1970 Dodge Swinger 340, Super Bee and Coronet R/T Performance Dealer Promo Film Featuring Dick Landy
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- 1970 Dodge Swinger 340, Super Bee and Coronet RT Performance Dealer Promo Film Featuring Dick Landy
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I got a 1970 340 Dart Swinger for my first car back in 1976 when I had just turned 16 yrs old. It only had 42,000 miles on it so the drive train (motor, trans and rear end) was in great shape. It was loaded with options. A 727 Torqueflite auto trans, 8 3/4 rear end w/ 3.23 SureGrip rear end. It had A.C., power 4 piston disc brakes and power steering. The car was medium green while the hood and scoops were matte black and a black vinyl top with the bumblebee black stripe around the back of the car. I loved the Rallye gauge cluster with the 150 mph speedometer. The auto trans was a column shift and it had the roller wheel type of AM radio. Lucky for me this was 3 years into the oil embargo from the middle east so people had been dumping these muscle cars like hot potatoes. That combined with the trunk lid being rusted with bondo thrown at it and not smoothed out. 12 - 14 2" x 6" bicycle reflectors glued around the trunk and quarter panels and curb feelers attached to the back wheelwells had this poor unloved, obviously, car sitting in what they at the dealership called the "dog lot". But, because of all of this, they only wanted $350 for it. SCORE!! Needless to say as soon as I got it home, off came the reflectors and curb feelers. With the rust and bondo, it was underestimated a lot. I smoked a lot of small block Camaros, Mustangs, Novas, and a few 383 Road Runners etc. The high school I went to had guys with rich daddy's who made their muscle cars beautiful. They were my favorite to beat! Great first car. Those disc brakes saved my butt MANY times. That 340 motor was amazingly tough. I considered pretty much every stop sign as the start of a 1/4 mile. Freakin' indestructible! Lots of happy memories. The thing I regret the most is never taking any pictures of it. After 3 years I had gathered up all of the pieces that I needed to bolt on before I got it painted. Hydroplaned on a wet road before I could put it all together. Wasn't wearing a seat belt and ended up upside down in the passenger footwell. Sad day, that car deserved better.
Cool hotrod from factory
I can't help but mention my first project at Chrysler engineering and development was to fine tune the 440 6 pack. And they use to pay me to come work.
Don Berry 👊🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Are you the one who put all that great info in the D/C manual? Used it like a Bible!
What a guy 🙈
@@nickdulak1837 well i did give the numbers/spec's to the writers. Great memories.
And God bless you for it brother!🤘
The 340 Dart Swinger and the Super Bee were two of the best performance bargains of the muscle car era along with the Plymouth Roadrunner and Duster 340. Mopars definitely didn't have the best overall build quality in those days as far as fit and finish but their high performance drivelines were the best in the business in my opinion
In the late 60's early 70's we used to say "Fit and Finish" translated to "Mopar, our finish will give you fits"
This is pretty cool! I wish they still made these types of films. :)
it reminds me of the film strips we saw in school in the 70's & even early 80's,
lol..the days before the VCR.
super cool art work on this one & fabulous cars & babes, ofc.
I wish they still made people and cats like this. Dodge is actually kicking butt right now. But, were about to go thru a horrible decade, like the 70's government demands. The gas situation and the insurance law. By 76, a car wouldn't pull a greasy strang out of a cat's Asspine.
And people were so much better then too. Times we're better.
i'd say this is the cutest Dealer Promo I ever saw, definitively a keeper...
CLASSIC 1970 Dealer slide show! Dick Landy narrates! Save this one!
Super Bees. I've owned a 1968 with a 413 solid lifter cam 4 speed, 323:1 rear. Car was aluminum and fast. Owned a 1970 383 4 speed and 323:1 rear. That too was a fast highway cruiser with L-60x15 tires on all 4s. Both cars had non powered police drum brakes, no A/C, and no other accessories added, not even a radio for you couldn't hear it anyway. Ran headers and 3" straights to the back axial. Those were the days. Don't forget the 1970 340 6 pack 4 speed AAR Cuda I had too. Mopar was rockin the auto world back then. Those cars got real light on steering at 130. We didn't have electronic ignition either. We had 100 octane real gas @ $0.35 a gallon right out of the pump. That was when America was America.
