1973 Chrysler & Plymouth Station Wagon Commercial Film - Town & Country
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- This is a 1973 Chrysler Plymouth Dealer film demonstrating the features of the Chrysler Town & Country Wagon and Plymouth Fury Suburban Wagon. Also included is the Satellite B Body Wagons
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Back in 1983, with all of their children now grown, my wife's grandparents wanted to sell their 1973 Chrysler, Town & Country Wagon. It was a fully optioned, metallic green with a tan and green interior. They wanted to just give the wagon to us, but, not wanting to take advantage of them we paid $500.00 for the old Chrysler. The ten year old behemoth was equipped with all the 'Bells and Whistles' (The 'Premium Option Package' or whatever it was called at the time) which Chrysler offered in '73 along with a very luxurious interior and even the 'Dual Air Conditioning'! With 230 inches in overall length she had plenty of room for everyone, and I mean EVERYONE! ... seating for 9-plus! He even had the original Monroney sticker of just over Six thousand dollars! This awesome ole Chrysler touted no less than eight rubber "Isolators" which separated the front subframe from the rest of the unit-body chassis as part of the division's 'Torsion Quiet Ride Suspension', which itself made use of an additional ten Isolators in conjunction with control arms, shocks and torsion bars. Similar Isolators were used with the rear leaf-spring suspension.But, most importantly, it was equipped with the awesome and infamous 440-ci with a 4-bbl and the bulletproof and buttery-smooth 'TorqueFlite' auto transmission (auto. 3). The 440-ci even had an early computer to maintain peak efficiency! Leo, (my wife's grandfather) was a top notch machinist and an expert in both Harley Davidson engines as well as Chrysler made automobile engines; as such, even though the Chrysler 440-ci was detuned from its Tire Shredding past at the factory to just 215-hp (SAE net) for fuel economy and was choked with some early emission controls, (known as, "Anti-Smog devices") he was able to get her right back to the vicious, high performance engine that the designers and engineers had originally envisioned. After he re-tuned the 440-ci, along with a few modifications, it obtained 475-hp with a torque rating of approx. 490-500-ft-lbs (@ 3000 rpm). I'm not sure exactly everything that Leo did to that beautiful old Chrysler, I know he changed the rear-end to maximize low-end torque etc., he replaced the Chrysler factory 4-bbl carburetor with a much larger velocity Holly 4-bbl performance carburetor, he even mounted wider steel belted radial tires all around. Other than that, I really don't know all the details. All I know is that she ran like a Raped Ape! My brother had a Ford XL with a 429-ci with 475-hp, the ole Chrysler Wagon kept right up with her until she hit third gear, then the Ford XL just walked her, pretty damned good for a 2.5 ton steel monster! The only things which I needed to do were to give her a good interior detail and a wool pad high-speed buff and, abracadabra!... the ten year old wagon looked and ran like new! (funny how a car seems to run better after it has been freshly detailed 👀 ) With the 440 now running at nearly peak efficiency she would squawk and squeal the posi-traction rear-end in two of the three gears, she just gave a sharp 'CHIRP' when she hit third. Given that she weighed two and a half tons, I think that was damn good! I was only ever able to get about 12 MPG on the highway, I don't even want to know what the city MPG were! I never should have sold that beautiful automobile!
Imagine a modern car of this size and designed with this priority on comfort vs sportiness (none whatsoever). Would be a great car!
For real a car like that would be awesome. I don't need a 8000 pound Karen mobile, I want a station wagon like in the video!
I am 52 now, but I remember sometime around 4 or 5 years old going from Louisiana to New Mexico in a station wagon sitting in the rear facing seats. I cant remember the make, but I think it was a light metallic blue. Just seeing the rear door swing open in this commercial, brings back memories. I can almost feel the heat of the sun through the windows, while the hum of the air conditioning tried to keep us all cool. Damn it, I want a stationwagon now, if just to sit in the back again.
Hell yeah ..I'm 44 I remember 1979 in my mom's car blasting kiss music and meat!oaf lol and Billy Joel
Gotta love the station wagons of the '60s and '70s! I remember those winter trips to Syracuse in the '67 Olds Vista Cruiser...two adults, four kids...mom and dad chain smoking with the front vent windows opened just a crack. Ah, memories...
