I have a 06 grand marquis a lot newer but fun to drive and so comfortable!

Yep, the era of couch seats, tall sidewall tires, and soft suspension. I'd totally buy that car. It's wonderful in it's own way

Love my 84 Buick Park Ave too

​@@jaba_the_putz521 My mom got a new 85sh (can't remember) Riviera as a birthday present. That car had the first ever touch screen. The seats were like high quality leather couches. Sound system was amazing. AC could could put ice on the back window on a 105 degree, sunny day. They'd take it on vacations and we'd sleep so comfortably back there. We used to get our hands slapped trying to play with that touch screen though. 😅 Buick used to make some fantastic cars. I don't care what these kids say ; they weren't there to experience or witness it. My brother got a Regal for his first car but he flipped it being a dummy. Those were fun cars back then though.

85 ltd crown vic owner here. Find me one modern car that can ride as nice as American land yachts

Why’d you share the secret

Whose gonna tell him?

SHH SHHH SHHHHHH

AND THEY LAST.

They ride like clouds older cars

But the metal it's metal them wire rims. I think they were metal unlike today where it's all 99.99% plastic

Yeah bounce a new car like that and see what thaws off. Yeah that

The engines were detuned on purpose because of gas shortages and stricter emission regulations.

You couldn’t get better engines than that era. They’ll last forever. It saddens me how people truly lack knowledge about cars. Meanwhile, your bmw or Land Rover will be at the shop every week until you sell it for 95% of what you bought it for in 3 years.

@@JesusIsGoodTruth You could absolutely get better engines in that era. Anything pre 1972 is better than the boat anchors made until the late 80s.

Right suvs everywhere 90% of them ugly

He’s dosing Mike ehrmantrauts ride

@@DIESELBALLSthat’s Mike ehrmantrauts car

And the majority of parts/covers are made of plastic so they’re more prone to break/malfunction

El 5ta avenida es precioso, el Chevy 55, buscando modelos cada década tuvo autos hermosos

99.9% are dead and have been for decades.

I mean. It aint a rare car for no reason

Definitely been restored my guy

My 2ltr golf produces 500hp..

@@liamplunkett5100 no it hasn't, it was probably a garage queen to be that nice. Nobody spends money to restore that

Some yes. That POS 3000...not so much.

Still preferring faux wood and chrome over dull gray plastics. As long as this stuff holds up which it obviously does.

​@floron7777they aren't practical though...

@floron7777 no they aren't lol

@floron7777 You keep saying they are because you know that if you search up the European equivalent you will regret everything you said

I got the same car in the picture, same color and interior even and I love it aside from stupid electronic feedback carburetors and lean burn that mopar did back then

He's got to be a 90s & up kid!😮

I'm 42. My first car was an '88 LeBaron. You have to admit, modern cars run so well. I daily a '97 nissan pickup but have a '20 mustang gt premium in the garage. That 460 horse on sport+ mode is a little monster. If you took it back 20 years it would be almost supercar status.

Stylish? It's a brick with wheels, it wasn't stylish then and it sure as hell isn't stylish now, compare this to the stylings of the 60s and early 70s and it's laughable how ugly these are in comparison. Holds up in a crash? Yeah at the expense of the driver lmao, personally I'd rather have to get a new car than be dead or in a wheelchair but that's just me I guess.

Blib3786 you’re definitely a gen alpha kid ain’t these cars don’t look good

They are cool cars, but you have to admit that those have the worst engines. Not good performance but also not good fuel economy.

@rodney_d that? Absolutely. Total garbage. You'd had an era of American cars where the average full-size sedan weighed 4500 pounds but had a puny engine equivalent to that of a riding mower powering it. Also, the front wheel drive layout didn't help. These cars would've been better without the emission controlled power limitations and rear-wheel drive pushing the car.

​​@@blib3786go look at some lowrider culture my man many are stylish "bricks"

waltuh

@@Camska427 putcha dick away waltuh

At the moment this car felt like the most indestructible thing in the series

HahhHahha, u read my mind 😂

you killed brock!