At 17 yrs old I bought a 70 bee ht already had the r/t engine in it 440 hp2 auto paid 1700 in 87 & it never let me down!
How was the gas
Boy howdy. I am going to my Dodge dealer today and taking a look at them there cars. They looks spiffy.
senorkaboom they were badass in their day
Mark Demoreuille ----They're badass in any day.Mopar had and still has THE muscle cars.
You are 47 years to late.
Gonna be done in a jiffy
Traps speeds were high for the ET but great video. Thanks for posting.
I bought a 3 yr old 340 Duster when I turned 18, 1973. The heater core rotted out that first winter and flooded the interior. Would not start under 20f unless it was plugged in. I think I replaced 3 exterior door handles in 2 years because they simply snapped off. New clutch cable every 6 months like clockwork. Finally lost my license over speeding tickets and sold the car. Best thing that ever happened to me.
I fondly recollect the exhaust bark" on swinger,s.bee,coronet rt,charger,challenger, barracuda,such a throaty growel" Chrysler:1960-1970s👍👍
14.2@123 my ass. And I'm a Mopar diehard ( I've carried around a ballast resistor in my pocket everyday for the past 40years)
Me too
Sweet sounding 340
In 1979. Me and a buddy built a warmed up 340ci in a dodge dart. It had a 4 speed and a 391 out back. Plus a pair of MT slicks. It would pull the front tires 3 inches into the air.
I’ve had a lot of Ford mustangs 97 saleen, 98 saleen , 2002 saleen , 93 Gt with built 306 alum 202 big cam , 2007 Shelby GT 500 , 2001 ford lightning , 2004 ford lightning . 2008 corvette zo6 and I had 2 ea 1971 Dusters both had 340 engines sig irson cams stock intake and holly 650 dual feed double pumper . Both had Saginaw 4 speeds 3:91 posi rear end . Those Dusters had the best 340 engines for being small blocks truly kicked ass.
I think 1970 was the last good year of the muscle car era.
Ah them good Ol day’s. Where’s my darn time machine
Thank you!
i recommend that you dont google the phrase 'scat city'
Dodge marketed its performance cars under the title "The Scat Pack" (Plymouth did the same, using the term "Rapid Transit System"--including the Duster 340 and performance Fury models)
Paul Duca yeah basically means “shit pack”
Don't goggle anything. Bias censorship thought police.
Duck duck go
@@tomservo56954 they still do with Challengers.
@@tomservo56954 I was in my 30's before knew scat had another meaning. Didn't make me like my Road Runner any less.
Scat packs were awsome!
I almost convinced my mom to buy herself a brand new 1970 Swinger 340 in 1971 because the dealership had 11 of them lined up in various colours for $2900 each, Canadian. Even then, they were giving them away and the 1970 models all had 5 year 50,000 mile warranty.
(Not Kilometers, Miles) .
I believe the time and MPH figures along with the no body rust guarantee.
My father has a all original 1970 Dart Swinger 340 that is all rust free it's even has the original paint and he has had it since it was a year old
Ain’t no way it’s hitting 118 in the trap running 15’s
Hot cars and even hotter women - no worries about sexual harassment then - mini skirts, hot pants, boots - yeah baby!
And bras were for the elderly
I'm just GLAD I was alive then!!
..... Except it reminds me of how REPRESSED, apathetic and militant things are now. 😞
@@CarminesRCTipsandTricks yeah, true.
But..wait till next year..
Fauci/Gates scamdemic has not quuuiiiitee yet pushed the economy off of the cliff.
Getting closer, by the day.
@@tomj4406 Sad but true.....
