Lee Iacocca, Father of the Mustang 1924 - 2019 (A Brief History)
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- Lee Iacocca, Father of the Mustang 1924 - 2019 (A Brief History)
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I.A.C.O.C.C.A. Someone once pointed out that his name spells out the acronym for "I Am Chairman Of Chrysler Corporation of America. Pretty cool!
@@1jasonover - So that's why Henry II let him go! ; )
Rest in peace Mr. Iacocca. Without him The Red Green Show would never had all those K cars to customize and destroy.
I'm not a big Mustang/Chrysler/Jeep fan, but I am an Iococca fan.
Lee Iacocca was born just 50 miles from where I live in Northeastern Pennsylvania. He was one sharp individual. He was a true captain of the automotive industry. Did you know Lee also developed and marketed a olive oil based type of spread (butter substitute)called "Olivio" it's really good. Lee Iacocca was a multi talented man and very down to earth. Also, those Yacco's hot dogs are a famous Allentown staple for local residents. They are very good!
Great tribute to a great man Mr. Bear.
I agree 100% with you. Having owned a Corvair since 1983, I have to mention this. Lee saw the '60 and '61 Corvair Monza, which had bucket seats, better trim and a four speed on the floor accounted for about half of it's sales. The most expensive model sold the most. Lets take the Falcon and give it new sheet metal, lots of options and call it the Mustang.
I remember him being in several Chrysler commercials.
My parents had a 1993 Plymouth Voyager they bought new. They had it until 2004. It’s the car a learned to drive on. In the 1990s Chrysler minivans were everywhere, mostly the almost identical Dodge Caravan.
I had a green Voyager. I drove that can everywhere. Not pretty but it did everything.
Very nice job I really appreciate that you took time out to honor person that put people to work and say two companies from going under nice job
A fitting tribute to Lee, he is one of those people who will be revered by the people who know what he did for the industry he loved. Even though many people may never know what he did to effect their every day lives, he will smile and know he has changed everything!!!
Excellent tribute to a great person
I respect Mr. Iacocca. He was a great "car guy", there's no doubt, the Mustang alone proved that.
I always thought he would have made a great statesman. He had the power of persuasion.
R.I.P. Mr. Iacocca.
He would have made a great President.
He is a legend for sure
he lived a long wonderfull life my hat goes off to u and thank you for everything
The auto industry was blessed to know this man
I remember in 1964 when my Brother waited 6 months for his mustang I was 9 at the time it was love at first sight when he drove it home. My first car was a 1965 mustang I’ve had 9 or 10 mustangs through the years but the new models are so low the old back can’t take it anymore. RIP Lee ie Mr.Pony car. Thanks for the history Bear you did it again like button has been crunched , smashed and totally hit.
Lee also brought Carol Shelby to Chrysler.
The "father" of the Mustang, the "savior" of Chrysler and Jeep. A great man indeed! "If you can find a better car, buy it! After retiring from Chrysler, besides his involvement with the statue of liberty restoration, he was also the chairman of a non profit for diabetes research...his first wife died from complications of diabetes. He was a salesman at heart, and, without him, there would be no Mustang, and, no Chrysler, Fiat involvement or not, today. R.I.P. Lee!
Lee's autobiography is a terrific read, and I recommend it to any one interested in history or cars...from his perspective, the Board was in the process of running HF2 off and placing Lee in his place, and that led to his demise.
RIP Mr Iacocca! Father of the Mustang & Savior of Chrysler for sure. Brilliant car guy! HF2 screwed up firing him but Ford’s loss was Chrysler’s gain. We loss a great car guy for sure! Thanks for all you do making your videos & this tribute to an iconic, visionary car man!
Thanks for the video! He and Roger Penske are the biggest contributors to Lehigh University. My son and daughter in law went to Lehigh. She actually met Lee there. My son is an Industrial Engineer and drives a 16 Ford Mustang GT. A local Ford dealer has old photos of Lee when he was working at the Philadelphia region on display in the dealer principal's office. Henry Ford, II was a drunk and not a good person. He would not allow Ford to build the minivan. Unlike Henry Ford II, Bill Ford saved Ford by hiring Alan Mulally back in September, 2006. Alan is a rock star among the dealers. Jim Hackett does not have a clue. He wants to make the company "fit" and advertises that Ford will not make cars anymore. I drove a K car (2.5L) in the 80's for a previous company. I liked the car a lot better than the Chevy Cavalier manual that it replaced. Lee was a great man and the non-engineering millennials need to know about him.
