It's more about "Style", we know today they are "Death Traps", but they still look great. My username might take away some cred, but PONTIAC always looked good, even bad.
GM Design Concepts have always been way ahead of its time. Harley Earl was a fantastic designer..!! In 1973 they built that MID Engine Corvette..!! Thanks for posting this GM tour..!!
The best thing I've seen in a long time. What a great way to spend 40:44 minutes. Thanks for uploading this documentary and man oh man you have an awesome job. 👍
@@jack002tuber I never told you that; Elvis Presley goes totally the opposite of, the 1980s Gothic Rock group called Nirvana. Their #1 hit song has these lyrics; "raid me invade me."
@@jack002tuber And you're also going to find it hard to believe that; even the pornographers who sexually exploit the young women, also worship Elvis Presley. I looked it up in the pornographic reading material called: 'Just 18.'
@@jack002tuber Another thing; you want to know what Duane (Duane G. Shelton) told me? It's the truth; he said, "it's the blacks who started Rock and roll."
I really enjoyed this one . I can remember going with my uncle who was big into really rare cars . We went to a place near Hokes Bluff , Alabama and bought a 1953 Skylark convertible . It was red just like the one on this video . He told me it was an extremely rare car . I was just a kid when we done this , but I remember it very well . The last car he restored before he passed away was a 32 Lincoln Convertible .
I've driven that Indianapolis 500 yellow and blue Corvette. This is a very old episode of my classic car. Some of these cars were auctioned off and my friend Patricia bought that EXACT Corvette. Crazy
Thank you, thank you Dennis. A perfect compliment to all the Woodward Dream Cruise youtube videos uploaded this past weekend. I learn so much about cars from your series.
I want that big block Impala SS. I have a 96 Buick Roadmaster sedan that I am modifying to be my version of it. But I would love to have one built by GM
My father use to get a new Buick every two years. One day he came home with a '53 Wildcat because he passed the Dealership on the way to and from his business. He couldn't justify buying it as a company car, so he didn't get it, but what a car!
The silver Corvette that was built during the 70’s is a vert good design that takes care of the Magnum PI “B pillar” problem. The silver Corvette has the flat design but the ability to look over your shoulder quickly to find an available lane is no longer a problem if the fins over the windows were taken out to allow the driver to see though. If the Corvette had a I’d engine design the cut always behind the two side doors can be used to assist cooling problems and can possibly take care of major cooling problems which is pretty common with a lot of higher performance problems. They force of air can take care of most cooling problems can can allow hotter engines to run cooler and may allow more horse power. A good place to put the center of gravity is to put it in the middle of the car to allow a 50 - 50 weight distribution and if the exact point of gravity of the car was at the floorboard, this will allow a flatter ride and little to no stability issues will accrue. This car would drive like a LEGALLIZED GO-CART. The idea sports car concept, and also a simple enough desighn that can be put into other design templets. A possible design for them radio for the car and not show a sharks fin would be a window stick on antenna. It can be stuck on a back side window and it picks up pretty good. Thinking of it, a one foot sharks fin on the roof center of the back window would prett kind of cool after market novelty, the kids would buy it.
If I were Running GM, I would introduce one car to compete with the Toyota Camry. It would be simple, and only imploy simple proven technology (including buttons, and not touchscreens, etc). The 4 door would be the Oldsmobile, and the two door would be the Pontiac. Do not have turbo, or GDI, etc., but rather a lightweight engine with heavy duty head gaskets, and a heavy duty cooling system. Either of these cars should not go thru many changes over the years, and the aftermarket can provide any tuning upgrades, etc. that the owner wants to install themselves. For the masses, it will just be a nostalgic simple reliable car.
they don't compete with Toyota... they build cars together. That's why the '80s "Nova" monstrosities said "Toyota" on the engines... they were rebadged Corollas.
The Oldsmobile concept vehicles featured in this video were so futuristic that they actually vaporized into non existence! Where have you gone Oldsmobile?
If someone surprised me with tour of this place, they'd have get me a wheelchair I'd be so weak-kneed. That'd be after the smelling salts wake me up after fainting walking through the door.
This looks like it was filmed in anamorphic widescreen. Filmed in 4:3 for DVD. You'd have to manually change the setting on your TV to widescreen back when widescreen TV's were rare.
When the Auto Expo came to town in Raleigh,NC I got to see some of the concept cars in between 2001-2004 still have t missed a single Expo to this day since i was born in 2001
What's funny about those "future" turbine cars is that back in the 60's sci-fi shows like the Outer Limits and Twilight Zone portrayed future cars with that turbine whistle. But in a sense that sound has come true. Electric cars and hybrids when they're running in the electric mode do emit a little whistle sound.
