eh the work to remove the beeps is crazy... i cant normally spend this kind of time :) hmm i am checking AI tools to remove beeps, let see how much that costs :)
@@autochronicles8667 I'm an auto mechanic in my mid 60s. I worked on many vehicles from this era forward. Its great to see people dedicated to the preservation of these films. Sadly, I had volumes of the companion literature that went with strips of this nature... All lost in a garage fire in the early 80s.
Definitely.... these dealer videos went deep in the woods to find "fault" with the other makes... Chrysler would strike back... Seems they used this video.... as all these issues would "flip" in the upcoming years.
@@autochronicles8667 manufacturers were always at one another’s heels…no doubt all had moles in each other’s offices and certainly they heard their customers, though sometimes it seems maybe they paid us no mind…but eventually they all give us what we want…and it’s now really hard to differentiate one brand from the other….except for styling
@@Rick-S-6063 having grown up with those colors I am like “what were we thinking” some of them were awful….but on the other hand there were some that withstand the test of time. What really makes the difference is the durability of modern finishes. Those horrible colors actually weren’t quite so bad when new and shiny…but is was an uphill battle keeping them that way.
If you ordered the optional double-action fuel pump, they would work fine, but with the standard conventional pump, not so good. I also say score 1 for the Plymouth.
Ford needed to make the automatic transmission a big deal, far more significant than any other improvements it was in its second year at that time and Chevy was in its third year . Plymouth at that time had a solid track record for build quality and reliable operation , although its styling was behind the times .
Chrysler Corp was slow to realize that even consumers in the low price field wanted some luxury. 52 Plymouth was a well built, reliable car, but it was the only one of the low priced three that did not have an optional automatic transmission. Plus it was dowdy in appearance next to the Ford. On the other hand, Ford brags about its superior cooling on the ground that its cylinders were all completely surrounded by coolant. They don't mention that the flathead Ford V8's exhaust passages ran between the cylinders, significantly heating that coolant. Ford had an OHV six in 52, but Plymouth's six was still a flathead as late as the 1959 model year.
I love how objectively they present the benefits of Ford over Plymouth. That isn't done today. All marketing is based on the feeling the product or service gives you. The marketing was based on logic and reasoning. Not feelings and emotion. Seems that has extended to every aspect of today's culture.
They did take some "liberties" :) I am putting up the 52 Ford vs the Chevy today... They did the "spring" tuning which most manufacturers didn't do i believe by models. I think they spring tuned everything the same.
Ford was absolutely the strikingly modern style leader in '52. New OHV 6 (they nearly dropped the V8). Chevy and Plymouth still had rear fenders- and dowdy Plymouth looked... and was, in realty, still stuck in pre-war.
That's because K.T. Keller wanted Chrysler Corporation cars to look something like the 38 - 41 Cadillac 60 Special, refusing to accept the fact that what was daringly modern in 1938, was quite old fashioned looking by 1949. Plus Chrysler did it a cheaper way - full doors instead of the convertible-style doors with separate chrome uppers on the Cad.
It may have looked dowdy, but it was a rather _good_ car - solid and highly durable, inexpensive to run. When Mopar caught up in style for 1954 (after the butt ugly 1952 body), they really wiped the floor with the other two...'54-'55 Mopar is gorgeous.
Saxongreen- you probably mean '55-6 Plymouth, as the '53-4 were also a bit dowdy and small. In hindsight- yes, the '49-52 Plymouth was a very sturdy well built car, but that doesn't change sales figures and public perception at the time. Conversely, the stunning '57 Plymouth (and Ford) trumped the '57 Chevy and made it the dowdy car in the day. This fact is lost to most- because it, like the '52 Plymouth, was the sturdiest of the three, and easiest and cheapest to repair over time. It also had enough mid-fifties flair to become nostalgic with the collector car boom starting in the '70's.
In the FORD V 8 1940 vacum wipers too and the RAMBLER CROSS COUNTRY 1962 In Argentina used vacum wipers... ( the vacum in take from engine instake. Horrible . When acelerated stop wipers. In my VALIANT 1962 factory used electric wipers and... still runs .
Oh yes it was! Keller hired Virgil M. Exner Sr. and it saved Chrysler from bankruptcy in 1955 with his fantastic "Forward Look" line of five cars. All extremely competitive products to Ford and GM, after a major reorganization of Chrysler in 1953-54.
To a certain extent yes because he made Ford become the number two automaker with his too conservative designs. However Chrysler build quality suffered over time after he left, having lovely looking cars with powerful engines but severe body rust issues also fit and finish problems causing them to not keep up with competitors.
Everything Ford said is true, BUT, the Plymouth had double leading shoe front brakes, which are considerably stronger than conventional one leading and one trailing shoe, and the Plymouth was known world-wide as a superior quality car over other low priced cars.
Except the Plymouth brakes were more difficult to work on and tricky to adjust. Pulling off the rear drums was usually a nightmare requiring a special puller and a lot of work!
Back then Chrysler products lacked a lot in the styling department, but they were well engineered cars. My father had a 1953 Chrysler Saratoga with a 331 inch hemi, and I believe a fluid drive transmission. To get it to shift up you eased up an the accelerator and you would hear this click click sound when it shifted.
Oh back in the days where an engine change was pat of a cars life….. If it was in by 8 and was out by 5 the same day with a replacement engine for under 400 bucks!
In the early '60s, my brother bought a '52 Plymouth sedan for a few hundred dollars. We took it on surfing trips. Fond memories, except that he wouldn't let me drive it!
I love both but I've had my 52 Plymouth for 17 years and love it in my opinion the Plymouths are still built like the 1940s style. I love the Plymouths big curves better then how the ford was more flat and square but the next year Plymouth went with flatter panels in 53. But I noticed that they didn't mention all of Plymouths safety features like the double wheel cylinders in both front wheels for faster stopping and some other things. I will stick with my Plymouth for my choice but Ford has a better wagon
Not so sure, but with it's overhead valves, it probably was more responsive. But still, prospects would see only six spark plugs, just like the Plymouth and Chevy, whereas it was well known by everybody that the V8 could be made MUCH faster than stock without any difficulty.
@@craigjorgensen4637 Not necessarily. I have a dim view of integral valve guides. Notable is the fact that Ford gave the new for 54 223 cube version of the 6 quite a few improvements.
No contest! Ford is the winner. The 1952 Plymouth was old-fashioned, outdated, and underpowered. The same car for 1949 over again for four model years. That was why Chrysler was in financial trouble in 1953.
The ageold rediculous comparisons of random things that can be measured; " our door opener knobs have 300% more surface area, and are 205.4% easier to operate".
some comparisons did get "nit picky"... Ford did have the edge styliing wise though. I think Chevy had the performance edge for 52 but I will check. Chrysler often had the performance edge and showed it, if they didn't have it the manufacturer someone "forgot" to include the drag race in the slide show :) I guess you don't want to say "our car is slower" :)
lol yep :) and you want cast cranks... not those forged ones! Chevy said the oil air cleaner was better... all our paper filter ones would get clogged up
Ford was one of the last big automakers to switch to hydraulic brakes. While the competition offered juice brakes, Ford advertised their old mechanical brakes as a feature. “The safety of steel from toe to wheel”
