that sounds like humdinger of a plan, boy howdy! don't forget to stop off at your local haberdasher for a new 3 piece suit, and the local barber for a haircut you can set your watch to.
I'll buy one 57 Chevy but only with the modern upgrades and safety features~$20.000 !!! *** 😂hahaha. Plust the price of the car. 👍Great looking car though.
The good news is that Repro parts are readily available, this means that if one has deep enough pockets the dream can become a reality. I would be second in line line after you. My only dilemma now would be choosing the colour combination. What a fine automobile.
Bruce Bryant well now we have things like “automatic braking” and “airbags” so everyone survives a crash. We shoild bring back survival of the fittest, shitty drivers wont last as long
How can you avoid the crash with a 5000 lb boat reigned in with manual steering, manual drum brakes, and bias ply tires? Any wonder annual traffic fatalities in the US were the same in the 1950s as they are today-with only 1/4 of the miles driven.
@@TheOzthewiz : No, it never did. If it did, it would not have survived initial proving ground testing. But it did, and GM factories around the world made millions of cars for years with wrap-around windscreens.
Contrary to urban legend, driving barefoot is not illegal anywhere in North America, except if you are on a motorcycle in Alabama. Barefoot driving gives you the best possible control, and even improves your gas mileage because of the greater feel of the pedals.
In high school I got a 1957 Chevy script down telephone company car just a heater and wipers. I put two carb manfold and fenton cast iron headers hurst floor shifter. Poor kids hot rod! This was in 1964.
@@nellyfarnsworth7381 you ain't going to turn a profit... $200k back in 1957 is like $20k so you would be paying like $200k for all 10cars then it'll cost you money to store all them cars for 64yrs (which would cost like $1.5mil)... at this point if you're thinking that you'll make a cool 1/2mil profit well you forgot the sales tax when you was buying the cars back in 1957... in short it ain't worth it
I will never forget the moment in oh 1966 when I was walking with my friends in the Bronx. We came upon a brand new I think Dodge Charger. This was my first sight of a FASTBACK rear window. We were stopped in our 12 year old tracks. Awed by that car and checking it out over and under. That moment, I can see it so vividly.! That car was BOSS.!
Back in the fifties they are talking about lowering the center of gravity for safety. Now everybody is driving over sized and top heavy SUV's and pickups, thinking they are safe.
It's not 100% wrong, pickups and suv's tend to be heavier so they move other things when they hit. Also, We have made improvments to suspention to help with that risk.
5-digit license plates! Far fewer cars on the road must have added to the safety factor. Surely the late 50s/early 60s was the golden age of the automobile. Thanks for uploading this video.
One of my favorite and most others iconic classic collectible cars. I love the stability test around the cones. I thought they would pop those tires. Say what you will, I wish I had a mint one.
Yumpin Yiminy, A brand new 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Coupe set you back $2500. A fully restored frame -off restoration one today will set you back $60,000.
Yumpin Yiminy A mint one today would be nice as a once a month Sunday driver. Those cars were no fun as daily drivers back in the day, though they were marginally better than the clunkers just 5 years before them.
@@HoneyTone-TheSearchContinues I had a 1957 Chevy I bought used in 1967,it had a 283 V8,and 3 speed standard transmission,shifter on the column, and I drove it daily,it had plenty of power and a really smooth ride, I liked it the whole time I had it,the only thing I didn't like, and this was on almost all of the cars in the 1950's,were the drum brakes,in hard rain when the street would have a lot of water build up, water would get in those drums and you had no brakes until you pumped the brakes hard and furiously to get the water to drain out of the small drainage holes on the drums,I can tell you that made my heart beat really several times when trying to stop in time from hitting a stopped car in front of me,anyway I wish i still had that car,I sold it when I went into the Army.
My first car was a '57 Chevy 210 4-dr. hardtop my Dad gave me because I figured out the performance problem. It had a 283 cu.in., 2-bbl engine and a Powerglide. I "earned" it at 15 y/o, but had to wait until I was 18 y/o to drive it. My Dad was a WWII Marine and things were done his way. I finally got behind the wheel in '72.
A brass filter screen under the needle valve seat was clogged with fine rust particles. An in-line filter was the quick fix until I located another gas tank.
