Car Lots and Assembly lines of the 50s 

I feel extremely fortunate to have been a kid in those days, and to have had 50's car, with bench seats, when dating in high school during the 60's. There was nothing like having your girl "by your side" while cruising around on roads that weren't bumper to bumper with traffic.

The owners of the car dealerships in those days, had no idea that the cars they had would be worth millions a few decades later! It was a gold mine!

Cars were simple and affordable back then. My first car was a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500. It was 7 years old when I bought it. Needless to say it was a piece of junk at $500 cash. I quickly learned about auto mechanics and repairs. I'm 76 and still do my own repairs. Over the years as I earned better money I promised myself to always have a new car. Well here I am Again driving an old car, my 2008 Chevy Impala with 170,000 miles and still doing my own work as much as I can now.

Growing up in the late 50’s and early 60’s when my dad always bought 3 year old used cars this video brings back so many memories. A 49 Plymouth, 52 Studebaker, 53 Olds 98, 56 Dodge Royal Lancer, 58 Ford Ranch Wagon, A New Ford Cortina in 65 and finally a New International Pick up for a camper.

The Fabulous fifties...didn't get any better than this.....

I love this video, it takes me back when my Dad would shop for a used car in the late fifties early sixties. I was a young boy say 8 or 9 years old, I was totally car crazy even at this young age. I wish we could go back to those days, the cars were so beautiful with lots of chrome and two or three-tone paint jobs. Today's cars, almost all of them look the same, a round bubble, hard to tell one make from the other.

Great video. I worked in two Cad dealerships as a tech for 38 loooong miserable years. I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly. The fifties, sixties are gone but I will never forget them.

Back when you could say: God bless the USA!!

This video was really enjoyable. I'll never forget my mom's 53 Buick. She had it from the time I was 13 to 15. I loved that car. Also, the music was great!

I will watch this again and again. I was born in 1945 and I was crazy about calls from the time I outgrew 3 corner britches man I lived this.But even more then the pictures its the music that takes me back.Man I love that music. Thanks a lot.

So much pride taken in everything back then,people dressed up to pump gas.nothing of that pride exists today.

Nice trip down memory lane the good old days, wish we could go back, 💯👍s Up

I remember as a kid back in the 50s and 60s visiting new car dealerships and being so fascinated by them, parked inside and the smell of the new inferiors. It was amazing. New cars today are nothing to get excited about.

REALLY ENJOYED SEEING ALL THOSE CARS AGAIN.FROM MY YOUTH

Been getting great reviews on this video,i have more than enough material left to make a second addition to this video,stay tuned for the second in this series of Car Lots and Assembly lines of the 50`s

I've still got a 54 ford in the shed, been in the family for over 60 yrs now, it's time for it to get another facelift.

The slide of those 2 Cadillac and one corvette wagon show cars being unloaded from trailers was amazing. I don't know if any survived until today, but that collection would be worth tens of millions today !

I wish I could time travel to back then, my grandfather tells me stories about working in the assembly line in Chicago for Chrysler, he said it was a very fun job an it was really great money back then. My grandpa always been a hustler since a kid, I love my old man.

Great times, great cars, great country! Thanks!👍🇺🇸

Back when cars were cars and not bubble mobiles with no Style

I toured the Ford River Rouge in 1956 with my 6 th grade class... I was farm boy, I think my mouth was open and my eyes were bulged out the whole tour.

i remember those days if ya ran into the door it didn't dent and you was hurt cause they was so tuff . i remember getting in the back, no seat belts, while mom drove me and my brother bounced around in the back until mom got sick of it and slammed on the breaks and you slammed into the front seat back

In 2008, Dodge made a return of the Challenger that was very similar in style of the Challengers made from 1970 to 1974, but with new technology. Wouldn't it be great if Chevrolet came out with brand new cars that had the same exact body styles of the 1955, 1956, and 1957 Chevys with the latest technology? I bet they would sell very well. Thanks for doing a great job on this video. I am 65, and it brought back I a lot of wonderful memories!!!