Well said

agreed

Facts

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I think we're already in it, manufacturers are slowly not even selling cars anymore. It's all going to be SUVs and trucks

Skinny jeans ..................done.........

Also, they actually had quite a bit of horsepower. The official ratings were at lower rpm's, probably because of the emission's crap. But most of the v8's from the 70's can actually put out well over 200hp.

My Pilot and my Impala SS have the same rated horsepower

Facts... And most of that was done by using smaller restrictive carburetors and if it was fuel injected at the time they were using restrictive intakes and exhaust. I bet You can open up at least 40 horsepower by changing intake and exhaust

they dropped the compression ratio to 8.5 from 10.5 killing the horsepower so it would run on unleaded gas

@@procrastinatingnerd That 132hp 318 V8 also had a stout 265 ft-lbs of torque, peaking around 2000 rpm. It was a stout, reliable work horse engine, if not particularly fuel efficient. There are millions of those engines still running. They're not hard to hop up either; the '89-91 pre-Magnum heads, some larger valves, and a 4 barrel carb and intake will wake 'em up nicely. My brother built one in his truck to 500hp. It's cammed out, got headers, 340 heads, and a few other goodies.

Righti still have my 85 caprice 14 years and counting

I bought a 1988 Fifth Avenue in the late 90's for my son to drive to school, and at first, he ...hated it! Old man car! Old man car!! Is all he said about it. It was navy blue, with a gun metal grey half " puff " top. Crush velvet seats, and VERY clean! You couldn't even here it run! Someone said earlier it was like riding on a cloud. Absolutely! Drove it a couple hundred miles, for his silly ass, to see this other car, I started driving, and after about 40 miles, he wanted to drive. At first, I said HELL NO! Old man car,.. remember?!? But I said fine, and stopped at a gas stop. He got behind the wheel, got that electric seat going, set, and we were on our way. He set the cruise, and we began to float down the highway. About 25 miles later, we stopped again. Sat there for a minute, and he turned around, and headed back home! He started talking about what wheels he was going to put on it, and on and on! He drove that car, all three years of HS, and his first two years of college. He ended up selling it to one of his friends, and bought himself an SUV. Nowadays, he wishes he didn't sell it. Toll ya!

Chryslers are some of the worst cars around. but they look awesome.

The low hp was because american manufacturers had zero innovation to meet emissions. Honda was doing innovative design with their cvcc in the 1970s.

Ugly bug eyed crossovers won't be seen much in 40 years time, except in a museum of horrors.

Kids a punk and a nasty one

Agreed and if I was running KZfaq he would be banned

He should think before he speaks..

He can't even hold a candle to Doug DeMuro 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@P00katubeand Doug can’t hold a candle to Bill from Curious Cars.

I agree. Love the landau top!

I used to hate 80s cars and I still think that is the worst vintage decade for American car makers. Having said that, the fugliness of that decade is growing on me, at least until I have to drive one. I don’t miss the days of carburetors. I prefer fuel injection.

Cars today have ZERO personality. I admit, '90s cars had very plasticy interiors but they also didn't cost as much as a starter home, either. What pisses me off is that you can't just go to the dealership and buy a basic pickup truck. They are all LOADED with options and cost 60 to 70k. I guess if people buy them it's what they build.

This ain't a classic my guy, never was and never will be. There's a reason this era of cars is referred to as the Malaise Era.

What... The 1960s cars were easy and powerful. This was incredibly overcomplicated for the time with tons of emissions equipment no one had ever seen before

Yeah it's easy to work on!... Once you remove all the emissions garbage cluttering the engine bay. Fair enough once you do that they got a fair bit of power though.

@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge they still had r*tarded timing, bad cams, poor compression, and ran poorly on new gas. Horrible era for cars in terms of power

@@bldontmatter5319 For the US probably. For Japan and Europe it was pretty much the golden age. Hell I think my late 80s Peugeot with a 1.4 litre has more power than V8s from that era.

@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge yes. Less emissions requirements. The Cadillac 500 (8.2L engine) made something like 140 hp (but 400+ torque) Laughable.

She also didn't need a 5L V8 so what's your point?

