Vintage (late 60's - early 70's) car road test videos

[revvinkevin]

 

A friend e-mailed a couple of these to me and I found them very interesting.   I've watched many of the different car tests now and thought I would share some here.  I was amused by how hard they push some of these huge boats and their comments about how "good" they handle.   LOL  It's interesting how things have changed so much since then.

 

These is from some show(?) called Car & Track (I've never heard of it, until now - anyone know anything about it?).  

Here is a test of a '71 Chrysler New Yorker 440.   Pay special attention during the braking tests... wow!

 

Also, if you click on the link below the video, there are other related road tests on the YouTube page.

Hopefully you'll find these as interesting as I did!

Kevin

 

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[this post was last edited: 5/14/2011-14:00]

 

[revvinkevin]

The '69 Ford LTD....

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The 1972 Buick Rivera GS...

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1969 full size luxo boat intro...

 

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The '71 Dodge Charger SE...
 
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[revvinkevin]

And now the more fun (as I see it) cars...

 
 
The 1972 Torino Cobra...

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1968 Shelby GT500KR

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1968 Hurst/Olds!

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'69 Charger Hemi

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1969 AMC AMX

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And for you VW fans... the 1974 Super Beetle!

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For the Jeep fans... the 1973 Jeep CJ5.

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The '71 AMC Gremlin??

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[revvinkevin]

And finally.... I don't remember seeing any show do a road test on a motorhome and put it through it's paces too!

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[strongenough78]

Hey I've seen these on Youtube too! Pretty cool huh? I love seeing all those big old cars going through the tests like that. Funny how what they concidered good traits on a car back then, they concider horrible now! LOL.

 

[strongenough78]

I would have loved to have seen the 72 Chrysler Imperial road tested like that!