Dinah Shore and Pat Boone for Chevrolet 1958

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  • Опубликовано: 16 мар 2013
  • Pat Boone and Dinah Shore sing the praises of Chevrolet for 1958 in a spot called, "Somewhat Subliminal." For 1958, Chevrolet models were redesigned longer, lower, and heavier than their 1957 predecessors, and the first ever production Chevrolet big block V8, the 348 cu in (5,700 cc), was now an option. The Bel Air gained a halo vehicle in 1958, the Impala, available only as a hardtop coupe and convertible in its introductory year. Impala styling followed the basic lines of the other Chevrolet models but received special styling cues including a different roof line, a vent above the rear window, unique side trim, and triple tail lights housed in slightly broader alcoves. For the budget conscious, the Biscayne, (formerly the 210) and the Delray (formerly the 150) completed this model year's family-oriented and utility offerings.
    Chevrolet's design for the year fared better than its other GM offerings, and lacked the overabundance of chrome found on Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles, Buicks and Cadillacs. Complementing Chevrolet's front design was a broad grille and quad headlights that helped simulate a 'Baby Cadillac'; the tail received a fan-shaped alcove on both side panels, which housed dual tail lights. Despite being a recession year, consumers made Chevrolet the No. 1 make of automobile (beating Ford, which held the title in 1957) and the Bel Air was at the core of Chevrolet's popularity. With its wide variety of body styles and models, Bel Airs could be optioned with almost every conceivable luxury within the Chevrolet line. The Nomad station wagon name also reappeared in 1958 when the vehicle bowed as the premium four-door Chevrolet station wagon, lacking the unique styling of the 1955-57 Nomads. Most Chevrolet station wagon models had two tail lights housed in abbreviated alcoves, which were made smaller to accommodate the rear gate. A new dash was used.
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Комментарии • 143

  • @nickcurran3105
    @nickcurran3105 2 года назад +22

    Oh, what a country. God I miss it.

    • @johna.4334
      @johna.4334 2 года назад +5

      Please bring back the '50s. We can all agree it was a better time.

    • @johnnyjames7139
      @johnnyjames7139 2 года назад +2

      Dinah and Pat entertained us and were unpretentious. I mis them both.

    • @pickfairguy
      @pickfairguy 2 года назад +3

      You are not alone.

    • @paulluchter137
      @paulluchter137 6 месяцев назад

      The 50s sucked unless you were into passivity, racism, stuffing phone booths with teenagers, bad melodramatic movies...@@johna.4334

    • @fairfaxcat1312
      @fairfaxcat1312 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@japanwatchconnectionTime to move on after incredible progress which has made possible more equality and opportunity than any nation in history.

  • @paulbroderick8438
    @paulbroderick8438 2 года назад +27

    Autos were pure works of art back then. Being an auto body designer in Detroit must have been real prestige. Now, just ho-hum blah!

  • @vice4134
    @vice4134 2 года назад +18

    I came here to watch Dinah perform. God, she's beautiful.

  • @rickbailey189
    @rickbailey189 2 года назад +10

    FYI-Dinah Shore was born on a "leap year" 1916. She's just over 40 here and she looks dazzlingly beautiful.

  • @cjordan1161
    @cjordan1161 3 года назад +15

    Pat Boone is still with us ! 2021

  • @johnnyjames7139
    @johnnyjames7139 2 года назад +8

    I once attended the church that Pat Boone went to. He was there! Love both he and Dinah!

  • @nathanjennings3804
    @nathanjennings3804 Год назад +2

    The Golden Age pure and simple. I'm 43 and I am so blessed to have had parents and grandparents who passed on to me a love for that era. The cars, movies, and music. I wouldn't trade being home schooled thru the 8th grade for anything!

  • @mikecozzi1040
    @mikecozzi1040 2 года назад +9

    😲 WOW! Chevy the Heart Beat of America! 🇺🇲
    Pat Boone knows about cars! Dinah Shore knows
    how to dress! 🎶🎶🎶🎶
    😲 But they're musicians!