Just the second I was about to make this comment about the bubble roof(s) on the fire-bird, reminding me of the "dome of silence" on Get Smart, Dennis beat me to it.
My favorite has always and still is the 56 Centurion. Elegant curves, sharp fins, and an amazing unique look. If I ever become rich enough, I'd love to have a replica made.
To ride in the Firebird III.... must have been amazing... You are one lucky guy. That vehicle is on my list to own and drive but that will NEVER happen. Like i said you are so damn lucky. You have been in so many care and trucks and this one beats them all..
I believe it was in the 1980s when GM built a 6 wheeled Indy car. It had four front tires that steered,was front wheel drive, had 2 big rear tires that just trailed along. It had a turbine engine which spun a big flywheel, burned kerosene, And got 75mpg at 150mph.
Firebird 3, if you are driving with a friend cant talk to them in the other cockpit, also no steering wheel or brake pedals, this would make for a wild ride.
Gus VanHorn OBAMA!?!? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! The moron who started the destruction of our country from within....President Trump had us on the way back before the PLANDEMIC and the George Floyd Exercise.
What a terrific gem of an upload. I also love the fact there this is before the extensive usage of the go pro camera. It's a cheater's way of doing things, and the massive distortion makes it an unpleasant experience for the viewers.
This video was pre recorded years before the gopro. You can tell this video is pre recorded years and years ago because of the video quality, also they reference the Oldsmobile a defunct car company
@@ramairgto72 not quite... the F body is the Firebird/Camaro platform. the Banshee hit the street in '68 as the Corvette after GM mandated that no other brands in the company could have a 2 seat sports car to compete with the 'Vette and stole the design and mildly restyled it. the only F body trait is the tail lights which ended up on the first gen Firebirds. www.corvettes.nl/gm_prototypes/banshee/index.html The article says "Corvette influence", but unless you have DeLorean's other car, that's impossible as this was '63-'64 and the Corvette clone didn't come out until '68.
I love watching your vlogs. All these cars were awsome considering this is a dated video and we can't have new Pontiacs or Oldsmobiles. Most impressive were the f3 firebird, the tigershark vette which I love being an LSU fan, and the Buick Aurora. If I could have any of these it would be a toss up between the Tigershark and the Aurora
Cool cars, but my all time favorite is the Cadillac Cycone. I have been in love with that car since I was a little kid. That and the early 60's Chrysler Turbine car. Never got to be in the Caddie, but I did get to ride in the Chrysler Turbine car when I was a kid.
Nothing really revolutionary in GM since HJE retired! Remember the days when a "NEW" model was released, and the papered windows on the dealerships weeks before! The excitement for a kid in his formative years was palpable. Now they almost determine a "NEW" model as in it's got different decals changed wheel covers and new colours! We now seem to buy cars because WE NEED A CAR, not because "WE JUST HAD TO HAVE IT" style and class and that lusty has gone! Killed off by the bean counters.
Wayne osmand, it isn't just the bean counters it's also fed regulations as well, also , if anyone of these experimental or prototypes would have ever went into production chances are there would have been numerous changes!
"You're gonna see the best of the best of the GM collection!"
*First car he shows is a Sunfire*
It's more about "Style", we know today they are "Death Traps", but they still look great.
My username might take away some cred, but PONTIAC always looked good, even bad.
Kifo lol
I like all Pontiacs
Kifo üs
Pontiac Maniac You don't Say
GM Design Concepts have always been way ahead of its time. Harley Earl was a fantastic designer..!! In 1973 they built that MID Engine Corvette..!! Thanks for posting this GM tour..!!
That beautiful red Buick Roadmaster, in 1953, was worth almost $60,000 in today's dollars!!! Feels about right to me!
That highlander was sick, and go look at the one we got...
Yeah, I thought the same thing.
The best thing I've seen in a long time. What a great way to spend 40:44 minutes. Thanks for uploading this documentary and man oh man you have an awesome job. 👍
That Firebird is an amazing car.
That's the kind of car collection that keeps guys like Jay Leno humble.
@@jack002tuber I never told you that; Elvis Presley goes totally the opposite of, the 1980s Gothic Rock group called Nirvana. Their #1 hit song has these lyrics; "raid me invade me."
@@jack002tuber And you're also going to find it hard to believe that; even the pornographers who sexually exploit the young women, also worship Elvis Presley. I looked it up in the pornographic reading material called: 'Just 18.'
