Please note the total lack of cars parked on the streets. Those were the days when most households only had one car, and that was parked off street. Nowadays there are parked cars everywhere. I preferred driving in those days.
I live in Perth (where this 1970 video film was made). In 2022 Perth is drowning in cars. Often front lawns of houses are parking lots for multiple cars and other vehicles.
I'm also the only unlucky sod in my street. Houses opposite full of overseas students, and they park all out the front of theirs, and my house. Usually opposite my driveway too. Makes getting in and out my house difficult. Sometimes some make a special effort, and leave their vehicle with the passenger side wheels not even in the kerb channel.
When blocks of flats are in a street, that means more cars gobbling up on street parking. They usually have a garage for one car, and no yard, yet many families that live in them, have more than one vehicle, hence the need to park on the street. 'Progress' rarely ever improves the lives of the common citizens.
Absolutely love every one of these instructional clips. So grateful to the NFSA for sharing them via TH-cam for us to see. Thank you for everything you do.
Thanks for this. Still good advice for many even fifty years later At 5:23 unusual that the HT Holden had a V8 engine fitted. Much rarer than the dominate six cylinder Holden family cars sold then.
The 253 was introduced in the HT series. With drum front brakes. Discs were optional. The film vehicle does not have the hand brake warning light option. There would be a switch, (like the door switches to operate the interior light) in the hole on the hand brake lever bracket.
No not unusual at all my dad had the same car white ht Kingswood 253 with 3 on the tree .V8 were optional extra in entry grades Kingswood and falcons in fact you could option for a 308 in Kingwood or a 351 in a falcon ..
I come from the era, the Hydramatic we called 'Highly Dramatic' because I worked for Ford, and we didn't get along. The first Falcons had the Fordomatic, which was a sluggish two speed, then a 3 speed came later made I think made by 'Borg Warner', what a revolution, they worked quite well, not so the case today with those awful CVT's
5:15........just love that car! In 1970, the HT was the current model Holden. I had the HG Kingswood in that same green, but with a white roof, 186 and three on the tree. The HG was later in 1970 and into 1971. I later had a gold VB Commodore with a 202 and Trimatic. I found the Trimatic a terrible gearbox. Unless you topped the oil up constantly, it slipped, jerked and misbehaved badly. On the gear lever, you could shift from drive to neutral without needing to squeeze the button, even when moving. But...........when shifting from drive to second, you DID need to squeeze the button! The logic was shocking. Borg Warner auto's in Ford's and other makes were far smoother, and more logical to use.
I didn't know the 253s came with a power glide auto. I thought they only had the trimatic's for the autos. then again I think the HG series was the first to have the trimatic's. interesting at the start when she started the car the fuel gauge they showed is the standard dash type. later in the video the car had a GTS dash, so I'm thinking they may have used two cars for this video, the power glide may have been a HT with a 308 or the 186s thus the power glide and because the car had an auto choke.
In early HT's, no. In late 1969, Holden made the powerglide optional on all engines to simplify the logistics and ordering system. Prior to that, it was a confusing and illogical system of them being available for some engines, but not others, including the very engine they would have been most popular with. This must be a late HT. It's actually very well optioned for the day:- V8 engine, automatic, disc brakes, radio, heater and GTS gauges. None of these things were standard in the HT Kingswood. If it still existed in that condition today, it would easily fetch tens of thousands of dollars!
GTS dash may have just been a tacho on one side, and a clock on the other. Temperature and oil gauges may have been also offered and exclusive to Monaros. I can't recall.
...and at 13.42 the Holden is comprehensively beaten off the line by the Falcon ute.... Seriously though, I was hoping they might have shown the Chrysler Torqueflite auto, where the push buttons were on the dashboard to the right of the steering column, like in Dad's '64 AP5 Regal.
Hands down the _best_ explanation of automatic transmission that I have ever seen - very smart people made this film.
Please note the total lack of cars parked on the streets. Those were the days when most households only had one car, and that was parked off street. Nowadays there are parked cars everywhere. I preferred driving in those days.
I live in Perth (where this 1970 video film was made). In 2022 Perth is drowning in cars. Often front lawns of houses are parking lots for multiple cars and other vehicles.
@@freeman10000 it really is crazy. Absolutely everyone in the family has their own car now. 👍
I'm also the only unlucky sod in my street. Houses opposite full of overseas students, and they park all out the front of theirs, and my house. Usually opposite my driveway too. Makes getting in and out my house difficult. Sometimes some make a special effort, and leave their vehicle with the passenger side wheels not even in the kerb channel.
You can blame parking minimums for that.
When blocks of flats are in a street, that means more cars gobbling up on street parking. They usually have a garage for one car, and no yard, yet many families that live in them, have more than one vehicle, hence the need to park on the street. 'Progress' rarely ever improves the lives of the common citizens.
Wow a woman who checks the oil under the bonnet! Great video!
That fan demo was excellent. Simple but effective.