A unique vehicle that was a part of American family and culture from the 1950s to 1970s . Seeing this makes me remember when I was a kid and my mom driving me to school
Imagine that, you could haul a 4x8 sheet of plywood. More than what most pickups of today can do.
Exactly!
My '04 F150 can, and when I bought it the dealership had hell finding a regular cab with a full 8' bed. I don't have any idea why everyone has to have a truck, but has to have a full crew cab and a bed you can't even put a lawnmower in... useless!
@@FromSagansStardust Last summer I was at a building supply store and I saw a Ram with a 'mega-cab'. It had a five foot bed with a tiny utility trailer hitched to it that must have measured 4X4. It was hilarious.
pickup trucks were work trucks,now they are family trucks that are overly priced and out of the working man hand
Where can I order one? God I love these big beautiful wagons. And how advanced with rear AC and a car alarm. Gimme one now!
I'm with ya, I drove many of them.I'd love a 70 Town and Country with a modern and much more efficient drivetrain.
After I became a dad, that was my favorite type of car, particularly the Buicks. I remember going to the drive-in movies, parking backward, and watching movies from the rear reversed seat, with legs stretched over the rear gate, No more.
Poor Stan Lee, trapped in the back by the automatic locks.
Stan Lee is EVERYWHERE making his cameos!
Brilliant 😅
Hahahaha...perfect!
With the kids!
At first I was like “huh”? And then I saw it LOL.
Growing up we had a Custom Suburban,station wagon. My dad hauled everything,from a half a ton of mushroom soil,to an industrial lathe. When you put studded tires on it,with it's 400 ci. engine,and heavy duty transmission.It would go anywhere,and it could fly down the highway. It was a beast.
Those were the days I love station wagons alot better than what is built today
Agreed.
Ralph Abreu omg same here!!
So true mate.
They look so solid and sturdy. Ahh the year I was born!
My buddy had one of those Plymouth wagons. It had handles mounted on the back so someone could ride standing on the bumper, like on a garbage truck.
Seed_drill you’d go to jail for that today
My 72 chrysler t&c wagon has those grab handles
@@arthurcrunden6107 I'm guessing the real purpose of them was to assist in loading the luggage rack. But Nixon's secret service would use them when driving parade speed.
“Pulling trailers? Our wagons are famous for that”. Just ask Mike and Carol Brady.
I swear I was visualizing Mike & Carol and family in their s!!!😂
That is correct! They pulled their trailer with a Satellite station wagon!
We had 15 people in my buddies parents Plymouth Sport Suburban wagon back in 75 for homecoming at High School...🤓🤓
The days of the big Station Wagons, i didn't realize they had the alarm systems on them in the 70's!
The Chrysler Town and country was Awesome and still is i just love classic 60s and 70s car commercials 😁😁👍👍Alarm System Wow!!!!
Dad had a brand-new 72 Plymouth Satellite wagon ! Simulated wood paneling on the side ( $198 more ) mom yelled at him !
Gosh! I love the '70s. This was before the Oil Embargo before gas prices went up.
I'll take one of each.
same here!
@clayton E LOL!! some people just have a love for a big car.. would you ask that question if someone wanted 2 giant SUVs?
You always deliver Osborne......
I agree.. and this one is no exception.. absolutely fantastic!
I would trade my 2019 Lincoln Nautilus for a mint '73 Town and Country any day of the week! LOVE those cars!
I had a 1974 Satellite, a 1975 Imperial, and a 1973 Dodge Adventurer. They were all running well when I had to sell them. Oh, how I loved them! If I had the money, I'd buy them all over again!!!
"Sit in the back old man"
They don't like grandpa very much lol
Today CNN would report as a kidnapping
@@oliverdelgado6952 He's a pain in the butt. If he gets any worse we will strap him to the roof rack like they did the old lady in National Lampoon's Vacation.
@@rickloera9468 LOL!! Good one, Rick!
@@dieselcoondog LOL!! diesel, so true!
In 73, I worked as a car washer, on a Chrysler/Plymouth car lot, So these cars are very special to me.
My parents owned a 73 wagon like this one. It was a fast running SOB with a 440 engine.
