One small correction from an Aussie fan. We did have a luxury market before ‘67, however those models were not domestically designed. For example, in the ‘50s, the US Fairlane was popular (we call it the tank Fairlane, to differentiate from later domestic versions), as was the Galaxie later on. GM sold the Impala, Pontiac Parisienne and some other models as ‘luxury’ cars through GM-holden dealers. And Chrysler sold the Plymouth Belvedere, Desoto Fireflite/Firesweep and Dodge Phoenix (Plymouth Fury III, which I own). In most cases, these cars were well equipped (as opposed to equivalent ‘base’ models in the US, where these models were not necessarily ‘luxury’ cars). Some other vehicles also came down under by special order or limited run including Mercurys, Buicks and Oldsmobiles. These cars were often assembled locally in CKD format. 1967 was when we started manufacturing locally designed ‘luxury’ models for our market only. Though even this is not exactly accurate, as the Chrysler Royal was a local luxury model, which was essentially an adapted late-50s Plymouth. Great video though and beautiful Chrysler x Chrysler!
Correct. My experience goes back to about 1950 [though many US cars came in and were assembled here well before that] Chrysler Oz assembled many Dodges, Desoto s, Pymouths etc here in Adelaide. Chevs and Pontiacs too were assembled here until about 1970 and there was a few weird cars assembled, Impalas with Holden V8s etc.And Impalas with SBC before that. Ford sold Galaxies from about 60 through to 72 and Ford Barge Fairlances and Customlines as well. GM in the 50s sold poverty base models, 6 cyl 3 speed manuals only until 59 and even then we only got 283s until66 when we got a few 327s
Small correction: the Royal was a locally developed version of the 1953 P25 Plymouth - they had tooled up to build those here in 1953 and sold them as Dodge, Plymouth & Desoto versions. Then in 1957 they grafted on sheet metal from the 1956 Mopars and merged all the models into Chrysler Royal, which they built until 1964. All the other 1955-61 Mopars we got were imports.
Australian market cars in the 60s and 70s are among the most fascinating eras of Automotive development. The combination of English and American design philosphy, filtered through the lens of the Australian market to meet their needs, is just fascinating. Please continue to cover these non USDM cars! Everytime I hear Chrysler by Chrysler I chuckle!
It's sales were not bad Australian population at the time was only 14 to 16 million.compared to the USA sales are more than 100000 units pro rata.dont believe all you here on CZcams
@@noelgibson5956 Australian population 25 million now less than 14 million in 1970 very small car industry but nobody on the road plenty of room for a nice drive
Wow, I daily drove one of these for 15 years from 1993-2008. Restored it completely with my own hands. In 2008, somebody drove into me at 80km/h, whilst I got it back and repaired it, it was never the same again. It was a great ride. Great to see it again!
@@manitoba-op4jx True. And there was a lot more to that story than I let on. After the accident, my car was in the hands of a Maltese mafia dude whose son drove the tow truck - the son was later convicted of murder after torturing somebody with a battery and jumper leads. I had no idea who I was dealing with! It's a miracle I ever got out of there alive, much less got my car back! I aged 10 years in that year!
@@michaelorlando6159 lol, yeah, it's got movie/book potential, for sure. I had PTSD for a while after that. That's partly why I decided to move the car on. But I still miss the days of my CxC (that's how we abbreviate it) before all that happened. It was a great car to drive.
My understanding is that the Australian government subsidized automobile production for 50+ years and then stopped. Of course the Big 3 all shut down there factories sans subsidy.
Yes, these videos on American brands in other countries should continue. I'm a Ford buff myself (owned a '65 Ranchero for a number of years) and that got me hooked on the Falcon utes from Australia, and ultimately on the Canadian Meteor and Monarch variants (as well as the one-year-only Frontenac) from up North.
Those early Falcons were certainly given a lot of makeovers to suit other markets and produce so many variants and offshoots including the first Mustangs. The south American variants (Brazil?) were also produced a crazy number of years when the rest of the world had long dropped the platform. A very successful venture for Ford.
Wow, that is a classy classic. I truly like this. Adam, I think you should cover more American brands that were available overseas and Canada. It's very interesting to see the differences.
For sure. Lots of content available for him here in Australia. GM & Ford had some very unique local models with bucketloads of US inspiration. I could easily list off 15-20 cars that Adam could feature, and that’s only up to 1980. Sadly, Chrysler AU were so budget restricted that there would only be a handful of cars Adam could feature, but it would be great to see him do them the justice they deserve.
The GM Holden Statesman and Ford LTD Fairmont were fantastic V8 optional, rear wheel drive cars all the way up to about year 2015 unrelated to the weak, fwd American cars with similar names and positioned in the market more like Cadillac and lincoln, their styling was also much better in my opinion than their American counterparts. And then there are the more unusual but great cars like the Holden Monaro which we got for a minute after it was kind of on its way out as the last Pontiac GTO and there also was a El Camino style car made off of this same Monaro platform called the Ute. All of the GM cars available with the Corvette V8 by the way, I know that that El Camino would have sold and still would sell great in the States today! Holden was the best, highest quality GM world division that still sold medium to large "American" style V8 cars, better than even Cadillac imo.
The CH Chrysler by Chrysler coupé is my absolute favourite '70s Australian car. Very few were built and even 30 years ago very very few remained. The Ford Landau is next.
Where the regular car was "Valiant by Chrysler",... and the last ones off the production line had "Chrysler by Mitsubishi" as MMAL cleared the remaining stock out the door from the purchase of CAL.
You should do other countries, even African and South American countries. Cars prevalent in those countries from the 1970'sto present. Thanks for the information and images you give us.
Australia had a population of just under 14 million in the middle 1970's. GMH, Ford Australia, Chrysler Australia and BMC/Leyland all produced variants or assembled cars from different companies. Some cars were built on lines of otherwise rival companies, AMC from memory was one. Canadian GM cars were assembled in Australia as the Commonwealth connection meant that there was a tax advantage, hence the 1965 Pontiac was a Canadian version with factory RHD. Left hand drive cars were not allowed to be sold. Luxury cars were imported, but those with LHD had to be converted to RHD. Queensland might have been the exception to this, no doubt some one will be able to explain better than I can what was and was not permitted.
