this was probably shot in late 1957, or early spring of 58. still a bunch of 40s cars on the road and even a couple 20's model t era cars i saw. awesome video
This is amazing considering it's the 1950s. Here in the UK, we didn't even have a motorway system of any description until 1958 and nothing even close to this number of cars.
Not really. There are several 1958 model cars in these clips, so the earliest it could have been was late 1957. The last verified, documented veteran of the CW was Albert Woolson, who died in August of '56 at age 106. He was a musician as a teen in a garrison regiment that never saw combat. The last provable CW combat vet died in March of 1953 at age 109.
So true! Cars back then looked like art, today, the cars look cheap and it's more obvious that they are mass-produced. Everything looks plastic these days, even if it's not made of plastic.
Assuming from other comments that this was late '57/early '58. The minimum age to drive is 16 years old, so the youngest people driving would be born in 1941 logically speaking. Assuming the average age of American people is 35 years, the average person driving then would've been born in 1922. 98 years old in 2020. Considering the average life expectancy in industrialized countries like the United States is around 80 years, i'm sure you can do the math. Crazy to think about how time flies.... I'm grateful that i'm viewing the past in this way.
It's the Arroyo Seco Parkway (later called the Pasadena Fwy) in the Elysian Park area. Part of my learning to drive was on this freeway. It has tight curves and killer short onramps. I experience slower traffic than this all the time on Hwy 80 near Berkeley, CA.
In SoCal, not a big surprise. It's not that unusual to see cars from those days on CA roads even today, although they're typically not a daily driver as I suspect they were not in this fil, either. The car at 1:27 is a Model A or similar from the 1930s, which would have been only 20 ish years old then. That would have been an impractical daily driver even in the '50s although if you were going to try, SoCal would be the best place for it. The equivalent aged vehicle today would be a 2001 or so, and there are tons of cars of that age and even older on the roads today as daily drivers esp in CA. I don't see a Duesey or anything similar anywhere in this film unless you're referring to the Model A-type car at 1:27.
@photo10 The yellow background with black letter/number plates were issued between 1956 thru 1962. The black background with yellow letter/number plates were issued between 1963 thru 1970. The "newest" cars in this video were all 1958 models.
Much fewer and narrower freeways then vs now, even in SoCal. Most of the LA area freeways in existence today were built 10 - 40 years after this film. I moved to the LA area in 1980 and I don't notice a huge difference in freeway traffic now vs. then. More freeways but also more cars, and there also were no or few diamond lanes, express lanes, etc. in 1980. I remember several of the freeways being built. Getting to LAX from north OC or the IE was a pain until the 105 was completed, but that didn't happen until the '90s.
@OSTARAEB4 I even remember when "Henrey J's" were on the road....I was very young but I do remember that chrome script with the "Henrey J" on the trunk of the car. Was It an economy version of a Fraser or Kaiser? My brother and I were car buffs from birth it seems. I can remember my older brother and I having conversations how crazy certain cars looked even when I was as young as 5.......like the Edsel grill and the big buick walrus tusk grills
@bboucharde , It's the Pasadena Freeway headed south just past where the current Golden State Freeway is. Look off to the left in the opening sequence and you can see the northernmost tunnel of the northbound lanes. Look to the right and you can see the connector road from the southbound Golden State that used to be just a single lane running along the cliff face. That connector used to be the onramp from Avenue 26 off San Fernando Rd before the completion of the Golden State.
