@@sekopiski : Kid plastic cars don't have longer operating span than the well stocked originals. If you think so, your brains are warped. Autos today are garbage!
@@geraldboykin6159 also you seem to forget that back in the 40s, 50s and 60s cars were totally worn out after a few years. Heck, if your car even made it to 100k without a major overhaul it was a cause for a celebration. Any car today can go easily over 100k with just basic maintenance. I just watched a video of a guy who put over million miles on his 2007 Nissan with the original engine and transmission.
so much more care went into the design of these cars. there are details in there that the designers put into the design that people don't even realize.
Anyone who can drive a rear wheel drive car in the winter without losing control is a good driver in my book. Half the people today can't even change a spare tire themselves. So sad.
I live where it don’t snow much at all, but I drive my 2wd an rwd f150 when it snowed last I didn’t lose control. It’s like this video says be slow an easy and have good tires.
Personally, I drive a 5 speed manual with fwd, you get a lot more control with one of those, even though i live in Alberta and the snow right now is about 1 feet high on the roads and about 3 feet when shoveled
I had a 1964 Oldsmobile Super-88 and that was the most dangerous car I ever driven in my life back in those days.It had full-time power steering.This means no linkage to the front end,it was all hydraulic from the firewall to the front rack and pinion and you could not feel the steering wheel at all,it was just like there is nothing connected to the front end whatsoever. This was on dry pavement,in winter time it was ten times worse,you had to anticipate where that front end was going before you got there,after a while you could do this,but it took a lot of practice to get used to that full-time power steering.
It was, indeed! best analogy to it, get an older ..80's-90's..pickup, add a couple hundred lbs over the right rear wheel in snowy conditions and..you'll be experiencing a fair share of how fun it was! i cherished driving my Satellite, Newport, Fury ..even the 80's rwd beasts etc in the worst of conditions..the most LiT fun you can have on the road. too bad about road salt/chemical mixes, spoiling the fun, causing corrosion, not really helping conditions..drawing deer onto the roads and poisoning them..enviro dmg, etc.
My parents had a 1974 Dodge Dart, which was the one mom drove. She was scared to death about driving in the ice and snow. That car fishtailed like crazy in slippery conditions, especially on hills. And the cars in this film had even larger rear ends….it must have been a real challenge in those days.
@@mageac Chrysler's had push button transmission in the late 1950 s early 1960 models Chrysler was always the innovators Today they are FIAT garbage.....
@@ralphabreu5022 The Hellcat is garbage. Trackhawk, garbage. lol, no. ive owned and drove the 'old stuff', ie 60's-70's and the new. i adore them all. Mopars are still kick ass cruisers. Daimler almost killed Chrysler forever, Fiat is doing a fab job keeping it going. RAM's are a huge success, for one. 3.6L V6 & Hemi V8's, all fantastic.
Tire technology, disc brakes (anti lock brakes) traction control and front wheel drive are all game changers. But I am just old enough to remember those snow tires.
I still see many village idiots from the city skidding off the road, stuck, blocking traffic. The only time I am stuck is when the road is closed. My 2019 Subaru with winter tires gets me there safe.
Some of this stuff really takes me back--check the water level in your battery (I haven't done that in decades), winterize your car by putting antifreeze in the radiator (not just plain old water), get the snow tires out (I get by fine with all-seasons now). I never used chains and I remember seeing cars driving by that had loose chains, they used to bang around in the wheel well. They didn't mention in the video that it helped to have someone heavy in the back seat for extra traction.
@Mark P I still see people using them now. I should say I hear people using them. When I'm out for a walk and I hear a car with studded tires drive by grinding up the dry asphalt, I cringe.
brings me back to when they showed videos like this in school.. I think they all had the same narrator! LoL and I'm talking about the 80's.. and we'd take turns working the projector
Chrysler was using push button automatic on the driver side of the dashboard from the mid 1950s to mid 1960s. Ford had the mechanical pushbuttons for the automatic transmission in the center of the steering wheel for the 1958 and 1959 Edsel !!
I still catch a rash of garbage about only owning rear-wheel drive cars & trucks, yet see more front/four or all-wheel drive vehicles crashed or incapacitated by all winter driving conditions. Great video content.
Great video and Thumbs up liked. I love driving in snow myself. Yep live in Minnesota and Snow or Ice don't scare me because I adjust to it by using my skills or experience as a good driver. And to let you all know I do carry a shovel in my trunk in case I do get stuck lol.
After a few million miles on the highway then better information would be about 90% of the people who think there good drivers need to stay home during the winter. :-)
How do you get 20 likes on a comment that makes zero sense. I've read it like 12 times. I stopped and read it again while I typed that just to make sure..
Cameron D.F Chisholm he’s a trucker, he means in his experience 90% of the people who think they are good drivers are not and should just stay home when it’s bad weather
Iwant Anaivanovic when I was growing up it was snow from November to late March. My father even convinced me to wait until winter was almost over before I got my license and the first time it snowed, he came and picked me up so I wouldn’t drive home in the snow. Now it’s February and we’ve had 5” all season. I won’t be long before I could drive my camaro all year around on its summer tires. Just keep my Jeep for off-roading only.
The winter snow came early, but nobody wanted to miss the 'Last Chance Classic Car Show and Shine*! But in all seriousness, many of these tips still apply today.
growing up in Michigan this all looks familiar. my dad would change to snow tires after the first snow. we never used chains. if you didn't install them right, they would tear up your fender wells. studded snow tires came out and made driving on ice and snow much easier.
