A handful of them were misidentified, but I really enjoyed seeing this.

@robertstancliffsr9575

6 ай бұрын

I noticed 2 or 3 were wrong, could be more. Enjoyed the video anyway....

@rtflone

6 ай бұрын

@FloridaClay Did you notice that most of the cars were 2 door hardtops only a few were 4 door sedans

@bcala777

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for pointing that out some of them weren't even the right make never mind year

@rdavis4366

6 ай бұрын

No biggie. It’s just great to see all the cars of yesteryear anyway!

@bobpierce115

6 ай бұрын

While the latter part is true, it matters a lot on certain years and less on others. If it's a mild face-lift year like identifying a '53 Chevy as a '54 that's one thing, but saying a '54 is a '55 is a huge goof for back then. They id'd a '56 Merc as a '55 Chevy Sunliner, which is a Ford convertible. The model year of cars hasn't mattered for so long now, most people think it was always this way. It wasn't. @@rdavis4366

A much better time period in America. Please take me back to the 50's and early 60's !

@FrankGutowski-ls8jt

6 ай бұрын

Rampant segregation!!

@keithdukes5990

6 ай бұрын

When America was at it's zenith!!!🤗👍

@bobpierce115

6 ай бұрын

And the only way to go was down, and that's what happened. @@keithdukes5990

@jameszemboy7237

6 ай бұрын

You're obviously white.

@daleandrews3552

6 ай бұрын

I don't think anyone can argue against that. My sister has in her possession home videos in color of this era when I was a small child (born in '52) and she was an even smaller child or baby (born Jan. 4, '56). Our family had a '53 Olds Super 88 and a '57 Olds Super 88. The bank manager of our small town of DeQuincy, LA had just bought a '57 Chevy with the "Power Pack" option, which was a factory "souped up" 283 (4 bbl. carb and hotter cam). He had read somewhere the Olds Super 88 would be a bit faster in the 1/4 mile than the Chevy. Sure enough, they drag raced at an approx. 1/4 mile at the edge of town. My dad in his Olds beat the Chevy by over a car length TWICE! True story. 😉🏎

Back when cars had style, class and color.

@efandmk3382

6 ай бұрын

For color, class and style, you'd really need to fast forward to the 1960s.

@davidspellman3059

6 ай бұрын

and the people

@Pluviophile218

5 ай бұрын

so did people

@marknewton6984

4 ай бұрын

Real cars😮!

@Trueone1961

3 ай бұрын

Yeah the. 50s 60s and 70s the cars were the best

Hurray for Kodachrome! I shot many rolls of that slide film and they still look great today. It really does justice to the great colors of these '50s cars.

@johnanderson3700

6 ай бұрын

I have some old rolls still in freezer, but seems like no one will process the slides . My favorite film; especially for macro. I used to shoot 120 rolls of the slide film as well as 35mm. Digital just isn’t the same.

@thom-mark6443

6 ай бұрын

Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors Give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah I got a Nikon camera I love to take a photograph So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away .......😁

@DanSmith-qx4nl

6 ай бұрын

Mama don't take my Kodachrome away!

@bondgabebond4907

5 ай бұрын

@@johnanderson3700 Maybe it's that today's color film pales compared to Kodachrome. I shot the crap out of Kodachrome for years. Images I took 40 years ago still look fantastic. Now, my late model Sony digital cameras look just as good, thankfully. Color pops at 42 and 61mp. So glad as I miss Kodachrome. No one can develop that film anymore. A real shame for photographers who wish to shoot film today. I've gone totally digital with these new cameras with the newer super sensors.

@classicmoviesvault

4 ай бұрын

I think you are right the colors were really nice in the 1950's

Kadachrome Color look better than my smart phones HD pictures! Love those cars. Built tough. Built in the USA!!!

@MitchellMaichak-ze7mr

6 ай бұрын

Yeah , cars were better then , and so were cameras !!!

@gustavoperez5480

6 ай бұрын

Why at your country don't build cars as before?

@elaineewalt8137

4 ай бұрын

​@@gustavoperez5480 Very expensive to build today. 😔

@gustavoperez5480

4 ай бұрын

@@elaineewalt8137 so sad.

wonderful age the fifties in the USA and great cars....better than ever

I remember all these cars. Amazing how much styles have changed over the years. I’ve driven a lot of these cars and have fond memories of them. Thanks for posting.

