Another video maker that has no idea what the hell he is talking about. Car companies wish they had the sales now that these had back then. Thumbs down for this video.
I wondered about this too. Seems like this video is strictly meant to crap on lower trim models. Those models aren’t great, but they were low cost options and the same marketing takes place today, where automakers offer multiple trim levels according to one’s budget. Really odd video. I think this is AI generated.
This guy really has no idea what he is talking about. The Monte Carlo was very desirable. No one opted for a 6 cylinder. Nearly all of them had a 350 and that included the base model. The suspension was great and for less than 50 dollars you could have a heavy front and rear sway bar, heavy springs and shocks. By 73 all cars were choked.
Crock a BS. Some of the best cars around. Alot better than today's vehicles, and more reliable. Factory Recalls where unheard of. That's the fact, jack.
100 percent correct my friend today the v6 doesn't compare to the straight or slant from the past. And v8 got power today but are shot and done usually by 80 grand needing thousands of dollars to keep on the road 😂 EPA has destroyed modern automotives
Hey, I do not care for the title of the video. But the 72 Dodge Colt , was my first car and I love it. I am 65 years old, I miss it and I would drive it today
Talk about getting it wrong! The '72 Dart slant six engine was 225 cubic inches. The rust wasn't a big problem in the floors and fenders, it was in the front leaf spring mounts and thin sway bar mounts. The 340 was an option. Not watching anymore of this misinformation.
Exactly, well said. Whoever did make this video is not only full of crappola they clearly don't know what they are talking about about . I grew up in the 70s , my first car was 76 Mercury Grand Monarch Ghia in green, 351 4 bbl . I still have it, all 240k on the clock and counting.
It's all true just because you don't like what he says does it mean he is full of crap. I'm familiar with all these cars. He's not lying it's an opinion
My dad had a 76 maverick. Had krager mags, a 302 4speed with 289 racing heads. 4 barrel holley and wicked set of hooker headers. Man that thing was scary as hell
Yeah this ass hat made out like Ford quit making it bc of sales or the car itself. The car was based on same platform as first gen mustang. Back then nobody was making performance cars. The old muscle cars were simply sticker kits and strip packages with a anemic wheezing v8 with less than 200hp under the hood. You built your cars and you started with a good platform. Ford dropped the maverick bc it was hurting mustang sales. Especially when they offered the maverick grabber and the comet gt with v8s. Just like Chevy won't ever purposely allow a camero to out run a vett Ford couldn't have a car they made hurt their flagship car. I say purposely bc both the Buick regal GN and the v6 turbo trans am would smoke a vett of that era. But Pontiac and Buick slipped those in on Chevy.
I wasn’t around back then, but if I was it seems like it would’ve been a reliable transportation option. Seems kinda dirpy to include it on the list after talking about how durable the engine was.
I know of a taxi company in Portland, Maine that during the 1990s only used darts for their taxis. Because the incredible mileage they could get out of them. Like 300,000 mi. And you could get a 340 in a swinger also.
The Charger shown is a 71 or 72. He presents it as a 73. The Charger still had good engine options. Plus affordable suspension upgrades. Almost none of them had a six and this clueless guy actually refers to a coil spring suspension. It was torsion bar front suspendiin and leaf springs in back. You could still get a 400 4bbl and a 440 4bbl. Even a 340 4bbl and finally a 360 4bbl. Does this guy even research his subject matter?
The Swinger was a sporty and exciting car when equipped with a 340. Good tire and wheel options, a 3 or 4 speed manual or an automatic. You had a choice of axle ratios too. It was quick! A junior muscle car.
I detest people who dare to interpret cars from a time they did not live through. In the day many of us loved the styling of the Matador Coupe. This was a beloved car for my Family friend who was a Canadian Government engineer. He ran a remote DECA Station. The station was 25 miles from town on a twisty road. He always trusted AMC Cars to get him through winter conditions. I agree that these cars look so much better than the SUV's of today! If you did not live the times please do not set up yourself as an expert!
As for the Vega, I've owned 4 of them. Two 1973 models, both Kammbacks, and a 1977 Hatchback as well as a 1977 Kammback bought from a junkyard. All were extremely reliable and required little more than routine maintenance, of which is something I am still extremely practicing. The AI Voiceover is horrible, and would be better with an actual person narrating. The constant mispronunciations drive me batty.
The AMC Matador was very stylish, called a Rambler, was available in Australia and poor people could never afford one. The Valiant Hardtop was based on the later 1970's Dodge Dart Swinger and are highly prized now. Australia had its dog, the Ford Cortina with the 3.3 or 4.1 litre Falcon six stuffed in place of the 2 litre four, the car had lots of plough understeer and the front suspension bottomed out regularly on our not so smooth roads. Another car was the Holden six cylinder with the first of the anti-pollution equipment which was hard to start, had lousy power and gulped fuel.
And on another note 12:20 I just wanna say that my very first car was a 68 Dodge dart GT 225/63 speed on the column. I did a little bit of work to it dual exhaust two barrel intake electronic fuel injection be up the clutch beef up the brakes swapped out to a eight and three-quarter inch a body rear end with 377 gears there was not a Corvette a Camaro or a Mustang in the mid 90s that could hang with my dart until that damn light turned green then they just gapped the crap outta me and ate my ass 😂😂😂😂
Americans were looking for muscle car performance in 1973? Hope they had a time machine to take them back to the late 60s and very early 70s. Btw, the Monte Carlo was an awesome car.