@bboucharde , I forgot to add to note that spiral concrete staircase just to the left of the left-most southbound lane. When you make the transition from the northbound Pasadena to the northbound Golden State, you curve left right in front of it. For years back in the 1960s into the 1980s, there was a spooky looking skull that some street artist painted on it. I couldn't believe how long that remained up!
loved the '58 Olds convertible at l:36! amazing though that there were not more fender-benders because it doesn't seem like anyone used turn signals when changing lanes. it looks as though there was as much congestion back in the 1950s as there is now.
at that time the golden state freeway was not built yet. the exit/entrance by the staircase was for riverside dr. originally. in the later clip, there is no stadium ramp northbound. mid 50's
the golden state was about to be built by that time and later open in '61. the far right lane is the SB ave 26/Figueroa entrance. you can still exit riverside dr. from the NB connector. i remember the CA11 and 7 before the interstate conversion in the early 80's.
my father knew grancho Marks and i remember one day we went to visit him at his Hollywood home and he asked my father -how did you like the los Angeles traffic ? and my father answer him it reminds me of my mother in law went she comes to visit
I don't know when the Golden State Fwy interchanges with the 110 (formerly 11) were completed, but I have to think they were under construction at the time of the film. By the way, I think you can still get to Riverside Drive by taking that connector from the northbound 110 to the northbound 5. When I was young, we used to get on the SB 11 via Ave 26 off San Fernando Rd. It followed what is now the connector from SB 5 to SB 110, narrowing to one lane right as it fed into the 11.
I can recall when they were still the 11 and 7 before they were the 110 and 710, too. I guess that makes us both older than dirt. At least I'm still *fresh* dirt, LOL! I do still recall going down San Fernando Rd. past Taylor Yard (big railroad switching yard), over to N. Figueroa, then up onto that SB onramp. I was really young (born 1952), so I don't really remember those street names from that time; I've looked them up. Suddenly, there came a day when we couldn't go that way.
I think u'r right and if u look up adobe st. it's near the 110 fwy. 2nd one is definitely 101 - you can see cahuenga west on the left and barham on the right.
It's a motor officer, and it's not illegal in CA (and much of the world) even today. In fact, if you don't "lane share" in that kind of traffic you're defeating much of the purpose in riding/commuting on a motorcycle. If done carefully and correctly, it's not any more dangerous, probably less so, than staying between stop and go cars and trucks in the middle of the lane of travel. You can't be rear-ended and smashed between that vehicle and the stopped vehicle ahead of of you if you're lane sharing. Sitting on a motorcycle in stop and go traffic on the freeway is like being a pedestrian just standing there waiting to get run over. Keeping yourself offset and carefully moving forward is a much better defense.
I saw a few blinking signals but not many. Those were still the days when many (most?) cars on the road were not equipped with directionals (aka "blinkers"), which is why standardized hand signals were still taught in driver's ed and were a part of the state test to get your driver's license until at least the '70s. Even "basic" things we now take for granted like a driver's door outside mirror and a heater were still extra cost options in the '50s. historygarage.com/turn-signals-50s-drivers-intentions-guess/ As for brake lights, I guarantee most of those cars were manual shift "three on the tree". If you know how to drive a stick shift you'll rarely have to touch the brakes in creeping, stop and go traffic, or at all for that matter. Brake lights weren't standard equipment either until not long before this film, circa 1940s. Even then, if you paid for the option you got only one brake light. There was also a standard hand signal for "I'm slowing down or stopping" that was taught in driver's ed and included on the driver's license exam at least until the '70s.
@GadgetVision a famed professor quoted USA as owning 2 Billion of the 6 Billion cars in the world. Whatever the number, we ALL need to be made more aware and make changes to our living
Few automobiles had "blinkers" in the 1950s. They didn't become standard equipment until the '60s. historygarage.com/turn-signals-50s-drivers-intentions-guess/
Fascinating. I well remember this. As others here have remarked, virtually all of those hundreds of thousands of cars, along with their parts and features, were American - made. Almost everyone's furniture, appliances, clothes - everything in American homes - was American - made. Did that make us a better country? Not for me to answer, but interesting to think about.
Amazing that even back in the 1950's, the southbound ride along California State Route 110 was just as bad as it is today. Of course, the Glendale Freeway was not in existence in those days to help balance out traffic flow, so that might explain the excessive traffic demand that you see on the Pasadena Freeway in this video. Neat video!
California has not had a serious road building program since 1975. There are a great deal of freeways and expressways in California that were planned and never built.