​@@jkacvbhijfnthose engines ran extremely Smooth. Kept Grandma from vibrating to climax on the way to church so no guilt

Yea but the gas, 5L must drink allot

@@francisconikotian2326 back in the 70s gas was dirt cheap. Nobody cared then

@@jean-lucpicard3012 gas was not dirt cheap, in fact, that’s why the car only had 150 horses

Today's cars are throwaway cars. The stuff from the 1970's and 1980's are rebuildable old school. A 1970 Cadillac can run over most of the modern crap they make today and keep on going.

Most bad ones though

Besides rust. They did not like living in salted roads.

@@volvo09 That's probably why I don't see these at all. I'm on the east coast.

@@42luke93 same, they're all gone... I never see them. These cars were 10y old when I was a kid in the 80's and my dad had 2 of them that I remember had rotted floors, on top of extreme rocker panel rust (floors so bad that the carpet was holding your feet up).

My dad actually drove one of these for the majority of his life and my childhood, I don't ever remember it even breaking down once. Literally. BUT- THOSE DAMN LEATHER SEATS IN HEIGHT OF SUMMER 🥵 OR DEAD OF WINTER 🥶 WERE THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD TO SIT ON!!!!! You were for sure getting a burnt or frozen ass.

i said the same...

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Agreed

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They won’t because people feelings are to sensitive and they think it’s rigged against them

Yea, why did they do away with it?

Absolutely

Same here. Love the land yachts ❤

Me too

He didn’t say he wouldn’t make the same choice. Just explained the shortcomings and cut costs of american companies in the 80s, would you cant deny. Negative assumption

To be fair, Nissan is low hanging fruit.

If he doesn’t even know why cars in that era had such low horses he doesn’t know enough to talk crap about them

​@@bassboss1234 I was thinking the same thing! Good thing he didn't review the Trans Am with 140 HP... 😂

With his squeaky voice...

​@@bassboss1234 or the vw bus with what like 80hp.

Im 17 and think my 90s lincoln town car still looks better than modern cars😂

Bullet proof only when you replace the original timing chain and dears with a Cloyes Timing Set !

@@lilibethdoherty295 I have a 1984 Dodge Ram W100 with over 400,000 miles on it with the 318 motor, still running great, never had to change the timing chain.

Chrysler must have beefed up the original design in the later years of production just like Ford when they tried nylon timing gears that proved disastrous. The low end torque makes the 318 a pleasure to drive, the 360 seems to make torque at a higher RPM and as soon as you touch the accelerator it's right there on the 318,@@Robert-mz9hi

More like 60s

Weird taste on you...

Right. Literally no different than bashing fashion from the 70’s and 80’s. It’s what people wanted, it’s what people got. He acts like a Lexus IS-F was supposed to randomly pop up in 1984…

they are beautiful!

@@TermlessHGW no you have weird taste!

​@@mflow3030 Compared to what the Japanese and Germans were making in that era, American cars were a decade behind at least

Some kid who wasn't even born. Nothing worse than a water cooled VW from the era

​@@jclar3565 those are great imo

​@@jclar3565 Explains why you dont see the T3 vans anymore

Ye. They are pretty good. And more reliable then what's being build nowadays (even from japanese and germans) all the electronics & sensors can brake easily. I used to be an intern at a garage and there was an E-tron that had a not working AC just bcs of a broken sensor. Personally would prefer to get an classic mini as daily. Bcs of its its rich history & parts are plenty and shells are still being made (im not lying)

@@generalsquirrel9548 you can't even find parts for a classic

Same. This guy is a bozo and has no clue what he’s talking about.

Check out the 77 Lincoln Thunderbird

I agree

Pimp whip

Listen. He was born in the year 2015. Nuff said! 😆

He has not a clue. Great old cars.

@@kelsycunningham8452 Amen

Floaters

@@kelsycunningham8452 love them old 5th Avenues, old 1985 Cadillac Eldorado and them old Ford LTD. Love them old cars.

Exactly. You didn't need a degree in computer engineering to work on them.