Me too, goofydog! And it's not because I was born May of that year. As a VERY young child (age 2!!) just learning to talk my Dad told me I'd point and make a fuss over that car while we were driving, and if I saw one in the parking lot. I love seeing them at car shows and hope to again once things normalize to whatever extent they do. I've got framed ads for them and some high-end diecast models for them too. I also love the '58, '59 & '60 (just not as much), then it skips ahead to the '63 Impala. :-)
@@robmcgowan4034 You left out the '55? I believe that is the most popular of the Tri-Five model which included the '56 and the '57. The Tri-Five was broken up the '58 which changed basically everything that drew the Tri-Five models. In fact, the public didn't like that year either. I've owned 2 '57's and nothing has satisfied me when scootin' around town.
@@goofydog2 Gee, I hope that doesn't mean you're mad at me? The model we know as the '58 was supposed to BE the '57 to compete with the all-new Ford and Plymouth for '57 but apparently wasn't ready. This is why the '57 Chevy was given such a drastic facelift, to appear to be as new as the others. I take it you don't like the '58 either. That's okay. Just remember it was the next logical step as the windshield and rear windows wee on the '57 Buicks and Cadillac's first. Would you have preferred Chevy have done yet another facelift on that model? Now I'm curious as to why you feel the way you do about the '58.
My dad bought a '57 Chevy brand new. It had the "Power Pack." It had a 4 barrel carb and the stupid "Power Glide" transmission. The transmission went out at least 3 times. The engine, was the 283, and it never stopped running.
Don't doubt you at all about that particular Power Glide (with a cast iron case no less) in that particular car completely failing three times. Ironically, later on the Power Glide was improved enough by Hot Rodders with after market components to become one the most rugged, dependable and preferred transmissions in drag racing.
if that “stupid” transmission went out several times it was probably a troublesome Turboglide and not a Powerglide! Powerglide s were great transmissions. Why they built Turboglides from 57-61 I’ll never know! They were a POS!
@@nemolevola Judy Tyler had just wrapped up filming "Jailhouse Rock" with Elvis Presley. Judy and her husband decided to drive back home to New York. So, Judy purchased a 2 door hardtop, jet black limited addition 1957 Chevrolet Belair...off the show room floor (with zero miles on the odometer) 4 days later July 3, 1957 Judy, her Husband, Kitten, Puppy, and passenger in another car died in a horrendous head on broadside crash just 3 miles north of Rock River, Wyoming.😭💔
If you want to see a REAL scientific demonstration of Chevrolet superiority, check out "Comperative of Chevrolet Caprice---Ford LTD---Plymouth VIP 1966.wmv" on David Martinez YT channel from 10 yrs ago. Btw, this comparative was sponsored by Chevrolet. They a "balance test" showing the suprior ride of Chevrolet by balancing a quarter on a flat spot of the dash WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION......believe it or not the coin does not tip over! Maybe TRICK photography was used OR the coin was GLUED to the dash. The real kicker was.........they NEVER showed the "test" being done on the Ford or Plymouth! LOL And, of course, THE CHEVROLET COMES OUT ON TOP in every category. This "comperative" by Chevrolet is an absolute JOKE!!!!
Starting at 7:40 you can watch the driver in the Ford/Mercury 2 door hardtop come out of the left merge lane and cut-off and nearly side swipe the fellow in the pick-up truck (?)! It doesn't appear the drivers back then were any better.
Haha, some fellow's dumb driving mistake is forever engrained into a Chevy ad, being watched 60 years later. The driver probably didn't think twice about that event, that it would have such a profound effect on the future. I mean, we spent a good half minute each typing these comments, which is surely 1000 times what the driver was expecting the event would have on the future. He thought that the day would just be forgotten, but it actually impacted us to an extent. It makes you wonder how different the future would be for every single action you take. What if you decided that going to the supermarket the day you made your comments instead of watching TH-cam was a better idea, and ended up buying a lottery ticket and winning a billion dollars? You would never know. How big of a difference would it make if you never spent the time reading this comment? If in an alternate dimension you never read this comment, how different would it be if in both dimensions you teleported exactly 10 years into the future? Maybe you'd find yourselves at home in one dimension, and at McDonald's in the other. In any case I would not want my driving skills to be showcased on an advertisement being watched 60 years in the future. We need time travel or interdimensional travel. That would solve everyone's problems. Rewind time and fix a mistake, or memorize the lottery numbers and rewind time. Travel to another dimension and steal from the federal treasury in that dimension, and return home. When somebody teleports to your dimension from another one and steals your money, teleport to another dimension and steal theirs. It would be a never-ending cycle of happy endings, as long as there are infinitely many dimensions. As long as money is your happiness. My happiness is food.
