The Stodgy Family Sedan That LITERALLY Destroyed Everyone On The Road | 1962 Plymouth Savoy
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"The weaker V6's"?
That line alone makes me thin this video was put together by someone who has an arms length knowledge of the subject at hand.
Sadly, there are a lot of people who think that any 6 cylinder engine is a "V6".
These vids used to be written and narrated by Filipinos making ten bucks a day. But now it’s robots all the way down.
Yup, Younger generation doing research to put together a video instead of some older folks who actually lived in the times :-(
There are a lot of crappy low effort car videos because they know people will click on them.
i graduated from high school in 1972 I drove a dodge dart with a slant 6
I agree, no baby boomer wrote this text.
In the early 70's I bought a white 62' Savoy 2 door post Police car with a 383 Magnum Police Interceptor engine and the push button automatic for $150.00. It was banged up on every corner but nothing could touch it. A true "Sleeper".
i had a 383 magnum police interceptor in a '46 ford coupe
COOL!
even at 25-cents a gallon that thing could still take all your lunch money.
In 1962, my dad bought a new Fury Wagon, 318 v8 with a 3-speed automatic. What a great car and quite a runner I might add. I got in trouble a couple times in that car.
Those 318 polysphere engines were MUCH better than the wedge-head that replaced it. I've heard of incredible fuel efficiency for the era; Chrysler likely used the poly head design for fuel economy versus performance.
Father bought a 318 savoy wagon in 64............Parents drove it to 150K...I bought it from them cheap and drove it to nearly 200K....Inattentive. One day I rear ended someone....Front end damage not worth repairing...Sold it for scrap price..That was maybe 1988.....About ten years later I'm in north Portland and it comes barreling around the corner, same front end damage, driven by a huge black gal with about 5 kids hanging out the windows..............Really........
now theres a slice of the american dream !
Why was it necessary to mention the ladies race???
@@PAIDFOR50 Yes.
did any of the kids look like you?
😅😅😅
My neighbor worked for Chrysler and I can't forget the day Mrs. Jabro drove to my school in this all new 1962 mauve color Plymouth wagon. Rode in that car many times, The most beautiful Plymouth ever the 1965 wagon took it's place.
I had a 62 Plymouth Valiant in 1981 with the old slant 6 and 2-speed transmission! 0 - 60 and under 5 minutes! But for a $250 car out of the junkyard, that thing always ran! I gave it to a friend a year later, it was still running!
There was never a two speed Valiant. The one you had was a 904 three speed.
@@anvilsvs Maybe it was a 3 on the tree with a blown 2nd gear synchronizer!
Funny, I loved the design in '62 and continue to find it to be stunning example of 60's automobile design today. Especially the coupe.
I like the look of them. Distinctive without being ugly.
I agree. These were my favourite years for the Plymouth Savoy-Fury cars. I found the front end *way more* attractive than the 1960-61 model year Plymouth. They were also perfect as far as size was concerned.
Define ugly please cause those define homely at least
At least you could tell what brand of car they were without being close enough to read the badging.
I was a kid when these came out and thought they were horrid looking. Today, I love them--so distinctive. Love the similar '62 Dodge Dart as well. Chrysler guessed wrong for the market when downsizing for '62 but looking at it from a longer term perspective, they were 15 years ahead of what GM did for '77. Unfortunately, they suffered a real dip in sales by not getting the timing right.
With the popularity of the Valiant's styling, Chrysler used that styling across the board widespread.
My Grandma had a 64 Dodge 330 2 dr sedan w/413.....I was very young, but I remember the staggered twin carbs........she got rid of it because it was hard to start in the winter......never drove much over 35- 40 mph
If AI ever learns about punctuation these videos won’t be so hard to listen to.
Also don’t rely on this video for accurate information.
Agree 100%- it is horrible.
I personally drove a 1964 Dodge D 300 1 ton Dual Wheeled Farm Truck with a 413 cu. In. V8 with a 12 ft dump & stake body with 5 ft. side boards and rear lift out gates. Equipped with a 4 speed standard transmission and 4:10 gear ratio rear end. What a powerful truck to hall bulk oats or baled hay or 4 saddle horses. I 'd load on 80 50 lb. bales of hay and the truck drive along the highway loaded with and you'd hardly ever take her out of 4th gear. Top speed was a maximum of 60 M.P. H.
geezer here also , great story
And Seriously ,Anyone who Ever Owned a 318 powered Mopar , Was Impressed !
