WORST CAR FAILURES OF ALL TIME | PETERSEN TOUR

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On today's Petersen Vault tour, we explore the industry's failures. Reliability, 3-wheels, cost, and many other factors went into these vehicles failing in the industry. All of them were observed by the industry on what not to build and some were even shut down by the automotive industry themselves.
Discover the stories of the Ruxton, Preston Tucker, Geraldine Carmichael and more.
On this tour, we ask "What were they thinking?"
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@quickdeuce 4 года назад

WOW!! At 30:40 mention is made of an absolutely stunning automobile,, the 1953 Dodge Storm V250. What an amazing car! We see so many later model cars from many, many other auto manufacturers in the way ahead of it's time Fred Zeder Jr. styling in that car. The very distinctive open, flared wheelwells, the raked headlights ( recognize the 1965/66 GTO anybody?),, the split front bumper ( 1971 Camaro??), the low slung hood scoop, the push button door release (no door handles), and we're sure there were many, many other awesome features you did not have time to share I really want to learn more about that beautiful car that Chrysler tossed in the ideas can. They really blew it didn't they. Didn't matter the cost as I would bet many would have been built. Ohh well.

@jeebuschristos8423 4 года назад

I just got an Austin Martin DB feel from it... the only difference being, the DB has a more understated front...

@xmo552 4 года назад

I noticed the Lander / Coronet hood and yes the gto style front. It definitely has the Italian coachbuilt feel. It was one of my highlights in this video.

@davidschmidt6013 4 года назад

Had never heard of or seen that car prior to seeing this vid. Thanks for pointing it out, I zoomed right to it, goggled a bit, then backed up and watched the rest of the vid. Amazing car. But although the body was nice, I don't see why it HAD to be built in Italy, it didnt look beyond the capabililty of American factories, and that kind of cost excess no doubt helped kill the concept. Shame!

@xmo552 4 года назад

@@davidschmidt6013 Designed in Italy. We, the USA, can build it. But, the Italian coachbuilders were on another level.

@JONNIE8OY 4 года назад

@patrickperry9690 4 года назад

The level of detail from the presenter - without cue cards or crib notes - was VERY impressive!

@johnshelton1141 4 года назад

What if Henry Kaiser had meant Preston Tucker?

@warrenny 4 года назад

@@johnshelton1141 There would be a Kaisier Tuckerente....instead we have Kaiser Permanente.

@packardexelence 4 года назад

@@johnshelton1141 I KNOW!!!!!!----THEY WOULD HAVE SOON SPLIT-UP!!!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE KAISER HAD AN EXPERIENCED CAR EXECUTIVE IN JOE FRAZER; --THE KAISER-FRAZER was named after him-& their MOST expensive product!!! JOE was INTERVIEWED BY THE MAGAZINE "COLECTABLE AUTOMOBILE in the 1980's, I OWN A COPY;---- MR. FRAZER basically said that HENRY J. KAISER would NOT TAKE HIS ADVICE!!!!!!!!! The most IMPORTANT advice was for KAISER to DEVELOP their OWN OHV -V-8; LIKE CADILLAC, OLDS, LINCOLN, & CHRYSLER , ALREADY HAD!!!!!!!!! KAISER was BUYING a 6 CYLINDER 110 Hp. GENERATOR engine-for a car in THE OLDS, & CHRYSLER price range; THOSE haveing 150 to 175 Hp., & increasing YEARLY!!!!!!!!! INSTEAD HENRY INSISTED upon modern styling & a compact car; --FRAZER QUIT HIM, BEFORE KAISER's MISTAKES caused the unavoidable sales COLLAPSE!!!!!!!!! TUCKER would have LEFT KAISER EARLIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ModelA 4 года назад

Agreed! This gentleman is VERY knowledgeable about so many of the cars. Most impressive. I can barely keep track of my minuscule collection.