Wait till many years down the road they crash test these alongside modern cars.The 1960 Chevy crash test REALLY opened my eyes.THAT was a horror show.WELP,I'd love to sit here and talk,but I have a 1960 wagon to finish up so I can sell it.
The irony of this film is that the National Institute for Highway Safety would not be founded for another year. True safety developments would begin soon after. At this point, that steering wheel and steering shaft is still a lethal weapon, and everyone sitting inside the car is still a potential projectile without seatbelts.
Cars have now begun getting higher and its REALLY clear that their weakness is their top heaviness. Notice how a lot of SUV drivers brake way down for corners?
My 57 Chevy Bel Air is stil all original, even the upholstery has been well kept under the clear pastic cover. I will never consider it safe, a crash at 60 MPH could easily kill me in that hunk of metal, but I love it!
@@briankelly9347 In fender benders maybe. Very much not in serious crashes. The modern car will crumple to a point to absorb the crash energy, but the passenger cell will remain intact. Look up modern crash tests to see it in action and compare it to the very first, mid 90s ones on the EuroNCAP.
In 1957 a man said these new cars have to many damned safety features. 1973 a man said these new cars have to many damned safety features. Today I say these new cars have to damned many distractions like that large ass iPad built into the dash and it makes to many noises
I love all the spec info in these old promos. They don't make cars this stylish anymore either. Now it's just about making them bigger and bigger. The American sedan is dead.
Hardly, I remember my dad driving one (yup 1957)and saying that is a terrible handling car, hated 57 chebys ever sense and over the years has also proved how bad they are
It is interesting that in the 50's and also maybe early 60's they actually shot film, they were actual video! But in the late 60's and 70's those promos were those slideshows with the beeps! Haha I find that weird/interesting and would expect the opposite :)))
*Nelly Farnsworth* A Handling anecdote … Aussie motoring journo of the 60s/70s (?) Evan Green was commenting on a fancy US car mag’s comparison of an E-Type Jag and a Mustang (It may have been the Mach III). The mag’s test driver/journo had claimed that the ‘Stang handled as well as the Jag, to which Green responded: “The average American motorist wouldn’t know handling if he found it in bed with him”.
My favorite uncle had a '58 when they came out, Anything my uncle liked and drove, I liked them as well. I was just saying they were not a real popular model. A lot of people disliked them, I had another cousin who had the '58 Impala! That was nicer than the pther Bel Air models But I liked them all, but not as much as the Tri-Five's which had a handling advantage over the '58. Yeah, so not pissed off at anyone, especially another 50's Chevrolet fan...
A commercial talking about "safety features" in a 1957 Chevy, a car that had no seatbelts, which meant probable death in a major head-on collision. How ironic, lol. These cars were historic works of art, though. Beautiful cars.
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Back when an airbag was the talkative passenger.
Somethings never change.😱
That is awesome👌
And a seat belt is what you did to a talkative brat sitting in the back.
Man I just can't get enough of these classic films. Too bad they all have to be on TH-cam. We need more platforms than this.
That looks better than any car anyone makes today
The 57 Chevy is the best looking Chevy ever built . A classic the day they first hit the showrooms .
I'm sold! I'm going to my local trustworthy Chevrolet dealer tomorrow to purchase a new 1957 Chevrolet and then I might treat myself to a new fedora.
You'd be another fool to. Read what I wrote.
SAD!
if only we could!
that sounds like humdinger of a plan, boy howdy! don't forget to stop off at your local haberdasher for a new 3 piece suit, and the local barber for a haircut you can set your watch to.
and how! your T zone will tell you!
Alright. They got me. Where’s the closest Chevy dealer so I can buy my brand new 1957 Chevrolet?
I'll buy one 57 Chevy but only with the modern upgrades and safety features~$20.000 !!! *** 😂hahaha. Plust the price of the car.
👍Great looking car though.
They still have them in Plasticville.
Teslow Chevrolet in Mount Carroll Illinois. Right across the street from Moltmann and Smith Ford. 🥴
The good news is that Repro parts are readily available, this means that if one has deep enough pockets the dream can become a reality.
