I own a 1970 chrysler 300 2 door coupe in white, black vinyl roof, bucked seats, interior in black. 440 TNT ,sure grip 3.23 rear Man i love every second that i spend in this car

My Dad has my Grandmother's 1974 Imperial LeBaron Coupe. The car is huge, but certainly a beautiful car with a gorgeous interior. The exterior paint is Moonstone (Grayish Beige), with a Parchment (Vanilla Envelope) interior and full vinyl roof. The color combination is beautiful and the car is brand new. It has an original 19,000 miles on the original 440 c.i. engine and a factory Steel Sunroof. Not a ding, dent, or scratch inside and out.

I had a 1973 Plymouth Fury back in the early 80’s. It was the size of a cruise ship and got about 6 miles to a gallon. When I floored it, I can actually see the fuel gauge going down and smell the gas going into the carburetor. What a car!😂

10:15 the '72 Imperial's parking lights are reminiscent of the Woodlights on the fronts of Cords.

I was so fortunate that Dad purchased a ‘70 - 300 sedan. My recollection was it had the 440 TNT. Every Friday night it was about getting to the cottage in under 2 hours. That 440 was exercised!!!😅

I had a 68 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible. Loved it

My Dad had a 1971 Chrysler Town & Country and it was a beast. It had its gremlins though. Undersized radiator which needed to be removed and flushed every 2 years, starters were an issue and lastly, because of the torque, the left engine mount would routinely break. Other than that, we loved it. It was a handsome car. I learned how to drive in it.

Oh gosh, now I will be floating on air the rest of the day...my favorite big cars ever! We had a 72 New Yorker, neighbor had a Grand Fury, down the street was an Imperial...I still think the styling is retro-futuristic and handsome as anything...hidden headlights always a huge plus. Thanks for this feature!

As a teenager in 1983, my parents bought me a 1971 Chrysler Newport coupe to drive. It had the 360-2bbl engine, 3.28:1 rear end axle white with black interior it was a rock solid cruiser and drove great . I remember once I was in a accident with my neighbors Ford Fairmont station wagon, our driveways were exactly inline across the street, we both went to back out of our driveways at the same time and both looked the street was clear and hit each other. The Fairmont had it's rear door and quarter panel caved in pretty good. I got out of my Newport to see what damage was on my car and absolutely nothing, just a red paint mark on the rear bumper that wiped right off. It only got 9 mpg and as a 19 year old I couldn't afford to gas that car up all the time so I sold it. Great car, great memories.

My first car I purchased when I was 19 years old was a Chrysler 300 with the 440 4 barrel carb. Beautiful Green 2 door with the Landau too. I bought it from the wife of a Dr. who had just passed away for $1,100. It had 10,000 miles in it. My goodness was it beautiful. My favorite vehicle I have ever owned.

The 300 convertible is gorgeous.

1970 Sport Fury with the hidden headlights has always been my favorite of these style cars....I remember racing one in Florida back in '90 on Spring Break! He slighty took my Camaro at a roll.

Even the ‘69 Town & Country wagon we had when I was a kid looked great. Nice sculpturing and detailing on the Chryslers of this period.

I love these cars. The 69-73 Imperial is incredible

Adam you’ve given me an appreciation for a number of Chryslers I didn’t pay attention to in my youth!

I have a 72 Fury 3 4 door hardtop and a 72 Gran Fury, and they are my gems. Glad to see it on the list. They are beautiful 😊

Growing up in the '70's, even as a child I was enthralled with these cars. How does one choose? Great video.

Aside from the Imperials, my favorite fuselage era Chrysler is the 1970 300-Hurst.

I've got a 70 300, I painted it white and gold, added cragars, and put the huge HURST decals on the rear quarters just like the Linda Vaughn special, a base white interior, and I actually put a hurst shifter in mine, everywhere I drive it, people are baffled, I put the correct parts on it, the questions keep coming, I have good taste.

Wow what beautiful cars. My grandfather had the Chrysler 300 a hardtop with the 440 TNT. My dad had a 70 and 71 Newport at the same time. My favorite is the Plymouth Sport Fury. Thanks for covering these beautiful cars.

Saw a 70 300 Hurst in person for the first time a few days ago. I was blown away by how large that car is, but also by how good it looks. I have a 59 LeSabre hardtop and 77 LeSabre Sport coupe and the 300 Hurst almost makes them look small. I think the elongated trunk of the 300 helps exaggerate how big it is.

That 1970 sport fury is one of the most beautiful cars ever made, it's just jaw dropping 😍

My uncle bought a new '69 Fury two door (green exterior/318) after his '68 GTO was stolen. I remember him discussing the fuselage styling with my dad back in the day. I always thought it was a good looking car. Thanks for the memories!

