Great promotional GM film from 1948. It was still a seller's market until 1950 so new cars like these didn't sit on dealer's lots for too long. There was a shortage of new cars in the late 1940s due to low sales during the Great Depression, elevated scrappage during WWII, and durability of perhaps 10 years for the average car.
You're absolutely right about the automobile shortage - and its causes - directly after WWII. In 2021 the severe new vehicle shortage because of no computer "chips" - and the corresponding shortage of used vehicles, along with obscene price hikes for new AND used vehicles - are the result of most car companys' ironic refusal to manufacture parts in the primary country where their products are sold!
@@douglasstark1657 Sourced parts like computer chips are low bid contracts...certain auto parts are cheaper to manufacture and ship from overseas suppliers. However, the real problem is that these computer chips were not stockpiled in anticipation of a major supply disruption (like a Covid-19 outbreak in a Malaysian factory). Blame the Japanese "just in time" logistics model that all automakers now adhere to.
@@douglasstark1657 This "mess" may ease but not be fully resolved for perhaps two years. A new factory to manufacturer those chips takes over two years to build and the cost is a couple of billion dollars. The pandemic resulted in increased worldwide demand for consumer electronics like video game consoles, printers, tablets, home computers, etc. All those devices use chips and new vehicles use several chips per vehicle. All auto manufacturers were accustomed to a fast turnaround on a chip order made to an overseas manufacturer. Now an order takes several weeks or months to be fulfilled.
Not necessarily true. That all depends on what car brand you’re buying. German and Japanese cars are in short supply because their parts are imported abroad. GM and Ford do not have such crazy wait lists because they’re local (North American) manufacturers. I bought a Chevy Malibu back in 2021 with no wait line. Every other dealership I went to had a 4 months to 2 years wait list.
Those engines back then had no oil pump. It was called a "dip and splash." In other words, cups on the bottom of the crankshaft would pick up the oil and throw it into the engine. It worked fine until speeds started to increase. Then the engines were famous for throwing rods. So, in '52, they went to an engine with an oil pump.
My old 69 cub 125 has a old Koehler in it. Has that same thing no oil pump, has dipper on bottom of crankshaft. It blows rods if rpm is high for long periods of time.
It's difficult to tell, but it looks like there isn't much in this particular plant appears to have any "continous-flow" automation yet (it became much more prevalent in the 1950's). A lot of the mills, lathes, stamping and die work appears to be mechanized but not automated (or at least only partially).
hornerm5 depends like in Australia, holden made most cars as its cheaper to make them here then ship them, this is before holden started manufacturing there own cars around the 1950s Holden became famous for there body's being the best of the best, they also made the roadster ;)
Every manufacturer tests their vehicles to no end for durability when they are brand new They should test today's cars 5 to10 years down the road I've seen brand new Freightliners a year down the road and after driving crappy oil field roads the dam front end headlights grille and at others being held together by screws What a joke
