Comments by "Brad Griffin" (@BradGryphonn) on "American Reacts to Australian Mopar/Chrysler Day in Adelaide" video.
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Sorry for the timestamp and rambling stuff but man...
2:30 Yep, Ian. We had/have the 300/Cs and the Chargers. Had a drag racing acquaintance in a city I lived in who owned a tweaked 300C with the 5.7 litre. It was all Black and in Chrysler 300C terms, it was a sleeper. For context, he owned and ran a Top Fuel drag racing team with a full workshop. The car got the treatment. His car made me want a big 300C. I still want one 16-odd years later.
2:47 I'm commenting as I go, so there may be more further on, but that Pink Dodge reminds me of a '58(?) Plymouth Hardtop that someone offered to sell me for 700 bucks in 1977 when I was a young car nut of fourteen. It was a 318 with a push-button auto on the dash. Not inlet manifold and it had been sitting with no bonnet/hood for many years. Anyway, I raced home on my pushbike/dragster the five kilometres/3 miles home and proceeded to beg and plead with my dad to loan me the money. I raved and raved about the thing and he said no. I was gutted.
3:20 I had a Fawn '74, 245 Charger for a few months in 1983 before I near killed myself in it. That's way too long a tale to tell here...lolz
3:33 I bought one of these, a VG, for 300 bucks in 1993 from a bloke. I drove it home and started to work on it from front to back. I stripped out the flooring and it was pristine. In fact, from the front to the back of the rear quarter panels was pristine...the rear quarter panels had been stuffed with chicken wire and bog. The entire rear bottom 18 inches of the car was bog, wire and prayers under a so so paint job. He used to back it into the river with his boat trailer...
9:03 I love the Australian Ford coupes (XA/B/C) from that era but I too feel the Chargers had their own style that just said 'Muscle Car'.
9:23 I think that's a 'Chrysler by Chrysler', the luxury model that Chrysler/Valiant released over here in the 70s. I had one of these in 2004 that just needed paint and a new electric fuel pump before it was ready to roll. Worked 360, 727 Torqueflyte(?), LSD. Then someone decided to put a wallaby carcass in the back seat (we lived in the bush) to keep it from the dogs overnight and then forgot to tell anyone. I found it four weeks later...I sold the drivetrain for 1500 bucks on the condition that they took the entire vehicle away on purchase.
I've had a few more Valiant/Chryslers but this comment may not even make it. It is a bit long.
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