I love the big Polaras, they're just mean looking.

You're probably thinking of the Woodlite accessory headlights that were on some 30's cars as either and option or aftermarket.

I love fuselage Mopars. I have a 1969 Imperial LeBaron. Local car; 55,000 original miles, leather interior and rare dual-A/C.

There's a mean looking black '73 Fury 2 door in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot that has a few good scenes.

I had a 1970 Dodge Monaco for a winter beater, 383 2-bbl, great car. I loved the looks, even if it was a 4-door version. The 2-door '70 Monaco looked great from all angles, from the double headlights and loop chrome front bumper to the beltline to the mean-looking taillights and clean rear bumper, with the aforementioned slitted reverse lights positioned above the rear bumper.

The 72 Monaco reminded me of the 1969-70 Mercury Marquis.

If you ever watch the Steven Spielberg movie, The Sugar Land Express, many full size Mopars were used by the Texas Department of Public Safety. A 1973 Dodge Polara was the patrol car that was commandeered by Goldie Hawn and her boyfriend and suffered from the styling changes that were required by the bumper standards. A few 1972 Polaras were in the movie, a blue under cover unit being driven by the Troopers captain and was also featured prominently in the movie. The grill and bumper treatments were cleaner and combined an egg create grill with a semi loop bumper and fixed quad headlamps. The movie has a nice representation of domestic autos from Chrysler/Dodge, Ford and AMC as law enforcement vehicles of the era and is one of those movies you can watch over and over.

I just saw some really cool 70' cars that I never knew of. Thanks!

I have a soft spot in my heart for these cars, especially the ‘70 Monaco. I grew up and learned how to drive in one. I appreciate the honorable mention for the reverse lights. It was a handsome car I regret not buying from my parents.

Had a 71’ Dodge Polara. Always like the tail light treatment on these cars. Love the 72’ Imperial.

Ive had my 71 Imperial for 30 years now. I love it and it has been an amazing car! I also love my 75 Imperial Crown coupe!

I use to have a 1969 Chrysler 300 Conv. with a 440 4brl carb. Loved that car and got many looks with it. It was a bright scarlet red, a real eye catcher. My favorite Plymouth was the 1969 Plymouth, Loved the square front and rear end look.

Adam, a 72 Imperial coupe. Stunningly gorgeous 😊

Literally my favorite American cars ever - the C Body fuselage Chryslers. Stunning, badass vehicles. I vacillate about my favorite regularly…Thanks for this video, Adam!

I have a 71 fury III with the 383 4 barrel in it. 43k miles on it. It's my favorite car. Probably the only car I will not sell.

When I was a kid, my mother had a '72 Fury III with a 318. We had that car for many years. It had 250k miles on it when she traded in in for a Horizon. That Fury was the best, most trouble free car we ever owned. It was burning oil pretty bad toward the end, but I still would see it around town for about a year after we sold it.

The wrap around bumpers really set Mopars apart from other manufacturers. I like that they made the ends of the bumpers flush with the sides of the body ...it made the cars look very sleek.

Learned to drive in a 1969 Chrysler 300, 2 door, 440 4bbl. Would love to have that car now.

The fuselage B bodies were quite good looking cars too. The Satellite Sebring for example.

I totally agree , these were big bold cars that were PROUD of their size. Amazing proportions and imposing presence.

I believe the 1920's lights you were referring to are Woodlites. They were available on various higher end cars, quite beautiful!

The best thing about cars from this era is you can easily do modifications to get more power. And you can also remove bumper guards and other things like that to improve the looks. Some exterior modifications are easier than others. But compared to modern vehicles. Cars from the 80s and earlier are relatively simple to modify to be whatever you want

i learn to drive in a 73 dodge monaco station wagon, imagine a 16 year old driving one of them today...

I too like the hidden headlight treatment on the fuselage are cars. However, my favorite is the 71 Road Runner/GTX!

💯 agree on your #1. It was very difficult in this era to get an attractive aesthetic on the front and rear of the vehicle, not to mention ones that complimented each other. 👍🏼

Very interesting video Adam. You're a rockstar.

My fave is the '72 Imperial, it's just stunning!

Love the 300s! Another excellent presentation.

Great video!! I have owned seven "fusey" era Mopars Including a '72 Monaco and a '69 Chrysler 300 ragtop and loved them all. My number one favourite was the '69 300 followed by the '72 Monaco. The only negatives, IMO were their rust issues and the somewhat 'plasticky' interiors, compared to the previous generation. I love your channel!