NO, my parents had a 383 4 barrel in the '66 Monaco, and the 318 2 barrel in the '69 Monaco, there was no comparison between the 2. The 318 was fine but not particularly fast in such a large car, whereas the 383 turned the '66 into a road warrior! Even my mom thought the '69 was a dog, mind you, she had the lead-est foot I have ever seen! She rocked that '66 like she was a Nascar driver!
@@jamesthurber4730 - Mathew meant the 318 moved the smaller cars smartly while getting impressive MPG in easy driving...
The 383 was torquey but kinda a dog if you wound it out... until 1968 when the Road Runner 383 Magnum got the big ports heads and hotter camshaft from the 440 Magnum... was then rated 335 HP but more like 380 - 400 HP when you advanced the ignition timing from the stock 'granny' settings...
it was called 'super commando'
@@buzzwaldron6195 The 318 was not impressive for fuel mileage in any Chrysler product, It was way worse than my parent's '67 Chevy II with a 283.
Nothing stodgy about the daring Valiant-like styling.
I just threw up a little thanks
its not a valiant/barracuda
@@very5ick112 whatta you meanna the first barracuda is 100 pct a valiant and always referred to as
@@rctopfueler2841 valiant barracuda
A neighbor who lived across the street when I was growing up had a ‘62 that had the 361 V8. I went hunting with him one Saturday afternoon and was fascinated with the car. He demonstrated how powerful it was and also started off from a traffic light in 2nd gear then shifting to third. Years later I had a ‘67 Fury 2dr with the 318 2bbl 230hp engine. It would hit 117mph and did 0-60 in 7.5sec. It had a TorqueFlite automatic transmission and 2.71 rear end. It routinely got 20mpg on the interstate after speed limit was reduced to 55mph.
I drove a Caprice Classic wagon with a 350 4 barrel for years. Cruising on the highway at 60mph, it would give 20 to 22 mpg. However, open it up a bit to 65mph and those big secondaries would start to open. Milage took a nose dive above 70. V8's are known as gas hogs because everyone likes playing with all that power. Driven conservatively, they'll give relatively decent milage and last for ever to boot.
Who put this video together? Why are you showing pics of the much later Ramcharger SUV when talking about the Ramchargers of the early '60's? - the two are not connected in any way.
Well, they are spelled the same.
@@donkarnes5946 Lol!
Maybe because "he" is actually a robot?
@@StvMcQueen1 LOL!
this video makes me want to stick forks in my eyes
Just like the news, there’s no fact checking you expect this to be honest and upfront So for the younger generation, he could probably pass this off as fact, but the ones that live this era know better
I knew an old man called Pappy that I worked with back around 1974 that had one of these stodgy looking Plymouth sedans, maybe a 1963. I was a teenager and had a 1969 Fiat 124 Spider. One night after we got off work I found myself setting at a stop light with Pappy and his old ugly Plymouth. He looked at me and revved his engine up, I thought I can beat this old rag. Pappy blew me away, he was long gone, and I know he was laughing his ass off. Damn that Pappy, lol.
When I was a little kid, my uncle had a '64 Fury two-door HT. Gorgeous car!
For sure, great cars..
I preferred the '64 and '65 Satellites...
Similar to Captain Culpeppers car, if you know the name, you have been around a while and have a good sense of humor!
Don't forget the Crumps' wagon.
That was exactly what I thought when I saw the black sedan! I love that movie! :D
@@jamesgizasson
.......one of my favorites
Some cool cars in that movie
I own two of theses cars a 4DSN savoy & a fury station wagon. A lot people think there ugly cars, thats a matter of option. Even if you laugh at it you just strengthen its appeal. Most car shows I go to its most likely it will be the only one of its kind to be there. Its nice to have something no one else has. Its not a 57 chevy or a 64 Mustang, theres more then enough of those cars. Here you see something you don't see at every car show, even I like to see something different besides the same old, same old.
