1949 CHEVROLET FLEETLINE & STYLELINE CARS PROMOTIONAL FILM "ROUGH HOUSE" 89934
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- The 1949 short film, “Rough House,” was one of a collection of 16mm films on Chevrolets produced by Jam Handy. The film promotes the benefits of Chevrolet cars by revealing the numerous tests performed on the cars. In this film, the tests are simulated using what appears to be a 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline or Styleline Deluxe Sedan (00:24). The tests behind the comfortable ride of the Chevrolet are conducted at the General Motors Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan (01:08). The vehicles are put through a variety of tests, including the comfort test (01:22), where the vehicle is driven relentlessly on a paved circuit as well as on a Belgian block road (01:33), to test the car’s suspension. The cars are tested for noise and drafts using a large suction pump and chemical smoke (02:32). Body design, flow, and colors are tested as part of the “Appearance and Design” process (02:44). Safety tests are conducted (03:27), assessing the steering and braking of the vehicle. A decelerometer (03:49) is used to test how fast the car can stop. Vision is tested in the lab to identify and reduce obstructed viewpoints (04:31). Chevrolet also puts its cars through durability tests (05:38), monitoring the consequences of putting heavy strain on tires, engine, and body. Economy of operations is the next set of testing, where gasoline consumption, using a burette, is tested (07:10). Performance testing (07:57) is the final phase the film covers, as the car is tested for acceleration, power, braking, and driving through water in what the narrator dubs “Operation Bathtub,” Chevrolet’s longstanding water test (08:50). After all the testing is completed, the vehicles are disassembled and every component is examined (09:42) as part of the effort to provide the Chevrolet owner and driver with the best vehicle possible.
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Jam Handy is probably the most prolific filmmaker in history - over 7000 films during WWll alone!
I bought one for my wife in 1976 it was a good reliable car that drove pretty good.
Jam Handy Your the best Have had a 1949 1952 and 1954 and 1955 Chevys and Loved them they were wonderful and easy to repair cars you could do almost Every thing on them yourself. Thanks for this Presentation!
First car, still got it , nice driving honest car. Back on the road soon.
Glad for you wish I had one of Mine.
Jam Handy productions were pretty interesting. Don't know where they found an audience in pre-TH-cam days. The exposure on cinema screens and early TV would have been a once-off experience. Now, decades later, it's possible that thousands of viewers will wish they had an old Chevy built for durability, handling and comfort that can "stop on a dime". Bring back the good old days please.
Exactly dav, that was a really inspiring video...makes you wonder if recent efforts of the manufacturers would do this well in gruelling tests. Also the dignity of this 1949 was close to the rock solid appeal of the Bentley Continental, and was a product that you could tell the company had genuine pride in making.
It would be great to see this sort of confidence and enthusiasm in GM again, as well as a desire to provide an authentically great car. I feel that in the 2008 bankruptcy, GM should have become a worker co-op so that it could bring out the best in the workers, and enable the possibilities of economic democracy to be able to reach their potential.
dav snow I loved those Cars at one time I had a 1949 Chevy Deluxe fastback ,52 and 1950 Chevy Pickup at the same time. You could run them on Parts from the Junk yard. I Climbed the hill to Johnstown PA in High gear in My 1952 Chevy Bel Air Hardtop it ran great and this was in the early 1980's. Also Had a 1954 Chevy 210 2 DR. Wish I had them all now.
These were shown at dealers. Going to the dealer then was like going to Disneyland.
First car I remember my dad having was a 49 Chevy.
The flipside of this lube job was to make sure the cars weren't too well or overbuilt.
They were over built, I still have my 49, four door delux, vista grey. Finest car I ever owned, I guess that’s the reason I still have it. 😃
Planned obsolescence.. by Harley Earl
My first car. 😍
Yeah, a few short years after the war, America was building everything the country and young post war families needed.
Today the bean counters rule. Thus we get plastic intake manifolds, plastic chain guides in OHC engines. Interfernce engines where a timing belt failure breaks pistons and valves. Ford 3.5 liter v6 with the waterpump internal to the block... leaky water goes into the crankcase ruiming the engines. Cadillac v8 with the starter under the intake manifold making a replacement of the starter an 8 + hour job vs 1+ hour on external starter.
Way to complicated systems everything is computer controlled.
Back then financing was 24 or 36 months. Today it goes to 84 months
Also unions and government bureaucrats
@@bobbyheffley4955 those were a big problem in 1950 too.
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@@bobbyheffley4955 Unions are why we had a golden age in the late 1940s, 50s, into the 60s. The stronger the union the better the American workforce is.
AMEN
After watching this promotional I want to buy a 1949 Chevrolet
Riding "between the axles"!
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first comment! Not sure why im making a big deal out of it...
I agree with the whole options vs packages bullshit…there is no reason why you couldn’t add a couple things without having certain seats or wheels 😂
I wonder if there is a meter to record NHV generated by the 4:11 axle with no overdrive? Gas mileage would have been considerably better if overdrive had been available. I'll bet it couldn't break 20 MPG.
At 50 to 55 mph 14-17 mph if in tune.
Also after Powerglide was introduced they had 350 rear ratio. Sone guys swapped in this to replace the 411. Better mileage and you could cruise at 60 easy. -76 yr old guy
See the USA in your Chevrolet….
Always my Favorite Song Have a USA -1 Plate on my 2012 Chevy Cruze Chevy is the Best one of Many I have had and always put the plate on the front.
Propaganda at its finest. LOL
In other words from Alfred P Sloan: *Planned Obsolesce*
If I remember correctly vehicles back then only had a 12K mile warranty.
What I wish they still did today was allow us to by Options instead of just Packages.
Back then Heaters/Defrosters, Clocks, Back Up Lights, Radios & Antennas, A/C (some models/brands) were Optional.
Plus other items.
*EDIT:* Safety Glass was an Option too I believe.
Clocks and Radios seemed pricy too. You can see why a lot of people simply had a Transistor Radio hanging from the Rear View Mirror instead of purchasing a Factory Radio.
Safety??? LOL..death traps