My Dad told me he remembers him and my Grandpa pulling out the studs in the tires sometime in the 70's as Minnesota banned them. I dont understand why the roads are junk and have to be resealed every year or two anyway around here. I would take the added security and traction of studded tires vs a small amount of road wear.
@@ricochetey They outlawed studded snow tires in Michigan too. It was because the studs were wearing out the roads leaving grooves in the tire tracks. In turn the grooves would fill with water and freeze causing a real problem.
We never used chains in Detroit because they salted the roads, but I also had family that lived in Northern Michigan and they never used chains either - you just got used to driving in snow because we used to get so much of it back then. It was 53 degrees in Detroit today and it's January 2nd. The times they are a changin'.
@@zacharygerhart8504 good eye! the grille is the big giveaway. funny bc i have a 1/18th die cast '58 Fury on the stand, right below my tv as im watching this, baha. #furyvanwinkle on Insta is my project car, it's a '70 Gran Coupe.
3:57 Opening the rear window a crack is no longer necessary because all U.S. market cars since 1971 are required to have continuous forced ventilation with one-way exhausting vents in the rear of the car. Some 1971 cars, like the VW Beetle and Cadillac Fleetwood had visible vents on the outside, though such vents are usually hidden in the wheel housings now. Before 1971, it each automaker had its own approach to ventilation and even some early models with air conditioning needed the window opened a crack to keep the air moving.
We take traction and stability control and ABS for granted now a days but drive one of these cars without any of these nannies and the difference is amazing
I grew up with the cars shown. They all had one common characterisic... bad brakes. Some of the Chrysler products with Lockheed brakes n the '50s were downright suicidal. Today's cars are infinitely better in.braking performance than these finned boats. The change toward better brakes started in 1963 with the first four piston Bendix disc brakes on the '63 Studebaker Avanti. Ford followed with the same brake in 1966. GM followed with their Moraine dual piston units in 1969.
While braking systems have greatly improved over the years, driving skill and, even more important, common sense still apply in bad weather driving. No vehicle, no matter how it's equipped, can be made idiot proof.
I rarely use the brake in snowy driving. Much better to take the foot off the accelerator and let the weight of the vehicle and gearing slow you down :)
Many cars had cable operated brakes, power brakes were an option in the forties and early fifties some cheap compact cars had cable brakes up into the late 60s, most notable the beetle has cable operated drum brakes
Fords and Chrysler (Rootes) in the UK had discs front and in some cars at the rear such as 1966 to 1971 mk4 Zephyr and Zodiac much earlier than US cars. These brakes were by Girling which has been rebranded as TRW.
during the winter months i always buy another set of tires and put the chains on them and keep them in the trunk and when i,m up in the mountains and driving in snow i put the other tires on and i,m good to go ,i even had a CHP ( California Highway Patrol ) officer pull up behind me and saw what i done and told me that was a real original idea.
You are doing it the hard way. Just put the chains on when you need them, it’s a lot easier than jacking up the car on each side and changing the tires.
I wanted to give a shoutout to ABS and front-wheel drive. I have driven thousands of winter miles on Canadian roads. I now drive a fifteen-year old KIA mini-van. It has front-wheel drive, ABS and modern all-season tires. A huge and calming differences between driving now and decades ago is that even in icy conditions, when I hit the brakes the ABS kicks in and even if I skid I still face in the direction I was formerly travelling. If things are icy enough I might slide to far and even leave the roadway. BUT it is ever so much nicer to not worry about my backend flipping around. In real life, in the situation where the car is trying to punch through a foot high wall around its parking space it would likely to end up with the front end high-sided on the snow while the rear wheels spin uselessly. A snow shovel is the most important thing to carry when travelling in snow country. Tire chains? Generally if the roads are bad enough that snow tires aren't enough, then you probably should have stayed home and waited a few more hours until the snow plows to clear the roads.
Would like to add: the accumulated snow should be brushed off the roof because it will end up blocking your vision down the road as it slides off, or you might end up with a fine.
One thing i notice missing from alot of "winter driving" films is the fact no one explains how to use the throttle to get yourself thru a turn. It wont work on todays front drive/awd shitboxes, but in the big rear drive cars or pickups it works well and has saved my ass a few times
@ because you dont know how to drive. Ive had to use throttle traveling at 10mph to get thru a turn. Ive spent many michigan winters driving RWD cars and 2wd pickups. Only been in a ditch 1 time, and that was in a 4wd expedition being stupid.
Im a non driver, but yeah.. including these teckniecs into future driving can save lives. even i know about not yousing brakes during an uncontrollable sked
Chicago blizzard of 78-79....my dad was stuck....he put a grocery bag full of dog shit under the right rear tire, he forgot that was the one that spins, he nails it, dog shit went flying all over the outside wall of Jewel
oh boy, life was soooo hard back then… hard to believe these people survived without all those fancy displays in the car and without the car "beeing connected"
I've had quite a few cars but only 1 car without AWD or 4X4 it was RWD and it was fun AF 😂😂😂 rarely drove it in winter tho. Also thank God for ABS brakes too 🙏🙏
@@benn454 In the book it did happen in winter and around Pittsburgh Pa. Stephen King described the hi speed on ice like hell pulling her tight to the pavement during the encounter with the detective.
I still wonder why people insist on driving at least 50mph on an icy interstate in 2020, when, in 1965 we only drove 25mph on that same stretch of interstate highway. Laws of physics haven't changed.