Great review ! Very surprised you covered an Australian vehicle. This car is by IMO the best Australia ever produced, GM and Ford could not compete with this level of style .... Thanks pal from AUS
Love that royal blue 4 headlight Chrysler by Chrysler 2 door and yes, please keep these coming. On the few occasions I've visited Oz it was nice to see some of those pretty rust free V8s still on the road there such is their dry climate.
@@ldnwholesale8552 that's because their rust resistance treatment was appalling from factory in the latter half of the 1970s. I theorise the steel sourced was of lower quality as well and maybe thinner too. The early 70s Valiants were fine.
The worst models for rust were around 1975 (VK model) onwards. Also consider that these cars were often in the elements 24/7 and built with the intention that you were going to upgrade in 3-5 years. I too live in South Australia and travel extensively for work. Where are all these rusty Valiants you speak of?!?
2:45 I wonder if, with the added weight of the 318, the standard bucket-seats-with-console layout was also intended as a way of keeping owners from putting 3 passengers in front, perhaps putting the GVW over Chrysler's intended limit.
Nah, it was just a luxury option at a time when bucket seats were rare. You could option any Chrysler of the era with a 360, A/C etc and still get a bench seat.
I've been a Mopar guy for over 50 years and this is the 1st time I've seen one of these cars. I'm in the States/nobody talked a word about these or produced any brochures about them. The Chrysler by Chrysler is cool. With some custom work, it could a real stunner.
Love the oddball stuff. I collect model cars and have one of this Chrysler by Chrysler coupes in that beautiful blue. A friend in New Zealand is a (real) car collector and has a few Holden GTS sedans and a matching pair of Ford Landaus, coupe and sedan. Lastly, I used to own a 67 Riviera like the one in your channel pic.
The Chrysler by Chrysler looks like a mix of early American 1970s Coronet, Challenger, and a Satellite Seebring, all in one. Loved the green Fairlane the most. Its headlight design made for a less busy looking front end. Love the most that both the Fairlane and the Valiant look a lot like their American counterparts. The Valiant has a bit of a Dodge Dart flavour to it up front. The Aussies got some great vehicles that are revered by gearheads and many have aged well thanks to Australia's dry climate.
Thank you Adam. Yes, you should cover more cars like this. I would like to see the Holden Statesman and Caprice, Holden Calais and Ford Fairlane and LTD in Australia which used Lincoln Type Design. The Opels that were sold as Chevrolet in Brazil and Argentina and the many other variations GM and Ford had outside the United States globally. The things they sold in Europe and Japan and China and South Korea and Canada would be interesting to see especially where they made styling changes to American models or changed the name and features on the car. The other thing would be Holdens sold in other countries under other GM brands globally. I must say I enjoyed this video. It was good for the information, the content and footage. Thank you again Adam.
Welcome to Australia Adam ,mate im glad your here taking a gander over some off our cars,the old man loved hes Fairlanes but he just loved the motors from the valiants especially the slant six and the 318 v8,the only thing is with some of the valiants is they rusted out bad especially as we lived on the far south coast odd new south wales ,grouse video mate
Pretty much all the Chrysler trim and die cast parts were directly imported from Chrysler US and blended into local styling. We just didn't have the market volume to be designing and manufacturing these parts. Rallye steering wheels, die cast gauge clusters etc, all imported. Even things like wing mirrors were direct US import parts.
That side view at around 7:30 is just beautiful - well-proportioned front and rear overhangs, sitting neither to low or high, and clean sharp use of chrome or stainless as contrast and to define the shapes.
Great video Adam on one of ours. The Chrysler by Chrysler wasn't as successful as Ford's Fairlane and LTD or Holden's Statesman but as a Mopar fan it was a nice car and appreciated far more today then when I was younger. The Charger always took the limelight. The hardtops are extremely rare with only 484 produced. They only lasted for the first series being made between 71 and 73. Hardtops aren't popular in Australia as Ford's Landau suffered a similar fate but in my opinion the Landau and Chrysler by Chrysler hardtops were the pinnacle of Aussie luxury. It would be great to see more on Australian cars because we did build great cars, which has been lost since manufacturing stopped.
Hi Adam, Having been addicted to all things Automotive since a very young age (from birth according to my parents) it was a great to discover your channel a few years ago,since than many many hours have been spent watching your videos. What a surprise to see you featuring the Chrysler by Chrysler,very gratifying. Hopefully you will be able to feature more Australian vehicles, as I have discovered when visiting America and talking to Automotive enthusiasts they are basically unaware of the very unique vehicles that were produced here.(unfortunately globalisation amongst other economic issues has ended all Automotive manufacturing in our country) Thank You again for very informative and entertaining videos. From Brisbane, Australia.
This was very interesting and I agree that the styling of the Chrysler by Chrysler is outstanding. I'm generally not interested in cars produced outside the U.S., especially those from Japan and South Korea, but so little has been publicized about Australia that I'd love to see more videos like this one.
@tubester4567 I remember the slant engines as having the unbreakable reputation. Slant six and the tower of power. Chrysler should have done better in Oz.
We had two of these as company cars both black on black with gold interior cloth trim, one was a 6 and the other, the latter series a 360 V8. Both were reliable and well received.Keep up the good work, Adam. Peter Mac Donald. P.S. I still have the sales brochure for the 1973 car.
The first "VIP" in the VE model, was a follow on of the AP6 and VC "Valiant V8", stand alone models, which offered the 273 V8, but only with all the other luxury extras. The VE version adopted the name VIP to distinguish itself from the base model "Valiant V8", which was then also available with the 273 V8 as an option. The VF VIP was a complete revision of the concept, with the VE VIP's direct specification successor being the VF Regal 770. While it is correct that the VG VIP had factory fitted air conditioning as standard at release, that was soon dropped, and became optional again. The CH Chrysler's hood, doors, boot (trunk) and front fenders were the same panels as the Valiant, fenders had some different mounting tabs added for the different bumper and dual headlights. The rear quarters and C pillars were where it gained the extra 4" length. It was replaced by the standard 111" wheelbase Regal SE in 1976.
