See the 1958 Chevrolet on two wheels! Promotional film introduced by Pat Boone. Showing the '58 Chevy being put through its paces. Visit us at: www.carsandstripes.com
I remember looking at them new in the showroom at our local Chevy dealer the day we bought a used 56 Bel-Air convertible. I'll never forget that experience My aunt had a 58 Biscayne, 6/stick. I always liked it. She traded it in on a 65 Chevelle also 6/stick, but not nearly as exciting as the 58.
My sister's friend sold me her 1958 Chevrolet Nomad Wagon in 1969. It was in really good shape for $100.00 It was tweo-toned with the bottom a copper color and the upper/roof/tailgate were white. It had the 348-cu engine. What a car!
My parents bought a new 1958 Chevrolet Impala when I was 11. I grew up in the best years and good music. My first car was a new 1966 Chevelle SS396 4 speed. Yes I know I was a lucky kid.
I remember our neighbor coming home in a new 1958 Chevrolet. It was a company car that was white and called the Del Rey. The car had a heater and a 6 cylinder engine. No radio or even automatic transmission. He was a serviceman for office machines and equipment and kept his tools and supplies in the trunk. I remember the next new company car he got was a 1962 station wagon with a 6 and three speed transmission. I guess they were reliable work vehicles as he put a lot of miles on them and they let him use the car for his personal use as he didn't have his own car and that saved him money. I miss those days as a kid in the 50s.
Who could even drive one of those cars today? Neighbors of our in 1962 had a 58 Impala convertible loaded with everything but AC including power windows. That was amazing to look at back then.
58 Pontiac pathfinder I got handles better than well most cars on the road today 😂 things a real smooth machine and never seized after sitting since the 80’s
My mom's parents had a 1957 Nomad new yellow with white top. She is the oldest of 11 kids. they were lucky to have a 4 bedroom 2 bath lake house, as well as a 6 bed room 2 story house on 40 acres. Those were the day of a single income in central Wisconsin and you owned your own business delivering fuel oil, and running 2 gas stations.
The '58 Impala is still one of My most favourite cars of all time. Wished I could find one for My collection as I have so many Memories as a Child as My Parents best Friends had one. It wasn't the Impala, however, nut the lines to it sure beats today's cars.
It’s hard to imagine that you “never cared for the ‘57”, yet you are a fan of the ‘58. I think that history shows the ‘57 as the all time favourite, we all love different models for different reasons, but let’s be honest. Any Chevy of the 50’s (and 60’s, and 70’s) are just beautiful cars and whether it be 2 door or 4 door, pillared or hard top, wagon or whatever, they are all superb!!!
As I watch this 60 year old commercial, a new 2018 commercial with Pat Boone selling bibles just came on TV. One of America's stars from yesteryear who isn't in jail.
4-Door passed down to me at 15 (1965). Plenty of room. 348 4bl. Duals. Automatic. 10 MPG. Didn't care. Drove farm gas. Clock directly in front of passenger. Think mine was haunted. Clock hadn't worked in years. However on dates when date got into car it started keeping time. When I took her home it would stop running until next date night! Distant relative to Christine?
They wee great cars. Only the drivers weren't always so great. Chevrolet kept that frame design through 1964. It was a pain n the neck if you wanted to jack one up to work on it.
I remember these kinds of cars from when I was a teenager. They were build strong and very well designed. If you were to take this vehicle for rough road driving you would have to raise the suspension a number of inches, harden up the shocks and springs, and put on the proper tires. The only thing lacking for off road driving would be having 4X4 or 4WD for the drive train which would be a problem for going off road. On the city streets there should be no worry about the pot holes and speed bumps unless too deep for the vehicle road clearance. If you have to you can drive over the edge of an average height sidewalk if necessary and not worry. This car was built like a utility truck. My preference for this type of vehicle would be to have the Impala station wagon fully equipped. For city driving and going on country roads it would be close to being like a decent SUV type vehicle.
