Thank you very much for this video! I just love the cars from the 1950s!! I was born on Christmas Eve in 1956, but the cars from the 1950s were by far my favorite decade of cars!! I also really enjoy the narrator and the music in this video!! 😀
I'm an 87 year old lover of the cars of the 50's and a car collector. I have a 1950 Hudson Commodore coupe, a 1951 Ford Custom Deluxe and a 1955 Ford Fairlane Victoria. And I drive them often in the summer. They take me back to my heyday!
Haha. I’ve been accused of living in the past. Owning classic cars you can drive yourself back there. I liked it when gas was a quarter and girls didn’t have tattoos.
My first ride (from the hospital after birth) was in a 1951 Buick Special, which my Dad bought new. In 1957, he bought a 1955 Buick Super, which I remember well.
The Edsel wagons were built on the Ford body, with a Edsel front clip, same wheelbase as the Ford Custom that they were built on, 114", shorter than the 116" wheelbase Fairlane 500, which the lower price Edsels also used. Some 57 Ford owners, when customizing their cars, used the Edsel wagon "boomerang" taillights, practically a bolt on.
I was 13 in 1955 when I picked up a Chevy brochure....something I continued to do for many years....I miss those days and those cars and their colorful brochures....isn't nostalgia great...thanks for the show !
Yes sir Mr Smith. I was 14. Those new 55 cars were a big change from the previous models. Exciting times they were. It’s encouraging to see some of today’s generation interested in the classics. But they won’t have the emotional attachment that we had at the time. Walking to the local dealerships in early Fall full of anticipation & awe at the shiny new cars. In a couple of years we were driving then owning our own. For most of us those are the memories we cherish. At age 83 it’s been a great ride. I hope yours has been also.
You ain't kiddin' not like today. There were new models practically every year. We'd always wait for the new cars to come out every year. They were always so great to see.
Great, guys!! Love the thumbnail. Around '67, my older sister starts dating a guy from another city. His car, a '58 Del Ray bought from his parents and worked on himself, screaming small block and a 4 speed. First ride scared me half to death!!
I'm 73 years old, love all the '50-60 cars. My first was at 17 I got my first car $450 got me a '57 Buick Super convertible. A big ox of a car, wish I still had it!
Makes me ache with nostalgia. I'd give anything to be able to return to those years. Today's world just doesn't cut the mustard. In fact, I loathe these so called modern times.
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Many of them were works of art and many were over the top but all were special and identifiable of their maker, not so "me too" like today. I am 89 years old so I am somewhat biased in favor of that era. Thanks for your beautiful pictures.
For us old car guys probably the most used phrase is. “ I wish I still had it.”What we would give to have some of those classics back. Those were the days my friend. We thought they’d never end.
@@TomSpeaks-vw1zp But they did end, and might I add dramatically for the worse. Good that we were the lucky ones who lived in those days past because today everything is going downhill fast to a very dismal future.
@@jb-qi8fz I’m 82 & know exactly where you’re coming from. But we have to make the best of what & where we are. I’m saddened for our grandchildren & beyond. However, they will live in their own time such as we lived in ours.
We in Omaha had the 1949 50 Ford Tudor and the 1955 Chevy Station Wagon. My brother had a mid 50s Oldsmobile that he took apart and never pit back together. Having an hydraulic jack and lifting the engine out of cars was a popular hobby. A relative bought a new 1956 Ford Fairlane. Very pretty.
My first car was a 59 pontiac bonneville 4door hardtop with hydramatic trans and powered by the 389 CID. Great car. We owned belairs , fords and gmc's. Excellent cars !
One of my favorite cars of the 50's (and I'm in a minority here) is the 1958 Buick Limited and sister Olds 98. I just love all the chrome they slathered on those cars .You definitely knew you had "arrived"when you pulled up in one of these beauties. At 227.5 in. wheelbase Limited owners at the time were potential buyers of Cadillacs as little second cars at 129in. wheelbase. Also noticeably absent were the '55-'57 Chevy Nomad and Pontiac Safari station wagons.
Back then a parking looked like a field of easter eggs. My friends dad had a new 1956 Buick Century and what a beauty. After all these decades I sill recall the colors. Cream White and Canary Yellow, and of course the chrome.
