or the 5.7.
I never drove one but liked the looks
75 Okds cutlass was an awesome great looking car
Had to pay almost !1000 for my Japanese Victor Corporation stereo. JVC edition VHS
Bill, I never thought I'd get weepy over Mailaise Era automobiles, but that Cordoba is a looker! I have been starting to like mid to late 70s and 80s autos the same as the 50s and 60s cars!
Can the late 50s really be matched, though?
Not me. I didn’t even care about these in the mid 80’s, when the junkyards were littered with them. They didn’t have any parts that I needed for my ‘70 Charger.
@@MrCarGuy Possibly matched, even exceeded by the 60s. But in this day of lookalike SUV's and $100K half-ton trucks that may not last 10 years, anything from the past is beginning to look good to this 58 year old!
@@MrCarGuy Not for styling!...I am old now, but can remember how flamboyant many 50s/early60s care were...bright colors, two and maybe three toned from the factory....I owned a couple!...but now I really appreciate the modern safety features in auto now...air bags, collapsing steering wheels, side reinforcement, better gas tank placement, all of this makes for a better vehicle...but yes, it has taken away from the creative stying of cars today.
To paraphrase Noah Cross in the film Chinatown - "Politicians, whores and ugly buildings all get respectable if they last long enough."
Love the Superfly/Avanti headlamps.