  • @BleedBNG
    @BleedBNG 2 года назад +2

    When I came home from school I would watch Dinah's Place. She was a little off when singing the new stuff but I didn't care. I loved her.

  • @mikeslomski7063
    @mikeslomski7063 5 лет назад +27

    When cars were cool. People still like '58 Impalas even though they're 60 years old. Not a lot of cars being built today that people will still care about in 60 years.

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад

      I remember then new in the showrooms and always loved them, but never got to own one.

  • @Nunofurdambiznez
    @Nunofurdambiznez Год назад +1

    I'd LOVE to have that Chevy as my daily driver - LOVE the '58 Chevys!

  • @mikeowen657
    @mikeowen657 6 лет назад +14

    I bought a 348/auto Impala in '69 for 300 bucks - sure wish I still had it

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад

      The 60s were a great time to buy old cars. We all should have kept some of them.

  • @drumking241
    @drumking241 4 года назад +9

    My next Corvette will probably be named Dinah

  • @fromthesidelines
    @fromthesidelines 7 лет назад +12

    At the time (1957), Dinah and Pat both appeared for Chevrolet on their own musical variety shows: "THE DINAH SHORE CHEVY SHOW" {NBC, Sundays, 9pm(et)}, and "THE PAT BOONE CHEVY SHOWROOM" {ABC, Thursdays, 9pm(et)}.

  • @michaelfleming40
    @michaelfleming40 3 года назад +6

    First year of the Impala. 1958

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад

      Available in 2-door HT and convertible only.

  • @a380qm2
    @a380qm2 8 лет назад +14

    What! 50's era Chevy, had air ride suspension! They should try doing that now.

    • @dthtoneocons1
      @dthtoneocons1 7 лет назад +7

      Jamaal Smith imagine that, in the late 50's.

    • @mikeweaver8790
      @mikeweaver8790 Год назад +1

      Some Packard models and some Buick models in the 50's (1958 Buick Limited, 1955 and 56 Packards) came factory equipped with air ride suspension (my dad and grandfather owned all of those models at one time. The cars had heavy rubber bladders on all 4 wheels instead of springs and which were fed by an air compressor on the motor. I don't think any Chevys of that era came factory equipped air ride but may have been able to have it installed as an after market add-on. I could be wrong though.

  • @TomRivieremusic
    @TomRivieremusic 3 года назад +3

    !957 convertible 2 dr was the best My father bought it new that year.

  • @Handiman544
    @Handiman544 4 года назад +44

    This was back when cars had class, style, personality, and their own unique look and design. Now all we get are SUVs, cookie-cutter vehicles that all basically look the same....computers on wheels with no soul or excitement to offer. Just put down your $40,000+ and look like everyone else.

    • @gtpcruiser02
      @gtpcruiser02 3 года назад +11

      @Jan Pearson You must be very young because those old cars were stylish yes but they were NOT reliable, dependable needed frequent maintainence replacement of many parts at thirty to forty thousand miles.
      One hundred thousand miles was considered a long hard life it they made it that far.
      They rusted out in seven to eight years paint faded without frequent waxing.
      They were NOT safe with metal dashboards NO airbags, antilock brakes.
      After fifty thousand miles it was common to burn a quart of oil at every fill up and all fluids leaked on the driveway.
      I drove these vehicles when I was a teenager and they were JUNK compared to all modern vehicles today regardless of make.

    • @dyer2cycle
      @dyer2cycle 3 года назад +5

      ..yep, complicated electronics, ugly, and nanny features that largely take the driver out of the driving experience..oh, and as for SUV's..most of those have been killed off as well..now we have bubble/cockroach shaped vehicles, which are mostly unibody, transverse-engine, front-wheel-drive-based car platform vehicles which are now marketed as "SUV'S", or "crossovers", which are basically morphed minivans that have been given large diameter wheels and tires, chopped tops, and had the rear sliding doors replaced with regular opening ones.., some have "all wheel drive"(rear wheel assist-still FWD based)..NOT true "SUV'S" at all...

    • @johna.4334
      @johna.4334 2 года назад +1

      @@ralphpasola7913
      Not if you lived out west.