My first car was a 62 Plymouth Sport Fury 383 GOLDEN COMMANDO WITH DUAL POINT IGNITION. I bought it in the spring of 1969 for 395.00 dollars. It had a push-button shift automatic gear box. It was Ermie white with red and black interior. I would drive around Memphis and would get challenged by other drivers think they could beat me. Only two ever beat me. One was a Corvette that was obviously built for speed, the other was another Mopar with plenty of power to leave me behind. I also would drive around with my nephew Ronny Hopkins ( who was about two or three years old) riding in the steering wheel. There is another story was once me and my Sport Fury stopped at a traffic light when the light was red and this big Harley pulled up on my left. I glanced at the girl on the pillion seat"what a DOLL". Then I felt the person looking straight at me was none other than Elvis himself riding the bike. He smiled as if to say " I got mine, you get yours"! It wasn't long after that when He came up with the song Rubber Neckin'.
395 dollars in 1969 was a lot of cash.
Always wanted a 62 Plymouth or Dodge, owned several 64 Plymouths Dodges, and they we're very good vehicles.
We had a '62 Fury when I was a teenager. 318 poly w/ 4bbl carb., dual exhaust and a push button torqueflight.
It was really fast!.. took on most if not all other cars.
The Savoy was the base model through 64 in the US, 65 in Canada and abroad. The main benefits of that was that the bread and butter modrls had less internal competition. In both the US and Canada the Savoy became Fury I.
When a child ,I thought 63' Plymouth Fury ,best looking Car of its class ,Ford and Chevvies ,boxy and stodgy : Plymouth truly ,Foreword looking !
I had a 62 FBI car in high school. Super tight push button automatic. Did a lot of street racing. The only race I ever lost was to a Chevelle SS396 with headers and exhaust cutoffs. Corvette drivers hated to lose to a car that looked like this.
What motor did it have?
361
It was faster than it should have been for a 361. I never figured out why, I just enjoyed the ride. It was a true sleeper.
In 1964 I had a 62 savoy ex police car with a 361 and 3 speed column shift. It would do 120 mph in second gear by the certified speedometer. I had more fun with that car than most people have in their lifetimes. The car was indestructable and I would give anything to have it back. I have been a mechanic well over 50 years and I don't think anything now days compares by almost any measure.
I had the Dodge version, with the 318 Poly and an automatic. It was no racecar, I timed 0-60 in 12 seconds and got around 15 mpg combined highway/street driving. I inherited the car in the early 70's with 100k miles, so my performance figures were with a somewhat tired engine. It was comfortable, dead-solid reliable and handled extremely well. I could out-corner most contemporary cars. Sadly these cars were very rust prone and most rusted out before they were worn out. I lived in the northeast, had to put plywood in the trunk so cargo did not fall through the floor. So many good memories.
My first car was a 62 Dodge Polara convertible with that 361 hemi. Lots of fun!
The 361 was a wedge motor not a Hemi.
Agreed Proffessor. They showed a picture of a 70 or 80s Ramcharger SUV when they referenced Ramchargers drag race team of the 60s and 70s.
We’re in season 4 of Leave it to Beaver and there’s Mopars featured!
Ward was a Plymouth man, but June wanted him to trade up to a DeSoto.
@@sd31263Luckily, Father Knew Best!
Hold on @6:19 they mentioned V-6 and there were none in the 1960's. Somebody hasn't done their research, In the 60's they had "Slant Six engines the largest was 225 cu in.
There were V-6's in the 60's just not for Chrysler. My dad had a 62 Buick Special in the late 60's my mom's stepdad called "The bucket of bolts". It had a V-6 in it with three on the tree. He finally traded it in for a 67 Plymouth Fury III in 1969. This was all before I was born in 1970.
You need to do your homework you’re a little bit off on a lot of that stuff just my opinion
Not really, the only error was the V6 instead of slant 6. The rest of the show was pretty spot on, IMO
I don’t know why they mentioned the Chevy V8 when they were talking about the drivetrain of a MOPAR.
Don't know why they showed a Ramcharger truck when talking about the Ramcharger drag team.
And the RB Dual quad was usually only on Plymouth factory race team cars. They talk about column shift, not with the long Ram engine, an automatic would of been push button or a 4 speed and I don’t believe you could get a 3 speed with the max ram.