He's giving some tips to "Rudy Schmuck" LOL
I sure miss my 69 Super Bee 383 4 speed Hurst and my 69 Coronet with a 440 but at least I can say I have and they were a blast peace out
Interesting how the front and rear ends of the Dart took such a dive in styling from '69 to '70, while other Dodge models stayed pretty good looking (with maybe the exception of the Coronet).
That's only your opinion I don't think it took a dive I like the 70 Dart Swinger front end and rear end and I know many other like it too
This old promo is groovy.
Do those legs go all the way up?
Yes, right up to heaven.
It must have been nice to live in a era when you could buy a profromece car and not put a hole in your pocket.
down side is they rusted out before the final payment
Oh believe me at about $3.10 an hourly wage they put a whole in your pocket .
Those trap speeds are Hellcat like ; )
Trap speeds would have been 95 to 103. Depending on the car I'm from back in the day those cars were everywhere when I was young had two friends with 72 CUDA and challenger a little slower than a 70 model but pure stock they would run mid fifteen at around 90 for the 72.
Rudy Schmuck should change his last name
Change his first name too
Interesting video! :thumbs up: What's crazy is the fact that rare versions of these cars (MOPARS in general) can fetch $500,000 - $1,000,000. Think tri-power Hemi Super Birds and the like. I'm no expert, however.
I don't have a lot of MOPAR memories because they were pretty rare in my circle of friends, but when I was just a kid I do remember going to Cardinals baseball games in the back seat of a Dodge Dart quite often. It was a typical plain Jane model, not that it matters... The rear seat was bouncier than any trampoline I've been on.
tscooter22 back in 2005 my neighbor across the street owned that Dart RT just like the one in the video. When his Sister died the city was about to repossess her house because he couldn't make the house payments. so he sold the car to a guy in Michigan for $89,000. I guess the house is paid for now.
6:35. Dashes were typical of this era. Big blank areas where the tachometer, clock, or some other available option would appear if ordered.
lol imagine all the young people who bought these in 1969-1970 and had to deal with the fuel crisis
My three favorite cars fuck yeah Chrysler had the muscle
Peak performance on a budget!
Wasn’t a big fan of mopars 3 speed on the floor. I had numerous issues.
I'd have probably been a Mopar guy if I'd been alive and driving back in those days. Budget muscle isn't a thing these days.
Sure it is. Base model Camaro.
"Budget" today is *$18,000!!!* 😖😞
@@williamjordan5554 I doubt it mate
Gee still have a Swinger in the garage
you ought to let HER go. 😀😀
Far out and groovy.....man!
Sometimes a Big Cigar is just a big cigar...
I had a B-5 Blue 71 340 Swinger.. Many years ago..
Great !
i can dig it.
❤❤❤ looooove it ! ❤❤❤ 😇👍🏼
Impossible MPH , I run a Dart 13.3 @108 mph smoking through 1st gear , no way to run high 14 @ 120+mph ,
Maybe it was the Dart top speed
I know, mine with 3.91 screws screwed any stock muscle car I ever ran. All OEM
You noticed that fake trap speed too, eh? Running high 14s would probably net you 95mph, maybe crack 100 mph with high rear gears. 120? No.
It was that sneak shot of juice in the last 120!! 😜
@@CarminesRCTipsandTricks must have used a huge shot for that mph !. 120s should be in the 11's at 120
I was in high school when the mopars were just cheap used cars.
Total rattling pieces of tin with an unbeatable drive train.
If you drove a Chevy or a Ford, all you saw was mopar tail lights
Where I grew up on staten Island in the 1960s and 1970s, mopars ruled
Well yeah but my point was you had to spend money on chevys and fords to compete with the out of the box rattling mopar piece of tin with a stock v8.
What a cool reel. Had never seen these. Ha, my HS principal had a Swinger....don't think it was a 340. Coronet in '70 was my least favorite (wanted one when i found my '69) but love the 440 Six pak. Had read this as 'violent'. Nice white mini skirt.