    • @johna.4334
      @johna.4334 2 года назад +4

      @@dyer2cycle
      "bubble/cockroach shaped vehicles"
      Love it!

    • @janetyurkin822
      @janetyurkin822 2 года назад +5

      @@gtpcruiser02 I’m 79 and was a teenager during those years.
      My Mother had a 51 Plymouth she traded in to buy a 64 Mercury comet.
      Her Plymouth didn’t have any rust on it, and within a day of trading it, the car was sold off the dealers lot.
      She took care of it by keeping it in a garage, had oil changes, and maintenance.
      We survived the metal dash boards, lack of seat belts, airbags, and drum brakes.
      Back in that era if you had a little mechanical ability you could fix your own car , unlike today when you have to take it to a garage and have pay to have a computer hooked to it to tell you what’s wrong with it.
      If the car was in an accident it didn’t crumple into a pile of plastic trash like today’s cars.
      50 years from now you won’t see a market with collector’s for today’s plastic cookie cutter cars like you do for the classics that had quality workmanship, distinctive styles and design.

  • @phungcanhngo
    @phungcanhngo 2 года назад +5

    Do you know Pat Boone was the world's young people 's idol in the 50's and the 60's?

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад +1

      Yes.

    • @paulluchter137
      @paulluchter137 6 месяцев назад +1

      What young people?

    • @robertosborne7542
      @robertosborne7542 2 месяца назад

      White people maybe- he was as bland as could be,the likes of him were why the 60s happened

  • @dustineiffler7145
    @dustineiffler7145 3 года назад +7

    Best looking chevy car ever made

    • @johna.4334
      @johna.4334 2 года назад +1

      no chance

    • @fairfaxcat1312
      @fairfaxcat1312 4 месяца назад

      It’s butt ugly. Harley Earl’s designs were toilet stink.

  • @Stevenimich
    @Stevenimich 3 года назад +4

    Womens rights, feminism, sexism... Gotta love these commercials!

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад +1

      She's a highly successful business woman at a time when many were still housewives.

  • @SimirJohnson
    @SimirJohnson 2 года назад +2

    My how times have changes.

  • @brianmitchell5906
    @brianmitchell5906 3 года назад +4

    Now Pat Boone is selling walk-in bathtubs on TV.

    • @ericdreizen1463
      @ericdreizen1463 2 года назад +2

      And counting his money & living in Bev Hills, right off Sunset in a sizeable estate!

  • @dyer2cycle
    @dyer2cycle 3 года назад +8

    ...I think the '58 Impala was the best looking car there was for 1958...I owned a '57 Chevy as a teenager, and loved it..used to think the '57 Chevy was the best looking car of 1957, and maybe even the entire 1950's...still love them, but in retrospect, I think the Chrysler 300C and DeSoto Golden Adventurer were the best looking cars for 1957...

    • @rickbailey189
      @rickbailey189 2 года назад +1

      If that '57 had the original 283 V8 you never should've sold it. It IS the most iconic car of the 50's.

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад

      I like 56 and 60 DeSotos, but would rather have a Chevy.

    • @rickbailey189
      @rickbailey189 Год назад

      These cars are going to drop in price soon and will be more affordable. Gasoline is going out of style.

    • @fairfaxcat1312
      @fairfaxcat1312 Год назад

      @@rickbailey189 Lol.

    • @fairfaxcat1312
      @fairfaxcat1312 5 месяцев назад

      It was butt ugly. Just a matter of taste.

  • @user-to3bx7uu2e
    @user-to3bx7uu2e 2 года назад

    シェビー⤴️⤴️⤴️💖

  • @niceserb84
    @niceserb84 Год назад

    She is beautiful sweet, shines and sings like an angel, they both look good 😊

  • @paulluchter137
    @paulluchter137 6 месяцев назад

    What exactly was subliminal in this?