I really really envy not living in the 50s/60s or 70s era of motor cars...they were the best and revolutionary in their engineering aswell as having elegant beauty..most car commercials now are so mediocre and everything looks the same..but this old commercial felt so welcoming and inspiring for advertising a car with it's own unique qualities and style.
I bought 2 58 belairs 2 years ago to restore 1. After going thru the whole car (I love the style) I learned real fast how poorly cars were made back then. Death trap on wheels is what it is. I added lapbelts to mine since there were no seatbelts. I bought it because I'd never seen one before and was into muscle cars so I wanted it for its 1 year only style. It's a boat to say the least. I dropped a 68 396 bbc in it with 700r4 and it rolls down the road just fine. I had to make some brackets for the front seat to move back farther. I could barely get in and out of the car with the factory seat placement. Lousy design of door opening. I bump my head on roof rail if I'm not actively trying not to. It's pretty to look at and all the stainless was savable between the 2 cars. I had to replace some of the pot metal pieces of course. They lie in advertising back then just like the do now. Lol
By '58 GM and Ford were scrambling to catch up with Chrysler after Virgil Exner brought out the 'Forward Look' the previous model year. It was too late to restyle their '58's, so I guess Pat Boone was Chevy's answer to their styling problem! Lol
The '57 Ford was a brand new body style. Ford won the sales race that year ahead of both Chevy and Plymouth. Ford never quite matched Chrysler's '57 tailfins or GMs in '59.
I really think the '58 Chevrolet was better looking than the Chrysler offerings. Of course, I could be a bit biased as my folks drove a '58 Nomad wagon.
Still not a safe car to be in. I saw a demonstration crash between a '59 and a newer Chevy and the '59 obviously still had the frame defect plague which blasts the steering column into the driver in a crash.
There weren't many safe cars back in those times. I believe it was 64 before seat belts became standard. Safety was about the last thing car makers had in mind back in those days.
Thats not a frame defect they just didnt put collapsible steering columns in until 1969 or so before that the solid column could spear the driver, in my 65 mustang I always joke that its got the spear-o-matic steering column haha and she's got a drop in gas tank like a pinto too I'm a shishkabob waiting to happen in that car eh? But their fun anyways just have to be a better driver
@@zZWolfyZz It wasn't until much later than 1969 that American cars started having safety cage construction where the car would collapse on impact and absorb the impact before it reached the passengers and driver. Although most foreign cars had that type of construction long before American cars did.
A guy that lived close to us growing up had a 58 Impala 348 three deuces car with the high performance version high compression mechanical cam 315 horsepower engine. Three speed on the column because i don't believe you could get a factory four speed at the time. Plus positraction with a plague on the dashboard saying Impala Positraction. It would run pretty good at the time. It was black with red interior. That car would be worth a ton of money today in good condition. He sold that car sometime in the late seventies and it caught fire and was completely destroyed. Personally i liked the 58 Impala. Didn't care much for the Bel Air and other models though.
I don't remember the 58 Chevrolets because 1958 was here I was born 3 days before I was born which was October 19th 1958 basically I remember a car company had just put out the new 1959 cars that's right they were put out on Thursday October 16th 1958 some of you might remember that
The announcer could be truthful and say instead … " Yes a dynamic new X- frame for 58 …. No side impact security has been included this year at no additional charge, gone is last years heavy protective box frame for today's light X-frame. Yes that's right no impact resistance materials to get in your way from the sills up to the roof, nothing to get in your way thereby allowing greater ease of entry and exiting not to mention a lower silhouette and profile …. ha ! - Seeing is believing at 3:20 BTW: Chrysler could not push their 57 & 58 model lines off the assembly floor fast enough … thereby minimizing quality control … Forward Look … Backward Quality … They leaked, squeeked and were rusting within just a couple of years and all that aluminum ( not stainless ) trim was oxidizing as the e-coating flacked off …
Yes, you are correct. Chrysler's engineering was light years ahead of everyone else's, and so was the styling. Unfortunately the rush to production led to a lot of problems in assmbly line quality, which were eventually ironed out, but unfortunately the damage was already done.