@@fk4515
B's and RB's were in lots of Chrysler cars.
Had a wagon with a 413. And I bet it wasn't the only one 😂
... took 413 cubes to haul that FN Intake 🤣
Talking 318, showing 413. I love such attention to detail.
I had a 1964 dodge 330 with a 318 auto, push button. My boss had a 1961 plymouth savoy with the 413. Fast car.
My dad had a new 1962 Belvedere (or possibly Fury 1 the stripped-down model) 4-door which looked nearly identical. Loved the push-button automatic transmission and sloped padded dash with front facing speaker!
We had the sister car to the Plymouth, a 62 Dodge Dart station wagon. They were wonderful cars, My dad kept his for years, even after it was replaced with a newer vehicle. Ours was a white slant 6, absolutely bulletproof. As for the styling, it was love it or hate it. I admit the styling of the Chryco cars from 60-64, was polarizing, but I've grown to love the quirkiness and individuality of the styling of those years, some of Exner's best work made less weird by Elwood Engel, when he succeeded Virgil Exner.
IN 1963 I live next to a King county sheriff precinct station. The cop cars were PLymoths, dozens of them
back then mopars had the best brakes..
My Dad had several of those on his car lot thru the yrs.One I remember ran real good but was a junker we cut a whole in the trunk and would take it on errands and our friend would get in the trunk and pop his head out at stop lights.
Love the early Valiant styled versions. Virgil Exner was the best! I understand he had a hand in post-war Studebaker, my favorite being the bullet nose Champion.
When I was a kid my Dad had a 1962 Dodge Dart Wagon with the 318 V8 . I miss that car..
"...a magazine called Car Life Road Test" (4:00)? Ah, no. The magazine was called Car Life, though they did of course do road tests.
My 62 Plymouth Savoy (225 slant six) was great ! It was what the cops used here and it was wild to see who could drive at the city speed limit at 1:00 in the morning. - ex Shell Oil fleet car.
Way off subject - I notice TH-cam has removed the thumbs up character but not the thumbs down ! Is this to stop positive reactions.
My dad bought a 1962 Plymouth station wagon with a 318 v8, automatic, and homely (by my tastebuds anyway) tan color. It was comfortable and carried our family on long distance vacations in comfort. I didn't care for the styling, but styling isn't the most important consideration when picking a car.
Although long before I was born, (I was born in 1973 after all), I've seen a few 1962 through 64 Plymouth cars over the years. They were my favourite years for the Plymouth Belvedere and Fury. I've never cared for 0-60 acceleration performance. I was more interested in how durable a car was for everyday driving.
My dad bought a used 1962 Valiant wagon, compact sedan. It came with a rebuilt slant six cylinder automatic transmission with the dashboard pushbutton switches. It ran like a rocket up to 80 mph. My older brothers used it to spot newspaper bundles all over the city on Sunday mornings.
Ran like a rocket with a pushbutton auto? On what planet?
Leave It To Beaver... The Cleavers family car!!!
Good comment, had my 62 Savoy signed by Jerry Mathers a few years ago.
The Beav!!!@@PaulBroxon
Where's that gorgeous example that was on the thumbnail?
Love it. I had a '73 Duster with a 3-speed floor shift.
Talking early 60's drag racing, mentions the Ram Chargers- shows a four wheel drive with similar name from a later date. Also showing random pictures of cars only sort of related generally throughout.
I had a 64 savoy 426 wedge . Dual point distributor. 323 gears would do 140 mph easily. Scary though.
I recall 413's were branded at "Ramchargers"
Plymouth was Super Stock.
Hilarious when video talks about the Max Wedge engine powering the Dodge Ramchargers and Plymouth Super Stocks, the Ramcharger they show is a Ford Bronco/Chevy Blazer type vehicle that hadn't even been thought of yet.lol😄
I owned a 1974 Satellite 4-door. It was heaven on earth!
Ramchargers was a racing team, not an SUV!
The original RAM 4 wheel drive vehicle WAS indeed a "RAMCHARGER"! My next door neighbor had one for YEARS!
Sure. But the Ramchargers racing team predated that SUV. And it’s not like the video producers couldn’t source a shot of one of those famous Ramchargers drag cars.