  • @johnfrank3642
    @johnfrank3642 2 года назад +2

    That was supposedly the biggest Chevrolet car they ever made the biggest and heaviest

    • @rsstrazz6261
      @rsstrazz6261 Год назад +1

      1959 Impalas were slightly longer, wider & even heavier.

    • @engineerisengihere44
      @engineerisengihere44 Год назад

      ​@RS Strazz i dont know about heavier, but iirc the mid 90s cadillac fleetwood was the longest production car ever built (besides limousines of course).

  • @OldDood
    @OldDood 10 месяцев назад

    Where they put chrome on with a trowel

  • @LearnAboutFlow
    @LearnAboutFlow 2 года назад +1

    1:40 min they missed their cue to lipsync.

  • @1940limited
    @1940limited Год назад +1

    57-58-59: All different.

    • @tedlahm5740
      @tedlahm5740 Год назад

      Big fight between the stylist and the engineer. Constant change.

  • @Anti_During
    @Anti_During Год назад

    Кто от Стаса Асафьева ?)

  • @personaking7844
    @personaking7844 8 лет назад +11

    I guess this was before the grunge look...lol

  • @howardgreenman2908
    @howardgreenman2908 3 года назад +4

    Interesting in this whole commercial we don’t get one good unobstructed look at the car. The whole time the camera is focused just on the performers.

    • @johna.4334
      @johna.4334 2 года назад +1

      For good reason -the `58 Impala was uuuuugly!

    • @OldDood
      @OldDood 10 месяцев назад

      Because they wanted you to go to the dealer and look at them

  • @jourwalis-8875
    @jourwalis-8875 Год назад

    From what year is this ad?

    • @Nunofurdambiznez
      @Nunofurdambiznez Год назад +1

      You don't read titles much, eh? Try reading the title of the video..

  • @billbright1755
    @billbright1755 2 года назад +2

    Came up against the all new Edsels for the model year. Two automotive titans grappling for a share of the sales percentage. Also a slew of also rans chipping away at the popularity contest.

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад +1

      I loved 58 Edsels, but would opt for the Chevy first.

    • @billbright1755
      @billbright1755 Год назад +1

      @@1940limited wonderful! A brand new example of either would be a thrill to experience today.
      They offered beautiful color combinations and options for the motoring public.

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад +1

      @@billbright1755 I'll take a red 58 Edsel Pacer convertible with stick shift and a baby blue 58 Impala convertible with the same set up. I knew a lady years ago who had a black 58 Impala convertible with stick, 3-speed on the column, 283.. Everybody in town was after her for that car. This was in the mid to late 70s. Don't know what ultimately happened to it, but I'll never forget it.

  • @rebelrat3594
    @rebelrat3594 2 года назад +3

    There's only 1 problem they don't make these cars any more

  • @horacefeathers
    @horacefeathers 6 лет назад +5

    Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone - not Patrick. Wonder how they talked him into singing his name wrong.

    • @drumking241
      @drumking241 4 года назад +2

      probably alot of money, lol

    • @GizmoRob176
      @GizmoRob176 3 года назад +1

      To match the beat and tempo of the subsequent verse by having the same number of syllables as the previous. One musical note for each syllable and the same number of notes in each verse or stanza. If they stayed with Pat the verse would lack its corresponding note. Easy fix to go by his formal or legal birth name of Patrick. His full name is Patrick Charles Eugene Boone.

    • @horacefeathers
      @horacefeathers 3 года назад

      @@GizmoRob176 I get it. Notes and syllables. Make it fit. Obviously he went along. And maybe wikipedia and others are right saying his birth name was Patrick Charles Eugene Boone. I can find just as many sources that say his given birth name was Charles Eugene Boone. Christianity Today printed an article stating he was born CEB, and his parents started calling him Pat when their hopes of giving that name to a future daughter was not to be. I doubt that is something they'd just make up.

    • @ericdreizen1463
      @ericdreizen1463 2 года назад

      And singing w/ HER, the icon of icons!

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад

      Many peopel had stage names back then.

