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- The psychology of making the massive 400 big block Cordoba’s STANDARD engine was a brace move for Chrysler during Detroit’s “down-sizing” phase. But does a 426 Street Hemi fit under the hood just as well? It’s a Junkyard Crawl mystery only Steve can solve!
The question we all want answered about this car: did it have rich, Corinthian leather?
De plane! de plane!
This one looks like legit COWinthian leather😅
haha, nice, but strictly only a marketing term.. direct from the mouth of Montalban himself.
Geezuz, give it a rest. I'm so tired of that "joke".
No cars did... it was just a made up marketing term...
Steve, I still contend that the Cordoba advertising campaign was more famous than the car itself. Rather than being just a humorous Dana Carvey impersonation, Ross Perot should be remembered for warning voters over and over again that NAFTA would cost the USA millions of middle class industrial jobs. He was absolutely right.
CORDOBA!, DOO, doo,DOOOOOOO!!
Were it not for Mr. Perot we would have had a second term of George H. W. Bush instead of eight years of “Billary” - how different Monica’s life would be……..😂
The North American Free Tequila Agreement ?
@@ddellwo I remember Perot leading in the polls when he dropped out of the Presidential race. A little later, he got back in and never could regain the support. I believe if he'd have never dropped out, he'd have won.
I never heard of Ross Perot being an oil billionaire. I know he sold his IT services company EDS to GM in the late eighties. GM used EDS for customer relations. So when you called to express a concern about your GM vehicle, you were talking to an EDS employee. That ended after GM sold EDS.
When Ross Perot was talking about "giant sucking sound" he was referring to NAFTA sucking US jobs to Mexico, not the national debt.
Thanks! I just added that same remark above. It's why I voted for him.
I might have voted for him if he would have had some morals, but he didn't, but then if he had morals he wouldn't be Ross Perot.
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@@CatholicBoy1957 we have had many presidents with no morals, look at the last one we had
Lesser of 2 evils ,I'd rather work with Mexico than China ,at least they're not far from us and we can kick their butt around a little if they don't make the stuff right 😂😂
The better paying jobs in my hometown got moved to Mexico or China in those days.
Ross Perot worked for IBM in the early 1960s. He would call on Core Lab in Dallas where my dad worked. My dad was a brilliant engineer and computer programmer. This was about the time I was born. Some of dad's coworkers suggested he go with Ross and start Electronic Data Systems (EDS).
But, dad said he had 4 kids by 1961 and needed a stable job. Pops was the Texas A&M slide rule champion in the late 1940s. He scored the highest score ever ( at that time) for the Army rocket school aptitude test They wanted him in White Sands / Los Alamos designing nuclear weapons, but dad had no interest in that, so they shipped him off to Korea to aim artillery, safe many miles behind the action. They kept prodding him to go to Los Alamos, but he never did.
Dad’s college roommate told us of students lining up at the dorm to have dad help them with their engineering homework. His roommate later became president of Otis engineering, later purchased by Halliburton
Most of his computer knowledge came after college, and he became an expert programmer in mainframe computer languages in addition to his petroleum engineering degree. The family think he had a photographic memory, and I believe it. In the early 1980s, my buddy called me from Texas Tech and said he was using a computer textbook co-written by my dad.
Dad worked on well into his 80s, and one day at the office, a group of engineers from Exxon came by to meet the man who wrote these reservoir engineering studies using some techniques they had not seen before.
I , of course, inherited absolutely none of that technical ability. Dad passed recently, and that Ross Perot bumper sticker triggered me to speak of him. R.I.P pops.
so you and your dad have Asperger's i am noticing the similarities
Sorry to hear about your dad, he sounds like a very interesting person.
You’ll always have those wonderful memories of your Father. I lost mine recently and I hope I can be half the man he was. He always just referred to himself as a “dumb shop teacher”, like your Father, he was much more than that. May they rest in peace.
What a legacy! Thanks for sharing that...
Your father was a legend!
That junk yard is just incredible, the cars Steve finds there to cover is like a time capsule !!
You may have been canceled by
motor trend, but we will never cancel you Steve, your a bright light of information on vehicle history that warms the hearts of millions while doing so every morning.❤😊
"...your a bright light of information...."
Yes, and, unlike you, he knows the difference between "your" and "you're".