Dam these are beautiful wagons
We had a 72 Chrysler Town and Country wagon when I was young...drove it in high school. Man I wish I still had it. I HATED riding in the back tho..
Thank you ma & pa for having me Born in 1962! I got to see and grow up in the best years for cars,trucks, music & most citizens lol 60s & 70s babieeeee
My buddies Dad drove half the little league team to the McDonalds after the game in one of those. We would be all rowdy and riled up and he woul tell us all to " simmer down". He would tell us to "simmer down" a second time. The next time we srarted acting up he would slam on the brakes as hard as he could, send us all flying into rhe seats and say, "I told you all to simmer down!"
Those were the days 😄
Seeing one of those pulling into a campsite. 440 echoing through the trees slowly, especially pulling a trailer
Nice! 7000lbs towing capacity for a car. Why the heck are we all limited to 3300lbs these days? You need a full size truck to make this happen now
To make it worse, they are removing the tow rating altogether from smaller cars even as they put higher HP engines under their hoods. They want everyone to buy a SUV or truck.
Those rear seats..miles of staring at some strangers face behind you..😶
The salesman at Jack Powell Chrysler-Plymouth tried to talk Mom into trading her '67 T&C in on a new '73. While the '73 was a beautiful luxury car, it was too "soft" in character: in order to dominate San Diego's freeways, she needed the '67's menacing, sinister aura. Folks on the street walked over to peek inside a '73. Those same folks shivered a little and slowly backed away from the '67!
:)
LOL Hell yeah Bob!! i had to Google the '67.. SHIT YES I'd have been scared of that monster too! That is one big menacing car, to be sure! Wish I had one right now as my daily driver!
Long live the wagon!!
Yes!!! Wagons are overdue for a comeback.
@@rightlanehog3151 I agree 100% - to both statements, from Darth and Right Lane! both deserve 1000 thumbs up each!
Ahh the 1970's Man i sure missed a good time to be alive! I was born in 1979 !
I was born in 1962. Yes, the '70's were a great time, relatively speaking.
My parents had that exact Chrysler Town & Country wagon - it cost $8,700! I learned how to drive on that car.
Actually, gramps wanted to stay, but when he couldn't escape, gave up and waived bye bye... That Chrysler was a real ocean liner...
My parents bought a brand new '73 Plymouth Satellite 9 passenger wagon in "Sherwood Forest Green" -- wonderful car. They had it until the mid 1980s when they bought something newer. I wish I still had that wagon -- so many memories. We lived in California, so no rust to destroy it.
Chrysler had the best engineers. Torsion bar front suspension is one example.
the good work was mostly done and over with by 1960 or so, though
Mark Sandstrom I’m pretty happy with my 68 Fury. Despite previous owners’ neglect, it is back to daily driver status. Much more interesting to drive than what the automotive world offers today-for me, anyway.
@@josephjames259 Which engine does it have?
Right Lane Hog 383 2bbl single exhaust, 2.76 gear. Not a racer, just a fun car to cruise in.
@@josephjames259 That's plenty of power. We had a '75 Fury four door sedan with a Slant Six and 1 barrel carb.
Brings back memories, riding in the 3rd rear facing seat, made it easier to play the license plate game
The rear window deflector. Chrysler Australia introduced it as standard on all VH Valiant station wagons. It remained a feature on the following VJ, VK, CL and CM wagons. It was an industry first then and still is. Station wagons have long since gone in favour of SUV's but Chrysler were the first and last to offer this as a no cost built in feature on their station wagons.
I don't know why you'd want an SUV over a wagon, but that's just how it is, I guess. I'd have a Valiant wagon in a heartbeat.
I think about that feature from my mom's Plymouth wagon every time I clean the dirty back window on my crossover. It worked.
@@dieselcoondog Yes. Sometimes it's the simplest solution to a problem that is the most effective. That was Chrysler all over back then.
My Civic hatch has a spoiler that acts as a rear deflector and I rarely need to use the rear wiper.
But I think as cars got taller it’s less effective.
And that’s why people stopped buying wagons. No vertical space. My minivan will move things that these “larger” wagons won’t... yet fits in normal parking spots and garages.
@@Bartonovich52 Very true. Back then though a wagon was the only choice and Chrysler made very good ones. It's ironic that their own mini van sealed the wagons fate.