And Chrysler got the name for that SUV from the racing team.
2:49 - "Ramchargers", NOT a pickup truck. "The Ramchargers" were a group of MoPar Engineers that went racing on the weekend, and perfected the techniques of "Inlet Manifold Ram Charging", where by the exhaust and inlet pulses of the cylinders work to create a positive airflow in to the cylinders, filling them more.
I remember these cars when I was a kid and liked the looks of them but didn’t know about them.
I had the Dodge Revellion model kit.....I always liked the body design of this car, it lends itself well to the drag car look.......Saw some short-oval modified stock cars with this body style and they look great as well.
The 62 Plymouth Savoy and Dodge Dart were and are great cars that were ahead of their time. They both can be seen in many parts of the 1963 movie It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
I miss my old street car' I turned into a bracket racer. 1962 Plymouth Sport Fury 2 door, bought it with healthy but totally stock 440 w/ a push button 727 & a 3.91 posi. I paid a hefty price for it as I spent $300.00 on it ! 😅 (and I drove to a buddy's garage!) Then came the Direct Connection 2.84/484 Hemi Grind Hyd. cam and lifters, Wieand open plenum manifold, 850 Holley card, 440 dual point (Curved) distributor. I bought an old, good set of street headers for like $25.00 & then welded in some 2X3" boxed tubing for sub frame connectors, And I measured a few other cars to find a newer car that was within 1/2" of the interior & ordered a roll cage kit from Jegs I believe for a 68-69 Ford Torino/Fairlane. Had a friend Craig who owed me a paint job and he sprayed it a 1969 Ford pure white. Really did a bang up job in a short time! I really liked that car! I LOVE the body style of those cars...
Plymouth cars were great.. it was horrible that Mercedes ever took over Chrysler, a great loss to North America..I had owned a 65 Plymouth Fury II, a 6 cylinder. Great on gas, reliable and a work horse.
I had a 65 Fury ll two door post black in color 318.
It was a beautiful vehicle.
Now all of them have been bought by Stellatis. So you don't know whose engine you are getting. You could buy a Chrysler and get an engine made by Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, Citroen, Opel, Peugeot, or Lancia.
@mark9531 Yes, that sucks
My brother and I thrashed the crap out out the family 318 push button 62 fury. Scratch in all 3 gears.
My 1962 Plymouth Belvedere state trooper enforcer is so much fun! I had a low miles 1971 Cuda' 340 in the early 90's and though the Cuda' looks sexy my Belvedere is way fun to drive. The Cuda' is massively heavy with original factory 410 gears. The Belvedere has the same 727 and though the rear end is higher it's more fun on the highway!
"Polarizing design..." Virgil Exner may have been long gone from Chrysler, but his ghost was still lingering in the form of those fore and aft "wings" that ran to either end. While it may not have been for everyone, at least it wasn't terminally bland like the last version shown at 2:09. If you took the badges off of that I would have thought it was a '62 Chevy.
The OP obviously does NOT know what the word LITERALLY means...
Early 60s Stodgey Dodgey???...No!...Early 60's Stodgey Plymouth!
Clearly a beautiful restoration job.
2:50 - Wrong Ramcharger.
In the summer of 65, as a teen, went with a church group from Long Island, NY to Oaxaca, Mexico and back. Also along VW Camper bus. Never a problem with it, even climbing though the mountains of Mexico, with 6 in the car, we had to push the VW at times up steep hills. I don't remember the year of the car.
2:51 Later Ram shown had no Max Wedge.
In ‘62 the A body cars still had floor shifted manuals.
In the mid-sixties, you could order a manual trans in the Chrysler Newport and it was a three-speed on the floor. I only ever saw one.
@@Auggies1956 I got to drive a ‘64 New Yorker with a 413 and a 4-speed 😀
As a kid when these were eight or ten years old I thought they were hideous, they may still be. Somehow I happen to like them much better now, especially hot rodded little. But then again that makes everything better looking.
no v6 back then it was a slant 6
My first car was a 1970 Old Cutlass wagon with the 455 rocket big block tow package. iDriving t was alright. Stock it WOULD leap forward at the light smushing you in the seat prety well, or perform effortless holeshots. But by NO MEANS really fast. So , I spent like a thousand dollars in parts from mail order catalog. PAW I think it was. Cam, lifters, tall manifold, Dual Holley 750 Dbl pumpers, Msd box, coil, distributer, headers, fuel-water- oil pumps, a 3000 Rpm stall TQ converter for the TH400, and 4.53 or something Rear diff gears. and some other simple bolt ons .