I would be second in line line after you.
My only dilemma now would be choosing the colour combination.
What a fine automobile.
I want the answer to this question too....
The drivers have certainly not improved.
No matter what safety features your car have or doesn't have, you, the driver still has to drive safely.
Especially at 6:49. Still happens all the time today. I usually have to slam on the brakes, though.
Bruce Bryant well now we have things like “automatic braking” and “airbags” so everyone survives a crash. We shoild bring back survival of the fittest, shitty drivers wont last as long
@@michaelclosson68 What about the person that the "shitty driver" happened to have hit? Don't they deserve to survive?
@@dave_riots if it’s a Democrat politician, not necessarily. 😬
1950s safety: avoiding the crash
Beats the hell outta surviving the crash, doesn't it? Best safety feature in ANY car is a competent driver.
And E when safety was a relatively new word😂
One of the best cars ever built😊
How can you avoid the crash with a 5000 lb boat reigned in with manual steering, manual drum brakes, and bias ply tires? Any wonder annual traffic fatalities in the US were the same in the 1950s as they are today-with only 1/4 of the miles driven.
I still don't know why people crash their car. It's such a bad idea.
Safety has been an evolution and has encompassed massive improvements.
If your face is in the mirror, its not adjusted properly
Love those wrap-around windscreens. Today's cars have thick A-pillars and door frames, so that the big blind spot is back.
@japanwatchconnection : Yep, today we can better survive a crash that we might not have had with better visibility.
The "distortion" where the glass wrapped around would give you a headache!
@@TheOzthewiz : No, it never did. If it did, it would not have survived initial proving ground testing. But it did, and GM factories around the world made millions of cars for years with wrap-around windscreens.
I love how the kid on the bicycle is moving faster than the cars at 1:08
Legion of Weirdos yes I Saw that. hahaha
They're all baked out of their minds.
He must have had baseball cards in his spokes.
@@tommytruth7595 I still do that haha
He's like : I AM SPEED
safety then was getting thrown clear of car.
Driving with high heels on isn't very safe.
@IAH jetsetter Agreed
@@stevecarlson6462 Showing some ankle was pretty risque for 1957!!
Contrary to urban legend, driving barefoot is not illegal anywhere in North America, except if you are on a motorcycle in Alabama. Barefoot driving gives you the best possible control, and even improves your gas mileage because of the greater feel of the pedals.
@James O'Garcia lol piss off
In high school I got a 1957 Chevy script down telephone company car just a heater and wipers. I put two carb manfold and fenton cast iron headers hurst floor shifter. Poor kids hot rod! This was in 1964.
There's nothing safe at all,about a side impact collision in a '57 Chevy, but God she has beautiful lines!!! I want one anyway!!!
I would like to order 15 of the new, fully loaded 1957 Chevrolets....at 1957 price tags of course....
OK fine, but also at 1957 wages. The US federal minimum wage was $1.00/hour in 1957.
I want to go back in time, 1957. Buy 10 1957 CHEVY fuel injection. Lock them up in storage. With zero miles, sell them today @ $200,000 each.
@@nellyfarnsworth7381 you ain't going to turn a profit... $200k back in 1957 is like $20k so you would be paying like $200k for all 10cars then it'll cost you money to store all them cars for 64yrs (which would cost like $1.5mil)... at this point if you're thinking that you'll make a cool 1/2mil profit well you forgot the sales tax when you was buying the cars back in 1957... in short it ain't worth it
We loved our 57 also loved the 55 we had
Ball-bearing steering, leaf-springs, stiff rear axle, drum-brakes all around, rear-wheel-drive....Safety!!
Modern disc brakes would have helped immensely as the horsepower wars were raging!
Frameless freak wheel drive piles of plastic will MAGA!
A bunch of crap too. Read what I wrote.
Don't forget to mention the seat belts. Oh. wait, they didn't...
Rear wheel drive with stability control systems is actually safer and less prone to understeer. FWD is common mostly because it's cheap to produce.
I FINALLY SAVED ENOUGH MONEY TO PURCHASE WHAT I HAVE WANTED FOR 63 YEARS! ...
A 1957 CHEVROLET 150 2 DOOR SEDAN, 6 STICK!!! WOW!!!
My dream car for over 40 years!
Holy cow! Look at the body roll at 4:38! "Safety." Lol
You wanted to be in the back seat with a hot chick when that happened!!