@noth606 3 года назад

Hardly, I know the story about Tucker, and this guy is not only ignorant, he is incredibly stupid. Being indicted for something doesn't mean you are guilty of anything as we see in the case of Tucker, the government was unable to prove a single thing against him, and not only that, the government shut his company down and ruined the man, for nothing. And since apparently a lot of people are ignorant and stupid they all did not understand how it happened or how the justice system works and so most people thought he was guilty of something.

@krazyhorse448 4 года назад

This guy knows his stuff, impressive! I subbed. He's done his homework!

@PetersenMuseum 4 года назад

Thank you for your support! Glad you enjoyed it!

@danielburgess7785 4 года назад

Should be titled "WORST CAR BUSINESS FAILURES." Most of those cars were good to very good.

@opera93 4 года назад

Daniel Burgess thanks, good thought:::: I am from WARSAW INDIANA, KIND Of a STUDEBAKER FAN( Nice Museum in S BEND In)......sneaking of business failures, etc.

@MarkEichin 4 года назад

Agreed, a few isolated examples of engineering (or more often, "not actually doing the engineering") failures, primarily business failures or outright fraud. Still loved the tour!

@DonTruman 4 года назад

It's all the same thing. The lesson to be learned here is, to be a success in the car business takes a whole lot of different elements to come together: engineering, art, sentiments of the buyers, changing times, investment money, legal issues, competition, and even someone like Ralph Nader can destroy a car that otherwise is a success by convincing most people of something that isn't true. Countless things can lead to failure. Failure is indeed defined by whether profits exceed expenses. Without that, the project dies. Fails.

@afrog2666 4 года назад

@@DonTruman If a project is successful UNTIL it dies, is it really still a failure?

@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus 4 года назад

That Tucker is a beautiful looking thing , m’kay? The Dodge Storm is just fantastic!

@gotham61 4 года назад

Seems a bit tough to call the Corvair a failure when they built 1.8 million of them.

@philipbarrett3151 4 года назад

It opens up an interesting conversation doesn't it? How about the Trabant? Truly one of the world's technically worst cars yet it gave transportation to millions.

@mexicanspec 4 года назад

I agree.

@seadog686 4 года назад

The Corvair was one of the primary targetsipf Ralph Nader's "Unsafe At Any Speed" book which torpedoed several "targets" in the American auto industry.

@kennyscott1089 4 года назад

I thought the Corvair was a great car.

@malcolmnicholls2893 4 года назад

Many older Porches are tricky at speed, but belong in a niche market. I believe R.N. probably was right with regard to a mass market product.

@jeanmeslier9491 4 года назад

I had a Corvair in the 1960s. It was one of the best cars I ever had of that era. The only other car that edged it out was the Volkswagen. The Corvair had a much better road feel than anything from Ford.

@EristiCat 2 года назад

I had a couple corvairs (60 and 66) and a 62 Nova. In total the 62 Nova was much better than the 60 corvair. For handling/performance the 66 Corvair was best. If I put myself in the position of what most informed car buyers of the time who only have one car would want overall it would be the Nova because it did everything well. Our family also had a 64 Chevelle (283HO) which I would rank as one of best most balanced car designs of the era.

@sprezzatura8755 Год назад

In the early sixties you could get a Corvair with a 150 horsepower turbo charged Flat 6 air-cooled motor what did Porsche have? An anemic four banger with 60 horsepower. Second generation Corsa came with either four carburetors or 180 horsepower turbo. A very Advanced car like nothing else in the United states.

@ZippoVarga 4 года назад

More incredible than the cars them selves is our wonderful guides knowledge of said cars. Brilliant! Zip~

@r.c.anderson5632 4 года назад

I look forward to all your videos. Those of us who love classic cars, design, and history are really enjoying your tours during this time. Just fantastic. Thank you!

@KowboyUSA 4 года назад

Who wouldn't like to spend an entire day walking around there.

@josephbingham1255 3 года назад

Re: the Edsel. A friend of mine said his father won an Edsel by selecting the 7 LAST PLACE Horses at a Southern California horse racing track! Probably a joke by the race track promoters. I know my friend was driving his father's Edsel up until at least the 1970"s.