@rtflone

6 ай бұрын

@johnanderson3700 I wasn't quite old enuff to drive when these gorgeous pictures were taken, but I sure knew each of these cars. Speaking of time, America had roughly half the number of people we gave now, no internet no social media, and very little of today's craziness. The 50s were a glorious time in many ways...

@johnanderson3700

6 ай бұрын

@@rtflone seems like only yesterday. During much of my childhood we had no car & I walked a lot; or took a bus with parents. Used to walk a mile plus to country store. One store whole community used to gather around stove in winter & visit: Boiled eggs on stove to share. An entirely different world back then.

@rtflone

6 ай бұрын

@@johnanderson3700 It does seem like only yesterday and in many ways a better one. The Great Depression was only 20 yrs in the past. Other than a home mortgage if you could afford one people didn't live on credit and in debt. You bought what you could afford to buy and that's it. A much better way to live imho..

@bradzimmerman3171

6 ай бұрын

Finally cars today (2023) are getting away from those gawd aweful hubcraps or wheelcovers that do absolutely nothing, and worse than bumper stickers or engine covers

@classicmoviesvault

4 ай бұрын

I like watching classic movies so that I can see classic cars

THAT 1955 MERCURY MONTCLAIRE CONVERTABLE WAS GEORGEOUS ! Cars used to be so exciting !

Glorious cars! Loved the two-tone colors, plentiful chrome, the change from the more rounded shape to "the box" body shape, and the fins of the late decade. And let's not leave out those hood ornaments -- clipper ship, Indian head, pelican, stylized plane among them. We had a '55 Chevy (Bel Air, White & Yellow) and a '58 Chevy with its infinity-design tail lights that was light and dark green. How I enjoyed washing those cars as a small kid in the 1950s. Thanks for bringing back happy memories.

@waynepurcell6058

6 ай бұрын

Sorry but many of these cars are hideous, and no, I'm not all that young, I'm 58. Also chrome literally sucks. If it's not "perfect plate" it's just a rust bed. Don't think I'm being a "modern" ass either, as I think the '45 Flathead Harley Davidson is the most beautiful bike ever devised. Modern cars are just more "balanced" with nothing extreme in the visual to detract from the actual function. Everybody complains that they all look alike, well, that because it's something that is proven to WORK. Just like WWII fighter planes. 90% of them resemble each other. That is because "what works, works".

@douglas_drew

6 ай бұрын

​@@waynepurcell6058• Perhaps those of us that were actually living in the 1950s have a greater appreciation of the cars of that decade. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't take any of them over my AWD Subaru Crosstrek, but I will always remember special times in 'fifties cars while no such memories will come to mind of my Crosstrek.

@horaciomora75

6 ай бұрын

Desde 🇦🇷🇦🇷 Amo los coches de esta época de los USA car's

@classicmoviesvault

4 ай бұрын

I agree the two-tone colors are the best

@johngolden891

4 ай бұрын

@@classicmoviesvault I really enjoyed washing our white / light yellow 1955 Chevy and light green / forest green 1958 Chevy (with infinity sign back lights). Especially sunlight on polished chrome was a delight.

These exquisite cars were inarguably works of art. Just imagine how many of these cars are still available in Cuba ...

@jamesrecknor6752

3 ай бұрын

Even a few in Viet Nam

Born in 1940, I remember seeing everyone of those cars on the road at one time or another. That's when each one was very distinguishable. All you had to do is look at it and you knew which one you were seeing! Miss those days!!

@fjbronzo

22 күн бұрын

Very good and lovely memories!

How enjoyable. I'm from that time, and everyone had to have their photo taken next to their car.

I was a kid in the 50's and wished I had been old enough to own some of these cars when they were new. I've ridden in a good number of them as family members had some of these models and were die hard owners. It seemed brand and model loyalty was strong in my family. Not sure if others were like that. For instance, my grandfather would only own Oldsmobiles. My parents were die hard Chevy owners. An uncle would only buy Mercury's. An aunt that would only drive Plymouths and so on. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane.

@bernardkroeger4045

6 ай бұрын

Yes interesting concept. It seems that " brand loyalty " was a big thing. Perhaps it is closely aligned to a persons sense loyalty to all things in life.

@leversforever9748

5 ай бұрын

So true I was born in the early 50s and my dad only bought Fords where the rest of the family bought Chevys or Buicks. It's still Fords for me thanks' dad!!