@@daryllect6659 Doing that is only cool to a 30 year old emo kid. I bet you have a skillet tattoo. 🤮
@daryllect6659 nice catch KAREN
@@Scrambler85"Nice" is capitalized, and there should be a comma between "catch" and "Karen".
@daryllect6659 sure KAREN
My mother ordered a 1975 Cordoba from Trans Island Motors in Montreal. The 360 was standard, 318 no cost downgrade, and 400 or 440 optional, and at least in Canada, no Catalytic Convertors in 1975. I put a Holley 500 CFM on and beat the crap out of it as a hyper 16 year old
Back around 76 or 77 I was working at a Dodge Dealer. We got in a shipment of new cars and were scratching our heads over a "Charger" that got rolled off the truck. It had Cordoba rectangular headlights, a Dodge emblem steering wheel, Dodge emblem on the trunk, Cordoba nameplate on the dash. We called it the "Charger Cordoba." The Chrysler Zone Manager didn't believe us when we called to ask "WTF?" He came by later in the week, shook his head, and a few days later a truck showed up with an ACTUAL Charger and took it away. You are in my Prayers Steve, praying for you and yours.
Factory f up?
Kinda weird
@@samholdsworth420 Yes very weird. Someone or some group were either not paying attention or decided to screw something up on purpose. In either case "Quality Control" never caught it!
@@keithcurtis6671 should have bought it 🤣
@@samholdsworth420 Well I would have tried to if I wasn't a broke college student at the time!
Around 78, my brother came to visit and told me where to meet him and look for the new Dodge "Charger". I looked and looked and couldn't find a Charger in the parking lot. But did find a new Cordoba. He had been looking at Chargers, when the salesman showed the Cordoba and he bought it, thinking it was a Charger. I still laugh to this day. He just passed last November at 89.
When I was 4 years old living in Massachusetts 1986 my grandmother came to visit us and we were going for a ride to the store in my mom's Cordoba and the door randomly swung open as we went around a turn and I almost fell out of the car but my grandma caught me my my shirt. The latch for the door had rusted off. And the seat belts weren't made for kids at that time. I can still see it in my head it's crazy
Fy first car was an 81 dodge d150 pickup, got it around 2017 when I was 16 or 17, the passenger door didn’t like to latch all the way so I remember numerous on occasions taking left turns and my buddys almost flying out of it, a vinyl bench seat doesn’t hold you in very well lol
I fell out our family’s dodge van when I was like 1 year old! My mom was following my dad in her dodge magnum and almost hit me as I have been told my whole life!
@@neshpro6521 yikes! Glad you’re still with us , does make a cool story though
The wife fell out of a slow moving car at age 3. I tease her every now and then that it explains so much.😂😂😂
Hey - I fell out of a moving Dodge as well! My dad was backing out of our driveway in his ‘65 Dodge Sweptline pickup when the passenger door broke open and the next thing you know I was a$$-over-tea-kettle into the ditch!
Do I smell a class action law suit brewing here…….????
😂
Pretty sure my brother already commented on this, but the 426 Hemi Cordoba from the magazine article you featured was my dad's daily driver for quite a few years and was pretty much one of our main family vehicles in the late 70s and early - mid '80s.
Any over heating or plug fouling issues? What were your impressions driving it?
@@alexcallas8222I remember some vapor lock in the early 80s
I worked at the Chrysler Engineering center in Highland Park Michigan in the early 70s & was able to peruse the various prototype shops. One day in early '74 was a mule '75 Cordoba all black with a 426 hemi. I was told it was a "what if" car & evaluated for production. I think the idea was scrapped due to the first gas crisis & wondered what happened to it. There were a few one offs that day in the shop like a 440 six pack C-body '74 Plymouth wagon & a couple of Turbine cars that looked a lot like a ''64 T-Bird.
Back then, Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth really had no idea what excited car nuts. They really could have done so much more. Praying for you Steve, get well soon 🙏
We love you, Steve, and we’re wishing you a very smooth and prompt recovery!