@RaulGarcia-yi8jm 4 года назад

Awesome Video!!! Jason does an awesome job explaining this beautiful knowledge!! Thank you for sharing!!!

@rooseveltbrentwood9654 4 года назад

was this all done as one take? im impressed that you don’t seem to be using notes. i like the informal style. a lot of people would have ruined this with music and unnecessary editing. p.s. ok, now ive seen a cut. but i still get the feeling that it was just some walking footage that got cut.

@lindasalgado8106 4 года назад

Thank you Jason for this amazing tour. Very interesting stories behind these cars.

@marlene7022 4 года назад

Very thorough and well put together tour, thank you so much!

@greg6895 3 года назад

This presenter is the best of all of them. He really knows his stuff and shares a lot of very interesting facts about the cars and the companies. I hope he does more of these. Great show!!

@terrywilliams667 4 года назад

Fantastic tour! I had the good fortune to visit the museum in 2007..to my surprise, many of the cars on display then - are in the vault now! Elvis's Pantera, Elton's Delehaye, the black Ferrari gifted to Henry Ford...great memories re-kindled. Thank you!

@robdeglow9358 4 года назад

Thank you for posting this video. This guy is great! Jason is a wealth of information. I am so glad I watched this video. Please post more videos about the cars in your museum.

@inlangford 4 года назад

I drove 1200 miles to go to this museum a few years ago! Went by myself and looked at every single car and read every placard.. I took hundreds of pictures!! Maybe the best place I've ever been to!! I did not go into the vault as it wasn't open, so these vids the last few days are awesome!! If you haven't been to the Peterson museum and you like cars, you need to go here at some point in your life.

@PetersenMuseum 4 года назад

Thank you for your support!

@Ray147 4 года назад

Thanks so much for this video. I was surfing videos and found nothing of any interest, until this came along. Excellent! Thank you!

@N1RKW 4 года назад

Very informative and interesting. One of the few 45 minute long RU-vid videos I've seen where I find myself wishing it had been longer.

@PetersenMuseum 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Glowingtomato 4 года назад

Cool videos lately. I've been to the museum twice and loved it.

@fa300zxtt 4 года назад

Great presentation , great narration , fantastic knowledge about cars. Thank you!

@gmctech 4 года назад

WOW..... This man knows his stuff! Absolutely amazing detailed knowledge! Bravo my friend, bravo!

@PetersenMuseum 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@keithmiles30 4 года назад

Awesome video!! Thanks for sharing your collection.

@PetersenMuseum 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@emrysmeek440 2 года назад

Amazing spectacle, very well presented.

@russbellew6378 4 года назад

Well done. A few were new to me. All had fascinating stories. Bravo! Most sound like they were created by Homer Simpson. "All my life, I have searched for a car that feels a certain way. Powerful like a gorilla, yet soft and yielding like a Nerf ball. Now, at last, I have found it. Homer, The Car Built for Homer."

@kennethbredow3098 4 года назад

Very joyful afternoon watching this cool video!

@animefan1929 4 года назад

My favorite vault tour video. I like the perspective of what works and what doesn't work in the innovation of the changing automobile industry.

@yessicanajarro7900 4 года назад

I really enjoyed the information from this video. I learned so much.! Thank You!

@KreepCA 4 года назад

That last crazy story of the Dale/Revette sounds like it needs to be a Hollywood movie! Trying to push some lesser car, has it featured on the Price is Right, murder, flees to Texas, pushes it again, cease and desist, disappears, used to be a man, what? WHAT?!

@M4DesignUSA 4 года назад

classiccarsforsale.squarespace.com/blog/market-trends/the-dale-motor-car-the-con-of-the-century

@mcspikesky 4 года назад

Look for, RegularCarReviews, Tale of the Dale

@bryduhbikeguy 4 года назад

@@M4DesignUSA Wow.That really is quite the story.Straight out of daytime soaps meets mystery movie of the week.

@bunzeebear2973 4 года назад

Then disappeared and a TRANSVESTITE was arrested who impersonated both of them.