Small correction - the VC model is not a 'VC Valiant V8", it's just "VC V8". VC Valiant is base, VC Regal is luxury six, and VC V8 has all the Regal upgrades, plus the 273 V8, optional front disc brakes early on, but that became V8 standard fitment later (too late for Bathurst against the Mini's). Most times the misnomer is "VC Regal V8", but it's not that either :) Confusion reigns in the wagons, where they become VC Valiant Safari, VC Regal Safari, and the rare VC V8 Safari. None of the Ute's ever had the V8 from the factory, plenty have them now though :D And to mess things for the utes, there was the "Dodge D106" which used the VC ute body, but stripped down interior and the truck edition "AT2" slant six.
Thanks for clearing something up! I had a gorgeous green VG VIP in the mid 80s, but without air con - this is the first time that l’ve seen a reference to it later becoming optional - thanks! Living in Tassie, no aircon was no big deal :)
The Chrysler by Chrysler was a handsome car. Yes I'd love to see some non-US Chryslers, Fords and GMs. I like the Argentina Dodge GTX with a 318 and 4spd, or the Mexican Duster based Superbees. Such cool cars.
Love these. I think Chrysler by Chrysler would have sold well in the US. It is interesting to see US carmakers adapt their styles to the non US market.
Ever since I saw the Mad Max and Road Warrior movies as a kid I have had a curiosity for Aussie vehicles. Anyone who uses cars related to the Mach 1 Mustang and engines like the 351C has to have an interesting car culture.
@2:46 I see that the rear doors are different from their American counterparts, in that the rear 'edge' of the door is cut differently, and also the lack of a kick-up, or raised shoulder, around the quarter glass. Its greenhouse line is dead straight from front to rear, excluding the slope at the very front. Looks like a Barracuda or Challenger steering wheel/column at 2:50, with the 'crinkles' immediately fore of the wheel. Always thought that Holden @4:16 bore a strong resemblance to the '70-'72 Lemans.
Would love to see more of these. I have read a good bit about the Falcon/Fairmont and Kingswood/Statesman but more content on aussie cars would be great since you seem to be able to bring out facts others negldct to mention. The TV program Torque from the era is great fun to watch to get a feel for australian cars of the time
Yes keep doing videos on weird cars from other countries One of my favorites is the first gen falcon being used in Brazil into the 80’s with updated grills and rectangle headlights crazy stuff, thanks Adam
I worked at Chrysler Canada Windsor from 1964 to 1972. We built engines in Plant 2 which were assembled, test run then dismantled. The pieces were treated with rustproofing grease and crated up to ship to AU from Windsor KDX (knock-down export) terminal. It was cheaper (customs & excise) to ship "parts" rather than finished assemblies to AU at that time.
Great info! Yes, it was a heavily protected and subsidised market here in Aussie...I had assumed that the parts were simply produced and packed in Canada, then mated and finished here - had no idea the hot run was done at Windsor. Makes sense - all the line boring and finishing plant would be specific to the 360 engine, and parts can only be guaranteed to work correctly if they are mated and tested in one process.
That Chrysler by Chrysler is alright! You look at quickly, and it has many of the visual cues of the full size fuselage Chryslers tricking you into thinking it is a full size car... Very interesting indeed.
Yes, I'd love for you to continue featuring cars like this. I remember pictures of '60's and '70's American cars with flush headlights, which I discovered were for other markets such as Australia. It would be cool to learn about these cars and trucks. Thanks.
I love ‘60s-70s Aussie cars from the big three - sort of like looking into a parallel universe. In my teens I would often check out the book “World Cars 1975” and thought that the Holden HJ/Mazda Roadpacer were the best looking sedans. It’s a shame the ‘71 Pontiac Ventura wasn’t an imported Holden HQ - I think it would kept the division more relevant through the malaise era.
Wow, Locking Floor Shift something not seen anywhere and rarely seen in Australia.....Mate had a Mid-70's Chrysler by Chrysler 360 V8, in the 80's, of which he spent a lot of money to get it up to being roadworthy, but they were very heavy and gas-guzzlers....Gr8 to cruise-around the streets, as long as U didn't put the foot down, Adam😎🤘
Usually I only laugh when I see this type of "you´ve never heard of" title for a video. But this time I have to admit, I haven´t heard about this car! For the next video I want to see the Dodge 3700 GT that was produced i Spain!
In the mid 80s l had that metallic brown VG VIP by Chrysler, but in deep metallic green with the 318 and torqueflite. Man l loved that car -always liked the front quad headlamp styling. Utterly bulletproof. Thanks very much for featuring it!
Great to see you featuring some of our convict cars Adam. Your viewers may also be interested in our Aussie Chargers and their performance RT versions.
Regarding the worldwide adaptations of American marques, some are interesting, but in the main...no. No big deal, however, because this channel has loyal fans with a wide range of interests. All episodes are beautifully done. Keep 'em coming!
Great content! I would also love to see content regarding the South American cars and all the variants of the 1966 American Ford Galaxie that seemed to be produced forever.
The Chrysler by Chrysler reminds me of the US 1971 Dodge Coronet, with the loop front bumper and quad headlights, as well as the profile of the rear window and how the C pillar joins the upper rear fender. Overall, the Chrysler by Chrysler is a very handsome car.
My father had a '73 318 Regal 770 Hardtop with the 904 and we both drooled over the CxC versions in both sedan and hardtop. In my whole life in NZ here I have only ever seen two of the CxC Hardtops and that was back in the 1980's. Very rare here indeed. Btw, in NZ in the sedans only the CH and CJ were true CxC's. Afterward they reverted to the standard wheelbase and less trim and lost the 360 as an option.
Nice to see your comprehensive review of these. I learned to drive on a top of the line 1971 Regal 770 318 V8, one step below the Chrysler in the market then. Fine car, lots of good memories of my early driving days. The Chryslers were also sold in the UK in limited numbers, but a blue one features in an episode of The Sweeney as a gangster’s getaway car. Cheers from Australia.
