Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "American Reacts to 10 Of The BEST European Muscle Cars" video.

  1. Gday Ian. The De Tomaso with the 351 Cleveland at 3:20. Australian motor after about 1973 since the 351 Cleveland motors would have been sourced from Ford Australia from their Geelong engine plant. This was after Cleveland motor design US production ceased and the tooling was sent to Australia. The local Australian Cleveland was refined and made in both 351 and 302 versions. Available optionally in Falcon and Fairlane cars. Standard in the Falcon GT and was the motor used by the Mad Max car. De Tomaso were upset when Ford scrapped the tooling in 1983 without letting them know. So those later De Tomaso cars are a bit of an Australian muscle car.
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  2. The FF and Interceptor both started with the 383 motor in 1966/67. 440 only in the Interceptor later in the seventies.
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  3. Was the first with constant all wheel drive in 1966 as opposed to the primitive off road selectable four wheel drives like Jeeps and Land Rovers etc.
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  4. First a 383 6.3 litre then later some had the 440 7.2 litre option for the SP cars. All Chrysler motors. Expensive new and more expensive restoring the usual rust buckets that remain looking affordable.
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  5.  @jankwartel1860  Sounds like someone with very unreliable knowledge of Mad Max.
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  6.  @jankwartel1860  No expensive imported Jensens in Mad Max. All Australian cars for that Australian film. The most memorable was an Australian XB or XC Ford Falcon GT coupe with an aftermarket nose job etc. Lots of XB and XC Falcon coupes on YouTube to compare with as well as Cars of Mad Max vids with more details, but no Jensons. A Jenson was a very rare sight on Australian roads. Lots of XB
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  7. The pioneering ABS brakes in the FF were Dunlop Maxaret ABS originally developed and applied to aircraft landing wheels. Well before the later Mercedes ABS system.
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  8. Lots of the cars here were made in sheds in tiny numbers for a tiny period. Mostly ambitious failures.
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  9. Made in tiny numbers for just a few years.
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  10. One key muscle car feature was that they were affordable. The cars in the vid were almost all unaffordable and many commercial failures made in tiny numbers for a short period. Unlike a sub $3000 Dodge Dart 340 or 383.
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  11. From the seventies at least , the V8 Rolls Royce Corniche was available as both a two door hardtop and convertible. Later even more two door hardtops. The Bentley equivalents had an even bigger range of two door hardtops dating further back.
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