@suzettekirby2455 4 года назад

Very impressive tour and so educational! I haven't seen the Corvair in a long time glad you mentioned it on this tour.

@belindapadilla5940 4 года назад

Very interesting tour. Thank you Jason!

@deanggibbons8999 Год назад

Amazing classic cars, and very interesting, thankyou very much for the video :)

@charliewood4158 4 года назад

Thanks for the tour love all the cars in the background to

@gsmith207 3 года назад

Great presenter and educational. Didn’t know 3/4 of these and I thought “I knew” cars. Nope, just scratched the surface. And for Jason to talk without skippin’ a beat was awesome! Cheers from Maine 🍻

@PetersenMuseum 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@evalonious 2 года назад

This was fantastic! Thanks so much for the content we want! I hope to make it over one day soon from the east coast!

@joelepe1128 4 года назад

Thanks for the tour Jason 👍

@steviesindahouse4903 4 года назад

Thanks Jason and everyone at the Petersen! So interesting! I'm Learning so much from your tours and videos! And what an amazingly rich and varied collection of cars you have! ❤️ the Zeder .. so beautiful .. kind of logical that the firm behind such sublime styling, Bertone, would go on to be responsible for the Miura and the Countach .. but so sad that it exists now really in name only, not designing cars any more the way they used to .. so in another sense keeping with the today's theme. Isn't the world a richer place for all the adventurous souls following their dreams and making these cars real! 'til next time, take care everybody ... 😀 .. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 ... P.S. So looking forward to the Cars & Coffee next weekend !!!

@1956Caddy 4 года назад

Great presentation. Very educative and entertaining.

@gordon5004 4 года назад

That was a lot of fun. Beautiful cars. Thank you so much.

@victorcontreras9138 2 года назад

Man, what a great video! Quite a collection of wonderful and odd cars. I was going to watch a different vide but this one kept me glued to it. Thanks for the presentation, I learned a lot.

@overcastfriday81 3 года назад

Edsel....ultimate example of general public giving corporate hype a reality check.

@badbackshop 4 года назад

Very interesting piece - thanks!

@mikewysko2268 4 года назад

Interesting automotive history lecture. Well done Sir!😎🏁

@joeottsoulbikes415 4 года назад

Great stories. Especially the last one.

@jeffking291 3 года назад

Fantastic. Very well done. 📻🙂

@Rottie1973 4 года назад

Very interesting tour.

@audreydavis7761 4 года назад

Jason rules! This might be my all-time favorite take on the vault tour.

@cayman9873 2 года назад

You must be the smartest and knowledgeable car person I have ever listened to. Thanks for a lot of knowledge

@LouLope 4 года назад

I could spend days in there, awesome.

@TheGearhead222 4 года назад

Fantastic video! The Kaiser Darrin and Tucker Torpedo were both fantastic designs in their own way. Sad that neither were profitable:(-John in Texas

@jerrylepe7230 4 года назад

Great Tour JASON!!!

@dojmike 4 года назад

Maybe should have included the Delorean.

@missingremote4388 4 года назад

The Petersen hot rod museum has one there. It's on display 2nd floor above.

@AustrianAnarchy 4 года назад

Or the Bricklin SV-1

@janknuckey 4 года назад

I was waiting for a Pacer to be in there!

@captainjohnh9405 4 года назад

@@janknuckey Hey, now! Don't mess with the mighty Pacer. Best of all was going to the local hang out in the Levi's edition especially when a cute pair of skin tight blue jeans was sitting on the hood. ;-) Better still was slipping away to some quiet and dark spot to watch "the falling stars" through that ginormous rear window. Stars, a few beers you stole from dad while listening to Venus and Aquarius on Rockin' AM and you were assured of at least second base! God, I miss bench seats and station wagons.

@-danR 4 года назад

The Toronado . I was expecting it 100%.

@orange70383 4 года назад

That citrus orange/yellow color is fantastic.