Thumbs Up Liked.
It's like watching a ghost from a different time.... damn i was born to late and in the wrong country
Where are you from?
It's pretty cool that the millionaire folks that rebuild these today, give them a build quality far better than what could be achieved back then. Really I think jay Leno does a great job with this. Better brakes, shocks, lights, fluids, tires, and seatbelts. And the paint is much better. Of course your custom building one car, not 200 per day.
7:28 - "Do I look like a dork wearing this necktie?" LOL
Why, I'd say that cravat alone makes him the Big Man O' the Track! But with those tight plaid trousers, what a model of a sportsman! [Kick him, honey--No, I mean KICK him!]
Didn't even see an actual photo of a pistol grip shifter unless i blinked. Instead a black outline on paper 98 percent of the people back then would not have even guessed what they were looking at.
Love the clock inside the tach on the swinger
But how come the supper bee stipe in the video finishes to a point but the real cars the stripe stops unfinished at the door?
??????
Tic-Tok Tach!
& say what? ill have to look at that again. this was 'as of Feb '70'
..hmmm.
yeah, the artists rendering is a bit diff than the actual car at 6:28
Dodge has kinda done a full 360 on the cars they build
15 Chev owners gave this excellent video the thumbs down
Due to smog tuning stock 383 🐝 s were a lot slower than 69's. A tweak here & a bump there would put one in the low 14's
true enough! ppl sneer at smog era cars, but hey..my bro & i just de-smogged a '77 440 from a New Yorker and plopped it into a '70 Fury Gran Coupe.
She's no slouch. 90's MP dist/orange box, '74 TQ.
ok..still a bit of smog era, lol. but not Leanburn anyways.
after we get more things done, ie brakes, exaust (and the fauci/gates scamdemic doesn't push the economy ALL the way off of the cliff), a cam & aluminum intake are in order..get us up over 300 hp, no prob.
#furyvanwinkle on instagram.
15 seconds at nearly 120? Not buying it! The 120 part I mean.
Its true back then the cars had skinny tires and they would burn for a hundred yards then grab then they would give a high speed at the end but not a very good et.
no they didint...a dart like that with stock tire would do 15 low in the mid 80s
Jason, my first car was a 72 Plymouth duster with a 225 slant six, everything was stock. I used to get it up to it's top speed of just over 120 mph on my way to work regularly on some straight stretches all level ground. It's the same cheap car as the Swinger, and not even a V-8. No, it did not get to 120 in a quarter mile, but it did get there easily enough.
Jason Carter
Boy, you got that right. The trap speeds on all these runs are closer to cars making 450-500hp.
Been breathed on a bit?
@@steveflor9942 Most muscle cars of the day made much more than what their manufactures rated them.
How do you think the Schmuck felt when this guy began puffing his cigar in his new car?
Dandy Dick never lit the cigar.
Is Schmuck the guys last name to 😂
Yeah, those 1/4 mi. speeds sound about right!
That's darn good, but I said "speeds".
High ?? More like impossible unless they hit the bottle 1/2 way up the track !
+Me Two You could "harass" these real hot gals if you had the balls to do it then. Obviously before the "Me Too" generation of feminazis.
THIS "sounds about right" because it is:
wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990400592914/1968-04_HR_Dart_GTS_340_Test_1-3.pdf
hahaha 15 sec at 120mph ...yep thats about right
Anyone notice the ramcharger set up painted?and the New Yorker steering wheel.
Amazing features that were not sufficiently or properly promoted. They could have utterly destroyed sales numbers of Ford and GM if they had put someone that understood the significance of the numerous Incredible features the engineers designed. Our familys' 1970 Roadrunner that became my car eventually was the best car I ever owned. It totally outperformed my 71 454 Corvette.
cool
It won't kill you very much, just if you hit something or if something hits you
What's the difference between a two door hard top and a coupe, I'd really like to know an answer from an expert, especially since I first rode in my now owned family heirloom since I was 11 yr.s old. PS: It's a Chevy, but love my old Plymouth Duster 340 Wedge too.
jeff craven a coupe has a solid "post" between front and quarter windows (current challengers) a hardtop does not. Hope that helped.
wally is correct.
glass-belted 14s OMG sign me up !