For 78, the Cordoba got the std 400 4bbl ELB, yes for the last time. But, the rare P code (called the HD 400) was offered. Specs for that engine oddly enough were not factory released, but I've read that the same mill in cop cars were rated about 220, 230 hp with torque in the 325 range for 78. Specs for the std 400 were pretty tame, 190hp, 305lbft of torque. Single exhaust meant it cleared the 25.5 gal tank. The P code got the 21 gal tank to clear true dual exhausts, with dual cats, and those cars actually had a slightly modified floor pan to accommodate that. Seat tracks were different as well. All 400 cars had the 9 1/4 rear gear, but the std 400 came with a new for 78, 2.45 ratio! P cars had 3.21. All 400 cars had the 11x2.5 rear drums, whereas lesser engines had the 8 1/4 gear with 10 inch brakes on the rear. All B body Cordobas had the 11.75 frt discs, which if you snag all the parts, are a cheap factory way to convert older drum brake B's. New for 78 was the lock up 727 trans for std 400s only. They were known for burning out because lock up came in at just 31 mph on light throttle. Styling is subjective, but I've had 4 of these, including 3 79 300s, 1 of which I still have. My only real gripe is as big as these cars are, rear leg room actually isn't good and cars w/o optional tilt wheel, make for an awkward driving position for shorter people. That aside, of course rust was the #1 killer, and man did these cars rot easily! Not much aftermarket support for metal or interior pieces.
Those little cursive Cordoba emblems on the b pillar are my favorite.
Great additional info! -Steve Magnante
Great information 👍
Thanks Adam
All 400s did not come with a 9 3/4 rear end. Tow package would get it, but most were 8 3/4.
Thanks, see mine .
The 78 Cordoba was my first car. I bought it in 1991 when I was 15. The day I got my license I hit an icy patch at about 10mph and hit a curb and bent the rear end, lol. It spent more time being worked on than on the road. Ended up trading it for a regular cab long bed 77 chevy c10 2wd with a 350 and $1000. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Ross Perot was not a "Texas oilman" but a business man who founded Electronic Data Systems, sold to GM in '84 for a couple three billion. He also helped fund Steve Job's Next.
Yep!
Just another one of "THEY"...
THEY throw those Shills into "the race" to make it LOOK LIKE we have some kind of "choice" and make us beLIEve that our "votes" somehow make a difference in THEIR sELECTIONs...
The last check he wrote was to the Trump campaign.100 million I think.
@@samuelgoodman2825kinda tanked his batting average on that one
@@herbodiferous7751 @Herb Odiferous _"kinda tanked his batting average on that one"_
Not really. DJT was CHEATED out of a second term via paper and electronic voter fraud c/o of the Deep State (who hated Trump) in SIX SWING STATES. No intelligent person believes a crusty, mentally impaired career politician sans any character or following, e.g., look at the absolutely lame, laughable, pathetic turnout at that clown's dozen or so rallies compared to Trump's NUMEROUS rallies whose tens of thousands of supporters regularly filled large STADIUMS, actually won the 2020 presidential election fair and square.
That being said, Ross Perot's batting average didn't 'tank' on "that one" when you factor in the massive election fraud. Got if?
In 1980 I bought a black with red interior 76 Cordoba that came with all the factory options except a sunroof. I put a 375 hp 440 with headers in it with a 4sp and 391 rear end. It didn't stand up on its rear wheels or anything but it did run very respectable for a 3900 pound car.
what clutch pedal did you use?
@@fransmith8992 It's been a long time ago and many hot rod builds since, but as I recall the pedal assembly came from an old Challenger, or Roadrunner that I modified to make it work.
@@anthonynelson9136 cool ! yes, the old 'modify to fit'.
All improvements that would not be permitted in California . . . so sad.
I LOVED my '79 Cordoba Crown Coupe! Factory sun roof, two-tone paint scheme (Linen Creme over Light Cashmere) (two very pale shades of yellow) and the Crown Roof treatment. 318 under the hood (underpowered for such a heavy car). I still have the window -sticker for it and in 1979, it listed for nearly $11,000 dollars! A tidy sum for an American car in 1979!
In late '76 I special ordered and bought a new '77 Pontiac Grand Prix for $5500... when I looked at '81 GPs, they were $14,500 and they said it would be hard to get a V8 again, just a V6 at that time because of gasoline prices... that was 4 years of CarterFlation... only BidenFlation has ever matched it...
Car prices nearly tripled in 4 years, but our wages certainly didn't!
I Love the Crown Coupes ! You never see those.
