Hmm, what do we have here? A plane-jane 1967 Plymouth Belvedere II. It’s a model that is fondly remembered for it’s street-stomping 426 Hemi variation, but like most mythical musclecars, the reality was that there were just a few wicked wonders. Most of what was running around more resembled this car: a low-frills four-door sedan with a couple of options. This is a 273ci V8 car that has gained some black-painted trim, wheels from a later-model police-spec Mopar, and not much else. If it was for sale, I’d expect it to fall into the Rough Start category easy…it’s the kind of car a young gun on a budget would be able to get into easily enough.
It’s cool to see that this guy is daily-bombing this Belvedere like it’s no thing. It irks me when I hear people make the claim that anything twenty-five years or older automatically means that it’s unsafe, fragile and won’t hold up to the rigors of use. Mr. Regular makes one very good point that the good old days weren’t quite as good as a lot of people choose to remember…these cars required more maintenance and upkeep than something modern by far. But they are so dead-nuts simple compared to a modern option that they become attractive by comparison. It’s not perfect for daily use unless you are a capable wrench and you have the time and willingness to work on your own car. Just remember that you can’t get that kind of style in a twenty-year old Acura.
Oh, and to Mr. Regular: In spite of what Wikipedia says, the 360ci V8 didn’t appear until 1971.
If that car gets driven daily with a bent rim on the right front, then the owner is probably not too smart.
Judging by the way he drives with the high beams on all of the time I think you’ve got this guy pegged Big Bill.
As long as you don’t try to stay with even a soccer mom mini van on a twisty road, you should be fine. Oh, and pray you don’t round a curve to find the road blocked and actually have to stop lol. The best thing safety wise about driving a 60’s car today is your not surrounded by other 60’s cars anymore.
I\’m just surprised \”Mr. Regular\” got through this without some sort of Falcon comparison as he does on any 60\’s car. The one with the Nova was brutal. Falcon Falcon Falcon Nova Falcon Falcon this is about a Nova Falcon Falcon.
Also, his mocking of LS\’s is starting to make me think he\’s Gordie.
Crusing Rt. 61 eh? Some nice shots there of Orwigsburg PA. Well, PA state police used strictly Plymouth Fury1s, no Belveders. That’s not to say a local precinct could of used it, but doubtful. I still like it and the fact that is going down the road in the salt says a lot about the car and driver.
One other thing. You can’t legally daily drive a car with antique plates in PA. They are only for occasional driving and parades. It’s not like the po-po will ever figure it out anyhow.
l saw a 4dr Belvedere years ago, with a 426 in Hanson Mass. l couldn’t believe what l saw, so l looked it up ,apparently two were built, l don’t remember if it was a 66 or 67,also both were beige, and l think it had a trailer hitch ,cool tow car.
In my youth, a local teenager acquired a 4dr Satellite that had been ordered with a 440-4. The original owner had ordered it as a unit to tow a bigger holiday trailer, and it even had the factory trans cooler. Probably almost as rare as a Hemi 4dr., just not as cool. The car even had the factory 440 stickers still on the engine when I knew it. It was a cool sleeper, and beat up on a lot of Camaros and Mustangs that were not Z28’s or Cobra Jets.
Yea – RCG is woefully inaccurate. Base engine on a Belvedere II is a 225 Slant 6.
My daily driver for the past 5 years is an unrestored ’67 Dodge Coronet 440 4-dr with a 318, basically the same car. She gets me to work rain or shine or heavy snow. I’ve only done a couple of upgrades to it so far… An aluminum rad cause the original, well, it was the original and it’s ability to flow well was just a fond memory… An electric fan, because the original fixed non-clutched fan couldn’t cool a warm beer much less cool the engine sitting in rush hour traffic in the summer… A high amp alternator to power the electric fan, because the original 30 amp alternator couldn’t power a flashlight… And after replacing the points way too many times, I dropped an MSD Pro-Billet plug ‘n play distributor in it and never looked back. I also run big studded snow tires that runs circles around SUV’s in my area since people can’t drive in the snow here even with their traction-control and all-wheel drive… And my own custom aluminum bike rack bolted to the trunk.. that’s right, bolted right to the trunk, it IS a daily driver. Why should it seem like a novelty for these cars to be a daily driver, that’s what they were built for? Of course I’ve got more upgrades on the way, like my Edelbrock RPM Air Gap dual plane intake and Quick Fuel 4-barrel carb that are currently just looking pretty on my living room floor… they’re waiting for the cam kit, headers and harmonic balancer before they go in. It ain’t no race car (my race car is a ’66 Chevy Biscayne btw), but she’s a great reliable daily driver.
But what the hell is with the dude with his Belvie? How the hell does he drive around with a ridiculously bent right front wheel like that? Yeah good luck on the highway, that wheel will shake the rust right off that car and probably break his motor mounts and his teeth fillings…