Now , these cars are sought after. My neighbor has a matador and he got drunk last month and had a diarrhea blowout whike drunk, listening to the radio and now he cannot get the smell out. Unsurprisingly, he still lives to sit in and get blasted. He even left the 👖 in the trunk that he had the blowout in.
42:45 I do also expect that if you’re gonna call out the 74 scamp you need to call out the 74 Plymouth duster the 74 Plymouth valiant 74 Dodge dart the 74 dart swinger the 74 duster the 74 Barracuda the satellite, the Comet, the Thunderbird, the Camaro, the Corvette, the Trans Am, the GTO the Lemans, the Monte Carlo, the Buick regal the list goes on and on and on my friend there wasn’t shit fast in 74 there were fast cars for it being 1974 in the middle of a gas crunch, but none of them were fast. They were economical and freaking reliable.😂😂 which is absolutely why they were some of the greatest cars made because they still had the motors that you could create a lot of horsepower out of it. Just had to get rid of the US government conversions. The funniest thing I find about this video so far as I’m listening to it while I work on my daily driven 48 Plymouth is that nothing was fast and desirable back then now just Mopar GM Ford Ferrari Lamborghini Jaguar MG list could go on and on and on hell, the only real fast cars back in 74 was a freaking Pantera or a GT 40 cause we all know Ford was fucking up Ferrari in the 70s baby😂😂😂😂
I visited an American car builder around this era. From that point on I've always driven Toyotas LOL. I actually rented a car in Sacramento from Rent-a-Heap Cheap. A Matador. Left it on the I5
If a poor person could buy a Lincoln Mark 4 they were not poor at all. You don't know what you are talking about. This car was a beautiful Lincoln with so many extras.
The only one of these cars i would call even close to 'ultra crappy' is that version of the Matador. the really crappy cars of the 70's were in the latter half of the decade mostly. The Dart/Valiant were great cars...meant to be good basic cars...and if i'm not mistaken never had any recalls versus their replacements. Rode good and handled well...not bad for a long trip. BTW all Mopar cars had torsion bar front suspension since the early sixties. The Maverick is a rebodied Pinto straight up...down to the tail lights. More decent basic wheels to get from A to B. The Lincoln was never meant to be anything sporty or fuel efficient as far as i know. Big cars and cushy ride is what I see them as. The oil embargo and federal cleaner air stuff required starting with the '73 model year is what made many of these cars get a good bit less appealing and problematic given the required changes for carburetors among other parts. Vegas biggest problem was the engine design as to aluminum meeting steel and head gasket issues as i recall. But crappy...the only one i would call that of these cars is the Matador. If you want crappy...Volare'/Aspen come to mind for one...and still miles better then anything made today. Cars never survive consistent winter use and abuse as to the rust issues regardless of what it is. To me, what I would consider a crappy car of the 70's would be early Chevettes but that was mainly because it was a totally new car...problems are to be expected. They ended up as good basic wheels too in the end.
The 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo second generation 6 cylinder base model wasn't the main trim level sold. The majority of the '73 Montes sold was actually the 350 ci small block V8 (5.7 liter), the matching 350 turbo transmission which put the 300 hp & 375 ft.-lbs of torque quite smoothly & with the limited slip differential positraction gears in the rear end, despite the personal luxury car being a heavy car, it was both quick, and an EXPERIENCED DRIVERS nimble car! A Monte Carlo with the luxury 400 ci, original big block power train made the car a heavier, torquier, slightly slower, personal luxury vehicle, usually with more chrome, and stainless steel trim & badgework on the outside of the car, and a set of 64 spoke hub caps, with Whitehall tires, and a durable, vinyl landau top, encasing the horizontal oval opera window in the middle of the landau covered c pillar. At the top of the Monte Carlo trim level packages was the Monte Carlo Super Sport , which was ferociously powered by the Chevrolet 454 cubic inch, (7.3 liter), topped with a single 4 bbl carburetor, along with a leather interior, swivel, high backed bucket seats, mahogany woodgrain trim console matching the woodgrain trim in the dashboard,& door panels. As opposed to most Super Sport Trim Levels both within most of the GM Brands, & even Fords, Chrysler, AMC, along with most other brands, where any vehicle wearing the SS Badges of the Make/Model, The 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS was the cars TOP TRIM LEVEL, thus, instead of getting the biggest motor, a choice of a 4 speed manual, or a 3 speed automatic transmission, positraction, or its equivalent rear end gears,- When you ordered the 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS454, what you got delivered to you was a fully loaded, - 454 ci big block motor, ONLY a carefully chosen, 3 or 4 speed, Automatic Transmission, Air Conditioning, Mahogany woodgrain dashboard, console & door pad trim, leather twin, highball, swivel bucket seats in front, with the same in the back seat. Power windows, AM/FM Stero in dash, front disc, rear drum, brakes, 5 Special, Body color coded rims, with white lettered, or red line tires, I don't remember all of the things my old man bragged about ordering on his 73 Monte SS. - but it was enough to make one sick! AND, I've had many an argument with some other enthusiast who claimed that Chevrolet didn't even make a 73,74,75,or6 SS Trim level for Monte Carlo! But, I swear, I had to live it!