It's not entirely a wild guess. My guess is based on the newest cars I see in this traffic, which happen to be 1958 models, thus to my logic dating this video to to somewhere between September 1957 to August 1958.
Just out of my curiosity, have you seen the well known 1959 reality based driver safety documentary film entitled "Signal 30" ? and if so what do you think of it ? I'm just asking, Thanks
Came here because I recently learned stick and I was curious how traffic might flow differently when almost everyone was still driving manual transmissions. You can notice that people try to avoid stopping because they'd have to feather the clutch again, which is more difficult than just stepping on the gas.
@@hebneh The majority were manual however. Even full size sedans tended to have a "three on the tree" unless you paid for an optional automatic, and that was an expensive option as a percentage of the price of the car. I learned to drive a stick in a '58 Bel Air with a column shift manual. I doubt the balance of auto vs manual got above 50% in the US until the '70s.
Actually, automatics reached 50% in American car production in 1954 and 80% in 1957. So a great many of the cars seen here have automatic transmissions. The turning point was when General Motors started offering automatics for Chevrolets in 1950, making this option available on its cheapest cars instead of just on the higher-priced makes.
Yes, but the proportion was wildly smaller. Plus, an import was ALWAYS a second car. An MG for dad to zip around on the weekend or a beetle for errands while the big Plymouth, Chevy, or Ford was being used to commute.
@inkey2 -I honestly don't know inkey2. Henry-J seemed like a feeble attempt at an early American compact car and I think it was a baby Kaiser. I could be totally wrong on this. Willys looked the same in a sense. The 1958 Edsel was the best and by 1960 you could see the imagination was not there as it looked very similar to the Galaxie of that year. I still think the demise of Packard was really sad as they really were beautiful cars. They clearly had their zenith in the 1930's. Gorgeous cars!
Not all of those classic cars may be gone & some of its drivers may still be alive; those who were in their 20’s. Music? They were probably listening to some amazing music, unaware that it was gonna go downhill at some point. Still, in exiting to their destinations, to a nicer & more normal world, it goes without saying. Dreamer of the past.
I grew up not far from there. Back then there were what was called 'truck routes' and commercial vehicles and buses used them, kept the main highways a bit 'clearer' so to speak.
this was probably shot in late 1957, or early spring of 58. still a bunch of 40s cars on the road and even a couple 20's model t era cars i saw. awesome video
57 in that case, not a single 58 on the road
I saw that 58 Chevy too.
The 58 models that I happened to see were from: Ford, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, Plymouth. There might have been others as well, these just caught my eye
Only a couple of VW Beetles and British sport cars.
This is just incredible. I live in the UK and we didn't have ANY kind of motorway before 1958, let alone this many cars and this heavy traffic.
Yes, the lingering effects of WW2 devastation held the UK and Europe back for decades.
The air quality was horrific, noxious, burned eyes and throat, toxic and gagging.
@@d23g32 also the restrictions that stopped the UK from being as much of a lifeless mess of roads like in america
so many beautiful cars
This is amazing considering it's the 1950s. Here in the UK, we didn't even have a motorway system of any description until 1958 and nothing even close to this number of cars.
Crazy to think at the same time there were still living veterans of the Civil War.
And titanic survivors
Not really. There are several 1958 model cars in these clips, so the earliest it could have been was late 1957. The last verified, documented veteran of the CW was Albert Woolson, who died in August of '56 at age 106. He was a musician as a teen in a garrison regiment that never saw combat. The last provable CW combat vet died in March of 1953 at age 109.
Here it is 50 years later and stll no improvement.
Just to think that the only choice of a car was a nice looking car. These cars are amazing.
Lol! Those cars were ugly and they all look alike.
@@Thebrothaisback ugly?
Except the toxic exhaust and lead gas
@@Thebrothaisback the same can be said for today's cars
Thebrothaisback yeah fr
That's the Pasadena Freeway toward downtown. Still just as bad.