My first "real" car was a cream colored 1969 Chrysler Newport four door sedan with a 383 cu. in. engine. I bought the car from a dealer in 1977 and paid $300.00 for the car. Quite nice for a first time car, sadly I was not to have it very long as one night I was out driving it with some friends and a drunk driver crossed the center line and hit my car nearly head on. The car was totaled but none of us got hurt.

My favorite ? The 69 300 convertible! Awesome car

The 1964 Imperial was beautiful!! The 1972 Imperial is the best of our Top 5 !!!

My Aunt Webbie had a white 74 one. She bought it brand new. I played by it as a kid.

I'm happy to see some more Mopar content from you, Adam. I, too, LOVE the look of the late 60s, early 70s fuselage Mopars. Some of the best looking, timeless designs to EVER come out of Detroit in my opinion. The Monaco of that era is one of my dream cars. They got the styling just perfect. They are some of my favorite looking cars. Great content as always Adam. Keep it up!

1968 Newport sedan - the family car my girl friend would triple digit bomb down two lane blacktops in the Yoop back woods. Or the 1971 Barracuda. My dad had one, but it only had the slant 6. Still, the teenage me got it up to 105 one crazy night!

I was surprised when I first learned that the full size Chrysler products were all unibody, going back well into the 1960s.

All 2 door hidden headlights cars with non ugly paint.

69-71 Stunning

My Dad bought a 73 Fury III 4dr. Hardtop. It was turquoise with a white vinyl roof. Impossible to lose in a parking lot. It became my second car. I loved the signal indicators on the fenders. The radio on the dashboard was difficult for adding a cassette deck though. I loved that starship.

my Dad had a 1972 Polara . My favorite is the Chrysler 300Hurst

Watching your KZfaq channel has given me a new appreciation for Chrysler! I've only ever thought of them as worth nothing more than taxi cabs and cop cars! You do important work educating the public with this awesome era of American automobiles!

I have to agree that Dodge Monaco station wagon was very sharp looking back in the day.

Face it; you're a sucker for hidden headlights. So am I.

Dear Adam: A great video on the fuselage Chrysler products. I owned a 1969 300 hardtop sedan for many years. White, with a black vinyl top and a black vinyl interior. It had four-wheel power drum brakes, which worked really well. That 440 c.i. plant always wanted to go faster, and 90 miles-per-hour was that cars' natural speed. Divorce forced sale, and it was actually exported to Switzerland. My oldest son is still mad at me six years later for selling that. He's not wrong. Maybe I should have gone to Ramen noodles three times per day instead of just twice... -RDM

I’m partial to the 72 and 73 Fury’s because my dad had one of each.

1972-1973 Imperial, 1969 Dodge Polara, 1971 Plymouth Fury with hidden headlights, 1972 New Yorker, 1971 Chrysler 300

I graduated highschool in '73, and our driver's ed' cars were '73 Plymouth Fury's with 318 2bbl and Torqueflite trannies. I still think Chrysler did the best job of incorporating the 5mph bumper standard among the Big 3. I was horrified by the 'chrome-plated crossties' and slab-faced front ends employed by GM and Ford. AMC also deserves honorable mention for '73 bumper styling, except for Gremlin and Hornet. Excellent content as always, thanks for sharing these lovely cars.😁

At 15 (1974) my parents bought a new Cadillac Sedan de Ville. BUT my dad wanted an Imperial. Mother was born & raised in Oklahoma in the middle of the Depression and was determined to have her status symbol (they were both school teachers in SoCal. Lol). As a soon to be driver, nothing was more cool than the new Eldorado convertible in the showroom. BUT... I DO remember the Imperial had a far better ride and interior (quieter) and I often wondered how things might have been had we bought one. Neither car is seen much at all anymore. Great video!

The two-door fuselage cars certainly win the Quarter Panel Queen award and definitely an honorable mention for their tiny turret tops.

Always Loved those blinker indicators on the front quarter fenders! 👍🇺🇲

Adam, I would equip a 'Fuselage' Fury with a Slant 6 and go into the taxi business. For family duties it would be hard to beat the Suburban wagon with a 383 2 barrel. When a sensible level of luxury is the priority, a nicely optioned Newport with a 383 2barrel will do the trick. The idea of paying the extra dough for Premium fuel would not have appealed to me any more in 1969 than it does today. 😉😉😉

That printed "THREE HUNDRED" on the rear quarter panel just strikes me as Chrysler's polite way of printing "F*** YOU" on the side of their car. Truly striking.

