HOT ROD TV: Mopar or No Car Part 1

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Check out one of the greatest Mopar collections ever assembled with Chris Jacobs

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00:00 It doesn't take much to spot a Mopar fan.

00:04 Deep down in my heart and soul I've always been a Mopar guy.

00:08 Come on along with Chris on a trip down Mopar land.

00:12 Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth make up the car world known as Mopar and today we're going

00:16 to take a look under the hood.

00:17 I mean you're going down the road in this thing and if people don't know what this is

00:22 they're going to want to find out.

00:24 And we're going to find out from one of the world's most passionate Mopar collectors as

00:28 he takes us on a rare tour of his incredible rides.

00:32 First time I came in here it just took my breath away.

00:35 And then we're off to the world famous Playboy Mansion as he takes the top off of his pride

00:39 and joy.

00:40 You're looking at the one and only.

00:43 I don't care where you look you couldn't find another one.

00:45 Am I drooling?

00:46 I'm drooling.

00:53 America's big three.

01:19 They've always been an interesting trio competing for the souls of US drivers since the day

01:24 all three companies put rides into motion.

01:27 Definitely some rivalry going on there but you know Mopar is like they've been kind of

01:30 like the underdog for so many years.

01:33 There's always going to be those hard core die hard Mopar fans you know.

01:37 Some people want to call them fanatical.

01:41 Some people want to call them left to center.

01:42 The fact is they're so passionate about their brand and the fact that Mopar is almost a

01:49 it's considered kind of outside the box.

01:52 That's what makes it interesting.

01:55 Mopar or no car Mopar guys are just hard core.

01:58 If they're going to be into Mopars that's all they're going to be into and so that's

02:02 what they say.

02:03 I either drive a Mopar or nothing.

02:06 I don't really think I need to say anything.

02:08 You know you look around at the I think the styling is the main difference.

02:13 I don't have anything against Ford or GM but Mopar just man their flavors are a lot more

02:18 tasty.

02:19 Here at the Playboy Mansion it's a celebration of all things Mopar and this is where Steve

02:24 Giuliano is showing off possibly the world's rarest Dodge, the Diamante.

02:29 Challenger Diamante is one of those cars that are in such rarefied air that you can't even

02:33 put a price on it.

02:36 Before we get to that one of a kind Mopar let's take a rare look at Steve's one of a

02:40 kind Mopar collection.

02:43 What I tried to create here was a setting that was representative of a period in time.

02:52 That period being the late 60s early 70s.

02:55 This is when men walked on the moon and Miracle Mets won the World Series.

02:59 A long haired white shoe quarterback won the Super Bowl.

03:04 During that period things were loud they were in your face.

03:08 It's overwhelming.

03:09 My product was preferred because it was split up into 12 small rooms where you could grasp

03:13 it a lot better.

03:15 There's no way to really describe the magnitude of what this place is.

03:21 This is just it's unbelievable it's just too cool.

03:23 Too cool for words.

03:26 The Diamante is just one of the incredibly rare rides in Steve's collection.

03:32 Also here three of the rapid transit system caravan cars from 1970 and 1971 as well as

03:38 other impossible to find vehicles from the golden age of muscle.

03:43 This place is very well known amongst the Mopar community.

03:48 Steve's collection but it's a museum to the rest of the world to look at stuff that you

03:52 never even knew existed.

03:56 Check out this 1970 RTS Caravan Hemi Roadrunner.

04:00 It started out in life as an orange Hemi Roadrunner hardtop.

04:03 At one time the car faced a different future.

04:07 This is the 1970 Hemi Rapid Transit Caravan Show Car.

04:12 This car toured with the Rapid Transit Caravan went from city to city.

04:16 70 Roadrunner RTS Car is a phenomenal piece that really is a definition of 70s muscle.

04:25 If you look at your Hot Rod magazine in 1970 this is what you saw and this is pretty neat

04:31 because it was a factory sponsored car that really was a custom.

04:35 The designers had a wild customization plan.

04:38 The car received body mods that included rear fender flares, shaved door handles and new

04:43 rectangular headlights.

04:46 Back in 1970 Chrysler Corporation realized that young people were customizing their cars.

04:52 So they hired Harry Bradley and Bob Larrave to create the Rapid Transit Caravan.

04:58 Highly modified factory built cars to tour the US in their own Rapid Transit Caravan truck.

05:05 It went on tour all over the country to the different dealerships showing people what

05:10 the possibilities were.

05:11 The idea was to lure in young people, buy the stock car and then personalize it.

05:17 The Rapid Transit cars he has I was never able to see any of them in person.

05:20 You only saw them in magazines and on TV.

05:24 I had pretty much forgotten these cars ever existed.

05:26 They were a flash in the pan.

05:29 And here they are in person.

05:30 It's mind boggling to a Mopar enthusiast.

05:35 Well we've only begun to explore the treasures of the Giuliano collection.

05:40 Stick around and we'll see more of the RTS cars as well as other rare Mopars.

05:45 And we'll get a backstage pass to the Playboy Mansion here on Hot Rod Television.

05:50 Don't go away.

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