@Matthew_Loutner

5 ай бұрын

Yes. My grandfather always said Dodge was the best car and Chrysler was second best. He had 2 of those weird looking 64s parked in his driveway.

@classicmoviesvault

4 ай бұрын

I agree with you

American style of 50's , as for me, is the best car design ever

Exquisite cars with lots of style and panache. Now we have boring SUVs and crossovers that all look the same. 😞

@efandmk3382

6 ай бұрын

They all looked the same back then. Only different degrees of ugly.

@marknewton6984

4 ай бұрын

Viva 50's! Cars and women both looked better...

Old Beautiful Peaceful Days are Gone.. 😢

I love them all, every car had his own character

@rolandemartin854

22 күн бұрын

So, so true! all you had to do is look at it and you knew if it was a Ford, Chevy, Olds or whatever

@artistsingerwriterproducer8288

21 күн бұрын

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@artistsingerwriterproducer8288

21 күн бұрын

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@artistsingerwriterproducer8288

2 күн бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWyors1to7aaXaw.htmlsi=9_9rZUVEw4Pg2Z2m

That was actually a ‘56 Pontiac @ 2:30…but you’re doing pretty well at this point.

Back then a parking lot looked like a field of easter eggs. My friends dad had a new 1956 Buick Century and what a beauty. After all these decades I sill recall the colors. Cream White and Canary Yellow, and of course the chrome.

@TheHistoryLounge

5 ай бұрын

Great description!

@Matthew_Loutner

5 ай бұрын

My friend in high school had a 1963 Ford Galaxie that was Chestnut brown. It was a beautiful deep rich metallic brown. My 1968 El Camino was Tripoli Turqoise.

The colors of cars were so much more exciting back then.

@Connection-Lost

4 ай бұрын

All images were fake AI generated pics.

Thank you for the video. Cars of the 1950's had a lot of style.

Yes, it was a wonderful time for great American automobiles- and brings back fond memories. Plus you let the pictures tell the story with very nice background music. Thank you- you’ve warmed a 75 year old heart this morning.

It was nice to see all those olds cars that I remember so well growing up even though you had the wrong year on several of them.

@marycoleman9649

2 ай бұрын

and the make on ar least 3.

The following corrections should be made: @3:29....'56 Ford ; @4:53....'55 Mercury ; @7:28...'50 Mercury. Thank you for uploading these GORGEOUS photos!

@bigj1001001

4 ай бұрын

yep i have a 56 fairlane

@marycoleman9649

2 ай бұрын

you got them.

These are the cars my parents and their friends drove in my childhood and that my high school friends drove in the 1960s. Thanks for the memories.

Wish I could live in the 1950’s forever

@videoprotectedcom

6 ай бұрын

Depends on which side of the tracks, color. Korean war?

@hotrodray6802

6 ай бұрын

Yessir 👍👍 It was far better than most people will acknowledge.

@hotrodray6802

6 ай бұрын

​@@videoprotectedcom Thanks for your socialism critique. You should try to comprehend that just because some people are financially poor or just axewipes that that does not make all of society bad. Seek counseling and medication.

@melrose9252

6 ай бұрын

@@videoprotectedcom< It was better back then for some reason.

@zz-nc5kx

5 ай бұрын

@@hotrodray6802Yeah, you enjoyed it because you were white.

Love cars from the 50's and 60's. Great seeing them in their original new condition. I also love seeing how these photos look to have such a high resolution. Thank you for posting.

This was the greatest decade in US history. Anyone with a job could own their own house and land. Most people I knew that had a decent job traded cars every two years. That's about the time Detroit was coming out with a new model. This wonderful time, before giant corporations took over the country, was a time anyone with ambition could buy land and start a business. My father, a WWII vet, came home from the army and learned the auto body trade. Within 6 years he was buying old cars, fixing them up and selling them. In another year or so he bought a piece of land where the new highway was going. It had a litte shack on it. We lived in that shack while he built a garage, opened his own shop, and I worked there with him repairing those beautiful 50's cars. After living in that shack for a few years the whole family built a big colonial home behind the shop. My brothers and I worked at that shop until my father died, over 30 years.

@catherinetractor5191

3 ай бұрын

Glad things were good for your family - but the generalization that it was good for everyone is not true.

@dc10driver1

Ай бұрын

That is/was the American dream.

Born in 1951 (now 73). Little did we know how good we had it, and how we were the last generation. Thanks for the video!