I noticed in the video there are four lanes but now there are only three (110 Southbound at 3:30)
i think it's amazing how all the cars look alike
So true! Cars back then looked like art, today, the cars look cheap and it's more obvious that they are mass-produced. Everything looks plastic these days, even if it's not made of plastic.
And the food sometimes tastes like it too.
You can thank modern safety regulations for that
Read about Sloanism and you might not see that as such a good thing.
Which is why they are more fuel efficient, better ride, faster and last longer today
Still moves quicker than today.
They are still moving, unlike traffic today!
sad...cars mostly crushed now, but sadder still, many of those drivers are dead today
exactly what I was thinkkng.
Many? Considering that was the 50s (60+ years ago), I'd say most if not all are dead by now.
You must be the life of the party.
Assuming from other comments that this was late '57/early '58. The minimum age to drive is 16 years old, so the youngest people driving would be born in 1941 logically speaking.
Assuming the average age of American people is 35 years, the average person driving then would've been born in 1922. 98 years old in 2020.
Considering the average life expectancy in industrialized countries like the United States is around 80 years, i'm sure you can do the math.
Crazy to think about how time flies.... I'm grateful that i'm viewing the past in this way.
News flash, everyone dies, it's part of life....it's a total cycle that you can't change. Yes, people born 100 years ago by now are dead.....
An era when noone thought it was a bad idea to build a freeway right through the middle of a city
It's the Arroyo Seco Parkway (later called the Pasadena Fwy) in the Elysian Park area. Part of my learning to drive was on this freeway. It has tight curves and killer short onramps. I experience slower traffic than this all the time on Hwy 80 near Berkeley, CA.
10 years later comment here! I live in this area too!
I can smell the leaded gasoline and sulfur pollution from here.
This is neat. Could use a good 50's song or two, but great share!
I spotted a long-hooded car (Dusenberg?) from the 30s and a Model A from the 20s.
In SoCal, not a big surprise. It's not that unusual to see cars from those days on CA roads even today, although they're typically not a daily driver as I suspect they were not in this fil, either. The car at 1:27 is a Model A or similar from the 1930s, which would have been only 20 ish years old then. That would have been an impractical daily driver even in the '50s although if you were going to try, SoCal would be the best place for it. The equivalent aged vehicle today would be a 2001 or so, and there are tons of cars of that age and even older on the roads today as daily drivers esp in CA. I don't see a Duesey or anything similar anywhere in this film unless you're referring to the Model A-type car at 1:27.
@photo10 The yellow background with black letter/number plates were issued between 1956 thru 1962. The black background with yellow letter/number plates were issued between 1963 thru 1970. The "newest" cars in this video were all 1958 models.
The sad thing is at least 17 of these vehicles are STILL stuck in traffic today.
Fuck me. Even back the it was already bad. Did not realize that. Damn we’re really screwed.
Much fewer and narrower freeways then vs now, even in SoCal. Most of the LA area freeways in existence today were built 10 - 40 years after this film. I moved to the LA area in 1980 and I don't notice a huge difference in freeway traffic now vs. then. More freeways but also more cars, and there also were no or few diamond lanes, express lanes, etc. in 1980. I remember several of the freeways being built. Getting to LAX from north OC or the IE was a pain until the 105 was completed, but that didn't happen until the '90s.
The newest car I spotted was a 58 Chevy.
+Jim Jones Then I was probably 1 year old when this was shot. :-)
also a 58 oldsmobile in the fist few seconds.
and even a 58 ford
Wrong, I saw a Mazda Miata at 1:05
iApple yes, i saw only 1 1958 Ford.
I LOVE THE 50s....the gold era
A very great era, the Amazing 1920s was the gold era
Gold Era if you were White, Straight, Christian, Male
@@bruceleehace20anos17 roaring 20s
Still traffic! I think we learnt our lesson. More freeways leads to more traffic, stop building our cities around cars!