@@Normal1855 " are awesome" because we still drive them and love them very much. Love taking mine out and watch the heads turn because people drive ugly ass crossovers and forgot what class looks like

@@Normal1855 ODB2 is nice to be able to diagnose issues with the vehicle. But I tend to agree with you. If society ever collapses it's going to be the old cars that are most coveted. I saw a dude with a tractor from 1954 and he said he can fix it with parts from just about anywhere, where his million dollar John Deer thresher he worries if it'll be fixable in 20 years.

Oh and work on it you will🤣

Damn right

Probably because hes comfortable with daddys money

​@@noteddiee real

Why putting a fake diamond emblem? It would be better without any emblem.

Don't think anyone ever claimed or pretended it was a diamond, a crystal at best, which is basically 20% better glass.

His voice is the quirk, the car is the feature

Gadgets and Gizmos > Quirks and Features

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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😂😂

*FACTS!*

And a change in measurement. HP at the flywheel is much higher than at the wheel, so most engines become lame overnight. They were also far too big and heavy for their own good

​@@charlesc.9012 I wasn't around back then but thank God power started to go back up in the late 80s or so, I think. My dad had a 1978 camaro with a good 350 horses or so from the new motor that he put in it. Maybe a little more than 350 too, but either way, very good for 1978.

@@ryze9153 American engines always had huge torque too, and if the cars had smaller, narrower and lighter bodies, you would feel even more speed and power, especially in corners and poor weather

Exactly

​@@japanwatchconnectionno, no there not.

@@slavaukraine5117They are objectively shity cars stop acting like a child

Trash car with a trash engine. No you would not.

But these were the early adopters of electronics so they had the most incompatible, crappiest electronics. Lots of different cables and complex mechanisms mixed in with early electronics. I agree with your point, but to avoid plastic trash and electronics, I think you’d have to go even earlier with cars.

@@japanwatchconnectionthe only real issue to worry about is gas, other than thay are pretty reliable👍

Just let me die in peace.

I had a guy You're not the guy

@@rockybarkington7282 😂

No more half measures

​@@rockybarkington7282you're not that guy pal

One of the cars in my 'Motor Pool' for many years (1992-2004) was an '86 Plymouth Gran Fury AHB. (AHB= Police Package) This Fifth Avenue is the fancier version of that car. Actually was a quite reliable car,I drove it until I inherited a Crown Victoria (late fathers car) and sold the Fury. Guy I sold it to drove it 8-10 yrs himself until he sold it?

I was going to say that police package Diplomat with the 360 was very disappointing in the get up and go, and the top end departments both. The 340 would be a much better power plant.

Torsion bar??? Like m1 abrams torsion bar?

Agreed and these were totally better than the K-cars. Rwd and had engines that made more than 80 ho

@@censored4christ162 Like KV-1 tank torsion bar :D

And don't forget the pillow top seats that a person would melt into they were so comfortable. 👍

My daughter will be getting my 1983 Delta 88 when she's old enough to drive, if gasoline is still legal in 12 years.

@@andypostema4269 She will love it. Mine was rear ended and totaled.

The last of the V8 RWD cars were the Ford panther cars.

@@blib3786 I was speaking of the last Delta 88's with V8 rear wheel drives.

AMEN! I put $12000 of work into my beauty! That's a double middle finger salute from both of us.

With roughly $3500 in work (suspension, exhaust and top end mostly) you can get over 400hp out of the engine and boil the tires with that unkillable torqueflite 727 trans (even if it's an A908 it's still practically indestructible). And look like a boss doing it.

​@@smellsuperb1I have that 727 transmission in my truck with over 390,000 miles on it. Can't kill the thing, even though I've pulled full size truck camper loaded on and a loaded trailer at the same time. Only thing I've had to do is replace the seal on the kickdown input shaft where it was leaking fluid, and that was 12 years ago, still putting at least 50 miles a day on it.