Grew up in the 50,s and long for those days again. The beauty and styling grace of these beauties can never be reproduced.Thanks for the wonderful memories!

I had many cars from this era. They were simple & easy to work on. Chrome was real chrome...not plastic & the hoods closed like bank vaults on strong hinges that required very little maintenance, just a little lubrication now & then to keep them in good shape. The engines were low stressed low RPMS & would run for years with little maintenence. NO computors or moduls!

@budakota

6 ай бұрын

I Totally Agree with you 125%!!...TODAYS Vehicles Are Crap!!- one pays $15K-$100K For Crap That Will Only Last 5-8 years as opposed to $2-3K ( $20K-$30K Today) of 50 plus years ..when ALL Vehicles Were Made Of 98% Of True Metal (Solid) & Only 2% of Plastic Todays Cars Are Now Made 98% Plastic , 2% Metal Substance (thin)

@seadog686

6 ай бұрын

I was an apprentice mechanic back in the early 60's and worked quite a few 50's cars too. Routine maintenance (tune-ups, oil changes, lube jobs) were done far more often than they are today. Tires weren't as good and didn't last as long. Corrosion was a bigger problem. I could go on but why bother. I will admit - styling was a lot more "dramatic" back then.

@robkunkel8833

6 ай бұрын

And the car bumpers, if damaged, would be re-plated with a complicated electrolysis method. Companies were built around this need. Enter plastic bumpers. Exit this industry.

@efandmk3382

6 ай бұрын

And any fender bender, no matter how small, could land you in the morgue.

@vincentl.9469

5 ай бұрын

@@seadog686 ... and they were not as safe back then. Today's cars need less maintenance but when they do go wrong it will cost you dear. as they are so complex The other thing about those 50s cars, they were big, thirsty , polluting beasts. Gasoline was a few cents a gallon back then so people thought nothing of this ...

Golden years,fabulous pics 👍

I was a teen in the 50s and loved cars! Every September the new models would come out where i lived and everyone was excited about it! They were exciting, great to look at designs, attention to detail, a visual delight to behold with all the uses of color. I think it was good for the brain! Seriously! Compare to today where everything's the same. Makes your eyes and brain lazy. And underdeveloped! Maybe thats why a lot of people are so crabby these days. 😂

@daleandrews3552

6 ай бұрын

Well said and agreed. Back in those days, the dealers (at least where I lived in DeQuincy, LA) would put bedsheets over the glass in their showrooms to cover up the new model cars that had been driven in the night before. They would take them off beginning "new car day". In those days, cars differed in design throughout from top to bottom from year to year. They differed not only in sheetmetal, but in a completely differently designed DASH setup as well! All of us kids - at least those of us who were car lovers - would wait around on our bicycles outside on the street for the dealership staff to remove the sheets and boom, what a surprize!

@marcob4630

3 ай бұрын

No doubt the best times for USA! Elegance, style and wealthyness: a bygone optimistic epoch!

@bobdillaber1195

3 ай бұрын

@@marcob4630 Very well said!

@marcob4630

3 ай бұрын

thanks ! @@bobdillaber1195

1959 Buick Convertible-- gorgeous!

People were lucky back then, everyone got to drive a classic car.

The cars are always the stars:) Thank you for a great look back in time at them!

Great clip!! & The color really takes me back!! I was born in 55. Love the vintage cars!!! Ahh memories ❤️

57 Ford two door hardtop. 56 Chevrolet two door hardtop 58 Chevrolet two door hardtop. Good years and good memories. Vehicles you could work on and have fun doing it!

I still. Like each one of them.❤👍💯

A handful of them were misidentified, but I really enjoyed seeing this. Thanks you!

@serfcityherewecome8069

6 ай бұрын

Lol, yes...seeing that Merc called a Chevy basically had me questioning everything I'd ever seen or heard in my life. 🤪

@dareisnogod5711

5 ай бұрын

YouS welcome.

@Connection-Lost

4 ай бұрын

@@serfcityherewecome8069 Yes because its all fake AI generated images. you can't find these anywhere else because they are not real.

Two-tone cars impart an attitude of optimism. 2:12 Snow is very rare in Gorman and it never gets too cold there. Couple was out for a bracing, rare, cool-air top down spin in their Hudson Hornet.