Okay I don't Agree about the Monte Carlo we Had A 73 Landau .and It kicked some ass the base model ok But the V8 model was awesome now The Vynil roof was Shitty but it did Handle on the road nice too
Worst of them all? I'm not sure how old you are but I'm pretty sure you weren't even around when any of these cars were made. I fail to see any of them on your list besides one being the worst cars ever made. The pinto was a pretty good little car if you got the 2.3 4 cylinder what's the original to my knowledge or made from the early '80s to the mid to late '90s they might have had them earlier in Europe I don't know for sure but they were cheap little A 2 B car and yes they cried about the gas tank, being too close to the back bumper but name me one American vehicle that the gas tank wasn't mounted at the rear within inches of the bumper. The AMC gremlin and Pacer were also good cars you couldn't kill that 258 6 banger And if you got the 304 V8 you had a pretty quick little car for its time. This video showed a Mercury Monarch which is pretty much the exact same car as the Ford Granada I had a Mercury Monarch for probably 15-20 years never had a moment's problem with it. Don't know why the Volare made your list The 318 and 360 V8s we're really good engines I'm not aware of any other major issues with these vehicles. Next you have the Ford Thunderbird..... Seriously? That's an American classic! Please tell me why you think the Ford Thunderbird was one of the worst cars made because I'm at a total loss. I've owned 4 T-birds and all 4 were some of the best cars I've ever had. Finally the last one in your list is correct, the Yugo which you spelled Ugo .... Yeah that was a total mess. So just for the record I'm 60 years old I've been an auto technician for going on 41 years now, it just seems to me that your statement is way off and probably because you weren't even old enough to own or drive these cars when they were produced let alone voice your opinion on them.... just like this video whoever made it is just way off base. I have to work on these new cars and I will tell you right now I would take one of the cars on your list any day over one of these new piece of crap vehicles that they're making these days even if them old schools had issues you wouldn't have to refinance your house just to fix it them, and they were just a few thousand bucks new unlike today the average cost of a new vehicle is what I'm guessing somewhere around 50k? All new American cars are mechanically and electrically horrible! The only decent vehicles to buy are Mazda, Toyota, and Honda I'll even throw in Mitsubishi because I never get any of those in the shop to repair! As far as the american big three? I wouldn't buy one if you gave me money to buy it with.
@drewdixon5556 is that comment was addressed to me I was referring to the 2.3 engine years of production that being the original Lima version ......not the pinto years of manufacturing lol
All of those cars were built to be driven daily! I have driven pintos all my life doing maintenance on my own pintos, a very very dependable car! Crappy how, when, where I always have loved the pintos!
Does this guy understand what a base model is? That it's the bottom rung. More bells and whistles were on higher trim levels. These were CHEAP cars that almost anyone could own. We'd be lucky to be able to go back to those days, automotively speaking.
44:38 finally a car that was never known as a muscle car. It was always a luxury float on air ride and he threw it in with all of these retired muscle cars. What the hell?😂
This is the period when the Japanese auto makers began to take hold of a part of the auto sales market in the U.S .I know, because I and some of my relatives bought some of the crappy cars made during the 70s. The U.S. auto makers put profit before quality during the 70s.
You do realize that even a fully loaded Corvette in 1974 didn’t have but 150 hp so unless you had a lot of money and you were willing to buy like the big boy hypo, they got 8 gallons to a mile you were living in the slow times I mean hell One of the newest trends is the late 70s early 80s Corvettes with a freaking L82 BS ass motor and 272 Rear End Highway gears and no horsepower that was the absolute rage in the mid to late 70s hell even into the early 70s but you took I don’t need to get into a damn novel with you bro. I love your channel. Don’t take me wrong.
The Vega shown wasn't even the Vega wagon/ kammback you talked about & some of the pics for the 73 charger you spoke of showed photos of earlier charger engines not offered in 73 &showed photos of 71 chargers not 73😕
Yea, no rich people where allowed to buy them I guess? I dunno wasn’t around back then ( if I was I would have bought old Porsches and stored them in a warehouse until 2025).
52:41 that’s fucking hilarious cause in my last comment I talked about how I had a 13 1/2 second bracket racing 72 Pontiac, Ventura, and all of these cars that you have named have all been right when the US government started dropping the whole gas crunch fuel economy, bullshit that they started. They were still dealing with today. We’re not out of oil. We’re not out of gas and they’re not called fossil fuels cause they don’t come from fossilsbut yet 52 years ago 53 the US government started this whole gas crunch bullshit that 71 Pontiac Ventura is sexy as fuck and just as fast as a 71 nova or faster because it was a Pontiac and Pontiac was an upgraded version of Chevy.
The guy stating facts if you like watching pictures the guys wrong about the pictures. Most of these cars are underpowered prone to rust unreliable base model cars junk
So true this guy's spot on. I've had four of these 12 he's dead on. Unreliable meant for old people know performance simple ugly outdated. The 70s the worst time for cars
I have a 1970 z28 RS with the 370 h.p factory LT1 4, speed 373 posi the engine is more over 400 factory h.p the car is a known factory race car .. all 70s car's were not all slow junk this car is extremely fast....
My friend had one his mother was not a happy person with the small size and lack of power with a load passengers. Otherwise it was a good looking car , just no get up and go.