Im a 40 yr musician , have played 50s ,60s rock and country for yrs . I heard the Gretch in this song thats what got me . I have a 67 Gretch Nashville and I know one when I hear one . I like the video ,I also drive a 67 Cadillac convertible . LOL Thanks for posting !

I love that "Buick '59" song - haven't heard that in years - The world of automobiles sure was exciting in those days!

The 1950 Buicks were really cool looking cars.

My old car still gets my heart pounding, but it's mostly due to the lack of brakes.

Lots of 53 Plymouths! I love my 53 Cranbrook. Even a low price car back then was super comfy. She has nice padded seats and rides like a Cadillac. It's a wonder why the public didn't like them very much when new.

A joyous compilation - thanks for taking all that trouble.

At 10:12 During 1980s I sold cars at Schonlaw Chevrolet, Sunset Boulevard at Curson, Hollywood CA. It was cool to see the earlier era. I don't think it's there anymore.

I don't believe that Mustang ll's were available in the 50's!

My dad sold new Buicks/Olds/Lincolns from 1949-1977. What a huge change in how dealerships acquired new cars from the factory. And when salesmen could "make the deal" without checking with the sales manager repeatedly. Another factor was the introduction of huge so-called "flooring" loans that dealers were able to obtain (and pass the costs onto the buyers) that allowed dealerships to begin to stock many more cars on the premises. Customers in the 50's-early 70's or so had to fill out order forms (with their deposits) and then wait up to 2 months (or longer if AFL-CIO Auto Workers stuck). Nowadays, buyers can choose anyone of hundreds of vehicles online from their computers, and request for a fee to have the vehicle shipped to their address. Little if any need for personal contact.

You did some nice video editing and changes. I loved seeing the cars from the Chevys and Plymouths to the Packards, Edsels, and Lincolns. The '70's Mustang IIs were a bit weird.

that was when a person could live ! that was when cars were American made !

I checked google maps and the Earl J. Lance Packard/Kaiser dealership shown @9:31 is now a Salvation Army Thrift Store. The dealership sign pole is still there but there are parking lot lights now mounted on it.

I have probably watched this video five times. I absolutely loved it.

Love ❤ this video! Thanks for all the Great Memories!👍 And Thanks for Posting! 👏 There's at least one pic, for sure, and maybe 2, I recognize from Milwaukee,Wi. For sure the "Big Bill Gardner" Buick, image. The other the "Humphrey" Sign, the background buildings, from what I remember, seem quite similar to the area of 35 th & Wisconsin Ave. Again, thanks for sharing!! {plus, I subscribed!}

Who wants to go back 😁

Nice to see the BMC Mini production line shot amongst all these US cars , a fascinating glimpse of life before the world turned lax & sour .

Marvellous images & great sounds, especially Vernon Green & the Medallions, Buick 59.

Cars were sexy back then. you could tell cars apart. People took care of their cars. Families use to do things together because there was room for the family in the car.

When Men were men , the chrome was thick, and the women were straight!!!

Back when cars were built of steel & were pieces of art. Now you can't tell the difference between any of them & they blow apart in an accident,, back then you could fix a fender in your driveway.

No.1!! My favorite video!!😍😊👍👌 Thank you!!

Oh my gosh, what magnificent photos, WHEN CARS WERE CARS, AND I ESPECIALLY ❤️ THE 1958 EDSELS!!!! DADS FAVORITE 😚 ❤️❤️❤️ CARS, AND LOVE THEM BABIES TOO, N NOW I'VE GOT ALL OF HIS EDSELS, 💖❤️💖 HEY, THANKS FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME 👌✌️👍😉. LOVE IT!!!

My , how times have changed !! I'm almost 67 and have seen alot of " changes " in automobiles and their evolution to smaller sizes. It's wonderful that we are " preserving " those historic cars and the nostalgic fifties for our future generations to " ENJOY ! " Long live the Fifties !!!

Remember going thru the Ford plant when i was a Boy Scout Pretty cool watching the babies get built

Saw a nice '56 Chevy Bel Air on the road yesterday, Oct. 22, 2021.