There are 2 episodes of the Sweeney with a Chrysler by Chrysler in them both, a 6-cylinder car and a V8 version. One episode has brit' actor Patrick Mower and another guy playing as Australian art thieves, and the other episode has an underworld criminal ripping off other underworld criminals after they've stolen the loot, he steals it off them and blackmails them. Both cars are blue too!! One step further, my dad was an American diplomat here in Australia back then in the 1960's/70's/80's, as a kid in their last years of school at the start of the '70's we watched the Sweeney as a new television program, dad loved it with all the blokey jokes & swearing. He had as supplied by the US gov't a 2 door CH Chrysler by Chrysler, followed by a series 2 CH 4 door , when he saw the first episode with one in it, he called Chrysler Aust' and asked them about it, and it appears that Mopar USA wanted an off the shelf RHD big car to sell as a replacement for the full-sized Humber Super Snipe & Humber Imperial which had both been axed as out of date, and the poor old Rootes group cars variety had been decimated to a whole bunch of badge engineered flavors of Hillman Imps, plus a whole bunch of badge engineered Hillman Hunters , so there were Humber ones, Sunbeam ones & Hillman ones , the singer brand killed entirely . He asked Chrysler Australia to send him some copies of the English brochures for the Chrysler by Chryslers. Interestingly, the rear light clusters for the British ones are entirely different to the Aussie rear taillight clusters with just a red and amber light. To satisfy the British registration authorities, the rear light clusters needed 3 lights:- red, amber & clear/white reversing light units. The beautiful UK brochures were a stylistic work of art, with the entire brochure shots all taken at night in London, some on Lambeth walk on the side of the Thames, plus multiple well known other tourist sights very classy indeed. So in the UK the 6-cylinder cars had the red grill ornament, with the red rear reflector applique between the taillights with painted door glass frames with the fine stainless steel trim fitted, the v8 cars had the blue grill ornament, the full stainless-steel door glass frames fitted to them and the rear etched aluminium applique between the taillights so one could easily tell the difference between v8 or 6 cylinder and they received ZERO 2 door cars at all, just 4 door versions.
@@gregharvie3896 There's also an episode from The Professionals featuring a VE VIP as the get away car. I've always been curious as to whether any of our Chrysler exports to the UK still exist today given the very low number they imported and rust issues.
I have the boxed set of The Sweeney, I’ll have to check out the episode with Patrick Mower and George Layton as the Aussie thieves. Loosely based on the exploits of the “Kangaroo Gang” that operated in the UK in the 1960s. Got away with a fortune in in jewellery and other stuff for years. Most never caught.
@@gregharvie3896 Great info, thanks. Our family 318 Regal 770 was from the first production run in 1971 and was the dealer display car at Hardman’s in Armidale NSW. Ordered for the dealer’s father, it had a high compression 318 that was quite a goer in its day. Most of my learner driving done in that car and I even passed my driving test in it\ at Cammeray Motor Registry in Sydney in 1973. In the days when you could still drive a V8 on P plates! Great memories.
@@erroneouscode Testing my memory, but I recall an episode of the Alexei Sayle show with a Valiant Charger (probably a 770) on a used car lot in London. Just a fleeting glimpse, but memorable.
One small correction from an Aussie fan. We did have a luxury market before ‘67, however those models were not domestically designed. For example, in the ‘50s, the US Fairlane was popular (we call it the tank Fairlane, to differentiate from later domestic versions), as was the Galaxie later on. GM sold the Impala, Pontiac Parisienne and some other models as ‘luxury’ cars through GM-holden dealers. And Chrysler sold the Plymouth Belvedere, Desoto Fireflite/Firesweep and Dodge Phoenix (Plymouth Fury III, which I own). In most cases, these cars were well equipped (as opposed to equivalent ‘base’ models in the US, where these models were not necessarily ‘luxury’ cars). Some other vehicles also came down under by special order or limited run including Mercurys, Buicks and Oldsmobiles. These cars were often assembled locally in CKD format. 1967 was when we started manufacturing locally designed ‘luxury’ models for our market only. Though even this is not exactly accurate, as the Chrysler Royal was a local luxury model, which was essentially an adapted late-50s Plymouth. Great video though and beautiful Chrysler x Chrysler!
Correct. My experience goes back to about 1950 [though many US cars came in and were assembled here well before that] Chrysler Oz assembled many Dodges, Desoto s, Pymouths etc here in Adelaide. Chevs and Pontiacs too were assembled here until about 1970 and there was a few weird cars assembled, Impalas with Holden V8s etc.And Impalas with SBC before that.
Ford sold Galaxies from about 60 through to 72 and Ford Barge Fairlances and Customlines as well. GM in the 50s sold poverty base models, 6 cyl 3 speed manuals only until 59 and even then we only got 283s until66 when we got a few 327s
@@ldnwholesale8552 Fairlances?
Small correction: the Royal was a locally developed version of the 1953 P25 Plymouth - they had tooled up to build those here in 1953 and sold them as Dodge, Plymouth & Desoto versions.
Then in 1957 they grafted on sheet metal from the 1956 Mopars and merged all the models into Chrysler Royal, which they built until 1964. All the other 1955-61 Mopars we got were imports.
Do you own Christine😮
@@tdubh666 no I own a later model (1970). But they did sell ‘Christine’s’ down under, in 1958 & 1959
Terrific review, Adam. I can't recall any other CZcamsr giving us such a summary on Australia's Chrysler history.
Australian market cars in the 60s and 70s are among the most fascinating eras of Automotive development. The combination of English and American design philosphy, filtered through the lens of the Australian market to meet their needs, is just fascinating. Please continue to cover these non USDM cars!
Everytime I hear Chrysler by Chrysler I chuckle!
Why chuckle
@@johnkelly8525
It was a silly name, and likely had an impact on it's abysmal sales figures.
Ford Fairlane or Holden Statesman has more pizzazz.
It's sales were not bad Australian population at the time was only 14 to 16 million.compared to the USA sales are more than 100000 units pro rata.dont believe all you here on CZcams
@@noelgibson5956 going for posh not pizziass
@@noelgibson5956 Australian population 25 million now less than 14 million in 1970 very small car industry but nobody on the road plenty of room for a nice drive
Wow, I daily drove one of these for 15 years from 1993-2008. Restored it completely with my own hands. In 2008, somebody drove into me at 80km/h, whilst I got it back and repaired it, it was never the same again. It was a great ride. Great to see it again!
sad. this is why we can't have nice things
@@manitoba-op4jx True. And there was a lot more to that story than I let on. After the accident, my car was in the hands of a Maltese mafia dude whose son drove the tow truck - the son was later convicted of murder after torturing somebody with a battery and jumper leads. I had no idea who I was dealing with! It's a miracle I ever got out of there alive, much less got my car back! I aged 10 years in that year!