Right?? I own a 2011 Crown Vic and in the winter with snow packed on the roads I go about 30-35 on the highway. And I’ll have douchbags behind me, tailgate me or hit their flashers on me thinking I’m going to pull over. Sorry it’s your fault you decided not to leave a extra 30 min - 1hr for work. Best thing iv witnessed is a idiot in a 2019 Silverado ended up getting impatient and passed me going 55 on bad road conditions, as he was attempting to merge over he lost control and go thrown into a ditch and got stuck.
Tyler Allen years ago I was driving home from college in my old Buick and it had snowed 6”. They plowed the highway but only one lane. The plowed lane was icy so I drove on the snow covered part as traction was better. I’m puttering along and a Dodge Ram was flying up behind me and was trying to pass me. I just kept my steady speed and paid no attention. He then tried to pass me in the plowed lane. I saw his headlights out the corner of my eye and then they were gone. He didn’t pass me and there was no exits. I glanced behind me and saw that he had spun out and hit the median. Just because you have 4wd or AWD doesn’t mean you can drive like a nut in poor conditions. You have a little better traction but good winter driving habits still apply.
Tyler Allen a few years back I was driving my CRX in a bunch of freshly fallen snow as it was still snowing on a rural freeway in Northern Arizona. I was going slow as traction and visibility were both bad. A lady in a Mercedes kept tailgating me and flashing her lights. She managed to get around me, and I passed her about a mile later stuck in deep snow on the side of the road. Couldn’t help but laugh.
Have studded snow tires on steel wheels for my Crown Vic. After end of bad weather scub clean, Armorall, put each in a plastic leaf bag & tape shut them label. Then put on tire rack in basement till needed again.
Hell, when the snow starts flying, I just stay off the interstate. People are too stupid. I take the back roads the weatherman tells you to stay off of. A lot less idiots on the back roads when there's 10 inches of snow on them!👍
No one has ever seen this yet where I live. Look at all the new technology on cars and trucks today, antilock brakes, traction control, back up camera, self parking, on and on and people still can't drive. We supposedly have smart everything today but it seems like the people are getting stupider.
People are lazy, stupid, and they just build stuff to let idiots still drive. Doesn't matter how many safety nancies they put in vehicles people will still get into accidents in great weather throw a couple snow flakes into the mix and it gets even worse. They really don't teach any driving anymore, they just hand out licenses to everyone that wants to buy one. Doesn't help that many people have no driving experience until after they get their license, then suddenly they think they're the greatest driver because they got those dozen backup cameras, and all those safety nannies to get them around.
@@madmax2069 Exactly LOL. See it every snowstorm. People get worse every year it seems, you'd think they'd learn after the first snowstorm, nope, they don't ever learn. First ones you see off the road in a snowstorm are those in their lifted 4x4's and those in their AWD SUV's.
4X4 doesn't help when the tires don't grip. I know of people that get through winter with RWD pickups just fine on snow tires and a bit of weight in the bed
I'm one of them. Stay 200 feet back of the car in front of you and your ok. I have a 4x4 wrangler but in the freezing cold of Ontario the mini truck is much warmer. Of course that doesn't save you from the random idiot pulling out in front of you, but In most cases when your aware you can avoid it, if it all goes bad hope that your ok and your insurance will pay for it
When I was first driving, after the first snow (ice conditions) I'd find a large, open parking lot and practice controlling skidding so as the car suffered ware I would be prepared how it would react. This and growing up in central Washington and a few winters in North Dakota helped a lot. ;-)
Practicing skidding and recovery is the best thing you can do to improve your winter driving skills. I used to do this on company parking lots when I was a delivery driver. In the end, I could slide sideways through the gates and into the plant roads with full control. Quite a sight for the security guards...:-)!
I encouraged my nephew to do this when he was starting to drive about 10 years ago. He took his car to an empty high school parking lot at night, skidded around a bit, and someone called the cops on him. Times have changed. I used to get the old rear-wheel drive family car out in the snow and do donuts in any vacant parking lot I could find. I wasn't bothering anyone and no one bothered me.
Only once did the Police show up but luckily after I explained what I was doing they agreed with my thinking and left. I live in the greater Seattle area where there is little snow and if it does, I stay home. ;-)
@@TairnKA That's about what happened with my nephew, he explained what he was doing, the cops could see he wasn't drunk, but they made him leave. We're in Colorado and we get more snow than Seattle so he needs to drive in snow regularly. Me, I'm retired, and like you, when it snows I stay home.
Don't pump the brakes if you have ABS....a helpful tip from your Uncle Jim. I used to pull the parking brake on my 99 Camry in snow for exciting spin action......it can be used to help get the front end where you want it to go
@@flight2k5 I grew up old school. I like to control the vehicle, not the other way around. I find it very annoying. Just the way I was brought up. Other people like it. I don't.
As I said in a previous comment to someone else-UNTIL your abs locks up on glare ice. I've had it happen. WHEN it does, old school driving comes right back into play.
@@MikeBrown-ii3pt that's what I meant Mike. You understand. I wasn't being disrespectful to anyone. Just my opinion. You understand what I'm saying. Thank you.