I have. 1984 Chrsyler fifth avenue and ive been wanting to do a sleep build with it, any advice or websites to buy from. Its having some problems starting too right now. So im replacing the fuel pump. Unfortunately theres not a lot of youtube videos i can find on this car lol. Bought the car as a late 20th birthday gift for myself last year lol

​@@isaacmorfinez-solis7432That series of vehicle is known for fuel pump and ignition problems, so you may want to update to a newer Mallory or MSD. Also check the fuel filter under the hood and in the tank. I don't remember if this has a fuel filter underneath the vehicle, I believe it's in the gas tank. Additionally anything you want to do to the drivetrain also would apply to the Dodge ramcharger, Dodge D series pickup, Plymouth Grand fury, Plymouth caravelle (Canada) and Dodge diplomat. It actually dates back to the m body Dodge St Regis and Chrysler Newport as well.

That's sick man.

What?! Floor mats are usually a $250 option now.

Most upscale cars after 1975 came standard with radial tires. I remember my 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix having "radial turned suspension."

I had a '77 Delta 88 two door. It was a great freaking car and I could lay rubber from a stop light if I brake torqued it. 350 Chevy with a 350 TH trans. Bulletproof, comfortable, and looked great.

Not really, a modern luxury car offer seats which are just as comfortable and is faster.

My pickup is more luxurious than anything built before 2010, and more luxurious than most luxury cars built today.

​@@garyszewc3339But driving a pickup isn't luxurious though, it's a gilded farm tool. Kind of like a gold plated shovel.

@@StopDropandLOL it's an M body the same chassis that's used for the Diplomat which many people loved.

Peak emissions era garbage

says a guy with zero content zero subs, zero credibility...🎤

I mean, he spit out straight facts here. Nostalgic as these cars might be to some, they were crap and led to Japanese automakers gaining a foothold in the US market

​@@LuxeprivaeMedia no offense but you have no car content whatsoever but I'm just a viewer no hate btw

Nah he’s correct bro idk what ur on? Are you okay??

@@LuxeprivaeMediaroblox content :|

Um, it's a mid sized car.

@@styldsteel1 not by today's standards. I'm mostly referring to the "floating" nature of these and the large bodies and trunks, with body-on-frame design.

I spend enough on gas and it's hard enough to park in a city

@@styldsteel1 that is actually true the Fifth Avenue, Grand furry, early m body new yorker, lebron and diplomat were even smaller than the Ford Crown Vic and Chevrolet Caprice at the time

Mike is gonna be pissed once he sees this video

​@@lunantix Put your opinion away Waltuh

​@allistergraham6704 you shut up !!!! WALTAH!

This comment didn't make me lol but it did make me lal (laugh a little)

The Timing Gear is the Achilles Heel on those 318 Engines, when the Sprockets wear they jump Timing so Drive it very carefully or replace the Timing Cain and Gears with a Cloyes brand timing set.

Mike Ehrmantraut drove one in Breaking Bad.

The Ignition Modules failed on every single one they ever made !

their only problem was the computerized carburetor "lean burn system". Those could be tricky to get right.

​​@@adotintheshark4848the carbs werent computerized it was vacuum controlled

I'd agree if I were to take off my glasses and look at it from 10 kms away

Your opinion.

​@@classicalhollywoodfilm8378not an opinion its facts

You couldn’t be more correct.

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ricardo Mountalban

German and Japanese engines from the same era made significantly more power with half the displacement

​@@Vanya2893it is not about horse power in those cars, it's about low end torque and reliability which the 318 had mountains of.

​@@Vanya2893and broke down more often and cost 3 times as much new and to repair!!!

Yeah and all the American ones had actual, solid FRAMES. It wasn't a unibody construction like the European and Japanese makes were

@@Jeff-bd5yo unibody isn't too bad if you can keep up on maintaining it and you're in just like an economy car/grocery getter. Solid frames are much simpler to reinforce, fix and or modify.

90s Buicks are the best. Even some early 2000s were great quality. I’ve got an ‘04 Park Avenue and it’s a great car

My parents had a couple 90s Buick LeSabres and they were quite smooth on crappy Michigan Roads. Only reason they got rid of them is because during winter of like 2014 some frayed wires caused something to short out and start a fire. I remember hearing a small explosion only to see my dad dumping snow on top of the engine to put out the fire.