Great video! My Dad had 2-'50 Chevys, a '53 Bel-Air, and a '58 Bel-Air. I had a '53 Chevy 210, and 2-'58 Chevys. My current car is a '54 Chevy Bel-Air 4-Door Sedan. I guess I like the cars of the '50's!!
Ok, did my family own one. Well sort of. My dad had a carpet and decorating shop and he had a 57 Cadillac hearse he would haul carpet and stuff with. It was big, heavy, and would just glide down the road. Not many people get to ride in a hearse every day.
I currently own a 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria in Bermuda Blue and Colonial White. There is nothing better than owning and driving one of these stylish cars from the 1950's.
Some very impressive-looking vehicles. I think the 1950s was the most creative decade when it came to automobiles. The style, the elegance. It was definitely a different era. Must mention also, the 1955 Ford Fairlane, looks very similar in design to the British-made MK II Ford Consul 375, which was produced at Dagenham from 1956 to 1962. It seems that British car designers, particularly I think, from Ford and Vauxhall, took a lot of inspiration from American designs.
The English Ford was definitely a smaller version of the 52 - 54 Ford styling, and the 55 - 56 Ford was just a reskinned 54, rather than an all-new car like the 55 Plymouth and the 55 Chevy.
My dad had a 1952 Buick Super, bought new in Apache Red and Black. The family expanded and moved to the suburbs, so the Buick was traded in for a 1957 Ford Country Sedan wagon in Coral Sand and Colonial White. You didn't have to see these cars close up to know what they were. You could tell when they passed by.
Cars in my family in the 50s, '48 Kaiser (rode home from hospital in it, from my birth in 51. '53 Ford Customline (dad's first new car), 57 Chevrolet 210 4 door sedan, as were the other two. My grandmother had a 48 Chrysler, and then, a 53 Imperial hardtop. One uncle, had my grandmothers old Chrysler, then a 57 Chevy BelAir 2dr sedan. Another uncle had a 51 Austin A40, and a 55 Mercury Montclair hardtop. And another uncle had a Jaguar XK-140, 56, I think.
Its a hot beauty all right, but the 57 Chrysler products were very poor quality cars. The 58s look almost identical, but are better quality. Not the greatest, but better than the 57s. That's why they are easier to find, despite selling in much smaller numbers - most of the 57s disintegrated long ago. The 58 Fury is also even faster.
My Grandfather had a 58 nomad in same color only tutone with white. 348 Turbo Thrust V8. Had it for 10 years and a bit over 100k. Ordered a 68 Caprice Estate loaded and drove that one 19 years until he died.
I had a '59 Chevy Bellaire. Big horizontal tail fins and a pukey green and yellow two-tone paint..it had a straight six which was as doggy as they come. Drove it about 300 miles one day on a short road trip and it threw a rod right through the side of the motor. That was the end of it!
We are New Zealanders and we had a series of Canadian Pontiacs and Chevs. Canadian because of preferential duty rates for NZ. We had a '56 Bel Air 4 door, a '59 Pontiac Laurentian, a '62 Pontiac Laurentian, a '63 Pontiac Laurentian, a '65 Pontiac Laurentian, a '66 Chev Impala, and a '68 Chev Impala. After that it was Australian sourced Holdens - a Monaro, a Premier and a Statesman Chev 350. Great days. We listened to President Kennedy's address to the nation in 1962 re the Cuban Missile Crisis in the '59 Pontiac. I was 15! We had to stop the Pontiac on the side of the road to hear as the AM radio reception was marginal - but we did hear it!
Back in the mid 1980s I was in high school and bought my first car. It was a gray 4 door 1958 Buick Special. It was still in decent shape and I paid $250 for it. To this day I have never ridden in a car as smooth as that Buick. Wish I still had it.
in the 50's I was in my 20's and could hardly wait for the look of the new models every year ,I owned a used 53 and then a 56 Studebaker called "Power Hawk"painted green and white ,which I traded later for a new 58 Chevrolet painted brown and white
I can always remember in the late fifties when the new models came out in September the dealers would have huge spotlights at night advertising to come in and see the new design models. My dad would take me to all the showrooms to to check them out, really good times 😊
True. Comparatively speaking. Cars today are boring. They most usually get you to where you're going without any muss, fuss, or drama. And if you have a mishap, you are more likely than not, to walk away from the accident. Unlike the the older cars which were a bit like playing russian roulette. Boring isn't necessarily a bad thing.