Oldies but goodies.
Talk about a "tough sell". As will be mentioned here a lot, this was about the darkest times for people selling full sized cars. Being about the same age as the kids in this film, I remember sitting in gas lines in our Coronet 440 wagon in 1973.
model year cars come out the year before as does the marketing, the OPEC embargo was months away
@@allenmax8995 You are correct. This promo film was probably produced in late 71/early 72. Gas was probably in the 25 cent range at that time(WAG).
John Rowe so do I my parents had a 69 cornet,68 hemi chargers and a 64 tempest think on a good day the best was @ 16 mpg
Our 73 Crestwood got about 14 mpg on the highway, unless we were hauling our camper, which was most of the time. Then we’d get about 8 mpg.
Didn't the Brady's pull their camper with one of these on their trip to the Grand Canyon?!
They did indeed.. the Satellite wagon!
Didn't know you could get rear AC in a wagon then.
dual air conditioning was offered exclusively on Chrysler Corporation full sized Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth station wagons from 1957 through 1973 - it was a relatively expensive option - approximately $600 on a 1972 Fury Sport or Custom Suburban - but worth the price if you lived in a more arid region of the country - there were two fan speeds
@@727100bear Dang that's a lot. So the rear air featured in this commercial was the last year it was offered until the extended length minivans came out in '87 I guess. Hmm.
correct - the 1974 models stepped up the front units to include a 4th fan speed - which of course was a poor substitute for the dual unit. Dodge Sportsman and Plymouth Voyager traditional vans featured a rear system with vents located along the driver side of the rear interior. These vans were the full sized models - like panel trucks - albeit with spruced up interiors to include passenger seats for up to 15 being produced during the late 1970s long before minivans were introduced during the mid 1980s. My mother drove a brand new Plymouth station wagon beginning with the 1966 Belvedere II and then a new Fury Sport Suburban beginning in 1968 and every other year until 1977 (1970, 1972, 1975, 1977). Since Chrysler Corporation stopped building full sized station wagons in 1977 my dad opted to buy a 1979 Dodge Sportsman 8-passenger “wagon” as the dealer referred to it as to appease my mother who did not like the term “van”. It was a nice looking vehicle in a two-tone blue and good amount of stainless steel chrome trim. The dealer even outfitted it with a traditional station wagon roof rack and rear ladder for accessibility.
I sure miss the station wagons of the 1960s and 70s. They were stylish, functional, powerful and comfortable. No minivan ever held a candle to them either!
You'd be amazed.
@@727100bear Not just a arid region. If you have ever experienced a Midwestern summer with 90 percent humidity and a Dew Point of 75 at 97 degrees you'll know what I'm talking about. The old "pleather" seats would about cook you.
Sits 12 people comfortably!
:)
Love all the classic station wagons,especially chevys but they are all awesome, I have an 06 magnum wagon which I LOVE with a passion
Just take my money already!!!
HOW MANY TIMES DO WE NEED TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN
Anti grandpa lock
My family had a 74 town and country. We toured all of the southwest and west coast from San Diego to Canada in one of these. My parents had classical music, Glen Miller, 70s rock and assorted disco tunes that they played on the state of the art, 8 track tape deck. I miss that big ole boat. The only thing I hated about that wagon was when my dad made me wash the thing. It took forever to clean. I remember the biggest option we installed that we were all proud of was the CB radio complete with a big ass antenna. I use to talk all day on the CB and the only thing that would get us to stop playing with with that wagon was that we had to be inside in time to catch the Carol Burnette show, the BionicMan, Charlie's Angel's, the Night Stalker or SWAT. Lol!
Australian Chryslers and Valiants inherited this look in the 1970s.
Gramps, trying to get out because he's choking on exhaust fumes. Kids are getting high and don't care.
Hey !!! Can't have everything
And his a$$ was getting burned by those BLACK VINYL seats!!!
😅😂🤣🥳
My parents had a fully loaded 1973 New Yorker Brougham sedan. They bought in March 1974. It was the showroom model unsold due to the oil shock. My father got it for 40% sticker.