11:12 OK I’m working on my 48 Plymouth, which is my daily driver and I’m sitting here listening to you talking trash about the 72 dart swinger with a slant six I get it. It’s not the fastest car in the world, but Mopar never designed this land, six to be the fastest motor or the highest output, the most reliable yes the leaning tower of power yes you can feasibly get 450 hp out of a 225 slant six and it doesn’t matter what your block you start off with as long as you got heads after 72 so they have harden valley seats and as long as you have a crank that is forged not cast, you can produce some serious power out of them. The only downfall that I have with a 72 dart is the fact that it has the two piece front fenders. It has a fender and then a like a little fender extension because in 69 they had one piece fenders and 70 they went to two piece fenders and in 74 they went back to one piece fenders but they’re all the same fender. The only thing you have to pay attention to is it in 67. They had no turn signal indicators in 68. They had round turn signal indicators and in 69 and on they were square like the one you’re showing Now having gone on that big long ass fricking rant, I do have to say that I’m a new subscriber as in in the past 10 minutes before I started my rant😂😂😂😂😂😂
He is not talking about the hot rods. He is talking about base model cars how crappy they are. These replies are way off the beaten path. Look at the headline 12 piece of s*** cars. So far guys 100% right whether you like it or not
Base model cars are not performance cars that’s why they’re called base models standard models. If you want to performance it came in a higher package with a higher performance, suspension and engine and 73. You could still get a Dodge charger 440 that ran pretty well or a 400.
I had a mustang 2......black hatchback ...t tops......4cyl...4 speed..black and orangeyellowand red stripes and chromemags.....but....pure junk top speed 65 mayebe 70 wound out all the way.........can't pass no one .....beautiful junk lol😅
What a bunch of bullshit, any of these cars were better than the plastic computerized shit out now. I owned almost all of them and loved them. I put at least 300000 miles any car I've owned, most of these included.
Like the Honda and Toyota??? You have no idea how rickety and poorly put together these cars were in the 70's They SOLD because they were CHEAP you idjit!!! The Maverick, Dart and Vega were trying to be AS CHEAP.... But each had a V8 option🤦🏿♂️
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 : WOW ! These vehicles have more style than the SUV’s fat vehicles of today , LOL .
And yet you can combine all the horsepower of all these cars and still not have what's under the hood of a Escalade 😂
The 70's may have been filled with crappy cars that only the poor would buy, but, they beat hell out of walking and waiting on a crappy bus! 🤔
This video is way off base. These models were bought by everyone. Poor people in the '80s bought these '70s models as used cars. What a dumb video.
Agreed!
Yep
Another video maker that has no idea what the hell he is talking about. Car companies wish they had the sales now that these had back then. Thumbs down for this video.
I wondered about this too. Seems like this video is strictly meant to crap on lower trim models. Those models aren’t great, but they were low cost options and the same marketing takes place today, where automakers offer multiple trim levels according to one’s budget. Really odd video. I think this is AI generated.
Exactly. Clickbait. We an asshoe
Dumbest comment I ever read
Leather interior in a 1st gen Monte! No. Never available but you could get a 454 engine!
That a lie. None of those cars were crappy. I had several on ur list n never had a bit of trouble with them. They got me up n down the road
I've had five out of these 12 so true
You couldn't get the big 70-77 Monte Carlo with a 6 cylinder. V6 Monte Carlos started in 78.
Exactly. More clickbait and this same dumbass voice.
The thumbnail shows a Chevy Laguna and that car was not even shown in the video! Click bate anyone?
Exactly why I clicked on it. I had a 76 Laguna S3 with a 400SB, I loved that car.
This guy really has no idea what he is talking about. The Monte Carlo was very desirable. No one opted for a 6 cylinder. Nearly all of them had a 350 and that included the base model. The suspension was great and for less than 50 dollars you could have a heavy front and rear sway bar, heavy springs and shocks. By 73 all cars were choked.
You couldn't get an inline 6 in ANY Monte Carlo EVER!
Way unreliable
Never heard of a 6 cylinder in a 1970 s Monte Carlo.... Must be pretty damn rare I've never heard of such a thing. This guy's a moron
Grandpa has to drive something I’ll take a 73 maverick
Crock a BS. Some of the best cars around. Alot better than today's vehicles, and more reliable. Factory Recalls where unheard of. That's the fact, jack.
100 percent correct my friend today the v6 doesn't compare to the straight or slant from the past. And v8 got power today but are shot and done usually by 80 grand needing thousands of dollars to keep on the road 😂 EPA has destroyed modern automotives
Hey, I do not care for the title of the video. But the 72 Dodge Colt , was my first car and I love it. I am 65 years old, I miss it and I would drive it today
Talk about getting it wrong! The '72 Dart slant six engine was 225 cubic inches. The rust wasn't a big problem in the floors and fenders, it was in the front leaf spring mounts and thin sway bar mounts. The 340 was an option. Not watching anymore of this misinformation.
It's not misinformation just because you don't agree just cuz you don't mind the rest other people don't like it
Whoever made this video is full of crap!
Crappy videos made by crappy information unreliable!
Agreed
Exactly, well said. Whoever did make this video is not only full of crappola they clearly don't know what they are talking about about . I grew up in the 70s , my first car was 76 Mercury Grand Monarch Ghia in green, 351 4 bbl . I still have it, all 240k on the clock and counting.