Im a CDL plow truck driver for my DPW. It is awful these days vs even ten yrs ago out in the snow, im in new england. No one has a clue what to do. At least back then people had common sense and problem solving abilities. And its funny, u never see capable vehicles out in the snow storm that arent actually clearing snow. Its always the prius, camry, accord, hyundai, etc. When i was a kid in the 80s it was the 74 caprice wagon with chains and loaded with sand bags motoring through, my mom had one! The prius with bald street tires... stay home
@@hallucinatedovens8414 one of the best cars I ever had in the snow was a 57 Oldsmobile. I've had six of them. Having reverse right underneath low is great for rocking it out of being stuck.
I watch this as if I’m not an 18 year old Southern California San Diego resident who complains at how cold it is outside when the temp. goes any lower than 75° and has never seen snow in real life.
No. The fin period was a great, great time in automotive styling, but imagine chargers, mustangs, and camaros with fins. I particularly like the 1959 Chevrolet fins.
Back when Scotty Kilmer was a young mechanic.
Oh thats that guy that complains about everything and has clickbait titles. Guy is super negative in my opinion.
Lol seriously this was definitely around scotty Kilmers time
@@JM-yx1lm why are you complaining about everything and being super negative?😕
@@DL-ke1io you dummy, i didnt complain or be negative about anything. Describing someone is not complaining or being negative
@@JM-yx1lm and now Mr. Negative is resorting to name calling...
best thing about these films old cars
The consumer wasn't cheated by trashy plastics back then.
@@geraldboykin6159 what do you mean by cheated?
@@sekopiski : Kid plastic cars don't have longer operating span than the well stocked originals. If you think so, your brains are warped. Autos today are garbage!
@@geraldboykin6159 and which car exactly is made out of plastic?
@@geraldboykin6159 also you seem to forget that back in the 40s, 50s and 60s cars were totally worn out after a few years. Heck, if your car even made it to 100k without a major overhaul it was a cause for a celebration.
Any car today can go easily over 100k with just basic maintenance. I just watched a video of a guy who put over million miles on his 2007 Nissan with the original engine and transmission.
The best advice I ever got for winter driving?
Stay indoors and only drive if the journey is life or death 😷👍🏾🏴
These cars look more futuristic than modern cars
Them cars are as ugly as the new ones
so much more care went into the design of these cars. there are details in there that the designers put into the design that people don't even realize.
I noticed that too
Miguel Rodriguez their beutiful modern cars are ugly
nah I don't think so.
Anyone who can drive a rear wheel drive car in the winter without losing control is a good driver in my book. Half the people today can't even change a spare tire themselves. So sad.
i prefer fwd anyway
Most cars dont even have a spare tire any more. You get a can of fix a flat on the cheep cars.
I live where it don’t snow much at all, but I drive my 2wd an rwd f150 when it snowed last I didn’t lose control. It’s like this video says be slow an easy and have good tires.
150 pounds in the bed lined up with the rear axle helps
Personally, I drive a 5 speed manual with fwd, you get a lot more control with one of those, even though i live in Alberta and the snow right now is about 1 feet high on the roads and about 3 feet when shoveled
Driving HUGE old cars on ice looks like a slow motion blast!!!
I had a 1964 Oldsmobile Super-88 and that was the most dangerous car I ever driven in my life back in those days.It had full-time power steering.This means no linkage to the front end,it was all hydraulic from the firewall to the front rack and pinion and you could not feel the steering wheel at all,it was just like there is nothing connected to the front end whatsoever. This was on dry pavement,in winter time it was ten times worse,you had to anticipate where that front end was going before you got there,after a while you could do this,but it took a lot of practice to get used to that full-time power steering.
Everybody could do do-nuts without trying.
It was, indeed! best analogy to it, get an older ..80's-90's..pickup, add a couple hundred lbs over the right rear wheel in snowy conditions and..you'll be experiencing a fair share of how fun it was!
i cherished driving my Satellite, Newport, Fury ..even the 80's rwd beasts etc in the worst of conditions..the most LiT fun you can have on the road.
too bad about road salt/chemical mixes, spoiling the fun, causing corrosion, not really helping conditions..drawing deer onto the roads and poisoning them..enviro dmg, etc.
This is awesome! This is when people knew how to operate their cars!
Skid testing reduces skid marks, and reduced skid marks means less laundry.
My parents had a 1974 Dodge Dart, which was the one mom drove. She was scared to death about driving in the ice and snow. That car fishtailed like crazy in slippery conditions, especially on hills. And the cars in this film had even larger rear ends….it must have been a real challenge in those days.
I loved the studded snow tires on my 1967 Galaxie 500. I could drive through 12" of fresh snow or on the icy packed stuff.
Things I learned here: I had no idea any cars back then had push button transmissions.
pretty common in old dodges
Chrysler Corporation did on all there cars
@@ralphabreu5022 i thought it was only on the "fancy" ones, but yeah it was likely all of them
@@mageac
Chrysler's had push button transmission in the late 1950 s early 1960 models
Chrysler was always the innovators
Today they are FIAT garbage.....
@@ralphabreu5022 The Hellcat is garbage. Trackhawk, garbage. lol, no.
ive owned and drove the 'old stuff', ie 60's-70's and the new. i adore them all.
Mopars are still kick ass cruisers.
Daimler almost killed Chrysler forever, Fiat is doing a fab job keeping it going.
RAM's are a huge success, for one.
3.6L V6 & Hemi V8's, all fantastic.
Those rear wheel drive cars, were the PITS on snow and ice ! ! I lovvvveeee front wheel drive cars ! Cheers from Canada, Polar Bear country .