Drum brakes.I am so there.
She can hold my sway bar anytime.
Some of our fine commentators, including one “Me Too,” one “Rick Bullock,” one “BuzzLOLOL,” one “Brian Cartwright,” one “OneFastDuster,” and several others ought to be informed that it says right on the filmstrip that, “This film is based on information available on Feb. 15, 1970.” It goes on to say that “information cannot be guaranteed.” The motor company has done everything it can to make the consumer happy but keep in mind that this is a dealer information film. The idea is to inform the dealer to help the dealer sell the motorcar. The more cars the dealer sells the more more money everyone will make from the janitor at Joe Blow Dodge or whatever to the assembler on the line to the executive to the shareholder. The dealer will be selling the 1970 Dodge so they all need to know about it so that everyone can make money and stay in business. And the Dodge Division is still in business.
Last time I checked. "Scat" was quickly followed by the all to familiar word........Porn.
think n with your V ginna
You should learn what curious yellow and purple shaft meant?
5:16-5:17 changes into a super bee, with the rear end of a dart.
Production error...
Boy, talk about bogus m.p.h. The Swinger was in the low 15 second range with ridiculously high miles per hour. I had a bone stock '71 Duster 340 auto with 3:23 gears and 14" E 70x14 polyglas tires. It ran 14.02 and 102 m.p.h. The car that ran 123 m.p.h. Should have been in the low 12's at least. Something wrong.
tires?
traction
Yep... Dodge should have been sued by its customers over this false advertising! EASY lawsuit to win!123 MPH in the 1/4 is mid 11's seconds time...
Rick Bullock you re right! The mph is 15mph high
Swingers/Dusters didn't run 14.02 @ 102 MPH with stock exhaust system... more like high 15's and low 90's...
11 Brand X drivers that got smoked by 340 Darts and Dusters voted this video down.
Maybe not any with a Gremlin X featuring a dealer-installed 401...
Damn...they killed Sally!
7:55...Why is that guy grabbing his own ass?. Is that where Sally kicked him for telling her to touch both battery terminals with the pliers? (7:35)
According to the NHRA HP calculator that car with a curb weight of 3300lbs going 122 mph in the quarter mile was putting 467.7 horsepower to the ground. That curb weight doesn't take into account the driver. Assuming Landy was 200lbs means that the car was putting 496 horsepower, to the ground! Even factory prepped cars, which were common when given to magazine testers, wouldn't do anywhere near that. Take for instance the 1970 GS Stage 1. It was the fastest of the year for regular production cars at 13.38 at 105. That's only 344hp to the ground. The 1970 LS6 Chevelle managed 13.81 at 103.8 which means 339hp to the wheels. So that means that a 340 was putting 160 more horses the ground? I smell something fishy here and it ain't a 'Cuda!
Never meet your heroes
Keep in mind this promo film was intended for car salesmen, not the public. Accuracy of information was not a high priority. On the other hand, Chrysler ran a really great magazine ad in probably 1970 in which Dick Landy made multiple passes in all the Plymouth performance cars. ET's and trap speeds were very accurate and representative of what the cars would run.
Or maybe it was Dodge. Same difference.
Look up Scat in the dictionary....got a big laugh right when video started.....Bob Glidden rules Landy fans!!!!!!!
What's the difference between a two door hardtop and a coupe? I thought a two door was a coupe.
A two-door coupe normally indicates a thick B-pillar being present, whereas a hardtop has no B-pillar whatsoever.
@@jakekaywell5972 I remember my dad using the term "two door post". Makes sense now. Thanks.
Way cool vid. What’s with the chick arcing the battery? Still, was funny.