As always the new Chevy was to be a joy to drive and handle with ease but on a Mopar video comparing the Ford & Chevy to the Plymouth both cars weren’t as maneuverable as the Plymouth showed hmmmmmm!!!!
Ah yes. Back when cigarettes were refreshing and things like power steering, disk brakes, radial tires and excessive body roll did not matter. I wonder how many people jumped their Chevy's then brought them back to the dealership complaining about bent frames, busted shocks and blown tires.
Back then most roads worldwide were not paved and driving speeds were MUCH SLOWER than today. Disc brakes were new and rare, and bias ply tires were the standard because they ride comfortably and were cheaper to produce. People didn't "jump" or to other stupid shit as often because they had less money and couldn't afford to destroy their transportation. Most weren't as prosperous as we are today.
😀Wow coil springs! * What a nasty roll & sway on that unstable Chevy. Shame ! . The front tires nearly blown out !... Probably off camera some had flats. Hahaha! Nice looking cars. Engine was flying on it's own on the road.
@@chriscatarcio2983 57 was the only year in that decade the Ford outsold Chevrolet but today the survival rate for Chevrolet is much, much higher. There's hardly any 57 Fords around. They rusted out terribly.
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That front looked so much like a caddy or a buick. Love the ‘58
General Motors celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1958 and all five GM cars had a similar look for '58 to celebrate...
The '58 Chevy was the most glamorous yet. I can't imagine a more hopeful time to be alive.
I remember looking at them new in the showroom at our local Chevy dealer the day we bought a used 56 Bel-Air convertible. I'll never forget that experience My aunt had a 58 Biscayne, 6/stick. I always liked it. She traded it in on a 65 Chevelle also 6/stick, but not nearly as exciting as the 58.
LOL - maybe if you were a straight white male - anybody else, not so much.
My sister's friend sold me her 1958 Chevrolet Nomad Wagon in 1969. It was in really good shape for $100.00 It was tweo-toned with the bottom a copper
color and the upper/roof/tailgate were white. It had the 348-cu engine. What a car!
My parents bought a new 1958 Chevrolet Impala when I was 11. I grew up in the best years and good music. My first car was a new 1966 Chevelle SS396 4 speed. Yes I know I was a lucky kid.
My first car's gonna be a 58' Chevrolet Impala. Cars back then were built to last!
That ramp jump not bending the hell out of it is hard to believe.The General Lee could not do that without totaling itself.
Notice the EXPOSED Fuel Tanks?
That was the Achilles Heel of the X-Frame.
You did not want to be T-Boned in an X-Frame Vehicle back then.
I remember our neighbor coming home in a new 1958 Chevrolet. It was a company car that was white and called the Del Rey. The car had a heater and a 6 cylinder engine. No radio or even automatic transmission. He was a serviceman for office machines and equipment and kept his tools and supplies in the trunk. I remember the next new company car he got was a 1962 station wagon with a 6 and three speed transmission. I guess they were reliable work vehicles as he put a lot of miles on them and they let him use the car for his personal use as he didn't have his own car and that saved him money. I miss those days as a kid in the 50s.
Who could even drive one of those cars today? Neighbors of our in 1962 had a 58 Impala convertible loaded with everything but AC including power windows. That was amazing to look at back then.
American Graffiti I fell in LOVE with the Impala(1958)
i love these old commercials!
Handling as sharp as a bowling ball!
The SWAY was just nasty!!
No thanks today without a few modifications.🫣😮💨💥👎👎.
@@8_x_9. my belair with air ride and swaybars corners good for a old boat
@@anthonysilva1473 BS /////////////
58 Pontiac pathfinder I got handles better than well most cars on the road today 😂 things a real smooth machine and never seized after sitting since the 80’s
My mom's parents had a 1957 Nomad new yellow with white top. She is the oldest of 11 kids. they were lucky to have a 4 bedroom 2 bath lake house, as well as a 6 bed room 2 story house on 40 acres. Those were the day of a single income in central Wisconsin and you owned your own business delivering fuel oil, and running 2 gas stations.
Man, makes me want to go out and buy one!