Wow thank god your ok. Sound like a movie plot. Istead of Hitchcock's north by northwest....chrysler by chrysler
@@michaelorlando6159 lol, yeah, it's got movie/book potential, for sure. I had PTSD for a while after that. That's partly why I decided to move the car on. But I still miss the days of my CxC (that's how we abbreviate it) before all that happened. It was a great car to drive.
My understanding is that the Australian government subsidized automobile production for 50+ years and then stopped. Of course the Big 3 all shut down there factories sans subsidy.
Keep stories on cars like this coming! Love seeing vehicles like this from around the world.
Now, the story of the Australian version of the Charger is a great story. Includes an iconic ad campaign starring a very young Geoffrey Rush.
Hey Charger
Yes, these videos on American brands in other countries should continue. I'm a Ford buff myself (owned a '65 Ranchero for a number of years) and that got me hooked on the Falcon utes from Australia, and ultimately on the Canadian Meteor and Monarch variants (as well as the one-year-only Frontenac) from up North.
Ute all the cars !!!
(Like I did with my mk4 VW Jetta with a Smyth Ute conversion kit)
This things great 👍
Those early Falcons were certainly given a lot of makeovers to suit other markets and produce so many variants and offshoots including the first Mustangs. The south American variants (Brazil?) were also produced a crazy number of years when the rest of the world had long dropped the platform. A very successful venture for Ford.
Wow, that is a classy classic. I truly like this.
Adam, I think you should cover more American brands that were available overseas and Canada. It's very interesting to see the differences.
Yes DEFINITELY!!
YES, please! This Chrysler by Chrysler coupé is gorgeous. Would love to see more of these obscure models by American manufacturers.
For sure. Lots of content available for him here in Australia. GM & Ford had some very unique local models with bucketloads of US inspiration. I could easily list off 15-20 cars that Adam could feature, and that’s only up to 1980.
Sadly, Chrysler AU were so budget restricted that there would only be a handful of cars Adam could feature, but it would be great to see him do them the justice they deserve.
@@commodorenut as you can tell, I have a slight bias for Aussie cars.
The GM Holden Statesman and Ford LTD Fairmont were fantastic V8 optional, rear wheel drive cars all the way up to about year 2015 unrelated to the weak, fwd American cars with similar names and positioned in the market more like Cadillac and lincoln, their styling was also much better in my opinion than their American counterparts.
And then there are the more unusual but great cars like the Holden Monaro which we got for a minute after it was kind of on its way out as the last Pontiac GTO and there also was a El Camino style car made off of this same Monaro platform called the Ute.
All of the GM cars available with the Corvette V8 by the way, I know that that El Camino would have sold and still would sell great in the States today!
Holden was the best, highest quality GM world division that still sold medium to large "American" style V8 cars, better than even Cadillac imo.
The CH Chrysler by Chrysler coupé is my absolute favourite '70s Australian car. Very few were built and even 30 years ago very very few remained. The Ford Landau is next.
Some of those cars looked better than what they were selling here.
Chrysler by Chrysler. You gotta love the marketing universe....
Where the regular car was "Valiant by Chrysler",... and the last ones off the production line had "Chrysler by Mitsubishi" as MMAL cleared the remaining stock out the door from the purchase of CAL.
I like seeing what U.S. car makers sell in other countries. Please continue!
You should do other countries, even African and South American countries. Cars prevalent in those countries from the 1970'sto present. Thanks for the information and images you give us.
Australia had some interesting cars! I’m a MOPAR guy but they’re all just… different. In a really cool way.
This is a very interesting video. Thanks.
Australia had a population of just under 14 million in the middle 1970's. GMH, Ford Australia, Chrysler Australia and BMC/Leyland all produced variants or assembled cars from different companies. Some cars were built on lines of otherwise rival companies, AMC from memory was one.
Canadian GM cars were assembled in Australia as the Commonwealth connection meant that there was a tax advantage, hence the 1965 Pontiac was a Canadian version with factory RHD. Left hand drive cars were not allowed to be sold.
Luxury cars were imported, but those with LHD had to be converted to RHD. Queensland might have been the exception to this, no doubt some one will be able to explain better than I can what was and was not permitted.
Love the Australian content, keep it coming!
I took a drink every time you said “Chrysler by Chrysler” I almost passed out. i am back for round 2
The two-door was quite stylish. Reminds me of a 1971 Dodge Charger, but softened a bit.
Adam, keep these coming! I love the Aussie cars!
Great review ! Very surprised you covered an Australian vehicle. This car is by IMO the best Australia ever produced, GM and Ford could not compete with this level of style .... Thanks pal from AUS
Yes Adam, I enjoy these videos showcasing cars from other countries!!! 👍👍🦃
Love that royal blue 4 headlight Chrysler by Chrysler 2 door and yes, please keep these coming. On the few occasions I've visited Oz it was nice to see some of those pretty rust free V8s still on the road there such is their dry climate.
I live in Adelaide, the driest city in the driest state and there is a LOT of very rusty Valiants about
@@ldnwholesale8552 that's because their rust resistance treatment was appalling from factory in the latter half of the 1970s. I theorise the steel sourced was of lower quality as well and maybe thinner too. The early 70s Valiants were fine.
The worst models for rust were around 1975 (VK model) onwards. Also consider that these cars were often in the elements 24/7 and built with the intention that you were going to upgrade in 3-5 years. I too live in South Australia and travel extensively for work. Where are all these rusty Valiants you speak of?!?
Yes! I like your idea of expanding your focus to include cars designed for and sold outside the US. This video surprised me quite a bit.
2:45 I wonder if, with the added weight of the 318, the standard bucket-seats-with-console layout was also intended as a way of keeping owners from putting 3 passengers in front, perhaps putting the GVW over Chrysler's intended limit.
Nah, it was just a luxury option at a time when bucket seats were rare. You could option any Chrysler of the era with a 360, A/C etc and still get a bench seat.
Fascinating story. I've heard of the *"Chrysler by Chrysler",* but because I'm not from Australia, I've never seen one.