It's all true just because you don't like what he says does it mean he is full of crap. I'm familiar with all these cars. He's not lying it's an opinion
@tracydrum6733 No, it's his opinion and he's full of crap!
My dad had a 76 maverick. Had krager mags, a 302 4speed with 289 racing heads. 4 barrel holley and wicked set of hooker headers. Man that thing was scary as hell
Yeah this ass hat made out like Ford quit making it bc of sales or the car itself. The car was based on same platform as first gen mustang. Back then nobody was making performance cars. The old muscle cars were simply sticker kits and strip packages with a anemic wheezing v8 with less than 200hp under the hood. You built your cars and you started with a good platform. Ford dropped the maverick bc it was hurting mustang sales. Especially when they offered the maverick grabber and the comet gt with v8s. Just like Chevy won't ever purposely allow a camero to out run a vett Ford couldn't have a car they made hurt their flagship car. I say purposely bc both the Buick regal GN and the v6 turbo trans am would smoke a vett of that era. But Pontiac and Buick slipped those in on Chevy.
They seem pretty cool for a little pickup, or Ute as the Aussies say considering they are unibody.
A maverick from the 1970s is a car not the crappy truck thing there making now. .
Downing the swinger? Oh cmon man! That's a great car.
I know right dowing a bad ass car
There up with chargers
I wasn’t around back then, but if I was it seems like it would’ve been a reliable transportation option. Seems kinda dirpy to include it on the list after talking about how durable the engine was.
I know of a taxi company in Portland, Maine that during the 1990s only used darts for their taxis. Because the incredible mileage they could get out of them. Like 300,000 mi. And you could get a 340 in a swinger also.
The Charger shown is a 71 or 72. He presents it as a 73. The Charger still had good engine options. Plus affordable suspension upgrades. Almost none of them had a six and this clueless guy actually refers to a coil spring suspension. It was torsion bar front suspendiin and leaf springs in back. You could still get a 400 4bbl and a 440 4bbl. Even a 340 4bbl and finally a 360 4bbl. Does this guy even research his subject matter?
I think this is AI generated garbage
The Swinger was a sporty and exciting car when equipped with a 340. Good tire and wheel options, a 3 or 4 speed manual or an automatic. You had a choice of axle ratios too. It was quick! A junior muscle car.
He's talking about the base model get it right. You need to pay attention
The ‘70 Swinger 340 was the fastest car I’ve ever owned by far it was a beast
@@tracydrum6733i don’t believe he knows what he is saying
This video is much to long... too much repetition...
just curious, how old was the maker of this video in the early 70s?
Probably born in 1995
Yup back then engines weren’t called leeters
My friend bought one of these 21:20 and a Mercury Zephyr. 460 in a Monarch was a beast.
I would like to own any of these on the list and I don't mind being poor ✌️
I wanna see This Guy Build a Car..
The Pacer , Gremblin , anything made in Japan .
AMC did make beautiful cars. Might have had issues but they were neat looking. 😁 👍
Your AI narrator voice needs some work. Other videos lifted from youtube.
Where's the fact checkers when you need one now. This dude is lying.
I detest people who dare to interpret cars from a time they did not live through. In the day many of us loved the styling of the Matador Coupe. This was a beloved car for my Family friend who was a Canadian Government engineer. He ran a remote DECA Station. The station was 25 miles from town on a twisty road. He always trusted AMC Cars to get him through winter conditions. I agree that these cars look so much better than the SUV's of today! If you did not live the times please do not set up yourself as an expert!
As for the Vega, I've owned 4 of them. Two 1973 models, both Kammbacks, and a 1977 Hatchback as well as a 1977 Kammback bought from a junkyard. All were extremely reliable and required little more than routine maintenance, of which is something I am still extremely practicing. The AI Voiceover is horrible, and would be better with an actual person narrating. The constant mispronunciations drive me batty.
Love the matador 🎉
The AMC Matador was very stylish, called a Rambler, was available in Australia and poor people could never afford one. The Valiant Hardtop was based on the later 1970's Dodge Dart Swinger and are highly prized now. Australia had its dog, the Ford Cortina with the 3.3 or 4.1 litre Falcon six stuffed in place of the 2 litre four, the car had lots of plough understeer and the front suspension bottomed out regularly on our not so smooth roads. Another car was the Holden six cylinder with the first of the anti-pollution equipment which was hard to start, had lousy power and gulped fuel.
Mavericks were cool cars. Any model year
I love AMC/Rambler vehicles. But they sure had a lot of hideous models.
And on another note 12:20 I just wanna say that my very first car was a 68 Dodge dart GT 225/63 speed on the column. I did a little bit of work to it dual exhaust two barrel intake electronic fuel injection be up the clutch beef up the brakes swapped out to a eight and three-quarter inch a body rear end with 377 gears there was not a Corvette a Camaro or a Mustang in the mid 90s that could hang with my dart until that damn light turned green then they just gapped the crap outta me and ate my ass 😂😂😂😂
Useless Ai video. And leave the "Mustang Toogeea/Tooguya" alone, I had a new 1976 and loved it. It's judging the styling of 50 year old cars. 9:57 ??