What part of the country was this? I remember in September of 1973 only a before the Arab Oil embargo started that the CP dealers were loaded with the new 1974's....maybe sales suffered regionally? 1973 was a record breaking year for Chrysler in terms of sales. Sales increased 15% in the 1973 model year over 1972 and a 16% increase in the 1972 model year, after 1969 fuselage look was introduced, Chrysler Sales significantly increased.. 1974, almost cut in half. The Embargo started in October of 1973, the 1974 models were already in production since August of 1973. The left over 73 was probably left over more due to color and option choices.
My first make out session was in the third row of a Chrysler T & C. Good times.
Damn, give me that Town&Country!!!! Put a modern Hemi and O/D trans. in it and drive to Yellowstone.
Rear AC in 1973. That's pretty cool.....get it?
LOL Oh BEEE HAAAVE
Those were over 10 years old by then Chrysler had rear AC I know in early 60s Newports and New Yorker wagons (Optional)
3:34 I would love to see how they plumbed that rear mounted air conditioning from the compressor back to that ceiling mounted unit.
I would too afraid to even look at it.
Chrysler wagons and some sedans have had rear air for at least a decade before this wagon
Route it along the frame rail then up through floor and rear roof post. Really similar to how they do vans.
Yes early 60s Newports and New Yorker wagons had rear AC as options so it was nothing new to Chrysler.
1971-76 GM full size B-platform, they never got any larger than this! 🙂
Station wagons were the best vehicles ever.
I love Chrysler
That's an Apache camping trailer. My family had one.
Dad had his Ford big ass 460 land yacht 1/4 mile long. We needed a pilot to bring us in the garage .🤣
Back in the days when you could put full size 4x8 sheets of plywood in the back of your car with nothing sticking out.
Best of all , when it came to Chrysler even their intermediate wagons were designed to hold plywood. That is a priceless feature every once in a while.
I'm sold!
Those seat belts.......YIKES!!!!!!!!!! Thankfully, all of the automakers went to combination lap/shoulder belts for '74!!!!!!!!
Who cares? We didn’t wear them anyway. We weren’t paranoid yet.
People drove better those days
@@antonioederlopezlopez7341 I don't know if they drove better, but I will say, people just drove their cars in those days. Not look at maps, play Candy Crush, watch cartoons, or post on message boards. There's so much bric a brac in cars now that people forget what they're supposed to be doing.
You notice the difference between that car commercial and car commercials today?
Car commercials today focus on selling you a cell phone on wheels.
Car commercials from back then focused on the actual car.
This isn't a commercial, it's a training film or presentation film to a potential customer in the Dealer on a Dealer's special Demo Screen system......Dealers have stuff like this still today.
My mother had a 73 Town & Country. Green with green interior, and roughly the size of aircraft carrier. 440 engine pulled like a freight train. Rear A C was a really great Mopar feature back then. Dad didn't order it. A C was about a $450 option, rear A C added around another $ 350. $ 800 was a lot of money in 73. Was my mother's favorite car. By the way got about 14 mpg on the highway, 10 around town.
Did you ever take it out and run it?
@@painkillerjones6232 Funny story about that. Must have been about 76 or 77. I was riding with my older brother. We were sitting at a stoplight, when a red 75 Camaro rolls up along side. My brother sees its a guy he knows from high school. The guy in the Camaro sees my brother, and snickers cause we're riding moms station wagon. He then revs his engine. My brother responds in kind. Then says to me " hold on, and watch this " . The light turns green, and the Camaro, being smaller, and lighter gets the jump. But what is a smogged up 75 Camaro 350 ? 165 horsepower ? Then the Thermoquad opens up on that big 440. and we just blow by.At the next stoplight the Camaro rolls up. The guy in the Camaro is so mad , he won't even look our way. Just sits there. My brother, and I still laugh about it.
My dad moved us to a van in '72 out of a station wagon..so the trend to vans was already underway when these were released.
I thought this was an episode of the Brady Bunch.
There was life before you gay boy
Ive got a 72 chrysler t&c wagon 400 bigblock rides better than 90% of cars now. Crazy room in them too
Look Ma! No seat belts or air bags, anti-collision avoidance, lane change assistance, back up cameras........ And we managed to survive. People drove the damn car and didn't play with toys and gadgets when they need to pay attention and drive with some form of responsibility!!!! We weren't told we could rive like total assholes and maniacs without getting hurt or inflicting pain and suffering on others... Sorry but!!!!