Disco Harvey Sway Bars were an option Police cars had. Tabs on lower control arms
Most cops drove Dodges :) could easy catch Fords or Chevys :)
Fords were actually worse!
Also note in comparison when it goes off the pavement the newer one seems slower.
I will never forget the moment in oh 1966 when I was walking with my friends in the Bronx. We came upon a brand new I think Dodge Charger. This was my first sight of a FASTBACK rear window. We were stopped in our 12 year old tracks. Awed by that car and checking it out over and under. That moment, I can see it so vividly.! That car was BOSS.!
The Mustang "Boss 302" had a fastback window with "sports slats" in 1969/70..
I'm sold. Where can I pick up my new '57 Chevy??
At the recycler in a smelter where they belong. Read what I wrote.
Shawn Miller What are you on about?
Jake Mt its not out yet! Its coming out next summer. Maybe by june or july!😎👍
Cuando veo, estos autos en los distintos modelos que fueron fabricados me voy a viajar en el tiempo, y es algo muy bonito, gracias.
there's companies that make every part you need to build one from the ground up.
Back in the fifties they are talking about lowering the center of gravity for safety. Now everybody is driving over sized and top heavy SUV's and pickups, thinking they are safe.
They are under the ILLUSION of being safer!
It's not 100% wrong, pickups and suv's tend to be heavier so they move other things when they hit. Also, We have made improvments to suspention to help with that risk.
@@TheOzthewiz they can be safer but they screw passenger cars up pretty bad due to their design.
I once had an SUV roll past me by inches while I was walking up a hill once.
5-digit license plates! Far fewer cars on the road must have added to the safety factor. Surely the late 50s/early 60s was the golden age of the automobile. Thanks for uploading this video.
What "safety" factor? In the '50s, there were 39,000 traffic deaths a year!!
There was NOTHING SAFE about driving in the '50s ! The fatalities, per miles traveled, was staggering!
One of my favorite and most others iconic classic collectible cars.
I love the stability test around the cones. I thought they would pop those tires.
Say what you will, I wish I had a mint one.
Yumpin Yiminy, A brand new 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Coupe set you back $2500. A fully restored frame -off restoration one today will set you back $60,000.
Yumpin Yiminy A mint one today would be nice as a once a month Sunday driver. Those cars were no fun as daily drivers back in the day, though they were marginally better than the clunkers just 5 years before them.
@@HoneyTone-TheSearchContinues I had a 1957 Chevy I bought used in 1967,it had a 283 V8,and 3 speed standard transmission,shifter on the column, and I drove it daily,it had plenty of power and a really smooth ride, I liked it the whole time I had it,the only thing I didn't like, and this was on almost all of the cars in the 1950's,were the drum brakes,in hard rain when the street would have a lot of water build up, water would get in those drums and you had no brakes until you pumped the brakes hard and furiously to get the water to drain out of the small drainage holes on the drums,I can tell you that made my heart beat really several times when trying to stop in time from hitting a stopped car in front of me,anyway I wish i still had that car,I sold it when I went into the Army.
I'll just go back in time to 1957. Buy one then come back to the present with my brand new 1957 Chevy
My first car was a '57 Chevy 210 4-dr. hardtop my Dad gave me because I figured out the performance problem. It had a 283 cu.in., 2-bbl engine and a Powerglide. I "earned" it at 15 y/o, but had to wait until I was 18 y/o to drive it. My Dad was a WWII Marine and things were done his way. I finally got behind the wheel in '72.
so what was the problem?
A brass filter screen under the needle valve seat was clogged with fine rust particles. An in-line filter was the quick fix until I located another gas tank.
That 1917 Chevy Touring Car IS pretty cool!!! Of course, so's the Bel Air 😎
I love them '57 Chevys.
Me too, goofydog! And it's not because I was born May of that year. As a VERY young child (age 2!!) just learning to talk my Dad told me I'd point and make a fuss over that car while we were driving, and if I saw one in the parking lot. I love seeing them at car shows and hope to again once things normalize to whatever extent they do. I've got framed ads for them and some high-end diecast models for them too. I also love the '58, '59 & '60 (just not as much), then it skips ahead to the '63 Impala. :-)
@@robmcgowan4034 You left out the '55? I believe that is the most popular of the Tri-Five model which included the '56 and the '57. The Tri-Five was broken up the '58 which changed basically everything that drew the Tri-Five models. In fact, the public didn't like that year either. I've owned 2 '57's and nothing has satisfied me when scootin' around town.