Tire technology, disc brakes (anti lock brakes) traction control and front wheel drive are all game changers. But I am just old enough to remember those snow tires.
Traction control and Front wheel drive have done me more bad than good. But these new brakes I just got are insane.
I still see many village idiots from the city skidding off the road, stuck, blocking traffic. The only time I am stuck is when the road is closed. My 2019 Subaru with winter tires gets me there safe.
Some of this stuff really takes me back--check the water level in your battery (I haven't done that in decades), winterize your car by putting antifreeze in the radiator (not just plain old water), get the snow tires out (I get by fine with all-seasons now). I never used chains and I remember seeing cars driving by that had loose chains, they used to bang around in the wheel well. They didn't mention in the video that it helped to have someone heavy in the back seat for extra traction.
@Mark P I still see people using them now. I should say I hear people using them. When I'm out for a walk and I hear a car with studded tires drive by grinding up the dry asphalt, I cringe.
I like these old educational films. I can remember putting snow tires on when it came time.
brings me back to when they showed videos like this in school.. I think they all had the same narrator! LoL
and I'm talking about the 80's.. and we'd take turns working the projector
@@unclefreddieDied it looks like ohio around mansfield
Uh. You're still supposed to...
I can remember putting snow tires on too. It was last Tuesday.
4:53 can we appreciate this gear shift
all I can say is funny how we look back at it positively, but manufacturers try changing it up today and they get hated for it lol
Chrysler was using push button automatic on the driver side of the dashboard from the mid 1950s to mid 1960s. Ford had the mechanical pushbuttons for the automatic transmission in the center of the steering wheel for the 1958 and 1959 Edsel !!
I REMEMBER SEEING THIS IN SCHOOL.
David Gray very interesting look into your generations education! Coming from a young man
So much truth in the driving technique here
I still catch a rash of garbage about only owning rear-wheel drive cars & trucks, yet see more front/four or all-wheel drive vehicles crashed or incapacitated by all winter driving conditions. Great video content.
Gotta' love white-wall snows. 2:40
White walls were a big thing back then. And, yes, all four tires had to match, summer or winter.
Great video and Thumbs up liked. I love driving in snow myself. Yep live in Minnesota and Snow or Ice don't scare me because I adjust to it by using my skills or experience as a good driver. And to let you all know I do carry a shovel in my trunk in case I do get stuck lol.
After a few million miles on the highway then better information would be about 90% of the people who think there good drivers need to stay home during the winter. :-)
How do you get 20 likes on a comment that makes zero sense. I've read it like 12 times. I stopped and read it again while I typed that just to make sure..
Cameron D.F Chisholm he’s a trucker, he means in his experience 90% of the people who think they are good drivers are not and should just stay home when it’s bad weather
Unless you’re in Minnesota you’re kind of forced to learn it
@@mrbasscow or anywhere in the Northeast...
Watching this makes me so happy to live in Phoenix, Arizona
Flagstaff for winter weekend need winter driving refresher😂
"Christine" got angered with all that snow! No wonder she became so nasty!!
Hahahahahahahahaha 😷🇬🇧
That moment when you realize people are stupider now 70 years later with 100 percent better technology when it comes to snow...
Hey, I am glad to see the village idiot has checked in, even if the head of pecker makes absolutely no sense at all.
Not just when it comes to snow.
I am from a country with snow from Oct thru Apr. I hereby totally confirm the content of this film relevant.
Iwant Anaivanovic when I was growing up it was snow from November to late March. My father even convinced me to wait until winter was almost over before I got my license and the first time it snowed, he came and picked me up so I wouldn’t drive home in the snow. Now it’s February and we’ve had 5” all season. I won’t be long before I could drive my camaro all year around on its summer tires. Just keep my Jeep for off-roading only.
The winter snow came early, but nobody wanted to miss the 'Last Chance Classic Car Show and Shine*! But in all seriousness, many of these tips still apply today.
In Finland a winter driving course is a part of you being able to get your drivers license, they should teach these things everywhere.....
Not in the southern countries, I guess. This course would be completely useless in Thailand, let's say )) But you're right.
growing up in Michigan this all looks familiar. my dad would change to snow tires after the first snow. we never used chains. if you didn't install them right, they would tear up your fender wells. studded snow tires came out and made driving on ice and snow much easier.
My Dad told me he remembers him and my Grandpa pulling out the studs in the tires sometime in the 70's as Minnesota banned them. I dont understand why the roads are junk and have to be resealed every year or two anyway around here. I would take the added security and traction of studded tires vs a small amount of road wear.
@@ricochetey They outlawed studded snow tires in Michigan too. It was because the studs were wearing out the roads leaving grooves in the tire tracks. In turn the grooves would fill with water and freeze causing a real problem.
We never used chains in Detroit because they salted the roads, but I also had family that lived in Northern Michigan and they never used chains either - you just got used to driving in snow because we used to get so much of it back then. It was 53 degrees in Detroit today and it's January 2nd. The times they are a changin'.
@@Pro1er Last year it was -30 here round this time.
They could break, too, and really mess up your car.
70 years and I have the same snowbrush!
Just "Slap on the CHAINS, punch it and GO! No spinning just grinning.Thanks for the great Video.
And always remember: for long excursions have a parka , whiskey flask and plenty of cigarettes!
@4:40 Christine meets winter
That’s a 59, Christine was a 58 fury.