@OSTARAEB4 I even remember when "Henrey J's" were on the road....I was very young but I do remember that chrome script with the "Henrey J" on the trunk of the car. Was It an economy version of a Fraser or Kaiser? My brother and I were car buffs from birth it seems. I can remember my older brother and I having conversations how crazy certain cars looked even when I was as young as 5.......like the Edsel grill and the big buick walrus tusk grills
Wow, even back then it was packed
@bboucharde , It's the Pasadena Freeway headed south just past where the current Golden State Freeway is. Look off to the left in the opening sequence and you can see the northernmost tunnel of the northbound lanes. Look to the right and you can see the connector road from the southbound Golden State that used to be just a single lane running along the cliff face. That connector used to be the onramp from Avenue 26 off San Fernando Rd before the completion of the Golden State.
@bboucharde , I forgot to add to note that spiral concrete staircase just to the left of the left-most southbound lane. When you make the transition from the northbound Pasadena to the northbound Golden State, you curve left right in front of it. For years back in the 1960s into the 1980s, there was a spooky looking skull that some street artist painted on it. I couldn't believe how long that remained up!
loved the '58 Olds convertible at l:36! amazing though that there were not more fender-benders because it doesn't seem like anyone used turn signals when changing lanes. it looks as though there was as much congestion back in the 1950s as there is now.
at that time the golden state freeway was not built yet. the exit/entrance by the staircase was for riverside dr. originally. in the later clip, there is no stadium ramp northbound. mid 50's
the golden state was about to be built by that time and later open in '61. the far right lane is the SB ave 26/Figueroa entrance. you can still exit riverside dr. from the NB connector. i remember the CA11 and 7 before the interstate conversion in the early 80's.
I just noticed now that half of the turns people make, they stick their arms out the window. Turn signals were still optional at that point.
my father knew grancho Marks and i remember one day we went to visit him at his Hollywood home and he asked my father -how did you like the los Angeles traffic ? and my father answer him it reminds me of my mother in law went she comes to visit
great woodies in some of the pix, few MG's
I don't know when the Golden State Fwy interchanges with the 110 (formerly 11) were completed, but I have to think they were under construction at the time of the film. By the way, I think you can still get to Riverside Drive by taking that connector from the northbound 110 to the northbound 5. When I was young, we used to get on the SB 11 via Ave 26 off San Fernando Rd. It followed what is now the connector from SB 5 to SB 110, narrowing to one lane right as it fed into the 11.
This Was Actually Shot on 1957, 1958, or 1959.
American 1950's had better infrastructure than my east european country has in 2020.
I can recall when they were still the 11 and 7 before they were the 110 and 710, too. I guess that makes us both older than dirt. At least I'm still *fresh* dirt, LOL!
I do still recall going down San Fernando Rd. past Taylor Yard (big railroad switching yard), over to N. Figueroa, then up onto that SB onramp. I was really young (born 1952), so I don't really remember those street names from that time; I've looked them up. Suddenly, there came a day when we couldn't go that way.
I think u'r right and if u look up adobe st. it's near the 110 fwy. 2nd one is definitely 101 - you can see cahuenga west on the left and barham on the right.
That would be a Parade to beat all,To see those cars today
RIP Most cars in this video
The guy on the motorcycle at 00:10 riding between lanes. Lol nice
Some say he rides till this day
Same EXACT thing as now
saw 3 volkswagons ,,,btw ,,,when did they change to black license plates,these plates were around 56-58 the yellow ones,
Newest vehicle noted was a 58, if anything newer I sure didn't see it.
GOD DAMMIT ITS BEEN 60 YEARS AND ITS STILL THE SAME!!!!
Just one more lane, bro.
I don't live in LA but, I can only imagine these roads as 6 lane freeways now. Here in NYC our highways are the same as they were in the 50's 3 LANES!
Do volkswagen beetle still exist in the United States?
0:07 - a motorcyclist lane splitting.