I've been a Mopar guy for over 50 years and this is the 1st time I've seen one of these cars. I'm in the States/nobody talked a word about these or produced any brochures about them. The Chrysler by Chrysler is cool. With some custom work, it could a real stunner.
I had one. Most beautiful car you have ever seen, mate. I drive a 2009 Dodge Durango with the Eagle Hemi 5.7 these days. Mopar or no car!
Love the oddball stuff. I collect model cars and have one of this Chrysler by Chrysler coupes in that beautiful blue. A friend in New Zealand is a (real) car collector and has a few Holden GTS sedans and a matching pair of Ford Landaus, coupe and sedan. Lastly, I used to own a 67 Riviera like the one in your channel pic.
Those Landaus sound familiar - are they in any CZcams videos?
I love hearing about the Australian automobile industry!
Pretty nicely styled car, I would like to have had it here in the states.
The Chrysler by Chrysler looks like a mix of early American 1970s Coronet, Challenger, and a Satellite Seebring, all in one. Loved the green Fairlane the most. Its headlight design made for a less busy looking front end. Love the most that both the Fairlane and the Valiant look a lot like their American counterparts. The Valiant has a bit of a Dodge Dart flavour to it up front. The Aussies got some great vehicles that are revered by gearheads and many have aged well thanks to Australia's dry climate.
Lookup Valiant VF or VG Coupe for some Dodge Dart vibes.
That's pretty cool.
Thank you Adam. Yes, you should cover more cars like this. I would like to see the Holden Statesman and Caprice, Holden Calais and Ford Fairlane and LTD in Australia which used Lincoln Type Design. The Opels that were sold as Chevrolet in Brazil and Argentina and the many other variations GM and Ford had outside the United States globally. The things they sold in Europe and Japan and China and South Korea and Canada would be interesting to see especially where they made styling changes to American models or changed the name and features on the car. The other thing would be Holdens sold in other countries under other GM brands globally. I must say I enjoyed this video. It was good for the information, the content and footage. Thank you again Adam.
Opels were sold here as Holden Commodores up until the VE VF ; Then the ZB which was another Opel with Holden Badges
@@peterflynn2111 This is correct. Thank you for the information.
Welcome to Australia Adam ,mate im glad your here taking a gander over some off our cars,the old man loved hes Fairlanes but he just loved the motors from the valiants especially the slant six and the 318 v8,the only thing is with some of the valiants is they rusted out bad especially as we lived on the far south coast odd new south wales ,grouse video mate
Wow! I never saw one of those before. It looks to have E body door handles like their “Charger”. Thanks Adam! 🙂
Yes; I noticed this as well.
Pretty much all the Chrysler trim and die cast parts were directly imported from Chrysler US and blended into local styling. We just didn't have the market volume to be designing and manufacturing these parts. Rallye steering wheels, die cast gauge clusters etc, all imported. Even things like wing mirrors were direct US import parts.
That side view at around 7:30 is just beautiful - well-proportioned front and rear overhangs, sitting neither to low or high, and clean sharp use of chrome or stainless as contrast and to define the shapes.
Am interesting look at what our car makers shared with others. Thanks, Adam.
I had a 1971 'Chrysler by Chrysler,' white with a black vinyl roof... and a torquey 360 V8... very comfortable transport for me and 5 or 6 mates!
Any topic you cover is always informative, welcome and fun! Doesn’t matter which country of origin for the content! Thank you!
Great video Adam on one of ours. The Chrysler by Chrysler wasn't as successful as Ford's Fairlane and LTD or Holden's Statesman but as a Mopar fan it was a nice car and appreciated far more today then when I was younger. The Charger always took the limelight.
The hardtops are extremely rare with only 484 produced. They only lasted for the first series being made between 71 and 73. Hardtops aren't popular in Australia as Ford's Landau suffered a similar fate but in my opinion the Landau and Chrysler by Chrysler hardtops were the pinnacle of Aussie luxury.
It would be great to see more on Australian cars because we did build great cars, which has been lost since manufacturing stopped.
Close…476 were made
@@CH6P23 Thanks.
Sweet! It looks like I would have heard of a Chrysler by Chrysler, but no. Thanks as always for enlarging my automotive history knowledge.
Hi Adam,
Having been addicted to all things Automotive since a very young age (from birth according to my parents) it was a great to discover your channel a few years ago,since than many many hours have been spent watching your videos.
What a surprise to see you featuring the Chrysler by Chrysler,very gratifying. Hopefully you will be able to feature more Australian vehicles, as I have discovered when visiting America and talking to Automotive enthusiasts they are basically unaware of the very unique vehicles that were produced here.(unfortunately globalisation amongst other economic issues has ended all Automotive manufacturing in our country)
Thank You again for very informative and entertaining videos.
From Brisbane, Australia.
Thx so much
This was very interesting and I agree that the styling of the Chrysler by Chrysler is outstanding. I'm generally not interested in cars produced outside the U.S., especially those from Japan and South Korea, but so little has been publicized about Australia that I'd love to see more videos like this one.
Use the search engine here and you will uncover some videos about Aussie cars.
The 265 hemi engines had a great reputation for being unbreakable, and the 245 hemi as well.
Do search on E49 Charger.
@tubester4567 I remember the slant engines as having the unbreakable reputation.
Slant six and the tower of power.
Chrysler should have done better in Oz.
We had two of these as company cars both black on black with gold interior cloth trim, one was a 6 and the other, the latter series a 360 V8. Both were reliable and well received.Keep up the good work, Adam. Peter Mac Donald. P.S. I still have the sales brochure for the 1973 car.
That Chrysler by Chrysler was a really handsome car. Interesting segment here again Adam. Thank you for your attention to details and facts.
The first "VIP" in the VE model, was a follow on of the AP6 and VC "Valiant V8", stand alone models, which offered the 273 V8, but only with all the other luxury extras. The VE version adopted the name VIP to distinguish itself from the base model "Valiant V8", which was then also available with the 273 V8 as an option. The VF VIP was a complete revision of the concept, with the VE VIP's direct specification successor being the VF Regal 770. While it is correct that the VG VIP had factory fitted air conditioning as standard at release, that was soon dropped, and became optional again.