*ALL BEAUTIFUL CARS. AWESOME PAINT SCHEME. LONGER THAN TODAYS VANS* GREAT COMPILATION

One of my favorite cars was my 1972 New Yorker Brougham. A beautiful car. I was working for a Chrysler-Plymouth dealer at the time, so I could order my 2dr coupe with the Dealer Demo Pack option, an option that included every possible option, and when there were multiple versions it would include the best of them. It was big, the trunk actually could carry more stuff than our Vega station wagon. We used it to tow a medium sized house trailer, and with the combination of its mass and the torque of the 440 engine you almost had to look in the mirror to see if the trailer was still there.

I liked the big Chryslers that had 440’s. I pulled them out back in the 80’s.

My mom owned a new...1972 Dodge Monaco wagon...green with all the options....it was beautiful.

4:40 our Fury Suburban wagon had that front grille, which set that car apart from all the other station wagons of the time. It was like a Charger wagon to me. We had problems with the rear axle and suspension that they never could get sirted out fully, according to my dad.

Love your channel and your videos!! The fuselage era is hands down my favorite of the full-sized Mopars, especially the Imperials!! OMG!!! I could not agree with you more on your take for the cars and their era!! Thanks ever so much for posting!! Gonna watch and like the '73 Imperial video next (the '73 is totally my favorite of all of them, and my dream car)!!!

I like all your stuff on all your videos very good overall

Had a 1970 Newport convertible back in '83 and bought a 1970 300 coupe for parts just to swap the hidden headlight front styling. I would loved to have the Hurst edition of the 300, but even back then they pretty rare and expensive.

Just lovely cars, thanks for a great video.

Great video on the best looking full size Chryslers.

I want one! A 1969 300 convertible, to be specific. I had the opportunity to buy one in 1991, but didn't have the $800.00 cash at the time.

Dad had a company owned '69 Fury II, not the prettiest of the fuselages, but an absolute glutton for punishment. We poured a long, looping driveway on our new house, abusing that car with thousands of lbs. of crushed stone and cement in the process. It was unbreakable, and I visited the town recently to note the drive still looks presentable, 55 yrs. Later.

Really great job, again. Thank You

Why do I like these fuselage design and era in Chrysler? 70 to 72 for me. I think it's a mental illness. 😂 i adore the 64 to 66 Imperial convertible, and the 72 sporty 2 door Imperial le baron. I forgot the 72 monaco. The 72 Imperial 2 door or a 65 or 66 Imperial convertible is on my short list, btw.

that burgundy Imperial sedan with the black vinyl roof is just stunning

Early 60's Mopars are beautiful. I don't care what people think

I'd have to say the 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst is my faviaorite.

I like the 70 Sport Fury and the 69 to 71 Chrysler 300. I think they look awesome. The ones with dual exhaust also had a nice big block rumble going down the road. My first car was a 70 Sport Suburban and it was just great, very reliable and the front looked cool with the hidden headlights. The 383 in it was sweet - never met anybody who didn't like their 383. The car was $275 and I drove it for years. Now a battery and the oil and filter cost that much.

Adam it's nice to see more than just the Charger, Cuda and Challengers. As you have pointed out beautifully, Chrysler had many gorgeous designs that just don't get talked about much. This was very refreshing to view today...

Grandpa had the 73 Monaco. His was a beautiful dark blue. It leaked like a sieve and had significant initial quality issues, but once those were ironed out, it lasted forever. (Unfortunately, longer than him, he only lasted until 1974)

The 300 Hurst edition is my favorite always loved the styling. Great video.

I was never a fan of the fuselage MOPARS, but they are growing on me. The ones I don't like at all are the early 60s Plymouths and Dodges that you mentioned here.

I love all fuselage chryslers dodges and plymouths! Best era of american cars for me. Especially biggest ones.❤

Stellar selections Adam, @RareClassicCars ! I concur, which may surprise you... In Summer, 2022 at a show in Pontiac, MI, you profiled my "Mood Indigo" (GC-8) 1971 Sport Fury hardtop! ...And I agree: the 1971's bi-level, multi-sectioned grille texture was unnecessarily fussy (...although it has grown on me). Back in the mid-00's I owned a "Rallye Red" 1970 300 convertible with white interior, power windows/seats, a/c and Dictaphone cassette (...stunning. The one I should never have let go). I've loved the fuselage era cars since childhood when my aunt purchased a new "Ice Blue" 1970 Fury III 4dr hardtop. I remember it looked so much sleeker and more contemporary than everyone else's GM and Ford cars, festooned with power-dome hoods, bulging wheel openings, hood ornaments and other 'gingerbread'. Her Fury III looked like a manta ray on wheels. It also had the "Light Group" that included the turn-signals set into the leading edge of the hood bulges (in 1970 only). Spectacular! It was different, in the best way. Great video as always!

Great video Adam!