That Burning Bridges song goes back in the old memory banks quite a ways! Golly Gee Wizz Batman!
@mariorojas94023 ай бұрын
Anyone know which Life magazine issue had this great 1959 Chevy Assembly Line photos. I would love to find this issue.
@jonowens4607 ай бұрын
Very Kool 😂Liked that "Panel Wagon" one at the end; has to be rare😮 what assembly plant was this?
@pescitheman10 ай бұрын
When did our world go wrong? Orderly and disciplined, that was what drove society to be innovative and successful.
@vanpenguin2211 ай бұрын
Now I know I'm old. I remember hearing Dina Shore on the radio singing that jingle. Might as well practice: "You kids get off my lawn!"
@williamburkholder769 Жыл бұрын
The rear end of that thing looked like an alien insect of some sort. It inspired many a halloween costume... The music in this film is nauseatingly, wretchedly corny, but then it WAS the 1950's TV era. We've come a long way. A friend of mine in high school drove a '59 Biscayne in the early '70s. It was rusty and smelled funny, but crank up the 8-track with the Stones and open some sacks of burgers and donuts while dragging Main Street... Classic Saturday night in small town SC.
@jorgejefferson8251 Жыл бұрын
They designed and built cars with so much complex styling in the late 50's and 1960's that were produced in huge numbers. Today (2023) the production and sales figures are so much less, yet the styling for the most part is bland and homogenized.
@JackF99 Жыл бұрын
Wow what a great collection of photos. A lot of stuff from well upstream of the final assembly line- which is usually all we see.
@dennisprice8798 Жыл бұрын
I was raised on ranch in the 50s. It was a family effort so I never got paid, but on my 16th birthday my parents bought me a new '59 Impala. In those days folks bought new cars every 3 years so in 1962 (I was working in the business and getting paid) I bought another Impala. This one was fully loaded, big block 348, I swapped the four barrel for three-two carbs, four speed and posi-traction. By the time I was 22 or 23 muscle cars weren't as cool so I traded the Impala for a new VW. I think a new 64 or 65 VW was about $1,600. Today I still have a '64 double cab VW truck and it's my daily driver.
@winggullseagull1230 Жыл бұрын
That's cool I was 17 in 1977 & my ma bought me a '59 2 dr Impala in mint condition. I regret to say I cracked it up & my dad bought me a '57 4 dr. Bel Air in 1978. You're right most buyers only kept a new car for 3 years they kept changing the style. However my dad bought a '57 Bel Air new & kept it for 11 years till he sold it cheap to a kid for $250.....& the car was still in mint condition. My dad was a sailor so the car would sit in the garage for half a year. My ma learned to drive in a '57 Chevy.
@chriswright2250 Жыл бұрын
Good UNION jobs all gone.
@wildestcowboy2668 Жыл бұрын
Before the worthless baby boomers ruined the country.
@TheElwood76 Жыл бұрын
When the good times roll!
@melokulekumalo2225 Жыл бұрын
WOW!! This must have been back when America was great and lynchings in the south were at an all-time high. Many African Americans migrated north to work for GM. My uncle never made it. He was lynched in Dothan AL, 1955. Ubuntu Ma'at Ase'🙏🏿
@DukeMitchell.223 Жыл бұрын
These people would die of shock if they lived to see the Woke garbage world
@robertsmith-dr5tm Жыл бұрын
My next door neighbor when I was growing up in the 50s and 60s owned a Flying A station I remember it so well Hid daughter and I used to walk down to the station and bring him his lunch in his spotless office. Everyone there wore the green uniforms and caps with the Flying A logo
@100aceswid Жыл бұрын
May they all rest in peace.
@thomastaylor6699 Жыл бұрын
Back then, cars and trucks were better made than what you see today on the roads. More steel was used in the production of cars which led to a stiffer body, and we are talking about a lot of steel!
@richardfabry6681 Жыл бұрын
The '59 Chevy could decapitate bystanders. At least they weren't boring.
@avalanche9026 Жыл бұрын
Classic American service.
@mysterj1 Жыл бұрын
Fun thinking my grandfather's '59 Impala sport coupe was built on those lines!
@connor_flanigan Жыл бұрын
fill it with petroleum distillate and re vulcanize my tires, post haste!!!
@thagreen72 Жыл бұрын
wow…they even had a truck assembly line going
@chrismenk9211 Жыл бұрын
Walked passed 2 59s on the way to grade school in the 70s and would look inside everytime. Bought a 59 Impala 4 door in 01 and love it!!