My dad drove a 1958 Chevrolet Belair.
2020 Pat Boone still alive at 85...
Pat Boone does a weekly one hour radio program on SiriusXM 50s on 5, "The Pat Boone Hour".
I was wondering if he's still around. Good for him.
Boone turned 89 June 1st...
I always wanted a 1958 Chevrolet when I was a kid.
Me too. I'm still pining for one but today they're out of reach.
The '58 Impala is still one of My most favourite cars of all time. Wished I could find one for My collection as I have so many Memories as a Child as My Parents best Friends had one. It wasn't the Impala, however, nut the lines to it sure beats today's cars.
love the 58 Impala with fender skirts' and continental spare tire kit . what a great looking boat !!
I'll pass on the skirts and Connie.
For me, it still grabs my attention for great style. Never cared that much for the 57 tho it still is fav for collectors.
It’s hard to imagine that you “never cared for the ‘57”, yet you are a fan of the ‘58. I think that history shows the ‘57 as the all time favourite, we all love different models for different reasons, but let’s be honest. Any Chevy of the 50’s (and 60’s, and 70’s) are just beautiful cars and whether it be 2 door or 4 door, pillared or hard top, wagon or whatever, they are all superb!!!
@@paulstewart2672 Paul, traduzir aqui no Brasil e realmente vc ta correto,tenho aqui no meu país uma 58 bel air nomad,abraço
I said the same thing! Everyone loves the tri-five but I hunted down a 58. Classy cars.
Even today 57s are all over the place. It's hard to find a 58.
The single headlight just isn’t as good looking to be completely honest that makes the 58 better looking right off the hop
As I watch this 60 year old commercial, a new 2018 commercial with Pat Boone selling bibles just came on TV. One of America's stars from yesteryear who isn't in jail.
4-Door passed down to me at 15 (1965). Plenty of room. 348 4bl. Duals. Automatic. 10 MPG. Didn't care. Drove farm gas. Clock directly in front of passenger. Think mine was haunted. Clock hadn't worked in years. However on dates when date got into car it started keeping time. When I took her home it would stop running until next date night! Distant relative to Christine?
An old Racing saying was you'll Win At The Gate in a 348!
I recall that - I had the early long plug 348 with the auto, and it was a little soft hitting 2d .. stopping those things was the challenge.
i love classic car
....and a nice deadly X frame for side impact , and a nice swaying suspension . All the makings of a great car !
They wee great cars. Only the drivers weren't always so great. Chevrolet kept that frame design through 1964. It was a pain n the neck if you wanted to jack one up to work on it.
@@1940limited It was shit ////
Joey Chitwood, am amazing stunt driver! I would love to have a 58 impala with the 348 six pack. Real cars
I remember these kinds of cars from when I was a teenager. They were build strong and very well designed. If you were to take this vehicle for rough road driving you would have to raise the suspension a number of inches, harden up the shocks and springs, and put on the proper tires. The only thing lacking for off road driving would be having 4X4 or 4WD for the drive train which would be a problem for going off road. On the city streets there should be no worry about the pot holes and speed bumps unless too deep for the vehicle road clearance. If you have to you can drive over the edge of an average height sidewalk if necessary and not worry. This car was built like a utility truck. My preference for this type of vehicle would be to have the Impala station wagon fully equipped. For city driving and going on country roads it would be close to being like a decent SUV type vehicle.
Impala was only available as a two door hardtop or a convertible in '58 .
That was a cool shot of the piston’s point of view
They copied that from Ford's design but dropped it by mid'65...
Anything's better than the decadence of the here and now!
A great car too!
7:50 "excuse me if I sound a little prejudice". It's fine it's 1950s America, I wouldn't expect anything less 😂😂
Great video and a Thumbs Up !
I have a 58 4 door Biscayne.. and it's completely rust free..it's all stock no power ..but does have a stock am radio
I wonder how Pat Boone felt when the 1959 models came out ("all new, all over again!")