Yup, I lived through the 1950s. My first car was a 1952 2 door Chevy convertible in canary yellow. A sweet ride. My dad had a 1950 dark blue Ford sedan. I am even older than the little girl in the photo who would be 70 now. Much older.

YES!!! Some of these were OUR 1950s RIDE for Years!!!! Beautiful Memory HeartWarm! Thank you!!

These care are perfect untouched. you can se the happiness in peoples faces thank you vary much👌👌

Will you people moaning about a very few wrong calls on makes and models just stop, rewind and enjoy the view. I was too busy reminiscing and wishing we could these days, open a hood, change points, condensor and plugs connect a dwell meter, and timing light and be on our way in an hour or so, all tuned up. Rebuild a carburetor in about 2 beers time when needed. Those truly were the days my friends. Almost every model from every manufacturer changed every year. Chrome! Real Chrome! Genuine AM radios. We were happy with it all. Yes we were. Oh yeah... gas ran about 31 cents/gallon in '57. And if you got 15 miles per gallon on a trip, you couldn't wait to tell everybody about the amazing mileage. My dad had a '56 Dodge Coronet, flathead 6 with 2 speed push button powerflite transmission. The car had 3 tone paint. We liked it!

If they still made kodachrome I would go back to film

I was born on Christmas Eve in 1956. My favorite decade of cars was always the 1950s. Whenever I went to a car show, I would always look at the ones from the 1950s. I loved their styles and colors.

Better days, better cars, a much better America

@intrepidone2796

3 ай бұрын

A better America? Definitely (no Trump in sight), nicer cars which were more fun? Sure! Better cars: No. See the video on KZread on a frontal crash between a ‘59 Bel Air and an ‘08 Malibu and it’ll shock you…

@sallymiller1359

3 ай бұрын

Well, friend, you are entitled to your opinion, unlike today where free speech can get you arrested. Yup, a better America way back when.@@intrepidone2796

@carroyo911

3 ай бұрын

@@intrepidone2796 I just knew if I scrolled down enough, I would eventually come across a TDS sufferer...

@lynettepalecek3141

22 күн бұрын

​@intrepidone2796 You're wrong about the cars. The cars from the 1950s were definitely built much better then than they are now. I don't believe you about the accident. Of course, it doesn't surprise me that you would lie about that since you're so ignorant about Trump.

@sallymiller1359

21 күн бұрын

@@lynettepalecek3141 Who are you responding to here, your comment makes no sense at all.

I remember traveling to Nebraska from East Tenn to see my Grandparents each year in our 52 Olds 88 until we got a new 61 Chevy station wagon. Boy did it have lots of room. No air conditioning in any of our cars until about 1965 . And mostly no Interstate either. Stopping at the motels like the ones in some of these pics. Looking for a decent place to eat ,no big chain restaurants until Howard Johnsons came along. People were even courteous on the road and would even stop if you were broken down.

@gustavoperez5480

6 ай бұрын

How did you survive traveling at a car without air conditioner?

@danielulz1640

6 ай бұрын

​@@gustavoperez5480kick panel vents and opening quarter windows.

@elaineewalt8137

4 ай бұрын

​@@gustavoperez5480 The same way we survived w/out A/C in our homes! 😉 You chirrens would NEVER understand those days! 😉 🚫A/C 🥵 😅🤣

@gustavoperez5480

4 ай бұрын

@@elaineewalt8137 I agree.

I was born in the late '50s and don't remember anything before the summer of '63, but of course there were still of lot of '50s care on the roads and in my family and friends families, so I have a lot of memories of riding in them. For example, my dad had a dark green '54 Belair that he had bought new, and when the sleek new '65s came out in the fall of '64, I went with him to spec out and order a new Belair. About a month later we got the call that it had arrived, so he and I went back to pick up the new one and drop off the trade-in '54. The '65 sure was nice, but I remember looking out the back window at the '54 as we drove off the lot and feeling kind of bad about leaving it behind. It was like we were abandoning a loyal member of the family. These photos also remind me of one of our neighbors, a widow in her 60s or 70s whose daily driver was a '53 Packard Clipper (white top, purple body) when we moved there in '64, and it was still her DD when we moved away in '71. When she was ready to do her daily trip to the local market or whatever, she'd come out all dressed up with her purse over her arm, open the swing-out garage doors, carefully back the Packard out, get out and close the doors (it was an empty garage, why not just leave them open?), and off she'd go with her gray hair and hat barely visible over that huge steering wheel. I seriously doubt that car ever left the neighborhood or went over 25 mph. When she came back, the process was reversed. It was a big production and all of us kids would stop and watch. That huge Packard fit inside that old wooden garage with only inches to spare, but as far as I know she never hit anything. Now that I think about it, I'm a retired widower with a pampered DD that I've owned for 18 years, so maybe I've become my street's version of the Packard lady. 😆

I miss colored interiors. The last ones I had were the red on my 1988 Dodge Aries K wagon and burgundy on my 1989 Dodge Spirit.

