Theater advertisements for the first all-new automobile to be placed on the market after World War II, the Oldsmobile Futuramic. Futuramic Design Driving Magic #Oldsmobile #GM
When I was kid, the guy next door, who was just graduating HS, had a Renault Dauphine, which was supposed to start electrically, but the battery was dead half the time, so he had to use this big crank that was shoved onto a square shaft above the rear bumper. His effort probably generated more horsepower than the engine did when it got up and running.
@@berendoldenburger The USSR made the old жигули with an option to start it with a crank if the electric starter failed.They gave you options if their components broke down just like lamborgini with their power windows in the 70s and 80s
I missed the chance to buy one a few years ago. A coupe running, driving, no rust, most of the chrome. True barn find. Didn’t have $3K at the time. Really cool cars.
Everything was only possible because of the post-war economic boom, before Republicans started to give tax cuts to corporations instead of working people
You know the crazy thing that the hydromatic transmission was virtually indestructible.. restored cars tend to have transmissions never rebuilt from that vintage.. they can't do that these days.. GM quality and futuristic designs of today are junk in comparison.. sadly
@@classicpontiac37 How is it possible that i learned of this term yesterday in reference to phones and now i see you use it. Note that it wasnt the algorithm that brought me here. What are the odds
@@avdgaming3550 There you go, much better. Except the "get bankrupt alot" part, that still doesn't make sence. Yes GM dropped the Oldsmobile brand because it was no longer profitable.
@Larry M. Good car. 3.8L series 3 engine? My last oldsmobile was a 2003 Alero 2dr 5 speed but I've also owned a 1991 Cultass and an 1989 olds 88 royal.
Bro I'm gonna force my sister to marry some rich scumbag who only loves her for her body and she'll get him to invest in a car company I start so I can buy the Oldsmobile and Pontiac names and make new Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs.
Friend of Dorothy I see that here in NC when it’s 40-50 degrees out. Guess now a days it’s a lot easier with heated seats and such to stay warm and still enjoy the open air
If I've learned anything from youtube comments, it's people were TOUGH back then. They didn't whine about the top on their new convertible being stuck down. They just sucked it up and dealt with it.
Oppressive female clothing! Thank god for the feminist movement! Can't double clutch in high heals! Restrictive footwear made last minute braking difficult too! No wonder men thought women were bad drivers! Can't even change a tire in a dress like that! Helpless! Utterly helpless! But just try to wear pants in those days!
@@UmmYeahOk Believe it or not, until relatively recent times, women were,in general, believed to be intellectually deficient. Their brains were thought to be somehow weaker even though structural differences weren't visible.
1:58 "this special camera" yea some dude holding a big ass movie camera sitting on a homemade wooden perch. One wrong move and homeboy is ghost. Beautiful car tho!😁
I noticed that during the scene that involved the hidden camera behind the blonde woman driving, you know the camera you couldn't see if your name was Helen Keller. She pulls up to the stop line stairs straight, and then proceeds to go into the intersection before she have the slight glance to the left... Ugh.
@@TheAllMightyGodofCod Might have been vacuum powered, as were the wipers on a lot of cars back then. But electric windows were also in use back then, even with 6V generators ; GE was touting them in their "electrify everything" promos .
I was recently convinced to buy a 1937 Olds Six based on seeing an Olds dealer's training film on the '37 Olds Six. The talking points were so convincing I just had to have one.
Was there a Frank Lloyd Wright home in the first clip? Looks like it! I notice in all the commercials that there is no mention of new safety features...no padded dashboards, no seatbelts.... Love, love, love the "automobiles" of the forties and 50's. My favorite: Mercedes Gullwing.
This car is automatic It's systematic It's hydromatic Why it's grease lightning! The truth is, companies started copyrighting names for such technologies. I think Packards were "ultramatic."
Hunts By Chainsaw honestly, given the time, I bet the automatic top, AND power windows were also hydraulic. I think some cars even used brake fluid for that.
@@UmmYeahOk Yes it was quite possible. I'm not familiar enough with this car but in some cars the brakes, suspension, and power accessories all used the same hydraulic fluid.
2:23 - The Little Old Lady from Pasadena in training. I hope the cameraman held on! Or was the Olds 8 so lacking in pickup a flat-to the-floor getaway was required, lol. (Early Fordomatics needed flooring for a different reason - I know)
It was hard to sell safety features because you had to remind the buyer that a car might potentially be dangerous. It would be like a restaurant selling medication for food poisoning.