@@jack002tuber Another thing; you want to know what Duane (Duane G. Shelton) told me? It's the truth; he said, "it's the blacks who started Rock and roll."
Dennis, you get to do what we only dream of doing. Stay safe and thank you for posting.
I know. I can't believe it myself! Thanks for watching!
I really enjoyed this one . I can remember going with my uncle who was big into really rare cars . We went to a place near Hokes Bluff , Alabama and bought a 1953 Skylark convertible . It was red just like the one on this video . He told me it was an extremely rare car . I was just a kid when we done this , but I remember it very well . The last car he restored before he passed away was a 32 Lincoln Convertible .
Damn, these cars are so clean that they look like CGI cars...
fallout 4
@@2JZLS I sometimes do begin to wonder what kind of car Chuck Barry owned?
@@2JZLS It's just that; not one person, has ever worshipped Chuck Barry.
@@2JZLS One of these cars I see Dennis Gage drives, reminds me so much of the batmobile.
@@2JZLS That's the 1959 firebird 3.
I've driven that Indianapolis 500 yellow and blue Corvette. This is a very old episode of my classic car. Some of these cars were auctioned off and my friend Patricia bought that EXACT Corvette. Crazy
The guy talking with Dennis about the 36 minute mark, I picture him saying “Sorry folks!!! Parks closed...the moose out front should have told ya..”
"TH-cam GOLD" !
IT doesn't get better than this!
The best 40 min I've spent watching car video. but still enjoy Jay Leno's Garage
Thank you, thank you Dennis. A perfect compliment to all the Woodward Dream Cruise youtube videos uploaded this past weekend. I learn so much about cars from your series.
I want that big block Impala SS. I have a 96 Buick Roadmaster sedan that I am modifying to be my version of it. But I would love to have one built by GM
1951 Buick LeSabre - Drool.... I have seen this gem in photos for decades, I love that they still have it!
Aerovette looks like a Lancia.
The Autonomy concept looks to cool.
I love how the cockpit sits forward up towards the front wheels.
My father use to get a new Buick every two years. One day he came home with a '53 Wildcat because he passed the Dealership on the way to and from his business. He couldn't justify buying it as a company car, so he didn't get it, but what a car!
Social distancing car. Build it now...it's the Carona!
Underrated comment bro, you are awesome! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes, before it was sooooo fashionable. Fear driven society. Lol
Firebird III = Firebird Wheeee! 😀 Awesome video/content. 40 minutes went by all too quickly. Thank you Dennis, and General Motors!
1:24 I should have kept my '62 Buick Special Convertible...what a fun ride. GR8 video.
The silver Corvette that was built during the 70’s is a vert good design that takes care of the Magnum PI “B pillar” problem. The silver Corvette has the flat design but the ability to look over your shoulder quickly to find an available lane is no longer a problem if the fins over the windows were taken out to allow the driver to see though. If the Corvette had a I’d engine design the cut always behind the two side doors can be used to assist cooling problems and can possibly take care of major cooling problems which is pretty common with a lot of higher performance problems. They force of air can take care of most cooling problems can can allow hotter engines to run cooler and may allow more horse power. A good place to put the center of gravity is to put it in the middle of the car to allow a 50 - 50 weight distribution and if the exact point of gravity of the car was at the floorboard, this will allow a flatter ride and little to no stability issues will accrue. This car would drive like a LEGALLIZED GO-CART. The idea sports car concept, and also a simple enough desighn that can be put into other design templets. A possible design for them radio for the car and not show a sharks fin would be a window stick on antenna. It can be stuck on a back side window and it picks up pretty good. Thinking of it, a one foot sharks fin on the roof center of the back window would prett kind of cool after market novelty, the kids would buy it.
It's cool that someone else has cars besides Jay Leno.
I managed to catch some shots of the '59 Cadillac Cyclone at the Toronto Auto Show a few years ago. Wicked car.
Wait you forgot 1956 Buick centurion had a back-up camera the first car to have one
the smile on people's faces, they know how special this collection is
Why no mention of the 1938 Buick Y-Job?
Most beautiful car ever.
If I were Running GM, I would introduce one car to compete with the Toyota Camry. It would be simple, and only imploy simple proven technology (including buttons, and not touchscreens, etc). The 4 door would be the Oldsmobile, and the two door would be the Pontiac. Do not have turbo, or GDI, etc., but rather a lightweight engine with heavy duty head gaskets, and a heavy duty cooling system. Either of these cars should not go thru many changes over the years, and the aftermarket can provide any tuning upgrades, etc. that the owner wants to install themselves. For the masses, it will just be a nostalgic simple reliable car.
they don't compete with Toyota... they build cars together. That's why the '80s "Nova" monstrosities said "Toyota" on the engines... they were rebadged Corollas.