Prayers for a full recovery. We’ll be here when you return. We love you man.
The Cordoba was a beautiful car. With its “ Rich Corinthian Leather”, lol.
The 400 lends itself for the biggest of stroker cranks and can be built to produce tons of horse power. Love those 400s...!
My cousin had a 400 in his Barracuda which used to run tens without slicks on the car. Oh yes and it got either 4 miles to the gallon or five miles to the gallon depending on how hard he drove it
My cousin had a 400 in his Barracuda which used to run tens without slicks on the car. Oh yes and it got either 4 miles to the gallon or five miles to the gallon depending on how hard he drove it. Yes it was punched out don't know how big
My parents had a Plymouth Gran Fury with the 400 Lean Burn. That car was exceptionally fast considering being a 4 door full size car. I used to take it to Dodge Street and race light to light with it. The air cleaner flipped of course. I did beat a few Novas and Camaros. The engine was definitely built right from the factory and was very impressive.
My sister owned a 76 Charger Daytona,with the 400. As others have written, the poor engine was strangled but gosh was it a good looking car. Thanks as always ~ Chuck
No it wasn’t. It was and is embarrassing.
I'm surprised Steve didn't mention the Electronic Lean Burn Ignition had been discarded from the air cleaner and a Mopar Performance Orange ECU was on the firewall! When I lived in NC, a fellow airman had a '75 Charger and at the time (''90) I was unaware that the Charger had been produced as a badge engineered Cordoba. I always thought they had been discontinued after '74. His had been a northern car and was suffering from cancer, but he was determined to save it.
Thanks, I inherited MOTHER’s IN-Law…..1980(*? , I have forgotten positively), Cordoba (* with *No “ Corinthian Leather(( think just all Vinyl ), ”, or no *HIPO Engine,(318?) though basic a/C, PS/ PB……) in 1995, and high miles : well taken care !! of) 198?.model , in all Blues ……and no NORTHERN INDIANA, road salt Rust, etc ……
Steve the 1980 through 1983 Cordoba, Imperial, and Mirada were on the JBody platform not the L Body. The Cordoba had the LS which had a t style grill that was in reminiscent of the 300 while the more luxurious Cordoba had a waterfall grill. Both the Mirada and Cordobas had single square Halogen lights , while the Imperial had hideaway lights and a taller trunk than it's J body siblings.
In high school I had a 1978 two door Dodge Monaco. My grandfather had picked it up at a state (Nebraska) auction. It had previously seen duty as a special-order state patrol car. It had one of those atrocious Electric Lean Burn ignition systems hanging off the air cleaner shell. I swear the devil himself invented that contraption.
True the lean burn was the main use in those years, however the older style ignition was still available in different states and countries until much later.
I had two of these with big block. Never had bean burners on th big block. My 400s both had big double snorkel air cleaners. Cool to look at. Dead weight. Long legs though. Calculated mine up to 140 mph with standard size tires. Hugged the curve’s awesome with all that beef. And 23mpg to boot!!
Hi Steve , that Cordoba looked more like the Monte Carlo to me me but,the Malibu kinda the same . Have a great day bud .👍🚗
My grandpa bought a brown cordoba brand new and my brother painted the tires and headlights chrome with a spray can the day he bought it! What memories! We were very young then!
My sister bought a 77 monte cordoba in 1987 while in college. I couldn't believe it when I opened the hood to see a 400 with a thermoquad!
When I first saw a picture of a 3614230 400 block I actually laughed out loud. They have to be the beefiest crank bosses, relative to the size of the engine, in human history. We need to redesign the crank case to make it beefier but we don't have time! Just shove the whole cow in there.
I believe the 400 was supposed to be the block for the "Ball Stud" HEMI that Chrysler never finished developing, which would explain the beefy webbing in the bottom end.
@@JrGoonior That makes sense.
Thanks Steve! These 400's were so loaded with emission stuff and de-tuned to the max, one would be lucky to get the faintest tire squeal turning a corner coming out of a sand patch!
Ha, that's not true! I new guy that had one of these years back and it would most certainly light up the tires at will and really haul the mail.
That wasn’t the problem. 2.76 rear ends really restrict them.