It never ends smh
It's a motor officer, and it's not illegal in CA (and much of the world) even today. In fact, if you don't "lane share" in that kind of traffic you're defeating much of the purpose in riding/commuting on a motorcycle. If done carefully and correctly, it's not any more dangerous, probably less so, than staying between stop and go cars and trucks in the middle of the lane of travel. You can't be rear-ended and smashed between that vehicle and the stopped vehicle ahead of of you if you're lane sharing. Sitting on a motorcycle in stop and go traffic on the freeway is like being a pedestrian just standing there waiting to get run over. Keeping yourself offset and carefully moving forward is a much better defense.
I didn't see one brake light, or turn signal come on.
0:03
Guy switching lanes on the right.
Cream coloured car
Then the one shortly after that
1:04, red station wagon brake lights on
I saw a few blinking signals but not many. Those were still the days when many (most?) cars on the road were not equipped with directionals (aka "blinkers"), which is why standardized hand signals were still taught in driver's ed and were a part of the state test to get your driver's license until at least the '70s. Even "basic" things we now take for granted like a driver's door outside mirror and a heater were still extra cost options in the '50s.
historygarage.com/turn-signals-50s-drivers-intentions-guess/
As for brake lights, I guarantee most of those cars were manual shift "three on the tree". If you know how to drive a stick shift you'll rarely have to touch the brakes in creeping, stop and go traffic, or at all for that matter. Brake lights weren't standard equipment either until not long before this film, circa 1940s. Even then, if you paid for the option you got only one brake light. There was also a standard hand signal for "I'm slowing down or stopping" that was taught in driver's ed and included on the driver's license exam at least until the '70s.
@@d23g32 Thanks for all that info on driving in those years. Thankfully things improved on accessories in vehicles thru the years.
@MEATYOKERRable Oh, I didn't know that. It's apparent that I've never been to either places.
😃👍Thank you for posting this video😘.
@GadgetVision
a famed professor quoted USA as owning 2 Billion of the 6 Billion cars in the world. Whatever the number, we ALL need to be made more aware and make changes to our living
Does anyone signal when changing lanes???
Few automobiles had "blinkers" in the 1950s. They didn't become standard equipment until the '60s.
historygarage.com/turn-signals-50s-drivers-intentions-guess/
Fascinating. I well remember this. As others here have remarked, virtually all of those hundreds of thousands of cars, along with their parts and features, were American - made. Almost everyone's furniture, appliances, clothes - everything in American homes - was American - made. Did that make us a better country? Not for me to answer, but interesting to think about.
I wouldn't say it makes us a better country, but we only needed to rely on ourselves and not china's exports.
The newest car I spoted was a 58 Chev......nice to see the Austin Healy also
Amazing that even back in the 1950's, the southbound ride along California State Route 110 was just as bad as it is today. Of course, the Glendale Freeway was not in existence in those days to help balance out traffic flow, so that might explain the excessive traffic demand that you see on the Pasadena Freeway in this video. Neat video!
I come from the future to ask how you are doing
70 years on and traffic cannot be solved no matter how many new roads are built.
California has not had a serious road building program since 1975. There are a great deal of freeways and expressways in California that were planned and never built.
It's not entirely a wild guess. My guess is based on the newest cars I see in this traffic, which happen to be 1958 models, thus to my logic dating this video to to somewhere between September 1957 to August 1958.
Just out of my curiosity, have you seen the well known 1959 reality based driver safety documentary film entitled "Signal 30" ? and if so what do you think of it ? I'm just asking, Thanks
What freeways were those? The first one looked the Pasadena Frwy at the 5 and 2nd one looked like a portion of the hollywood Frwy.
Came here because I recently learned stick and I was curious how traffic might flow differently when almost everyone was still driving manual transmissions. You can notice that people try to avoid stopping because they'd have to feather the clutch again, which is more difficult than just stepping on the gas.
Even in 1958 a lot of American cars were already automatics.