Chrysler tried to make a safe car and it almost devoured them, the car was called the 1939 chrysler airflow it was actually almost as safe as most cars made in 2019. but it had wretched fuel economy at 6mpg in town and 12 on highway. It had a heavy thick welded steel roll cage and safety plate glass that when broken busted into tiny crumbs instead of 5 inch daggers. The car didnt have an air bag( wasn't invented yet) but had seatbelts and both mirrors standard. The car sold poorly and cost so much to make chrysler almost went bankrupt. The other car makers saw this and were spooked.
The Tucker Torpedo also had a safety glass windshield that would pop out in an accident, seat belts, disc brakes, a sponge rubber dash, and it had a headlight in the middle of the grill that turned with the steering wheel to help light up the curves when you were driving at night, and it would do 130MPH in a car built in 1949! There's a movie called "Flash of Genius" about the guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper and while that's not really a safety issue it's a pretty cool car movie I'm sure you guys would appreciate if you haven't already seen it.
They sure built these cars like tanks. Newer cars will take the beating while the 1948 Oldsmobile Series 98 DeLuxe will suffer minor damage when get into the accident between those two cars.
"Futuramic" would have to wait until '49, when the 303" Rocket came out. The ancient Olds flathead straight 6 and 8 were still used in '48. The '49 Oldses and Cads started the Detroit horsepower race and instantly made Ford's cranky flathead V8 obsolete. Ford started a crash program to design the Lincoln ('52) and Ford ('54) Y-blocks to compete, which were less than satisfactory in many ways...but Chrysler had their hemi out in '51!
In '48, more viewers of this commercial (shown in theatres) probably had their eyes on the new Futuramic house than on the car. Vets and their spouses were still desperate for any kind of accommodation that didn't involve living with parents, in a basement apt., or in a dorm, trailer, or tent.
Yeah it looks good, but it aint got seatbelts, no collapsable steering shaft, no airbags. The crumple zone are the passengers. It’s a nice looking deathtrap.
Yes to all. It is sad (especially for those who died needlessly) that it took decades to invent the collapsible steering column. Dual reservoir brake cylinders, side impact beams, and seatbelts...all should have been on the 48’s. Ok, a few years of delays can’t be avoided, but decades of delays?
Freedom Air Conditioner it's 2019, and even brand new school busses don't have seat belts. These things travel highway speeds. At least they FINALLY now have AC! Priorities.
Child safety is a priority. School bus seatbelts are not as clearly beneficial as car seatbelts. In many cases they increase injuries in a crash, it’s more of a 50/50 thing whereas in a car it’s a 90/10 thing.
Freedom Air Conditioner the biggest problem is getting children to wear them, which is why they should be optional for passenger use, as enforcing would be a nightmare. Adults ride on school busses too, and high schoolers can also run 16-19yo. You can still attend high school until your 21 technically. But I remember as a kid, to punish some unruly boys, the driver slammed on his brakes. A good child, I was sitting exactly how I should have. I flew forward. The seat back in front of my stopped my body, but my head kept going. My neck caught the edge of the seat, and my thought hurt for several hours after that. This was only like 30mph. Had the driver been going faster though...? Then, one time, I was sitting at the very back of the bus, because, for some reason, that was supposed to be the best spot. A different driver, made a sharp right turn. The rear tire drove up the curb then back off of it. When that happened, I was launched out of my chair and onto the dirty floor. My legs were crossed when sitting, and they were still crossed in the floor. I was stuck, and had to use what little upper arm strength I had to pull myself up. Both these situations occurred when we were only going 10-30MPH. A lot of roads in our town at 45-50. And any school field trip or extra curricular would use the 75 mph highway. That’s right, the speed limit is 75. I don’t see how a simple lap belt would be more dangerous for a child than nothing at all. Maybe if the buckle hit them at such speeds. So retractable belts, like what modern cars have, would be needed.
75 mph? Wow that is so not surprising. I just did a google search and only 6 states mandate seatbelts for school busses. It’s because, like I said earlier, they’re not too proven.
As a kid, mom said her _favorite_ car was her 1950 Oldsmobile, with automatic transmission. I remember the car as a kid, but had no sense as to whether it was "cool" or not.
I avoid buying old cars with hydraulic options -- esp. windows -- b/c the cylinders have, or soon will have, suffered seal blowouts inside the doors. Imagine fixing or replacing electric window motors, but these have plumbing fittings and leak goo.