If the Electronic Lean Burn gets ditched for normal Chrysler Electronic Ignition, and you richen the fuel mixture a bit, these 400's were alright. A better cam helps alot too
@@kalebbrown93 Try 2.45's
@@JrGoonior ooh that's in the basement,let's add like 600hp and hit Bonneville for a run 😂
I'm not up on all the 70s smoggers but I thought there was some even worse with a 2.2 or 2.1 rear end 🤷♂️
I’ve always preferred the round headlight Cordoba’s versus the rectangular light Cordoba’s. As far as lesser grade Cordoba’s, I actually preferred the Plymouth Fury Sports - thought they were definitely the sharpest version of all three brands!
I’m a big fan of “factory stock” collector cars, but a Cordoba with a Street Hemi? YES PLEASE! What a fun little ride THAT would be!
Kind of surprising the Cordoba nameplate didn’t make a reappearance later in the 80’s as some stylized version of a K-car - although in retrospect, maybe it’s just as well……..🤔
The Fury had a great advantage:
The Fury had the 440 available through 1979 !
440 Fury was the TOP police car in the nation , and the pride of both the NYPD and the LAPD .
Back in the day that was the cheapest and easiest way to put disk brakes on your charger because everything bolted right up. Just pop the upper and lower ball joints . My charger still rides on the cordoba spindles and brakes. when I order new rotors I just order the disks for a 72 dodge charger because they were all the same. They didn’t have conversion kits like they do now. Just putting it out there. Thanks for the videos!
We had a fleet of 1978 and 1979 Cordobas at Southwest Leasing in Southern California. They would rent for $14 a day. I have always preferred the last two model years as well as both 1978 and 1979 Dodge Magnums.
My uncle had a Cordoba and i believe it had the "rich, Corinthian leather". And same color too.
I also had a friend with a black Magnum as well.
I was passed on the highway in my 1975 Grand Prix by a 1977 Blk Cordoba and I got off the next exit in Buffalo NY and went to Sheridan Chrysler and they had a black one and a white one, I bought the black one with red corinthin leather with a crank sunroof..Had a lot of problems with the LEAN BURN engine computer, infact it was replaced 5 times! TO me, and my new wife ,it was a beautiful car and we loved it, even tho the LEAN BURN COMPUTER sucked....lol!!
The "Throwing It All Away" ad-lib was comedic gold. Love your channel.
Reminds me of the black with red graphics 79 Dodge Magnum I bought from a tow yard in Rhode Island for $200 to get back to Virginia after finishing a job. Went through it and replaced all wear items, fluids, filters, belts, hoses and stripped the other one they threw in and burned the highway up as it was built for cruising at 85. Traded it eventually for a 76 F-150 that was set up for hauling 10k with it's 360 and manual transmission. I missed both ever since.
Steve I was Given that same car, with the 400, It was a nice running car,When My transmission went out in my 65 buick, I needed a car for work,The Old couple I was building a addition, for had one sitting behind there house, Gave it to me. I never got it registered, and got caught at lunch time getting the guys lunch, The officer, Comes up and asked for paper,s I said sorry I don't have any, I told him My story, All he said, Go home right now,get out of new Fairfield ,well that was a short day at work. boy were the guys happy, But I have to say It was a great running Car, Nice riding car, I went and got it register that day, Drove that car for almost drove it a Year, Police today would have towed, he was nice, they were all nice back in the day.
The government loan stipulations that Chrysler scrape the tooling for the big blocks really put Dodge trucks at a disadvantage. I can still hear Ricardo Montobom and the fine Corinthian Leather.
That's been debated as whether it's true or not. The other "Big 3/4" were getting rid of their larger engines. It was more to do with fuel economy/emission standards than just dumping the tooling. Chrysler had military contracts back then and them going under was seen as a potential security threat.
Steve, to this day the best car I ever owned was my 76 Cordoba bought off the showroom floor. Sadly after nine years it succumbed to MI rust. Wish I still had it.
I had a fully loaded 78 400highoutput bought it while in high school didn't make it past graduation night.
Mr. B. Here ! ☕️☕️🍩 Morning Mags ! Very interesting and informative thank you Steve. 👍🤯👍🤯
Morning
@@tomwesley7884 🍺🍔 good afternoon !
I wonder if Lee Iacocco looked at that Hemi Cordoba and thought, "man, that thing goes like hell"!
Ross Perot quote: "I'm all ears".