  • @dthtoneocons1
    @dthtoneocons1 7 лет назад +5

    I'm 57 now and growing up in the sixties, I always thought the 58 was one homely automobile, compared to the 55/56/57. However, I look at the 58 now, especially with the continental kit, (factory option?) let's just say my mind has changed radically. Especially the Impala sport coupe 235-Blue Flame 6 overdrive. Whilst on the subject, the 59 Cadillac was a wild looking spaceship, the rear tails/wings are outrageously cool, them are some cool looking cars. Sadly, all the remaining vehicles of the 50's, 60's, and early 70's have been gobbled up by the rich folks.

    • @MrBatesabilly
      @MrBatesabilly 7 лет назад +1

      You should probably stick with your Toyota Camry with such stunning style

    • @dthtoneocons1
      @dthtoneocons1 7 лет назад +4

      How did Japanese autos enter a conversation about the 1958 Chevy Impala?? I worked at the Fisher Body plant in Willow Springs, Illinois. As did my father and uncle (tool & die). The "Body by Fisher" name plate was located on the doorsill step plate on every Chevy, Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac, & Oldsmobile built before 1985. In 1989 GM closed 11 Fisher Body plants in 4 States affecting 29,000 workers.The Willow Springs facility lost 2,900 workers alone. The Willow Springs facility is now owned by UPS. If you're not familiar with Fisher Body, it's a division of General Motors. In my lifetime I've owned: 69 Olds Cutlass S, 77 Camaro LT, 76 Ford Elite, 76 Monte Carlo, 78 Pontiac Sunbird, 76 Chevy van, 69 Dodge Charger R/T, 77 Grand Prix, 70 Eldorado, 77 Eldorado Biarritz, 78 El Camino, 69 Dodge Charger, 83 Blazer, (full size) 68 Dodge Coronet R/T, 63 Ford F100, 92 Ford Explorer XLT, 93 Pontiac Grand Am, 92 Chevy S-10, 84 Olds 88, 99 Ford Ranger XLT. I wouldn't own any Japanese, Korean autos if they were given to me. So, do me a favor and troll elsewhere.

    • @garyquail5075
      @garyquail5075 7 лет назад +1

      tim baird yes Tim I myself once had a 1958 Cadillac great car during my high school years in the 70 through 72 still have the car then all the way up until before Reagan was in office at that time it was Jimmy Carter and when the oil crunch hit yes at that time when the gas lines were big it's no fun trying to push a big car to get only five Gap gallons of gasoline

    • @johna.4334
      @johna.4334 2 года назад +1

      Nah, `58 and `59 Impalas were just plain ugly.

    • @johna.4334
      @johna.4334 2 года назад +1

      @tim,
      "Bitter, party of one. Bitter, party of one. Your table is ready "

  • @danielshon
    @danielshon 5 лет назад +2

    1958

  • @johnduvall6152
    @johnduvall6152 7 лет назад +5

    I like how my Toyota Avalon Limited performs and it looks nice, but the ride isn't too good.

    • @carleavesceo709
      @carleavesceo709 5 лет назад +3

      I own a Avalon. It has a sporty, controlled ride. The older cars had the boulevard ride soft and cushy !

  • @johna.4334
    @johna.4334 2 года назад +6

    Ah yes the `50s, when the chrome was thick and the women were straight!

    • @LearnAboutFlow
      @LearnAboutFlow 2 года назад +1

      Yes, you keep believing that.

    • @johna.4334
      @johna.4334 2 года назад +3

      David, America in the '50s was a better time; I would do anything to go back in time and live in this era.

    • @pickfairguy
      @pickfairguy 2 года назад +2

      @@johna.4334 Correct. Things made much more sense than.
      Somehow in trying to improve society, we created chaos and isolation.

    • @CityGirlCountry
      @CityGirlCountry Год назад +1

      @japanwatchconnection And, cis male. Otherwise, you were toast.

    • @robertosborne7542
      @robertosborne7542 2 месяца назад

      ​​@@johna.4334depends-not if you were black,gay..had differing political views to the mainstream and didnt conform to the idealised life shown in these ads.

  • @jourwalis-8875
    @jourwalis-8875 Год назад

    "Level air suspension". What is that?

    • @Nunofurdambiznez
      @Nunofurdambiznez Год назад +1

      Google is your friend... try using it...