That station wagon HOWLED. We figured it was 400 to 450 Hp from the way it ate SB Camaros etc. stock was a pathetic 190Hp Still wasnt a real drag car, but she was a beut Clark, a beut I tell ya! She would stand up and represent! $250 for the car and $1000 in parts...1983-84. Golden era of junkyard Hp. There were giant PILES of muscle sigh...!
Ah, yes I remember the non power assist steering well. in the late 70's my wife and I owned 2 older cars. One was a 1969 Chevy Nova 250 cu inch six 4 door with Powerglide and power steering. The other was a 1968 Dodge Dart 4 door with 225 slant six, torqueflite 3 speed auto and without power steering. It was the non power assisted steering of the dart that I preferred. It had so much better road feel.
My first car was a 1964 Fury with a 426 Street Ram Torqueflite and a 2:93 final drive ratio. I never did have the gumption to find out the top speed with this rear axle ratio. However, I buried the speed and still had petal! 0 - 60 was generally around 7.2 seconds.
Great vid!!!!
Thanks man!
@@ItsJustCars. 👍👍
6:46 Later vintage Ram
In 1962, the Savoy was labeled "Plymouth" on the sides. Belvedere and Fury had model names on their sides.
Thanks man! I've reached out.
LITERALLY?!?!??! Look up the meaning.......literally!
It looks like a Valiant with squared off trunk
I would have loved to have one of these.
I did however have a Leyland P76 with the 272-alloy engine which used to do 27 MPG on the highway. 😁😁
62 300 sport coupe was the bigger brother , 383 v8.. Iloved that ride
pre government interference styling was everything. When I turned 16, in 1965, I could tell you the make, model and year of over 90% of the cars on the road by seening the front or rear of the car.
Then the government started to require certain gas mileage and now you can't cant tell a honda from a chevy from any distance.
Sadly So True 😂
Had a 1960 Plymouth, "Suburban", Looked kind of like the black car in this video.Push button automatic on the left dash. Had a slant six super 270 c.i. (as opposed to a 225 c.i. slant six which was more common.)
There never was a "270 C.I." slant six. There was a 170 cu.in. slant six, later replaced by a 198 cu.in. version, plus the more common 225 cu.in.
I love your Ontario car. Not sure if that's at the annual Moparfest in New Hamburg but cool nonetheless
Those " S " body cars that this allegedly replaced were powered by the Venerable 225 and sometimes 215 Straight Sixes .
The " Leaning Towers of Power " . I would LOVE to get an R or S model , and drop a Hot 340 in it .
Why are you showing 20's and '30's cars?
You also showed the wrong "Ramchargers", among other things.
This car has a face only a mother would like..
Thumbs down for scripth mistakes. 3:56 Mid '90s publication testing the 1962 models before they were introduced. The real story here is the time machine.
So why weren't these the start of the muscle car era? They always mention the GTO and Mustangs from a couple years later.
I imagine these all came with column shift rather than on the floor.
I have a 1968 Plymouth sport fury3 383 high performance two door no post fast back commando
Awesome car!
please look up meaning of the word "Literally" in the encyclopedia
the nash rambler station wagon with the powerful v8 was really fast.
LITERALLY
It's funny. I lived through that era, and the literal destruction of literally everyone on the road did not make the news.Or it is just possible that you don't have any idea of the meaning of the words literal or literally.
I love it 🤩!!!
The 4 door version of this, or maybe the Dodge version, was featured on the later episodes of "Leave it to Beaver", notably the opening credits with Jerry Mathers looking out the back window. These cars were a boon for hot-rodders, but at least at first, they were a disaster for Chrysler, spurned by customers who resented paying "more money for less car". Of course, they were the start of the B and then R platforms which served Chrysler well all the way up to the 1981 models year, when the government forced Chrysler to abandon its then-full-sized models as part of the bailout deal.
The long hood design was also in the Chevy montycarlo.From 69-77