V8 Atomic Ya got me ..... I don’t know my Fury’s very well
That’s all good! I just love these autos a lot! I’m trying to get myself one
@@zacharygerhart8504 good eye! the grille is the big giveaway.
funny bc i have a 1/18th die cast '58 Fury on the stand, right below my tv as im watching this, baha.
#furyvanwinkle on Insta is my project car, it's a '70 Gran Coupe.
Hehehe This is informative and educational for kids learning to drive in the Upper Midwest like Wisconsin.
I grew up driving on rear wheel drive I can drive in the winter with no issues
They forgot to mention that wearing argyle socks with brown shoes will help tremendously when driving on ice.
Those fancy shoes and sox wont do you much when you ditch the car and end upto your nuts in snow!!!
Back when people learned how to drive without a phone in their hand.
I can do both
Rusty Shackleford dale, im gonna kick your ass
Bc it wasn’t invented yet.
Yeah just a cigarette
Go ahead and hate! I can do both
3:57 Opening the rear window a crack is no longer necessary because all U.S. market cars since 1971 are required to have continuous forced ventilation with one-way exhausting vents in the rear of the car. Some 1971 cars, like the VW Beetle and Cadillac Fleetwood had visible vents on the outside, though such vents are usually hidden in the wheel housings now. Before 1971, it each automaker had its own approach to ventilation and even some early models with air conditioning needed the window opened a crack to keep the air moving.
This might be old but it works and everyone should know this specially if your driving a older vehicle or modern vehicle same principle ,
We take traction and stability control and ABS for granted now a days but drive one of these cars without any of these nannies and the difference is amazing
Traction control sucks though. It just gets me stuck.
My favorite car in this video was the 1959 Ford Fairlane 500,nice ride.
I grew up with the cars shown. They all had one common characterisic... bad brakes. Some of the Chrysler products with Lockheed brakes n the '50s were downright suicidal. Today's cars are infinitely better in.braking performance than these finned boats. The change toward better brakes started in 1963 with the first four piston Bendix disc brakes on the '63 Studebaker Avanti. Ford followed with the same brake in 1966. GM followed with their Moraine dual piston units in 1969.
While braking systems have greatly improved over the years, driving skill and, even more important, common sense still apply in bad weather driving. No vehicle, no matter how it's equipped, can be made idiot proof.
I rarely use the brake in snowy driving. Much better to take the foot off the accelerator and let the weight of the vehicle and gearing slow you down :)
DeserT BoB bad brakes because rotors didn’t exist yet
Many cars had cable operated brakes, power brakes were an option in the forties and early fifties some cheap compact cars had cable brakes up into the late 60s, most notable the beetle has cable operated drum brakes
Fords and Chrysler (Rootes) in the UK had discs front and in some cars at the rear such as 1966 to 1971 mk4 Zephyr and Zodiac much earlier than US cars. These brakes were by Girling which has been rebranded as TRW.
even in today's world, all these problems are daily issues for us in the midwest USA
during the winter months i always buy another set of tires and put the chains on them and keep them in the trunk and when i,m up in the mountains and driving in snow i put the other tires on and i,m good to go ,i even had a CHP ( California Highway Patrol ) officer pull up behind me and saw what i done and told me that was a real original idea.
You are doing it the hard way.
Just put the chains on when you need them, it’s a lot easier than jacking up the car on each side and changing the tires.
@@GTVAlfaMan.... i need the exercise and keeps me warm when i doing that
@@montysmith6355 if it works for you, keep doing it :)
I always keep a shovel and some other essentials in the trunk.
When someone says its an original idea, its not a good thing.
@@benson4u215 ....well the CHP officer told me that as he rolled up on me and he thought i had a flat tire
13:18 what a great looking car in the right! A compact car compared to the land yachts!
Looks like some kind of British sports car.
Never seen snow clean that easy
"adjust the applier to fit the tire, that's the heavy piece if wire that comes with most sets of chains" Man was starting to spit bars for a sec lol
What a great era this would have been to live in.
I’m watching this because I live in NC and we got 2 inches of snow. Don’t want to die out there !
i love 30-40-50 era
I wanted to give a shoutout to ABS and front-wheel drive.
I have driven thousands of winter miles on Canadian roads. I now drive a fifteen-year old KIA mini-van. It has front-wheel drive, ABS and modern all-season tires. A huge and calming differences between driving now and decades ago is that even in icy conditions, when I hit the brakes the ABS kicks in and even if I skid I still face in the direction I was formerly travelling. If things are icy enough I might slide to far and even leave the roadway. BUT it is ever so much nicer to not worry about my backend flipping around.
In real life, in the situation where the car is trying to punch through a foot high wall around its parking space it would likely to end up with the front end high-sided on the snow while the rear wheels spin uselessly. A snow shovel is the most important thing to carry when travelling in snow country.
Tire chains? Generally if the roads are bad enough that snow tires aren't enough, then you probably should have stayed home and waited a few more hours until the snow plows to clear the roads.
Today i park my in my heated garage and have 4 wheel drive. Drivers back then had to be super skilled
10:56 Wtf just happened?? Lmao😂
"Speeeeeeeeasy touch on the brakes and gas"
"...and keep plenty of space between YOU" :D
@@Elevat0r1921987 Ha never even noticed that one lol😂
I thought, there is no snow in the United States, until watched this film (joke). I'm from Siberia.
Would like to add: the accumulated snow should be brushed off the roof because it will end up blocking your vision down the road as it slides off, or you might end up with a fine.
In New York, it's illegal to have snow on your roof. I don't know how many other states have that law.