I really really envy not living in the 50s/60s or 70s era of motor cars...they were the best and revolutionary in their engineering aswell as having elegant beauty..most car commercials now are so mediocre and everything looks the same..but this old commercial felt so welcoming and inspiring for advertising a car with it's own unique qualities and style.
Very nice indeed. It's really hard to find a good 58 these days. They've all been chopped up and modified and are priced on the moon.
The slow mo
pretty good for 1958
5:00 an internal combustion cannot develop full power at low RPM. But, good driving at 6:53 !
I have a 4dr Delray that needs restoration. Would love a Plymouth but no way I could ever afford even a rusted out hulk.
Triple Rochester 2-Jets!
I bought 2 58 belairs 2 years ago to restore 1. After going thru the whole car (I love the style) I learned real fast how poorly cars were made back then. Death trap on wheels is what it is. I added lapbelts to mine since there were no seatbelts. I bought it because I'd never seen one before and was into muscle cars so I wanted it for its 1 year only style. It's a boat to say the least. I dropped a 68 396 bbc in it with 700r4 and it rolls down the road just fine. I had to make some brackets for the front seat to move back farther. I could barely get in and out of the car with the factory seat placement. Lousy design of door opening. I bump my head on roof rail if I'm not actively trying not to. It's pretty to look at and all the stainless was savable between the 2 cars. I had to replace some of the pot metal pieces of course. They lie in advertising back then just like the do now. Lol
No such thing as a bad car. Just a bad driver.
Good to see Pat Boone admit he was prejudiced on national TV. 7:50 mins
Except he wasn't racist.
@@blakepereira5583 Pretty funny. Then there's reality
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3139782/Pat-Boone-accuses-President-Obama-slandering-American-people-referring-crimes-against-black-men-racist.html
When cars were cars! Best time to be 16, a used car cost $250, you wrap it around a tree, junk it for $35 and get a replacement!!
Advertising galore. I prefer Dinah to Pat.
By '58 GM and Ford were scrambling to catch up with Chrysler after Virgil Exner brought out the 'Forward Look' the previous model year. It was too late to restyle their '58's, so I guess Pat Boone was Chevy's answer to their styling problem! Lol
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The '57 Ford was a brand new body style. Ford won the sales race that year ahead of both Chevy and Plymouth. Ford never quite matched Chrysler's '57 tailfins or GMs in '59.
The 58 Chevrolet is a love - hate design. I love it and hate all at once. The 58 Chrysler 300 C is the prettiest car of all.
I really think the '58 Chevrolet was better looking than the Chrysler offerings. Of course, I could be a bit biased as my folks drove a '58 Nomad wagon.
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Agreed.
Still not a safe car to be in. I saw a demonstration crash between a '59 and a newer Chevy and the '59 obviously still had the frame defect plague which blasts the steering column into the driver in a crash.
There weren't many safe cars back in those times. I believe it was 64 before seat belts became standard. Safety was about the last thing car makers had in mind back in those days.
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Thats not a frame defect they just didnt put collapsible steering columns in until 1969 or so before that the solid column could spear the driver, in my 65 mustang I always joke that its got the
spear-o-matic steering column haha and she's got a drop in gas tank like a pinto too I'm a shishkabob waiting to happen in that car eh? But their fun anyways just have to be a better driver
@@larryburton5516 Ford tried to include seatbelts in their cars in about 1955 but most people didn't want them.
@@zZWolfyZz It wasn't until much later than 1969 that American cars started having safety cage construction where the car would collapse on impact and absorb the impact before it reached the passengers and driver. Although most foreign cars had that type of construction long before American cars did.
Even when they draw it on the screen the X frame looks unsafe
Showing that blob in a handling maneuver should have kept some GM execs up at night.
Yeah that was messy, even for the standards of the day. I imagine that wimpy X-frame did it no favors.
Who the hell drives their car like that anyway?
No swaying around…. that there is a good driver…
Did they fire the guy who styled the '55, '56, and '57?
They just made the '58 Chevy look like the '57 Pontiac and Olds...
@@BuzzLOLOL actually the 58 Chevy and pontiac used the overall 57 Buick olds Cadillac basic body.then for 59 they all shared the new platform.