@@hebneh The majority were manual however. Even full size sedans tended to have a "three on the tree" unless you paid for an optional automatic, and that was an expensive option as a percentage of the price of the car. I learned to drive a stick in a '58 Bel Air with a column shift manual. I doubt the balance of auto vs manual got above 50% in the US until the '70s.
Actually, automatics reached 50% in American car production in 1954 and 80% in 1957. So a great many of the cars seen here have automatic transmissions. The turning point was when General Motors started offering automatics for Chevrolets in 1950, making this option available on its cheapest cars instead of just on the higher-priced makes.
Wow! Nothing has changed... just the vehicles. Awesome footage!
@inkey2 And Kaiser and Fraser.
Yes, but the proportion was wildly smaller. Plus, an import was ALWAYS a second car. An MG for dad to zip around on the weekend or a beetle for errands while the big Plymouth, Chevy, or Ford was being used to commute.
Late 1957 or 1958 as there is a 1958 Chevy in left lane at 1:36 turquoise and white two-tone.
Maybe a year earlier. The newest car I see in it is a 1957 Ford station wagon.
Latest Cars I saw were a 1960 Dodge Coronet. As well as a 1959 Fairlane and a 1958 Merc
I see people did not use signals back then as well!
I wonder how many of these cars still exist. A lot I hope.
The newest automobile I spotted were several 1958's so my guess is it was filmed that year.
I saw a 59 Fairlane 500
September 1957 earliest.
0:03 1958 Buick
0:15 1958 Plymouth Station Wagon
1:08 1958 Ford
1:37 1958 Oldsmobile and 1958 Chevrolet
Other than the number of lanes, that looks like rush hour traffic in L.A. everyday.
Boomers: aLL nEw CaRs tOdAy LoOk dA sAmE
i dont see heads inside those cars ok i saw someone but just one
arent there any families inside a car before
I'd kill to have a sturdy and stylish 50's car
Thats a classic car show today
Looks like today.
Why didn't anyone think about building subways in LA way back in the day?
@ 1:02 you can see an oval window vw bug all the way in the far left lane
That's not the exact date, just the earliest possible date.
@surg559 GREAT POINT !!!!!!!!! think if we still had that industry yet !! what a sad sad shame.
Saw a 1958 Chevy at 1:36 in left lane. Don't see any 1959's or newer.
@badgerbuddy those were the days buddy!
110 south that runs from Pasadena into down town.
WOW Was this video taken yesterday? The traffic is worse
There were no 16 wheeler trucks in this footage. Strange
@bublycat I know exactly what you mean! If only they built garages large enough to hold them all! :)
The latest model year cars I saw were 1958s, so I'm guessing this was filmed in 1958
I've actually never heard of it. But thanks for telling me about!
My father could tell me what everyone of those cars year makes and models is in a flash.
From the front grills, most of those cars look like they're mad. I can't blame them.
Back then that was probely like what 50s cars are today rare and classic
0:43, bottom right
Was it legal back then to change two lanes at a time?
Love that black model a ford it was ghostly amidst all those then modern cars great video
@inkey2 -I honestly don't know inkey2. Henry-J seemed like a feeble attempt at an early American compact car and I think it was a baby Kaiser. I could be totally wrong on this. Willys looked the same in a sense. The 1958 Edsel was the best and by 1960 you could see the imagination was not there as it looked very similar to the Galaxie of that year. I still think the demise of Packard was really sad as they really were beautiful cars. They clearly had their zenith in the 1930's. Gorgeous cars!
Anyone got a working time machine?
Not all of those classic cars may be gone & some of its drivers may still be alive; those who were in their 20’s.
Music? They were probably listening to some amazing music, unaware that it was gonna go downhill at some point.
Still, in exiting to their destinations, to a nicer & more normal world, it goes without saying.
Dreamer of the past.
My question is where are all the trucks & Semi's ???
I grew up not far from there. Back then there were what was called 'truck routes' and commercial vehicles and buses used them, kept the main highways a bit 'clearer' so to speak.