What a time to be alive especially in America None of the troubles of today

Every year had a brand new design

Love the music on this site!

I was born 1952 and remember a bit of the 1950. And the cars I like the background music to.

The 59 Lincoln Continental MK IV is sweet.

@usmale49

6 ай бұрын

Yes and I loved the "Breeze Way" rear window that Mercury also put on some of their models too!!

I really like the green 55 Chevy sunliner. Very rare never saw one before.

@davidwilk5160

6 ай бұрын

That was a 1955 Mercury.

@Connection-Lost

4 ай бұрын

@@davidwilk5160 Actually it wasn't even real. It was AI generated like the rest of the video.

Loved the music.

BEAUTIFUL!!!!! What memories!!!!

You only got three wrong on the Make and years still a great video......

I almost broke out in tears over memories of how life was so much better back then!

My parents and grandparents (on both sides) bought a new car every 1-2 years. So our home movies look just like this. My grandparents always bought Cadillacs.

Though I'm English, when I was a young lad I often used to see American cars in London that were sold by American forces personnel before they returned home after their spell of duty here. Those kind of cars are still a highlight at the many classic car shows held over here, apart from our sports cars we couldn't compete with all those iconic American models.

Very enjoyable video. I love the instrumental 'surf rock' with the strong Doo-Wop ties of '50's music. The color is gorgeous. I have to wonder if the blue '59 Cad at 1:55 isn't more recent from the girl's coat. Some model mis-identificarions here. 3:31 id's a '56 Ford as a '59; though there is a yellow '59 in the background. 4:57 id's a '56 Merc Montclair convertible as a '55 Chevy, and a Sunliner in addition. Only Ford's convertibles were Sunliners.

@kevinburesh4135

6 ай бұрын

Good job at noticing those, Bob. One more to add...the very last car shown...labeled as a '53, but it's a '54 Chevy.

@bobpierce115

6 ай бұрын

Wow Kevin, you've really an eagle eye. I can only tell those 2 apart by the taillights, even from the side, but the picture cuts off. It's interesting how the 'white streak' on the rear quarter panel reappears on the '59, but more dramatically on the '60 as a jet trail.. Too bad there's no '58 Impala here. With that model, the C-pillar and rear window from the '53 and '54 reappear on the '58 coupe. It's amazing to me the often brazen mistakes made on these videos. I saw a new one on Desi, Jr. and the narrator was using pictures of Donny Osmond when he appeared on 'Here's Lucy' in '72 (as himself) claiming it was Arnaz. Ummmm, no. They're not the same person!! @@kevinburesh4135

@kevinburesh4135

6 ай бұрын

Well, I am only with those two models, Bob. I've owned several of them over the years/decades. The only difference in the bodies are the tailights, as you mentioned, and the front grilles. Yep, Chevy...(as well as the general public)...really liked the look of that painted stripe/trim on the ''53/'54. I saw in a book on the Tri-Five Chevy's, that the designers tried bringing it back on the '56's rear quarter panel. The book included a pic of one early clay mock-up '56....with that stripe, and a different grille. As it turned out, they actually did include it on the '56 Bel-Air...though it runs forward, across the front fender...rather than rearward. I would have liked seeing a '58 Impala, too. It's a great looking model! I currently own a '53 Sport Coupe...which has that 'C pillar' design you mention. I love that look. Even some modern day SUV's have that basic design. Very interesting...on the mistake with Desi Arnaz, Jr.! @@bobpierce115

