The 1950s: Certainly Not The Boring Cars of Today 

Thank you very much for this video! I just love the cars from the 1950s!! I was born on Christmas Eve in 1956, but the cars from the 1950s were by far my favorite decade of cars!! I also really enjoy the narrator and the music in this video!! 😀

Thankyou

Born in 1937…a very good year. I’m Feb. 1937.

@argee36. Wow!! Lucky you! I'm 67 years old and I love the cars from the 1950s!!

Haha. I’ve been accused of living in the past. Owning classic cars you can drive yourself back there. I liked it when gas was a quarter and girls didn’t have tattoos.

God bless you 🙏 ❤️ Sir

Yes sir Mr Smith. I was 14. Those new 55 cars were a big change from the previous models. Exciting times they were. It’s encouraging to see some of today’s generation interested in the classics. But they won’t have the emotional attachment that we had at the time. Walking to the local dealerships in early Fall full of anticipation & awe at the shiny new cars. In a couple of years we were driving then owning our own. For most of us those are the memories we cherish. At age 83 it’s been a great ride. I hope yours has been also.

Absolutely correct. That is an Edsel. Sure is a marvelous video though.

The Edsel wagons were built on the Ford body, with a Edsel front clip, same wheelbase as the Ford Custom that they were built on, 114", shorter than the 116" wheelbase Fairlane 500, which the lower price Edsels also used. Some 57 Ford owners, when customizing their cars, used the Edsel wagon "boomerang" taillights, practically a bolt on.

They were pretty much the same car, except for the styling and the Edsel's bigger engines/beefier transmissions and rear ends.

@@ramblerdave1339 Those taillights, and the 56 Packard Clipper taillights, were the ultimate in customizing.

​​@@jamesbosworth4191 Yes they were, and a bolt on to any '57 Ford! Unfortunately, not enough made, to supply everyone. 😢

I had a 58 Delray my first car. 2 door 6cyl 3 on the tree. Paid 300 dollars for it in 76.wish I still had it

A truly BEAUTIFUL car!!!

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Somewhat biased? I loathe the present times. A totally different world (for the worse) than what you and I lived back then.

For us old car guys probably the most used phrase is. “ I wish I still had it.”What we would give to have some of those classics back. Those were the days my friend. We thought they’d never end.

@@TomSpeaks-vw1zp But they did end, and might I add dramatically for the worse. Good that we were the lucky ones who lived in those days past because today everything is going downhill fast to a very dismal future.

@@jb-qi8fz I’m 82 & know exactly where you’re coming from. But we have to make the best of what & where we are. I’m saddened for our grandchildren & beyond. However, they will live in their own time such as we lived in ours.

@@jb-qi8fz No apologies for being biased. I look at it as being more of a preference.

And great performance too, as it had the small light-weight Special body with the hottest Roadmaster engine.

Its a hot beauty all right, but the 57 Chrysler products were very poor quality cars. The 58s look almost identical, but are better quality. Not the greatest, but better than the 57s. That's why they are easier to find, despite selling in much smaller numbers - most of the 57s disintegrated long ago. The 58 Fury is also even faster.

Different era indeed! Thanks for watching!!

The English Ford was definitely a smaller version of the 52 - 54 Ford styling, and the 55 - 56 Ford was just a reskinned 54, rather than an all-new car like the 55 Plymouth and the 55 Chevy.

That Vauxhall was really kool! In 57, even had a 3 piece back window just like the Olds and the smaller Buick.

Loved the 58 Limited because it had LESS chrome than the lower models.

Even as a kid, when those were new cars, I loved them, even though I didn't yet know how to read - I was only 3.

@@eleanorpowellfan It does indeed, but I love it because it is longer and more luxurious.

Thank you for watching!

So true!

You're very welcome

You got that right!

Too bad, that is generally a great motor! Not fast, but very reliable.

Partly because the owners passed away, and partly because of Gore's "Crush A Clunker" program that is still around. His aim was to rid this country of traditional American-made cars and replace them with Asian motorized shoe boxes.

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So TRUE!!!

The pre 52 Chrysler products were almost impossible to rust, and GM cars of the era held up pretty well also. Fords, it depends on the year. The 57 Chrysler products are what gives 50s cars their rust-bucket reputation. Those cars were made of compressed dehydrated rust.

And no mention was made of the MOST beautiful cars of the '50's.. the '55-56-'57 Nomad Station Wagon... one of the few 'show cars' that made it into production...

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