@petra_875 4 года назад

Love the Zeder- one of the most beautiful cars of all time, IMO. Thanks for sharing its story.

@mtnvalley9298 4 года назад

I thought it had a touch of Barris, no? Definitely a fave of mine in this tour, that and the '32 Ford.

@devenscience8894 4 года назад

I'd never heard of it, but it is a gorgeous car.

@electronthebig2907 4 года назад

Awesome collection, great display, well made video and such a knowledgeable orator. this video creates the exact opposing emotions of what were dealt outduring the troublesome times of the greed depression.. oh typo 'great' depression.... attentive viewing! thank Q.

@simplebuild9998 4 года назад

Great Video lots of great info!

@prairiemountaineer 4 года назад

What a collection!! You even have an International Scout!!! Truly impressive!!! I had never even heard of the Dodge Storm, and its a beauty. Thank you so much for sharing some of the cars with us.

@Rebar77_real 4 года назад

Far out headlights on the Ruxton at 6:05. Thanks for the tour.

@JozeatTxb 4 года назад

Very good and enjoyable presentation. Wouldn't have known all these stories,!! amazing and quite informative and all in one place. Brilliant.. Also, if I just couldn't see the video, only hearing the audio , I would have thought it is Tom Hanks (him of 'Angels & Demons' fame) speaking!!🤗

@bobach22 2 года назад

Thnx for this interesting content

@carloscarpinteyro332 4 года назад

I still have brochures of the Dale car. Their headquarters, the 2oth Century Motor Car Company was located on Ventura Blvd in Encino, Ca.

@parrotraiser6541 4 года назад

The first-generation Corvair looks amazingly like an NSU Prinz. The second generation was a handsome and pleasant machine, especially when the engineers defeated the bean-counters and installed a double-jointed axle, rather than the crude but cheaper single joint.

@ccrobinpeg 4 года назад

I had a '66 Corvair Corsa with the turbocharged engine. Handled like a dream with some added weight in the trunk. The real drawback of the 'vairs was that they all leaked oil like a sieve.

@larryvice43 4 года назад

The Peterson Museum has the most impressive collection. This cellar tour makes it even more impressive. I also saw a pipe organ display that was unexpectedly beautiful. I am sure to go back there again.....too many to see in one day.

@platterhof 4 года назад

@25:24 I agree Cisitalia 202 is lovely :)

@drstevenrey 3 года назад

Great video. I just saw the Jonkhere Round door Rolls Royce. I'm happy. Thank you.

@bertdellaluna5612 2 года назад

Great tour.

@napoleoneinstein2487 4 года назад

Corvair was a sales success..more than 1,000,000 copies made...Nader did not kill the Corvair..It was Mustang with a hot V-8 for less money..

@brianmcdaid3178 4 года назад

Edsel was, really, not a bad car. My home town in Michigan used a '58 Edsel Villager station wagon as an ambulance until about '67. A family friend put over 100,000 miles on a '59 Edsel station wagon. The Edsel was often called "Mercury sucking a lemon" because of the horse collar grill. I also drove a second generation Corvair that belonged to a friend. I would never have bought one just because of how light on the front end it felt at only 65 MPH. Down right scary.

@xmo552 4 года назад

Edsel is just a rebodied Fairlane and those are completely reliable. I drive a 57 with 292 and adapted 5 speed. There's a Corvair resto shop near me. The owner has told me most people weren't aware they're supposed to run low (10psi?) In the front apparently 🤷‍♂️

@henryvandervort9891 4 года назад

Many nice vehicles thanks for showing them off

@167curly 2 года назад

I really enjoyed visiting the Petersen collection when I was in LA in August 2019.

@anthenning 4 года назад

You have my dream job! What a fascinating place to work, with so many exciting vehicles.

@joannesmall3456 4 года назад

Great job Jason

@jonathonhollis7080 4 года назад

Man I love these videos.

@alanblanes2876 4 года назад

Fascinating!

@danielsiguenza504 4 года назад

Great history !

@EliteDriving1 2 года назад

What an amazing collection, would love to document it in person.