@@badbooking3221 We supposedly have it in Canada but apparently cops are too lazy to get off their fat arses to enforce it.
Lol in SC here you can drive with a dog on a roof:p
Excellent video. 12:50 always care a snow chains, but nobody even uses a snow tires though 70 years have gone from this very clear recommendations.
One thing i notice missing from alot of "winter driving" films is the fact no one explains how to use the throttle to get yourself thru a turn. It wont work on todays front drive/awd shitboxes, but in the big rear drive cars or pickups it works well and has saved my ass a few times
I dont know if you have ever driven fwd but if driven properly, you can somewhat save it with throttle. But yea, good point otherwise
@ because you dont know how to drive. Ive had to use throttle traveling at 10mph to get thru a turn. Ive spent many michigan winters driving RWD cars and 2wd pickups. Only been in a ditch 1 time, and that was in a 4wd expedition being stupid.
I was impressed to see that car has buttons to shift into drive, neutral ect.
Winter tire tread design has come a long way I see lol... Those zig zags tho
Im a non driver, but yeah.. including these teckniecs into future driving can save lives. even i know about not yousing brakes during an uncontrollable sked
"safe winter driving means more care and less speeeeasy touch on the brakes and gas" lmao
Lol gotta love old old films, they have missing film and audio at times
'Speeeeasy' is my new buzzword 😂
This was very helpful we had a a foot plus here this year
95ft here in buffalo this yr.
4:49 funny how alot of new cars today are reverting back to push button shifting :O
Lots of paddles, switches and dials....that's for sure.
Clearly my grandmother never saw this video.
Chicago blizzard of 78-79....my dad was stuck....he put a grocery bag full of dog shit under the right rear tire, he forgot that was the one that spins, he nails it, dog shit went flying all over the outside wall of Jewel
lol
oh boy, life was soooo hard back then… hard to believe these people survived without all those fancy displays in the car and without the car "beeing connected"
The number one tip for winter driving....move to Florida :-)
In certain provinces of Canada it’s law or a ticket is issued for not having snow tires I have my sons put them on every winter in Michigan
Still good advice.
Why are most of the best educational car videos from the 1950s?
you call me crazy but this translates perfectly to the 57 Bel Air in GTA V around Christmas when the snow comes down
I've had quite a few cars but only 1 car without AWD or 4X4 it was RWD and it was fun AF 😂😂😂 rarely drove it in winter tho. Also thank God for ABS brakes too 🙏🙏
Like the big Fury with push button
Christine would've been a much shorter movie if it happened in winter.
@@benn454 In the book it did happen in winter and around Pittsburgh Pa. Stephen King described the hi speed on ice like hell pulling her tight to the pavement during the encounter with the detective.
I still wonder why people insist on driving at least 50mph on an icy interstate in 2020, when, in 1965 we only drove 25mph on that same stretch of interstate highway. Laws of physics haven't changed.
Right?? I own a 2011 Crown Vic and in the winter with snow packed on the roads I go about 30-35 on the highway. And I’ll have douchbags behind me, tailgate me or hit their flashers on me thinking I’m going to pull over. Sorry it’s your fault you decided not to leave a extra 30 min - 1hr for work. Best thing iv witnessed is a idiot in a 2019 Silverado ended up getting impatient and passed me going 55 on bad road conditions, as he was attempting to merge over he lost control and go thrown into a ditch and got stuck.
Tyler Allen years ago I was driving home from college in my old Buick and it had snowed 6”. They plowed the highway but only one lane. The plowed lane was icy so I drove on the snow covered part as traction was better. I’m puttering along and a Dodge Ram was flying up behind me and was trying to pass me. I just kept my steady speed and paid no attention. He then tried to pass me in the plowed lane. I saw his headlights out the corner of my eye and then they were gone. He didn’t pass me and there was no exits. I glanced behind me and saw that he had spun out and hit the median. Just because you have 4wd or AWD doesn’t mean you can drive like a nut in poor conditions. You have a little better traction but good winter driving habits still apply.
Tyler Allen a few years back I was driving my CRX in a bunch of freshly fallen snow as it was still snowing on a rural freeway in Northern Arizona. I was going slow as traction and visibility were both bad. A lady in a Mercedes kept tailgating me and flashing her lights. She managed to get around me, and I passed her about a mile later stuck in deep snow on the side of the road. Couldn’t help but laugh.
Have studded snow tires on steel wheels for my Crown Vic. After end of bad weather scub clean, Armorall, put each in a plastic leaf bag & tape shut them label. Then put on tire rack in basement till needed again.
Hell, when the snow starts flying, I just stay off the interstate. People are too stupid. I take the back roads the weatherman tells you to stay off of. A lot less idiots on the back roads when there's 10 inches of snow on them!👍
No one has ever seen this yet where I live. Look at all the new technology on cars and trucks today, antilock brakes, traction control, back up camera, self parking, on and on and people still can't drive. We supposedly have smart everything today but it seems like the people are getting stupider.
People are lazy, stupid, and they just build stuff to let idiots still drive. Doesn't matter how many safety nancies they put in vehicles people will still get into accidents in great weather throw a couple snow flakes into the mix and it gets even worse. They really don't teach any driving anymore, they just hand out licenses to everyone that wants to buy one. Doesn't help that many people have no driving experience until after they get their license, then suddenly they think they're the greatest driver because they got those dozen backup cameras, and all those safety nannies to get them around.
jim k ice is ice
The best tech in the world can't fix stupid.