"Lead"
"Follow"
"Or Get Out of the Way"
Lee Iacocca
i had me a 64 1/2, 289 4 sp stick Mustang. i rebuilt the engine at 50k to hi pro. ran it thru Irwindale raceway once, about 100 mph in a 1/4 mile. best car i ever had.
Sweet history video Red
The story goes that Lee had a major tiff with HF2 over Lee wanting to get Honda engine technology including small car tech. HF2 threw a hissy fit and said there would never be a Japanese motor in a Ford. Just think what the Pinto could have been
Tom Burgess it would’ve been on fire 🔥 for a different reason
Great video papa 🐻
Great video! Lee Iacocca was a genius, and when I saw you'd done a tribute to him, I knew it would be a good one. It seems everyone loves the Mustang, myself included, but being a Lincoln guy, I love the Mark III.
Without him, I have to wonder what Ford would be today, or, on the flipside, I wonder what Ford would be today had they not fired him and implemented more of his ideas he ended up taking to Chrysler.
I'm not particularly a fan of the K-Car or the minivan, but I understand and respect what they represent as far as ingenuity and the financial rewards they brought Chrysler when they desperately needed it. Of course, that's not to mention what he did with bringing Shelby over to Chrysler and his work on the Dodge Viper.
RIP, Mr. Iacocca.
Excellent! Bear you done great on this one.
I think you are the nicest and most intelligent person on CZcams or anywhere else for that matter thank you for all you insight on tools and other related content !!!!
Great video red
WOW..Brilliant man..too bad he wasnt running Chrysler..his genius could have probably saved them once again
Rest in peace Lee..🙏🙏🙏🙏
he was an automotive design legend one of my heros :(
May he Rest in peace
What a great man! I am so happy The Bear made this great video! Thank you for your time. I am glad to say I still have my 67 Mustang. And my Dodge 2500!
My wife is also a big Jeep fan. She had a 96 Grand Cherokee until an Idiot totaled it. It was a great SUV. What a great man he was. Everyone needs to check out the red Jeep Grand Cherokee that was Led Iococcos idea. It was drove in to a corporate headquarters large window! It's a must see!
Happy Independence Day Red and the bear family
Thanks for the info!
He also convinced Carol Shelby to come to Chrysler and help design the viper. Also the shelby k cars
Thanks for the great video! It’s pronounced yah-ko’s. I hear the radio commercial all the time. I would have spelled the name wrong it I didn’t see it written. “Let’s go get ya-ko’s!”
People from pa say it wrong all the time. But they have the best hotdogs.
I learned to drive in one of those minivans and k cars!
I Loved my 1983 Plymouth Reliant
He also came up with the concept for the minivan, for which Ford laughed him out of the boardroom. Chrysler thought it was a good idea though.
I remember when he launched the minivan. He was fired at Ford when the Chairman there thought he was going to change the Ford name to The Iacocca Motor Company
When Lee Iacocca launched the minivan the demand was so strong. Many automotive experts even said there was heavy demand not seen since he launched the Mustang at Ford. GM and Ford were scrambling to get a minivan to market after they saw how much of a hit it was. Ford was also shown the minivan proposal at Ford that Iacocca proposed was a smashing hit. Ford then realized the minivan market could have been theirs but they handed it to Chrysler.
Allentown area resident here, as someone stated already yes, it's pronounced yah-ko's. From stories I've been told, apparently my great grandfather was good friends with him actually, but that was before my time unfortunately.
Corporate leaders like Lee are difficult to find. Most are like HF2. Rip...😢
Do not disparage the AMC Pacer ... I loved that car.
The old Chrysler symbol dont see that much anymore
Cool video
RIP Lee Iacocca 🥺 He was a Great Designer 👍🏼 He Went On To Design the Dodge Caravan
How many companies did Iacocca start/ run after Chrysler? Also Iacocca tried to buy Chrysler in the 90s and was rebuffed.
He was a genius.
My first car was a 1978 cougar. It's my most favorite car I've ever owned (man I miss her). I didn't know Lee was behind the design.
As for his time at Chrysler he was the best and worst thing to happen to the company. While he did single handedly keep the company from the graveyard at that time, the quality of the vehicles dropped drastically. They started sourcing some of the cheapest parts available which kept the car repair guys I knew in business. Seriously several of my friends were mechanics back then and every last one of them told me not to buy Chrysler products unless I was planning to pay them a lot of money to keep it running. It wasn't fanboyism, it was their actual experience as they worked on those more than any other.