Don't you die on us Steve M, you're a treasure to our culture and have been for decades. We need you... blessings to you!
Praying for your quick recovery, Steve! Your videos are the best!!
Magneto!! Thank you for sharing your endless gearhead knowledge with us all, you're a true gift to the car nut community! I still smile whenever I see some of your Hot Rod content.
I bought a brand new 1976 Dodge Charger SE with the 400 engine, basically the same as the Cordoba. These cars were gutless wonders, you would think that the engine was about 100 HP. I paid extra and got the turbine wheels. These rims could never balance properly and the car had a minor vibration that they could never balance out. The only saving grace was the car got 19 mpg/Can. gallon and with the big fuel tank you could go a long distance without refill. The inside was nice and the drivers seat reclined so that if you were driving a long way, you could stop and get a little shut eye. The a/c would freeze you out of the front seats but this car was absolutely not a "tire burner".
My Dad's 1976 Cordoba was the car I drove on my learner's permit in 1983, great car.
My parents bought a 1978 400 Cordoba and I got the hand me down 68 Newport Custom. Loved that land yacht!
My mom had a '76 with 400 with duel exhaust and it was gutless. It did have a limit slip rear and did better than most cars in the snow.
Perot, "Can I finniisshh?.." Then nothing but silence. AWE, SIMPLER TIMES.
and 'that sucking sound' was not about the deficit Steve but about NAFTA and your jobs going to Mexico (and eventually China)
Owned 2 1975s.......loved them both....always liked the round headlights better than the stacked
My father had a 78, Charcoal Gray with light gray vinyl top and leather interior with center console. It was a sweet car.he loved it!
Road and Tractor. Never heard that one before!
Hot Rod, Car Craft, Rod and Custom, Motortrend magazines were all by Petersen Publishing!!! That Hemi Cordoba was a BEAST, I remember that article, but that's not the only one built, I've seen 440 six-packs, 4speeds, HEMI's Cordoba's over the years, so anything is posible!!! I even saw a Cordoba Stocker, also, the Cordoba actually was the replacement for the '74 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus!!! Mopar, or no car!!! Mopar Nate Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nice!!
Yea!!! Genesis Live!!! Now the Cordoba is perfect!!! Great Video Steve! I am rooting for you hand in there and keeping my fingers crossed. I loved your show on Motor Trend and really happy to see you on TH-cam. Found you via Nick's Garage.
Cool Hemi cordoba in the PHR magazine. That would be a great model car project. 😊
I just found this channel a couple of days ago, I REALLY LIKE THIS KNOWLEDGE FOR A PERSON WHO KNOWS THEIR SHIT PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Come on Steve you should have told the story behind the real Corinthian Leather ? I was waiting for it
Nothing more than marketing/made up. "Rich Corinthian Leather" was actually supplied by the Radel Leather Manufacturing Company of Newark, NJ.
@@googleusergp yes I know but who thought it up R M
@@noreenbedford7106 True but nothing special. Lol.
We are all wishing you well Steve!!! 🙏
Looks like the junker has the “rich Corinthian leather!”
One of my Mom's friends had a Cordoba, but I don't remember ever riding in it.
I had 78. Just that same color. It had the 400. Wth alloy wheels,t-tops and an am,fm cb radio.And was all original too.That car was a beauty. Until it got hit in the rear. But i still have great memories of her. She was a great car.
One of my firiends had the Charger Detomaso edition of the K-bodied variety. Thought he had a rare collectible.
Mags, I love the way you sneak that little fired clip in almost every vlog so witty old boy that's why I like watching you everyday always thumbs up I like you because deep down you're a Mopar guy but are interested in all forms of motorized transportation and their origins I never get sick of trivia
This was the best video yet!! I love Cordoba's and the entertainment was great throughout, thanks Steve!
The most important thing in a Cordoba was the Corinthian leather. Had to wait for the 2nd generation for the slant 6.
The rich, Corinthian leather became such a famous advertising thing, it's still brought up and it even was used in the opening of the movie "Deadpool". It may not be the best reference for it, but it just goes to show that advertising campaign was very successful then, because it's still around to some extent.
Corinthian leather was an advertising ploy to give the impression of exceptional luxury. The name was unique but totally fabricated. It was just standard sourced leather.
That air con compressor looks like it could run a pearl diving boat.