The cars I knew back then were a brown and white 1956 Chevy Nomad and a black and white 1959 Ford Galaxie500. After my papa's death in '59, my maman never bought another car until my '74 Plymouth Duster!!!😎🇨🇦
I have one favorite year 1959 & three favorite cars , Chevrolet El Camino Seagull Wing , Ford Country Squire Wagon & Oldsmobile super 88 4 door hardtop.
The Skylark is NOT a Roadmaster. It was built on the Special body. The 1955 Imperial is NOT a Chrysler. The 1958 Bermuda Wagon is an Edsel, NOT a Ford.
You are absolutely correct, but even then, many people considered the Imperial to be just a longer fancier Chrysler, even though it was much more than that.
My dad had a 1951 Ford Custom, a 1954 Ford Country Squire, a 1956 Chevy 210, a 1958 Ford Country Sedan, a 1957 Ford Custom 300 over the years, all 8 cylinder cars.
I remember growing up seeing these cars everywhere in neighbors’ driveways and that distinct smell as they tuned them. They were only 20 & 30 year old cars. Now, you see a 30 y.o. car, it looks modern. What happened?
Partly because the owners passed away, and partly because of Gore's "Crush A Clunker" program that is still around. His aim was to rid this country of traditional American-made cars and replace them with Asian motorized shoe boxes.
This was when each vehicle had their own unique “personality.” You could actually tell one car from another, not only by Maker but Model also. Not anymore, they all look the same now.
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Thank God for our democracy and the 50s can you imagine what kind of cars we would be seeing right now if we had a dictator running our country. Please people and especially veterans protect our democracy and America as it has always been the greatest country of all. So many have died for it and we need to protect it so we can see beautiful cars like continuing
We owned a '55 Black DeSoto Hemi and a '59 Chrysler Imperial. Both were great cars. I buried the needle in both of them on ski trips! The trunk of the Imperial was cavernous.
In 1957 my grandfather bought a 52 Ford wagon. Note that was the first year for a one piece windshield and pendulum style brake and clutch pedals. I thought the car was especially stylish looking. This was the first year for an o'head valve six cylinder engine.
1957 and 1959 Cadillac is the only car I would possibly try and drive. However being an 80s baby those are so long !! My dad had a 1969 Buick LeSabre and it was a BOAT!!
I had a 56 Chevy Bel Air convertible, metallic mauve and white in 1957, then later, my brother gave me his 53 Chevy convertible when he went to Vietnam. Oh, and he did come back.
I grew in the 50's and we had 1st 51 Chrysler then 53 Plymouth 55 Oldsmobile Another neighbor 57 Rambler station wagon and another neighbor 57 Chrysler another neighbor 50 Studebaker My 1st car was a 56 Chevy then a 57 Plymouth then my last 50's car a 59 Chevy BelAir
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50s cars were great, we had a 54 plymouth and a57 plymouth 2 door hardtop, ive had over the years a 55 ford 2 door skyliner, 55 bel air 2 door hardtop, 57 chevy 210 wagon 2 door. 62 pontiac grand prix 389 348 hp with a 4 speed. i now have a 61 corvette.
I was born in 1951, and remember my grandfather’s 1951 Hudson Hornet, and my dad’s 1956 Oldsmobile 98 conv, and his 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner retractable. All great for the time, but very unsafe to ride in today. Styling was big back then, but not safety.
I’m 87, owed a couple of those cool 50s cars. (Including brand new 1962 Austin-Healy sprite) They were cool but not one of them had navigation and the music selection like today’s cars. I’ll take today’s cars. No spare tire, no need, the tires, batteries, etc are so engineered almost perfectly. I loved full across car seat, though for date smooching, lol. Can’t do that in bucket seats.
The car identified as a 1950 Ford is actually a 1949. The 1950 had 2 “bullets” in the grill. The 1949 only had one. Otherwise the cars are almost identical. Loved the 50’s style.