The CH Chrysler's hood, doors, boot (trunk) and front fenders were the same panels as the Valiant, fenders had some different mounting tabs added for the different bumper and dual headlights. The rear quarters and C pillars were where it gained the extra 4" length. It was replaced by the standard 111" wheelbase Regal SE in 1976.
Small correction - the VC model is not a 'VC Valiant V8", it's just "VC V8".
VC Valiant is base, VC Regal is luxury six, and VC V8 has all the Regal upgrades, plus the 273 V8, optional front disc brakes early on, but that became V8 standard fitment later (too late for Bathurst against the Mini's). Most times the misnomer is "VC Regal V8", but it's not that either :)
Confusion reigns in the wagons, where they become VC Valiant Safari, VC Regal Safari, and the rare VC V8 Safari.
None of the Ute's ever had the V8 from the factory, plenty have them now though :D And to mess things for the utes, there was the "Dodge D106" which used the VC ute body, but stripped down interior and the truck edition "AT2" slant six.
Thanks for clearing something up! I had a gorgeous green VG VIP in the mid 80s, but without air con - this is the first time that l’ve seen a reference to it later becoming optional - thanks! Living in Tassie, no aircon was no big deal :)
Very interesting history lesson. I would say keep them coming.
Mopar guy my entire 49 years, and I've never seen these before. Excellent work, thank you!
What a beautiful car, front to back. I wonder how it would have done here in the states.
The Chrysler by Chrysler had Torino / Fairlane look to it. None the less, it is still a Mopar. Thank you for the informative review.
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Excellent episode. Australian built cars are different. That Chrysler looks sharp.
Great video on a great looking car! The A body Mopar was truly a world car.
Great review. I think this was the last of Chrysler in Australia.
Love to see more on Holden and Ford.
The CL and CM Chrysler’s came after and finished in 1981 with the Mitsubishi take over
This is the first time I've ever seen this car, great job presenting this to us all. Wow!
The Chrysler by Chrysler was a handsome car. Yes I'd love to see some non-US Chryslers, Fords and GMs. I like the Argentina Dodge GTX with a 318 and 4spd, or the Mexican Duster based Superbees. Such cool cars.
Love these. I think Chrysler by Chrysler would have sold well in the US. It is interesting to see US carmakers adapt their styles to the non US market.
Great video, Adam! Please continue to make videos about foreign car markets!
Ever since I saw the Mad Max and Road Warrior movies as a kid I have had a curiosity for Aussie vehicles. Anyone who uses cars related to the Mach 1 Mustang and engines like the 351C has to have an interesting car culture.
Great show. I'd like to see more automobiles from abroad, whether they were American makes or otherwise.
I very much enjoy these features. You always teach me something.
@2:46 I see that the rear doors are different from their American counterparts, in that the rear 'edge' of the door is cut differently, and also the lack of a kick-up, or raised shoulder, around the quarter glass. Its greenhouse line is dead straight from front to rear, excluding the slope at the very front.
Looks like a Barracuda or Challenger steering wheel/column at 2:50, with the 'crinkles' immediately fore of the wheel.
Always thought that Holden @4:16 bore a strong resemblance to the '70-'72 Lemans.
Thanks, Adam. That front bumper on the Chrysler by Chrysler is giving me vibes of the rear bumper of my '74 Dodge Charger.
I wish the US, was able to receive these . Thanks for showing these from across the world.
Would love to see more of these. I have read a good bit about the Falcon/Fairmont and Kingswood/Statesman but more content on aussie cars would be great since you seem to be able to bring out facts others negldct to mention.
The TV program Torque from the era is great fun to watch to get a feel for australian cars of the time
Yes keep doing videos on weird cars from other countries
One of my favorites is the first gen falcon being used in Brazil into the 80’s with updated grills and rectangle headlights crazy stuff, thanks Adam
Argentina did the same.
What a nice review, sure some non American cars can be called rare & classic and deserve spotlights. Keep the good work, salute from Brazil!
I worked at Chrysler Canada Windsor from 1964 to 1972. We built engines in Plant 2 which were assembled, test run then dismantled. The pieces were treated with rustproofing grease and crated up to ship to AU from Windsor KDX (knock-down export) terminal. It was cheaper (customs & excise) to ship "parts" rather than finished assemblies to AU at that time.
Great info! Yes, it was a heavily protected and subsidised market here in Aussie...I had assumed that the parts were simply produced and packed in Canada, then mated and finished here - had no idea the hot run was done at Windsor. Makes sense - all the line boring and finishing plant would be specific to the 360 engine, and parts can only be guaranteed to work correctly if they are mated and tested in one process.
That Chrysler by Chrysler is alright! You look at quickly, and it has many of the visual cues of the full size fuselage Chryslers tricking you into thinking it is a full size car... Very interesting indeed.
These Chrysler by Chrysler were beautiful cars and so under appreciated here in Australia…
Yes, I'd love for you to continue featuring cars like this. I remember pictures of '60's and '70's American cars with flush headlights, which I discovered were for other markets such as Australia. It would be cool to learn about these cars and trucks. Thanks.
The P5 Ford LTD in Australia had hidden headlights. Vacuum operated covers.
And small bumpers!
Yes please. Reviewing a few non US domestic vehicles gives context, particularly around styling judgments.
Yes, I think its interesting to see cars from other nations! Australia has some cool ones like that Chrysler by Chrysler!
South africa has some good home ground takes of overseas models. Usually fitted with a larger engine than equivalent models in other markets.
Great video, thanks very much.
I do very much enjoy your videos about foreign vehicles.
Definitely would love to see more content on models available only in export markets.
Yes, keep 'em coming.
Love those cars dad had a 71 vg regal best car he ever owned would live to see a story on the vg cheers mate
Yes, more videos about non-US cars, please. I find them fascinating.
I love ‘60s-70s Aussie cars from the big three - sort of like looking into a parallel universe. In my teens I would often check out the book “World Cars 1975” and thought that the Holden HJ/Mazda Roadpacer were the best looking sedans. It’s a shame the ‘71 Pontiac Ventura wasn’t an imported Holden HQ - I think it would kept the division more relevant through the malaise era.
Was that the Daily Express yearlies? They were my go-to as well. Re the Ventura, I can see some Pontiac in the HQ, especially the Monaro variant.