@telcobilly Жыл бұрын
I remember the '59 very well as a kid. We lived in a small neighborhood near the Pease airbase. I was riding my bike looking backwards and ran into the rear of the car, a faded blue Bellaire I guess. I was sprawled across the trunk after I flew off the bike. '65 or '66 I think? Car was built like a tank..
@telcobilly Жыл бұрын
I just sent this video to a friend who has a '59 Chevy pickup. I could see them in the background..Love these videos!
@deanwitt7903 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful cars from a fantastic era in America.
@emojiking8580 Жыл бұрын
I wuz born in 59 !!! "👑" ☝️😯👌 🩳 / \ 👞 👞 🌎 🟡 My 1ST. AUTO Wuz a 63 impala SS , 283 p0werglide Black Red interior !!! ♥️ 👌"👑" \ 😍
@jborden18 Жыл бұрын
I remember going there when I was a kid. You remember Westport waterslides around the corner on rt 6? 😂
@anthonyciolli5891 Жыл бұрын
Had a 59 Biscayne, 6/stick, light green/white, plain Jane, great work car,,, worked at Lordstown, Ohio, 66-67, before goingi into the ARMY,,,
@anthonyciolli58918 ай бұрын
SAme, light green/white, 6, stick, ran great,,,,
@fob1xxl Жыл бұрын
One of the most popular years ever ! Every car was unique and out there with styling. GM had a great line up .
@zeus89288 ай бұрын
The BEST line up especially those fine El dorados
@chrishottle4376 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what the date of Life magazine that was? Would love to purchase one.
@WoodlandPoetry Жыл бұрын
This one made me cry. My dear father owned the 1959 Chevrolet Parkwood station wagon. It was a beautiful blue. He had that thing until a year before he passed away. It still ran beautifully. It would still have been in perfect shape, but it was crashed into by a truck carrying fertilizer. Of all things! But I miss that old car. And it was so easy to work on - all that room under the hood. You felt so safe in it and it was so well made. Haven't ridden in anything better since. And by the way, I'm just about 5 ft tall and learned to drive on that great big car! Thank you so much for this video!
@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 Жыл бұрын
JERRY LEWIS 16 DE MARZO DE 1926 20 DE AGOSTO DE 2017 91 AÑOS
@vittorionapuletano1073 Жыл бұрын
Before Detroit died😢
@nephi5059 Жыл бұрын
And a tail fin of a B52. Wow.o wow
@susanbullock512 Жыл бұрын
My first and last roller coast ride! I almost had a heart attack at 14😳😊
@drpoundsign Жыл бұрын
The UAW advocated for "Thirty and Out" and other benefits. The workers were still unhappy that they were mere "cogs in the wheel." BUT, in the 1970s-1980s, when ALL those old sinecures (auto and other assembly jobs, steel, mining, farming) disappeared, then, you could either flip burgers, or deal Crack, and risk Prison-or getting whacked by the rival dealer. Automation and foreign competition were inevitable, but Reagan should have at LEAST set aside money to retrain those millions of workers!
@drpoundsign Жыл бұрын
Gas-guzzling Death Traps!
@boydbaxter Жыл бұрын
Cars born the same year as me. Awesome video.
@Ellenslife851 Жыл бұрын
I’m probably out of my tree as most people have already stated to me but I would love to find a build sheet For Each part on the 59 Biscayne with the numbers of did dimensions for each part in peace on the car because I would like to make a modern day replica of one right from scratch and yes I’m probably out of my tree but because my grandparents 59 Biscayne is long gone I think it would be so much better building a brand new replica and it would have more heart and soul involved in it then getting a Biscane of some kind and trying to re-create that experience from someone else’s memories versus me having a brand new one
@kenw.11122 жыл бұрын
Great time to be alive compared to a world of today!!!
@dwightevans85452 жыл бұрын
I was 1 year old.
@uptoolate27932 жыл бұрын
The 59 and 60 were a piece of engineering shit. That flat trunk lid and back window created stability problems at 70 mph. The back would suddenly lift up at about 72 mph due to the aerodynamic vacuum created across that trunk lid. Absolute crap. I had a 60 and experienced it.
@pdrphil81592 жыл бұрын
Amazing time in auto manufacturing.. Now everything is based on european styling.. And we're being told its what we like.. No . Its much easier to build the wedge shaped ugly cars today. Look at the 59/60 line of auto's . Real style & truely innovative looks.