I do believe that double bubble Firebird had elements lifted from it for the Ace and Gary Robert Smigel cartoon on SNL.
I literally cannot comprehend what i just witnessed 😦
That 94 Highlander (the purple and green one) was one of my favorites as a kid! I'd still rock that thing today. 14:46
Sounds like some of the stuff they had in that truck made it to the Avalanche
Thumb nail is the cone of silence on wheels
When I was a boy, I had plastic model of the Aero-Vette. It's a shame, it never made it into production.
That front end on that modified yellow C5 Corvette Tiger Shark is awesome and is the way Chevy should have done that generation in the first place!
Beautiful cars
If some of these concept Buick and Pontiac cars made it to production they might still be in business today.
The Oldsmobile concept vehicles featured in this video were so futuristic that they actually vaporized into non existence! Where have you gone Oldsmobile?
The collection is no longer in existence? What did GM do? Did they crush them?
If someone surprised me with tour of this place, they'd have get me a wheelchair I'd be so weak-kneed. That'd be after the smelling salts wake me up after fainting walking through the door.
I believe I saw a few of these concept cars when I was 10 at he 1964 New York World's Fair.
This looks like it was filmed in anamorphic widescreen. Filmed in 4:3 for DVD. You'd have to manually change the setting on your TV to widescreen back when widescreen TV's were rare.
This was the best car collection vid ive seen on youtube..kudos 👍
It is the Rolling
CONE OF SILENCE.
Most of them are just soooo beautiful. 27.13 ..that Vette, could easily be sold today too. I'd buy one at once...such a beaity.
Thank you very much for posting this! :)
32:08 pride of the fleet of Firebirds
When the Auto Expo came to town in Raleigh,NC I got to see some of the concept cars in between 2001-2004 still have t missed a single Expo to this day since i was born in 2001
What's funny about those "future" turbine cars is that back in the 60's sci-fi shows like the Outer Limits and Twilight Zone portrayed future cars with that turbine whistle. But in a sense that sound has come true. Electric cars and hybrids when they're running in the electric mode do emit a little whistle sound.
i want a turbine car soo baad! might have to JUST DO IT!
Old cars have got so much swag.
I've seen the Le Sabre in person and it is gorgeous
That Firebird III kills me. It looks like a cross between a platypus and a porcupine, a platypine if you will.
Beautiful car. Hard to believe they let you drive it in the rain. Glad they did though.
Glad the Chevy truck never turn into that Cheyenne Concept but they built the cerv 3 and technically the Tiger Shark Corvette ZR1
Great Video Dennis! Would love to see a followup of some of the other cars there.
Just the second I was about to make this comment about the bubble roof(s) on the fire-bird, reminding me of the "dome of silence" on Get Smart, Dennis beat me to it.
Dennis , you have the best job in the world.
My favorite has always and still is the 56 Centurion. Elegant curves, sharp fins, and an amazing unique look. If I ever become rich enough, I'd love to have a replica made.
Put all these beauty's in the next gran turismo
I'm impressed.....willing to drive such a one of kind vehicle, in the rain!!!
It's not a Ford so it's not gonna fall apart. Lol
Did you hear him say they made 1600 of them. Far from one of a kind.
@@harryyeterian8528 how many are left?
They only make one Firebird III so it definitely is one of a kind.
To ride in the Firebird III.... must have been amazing... You are one lucky guy. That vehicle is on my list to own and drive but that will NEVER happen. Like i said you are so damn lucky. You have been in so many care and trucks and this one beats them all..
Great video Dennis, beautiful cars and great hosts. Keep up the awesome work Mad Stash production!
Fascinating show, at times it sounds like a GM commercial, then again there so many cars how else could you cover all these cars.
thanks for sharing Dennis
I believe it was in the 1980s when GM built a 6 wheeled Indy car. It had four front tires that steered,was front wheel drive, had 2 big rear tires that just trailed along. It had a turbine engine which spun a big flywheel, burned kerosene, And got 75mpg at 150mph.
the brain can u send me a link so i can learn more about that one
+Trevon Cowen I haven't done a search, back in the late 70s to early 80s I prescribed to "Car n driver" and "Motortend."
Firebird 3, if you are driving with a friend cant talk to them in the other cockpit, also no steering wheel or brake pedals, this would make for a wild ride.