@@goofydog2 Gee, I hope that doesn't mean you're mad at me? The model we know as the '58 was supposed to BE the '57 to compete with the all-new Ford and Plymouth for '57 but apparently wasn't ready. This is why the '57 Chevy was given such a drastic facelift, to appear to be as new as the others. I take it you don't like the '58 either. That's okay. Just remember it was the next logical step as the windshield and rear windows wee on the '57 Buicks and Cadillac's first. Would you have preferred Chevy have done yet another facelift on that model? Now I'm curious as to why you feel the way you do about the '58.
How I wish we could go back to 1957.
We were fortunate we lived on a small farm in the country and dad raised chickens and pigs, we had a milk cow, fruit trees and a large garden.
And 57 Chevy?
The kid on the bicycle. Passing the parade of cars.
My dad bought a '57 Chevy brand new. It had the "Power Pack." It had a 4 barrel carb and the stupid "Power Glide" transmission. The transmission went out at least 3 times. The engine, was the 283, and it never stopped running.
Don't doubt you at all about that particular Power Glide (with a cast iron case no less) in that particular car completely failing three times. Ironically, later on the Power Glide was improved enough by Hot Rodders with after market components to become one the most rugged, dependable and preferred transmissions in drag racing.
if that “stupid” transmission went out several times it was probably a troublesome Turboglide and not a Powerglide! Powerglide s were great transmissions. Why they built Turboglides from 57-61 I’ll never know! They were a POS!
Needed a four speed.
Rob B. No kidding, only a 283 eh. Small for a big car.?
Back then, automatic transmissions could be a lot of trouble.
a video about "safety" without a single reference to being in a crash
Well, they showed avoiding a crash by powering and steering around a truck suddenly in front of you in your lane.!
That exact situation killed actress Judy Tyler in 1957.
@@rodneyrtennis1279 She didn't have a brand new Chevy, did she?
@@nemolevola
Judy Tyler had just wrapped up filming "Jailhouse Rock" with Elvis Presley. Judy and her husband decided to drive back home to New York. So, Judy purchased a 2 door hardtop, jet black limited addition 1957 Chevrolet Belair...off the show room floor
(with zero miles on the odometer)
4 days later July 3, 1957 Judy, her Husband, Kitten, Puppy, and passenger in another car died in a horrendous head on broadside crash just 3 miles north of Rock River, Wyoming.😭💔
Look at all the new concrete highway. 1957 lots of new roads
Wow, those hand generated demonstrations were just SO scientific!
If you want to see a REAL scientific demonstration of Chevrolet superiority, check out "Comperative of Chevrolet Caprice---Ford LTD---Plymouth VIP 1966.wmv" on David Martinez YT channel from 10 yrs ago. Btw, this comparative was sponsored by Chevrolet. They a "balance test" showing the suprior ride of Chevrolet by balancing a quarter on a flat spot of the dash WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION......believe it or not the coin does not tip over! Maybe TRICK photography was used OR the coin was GLUED to the dash. The real kicker was.........they NEVER showed the "test" being done on the Ford or Plymouth! LOL And, of course, THE CHEVROLET COMES OUT ON TOP in every category. This "comperative" by Chevrolet is an absolute JOKE!!!!
I knew they were going to talk about " positraction" when the wheel was spinning in the mud .. I learned all about it from watching My Cousin Vinny
Por favor, transmitan más material de este tipo gracias.
Starting at 7:40 you can watch the driver in the Ford/Mercury 2 door hardtop come out of the left merge lane and cut-off and nearly side swipe the fellow in the pick-up truck (?)! It doesn't appear the drivers back then were any better.
Nice catch, and 20 seconds later they talk about the "nut that holds the wheel".