I had a 1975 Cordoba with a 400 back in '89 and I can agree to it's tire smoking capability! Fairly common cars still available in thar era, I was slightly jealous of a friend's 78 with leather, console shifter and sunroof, yes I believe it was Corinthian leather lol
The 2nd-gen Cordoba/Mirada and the 1981-83 Imperial are the J-body, a stretched M-body platform.
The rubber isolated K-member was called Torsion-Quiet Ride in the 1971 C-body, where it first appeared.
...and the L-Body was the Omni / Horizon platform.
The 2nd generation for the slant 6.
Torsion quite started 1970 c body. We had a Newport.
Wow, you can almost hear Ricardo telling Herve about the Corinthian leather at the stage set to Fantasy Island!
Wheres the younger crowd at? Im 20 and watch everyday before work
Had an 80 Cordoba with the slant six, the LS model. The car was not great, was not terrible either. I still kind of miss that car at times.
Steve gets 2 weeks out of a shirt , I get the same out of my fruit of the looms. Then I flip em inside out and get 2 more
😂😂😂🤢😮😂😂😂
I would imagine they shoot several episodes each time they're out there....
My doctor once asked me: "I need a urine sample and I need a stool sample" So I said..."here, just take my underwear". Ta-Damph! Don't forget to tip the wait staff....
@@SteveMagnante he'll be here all week 👌
Had a 78 Fury SE sedan with the tame 318. My senior year high school. Smooth steady but slow. Wish I could have had a cordoba of that vintage w 400.
Would be just as slow! My dad had one in the late 90's to early 2000's. The gearing was horrible 2.45 rear end, the torque convertor was low stall with lock up. It took a lot to get the car moving with that set up. I now have a 79 Cordoba 318 2bbl (Profile Pic) with working Lean Burn that is slightly quicker than the 400 in my dad's 78 EVER was.
Only dodges ever had the SE designation, and never on a sedan.
We jumped one of these land yachts over a raised railroad track bed when I was in high school around 1989. There were five of us in the car. It landed so hard on the nose it bent the frame. We had to climb out the windows since the doors wouldn’t open. In the cars defense it did get us home that night. After we open the tailpipe back up with the tire iron. It got crushed closed.
Lol
I can almost hear Ricardo Montalban purring about, "Smooth, Corinthian leather..."
I can remember being behind these Cordobas after a few years. The 😂taillight would break seal and fill up with water. Looked like an Aquarium before they would just fall out.
I lived in Montréal and à girlfriend I had in the mid 80s had one 1975 owned previously by her father. After 10 years in the snow and salt, it was as solid as a wet carboard box. I used to said it has cancer and smallpox.
I like the white Valiant that you show on your short clip of protesting of being canceled
Disappointed you didn't mention the Corinthian leather.
Thank you. I owned 3 of these and one was the 1979 Chrysler 300 version of this car. my fondest memory's. I built that 360 to the hilt, fat tires, and paint. I wasnt doing it for my ego but wow the locks that car got. NY road salt ate that car to death.
I always appreciate the deep dive of knowledge that you share with us on any vehicle that you feature. But I can't help but notice vehicles in the background. Specifically the Ford Econoline Ambulance, and the 3rg Generation Toyota 4Runner. Anyway, I always did love those Chrysler Cordoba's (probably because they look so much like the Monte Carlo). My favorite thing about the knowledge that you share with us is that I get to learn all about the mechanical twins, or less popular cars, trucks and vans that share all the same go fast goodies.
I find it astounding that every one of these cars that you choose to talk about in that junkyard has the sales brochure on the air cleaner.
Steve the long torsion bars went on until 81 in the R body Newport, St Regis and Gran Fury cars. They all share the same platform.
I took my drivers test back in 1983 in one of those. It had a clapped out 360. It had a big misfire under heavy throttle. A total slug. Get Better Steve!
Great video!!!
Save that hood ornament from the crusher!!!!
Any Olds diesels?
Viewer from Arkansas....it is odd seeing rust on cars, they don't rust here in the South....
Thank you Steve!!!!!
Love the show Steve. Keep it up. I watch daily....the car for lovers as pictured was a great line.