Now we can look back and see why Sunfires were so popular. Everyone in Highschool wanted one so they could trick out their headlights.
I wish they would built that red chevy sst Concept truck that woulda been insain
Why does this look like it was shot in the 90's?
The first car was an 02 sunfire that he said was going into ptoduction so it was probably made in 2001 or 2002
Could be a GTP
"No longer in existence"??? Was this part of the deal in the 2009 debacle? I'd hope the cars are still in existence.
We believe some were sold during the bankruptcy and the rest are now here - www.gmheritagecenter.com/
nice moustache
Gus VanHorn OBAMA!?!? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! The moron who started the destruction of our country from within....President Trump had us on the way back before the PLANDEMIC and the George Floyd Exercise.
What a terrific gem of an upload. I also love the fact there this is before the extensive usage of the go pro camera. It's a cheater's way of doing things, and the massive distortion makes it an unpleasant experience for the viewers.
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This video was pre recorded years before the gopro. You can tell this video is pre recorded years and years ago because of the video quality, also they reference the Oldsmobile a defunct car company
Firebird 3 is by Norman James! Harley was the boss, the idea and design was Norm.
too bad we didn't get to see the 1963 Pontiac Banshee, John Delorean `s baby
We do, most every day.
It's what ended up being the "F" body.
@@ramairgto72 not quite... the F body is the Firebird/Camaro platform. the Banshee hit the street in '68 as the Corvette after GM mandated that no other brands in the company could have a 2 seat sports car to compete with the 'Vette and stole the design and mildly restyled it. the only F body trait is the tail lights which ended up on the first gen Firebirds. www.corvettes.nl/gm_prototypes/banshee/index.html
The article says "Corvette influence", but unless you have DeLorean's other car, that's impossible as this was '63-'64 and the Corvette clone didn't come out until '68.
26:06 Fuck those Firebird cars are absolutely beautiful. I wish we could have those in electric today, GM make it happen!
I was more interested in the chevy suburbans and the 70's or early 80's transam station wagon concept and the corvette station wagon in 53
Wow what a collection GM have preserved great that they innovate Forward and also preserve there history
Outrage looks like digital render, so clean!
Rear engine tubro Corvette baby! Can't wait for the Zo6 and ZR1 C8s
The firebird 3 would have been the perfect car for me when I was married.
"She's lit." How is that not a GM tagline?!!?
The Firebird is one of my favourites. A truly insane vehicle. looks like Batman should be driving. the Adam West Batman that is!
Martin Harris Adam West=THE BEST BATMAN!
That truck looked like a beefed up Equinox
I love it!
I love watching your vlogs. All these cars were awsome considering this is a dated video and we can't have new Pontiacs or Oldsmobiles. Most impressive were the f3 firebird, the tigershark vette which I love being an LSU fan, and the Buick Aurora. If I could have any of these it would be a toss up between the Tigershark and the Aurora
Geez lol..this collection 👍
My dream garage of gm special vehicules
Shame that so much of GM lines are gone .
sad some of these creative solutions never made it to production.
Thanks Dennis this was great!
Thats funny! Because the LS9 corvette came damn close!
OMG start up and drive the FirebirdIII !
❤❤❤LaCrosse concept is awesome
The GM guy in the video doesn't really seem like much of a car guy. He seems more like your standard corporate person.
That LeSabre. ❤️❤️❤️
Cool cars, but my all time favorite is the Cadillac Cycone. I have been in love with that car since I was a little kid. That and the early 60's Chrysler Turbine car. Never got to be in the Caddie, but I did get to ride in the Chrysler Turbine car when I was a kid.
Production concepts are the cars they should of built
No, they really aren't
Wow, I have an old 'tin-type' (battery powered) Turbine Powered Firebird 3 toy car from way back. Never knew it was modeled after an actual vehicle.
This is awsome content!!!
rip pontiac. ill miss u
The 94 Chevy Highlander reminds me of the Avalanche.
Nothing really revolutionary in GM since HJE retired! Remember the days when a "NEW" model was released, and the papered windows on the dealerships weeks before! The excitement for a kid in his formative years was palpable. Now they almost determine a "NEW" model as in it's got different decals changed wheel covers and new colours! We now seem to buy cars because WE NEED A CAR, not because "WE JUST HAD TO HAVE IT" style and class and that lusty has gone! Killed off by the bean counters.
Wayne osmand, it isn't just the bean counters it's also fed regulations as well, also , if anyone of these experimental or prototypes would have ever went into production chances are there would have been numerous changes!