A great American.
This was a good video
I love your stuff bear, and the point of this video was to honor the guy, however those K cars were the worst. Maybe the concept was a great idea though. If anybody bought one of those I'll bet it was very difficult to sell them another Chrysler. I was a valet at one of the Disney hotels during that time and I drove a lot of different cars. Those tin cans had horrible engines and they did not last. When you spend your hard earned dollars you want the thing to last and not be in the repair shop all the time.
Your right, and during the same time Chrysler sold a little Dodge named the dodge Colt. This car set the bar in the mid 1980’s. Chrysler sold millions of Colts with Mitsubishi engines that got great gas mileage and lasted for 200,000+ miles! That was a feat for most cars built before 1980. Even better, Dodge came out with the Shelby model colt, the Dodge Shelby GLS (goes like hell). These little 4 cylinder, turbo charged, factory cars were cheaper to purchase and quicker than any Mustang or Camero of the day.
Have to disagree with both comments. The K cars were no better or worse than the offerings from Ford or Chevy, at the time. You would have to be more specific on the particular engine/trans package in relation to reliability because there were several. Regardless, they were very easy to work on.
The Dodge Omni was the car that set the bar The Omni was based on the VW Rabbit and actually came with VW running gear the first couple of years untill Chrysler developed the 2.2L.
The development of the Omni was key to the K platform.
1st car was 88 Le Baron. Miss that thing.
Lee once said, if you can buy a better car . Buy It, so he baught AMC, oh by the way The Grand Cherokee, was a AMC design
The Grand Cherokee was started by AMC but finished by Chrysler.
Most of AMC's other designs were terrible, hence why they were broke when Chrysler bought them.
They were broke cause Renault sucked the life out of them, just like Damiler did with Chrysler, Loved my 68 and 73 Javelins
Very smart man
RIP Sad another hero gone!:'(
I'm as big a fan of Lido as anyone, but I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that the K-car was already in development when Iacocca arrived at Chrysler. He certainly had significant influence in the final design, but it didn't actually begin with him.
Good video bear. A tribute to lee. Tau beta pi. Is pronounced taue beta pi i should know i am a member.
I really liked the Ford Mustang Boss 429 V8, and the Cobras quite a bit... After he was fired the mustang line became a joke.
Continental are gorgeous pimp rides
The K car was really a Front Drive version of a RWD Ford Fairmont that got much better mileage.
RIP
Mustang, mini-van, and exploding Pintos. I don't know that the Mustang cancels out the exploding Pintos. Iacocca's response to the Ford engineers who told him the Pinto couldn't be made safe under 2000 lbs was to shut up and shave the weight down.
A MIGHTY BIG MAN fell on the 2nd. day of July 2019.
I remember the K car my parents had one . piece of junk but it saved chrysler
Purveyor Of The Minivan The Ford Aerostar 😮😀😮 Was Lees Claim To Fame Red 👨🏼🔧🧰
Lee conceived the idea of the minivan while at Ford but they would not let him build it. Ford came out with the Aerostar years later after Lee proved them wrong.
Crap! Now I won't be able to get a jeep for at least 3,000$
How do you make this video and not mention his most successful vehicle? The Jeep Cherokee, they sold over 7 Million of those things
as chairman of Chrysler "if you can buy a better car then Chrysler then do so" guess what we did and it sure as hell wasn't a Chrysler or from someone who didn't care about safety and went to Dick Nixon complaining about the rules and regulations about safety due to bus gas tanks exploding and then theres the good old pinto. yeah lets praise an idiot who is dead. just cuz you die don't make you great cuz now people want to remember some good you ,might have done and toss out all the bad now that they are dead. he honestly did help advance anything in the car industry besides making a cheaper craptastic products. i mean honestly what did he do market something pfff he sure as well didn't create or design or engineer a damn thing he took what a TEAM of people and he put hes say in yes BUT IT TOOK A GOD DAMN TEAM what about those people who worked on these cars? why aren't we talking about them oh wait cuz they never became a CEO. stop praising idiots who die and giving them credit for crap they honestly didnt do and only seeing good in these people who weren't that great of people be real now people.
mustang a nice car except for rust! the k cars the biggest POS ever produced the carburetor mounts were made of rubber & it rot out from the gas & carburetor would fall off & the hall effect distributor would wear out made the shutters were made of steel & magnet would cause the bushing to wear, the VW rabbit engine only that good thing! RIP!
The absolutely horrible "K" car is his legacy.