Absolutely love every one of these instructional clips. So grateful to the NFSA for sharing them via TH-cam for us to see. Thank you for everything you do.
Our pleasure! More to come. Thanks for the feedback.
Amen. When cars where cars. I miss the falcons and Kingswoods.
Thanks for this.
Still good advice for many even fifty years later
At 5:23 unusual that the HT Holden had a V8 engine fitted. Much rarer than the dominate six cylinder Holden family cars sold then.
Ah the good old 253ci motor! I had on in my HZ Statesman...
It did. But the engine sound throughout the video sounded like a 186 lol
The 253 was introduced in the HT series. With drum front brakes. Discs were optional. The film vehicle does not have the hand brake warning light option. There would be a switch, (like the door switches to operate the interior light) in the hole on the hand brake lever bracket.
plus the two speed power glide auto
No not unusual at all my dad had the same car white ht Kingswood 253 with 3 on the tree .V8 were optional extra in entry grades Kingswood and falcons in fact you could option for a 308 in Kingwood or a 351 in a falcon ..
The first car I learnt to dive in was an old EK Holden that my grandparents owned! Cheers
I learned to drive in my dad's EH station wagon. I bought it off him for $300. We had an EJ before that.
Thank you NFSA...
Our pleasure!
@@NFSAFilms thanks 🙏 a month is very long to wait. Glad your back!!
@@NFSAFilms hopefully you put more episodes on about this video.
@@danrobinson572 Hi Dan. This is the last episode in this particular series. We'll have to find something else to keep you interested!
@@NFSAFilms okay 👍
Very interesting video!
This is a time when there was enough technology to make life simple and comfortable, not invasive as it is today.
I love this comment. I totally understand what you mean.
Now automatic car is everywhere now.. hope the narrator is still around to see it.2022 .
Awesome 👏 video
Great to see scenes of Perth.
That was the hill after the Spit Bridge at the beginning. Of course, Sydney always comes first.
@@thomaselliott573 This was definitely filmed in Perth.
At 15.09 that appears to be the Maylands Exchange at corner Carrington and Central Avenue, Inglewood
At 15:11 , good prediction of the future.
Automatic buses and trucks, too.
I'd really like to see more of these driving films from the 60's and 70's.
I think all episodes one to twelve are also on TH-cam from the NFSA.
Look at the NFSA playlist for the other twelve episodes in the this series.
I come from the era, the Hydramatic we called 'Highly Dramatic' because I worked for Ford, and we didn't get along.
The first Falcons had the Fordomatic, which was a sluggish two speed, then a 3 speed came later made I think made by 'Borg Warner', what a revolution, they worked quite well, not so the case today with those awful CVT's
5:15........just love that car! In 1970, the HT was the current model Holden. I had the HG Kingswood in that same green, but with a white roof, 186 and three on the tree. The HG was later in 1970 and into 1971.
I later had a gold VB Commodore with a 202 and Trimatic. I found the Trimatic a terrible gearbox. Unless you topped the oil up constantly, it slipped, jerked and misbehaved badly. On the gear lever, you could shift from drive to neutral without needing to squeeze the button, even when moving. But...........when shifting from drive to second, you DID need to squeeze the button! The logic was shocking. Borg Warner auto's in Ford's and other makes were far smoother, and more logical to use.
Not watched one of these for a while
Hey!, I remember that lady in the Holden, but can't put a name to her. :(
Miss Leeanne chippington.
Education department of WA.
couldn't be more simple
Cars back then were simple & basic, not like the computers on wheels we have today.
I didn't know the 253s came with a power glide auto. I thought they only had the trimatic's for the autos. then again I think the HG series was the first to have the trimatic's. interesting at the start when she started the car the fuel gauge they showed is the standard dash type. later in the video the car had a GTS dash, so I'm thinking they may have used two cars for this video, the power glide may have been a HT with a 308 or the 186s thus the power glide and because the car had an auto choke.
In early HT's, no. In late 1969, Holden made the powerglide optional on all engines to simplify the logistics and ordering system.
Prior to that, it was a confusing and illogical system of them being available for some engines, but not others, including the very engine they would have been most popular with. This must be a late HT. It's actually very well optioned for the day:- V8 engine, automatic, disc brakes, radio, heater and GTS gauges. None of these things were standard in the HT Kingswood. If it still existed in that condition today, it would easily fetch tens of thousands of dollars!
GTS dash may have just been a tacho on one side, and a clock on the other. Temperature and oil gauges may have been also offered and exclusive to Monaros. I can't recall.
Look at the NFSA playlist for the other twelve episodes in the this series.
Why dont they make cars with those Stick Shifts anymore?
Mercedes does it
Check the hand brake
..... Today I learnt that women can wear clip-on earrings.
Do babushkas were earings? lol
My mother had them in those days
...and at 13.42 the Holden is comprehensively beaten off the line by the Falcon ute.... Seriously though, I was hoping they might have shown the Chrysler Torqueflite auto, where the push buttons were on the dashboard to the right of the steering column, like in Dad's '64 AP5 Regal.