Why woudl they?
A guy that lived close to us growing up had a 58 Impala 348 three deuces car with the high performance version high compression mechanical cam 315 horsepower engine. Three speed on the column because i don't believe you could get a factory four speed at the time. Plus positraction with a plague on the dashboard saying Impala Positraction. It would run pretty good at the time. It was black with red interior. That car would be worth a ton of money today in good condition. He sold that car sometime in the late seventies and it caught fire and was completely destroyed. Personally i liked the 58 Impala. Didn't care much for the Bel Air and other models though.
I like all 58s but the Impala is my favorite. Any 58 in good shape is almost impossible to find today unless you're a millionaire.
I don't remember the 58 Chevrolets because 1958 was here I was born 3 days before I was born which was October 19th 1958 basically I remember a car company had just put out the new 1959 cars that's right they were put out on Thursday October 16th 1958 some of you might remember that
What the actual fuck kind of creature are you?
The announcer could be truthful and say instead … " Yes a dynamic new X- frame for 58 …. No side impact security has been included this year at no additional charge, gone is last years heavy protective box frame for today's light X-frame. Yes that's right no impact resistance materials to get in your way from the sills up to the roof, nothing to get in your way thereby allowing greater ease of entry and exiting not to mention a lower silhouette and profile …. ha ! - Seeing is believing at 3:20
BTW: Chrysler could not push their 57 & 58 model lines off the assembly floor fast enough … thereby minimizing quality control … Forward Look … Backward Quality … They leaked, squeeked and were rusting within just a couple of years and all that aluminum ( not stainless ) trim was oxidizing as the e-coating flacked off …
Yes, you are correct. Chrysler's engineering was light years ahead of everyone else's, and so was the styling. Unfortunately the rush to production led to a lot of problems in assmbly line quality, which were eventually ironed out, but unfortunately the damage was already done.
As always the new Chevy was to be a joy to drive and handle with ease but on a Mopar video comparing the Ford & Chevy to the Plymouth both cars weren’t as maneuverable as the Plymouth showed hmmmmmm!!!!
Ah yes. Back when cigarettes were refreshing and things like power steering, disk brakes, radial tires and excessive body roll did not matter. I wonder how many people jumped their Chevy's then brought them back to the dealership complaining about bent frames, busted shocks and blown tires.
Power steering had been on the low priced 3 as an option since 54.
LincolnTek 😂 hahah
brainy nut he said it didn't matter not it wasn't available
Back then most roads worldwide were not paved and driving speeds were MUCH SLOWER than today. Disc brakes were new and rare, and bias ply tires were the standard because they ride comfortably and were cheaper to produce. People didn't "jump" or to other stupid shit as often because they had less money and couldn't afford to destroy their transportation. Most weren't as prosperous as we are today.
@@obfuscated3090 Expressways were in their infancy in '58. Eisenhower had just passed the Interstate Highway Act in '56.
The Horror Hotel Special driven by Venetta Stephenson!!
1958 Chevy passenger car: The red-headed stepchild!
😀Wow coil springs! * What a nasty roll & sway on that unstable Chevy. Shame ! . The front tires nearly blown out !... Probably off camera some had flats. Hahaha!
Nice looking cars. Engine was flying on it's own on the road.
Who the hell drove thier car like that anyway?
@1940limited Just millions. Would be really bad today. No thanks.
What is he looking at? LOL
58 was a recession year...Not many sold , not many left.
Love /Hate ?
I hated them!..
They 58...chevy. out sold Ford. Ford outsold chevy in 57. Lol. The sacred one. Bow down to the 50 of them at every car show.
I. Love them. So much better than a try 5..
You' right about the recession, but I loved all 58s in the GM line up, most Fords, too, even the Edsel.
@@chriscatarcio2983 57 was the only year in that decade the Ford outsold Chevrolet but today the survival rate for Chevrolet is much, much higher. There's hardly any 57 Fords around. They rusted out terribly.
I never liked the 58
Just the opposite here.
Pure junk