You Won’t Believe These Exist: 10 DUMBEST and WORST Cars in America in the 1960s

You Won’t Believe These Exist: 10 DUMBEST and WORST Cars in America in the 1960s

[gojoe]

The failure of the 1962 Dodge Dart wasn't reliability...it was quite well made. What killed it was Virgil Exner's oddball styling, as well as its downsized dimensions. The Dart became a compact in 1963 and was a sales success for the next 13 years.

[annelarrybrunelle]

Got as far as the Corvair. Neither Nader nor you apparently knew ANYthing about this car. The '60-63' models had swing axles similar to the VW, and shared their virtues and vices to some degree. Both cars adequately served their intended markets. The '64 had a larger engine and significantly upgraded suspension, and was an excellent handler; the '65-'69 models were improved yet again. The '65 Corsa with the turbo, despite giving away nearly 100 HP, could perform on a road course comparably to the Ford Mustang on the same year. The Corvair wasn't for everyone, but it was well engineered and drove well. Unlike the VW, the heater worked. There were many contemporary cars much less safe.

The Taunus, as many noted, wasn't sold here to any great degree. The Dodge Dart, while looking a bit strange, was a typical Chrysler product of the day, not the biggest car in the Dodge lineup, but big enough. They could be optioned for service from taxi to family to police, and were. The Edsel was notable for trying to cover too much space in the market; its models competed with the cheapest Ford all the way to the fanciest Mercury, sharing many parts with these cars. Styling was eye catching (not in such a good way) and build quality wasn't any better than, or perhaps not as good as, the rest of Ford's products. Today, any example in good condition is a collectable.

You were too hard to listen to. Your facts are poor and you repeat yourself. Better research and about 1/5 the talk time would improve this video; as it is, uh-uh.

[alcolborne]

Ihad a 1961 Valiant and it was one of the best cars I’ve had in my 63 years of car ownership. Contrary to this commentary my slant six engine (some had an aluminum heads that caused problems but mine was cast iron)was bulletproof and the transmission never gave me any trouble. I only traded up to a ‘66 Chevy, also a great car, because the mileage on the Valiant was getting so high although it was still running fine.

[johnfrasca]

A 62’ Dodge Dart 2 door poster with a 413 or 440 Max Wedge was a Street Beast and wanted by Many True Motorheads!!

[johnfrasca]

The Valiant, especially the 2 door coupe with the 273 or 383 BB made this a real Sleeper on the street!

[JxT]

That red souped up 62 Dart is an awesome looking car. I have that same Nixon's the One bumper sticker.

[TigerRogers]

The commentary on the Valiant is a COMPLETE LOAD OF RUBBISH!!!! We had this car in Australia, & it was by far one of the most popular cars of the time, with huge amounts sold. We only got the larger slant six (not the smaller one), & it was way more powerful than what Ford & GM offered !! Also the engine was totally reliable & the push button auto was completely bullet proof - one of the best auto trans ever offered in Australia.

[guyski]

1962 Dodge Darts came with 225 slant six's and 318 V8's which where always bullet proof engines. But you could also get it with 413 V8 which would probably break things when you were kicking everybodies ass in town when drag racing them :) But it wasn't a pretty pig.

[nickrice]

Loved and miss my 62 Polara 500. 361 with factory A/C
The Styling was Fabulous. Weird is a good thing 😅

[wsbill]

Since you have no idea what you're talking about I'll tell you why the AMC Rebel Javelin and AMX didn't sell as well as Ford or GM. People in those days trusted Ford and GM more than Chrysler and AMC. It wasn't about any particular model as far as the public was concerned. Chrysler and AMC were seen as lower overall quality, especially AMC.

[garyfrancis]

These are all opinions stated as facts. That is extremely common nowadays.

[DavidSutherland-uvlo]

I lived through the 60's. I've owned or worked on almost all of these cars. You're full of crap. Nothing but click-bait!

[danariccio]

My advice would be to enjoy the footage, ignore the voice track but read the comments.😊

[larryhutchens]

62 Dart & 63 220 thru 500 B body unreliable? Wow, that is completely the opposite my experiences with a 63 Dodge 440 series (not 440 engine). 62 was the first year for the all aluminum Torqueflite transmission. It was an engineering breakthrough that took GM & Ford several years to catch up to. A low profile light weight trans coupled to a small diameter torque converter and the industries first bear reduction starter. Other firsts for the 62: An alternator rather than a generator, airfoil windshield wipers, integral power steering (others were stuck with a slave cylinder style), integral air conditioning not add on. Unreliable engines? One engine available was the slant 6 an engine that has been voted the most reliable gasoline engine ever. Then there ware the 318, 361, & 383. I had the 383 & it was almost indestructable. Currently I have a 727 torqueflite (same basic trans as the 62) in an 88 1 ton camper van. I have driven that thing all over the country without a problem. A worst car? How about a worst U-tube video.

[richbaritone]

This first car was never sold in the U.S. So there's that.

[wsbill]

I'm also not going to let you make up lies about the Edsel. The Edsel didn't sell because it was considered somewhat odd looking and it was fairly expensive and there was a recession in 1959. It isn't known for reliability issues as it used the same engine and transmission as the Galaxie. Stop making shit up.

[effo]

There's nothing more vain to me than when people are trying to give their own opinion a false sense of credibility by acting as if they are an expert or any of the sort. I.e. by calling anything they don't like "dumb". To be more specific, real-life car expert Jay Leno has been going over the wrongfully assumed flaws with the Corvair on several occations. My point being that there's a difference between being a self-proclaimed expert with nothing but other people's opinions to refer to v.s. having actual, practical experience spanning over more than half a century, as in mr.Leno's case.

[johnfrasca]

As far as the Chevelle 300, you bought a Cheap car to swap engines to make it a Street Beast. This particular array of vehicles seems to be written by someone who has NO IMAGINATION, is NOT A MOTORHEAD and has NO IDEA what he’s talking about. As far as the AMC vehicles he’s Spot On but follow the history of most of the other cars you’ll see that THEY were some of the coolest sought after road machines that WERE MADE to be BEASTS!!
This just MY opinion and the years following their initial manufacture PROOF that for example, a 2 door poster chevy or Ford or Mopar were the fastest street cars and still are til this day. Mainly because most Motorheads have little money BUT, lots of knowledge, ambition and tenacity to BUILD THEIR CAR THEIR WAY!

[SokemRokemRobot]

I actually like the '62 Dodge Dart body style. I like the '61 Plymouth Valiant, too.

[williamarnold]

My family had a 1960 Dodge Dart. It was an EXCELLENT family car. We sold it because I was going to have driver Ed in school and it would be an automatic so my dad bought another Plymouth. Which he really liked, too.
In any kind of half-decent partially restored shape these cars e.g Corvair, Marlin are very sought after. Next in this series they will be mocking the XKE and 300SL gullwing for not being as fast as a Countach.