IF you properly maintained 50s cars, most were extremely reliable, but they did require periodic maintenance, as did 60s, 70s, and even 80s cars, or else you would eventually have starting problems, stalling problems, mis-firing, etc., as they didn't forever stay in tune. Today's cars are safer because of collapsible steering columns, (1968), seat belts, (1968), padded dash boards, (1967, I think), side-guard beams in the doors, (1973), anti-lock brakes, and air bags. If they didn't have those, they would make 50s and 60s American cars seem like paragons of safety. 70s cars are pretty safe and are sturdier than today's cars.
you missed the 1951 kaiser great car!! two of my earlier favorites were the 1939 buick ( a friend had a39 convertible ) i had a1948 buick roadmaster convertible , but my favorite was the 1949 buick convertible . your 58 ford wagon picture was not a ford but an edsel note the toilet seat grill, never used on a ford!
Loved this video. That era was about style. Refreshing to have a presentation that does not poke fun at and insult the work of those who designed an built them. It is sad that we live in a time where politics demands that everything from the past be made to appear ridiculous. Destroy the past so that the only thing that exists is today. Pure manipulation by purely vile people.
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Thank you very much for this video! I just love the cars from the 1950s!! I was born on Christmas Eve in 1956, but the cars from the 1950s were by far my favorite decade of cars!! I also really enjoy the narrator and the music in this video!! 😀
Thankyou
I'm an 87 year old lover of the cars of the 50's and a car collector. I have a 1950 Hudson Commodore coupe, a 1951 Ford Custom Deluxe and a 1955 Ford Fairlane Victoria. And I drive them often in the summer. They take me back to my heyday!
Born in 1937…a very good year. I’m Feb. 1937.
@argee36. Wow!! Lucky you! I'm 67 years old and I love the cars from the 1950s!!
Haha. I’ve been accused of living in the past. Owning classic cars you can drive yourself back there.
I liked it when gas was a quarter and girls didn’t have tattoos.
God bless you 🙏 ❤️ Sir
@@kalon227. Jan 37,,,
Some of the cars back then were truly gorgeous.
My first ride (from the hospital after birth) was in a 1951 Buick Special, which my Dad bought new. In 1957, he bought a 1955 Buick Super, which I remember well.
I LOVED THE CARS FROM THE 1950S!! I was born in the late 1950s, but that's still by far my favorite decade of cars!! 🤗
Never knew the Ford and Edsel Bermuda wagons were so simiiar looking !
Absolutely correct. That is an Edsel. Sure is a marvelous video though.
The Edsel wagons were built on the Ford body, with a Edsel front clip, same wheelbase as the Ford Custom that they were built on, 114", shorter than the 116" wheelbase Fairlane 500, which the lower price Edsels also used. Some 57 Ford owners, when customizing their cars, used the Edsel wagon "boomerang" taillights, practically a bolt on.
They were pretty much the same car, except for the styling and the Edsel's bigger engines/beefier transmissions and rear ends.
@@ramblerdave1339 Those taillights, and the 56 Packard Clipper taillights, were the ultimate in customizing.
@@jamesbosworth4191 Yes they were, and a bolt on to any '57 Ford! Unfortunately, not enough made, to supply everyone. 😢
I was 13 in 1955 when I picked up a Chevy brochure....something I continued to do for many years....I miss those days and those cars and their colorful brochures....isn't nostalgia great...thanks for the show !
Yes sir Mr Smith. I was 14. Those new 55 cars were a big change from the previous models. Exciting times they were. It’s encouraging to see some of today’s generation interested in the classics. But they won’t have the emotional attachment that we had at the time. Walking to the local dealerships in early Fall full of anticipation & awe at the shiny new cars. In a couple of years we were driving then owning our own. For most of us those are the memories we cherish. At age 83 it’s been a great ride. I hope yours has been also.
You ain't kiddin' not like today. There were new models practically every year. We'd always wait for the new cars to come out every year. They were always so great to see.
Great, guys!! Love the thumbnail.
Around '67, my older sister starts dating a guy from another city. His car, a '58 Del Ray bought from his parents and worked on himself, screaming small block and a 4 speed. First ride scared me half to death!!
I had a 58 Delray my first car. 2 door 6cyl 3 on the tree. Paid 300 dollars for it in 76.wish I still had it
I am 91 retired Industrial Designer had a 53 Lowey Coupe - plus others We had Fun in those days with cars
I'm 73 years old, love all the '50-60 cars. My first was at 17 I got my first car $450 got me a '57 Buick Super convertible. A big ox of a car, wish I still had it!
