Back then, you could actually SEE the vehicles being advertised. I also appreciate the announcer being properly dressed for the occasion. Imagine, a car commercial that you actually *want* to watch. Skillful advertising such as this is a lost art.
0:56 are you sure about that Chrysler? The '49 Cadillac is generally agreed on as the start of fin mania. Love the color on that Fury. Interesting roof treatment on that New Yorker, DeSoto had the same design. 3:05 and try finding any of those today3:49 that's right the window rolls down to let all those exhaust fumes in 4:31 well it seemed like a good idea 4:44 Hey what about one of my favorite wagons of all time the Newport? Love the color on both the Dodge and Plymouth wagons. 5:07 WOW I'm sold.5:35 that mint green DeSoto is out of this world.
The 59 Plymouth is the best looking car ever made. And to think it was their entry in the "low price field". Chrysler tried really hard to put over the push button transmission, but it never caught on with any other company (Ford tried it with the Edsel, but it flopped like the rest of the car), and Chrysler eventually abandoned it too. I drove a 61 Imperial for a number of years and got to like the push button transmission. I guess it was just too different for people to get used to, and maybe people just like grabbing the stick. Who knows?
@@21stcenturyfossil7 Okay, I never knew that he did the narration, good to know. Another Adam 12 connection, William Boyett (Sgt Macdonald) also appeared on Highway Patrol.
@@bobwigg761 William Boyett was a familiar TV face from the 50s to the 80s. Seems he usually played a police officer, oftentimes on one of the Jack Webb shows. Here, he's selling the 67 Mustang: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vPn98yW9Aug.html
1959 , what a great year for Chrysler. We have just replaced our successful series of hemi engines with larger displacement wedge engines that cost much less to produce ( 35 dollars per engine less ).
Yea, the buttons were away from the children, but the gas pedal wasn't! Family story goes, I was sitting on the floor on the passenger side and crawled onto the hump and pushed my fathers foot right to the floor, while he was parking the car! So the 383 cu in engine jumped to life the car nearly went through the garage wall! (I was a bad little bastard!!!)