@bobpierce115

6 ай бұрын

I know exactly what you mean on the '56, with it across the front fender. I'm glad you own a '53 sport coupe. I'm sorry the tri-5 continues to overshadow them at car shows. As far as the '57's rear quarter panel goes, its sleekness (to me) is an optical illusion. The eye is drawn to the aluminum, which makes the area above and below it narrow also, even though it really isn't, if you see one 'naked' as in being repainted or restored. it's very wide. I wish the '57 had retained the '55-'56 hood ornament instead of the the separate 'gun slits'. Most of all, I HATE the fact so many '57 Chevy convertibles have been ruined by the ugly front and back vertical bumper guards, fender skirts. goofy fender mirrors and that god awful continental kit! I get that these were 'legit' options, but that doesn't mean they don't look! Maybe I'm wrong, but I didn't notice these cars being bogged down with this damn shit in the 1980's. '90's. Absolutely everything that can be ruined, has been ruined. @@kevinburesh4135

@kevinburesh4135

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I'd like to see more 53's and 54's at the Car Shows, also...but, there haven't been very many of them in shows around here, lately. I'm in the process of restoring my '53...and plan on driving it regularly, when it's done. I agree, regarding the excessive add-ons of chromed parts....like bumper and grille guards....and, those ridiculous looking continental kits! ; ) @@bobpierce115

Kodachrome was an incredible film. It used a unique dye-transfer rather than dye-coupler process, so the color is almost as durable as an original Technicolor film print.

@classicmoviesvault

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information that was really informative

Fender skirts!! 😊

Most of these beautiful cars we were privileged to see in South Africa during the 50/60s. Thank you.

@TheHistoryLounge

5 ай бұрын

Cool - I didn’t know that!

@koosvanzyl2605

5 ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryLounge The first car I remember when I grew up was a 1949 Studebaker Champion. The same year that I was born.

The 55 Chevy convertible was a 55 Merc, and the 50 ford 4 door was a 55. Correction, 56

@michaelwaldmeier1601

6 ай бұрын

After the pari of '59 Fords, the next was not a '59 Ford, but an earlier one perhaps a '56?

@PfalzD3

6 ай бұрын

@@michaelwaldmeier1601 I think it was a 55. Either way, not a 59

@usmale49

6 ай бұрын

@@PfalzD3 Pretty sure it was a "56...we had a "55 and the tail lights were just a tad different!!

@PfalzD3

6 ай бұрын

@@usmale49 Could be. It's hard to tell from the Profile, since it was a two year body style.

@PfalzD3

6 ай бұрын

I own a 56, I couldn't tell from that picture. Either way, It's not a 59. @@usmale49

Beauties!! Real cars.

American cars of the '50s were anything BUT basic. The American motorists and the cars they drove were the most advanced in the world.

Cool "walk" down car memory lane. The color photos were great. A couple of the car dates were off. The people in the pictures were an added attraction. I would have been one of the little kids in many of these pictures.

Never been a “car guy” plus I wasn’t born until 71 so none of these resonate with me (though my dad would have loved these)….but as an amateur photographer I absolutely love the colors from the Kodachrome film. 😀😀

I lived through and saw most of these Fine rides during my young years. Gimme more!😁

@alexadam353

5 ай бұрын

The accompanying music is Awesome. What is it?

Got some doozy of a pics of me by 1950s cars when I was a small kid in the late 50s and early 60s.😅

No better decade for automobiles!

Back when cars were allowed to be colors other than white, black, silver, and dull red.

Lot of great cars. That Lincoln at the start was sure sleek

I remember my parents had a '53 Buick in the late 50's. It was a TANK!

@elaineewalt8137

4 ай бұрын

My brother owned a two-tone green Special or Super in '83, and they STILL WERE!!! 😱😅🤣

Kodachrome is just so beautiful

Though some looked staged as in advert. . A couple have the wrong year posted. I do'nt care in the least! Glorious, glorious, glorious!!

Manufacturers claim that cars are built " safer " now , they won't admit the cars are UGLY now !!!

@hotrodray6802

6 ай бұрын

They all look alike.... Like they've been pulled through a knothole.

@1940limited

6 ай бұрын

There's no such thing as an unsafe car. It's unsafe drivers.

@Connection-Lost

4 ай бұрын

These older steel monsters are death machines, survival rate in crashes has gone up massively since they started making cars "safer" which means your argument has no leg to stand on, gramps. Also these old cars are absolutely hideous and I wouldn't take one if you gave it to me for free.

@elaineewalt8137

4 ай бұрын

​@@1940limited Yup, the guy commenting to your post is likely one of 'em! 😉🤣😂

@cloudirubez07

26 күн бұрын

Except they are safer. Cars in the 50s literally had nothing stopping you from dying in a crash, even a minor one, and were incredibly unsafe because their bodies were made of pure steel including the doors unlike modern cars built with safer materials. While cars from this era were beautiful yes, it came at a cost. Nowadays cars are much safer and we should be grateful for that.