    • @robertosborne7542
      @robertosborne7542 2 месяца назад

      Marketing nonsense-meaningless,lots of that kind of fake techinical jargon around back then,meant to impress but ultimately just empty phrases.

  • @jeffneis553
    @jeffneis553 2 года назад +2

    Would somebody tell me why car makers want all their models to look the same? For example Lincoln.

  • @aleksinfroid4644
    @aleksinfroid4644 2 года назад +1

    All the make- up really couldn't hide the fact.

  • @brendablack3
    @brendablack3 11 лет назад +18

    Remember when people were dressed and they were selling a product with out sex in it.

    • @dthtoneocons1
      @dthtoneocons1 7 лет назад +4

      Brenda Black good point, a catchy jingle with Dinah Shore and Pat Boone. To the point, a cool jingle, back the program. Two minutes, tops. Those were the days. And by the way, elegantly dressed.

  • @Gene1954
    @Gene1954 2 года назад +1

    Obviously 58 was a dog, 59 was completely different

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад +1

      I wouldn't kick either of them out of the garage.

  • @NJHProductions512
    @NJHProductions512 3 месяца назад

    They don't make'm like they used to

  • @dehsa38
    @dehsa38 2 года назад +3

    ... one day, Pat Boone would be wearing leathers...And Dinah Shore would be insulted that no one wanted to watch her anymore.

  • @walterharp1773
    @walterharp1773 4 года назад +2

    58 Not a big yr for big Chev.

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад +1

      58 was the Eisenhower recession. All car sales wee off.

  • @MrDetroitnews
    @MrDetroitnews 3 года назад +1

    BRAND NEW, NO REVERSE AND NO WARRANTY !!!!!!!!!! AND OUR BRAND NEW 56 FORD BROKE DOWN ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE DEALER,AND MY UNCLES NEW 1960 FORD ROTTED OUT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS!!!!!! HELLO, HONDA,LEXUS AND NISSAN

    • @johna.4334
      @johna.4334 2 года назад +4

      Stop shouting...please.

    • @engineerisengihere44
      @engineerisengihere44 Год назад

      ​@japanwatchconnection nah its just because he was driving ford.

  • @Thomas-yr9ln
    @Thomas-yr9ln 2 года назад +4

    I'm only being honest when I say this but Dina Shore and Pat Boone you couldn't get more corny people if you tried. I liked Dina I'm just being honest.

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад +1

      I prefer these ads over the woke BS of today.

    • @Nunofurdambiznez
      @Nunofurdambiznez Год назад +1

      Ok.. well.. first off.. her name is spelled Dinah.. and secondly, you're thinking in 21st Century terms.. not those of the 1950s.. when society loved corny things - TV ads, magazine ads, radio ads.. .the cornier, the more they liked it.

    • @Thomas-yr9ln
      @Thomas-yr9ln Год назад +1

      @@Nunofurdambiznez I'm German I only like people who agree with everything I say.

    • @robertosborne7542
      @robertosborne7542 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@1940limitedOh no!woke!-could you please define what you mean by this word that is thrown around by right wingers endlessly and seems to mean anything they dont like!

    • @robertosborne7542
      @robertosborne7542 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@NunofurdambiznezBut did they tho?why do you think the 60s happened?because young people especially were sick of the totally fake garbage as shown in these ads.

  • @dmimcg
    @dmimcg 8 лет назад +2

    58 chevy sucked.

    • @KingRoseArchives
      @KingRoseArchives  8 лет назад +2

      +Donovan Moore I have to agree that styling was way off. Especially after the success of the '55 - '57s. That and the economy taking a stumble didn't help. All GM divisions had new styling that just didn't work. I think it took them until '63 to get their footing again.

    • @johna.4334
      @johna.4334 2 года назад

      I would have to agree.

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад

      Why?

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Год назад

      @@KingRoseArchives You're right about the stumbling economy but I never had any problem with 58 styling.

    • @Nunofurdambiznez
      @Nunofurdambiznez Год назад

      Too bad you dropped a bomb you never explained.. in what WAY did the '58 Chevrolets "suck"?