In 1953 Dad bought a gray 51 Plymouth wagon, we had it for 8 years.
My dad had a 57 red & white Ford Ranch Wagon!!
All of these cars from the fifties are gorgeous, my favorite being the Continental Mark ll 👍👍🎃
We had a 58 Pontiac which was very similar to the 58 Chevy. Lovely motor cars
I owned a1959 Buick Electra 225 2dr hardtop two tone blue and white
A truly BEAUTIFUL car!!!
Absolutely and positively had class and style.
Think of the efforts redesigning , retooling and the anticipation every fall of the new years designs. Post war prosperity never to repeat.
Love watching these old car videos, I remember back when I was 10 we had a 1958 Olds Supper 88.
Makes me ache with nostalgia. I'd give anything to be able to return to those years. Today's world just doesn't cut the mustard. In fact, I loathe these so called modern times.
In the 50's and 60's times were fun!
The cars and the ladies ALL LOOKED DIFFERENT!😂❤❤
Cool music to go along with the cars!
Oh the 1950's times were the Space Age Style and Chrome coated Cars Rules.
I am watching this again. Nostalgic. Yes I did enjoy it very much indeed.
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Many of them were works of art and many were over the top but all were special and identifiable of their maker, not so "me too" like today. I am 89 years old so I am somewhat biased in favor of that era. Thanks for your beautiful pictures.
Somewhat biased? I loathe the present times. A totally different world (for the worse) than what
you and I lived back then.
For us old car guys probably the most used phrase is. “ I wish I still had it.”What we would give to have some of those classics back. Those were the days my friend. We thought they’d never end.
@@TomSpeaks-vw1zp But they did end,
and might I add dramatically for the worse.
Good that we were the lucky ones who lived in those days past because today everything is going downhill fast to
a very dismal future.
@@jb-qi8fz
I’m 82 & know exactly where you’re coming from. But we have to make the best of what & where we are. I’m saddened for our grandchildren & beyond. However, they will live in their own time such as we lived in ours.
@@jb-qi8fz
No apologies for being biased. I look at it as being more of a preference.
The cars in this video are so pretty and cool!
Excellent video as Boca Brothers always do!
Friday's surprises! I really enjoy It. I'm watching from México.
We in Omaha had the 1949 50 Ford Tudor and the 1955 Chevy Station Wagon. My brother had a mid 50s Oldsmobile that he took apart and never pit back together. Having an hydraulic jack and lifting the engine out of cars was a popular hobby. A relative bought a new 1956 Ford Fairlane. Very pretty.
My first car was a 59 pontiac bonneville 4door hardtop with hydramatic trans and powered by the 389 CID.
Great car.
We owned belairs , fords and gmc's.
Excellent cars !
As teenager while watching ‘Crime story’ I fell in love with Chrysler 300E.
Great choice of cars.
Thank you for reminding me of my dreams. 😊
Thank you for watching!
Fabulous cars
One of my favorite cars of the 50's (and I'm in a minority here) is the 1958 Buick Limited and sister Olds 98. I just love all the chrome they slathered on those cars .You definitely knew you had "arrived"when you pulled up in one of these beauties. At 227.5 in. wheelbase Limited owners at the time were potential buyers of Cadillacs as little second cars at 129in. wheelbase. Also noticeably absent were the '55-'57 Chevy Nomad and Pontiac Safari station wagons.
Loved the 58 Limited because it had LESS chrome than the lower models.
Even as a kid, when those were new cars, I loved them, even though I didn't yet know how to read - I was only 3.
@@eleanorpowellfan It does indeed, but I love it because it is longer and more luxurious.
Cool cars!!!
Back then a parking looked like a field of easter eggs.
My friends dad had a new 1956 Buick Century and what a beauty. After all these decades I sill recall the colors. Cream White and Canary Yellow, and of course the chrome.
And great performance too, as it had the small light-weight Special body with the hottest Roadmaster engine.
Great video! My Dad had 2-'50 Chevys, a '53 Bel-Air, and a '58 Bel-Air. I had a '53 Chevy 210, and 2-'58 Chevys. My current car is a '54 Chevy Bel-Air 4-Door Sedan. I guess I like the cars of the '50's!!
Ok, did my family own one. Well sort of. My dad had a carpet and decorating shop and he had a 57 Cadillac hearse he would haul carpet and stuff with. It was big, heavy, and would just glide down the road. Not many people get to ride in a hearse every day.