@robertp9560 4 года назад

Thanks Petersen! I look forward to visiting the museum when it's open again. Was Budd Body the same company that made the Burlington Zephyr trains in the '30s ?

@peterbanderas8184 4 года назад

Thought you would have mentioned the Stanley Steamer. They refused to adapt to the demands for internal combustion engines by continuing to produce external combustion engines (steam), and fought back against other companies by putting out ads calling then "internal explosion engines".

@larskars5835 4 года назад

Fascinating. I agree that the Zeder is exceptional, obviously influenced by the likes of Ghia, Pininfarina and Zagato, and unfortunately proof that the US car-buying public was too susceptible to the marketing whims of the majors and their excesses of flashy chrome, absurd body designs and multicolored paint jobs. I would love to see this car in action. Thanks for the tour.

@darticulate8751 2 года назад

What good car stories especially the "Dale" one!

@barryphillips7327 2 года назад

VERY VERY Interesting

@tonyvargas368 2 года назад

Wow. It’s been years since I’ve been to the Petersen Museum and I obviously need to pay a visit soon. Thanks for the great stories on these cars.

@PetersenMuseum 2 года назад

Our pleasure!

@thomasleemullins4372 4 года назад

I think that is fascinating and very interesting.

@thegrizzlyfamily1374 Год назад

Great video

@farmboy909 Год назад

Wow! This presenter is awesome. What knowledge. I have never heard of thrPeterson Museum before.

@davesnothereman7250 4 года назад

Ok. I need about a 10 hour tour with you on these same cars....want to know more details of the cars themselves. Very intriguing!

@jameshutchins3396 4 года назад

Fascinating

@jimjenkins673 4 года назад

Please keep doing these.

@maxtufeld6423 4 года назад

What a fun tour

@Iherb7365ket 2 года назад

Great Video! Very educational and interesting, I did have to laugh every time he said okay because I felt I was on a guided tour by MR Mackey! 🤣

@steamenginewatt2712 4 года назад

Great video ! Thank you ! Excellent camera work! the camera guy pans to other cars that are fascinating even though their not part of this presentation. GM corrected the swing axle by making it double jointed, but after Unsafe At Any Speed was published, the damage was done. Any car can roll over; a double jointed axle Corvair can certainly out handle a lifted Jeep! and people still drive those....

@PetersenMuseum 4 года назад

Thank you very much!

@robertwoodliff2536 4 года назад

Yep, but unlike a Jeep, it looked like it may go round the odd corner, without too much near death.

@mikejordan9220 4 года назад

I noticed all of your cars either have the convertible roof off or the windows down. Do you always leave them this way? How do you keep them from getting coated with a layer of dust? The inside and outsides all look very clean.

@crustycobs2669 3 года назад

Very impressive.

@anthonyxuereb792 2 года назад

The Dodge Zeder reminds me of the French Facel Vega and that car has a Chrysler V8 engine. Beautiful body work on the Zeda and the Chrysler gas turbine cars driven by the public also had their bodies made in Italy.

@kalebproductions9316 Год назад

Out of all the cars the last one is the most aerodynamic. That teardrop shape is what cars should be.

@briankearn3965 4 года назад

You didn't mention the Corbin. It's the little pinkish red bubble like thing beside the large pink and purple front drive car.

@Oldbmwr100rs 4 года назад

I didn't catch it, but was working for the "exclusive" san francisco dealership that was owned by one of his big investors. After checking it out and talking to Mike Corbin, I started asking a lot of questions on how it was going to be under $13K if each car had nearly $30K in it, he gave a speil about how many he's be building within a year and a bunch of other crap. Our demo car rolled over while the shop owner was driving, and the car was badly damaged. I knew the entire corbin motors was just a scam when he was showing a mockup of an engine being developed, one from the same company another scammer back in the early 90's was trying to sell off as the new Indian motorcycle company. That bastard Mike Corbin was lucky to keep his motorcycle accessory company after all that.

@xmo552 4 года назад

13:40