Americans were looking for muscle car performance in 1973? Hope they had a time machine to take them back to the late 60s and very early 70s. Btw, the Monte Carlo was an awesome car.
Now , these cars are sought after. My neighbor has a matador and he got drunk last month and had a diarrhea blowout whike drunk, listening to the radio and now he cannot get the smell out. Unsurprisingly, he still lives to sit in and get blasted. He even left the 👖 in the trunk that he had the blowout in.
42:45 I do also expect that if you’re gonna call out the 74 scamp you need to call out the 74 Plymouth duster the 74 Plymouth valiant 74 Dodge dart the 74 dart swinger the 74 duster the 74 Barracuda the satellite, the Comet, the Thunderbird, the Camaro, the Corvette, the Trans Am, the GTO the Lemans, the Monte Carlo, the Buick regal the list goes on and on and on my friend there wasn’t shit fast in 74 there were fast cars for it being 1974 in the middle of a gas crunch, but none of them were fast. They were economical and freaking reliable.😂😂 which is absolutely why they were some of the greatest cars made because they still had the motors that you could create a lot of horsepower out of it. Just had to get rid of the US government conversions.
The funniest thing I find about this video so far as I’m listening to it while I work on my daily driven 48 Plymouth is that nothing was fast and desirable back then now just Mopar GM Ford Ferrari Lamborghini Jaguar MG list could go on and on and on hell, the only real fast cars back in 74 was a freaking Pantera or a GT 40 cause we all know Ford was fucking up Ferrari in the 70s baby😂😂😂😂
Matador car was the ugliest car i remember back in the 70's
Anything that general motors makes... Total garbage.. starting with the Vega
Dissing the Dart is hilarious, considering its stellar reputation.
That Vega in the video was very nice! And they made an SS I believe in the Vega too.
I visited an American car builder around this era. From that point on I've always driven Toyotas LOL. I actually rented a car in Sacramento from Rent-a-Heap Cheap. A Matador. Left it on the I5
So wrong on everything that was said or shown about the Charger .
This dude is so out of touch with 70 cars and his comment of what the poor could afford what a poor spoken and written video!
I rather have some of these to drive than the computer commuters that we drive now.
If a poor person could buy a Lincoln Mark 4 they were not poor at all. You don't know what you are talking about. This car was a beautiful Lincoln with so many extras.
The '72 Continental was gorgeous, why is it on this list? It could pass anything but a gas station.
This video is not very well researched
That old Maverick with 302 would roast tires all day
The only one of these cars i would call even close to 'ultra crappy' is that version of the Matador. the really crappy cars of the 70's were in the latter half of the decade mostly. The Dart/Valiant were great cars...meant to be good basic cars...and if i'm not mistaken never had any recalls versus their replacements. Rode good and handled well...not bad for a long trip. BTW all Mopar cars had torsion bar front suspension since the early sixties.
The Maverick is a rebodied Pinto straight up...down to the tail lights. More decent basic wheels to get from A to B. The Lincoln was never meant to be anything sporty or fuel efficient as far as i know. Big cars and cushy ride is what I see them as. The oil embargo and federal cleaner air stuff required starting with the '73 model year is what made many of these cars get a good bit less appealing and problematic given the required changes for carburetors among other parts. Vegas biggest problem was the engine design as to aluminum meeting steel and head gasket issues as i recall.
But crappy...the only one i would call that of these cars is the Matador. If you want crappy...Volare'/Aspen come to mind for one...and still miles better then anything made today. Cars never survive consistent winter use and abuse as to the rust issues regardless of what it is.
To me, what I would consider a crappy car of the 70's would be early Chevettes but that was mainly because it was a totally new car...problems are to be expected. They ended up as good basic wheels too in the end.
The 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo second generation 6 cylinder base model wasn't the main trim level sold. The majority of the '73 Montes sold was actually the 350 ci small block V8 (5.7 liter), the matching 350 turbo transmission which put the 300 hp & 375 ft.-lbs of torque quite smoothly & with the limited slip differential positraction gears in the rear end, despite the personal luxury car being a heavy car, it was both quick, and an EXPERIENCED DRIVERS nimble car!
A Monte Carlo with the luxury 400 ci, original big block power train made the car a heavier, torquier, slightly slower, personal luxury vehicle, usually with more chrome, and stainless steel trim & badgework on the outside of the car, and a set of 64 spoke hub caps, with Whitehall tires, and a durable, vinyl landau top, encasing the horizontal oval opera window in the middle of the landau covered c pillar.
At the top of the Monte Carlo trim level packages was the Monte Carlo Super Sport , which was ferociously powered by the Chevrolet 454 cubic inch, (7.3 liter), topped with a single 4 bbl carburetor, along with a leather interior, swivel, high backed bucket seats, mahogany woodgrain trim console matching the woodgrain trim in the dashboard,& door panels. As opposed to most Super Sport Trim Levels both within most of the GM Brands, & even Fords, Chrysler, AMC, along with most other brands, where any vehicle wearing the SS Badges of the Make/Model, The 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS was the cars TOP TRIM LEVEL, thus, instead of getting the biggest motor, a choice of a 4 speed manual, or a 3 speed automatic transmission, positraction, or its equivalent rear end gears,- When you ordered the 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS454, what you got delivered to you was a fully loaded, - 454 ci big block motor, ONLY a carefully chosen, 3 or 4 speed, Automatic Transmission, Air Conditioning, Mahogany woodgrain dashboard, console & door pad trim, leather twin, highball, swivel bucket seats in front, with the same in the back seat. Power windows, AM/FM Stero in dash, front disc, rear drum, brakes, 5 Special, Body color coded rims, with white lettered, or red line tires, I don't remember all of the things my old man bragged about ordering on his 73 Monte SS. - but it was enough to make one sick! AND, I've had many an argument with some other enthusiast who claimed that Chevrolet didn't even make a 73,74,75,or6 SS Trim level for Monte Carlo! But, I swear, I had to live it!