@MoparMan13202 жыл бұрын
Sure do miss the days when service stations actually provided service, and not just a bunch of snack junk. That said...the maintenance required on modern vehicles (like my 2015 Challenger w/392 Hemi) is hardy anything, compared to my first car (66' Plymouth Valiant). Thanks for posting!! 👍
@matskarlsson32192 жыл бұрын
Chevrolet 1959 must be the most fantastic car of Chevrolet ever!!! 💯👍
@eutimiochavez4152 жыл бұрын
That when cars had style not like today cookie cutter cars !
@calbob7502 жыл бұрын
One of the Fisher Body plants was in Euclid, Ohio. They would assemble the bodies there, load them in box cars and they would be shipped to Detroit? For final assembly to the frame and power train. From final assembly to trucks for shipping to your local dealership. Working at Fisher Body meant after 30 years you could retire with a pension.
@winkeemanley18202 жыл бұрын
My late dad had a 1958 Bel Air, same shape, 4 door.
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That Burning Bridges song goes back in the old memory banks quite a ways! Golly Gee Wizz Batman!
Anyone know which Life magazine issue had this great 1959 Chevy Assembly Line photos. I would love to find this issue.
Very Kool 😂Liked that "Panel Wagon" one at the end; has to be rare😮 what assembly plant was this?
When did our world go wrong? Orderly and disciplined, that was what drove society to be innovative and successful.
Now I know I'm old. I remember hearing Dina Shore on the radio singing that jingle. Might as well practice: "You kids get off my lawn!"
The rear end of that thing looked like an alien insect of some sort. It inspired many a halloween costume... The music in this film is nauseatingly, wretchedly corny, but then it WAS the 1950's TV era. We've come a long way. A friend of mine in high school drove a '59 Biscayne in the early '70s. It was rusty and smelled funny, but crank up the 8-track with the Stones and open some sacks of burgers and donuts while dragging Main Street... Classic Saturday night in small town SC.
They designed and built cars with so much complex styling in the late 50's and 1960's that were produced in huge numbers. Today (2023) the production and sales figures are so much less, yet the styling for the most part is bland and homogenized.
Wow what a great collection of photos. A lot of stuff from well upstream of the final assembly line- which is usually all we see.
I was raised on ranch in the 50s. It was a family effort so I never got paid, but on my 16th birthday my parents bought me a new '59 Impala. In those days folks bought new cars every 3 years so in 1962 (I was working in the business and getting paid) I bought another Impala. This one was fully loaded, big block 348, I swapped the four barrel for three-two carbs, four speed and posi-traction. By the time I was 22 or 23 muscle cars weren't as cool so I traded the Impala for a new VW. I think a new 64 or 65 VW was about $1,600. Today I still have a '64 double cab VW truck and it's my daily driver.
That's cool I was 17 in 1977 & my ma bought me a '59 2 dr Impala in mint condition. I regret to say I cracked it up & my dad bought me a '57 4 dr. Bel Air in 1978. You're right most buyers only kept a new car for 3 years they kept changing the style. However my dad bought a '57 Bel Air new & kept it for 11 years till he sold it cheap to a kid for $250.....& the car was still in mint condition. My dad was a sailor so the car would sit in the garage for half a year. My ma learned to drive in a '57 Chevy.
Good UNION jobs all gone.
Before the worthless baby boomers ruined the country.
When the good times roll!
WOW!! This must have been back when America was great and lynchings in the south were at an all-time high. Many African Americans migrated north to work for GM. My uncle never made it. He was lynched in Dothan AL, 1955. Ubuntu Ma'at Ase'🙏🏿
These people would die of shock if they lived to see the Woke garbage world
My next door neighbor when I was growing up in the 50s and 60s owned a Flying A station I remember it so well Hid daughter and I used to walk down to the station and bring him his lunch in his spotless office. Everyone there wore the green uniforms and caps with the Flying A logo
May they all rest in peace.
Back then, cars and trucks were better made than what you see today on the roads. More steel was used in the production of cars which led to a stiffer body, and we are talking about a lot of steel!
The '59 Chevy could decapitate bystanders. At least they weren't boring.
Classic American service.
Fun thinking my grandfather's '59 Impala sport coupe was built on those lines!
fill it with petroleum distillate and re vulcanize my tires, post haste!!!
wow…they even had a truck assembly line going
Walked passed 2 59s on the way to grade school in the 70s and would look inside everytime. Bought a 59 Impala 4 door in 01 and love it!!
