Large Cars of the Late 1970s

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  • A look at some of the biggest of the big automobiles of the late 1970s

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  • @johnstapler5956
    @johnstapler5956 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I love those big Lincolns. Not sure why. They just seem regal.

    • @anastassiosperakis2869
      @anastassiosperakis2869 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      reagle? Seriously?

    • @danielulz1640
      @danielulz1640 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I had three of these glorious land yachts. A 77 Chrysler Newport sedan, a 77 Lincoln Continental Town Car and a 79 Lincoln Continental Town Car.

    • @thehopelesscarguy
      @thehopelesscarguy  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      There was a very clean one I would see running around Boise and I found its presence just isn't the same in pictures.

    • @maconp1119
      @maconp1119 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I still have Mom’s Gold Firemist Fleetwood Coupe with Doeskin color interior. It has 67,000 mi 425cid V8 With factory moonroof and CB radio. I keep it as new. Still looks it too!

    • @thehopelesscarguy
      @thehopelesscarguy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@maconp1119 Cool.

  • @milogang3440
    @milogang3440 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Why cant we have cars like these today?!!

  • @Cadillac61
    @Cadillac61 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    When cars had personality!

  • @DavidHall-ge6nn
    @DavidHall-ge6nn หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great episode! I love seeing cars I've never heard of from outside the US, and really appreciate the care you take making sure your commentary aligns with the photos on the screen, which seems to be a lost art on other automotive channels...or TH-cam in general, TBH. I'm always happy to see that you've posted something new!

    • @thehopelesscarguy
      @thehopelesscarguy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks. It seems half the viewers drop off after the American cars, but I find the less common cars interesting as well.

    • @DavidHall-ge6nn
      @DavidHall-ge6nn หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is both interesting and disheartening. I, on the other hand, scoot closer to the screen and turn up the volume. So, this smaller audience segment thanks you again!

  • @timward3116
    @timward3116 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I learned to drive in a 73 LeSabre and, in my earliest driving years, owned a '73 LeSabre, a '73 Chrysler Newport, and a '73 Impala. They were all stunningly beautiful cars - but they sure weren't practical to drive or park. They were ocean liners on wheels.

    • @sp-lc1fy
      @sp-lc1fy หลายเดือนก่อน

      I learned to drive on a 1971 Le Sabre sedan. You are correct! It would take up 2 spots in today's parking lot.

    • @timward3116
      @timward3116 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@sp-lc1fy Yeh, having gone smaller in the following years, and with today's parking spots, I don't think I would ever want to drive one of those again. I wish that somehow they could make cars that looked as good, elegant, and unique as those old ones but in a smaller version. I'm not a fan of today's styling.

  • @denislandry7577
    @denislandry7577 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lot’s of research well done !

  • @MinnieTricks
    @MinnieTricks หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another excellent video, thanks! I’ve been in many of the American cars. The exterior styling of the Monaco is just my style.

    • @thehopelesscarguy
      @thehopelesscarguy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      They Royal Monaco has all the styling queues of the period.

  • @Cadillac61
    @Cadillac61 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You had me at impala,caprice! Excellent video! Thanks for the memories!

  • @kensingletary5694
    @kensingletary5694 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The pre-1980 land yachts were the best, of any car company!

  • @davidallen5776
    @davidallen5776 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    No matter what anybody says, in my opinionation, girth was still king of the hill!

    • @thehopelesscarguy
      @thehopelesscarguy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Particularly if you are paying by the pound.

  • @OLDS98
    @OLDS98 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the video. Another well put together effort. I liked seeing the late 1970's GM and Ford/Lincoln Mercury and Chrysler cars. I enjoyed the Holden and Australian Fords as well. I liked that you covered the market globally. That took a lot of effort to locate the images. What is interesting is the world's definition of big or large cars.

  • @Primus54
    @Primus54 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The very first photo of that dark red Chevy coupe is gorgeous, especially with the white letter tires and rally wheels. There were a lot of them on the road and they were great highway cruisers. Another excellent history lesson, HCG. 👍👍👍

    • @thehopelesscarguy
      @thehopelesscarguy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I remember taking a road trip in the back of one of those Chevys when I was a kid and I could barely even reach my sister sitting on the other side.

    • @Primus54
      @Primus54 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thehopelesscarguy Lol… And I’m sure you and your sister never fought in the backseat, right? 😉

    • @thehopelesscarguy
      @thehopelesscarguy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Primus54 Usually only when she decided she wanted to lay out and put her feet on me.

  • @johngettins794
    @johngettins794 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great Video , Chrysler by Chrysler not mentioned and other Valiants all produced till 1983 , also Holden Statesman sold in South Africa as Chevrolet Commando.

    • @thehopelesscarguy
      @thehopelesscarguy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks. The Chrysler CH was featured in the early 70s video, and expect to see the Valiant and Falcon in an upcoming video.

  • @jim-co6hs
    @jim-co6hs 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One nice thing about these cars,, you didn't feel every little pebble you ran over, unlike ANYTHING on the road today...

  • @courtneypuzzo2502
    @courtneypuzzo2502 หลายเดือนก่อน

    couldn't agree with you more John Stapler I remember these after their 2nd downsizing in the mid 1980s when I was a little kid in the early 90s my uncle Dans personal cars were a used 1984 Lincoln Continental Mark VII designer series and a Lincoln Town Car designer series the color scheme of the Mark 7 was Champaign beige and Ivory/Ivory leather Upholstery I don't like white interiors or white cars other than limousines my perfered color scheme would be dark cherry red/dark saddle brown/tan with matching Landau vinyl roof over backseat. heck even my Uncle Rico's 84 Caprice had the Landau roof my dad was given the car when Uncle Rico downsized to a 1994 Honda Accord LX Black exterior/ black/brown leather Upholstery

    • @thehopelesscarguy
      @thehopelesscarguy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Two tone and designer series and landau tops, you got to wonder if those will ever swing back around.

  • @jamesdaniels3699
    @jamesdaniels3699 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had Chrysler New Yorker I forget the year but it was was winter beater...it lasted that winter and it died in the spring.No heater and no power steering.I paid $200.00.🥶

  • @mikerundall2456
    @mikerundall2456 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was led to believe this was about American vehicles.