Okay I don't Agree about the Monte Carlo we Had A 73 Landau .and It kicked some ass the base model ok But the V8 model was awesome now The Vynil roof was Shitty but it did Handle on the road nice too
The poor had to endure 😂😂😂
Another example of 10 minutes of material stretched into nearly an hour.
You forgot the worst of them all / The Ford Pinto , AMC Gremlin , AMC Pacer , Ford Granada , Plymouth Volare' , Ford Thunderbird , and the Ugo .
Worst of them all?
I'm not sure how old you are but I'm pretty sure you weren't even around when any of these cars were made.
I fail to see any of them on your list besides one being the worst cars ever made.
The pinto was a pretty good little car if you got the 2.3 4 cylinder what's the original to my knowledge or made from the early '80s to the mid to late '90s they might have had them earlier in Europe I don't know for sure but they were cheap little A 2 B car and yes they cried about the gas tank, being too close to the back bumper but name me one American vehicle that the gas tank wasn't mounted at the rear within inches of the bumper.
The AMC gremlin and Pacer were also good cars you couldn't kill that 258 6 banger And if you got the 304 V8 you had a pretty quick little car for its time.
This video showed a Mercury Monarch which is pretty much the exact same car as the Ford Granada I had a Mercury Monarch for probably 15-20 years never had a moment's problem with it.
Don't know why the Volare made your list The 318 and 360 V8s we're really good engines I'm not aware of any other major issues with these vehicles.
Next you have the Ford Thunderbird..... Seriously? That's an American classic! Please tell me why you think the Ford Thunderbird was one of the worst cars made because I'm at a total loss. I've owned 4 T-birds and all 4 were some of the best cars I've ever had.
Finally the last one in your list is correct, the Yugo which you spelled Ugo .... Yeah that was a total mess.
So just for the record I'm 60 years old I've been an auto technician for going on 41 years now, it just seems to me that your statement is way off and probably because you weren't even old enough to own or drive these cars when they were produced let alone voice your opinion on them.... just like this video whoever made it is just way off base.
I have to work on these new cars and I will tell you right now I would take one of the cars on your list any day over one of these new piece of crap vehicles that they're making these days even if them old schools had issues you wouldn't have to refinance your house just to fix it them, and they were just a few thousand bucks new unlike today the average cost of a new vehicle is what I'm guessing somewhere around 50k?
All new American cars are mechanically and electrically horrible! The only decent vehicles to buy are Mazda, Toyota, and Honda I'll even throw in Mitsubishi because I never get any of those in the shop to repair!
As far as the american big three? I wouldn't buy one if you gave me money to buy it with.
They didn't have the pinto in the 80s and 90s
@@drewdixon5556 we were talking used cars
@drewdixon5556 is that comment was addressed to me I was referring to the 2.3 engine years of production that being the original Lima version ......not the pinto years of manufacturing lol
All of those cars were built to be driven daily! I have driven pintos all my life doing maintenance on my own pintos, a very very dependable car! Crappy how, when, where I always have loved the pintos!
Does this guy understand what a base model is? That it's the bottom rung. More bells and whistles were on higher trim levels. These were CHEAP cars that almost anyone could own. We'd be lucky to be able to go back to those days, automotively speaking.
This guy has absolutely no clue or knowledge on what he is ragging on.......
Even though I don’t agree with everything, you have to say, sir, I will defend with my life. You’re right to say it.
44:38 finally a car that was never known as a muscle car. It was always a luxury float on air ride and he threw it in with all of these retired muscle cars. What the hell?😂
Thumb down for AI, and the inappropriate title/headline. Had no intention to waste time watching this. This channel sucks.
This is the period when the Japanese auto makers began to take hold of a part of the auto sales market in the U.S .I know, because I and some of my relatives bought some of the crappy cars made during the 70s. The U.S. auto makers put profit before quality during the 70s.
You do realize that even a fully loaded Corvette in 1974 didn’t have but 150 hp so unless you had a lot of money and you were willing to buy like the big boy hypo, they got 8 gallons to a mile you were living in the slow times I mean hell One of the newest trends is the late 70s early 80s Corvettes with a freaking L82 BS ass motor and 272 Rear End Highway gears and no horsepower that was the absolute rage in the mid to late 70s hell even into the early 70s but you took I don’t need to get into a damn novel with you bro. I love your channel. Don’t take me wrong.
So it looks like someone took 3 minutes out of their life and told a computer to make a video about '70s your expensive cars.
The Vega shown wasn't even the Vega wagon/ kammback you talked about & some of the pics for the 73 charger you spoke of showed photos of earlier charger engines not offered in 73 &showed photos of 71 chargers not 73😕
They got you from pointA to pointB not like high dollar crap today😅😅
Only poor people could afford them? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yea, no rich people where allowed to buy them I guess? I dunno wasn’t around back then ( if I was I would have bought old Porsches and stored them in a warehouse until 2025).