Wow, Locking Floor Shift something not seen anywhere and rarely seen in Australia.....Mate had a Mid-70's Chrysler by Chrysler 360 V8, in the 80's, of which he spent a lot of money to get it up to being roadworthy, but they were very heavy and gas-guzzlers....Gr8 to cruise-around the streets, as long as U didn't put the foot down, Adam😎🤘
Usually I only laugh when I see this type of "you´ve never heard of" title for a video. But this time I have to admit, I haven´t heard about this car!
For the next video I want to see the Dodge 3700 GT that was produced i Spain!
Another cool '70's Aussie cruiser...thanks for the upload👍
I enjoyed this posting, Adam. Thanks.
Thanks Adam! I like this insight into what domestic car brand models were being sold overseas by their subsidiaries.
In the mid 80s l had that metallic brown VG VIP by Chrysler, but in deep metallic green with the 318 and torqueflite. Man l loved that car -always liked the front quad headlamp styling. Utterly bulletproof. Thanks very much for featuring it!
Great to see you featuring some of our convict cars Adam. Your viewers may also be interested in our Aussie Chargers and their performance RT versions.
Absolutely continue with this series! It's interesting to see what the manufacturers offered customers in the UAE, Germany and elsewhere... great job!
I like the way you analyze all cars, Adam! It is always interesting to see what kind of cars we can't get here in the US.
Regarding the worldwide adaptations of American marques, some are interesting, but in the main...no. No big deal, however, because this channel has loyal fans with a wide range of interests. All episodes are beautifully done. Keep 'em coming!
Adam, you asked about featuring cars from overseas?
Yes please!
I kind of like seeing these videos of how these cars were built overseas. I find them very interesting and different from what we are used to seeing.
Yes enjoyed this Off shore take, Would love to see more, thanks
Great video. Please do one on the statesman and LTD.
I drove 1974 Valiant VIP 4 door slant six in 1993 in Southern Africa, Australian built in South Africa, that was a cool car!
Loved the video. Would like to learn more about some other American vehicles (or brands) exported to other markets.
Great content!
I would also love to see content regarding the South American cars and all the variants of the 1966 American Ford Galaxie that seemed to be produced forever.
The Chrysler by Chrysler reminds me of the US 1971 Dodge Coronet, with the loop front bumper and quad headlights, as well as the profile of the rear window and how the C pillar joins the upper rear fender.
Overall, the Chrysler by Chrysler is a very handsome car.
Great points - spot on.
My father had a '73 318 Regal 770 Hardtop with the 904 and we both drooled over the CxC versions in both sedan and hardtop. In my whole life in NZ here I have only ever seen two of the CxC Hardtops and that was back in the 1980's. Very rare here indeed. Btw, in NZ in the sedans only the CH and CJ were true CxC's. Afterward they reverted to the standard wheelbase and less trim and lost the 360 as an option.
Nice to see your comprehensive review of these. I learned to drive on a top of the line 1971 Regal 770 318 V8, one step below the Chrysler in the market then. Fine car, lots of good memories of my early driving days. The Chryslers were also sold in the UK in limited numbers, but a blue one features in an episode of The Sweeney as a gangster’s getaway car. Cheers from Australia.
There are 2 episodes of the Sweeney with a Chrysler by Chrysler in them both, a 6-cylinder car and a V8 version. One episode has brit' actor Patrick Mower and another guy playing as Australian art thieves, and the other episode has an underworld criminal ripping off other underworld criminals after they've stolen the loot, he steals it off them and blackmails them. Both cars are blue too!!
One step further, my dad was an American diplomat here in Australia back then in the 1960's/70's/80's, as a kid in their last years of school at the start of the '70's we watched the Sweeney as a new television program, dad loved it with all the blokey jokes & swearing. He had as supplied by the US gov't a 2 door CH Chrysler by Chrysler, followed by a series 2 CH 4 door , when he saw the first episode with one in it, he called Chrysler Aust' and asked them about it, and it appears that Mopar USA wanted an off the shelf RHD big car to sell as a replacement for the full-sized Humber Super Snipe & Humber Imperial which had both been axed as out of date, and the poor old Rootes group cars variety had been decimated to a whole bunch of badge engineered flavors of Hillman Imps, plus a whole bunch of badge engineered Hillman Hunters , so there were Humber ones, Sunbeam ones & Hillman ones , the singer brand killed entirely . He asked Chrysler Australia to send him some copies of the English brochures for the Chrysler by Chryslers. Interestingly, the rear light clusters for the British ones are entirely different to the Aussie rear taillight clusters with just a red and amber light. To satisfy the British registration authorities, the rear light clusters needed 3 lights:- red, amber & clear/white reversing light units. The beautiful UK brochures were a stylistic work of art, with the entire brochure shots all taken at night in London, some on Lambeth walk on the side of the Thames, plus multiple well known other tourist sights very classy indeed. So in the UK the 6-cylinder cars had the red grill ornament, with the red rear reflector applique between the taillights with painted door glass frames with the fine stainless steel trim fitted, the v8 cars had the blue grill ornament, the full stainless-steel door glass frames fitted to them and the rear etched aluminium applique between the taillights so one could easily tell the difference between v8 or 6 cylinder and they received ZERO 2 door cars at all, just 4 door versions.
@@gregharvie3896 There's also an episode from The Professionals featuring a VE VIP as the get away car. I've always been curious as to whether any of our Chrysler exports to the UK still exist today given the very low number they imported and rust issues.
I have the boxed set of The Sweeney, I’ll have to check out the episode with Patrick Mower and George Layton as the Aussie thieves. Loosely based on the exploits of the “Kangaroo Gang” that operated in the UK in the 1960s. Got away with a fortune in in jewellery and other stuff for years. Most never caught.
@@gregharvie3896 Great info, thanks. Our family 318 Regal 770 was from the first production run in 1971 and was the dealer display car at Hardman’s in Armidale NSW. Ordered for the dealer’s father, it had a high compression 318 that was quite a goer in its day. Most of my learner driving done in that car and I even passed my driving test in it\ at Cammeray Motor Registry in Sydney in 1973. In the days when you could still drive a V8 on P plates! Great memories.
@@erroneouscode Testing my memory, but I recall an episode of the Alexei Sayle show with a Valiant Charger (probably a 770) on a used car lot in London. Just a fleeting glimpse, but memorable.