Cool!!!!

Saludos a la cultura norte Américana sus autos maravillosos. Su música hermosa tube un vehículo estadounidense un belair coupe 1958 automático lo adquiri cuando joven lo restaure y pinte rojo y techo blanco le pinte las bandas blancas en los neumáticos en los radiales modernos no existen con bandas de fábrica como en la época bueno por donde me paseaba era el centro de las miradas lo vendí ase muchos años por nesesidad era joven y necesitaba tener mi casa propia para mi familia an pasado 20 años y con estas imágenes me da mucha nostalgia saludos desde chile

Wish to have those good times again

Beautiful cars! Liked the music too.

Classic cars bring back fond memories! Thanks!😀

@TheHistoryLounge

3 ай бұрын

Great point on the song. It's funny how these Kodachrome photos hold up so well, while the photos from the modern color film from the 1960s and after looks dim and dull in comparison. (Possibly partly due to cheap consumer cameras as well...)

I can see why folks were taking pictures of these cars back then - they were works of art. Today, who'd even bother to take a picture of a family car, unless it's to list if for sale on eBay!!!

Época Mágica, os carros , as roupas , a arquitetura, as Canções os Grandes músicos e a cultura , obrigado por compartilhar

Thanks for the trip back in time. On road trips, my brother and I would see who could be the first to guess the year and make of the cars coming into view. Couldn't do that with today's models.

Imagine going into work in the morning, you've just eaten grits and pancakes for that all-American breakfast, nine cups of coffee swilling around, and you stand in front of your draughtsman's board, pen poised ready for yet another monstrosity. And these shapes come out!

@Matthew_Loutner

5 ай бұрын

I do not think they served grits in Detroit . . .

@elaineewalt8137

4 ай бұрын

​@@Matthew_Loutner 😂🤣

Now Paul Simon's song makes complete sense. Great job and thanks.

Love the cars of 1950s and 1960s the colors the stylish looks that you know what make it is.Looking at some of the roads and streets, cars back then were very oil leaky LOL.Great video of classic cars in there prime 👍

The original Kodachrome ( 8 asa ) was an excellent film in sunny conditions ,unsurpassed in my opinion .

Back in the sixties I owned a 1955 coup Deville Cadillac, flamingo orange with a continental kit. I really enjoyed that car. I kept it till I had to send it to the auto grave yard.

@elaineewalt8137

4 ай бұрын

But..Why?? 😥

in the 50's I was in my 20's and could hardly wait for the look and design of the new models every year ,I owned a used 53 and then a 56 Studebaker called "Power Hawk" color green-white ,which I traded later for a new 58 Chevrolet

Delightful. Brought back memories. I did see a couple of errors in the captions (Mercury identified as Chevy, incorrect year on another Mercury), but loved the images.

@carolynridlon3988

6 ай бұрын

I noticed a Chevy marked incorrectly - it said Malibu right on the side!

@Connection-Lost

4 ай бұрын

That would be because none of these are real images, they are all composites generated by AI.

I did live through the 50s. I think one thing that has been lost is what I would call .."clean and classy". Seems like in our present day people are proud of the fact they can be sloppy looking and accepted. That''s fine...but I grew up seeing the best was always shown to be "clean and classy"

@trevorjameson3213

6 ай бұрын

Don't forget about all the litter and trash everywhere now days. You don't see any of that in this video, everywhere is clean and nice, as it should be.

@lizzapaolia959

4 ай бұрын

Your absolutely correct in your comment. Slobs and morally defective lowlife's are unfortunately walking around in our sick society. They are repulsive. Stay safe and pure God bless 🙏

@elaineewalt8137

3 ай бұрын

And still is.

4:26 The 53 Merc, convertible looks sweet!

@hotrodray6802

6 ай бұрын

Itza FORD Look at the round tail lights

@matrox

6 ай бұрын

@@hotrodray6802 Sho' izz

Born in Dec 52 but I have some wonderful early memories of the fifties.

Great video. This is the kind of video I had to watch twice. Once for the cars...and again for the houses and scenery behind them. I note 3 errors on car years. Not bad! Still gave you a thumbs up!

@Connection-Lost

4 ай бұрын

None of the images are real, it's all AI generated.