This video is so wrong
Notice the car shows and collectors...
you are clueless !!!!
They're all junk. 73 to 79 American cars are junk
52:41 that’s fucking hilarious cause in my last comment I talked about how I had a 13 1/2 second bracket racing 72 Pontiac, Ventura, and all of these cars that you have named have all been right when the US government started dropping the whole gas crunch fuel economy, bullshit that they started. They were still dealing with today. We’re not out of oil. We’re not out of gas and they’re not called fossil fuels cause they don’t come from fossilsbut yet 52 years ago 53 the US government started this whole gas crunch bullshit that 71 Pontiac Ventura is sexy as fuck and just as fast as a 71 nova or faster because it was a Pontiac and Pontiac was an upgraded version of Chevy.
Hey the dart is a good car
Unreliable no power no options handle like crap it's all subjective
If you didnt live it dont post a video on it because, YOU DONT KNOW SQUAT !
The guy stating facts if you like watching pictures the guys wrong about the pictures. Most of these cars are underpowered prone to rust unreliable base model cars junk
Like the Tesla cyber truck
Had the 74 Monte with a 400SBC ran great.
He described, most of today's vehicles.
49:15 wait they made a Dodge colt 1970 10 yeah I think I’m gonna start looking for one and do a 392 swap
Don't talk smack about my dodge dart dream car
So true this guy's spot on. I've had four of these 12 he's dead on. Unreliable meant for old people know performance simple ugly outdated. The 70s the worst time for cars
I have a 1970 z28 RS with the 370 h.p factory LT1 4, speed 373 posi the engine is more over 400 factory h.p the car is a known factory race car .. all 70s car's were not all slow junk this car is extremely fast....
The maverick was a better option than the pinto!
I don't know, I've always liked the Dodge Dart. Two of my friends had one. So did some relatives. Simple was better. Look at the junk we have today.
My friend had one his mother was not a happy person with the small size and lack of power with a load passengers. Otherwise it was a good looking car , just no get up and go.
11:12 OK I’m working on my 48 Plymouth, which is my daily driver and I’m sitting here listening to you talking trash about the 72 dart swinger with a slant six I get it. It’s not the fastest car in the world, but Mopar never designed this land, six to be the fastest motor or the highest output, the most reliable yes the leaning tower of power yes you can feasibly get 450 hp out of a 225 slant six and it doesn’t matter what your block you start off with as long as you got heads after 72 so they have harden valley seats and as long as you have a crank that is forged not cast, you can produce some serious power out of them. The only downfall that I have with a 72 dart is the fact that it has the two piece front fenders. It has a fender and then a like a little fender extension because in 69 they had one piece fenders and 70 they went to two piece fenders and in 74 they went back to one piece fenders but they’re all the same fender. The only thing you have to pay attention to is it in 67. They had no turn signal indicators in 68. They had round turn signal indicators and in 69 and on they were square like the one you’re showing
Now having gone on that big long ass fricking rant, I do have to say that I’m a new subscriber as in in the past 10 minutes before I started my rant😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mopar or no car baby!!!!!
He is not talking about the hot rods. He is talking about base model cars how crappy they are. These replies are way off the beaten path. Look at the headline 12 piece of s*** cars. So far guys 100% right whether you like it or not
Base model cars are not performance cars that’s why they’re called base models standard models. If you want to performance it came in a higher package with a higher performance, suspension and engine and 73. You could still get a Dodge charger 440 that ran pretty well or a 400.
I had a mustang 2......black hatchback ...t tops......4cyl...4 speed..black and orangeyellowand red stripes and chromemags.....but....pure junk top speed 65 mayebe 70 wound out all the way.........can't pass no one .....beautiful junk lol😅
What a bunch of bullshit, any of these cars were better than the plastic computerized shit out now. I owned almost all of them and loved them. I put at least 300000 miles any car I've owned, most of these included.
Crappy video
Like the Honda and Toyota???
You have no idea how rickety and poorly put together these cars were in the 70's
They SOLD because they were CHEAP you idjit!!!
The Maverick, Dart and Vega were trying to be AS CHEAP....
But each had a V8 option🤦🏿♂️
Also Some Matadors had 401's in them
No base model matadors had 401.
Ok what is the matter with the AMC Matador, won allot of NASCAR duh
No thanks.... not listening to lazy AI creaters anymore as it's always wrong.. don't forget to put bad speach to text on your next video.
One minute in and I see you know nothing about classic cars, I'm out...
There's nothing wrong with half those car's except that crazy oil Christ crap and performance issues because of slowing performance down
Like Cars Are Built Better Today 🤡 When is Performance Realevant when going to Work or for Necessity…
this is completely wrong about the Maverick... It was becoming more popular than the mustang... Ford killed it on purpose...
The 1970s produced some bad cars. Nothing worse than Chevy chevette or the AMC Gremlim. Also the AMC Pacer and Ford Pinto.
AMC Matadors were one of the ugliest cars ever made. Just as bad as the pacer, the hornet and gremlin.
BS , lol
Poor people we All make it happen. Screw your videos. And people that watch them
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I dont no what to say
All these cars are based models