Why is there carpet everywhere?
Either you spin your wheels or you feather the throttle at take off.
For those unbelievers, watch the non Computer Graphics Stunt Driving in Chase Scenes - ultra real and dangerous!
God they had the MPH WAY off!
I miss these cars, but I really miss women who dressed and acted like women. The cars and the women had style AND power!
The short skirts I image made women back then feel more feminine. Were pants even allowed
slicks please
The last time posted was a 13.8 @ 122 miles per hour from the big block Super Bee. All these commentators cannot read
A 14.9 at 120 is hilarious
@@MrTheHillfolk The timer did not start till you crossed the beam, so if it was a pro light the sec the last light was activated the timer was running
Scat city......lol
“Scat city” wtf were they thinking?
Must hav pushed the kilometer reading on the speedo 😩
ET's are believable but c'mon... MPH is way, way off!
You just can not buy a big V-8 two door sedan any more. I would love to buy a modern BIG fast car like this new.
You mean no 2 door hardtops...
Now they're called pickup trucks.
no way in that mph i have a stock 440 im running mid 11.5s in my 71 challengers at 112
bullshit
3 2bbl carbs available for 340- which was a slightly detuned racing engine.
Just the 4 bbl. engine with more carb.s... maybe a tad higher compression ratio and slightly bigger cam... at least that's what GM added with tripower...
Are you KIDDING?
The 340 six pack didn't become available until 1970 and was never offered in the Dart. Only the AAR Cuda and Challenger T/A got that engine. Calling it a "slightly detuned racing engines" is laughable.
Here's a vintage HOT ROD magazine drag test of a 340 Dart. It ran a 14.5 @ 95 MPH in bone stock trim. They managed to get a 14.38 @ 97 MPH after removing the air cleaner element and upper half of the filter housing, thereby improving airflow.
wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990400592914/1968-04_HR_Dart_GTS_340_Test_1-3.pdf
Dick Landy, otherwise known as the Big...................... cigar
Bill Clinton also known as the Big Cigar...
Hahaha! Maybe that’s what made him “Dandy”?!
Satan came up from Hell, driving a Ford Mustang II with 129hp, to vote down this vid.
Sounds like Satan's a pussy...
MyMopar. com he is he would have drove his trusty pinto but after getting rear ended well that's why Hell is burning
George Huffert that’s why the pintos in hell
I thought he was in a 4 cylinder Iron Duke Camaro. Lol! 🤣
@@mymopar Rather, the cesspool of Satan than his pussy.
15.02 @ 118???????? Bull sheeeeet
I thought the same more like 98mph
That's on the high side. HOT ROD managed a 14.5 @ 95 MPH in bone stock, as received state. They got a 14.38 @ 97 MPH after removing the air filter element and upper half of the air filter lid assembly:
wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990400592914/1968-04_HR_Dart_GTS_340_Test_1-3.pdf
Where we're going, we don't need roads.
The trap speeds all indicate cars making north of 500 hp......
440-6 was only 325 hp net...426 was 350 net..you are full of crap
mutton-chops and mini-skirts.
MPH is way off
Plymouth roadrunner i
They were doing 120mph at the end of the 1/4 but the E/Ts are bad, means they are spinning the wheels at take off.
I'm amazed that you actually believe these Trap Speeds, which are clearly false. The various drag racing oriented car mages of the time (e.g., HOT ROD and SUPER STOCK) frequently tested the original musclecars on 9" wide drag slicks. CAR LIKE did so with a bone stock '69 426 Hemi Superbee equipped with a 3.23 (stock) and then a 4.56 (added) rear differential. The best trap speed was below 105 MPH.
The 440 "magnum" was rated at 375 HP (Gross), with actual "as installed" Net HP coming in around 330 HP. 426 Hemis would produce 360 or so SAE Net HP off the assembly line. Neither engine produced anything close to the level of power that would put any of these cars through the traps at these suggested speeds.