I currently own a 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria in Bermuda Blue and Colonial White. There is nothing better than owning and driving one of these stylish cars from the 1950's.
Thank you for sharing and enjoy your vacation.
My first car was a 1956 Chevy Bel Aire. 265 V8 with 4bbl and dual exhaust. Sure wish I had it now. Thanks for the memories.
You're very welcome
Some very impressive-looking vehicles. I think the 1950s was the most creative decade when it came to automobiles. The style, the elegance. It was definitely a different era. Must mention also, the 1955 Ford Fairlane, looks very similar in design to the British-made MK II Ford Consul 375, which was produced at Dagenham from 1956 to 1962. It seems that British car designers, particularly I think, from Ford and Vauxhall, took a lot of inspiration from American designs.
Different era indeed! Thanks for watching!!
The English Ford was definitely a smaller version of the 52 - 54 Ford styling, and the 55 - 56 Ford was just a reskinned 54, rather than an all-new car like the 55 Plymouth and the 55 Chevy.
That Vauxhall was really kool! In 57, even had a 3 piece back window just like the Olds and the smaller Buick.
My father owned a Ford 1954 customliner . I loved that car I have the hood ornament mounted on a stand in my living room
My dad had a 1952 Buick Super, bought new in Apache Red and Black. The family expanded and moved to the suburbs, so the Buick was traded in for a 1957 Ford Country Sedan wagon in Coral Sand and Colonial White. You didn't have to see these cars close up to know what they were. You could tell when they passed by.
Cars in my family in the 50s, '48 Kaiser (rode home from hospital in it, from my birth in 51. '53 Ford Customline (dad's first new car), 57 Chevrolet 210 4 door sedan, as were the other two. My grandmother had a 48 Chrysler, and then, a 53 Imperial hardtop. One uncle, had my grandmothers old Chrysler, then a 57 Chevy BelAir 2dr sedan. Another uncle had a 51 Austin A40, and a 55 Mercury Montclair hardtop. And another uncle had a Jaguar XK-140, 56, I think.
I have a 58 Chevy Delray now
The 55-57 Chevys seem to be everyone's favorite, but I love some of less familiar beauties that you showed!
I'm 36.
The 1957 Plymouth fury will always be my favourite
Its a hot beauty all right, but the 57 Chrysler products were very poor quality cars. The 58s look almost identical, but are better quality. Not the greatest, but better than the 57s. That's why they are easier to find, despite selling in much smaller numbers - most of the 57s disintegrated long ago. The 58 Fury is also even faster.
My Grandfather had a 58 nomad in same color only tutone with white. 348 Turbo Thrust V8. Had it for 10 years and a bit over 100k. Ordered a 68 Caprice Estate loaded and drove that one 19 years until he died.
Those were the days! I had a '57 Buick followed by an Olds 98, also a '57!
I had a '59 Chevy Bellaire. Big horizontal tail fins and a pukey green and yellow two-tone paint..it had a straight six which was as doggy as they come. Drove it about 300 miles one day on a short road trip and it threw a rod right through the side of the motor. That was the end of it!
Too bad, that is generally a great motor! Not fast, but very reliable.
We are New Zealanders and we had a series of Canadian Pontiacs and Chevs. Canadian because of preferential duty rates for NZ. We had a '56 Bel Air 4 door, a '59 Pontiac Laurentian, a '62 Pontiac Laurentian, a '63 Pontiac Laurentian, a '65 Pontiac Laurentian, a '66 Chev Impala, and a '68 Chev Impala. After that it was Australian sourced Holdens - a Monaro, a Premier and a Statesman Chev 350. Great days.
We listened to President Kennedy's address to the nation in 1962 re the Cuban Missile Crisis in the '59 Pontiac. I was 15! We had to stop the Pontiac on the side of the road to hear as the AM radio reception was marginal - but we did hear it!