@@jogmas12 indeed
@@madmax2069 Exactly LOL. See it every snowstorm. People get worse every year it seems, you'd think they'd learn after the first snowstorm, nope, they don't ever learn. First ones you see off the road in a snowstorm are those in their lifted 4x4's and those in their AWD SUV's.
One time the snow was up near the doors of the car. I even rocked it back and forth to get out of the parking spot.
And diff lock 4-wheel drive and dual diff lock 4-wheel drive will help pull you out of icy intersections much better then full-slip 2-wheel drive.
4X4 doesn't help when the tires don't grip. I know of people that get through winter with RWD pickups just fine on snow tires and a bit of weight in the bed
I'm one of them. Stay 200 feet back of the car in front of you and your ok. I have a 4x4 wrangler but in the freezing cold of Ontario the mini truck is much warmer. Of course that doesn't save you from the random idiot pulling out in front of you, but In most cases when your aware you can avoid it, if it all goes bad hope that your ok and your insurance will pay for it
When I was first driving, after the first snow (ice conditions) I'd find a large, open parking lot and practice controlling skidding so as the car suffered ware I would be prepared how it would react.
This and growing up in central Washington and a few winters in North Dakota helped a lot. ;-)
Practicing skidding and recovery is the best thing you can do to improve your winter driving skills. I used to do this on company parking lots when I was a delivery driver. In the end, I could slide sideways through the gates and into the plant roads with full control. Quite a sight for the security guards...:-)!
LOL
I encouraged my nephew to do this when he was starting to drive about 10 years ago. He took his car to an empty high school parking lot at night, skidded around a bit, and someone called the cops on him. Times have changed. I used to get the old rear-wheel drive family car out in the snow and do donuts in any vacant parking lot I could find. I wasn't bothering anyone and no one bothered me.
Only once did the Police show up but luckily after I explained what I was doing they agreed with my thinking and left.
I live in the greater Seattle area where there is little snow and if it does, I stay home. ;-)
@@TairnKA That's about what happened with my nephew, he explained what he was doing, the cops could see he wasn't drunk, but they made him leave. We're in Colorado and we get more snow than Seattle so he needs to drive in snow regularly. Me, I'm retired, and like you, when it snows I stay home.
The worst is going uphill on ice.
I’m old. Screw that noise. Stay home when it snows or better yet, move to where it doesn’t snow.
Never was able to put on A set of chains that fast!
4:45 Plymouth Fury
Don't pump the brakes if you have ABS....a helpful tip from your Uncle Jim. I used to pull the parking brake on my 99 Camry in snow for exciting spin action......it can be used to help get the front end where you want it to go
I hate abs
Glenn Decker why?
@@flight2k5 I grew up old school. I like to control the vehicle, not the other way around. I find it very annoying. Just the way I was brought up. Other people like it. I don't.
As I said in a previous comment to someone else-UNTIL your abs locks up on glare ice. I've had it happen. WHEN it does, old school driving comes right back into play.
@@MikeBrown-ii3pt that's what I meant Mike. You understand. I wasn't being disrespectful to anyone. Just my opinion. You understand what I'm saying. Thank you.
Back when each vehicle had a unique look. Now they all look like giant electric shavers.
YASSS!
Snow tires make a much bigger difference today.
my car doesnt have abs. i live in minnesota. i dont have my license yet (failed my test) but this will definitely help me in the future
Im a CDL plow truck driver for my DPW. It is awful these days vs even ten yrs ago out in the snow, im in new england. No one has a clue what to do. At least back then people had common sense and problem solving abilities. And its funny, u never see capable vehicles out in the snow storm that arent actually clearing snow. Its always the prius, camry, accord, hyundai, etc. When i was a kid in the 80s it was the 74 caprice wagon with chains and loaded with sand bags motoring through, my mom had one! The prius with bald street tires... stay home
Solid advice
Glad I live in a country with bugger all snow 👍
I had this exact film in my collection (lots of splices) until I sold it on eBay years ago... I wonder if this is it???
I clicked on this to prove to the old lady that the thumb nail was a 57 Oldsmobile.
My cousin has a 57 Olds 98, black w a red stripe.
I'll bet that really made her day lol
@@hallucinatedovens8414 one of the best cars I ever had in the snow was a 57 Oldsmobile. I've had six of them. Having reverse right underneath low is great for rocking it out of being stuck.
@Colorado Strong ok boomer
@Colorado Strong ahem, tortise you are
Rock it Barb!
Looks like fun
I bet those polyglass tires are boss in the snow
I watch this as if I’m not an 18 year old Southern California San Diego resident who complains at how cold it is outside when the temp. goes any lower than 75° and has never seen snow in real life.
Omar Padilla I live in Canada and like the snow and think it’s pretty. And I dress for the weather
i wish cars still had fins today
No. The fin period was a great, great time in automotive styling, but imagine chargers, mustangs, and camaros with fins.
I particularly like the 1959 Chevrolet fins.
Very interesting. Thank for film.
When I meet a nice looking woman I always tell her, “honey, you look finer then a new set of snow tires.”
xD
420dportkid 😂😂😂😂😂
Im gonna try that one
Tires back then sucked. Those damn useless bias tire didn't gripped well !!!
That is right. And remember when they were cold? Bump, bump, bump bump.............
I swear I saw 'Christine' in that film!
I pull 400lbs with my 4 seasons continental 😁 Thanks progress.