I could watch this all day many thanks

My daily driver is a ‘56 Olds. It was cool seeing a bunch of them here. Thanx Dad....

Great times and video, Thumbs Up liked for you.

I wish I could get a car with today's safety, mileage and reliability, but with 50's individuality, design and style. Today's vehicles range from boring to hideous.

Bring's back a Lot of Good Time's when I worked in gas stations, junk yard, Ford part's counter, Shelby American, DeTomaso and Ford Motor Co. It was a Great Run. Those were the day's. Gone for evere.

That brought back a lot of memories. Apart from the two Mustang photos already mentioned, one from about 1967 at 11:35 and the Mustang II from the mid-70s at 0:35,, there's another photo from the 1970s at 17:55 with a white mid-'70s Chevrolet Malibu near the center. A few from the 1960s that caught my eye: 2:42 - 1964 Chrysler station wagon in the showroom 9:40 - 1962 Chrysler 10:04 - 1962 Pontiac near the middle. 10:47 - a few early 1960s Cadillacs on right side. 11:58 - 1961 DeSoto 14:05 - 1961 Chevrolet 16:29 - 1962 Plymouths

Fun fact: in Reno there's only one of each factory dealer with the next nearest being at least 35 miles away, but there are 98 body shops in town.

I've always loved custom 50s. Cars because we had great times and we wanted to have something different and I still love them 👍👍👍

I spent a good part of my childhood being chased by an irrational fear of being stranded by the side of a blacktop road near used car lots with those triangular plastic flags blowing in the breeze. It wasn't until I was nearly out of high school that I finally found out that the road was Route 17 in Northern NJ. We owned an old, 40s vintage car that kept breaking down while we were trying to go from one town to another on a road that was full of used car lots. Dad would always get the car running again, by my mother was so scared that she sat there holding me and transmitting her anxieties. I guess that's when I started wanting to learn how things worked so I could fix them and not get stranded.

I hate to tell you but the image at 0:35 is the assembly of the 1975 to 1978 Ford Mustang II (2). This body style came out in 1974. I had a 1974 and it had a longer nose and different location of the fuel inlet on the side. And since the first Mustang was a 1964 model (released in mid 1963) it too would be out side of the 1950's

In the first few minutes I saw at least one picture from the 70's (a Pinto-based Mustang assembly line), but all in all I love these pictures of the cars I grew up with.

@ 14:00 that "three year warranty available" was almost a lifetime warranty since the factory warranty in the '50s was only 90 DAYS or 4000 Miles bumper-bumper, there were NO additional power train warranties back then! Can you imagine a 90 day warranty in 2019 on a NEW car?

00:35 - The Mustang 2 was not introduced until 1974, production began in September of 1973. 09:43 - 1961 Chrysler. 10:07 - 1960s. 16:32 - 1962 Dodges. 17:56 - 1960s.

WOW At 9:32 it shows Earl J. Lance in Elyria,Ohio. on Cleveland St.. I live around the corner from this past car dealership!!! My parents bought many a Buick from this dealership over the years when I was a kid!!🙆‍♂️ I'm 61 now!!

I wish I was born back in the age of these old cars that be so cool

At 1:27 I owned one of them 1956 Oldsmobile's about ten years ago. Cool cars they were.

good to watch them old cars all different makes models years

Great Video and had to watch again.You all be safe out there also. Peace !

Just wonderful. My only disappointment, no Studebakers! Well, one, a Lark with the hood up at a gas station. I have a 1950 Studebaker Commander and a 1955 Studebaker President, so I'm prejudiced.

Nice video down memory lane. I had a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500. Truly enjoyed thinking about those days. Thanks

It was exciting when the new models came out (usually in Sept), the showroom windows were blacked out, supposedly to keep the competition in the dark. On the day of the official unveiling the public was invited to an "open house" style introduction of the new cars. You had balloons, coffee, hot dogs and you could check out the with NO high pressure to buy. Those were exciting times. Too bad they are gone for good. So sad!

Jim Moran the Courtesy man. He was the one I remember with the TV ads, he was the first and the best. He started with Hudson, then he went to Ford, then Chevrolet, and finally moved to California. He's in the TV hall of fame.