Back in the mid 1980s I was in high school and bought my first car. It was a gray 4 door 1958 Buick Special. It was still in decent shape and I paid $250 for it. To this day I have never ridden in a car as smooth as that Buick. Wish I still had it.
in the 50's I was in my 20's and could hardly wait for the look of the new models every year ,I owned a used 53 and then a 56 Studebaker called "Power Hawk"painted green and white ,which I traded later for a new 58 Chevrolet painted brown and white
I can always remember in the late fifties when the new models came out in September the dealers would have huge spotlights at night advertising to come in and see the new design models. My dad would take me to all the showrooms to to check them out, really good times 😊
True. Comparatively speaking. Cars today are boring. They most usually get you to where you're going without any muss, fuss, or drama. And if you have a mishap, you are more likely than not, to walk away from the accident. Unlike the the older cars which were a bit like playing russian roulette. Boring isn't necessarily a bad thing.
So TRUE!!!
After selling my 1948 Studerbaker show piece, I gave up on vintage autos and moved over to vintage toy trains and radios.
"Pray for me. My husband collects toy trains."
Ehhh... I don't blame you. What's the point of a Studebaker if it doesn't have the bullet nose?
Definately a lot of adventure in there. Those were the days.
Great car selection, can't say the same about the music!
Couple other beautys would be the 1957 Ford Custom and a 56 nomad
So true!
The cars I knew back then were a brown and white 1956 Chevy Nomad and a black and white 1959 Ford Galaxie500. After my papa's death in '59, my maman never bought another car until my '74 Plymouth Duster!!!😎🇨🇦
I have one favorite year 1959 & three favorite cars , Chevrolet El Camino Seagull Wing , Ford Country Squire Wagon & Oldsmobile super 88 4 door hardtop.
THANK YOU SO MJCH!!!!
The Skylark is NOT a Roadmaster.
It was built on the Special body.
The 1955 Imperial is NOT a Chrysler.
The 1958 Bermuda Wagon is an Edsel, NOT a Ford.
You are absolutely correct, but even then, many people considered the Imperial to be just a longer fancier Chrysler, even though it was much more than that.
My dad had a 1951 Ford Custom, a 1954 Ford Country Squire, a 1956 Chevy 210, a 1958 Ford Country Sedan, a 1957 Ford Custom 300 over the years, all 8 cylinder cars.
My dad had a 1950 Ford, a 53’ Mercury, a 56’ Ford Crown Victoria and a 59 Ford…….
Great video!
I remember growing up seeing these cars everywhere in neighbors’ driveways and that distinct smell as they tuned them. They were only 20 & 30 year old cars. Now, you see a 30 y.o. car, it looks modern. What happened?
Partly because the owners passed away, and partly because of Gore's "Crush A Clunker" program that is still around. His aim was to rid this country of traditional American-made cars and replace them with Asian motorized shoe boxes.
My father had a 59 Chevy Impala. I rode in it but was too young to remember it.
I miss crome on cars
Great Vid ! Thanks for Sharing 🦾🏁
I love fifties and sixties , born in 54, was a car nut since I was a kid.
i loved them all.thats when they made cars that were cars,
This was when each vehicle had their own unique “personality.” You could actually tell one car from another, not only by Maker but Model also. Not anymore, they all look the same now.
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I like the Ford Galaxy 1959 and Studebaker Silver Hawk,my late father owned both
Dad had a '55 Chevy four door Bel Air!
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"She was a black haired beauty
With big dark eyes
And points of her own
Sittin way up high!"
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I really think the 1958 Plymouth Belvedere/Fury(a.k.a. Christine) should've made it on this list
Thank God for our democracy and the 50s can you imagine what kind of cars we would be seeing right now if we had a dictator running our country. Please people and especially veterans protect our democracy and America as it has always been the greatest country of all. So many have died for it and we need to protect it so we can see beautiful cars like continuing
Most interesting! Thanks. The Bermuda station wagon was an Edsel, not a Ford. Next time, how about a '57 Imperial?
We owned a '55 Black DeSoto Hemi and a '59 Chrysler Imperial. Both were great cars. I buried the needle in both of them on ski trips! The trunk of the Imperial was cavernous.
3:15 my fav ❤
A guy could repair his own car in those days. Forget about doing that with todays cars.
In 1957 my grandfather bought a 52 Ford wagon. Note that was the first year for a one piece windshield and pendulum style brake and clutch pedals. I thought the car was especially stylish looking. This was the first year for an o'head valve six cylinder engine.
TIME TO DRIVE BEAUTIFUL CARS AND TRUCKS AGAIN!!!!
You got that right!