Always great stuff, Steve. I enjoy watching every day. Too old now, but I used to collect Packards and drive Chryslers. On this episode, a minor (non-automotive) correction: H. Ross PerotWas a Texas billionaire, however it was through electronic data processing, not oil. Keep up the great work, reviewing all those "old" cars that I consider "new!"
Grew up with 1950 Packard and a 55 400. We could talk for hours I bet!
@@prestonrobert2625 - Hello! If I fail to communicate well, here, you can blame, 1.) old age, and, 2.) lack of practice. I grew up in a "Packard family." My paternal grandfather bought the very first Packard sold in Colorado Springs, CO in (I think) 1904 and drove them until he passed in 1951. My father bought his first new Packard in about 1926 and drove them until he saw the 1957 - I don't think that he even forgave Studebaker! My first brand-new off-the-showroom floor new car was a Packard - a brand new (leftover) 1956 Clipper Constellation 2DR HT that I bought in 1957. I already owned a 1935 Super 8 coupe and a 1951 Patrician sedan. I've owned a total of 17 of them. I sure hope that Steve didn't mind my note about Ross Perot I have degrees in both archaeology and history and often tend to correct things without thinking!
Ah, Ross Perot. A thorn in GM's side as a shareholder.
About 25 years ago (can 1998 be a quarter century ago already?!), I was in telecommunications working on number portability, the ability to keep your telephone number when you changed your service provider. The industry had an FCC mandate to implement number portability in 1998, and a company we'd selected to develop and deploy the needed tech, Perot Systems, had failed to meet the contract terms and deadlines.
Knowing his company was about to lose the lucrative contract to a competitor, Ross Perot asked to address our group who'd assembled in a Dallas conference room. In his folksy manner, he said, "Wouldn't you agree that a high-performing team can accomplish anything at all?" "We have operations in India. We have the resources. We can nail this thing. We can nail it!" As he paused his pep talk, I raised my hand and said,, "Mr.Perot, with all due respect, nine pregnant women can't give birth in a month." He looked at me for a second, then said, "Fair enough."
Minutes after he left the room, we terminated our contract and collected one million dollars in damages per the contract terms.
I'll always remember my experience of telling this titan of industry "nine pregnant women can't give birth in a month." I fired Ross Perot.
Despite all of Chrysler’s problems in the late 70s, those old B-bodies were attractive and comfortable cars to ride in. Sometimes when your body and mind just want a smooth ride in soft comfort seats….
This is one of my favorite Cordoba yr i had one in 88 my mom bought new i wished i had it back
Although the featured car is a 1978 I found a statistic showing the 1975 and 76 model years had an optional 235 horse 400 over the standard 195 horse version offered in the Cordoba. Since Cordoba was a two door I find it hard to believe it would be a Police package option.
If it had that engine in it, it was most likely an A35 HD Tow Package car. Usually got all the better stuff, heavy duty rear springs, rear sway bar, cooling, transmission cooler, power steering cooler, and 3.21 or 3.55 9 1\4 rear axle.
Morning Steve.... nice cordoba
My first car was a 76 Cordoba, 360 4 barrel. I miss that car. Dad bought it but mom didn't drive it because size. Grandma got it then me 12 years later.
Get well soon there Steve we love ya man!
My uncle had the charger cordoba thingy, he loved that car, had it in the garage all the time and never drove it and kept it so clean like new, never understood the attraction to the car, now there so different looking it’s like the getto pimp car cool 😎
The attraction was the luxurious interior, and comfortable ride. You could drive them 500miles and be fresh as a daisy when you stopped, not all worn-out like driving an E-body or an A-body.
Hope you are well on the mend Steve, We miss you and praying for your speedy return!!!!
Nice Chrysler. Had a friend in High school his mom had one.
Anybody else get that 'lovely' 🤮 2.45 limited slip differential on theirs? It would grunt in pain off of the line. Under full throttle at low RPM, the intake howled louder than my buddy's Mach 1 with his aircleaner cover inverted. They called it a moose in heat. Although, it would eat freeway miles (at well over the posted limit) as a snack. Thanks for the video!
As a thirteen / fourteen year old I can assure you I couldn’t wait to receive the mail hoping to see the glasses and white lab coat on the cover of car craft! It all that started with the step by step how to altered a wheelbase Mopar! I’m still blown away about the amount of information about the vehicles and the era that hook a nation of Gearheads!
I hope this finds you well!