It was great living in those days !

I remember in the early 70s my dad looking looking at a new car and said these new cars are tin cans they don't make them like they used to.

Fantastic pictures! I especially liked the Plymouth dealership @ 1:13. But a number of Southern CA names tweaked my memory. At 6:08, Art Laboe Motors, I mean Art Laboe was a godlike figure in So CA lowrider and hotrod history, and at age 93 was still running DJ for a 50's oldies station. He had several small used car lots, but his was a name that had in biz for 40+ years. At 10:14 I knew i had heard of Schonlaw Motors and looked it up and it was in Hollywood. I swear it may have been in operation when I first moved to So CA in 1982. Finally, Claude Short Motors in Santa Monica 18:51 has probably been around for at least 60 years; now called Santa Monica Dodge.

Love the old cars , but viewing this reminded me of my almost a decade of work on the assembly line at Ford in the 1970's . NOT a fun job , believe me . Earned every penny I ever got. Brutal , mind numbing work. Stayed high for most of the decade.

Well done,great job tracking these classics down

Wonderful ! All the beautiful american Cars. Thank you from Germany, TOP !!!

Wow to see these cars when they were new. from the factory to the dealers. also seeing a lot of rare cars or hard to find models like the Corvette station wagon from the auto shows

Nice trip in a great time, when The Amarican Car was a piece of art.💥💥💥 Thank you very much.😘

back in the '60's you can go into one of these 'used car lots' buy a car for a few hundred bucks. i bought a '59 Chevy from 'Jesse James motors' in Fresno, ca for $300. drove it for a yr & sold it for $200. and that was a 'quick sale', i probably could have got my $300. back if i waited a little longer.

Very cool. Love the colours, iconography, style and chrome. Very enjoyable video.😊

Growing up here in Australia in the 60s and 70s I grew up loving muscle cars but one things for sure looking at back then and over the decades before it doesn’t matter the cars they had soul, character and always had yards of chrome. Think it’s sad how we’ve lost that and one of the things I miss the most are station wagons and all the travelling we did in our old VE Valiant with its trusty slant 6. Absolutely brilliant video thanks so much for sharing. Really glad it came up in my recommendations shame it took so long. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

At 14:02, Don Sanderson Ford in Glendale AZ! I bought my 15 Mustang from them, and I still take it to them for service. They have the best reputation in the Phoenix area.

Nice job putting this together thank you lot of memories

Beautiful 😍 cars 🚗.. Better time from the past.

Love your video ,,love to see more ,,brings back great memories !!!

the golden age of cars .

At 3:06, Auto Mart, that is an interesting combination of franchises - Studebaker/Packard, and new English Fords. I think I remember seeing new Ford Cortinas in the late 60's at Ford dealers.

thank you so very much, I just loved this

I’m heading out to the Caldwell-Pyle, Inc. agency at this hour to jawbone the dealer for a new one.

Nice compilation. 📻🙂

Keep up the good work I like the cars and I like to music brings back the good old days

What happened? The American cars of the past were so, so much more beautiful than today’s cars.

If I could go back in time, I'd pick any of those car lots and buy the whole thing.

Yes, I remember...LOVE THE MUSIC🎸🎤🎷🎲🎹🎼🎼🎼🎸🎸🎸

at 16:42 ("Ingram Oldsmobile"): also BORGWARD could be seen. Borgward was a german car manufacturer. his cars in the 1950-ies are very futuristic and equiped with a lot of technical novelties. Borgward goes bancrupt in 1961 and drawn from market also. but his car-fabrication and plans for new cars go to BMW. BMW was saved from overtaking my Mercedes-Benz and built compact sport-sedans called the "new class" ("Neue Klasse") which based on plans from Borgward.

Gonna go back later and run it at half speed. Thanks for the upload.

In this era American car, have a excellent reputation of reliability.

Back when "Made in the USA", meant something and could be said with pride....

God bless my father , he once told me the most I miss about the forties and fifties ( old times) he that never had to see a man walking in public while showing his underwear.