Haha, some fellow's dumb driving mistake is forever engrained into a Chevy ad, being watched 60 years later. The driver probably didn't think twice about that event, that it would have such a profound effect on the future. I mean, we spent a good half minute each typing these comments, which is surely 1000 times what the driver was expecting the event would have on the future. He thought that the day would just be forgotten, but it actually impacted us to an extent. It makes you wonder how different the future would be for every single action you take. What if you decided that going to the supermarket the day you made your comments instead of watching TH-cam was a better idea, and ended up buying a lottery ticket and winning a billion dollars? You would never know. How big of a difference would it make if you never spent the time reading this comment? If in an alternate dimension you never read this comment, how different would it be if in both dimensions you teleported exactly 10 years into the future? Maybe you'd find yourselves at home in one dimension, and at McDonald's in the other. In any case I would not want my driving skills to be showcased on an advertisement being watched 60 years in the future. We need time travel or interdimensional travel. That would solve everyone's problems. Rewind time and fix a mistake, or memorize the lottery numbers and rewind time. Travel to another dimension and steal from the federal treasury in that dimension, and return home. When somebody teleports to your dimension from another one and steals your money, teleport to another dimension and steal theirs. It would be a never-ending cycle of happy endings, as long as there are infinitely many dimensions. As long as money is your happiness. My happiness is food.
Lol.
Back then those drivers were asshats with hats.
Holy shit, chevy just passively told everyone to stop being pricks on the road. I fucking love it
Es hermoso ver como apretas el pedal en taco alto hembra divina.
Wait till many years down the road they crash test these alongside modern cars.The 1960 Chevy crash test REALLY opened my eyes.THAT was a horror show.WELP,I'd love to sit here and talk,but I have a 1960 wagon to finish up so I can sell it.
The irony of this film is that the National Institute for Highway Safety would not be founded for another year. True safety developments would begin soon after. At this point, that steering wheel and steering shaft is still a lethal weapon, and everyone sitting inside the car is still a potential projectile without seatbelts.
And look how long it took people to wear seat belts once they were put in cars.
party pooper
sensacional, parabéns.
Safety was a whole different concept back then! Ha Ha.
Safety back then= a mirror on the door.
I remember bias ply tires flat-spotted until tires warmed up.
Oh man, on a cold winter morning it was like driving over speed bumps until they warmed up.
Awesome video 🤗☺️
Built in safety: So glad the driver had nothing to worry about.
You just have to worry about the nut behind the wheel
Cars have now begun getting higher and its REALLY clear that their weakness is their top heaviness. Notice how a lot of SUV drivers brake way down for corners?
Those old 50's GM cars had an awful lot of body roll though. It was intentionally designed in to induce drivers to slow right down for corners.
My 57 Chevy Bel Air is stil all original, even the upholstery has been well kept under the clear pastic cover. I will never consider it safe, a crash at 60 MPH could easily kill me in that hunk of metal, but I love it!
At least we will die doing what we love
Despite all the safety improvements, no one has yet been able to fix the nut that holds the steering wheel.
Steven...the "NUT" is now a self driving computer robot system..which still kills & gets into collisions..
Looks like the Centre of gravity has been raised again with SUVs
1950s cars: Lots of soul
2010s cars: Absolutely no soul.
That soulless plastic bubble will keep you alive though.
"Absolutely no soul"? What about the Kia Soul? ;)
@@urbi3006 no it ain't old cars are more,durbale
@@briankelly9347 In fender benders maybe. Very much not in serious crashes. The modern car will crumple to a point to absorb the crash energy, but the passenger cell will remain intact.
Look up modern crash tests to see it in action and compare it to the very first, mid 90s ones on the EuroNCAP.
I drive a 57 almost everyday never occurred to me that it was safe.
Safety includes not driving in high heels. OMG!
I can't believe they had Increased stopping power way back then!
Yeah... when you have a classic car that you drive, you watch this, just to think you are "safe"
Rising Embers Gaming: For the time it was safe...
Would love one brand new...they just arn't the same once they've been taken apart.
Cool video and gave you a thumbs up.
In 1957 a man said these new cars have to many damned safety features.
1973 a man said these new cars have to many damned safety features.
Today I say these new cars have to damned many distractions like that large ass iPad built into the dash and it makes to many noises
1:55 that windshield wiper was going super fast! 😐
_windshield wiper was going super fast! _
I think they were just showing off.
My dream car
7:58 HILARIOUS all those people in the mirror look like the escape from The Twilight Zone.
They might have been character actors on those early TV shows.
😂Hahaha! Plus some losers.
"Real People, NOT actors"...
I love all the spec info in these old promos. They don't make cars this stylish anymore either. Now it's just about making them bigger and bigger. The American sedan is dead.
I also might get a 1949 Chevrolet Deluxe, stock except for a 50's v6
What a great car!