And power could easily be improved if you felt it necessary.

They lowered the speed limit cause the cars couldn't exceed 55 mph

​@@ricepile1343You are dumb. That wasn't even a funny joke.

​@@ricepile1343You don't know what you are talking about. That was done in the early 70's because of the fuel crisis.

And good luck finding a Benz or a BMW of that Era still on the road. Usually they'll need basically an entire rebuild, yet people still praise them for whatever reason

240d’s may be slow but you paid for quality. Many many still around chugging there way through time

​@@TFLclassics not nearly as many as old American cars.

@@williamsinger4124 lmao here in Europe they’re everywhere still

@@TFLclassics I’m a tech and rarely see these old Benz slugs anymore.

They also weighed 3 pounds max, and made more efficient use of their displacement. But I'm not knocking these land yachts. They're cool.

​@@agentdiamond9211They lasted longer too

Today cars have crumple zones are designed to shatter. They are far more safer. Cars back then sometimes required the jaws of life because you be crunched in metal

@dougfisher1813 yeah but they use carburetors jus spewing gas ineffectively

Nah they just look better

They have less power because of the fuel crisis and emission controls, manufacturers hadn't figured out how to work with those mandates yet.

Bump the timing up until it starts to tick then back it off until the ticking goes away and it will be a weapon. Also dump the leanburn system and cat if it has it

Yessss! My dad had one of these for most of his life and when growing up, legit never broke down that I can remember.

Dad had a jet black 5th Avenue. The most comfortable seats in the world, in beautiful bright red leather!

​@@codyburke990 lol. It's not so easy to dump the lean burn. You have to know what your doing.

​@@styldsteel1 not hard at all to wire up mopar electronic ignition

VW caddy? They stopped making them in the States in 83.

@@pingapong64 A Cadillac. Caddy is a common nickname of saying Cadillac for short.

I agree I had a 80 Toyota Corolla 5 Speed I don't think it ever out run anything. It wasn't a very good ride compared to my Dads old Chrysler Newport. We called it the yellow submarine. It just floated around so comfortable.

There are still a lot of Toyota small trucks form the 80's around. But, a lot of Amreican trucks, too.

The reason we don't see any Japanese cars left from that time is because people just drove them until they died or rusted out, most of them made it well past their life expectancy and lasted way longer than any non-fullsize American cars (especially Toyota, Subaru, and Honda) they weren't junk at all. I was still seeing quite a few of them still on the road throughout the mid 00's up until Obama's cash for clunkers BS.

@@lastotallyawesomebleach204 Agreed. They weren't junk. The reason small cars last so long is that they are light and don't wear out their moving parts as fast as heavy vehicles. Doors hinges, suspension parts, shocks, tires brakes clutches etc. Most Japanese interiors were very well put together compared to the pitifully cheap construction in American vehicles of the 80's. I've driven so many used vehicles I can't remember, but I lose count at 40 over 55 years of driving. All well used. Not all well l taken care of. My opinion is that American trucks were never as bad as they have been portrayed to be, but after 1978, the cars were pretty crappy with a few exceptions. The Governmenrt was to blame for alot of the problems associated with the lax quality as the Big 3 were forced to make EPA fuel emmission and mileage standards. The industry simply was not tooled to build samll cars with the same robustness of bigger cars, and so, out came the lame K-cars from Mopar and the X-cars for GM. I can't even remember what Ford shoved out the door. The trucks remained pretty good, though.

People didn't view Japanese cars as classics/future classics at the time and didn't think it was worth repairing them when they were 15-20 years old. Also wages went farther back then, by the time someone's Civic needed a big repair they might have thought it was better to buy a new car. Also these cars were owned by a lot of elderly people which didn't put a ton of miles on them.

Lol. Right! He's probably tooling around in his gray or silver government mobile

No body was driving around with real wire wheels, except jaguar. This guy thinks the new civic is geourgous.....

Ok grandpa, time for your medicine

​@@thegoldencpu5870💀

2002 kid here, I agree

Salty much 😂

Agreed

My first thought.

exactly my friend he does not at all

Salty boomer here