I remember the '59 very well as a kid. We lived in a small neighborhood near the Pease airbase. I was riding my bike looking backwards and ran into the rear of the car, a faded blue Bellaire I guess. I was sprawled across the trunk after I flew off the bike. '65 or '66 I think? Car was built like a tank..
I just sent this video to a friend who has a '59 Chevy pickup. I could see them in the background..Love these videos!
Beautiful cars from a fantastic era in America.
I wuz born in 59 !!! "👑" ☝️😯👌 🩳 / \ 👞 👞 🌎 🟡 My 1ST. AUTO Wuz a 63 impala SS , 283 p0werglide Black Red interior !!! ♥️ 👌"👑" \ 😍
I remember going there when I was a kid. You remember Westport waterslides around the corner on rt 6? 😂
Had a 59 Biscayne, 6/stick, light green/white, plain Jane, great work car,,, worked at Lordstown, Ohio, 66-67, before goingi into the ARMY,,,
SAme, light green/white, 6, stick, ran great,,,,
One of the most popular years ever ! Every car was unique and out there with styling. GM had a great line up .
The BEST line up especially those fine El dorados
Does anyone know what the date of Life magazine that was? Would love to purchase one.
This one made me cry. My dear father owned the 1959 Chevrolet Parkwood station wagon. It was a beautiful blue. He had that thing until a year before he passed away. It still ran beautifully. It would still have been in perfect shape, but it was crashed into by a truck carrying fertilizer. Of all things! But I miss that old car. And it was so easy to work on - all that room under the hood. You felt so safe in it and it was so well made. Haven't ridden in anything better since. And by the way, I'm just about 5 ft tall and learned to drive on that great big car! Thank you so much for this video!
JERRY LEWIS 16 DE MARZO DE 1926 20 DE AGOSTO DE 2017 91 AÑOS
Before Detroit died😢
And a tail fin of a B52. Wow.o wow
My first and last roller coast ride! I almost had a heart attack at 14😳😊
The UAW advocated for "Thirty and Out" and other benefits. The workers were still unhappy that they were mere "cogs in the wheel." BUT, in the 1970s-1980s, when ALL those old sinecures (auto and other assembly jobs, steel, mining, farming) disappeared, then, you could either flip burgers, or deal Crack, and risk Prison-or getting whacked by the rival dealer. Automation and foreign competition were inevitable, but Reagan should have at LEAST set aside money to retrain those millions of workers!
Gas-guzzling Death Traps!
Cars born the same year as me. Awesome video.
I’m probably out of my tree as most people have already stated to me but I would love to find a build sheet For Each part on the 59 Biscayne with the numbers of did dimensions for each part in peace on the car because I would like to make a modern day replica of one right from scratch and yes I’m probably out of my tree but because my grandparents 59 Biscayne is long gone I think it would be so much better building a brand new replica and it would have more heart and soul involved in it then getting a Biscane of some kind and trying to re-create that experience from someone else’s memories versus me having a brand new one
Great time to be alive compared to a world of today!!!
I was 1 year old.
The 59 and 60 were a piece of engineering shit. That flat trunk lid and back window created stability problems at 70 mph. The back would suddenly lift up at about 72 mph due to the aerodynamic vacuum created across that trunk lid. Absolute crap. I had a 60 and experienced it.
Amazing time in auto manufacturing.. Now everything is based on european styling.. And we're being told its what we like.. No . Its much easier to build the wedge shaped ugly cars today. Look at the 59/60 line of auto's . Real style & truely innovative looks.
Sure do miss the days when service stations actually provided service, and not just a bunch of snack junk. That said...the maintenance required on modern vehicles (like my 2015 Challenger w/392 Hemi) is hardy anything, compared to my first car (66' Plymouth Valiant). Thanks for posting!! 👍
Chevrolet 1959 must be the most fantastic car of Chevrolet ever!!! 💯👍
That when cars had style not like today cookie cutter cars !
One of the Fisher Body plants was in Euclid, Ohio. They would assemble the bodies there, load them in box cars and they would be shipped to Detroit? For final assembly to the frame and power train. From final assembly to trucks for shipping to your local dealership. Working at Fisher Body meant after 30 years you could retire with a pension.
My late dad had a 1958 Bel Air, same shape, 4 door.