1957 and 1959 Cadillac is the only car I would possibly try and drive. However being an 80s baby those are so long !! My dad had a 1969 Buick LeSabre and it was a BOAT!!
I had a 56 Chevy Bel Air convertible, metallic mauve and white in 1957, then later, my brother gave me his 53 Chevy convertible when he went to Vietnam. Oh, and he did come back.
Cars back then had style and class. They were works of art. Now every car looks exactly the same…Bland and boring.
I grew in the 50's and we had 1st 51 Chrysler then 53 Plymouth 55 Oldsmobile Another neighbor 57 Rambler station wagon and another neighbor 57 Chrysler another neighbor 50 Studebaker My 1st car was a 56 Chevy then a 57 Plymouth then my last 50's car a 59 Chevy BelAir
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We had a pink 1957 Oldsmobile 88. Traded in near San Francisco in 1966. Think it was popular?
50s cars were great, we had a 54 plymouth and a57 plymouth 2 door hardtop, ive had over the years a 55 ford 2 door skyliner, 55 bel air 2 door hardtop, 57 chevy 210 wagon 2 door. 62 pontiac grand prix 389 348 hp with a 4 speed. i now have a 61 corvette.
I was born in 1951, and remember my grandfather’s 1951 Hudson Hornet, and my dad’s 1956 Oldsmobile 98 conv, and his 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner retractable. All great for the time, but very unsafe to ride in today. Styling was big back then, but not safety.
Chrome and wing windows I miss the most
My parents first new car was the 1958 Chevrolet Brookwood station wagon - fire engine red in color.
They are beautiful! Only drawback was for states with freezing weather; they didn’t stay beautiful long because of body rot from salted winter toads.
I had a 54 Chevy a 56 Chevy a 58 Chevy convertible then got drafted and sent to Vietnam. When I came home in 1967 bought a new Mustang.
1953 Mercury , 1957 Ford, 1959 Pontiac. Dad owned them and I remember the Pontiac but I was made in the merc😅
I’m 87, owed a couple of those cool 50s cars. (Including brand new 1962 Austin-Healy sprite) They were cool but not one of them had navigation and the music selection like today’s cars. I’ll take today’s cars. No spare tire, no need, the tires, batteries, etc are so engineered almost perfectly. I loved full across car seat, though for date smooching, lol. Can’t do that in bucket seats.
That 1 Ford tword the end looked like an Edsel it had an Edsel type grill
Mistake at 3:40; that should be an Edsel Bermuda, not Ford Bermuda.
The car identified as a 1950 Ford is actually a 1949. The 1950 had 2 “bullets” in the grill. The 1949 only had one. Otherwise the cars are almost identical. Loved the 50’s style.
todays cars are probably more reliable and safer but nowhere near as cool
IF you properly maintained 50s cars, most were extremely reliable, but they did require periodic maintenance, as did 60s, 70s, and even 80s cars, or else you would eventually have starting problems, stalling problems, mis-firing, etc., as they didn't forever stay in tune. Today's cars are safer because of collapsible steering columns, (1968), seat belts, (1968), padded dash boards, (1967, I think), side-guard beams in the doors, (1973), anti-lock brakes, and air bags. If they didn't have those, they would make 50s and 60s American cars seem like paragons of safety. 70s cars are pretty safe and are sturdier than today's cars.
Today's cars are definitely not more reliable and safer than the cars from the 1950s and earlier. The 1950s were my favorite decade of cars!
@@jamesbosworth4191The cars from the 1950s could withstand crashes a lot better than the cars today could.
@@lynettepalecek3141 Plus, today's cars are too small and too ugly.
You think? I know!! Cars before had to be tuned up every winter!!!😅..... but they were built like tanks..... nothing like the 50s, 60s, and 70 cars!
you missed the 1951 kaiser great car!! two of my earlier favorites were the 1939 buick ( a friend had a39 convertible ) i had a1948 buick roadmaster convertible , but my favorite was the 1949 buick convertible . your 58 ford wagon picture was not a ford but an edsel note the toilet seat grill, never used on a ford!
Loved this video. That era was about style. Refreshing to have a presentation that does not poke fun at and insult the work of those who designed an built them. It is sad that we live in a time where politics demands that everything from the past be made to appear ridiculous. Destroy the past so that the only thing that exists is today. Pure manipulation by purely vile people.