So true
Yeah, WE survived lol. But. I don’t think many kids or grandfathers survived when a semi slammed into the back of those wagons and they all flew face first into the truck’s grille.
@@KittyNoNo keep it light mate
Thank you !
@Silver N Black Mopar you're an idiot
With these station wagons you not need a truck for moving 👍
que station wagons maravilhosas. No Brasil as conhecemos como peruas . 😍😍😍😍
I had the 73 Chrysler Town & Country. 440 Magnum under the hood. Beige inside and out. Sold it in 1984 for $500.
My brand new 2019 Cherokee (wagon SUV) L-4 engine can tow upto 2,000 lbs....I'm so happy...
I had no clue that rear climate control and anti-theft systems were even a thing back then! Too bad these vehicles are extremely rare today. They were used and abused by families in the 70's. Most of these 73's didn't even make it to see the birth of the K-car generation in the early 80's.
Trance88 most of them probably rusted out friends family had one and traded it in for a reliant wagon
Not so much abused as were rusted out before the first set of tires were replaced.
I grew up in a retirement town in the 1980's. The land yachts didn't rust in Arizona and boy were they cheap because their wealthy owners were ready for something manuverable. Sorry to admit but we destroyed quite a few of them in the desert hills. Dang fun though.
I have a 72 Chrysler wagon in awsome shape inside and out
Chrysler had rear AC option in wagons back in the early 60s was nothing new.
nice very beautiful
pull a 4 ton trailer and do 1 mile per gallon in style. I can almost see the gas gauge move from here lmao !
Save the wagons
My favorite part is that this is the official promo video and the Satellite’s front grill trim is about half an inch out of alignment to the headlight trim. Like... did you seriously pick a Friday built car for the promo? lol. I’m a ‘69 B-body owner, btw.
Nice 😀
i know this vidio is old these cars are great id love to get 1....do you have any forthe buick apollo...or 1977 dodge pickups...i have both that im restoring
I uploaded a few Buick Apollo Commercials, not full lenght stuff but 1 minute or 30 seconds. They were all on a Buick Reel of film on introduction TV commercials. I have a few Dodge Pickup films, have a great one now from 1964 that's being restored currently to upload soon, but other than the Ramcharger films, nope, nothing from 1977
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Did they stick grandpa in back with the kids? Oh well, it's more fun there anyway.
For a sec, it looks like Grandpa was like, "oh no! I'm locked in the back with the kids!" when the auto lock system engaged.
Unlock this door I was blowin up Germans in in the Battle of Cantigny you kids better not fart back here, this Scotch isn't gonna drink itself, now light me up a cigarette I can't reach mah zippo
@@Gazdatronik LMAO! My grandparents generation!
Sure thing. Especially since he’s not their grandpa.
They sacrificed him 😀
What's with all the black interiors, what is this the 2010s? At least the Satellite and T&C had off-white headliners so you don't get the complete cavern feeling the Fury demonstrates.
Life was simpler back then.
Nice big ass family movers. I'd buy one today if I had the cash.
Pleasant times, where the minivans weren't be invented
They -" were so Beautiful and Fast! I sold mine to a Poor. FAMILY 👪. Before moving to Oklahoma! Town &:County Wagon - what a Beautiful car and it was a Limousine! Special Color !" Midmight blue 💙 Metallic! It actually became va Factory color! After my dad's Special Order ❤️ was produced
America was better back then and it wasn't just the cars!
this represents the birth of the tailgate party. you set the keg on the tailgate
Clark Griswold would be proud
I dig woodgrain!
Beautiful full size american cars. Uncle Sam was the best!
Still is the best!
I wonder why this film ignores their very attractive Dodge wagons of the same era ?
Chrysler's and Plymouth's were sold at the same dealership. Dodge was separate.
JrGoonior I didn’t realise that, thank you. 👍
Dodge..Dodge trucks
I would buy all 3
same here!!
Too bad the car manufacturers can't start making those types of cars again they were alot better looking and better built than what we got today cars
@Silver N Black Mopar you're on drugs! Today's autos are ordinary and boring!
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