Hardly, I remember my dad driving one (yup 1957)and saying that is a terrible handling car, hated 57 chebys ever sense and over the years has also proved how bad they are
"anti-dive" - well, put some better shocks on that '49 coupe at 3:38 and you'd probably get the same result.
It is interesting that in the 50's and also maybe early 60's they actually shot film, they were actual video! But in the late 60's and 70's those promos were those slideshows with the beeps! Haha I find that weird/interesting and would expect the opposite :)))
Майже нічого не зрозумів, але дуже цікаво! Лайк
57 Chevy!!! Remake this car again.
posatraction was a great invention i had it on many cars
damm this is a ad that i would like to whatch instead of skiping it
My dream car was always a 1957 Chevy Bel Air in Coronado Yellow...
God bless the 1957 Chevrolet
4:32 look at that handling
At least it didn't undesteer or oversteer
*Nelly Farnsworth*
A Handling anecdote …
Aussie motoring journo of the 60s/70s (?) Evan Green was commenting on a fancy US car mag’s comparison of an E-Type Jag and a Mustang (It may have been the Mach III).
The mag’s test driver/journo had claimed that the ‘Stang handled as well as the Jag, to which Green responded: “The average American motorist wouldn’t know handling if he found it in bed with him”.
My favorite uncle had a '58 when they came out, Anything my uncle liked and drove, I liked them as well. I was just saying they were not a real popular model. A lot of people disliked them, I had another cousin who had the '58 Impala! That was nicer than the pther Bel Air models But I liked them all, but not as much as the Tri-Five's which had a handling advantage over the '58. Yeah, so not pissed off at anyone, especially another 50's Chevrolet fan...
very cool car dude ! ❤️
best looking car ever made!!!
A commercial talking about "safety features" in a 1957 Chevy, a car that had no seatbelts, which meant probable death in a major head-on collision. How ironic, lol. These cars were historic works of art, though. Beautiful cars.
Love that 57 Chevy bel air
My wife says she took her driving test in a 57 Chevy Belair and she wants to know where she can go pick her new one up
4:30 Were front and rear anti-sway bars available by this time? They were long overdue.
"Lower center of gravity"...means more safety. Maybe today's auto industry should have thought of this when they decided to put us in SUVs.
See the USA in your Chevrolet...I know it didn't have seatbelts because my 64 Chevy pickup doesn't have them, it does have the great 283.
57 was the first year Chevy came out with the 283.
I think lap belts came out in 1965 and shoulder belts in 1968. Hardly any one wore them.
I guess if I was a car, I'd be a classic. 1957!
Los rodamientos d bolas (tinker)duraban 40 años .los frenos estando como hiban frenaban mas k muchos autos d ahora ahhh y con tres piezas en el sistema d frenado .en estos tiempos k no s puede negar el adelanto....los sistemas electronicos d los autos modernos no son confiables t dejan botado en cualkier lugar y con un pekeño grave problema a esperar kien venga .....otra ..pasa un auto clasico muchas veces .no t cansas d mirarlo .pasa uno moderno lo miras 3 veces y t aburre ..para no desir k todos s parecen 😏..... carros clasicos es desir amor ❤
That 57 Chevy has more body roll than my samurai!
Nowadays. Chevrolet: good French-Italian owners car producer.
The demonstration with the box makes no sense since the car is rear wheel drive and the guy was pulling the box from the front.
But the part that steers is in the front, as is a car.
Most of these cars didnt have enough power and torque to oversteer.
But showing how bad F.W.D. will be, in the future (1985).
THE 1957 CHEVROLET 150 IS THE BEST AUTOMOBILE YOU CAN OWN! BUY YOURS TODAY!
Still true today.
The 3 point safety belt, antilock disc brakes and airbag options were way too expensive back then.
They didn't exist dumb ass
Disc brakes would not be seen (on American cars) for another 10yrs. As for the airbags and anti-lock breaks, the electronics was not available YET!
My god! All this great stuff but I guess seat belts hadn’t occurred to them yet.
And once seat belts were in cars, look how long it took people to actually buckle up.
Beautyfull car!!!!
Gosh golly gee fellas This is really swell
When ther is no airbag ,modern seat belts ,headrest the only safety is you.A responsible driver is a safe driver
I remember Dale Earnhardt preferred bias ply tires because they broke away more gracefully
Belair, un auto especiales .