The '49 Ford was way ahead of it's time, actually the car that saved Ford Motor Co. The car's contemporary styling, light body made the car ideal for being a hot rod.
James Jhonson, I believe that you are correct in your claims about the Ford car being ahead of it's time, but that was back in the early 1930's. In 1949 the Ford automobile was way behind it's time in engineering in light of the fact that the much superior OHV engine and independant front suspension was replaced by it's General Motors counterpart. That's a fact.
My first car 1949 2 dr sedan Ford flat head V8. Ran like a dream. Really took a beating from me but never broke down. Surprised a lot of newer, cars when drag racing. miss the old girl.
i was at the ford dealership in oregon il in late oct 1948 when the first load of new 1949 ford cars arrived. i was 10yrs old and it was so exciting to see these new cars the first off the trailer was blue [[as in the video]]2dr bus,.coupe .it was sold to moorehouse motorola radio store and repair. very soon to be tv store and repair. inside the front door was a plastic motif of a future ford car .it was a little futuristic as it resembled a plane.but that was the talk among us kids . in fact compared to other cars it looked like a futuristic plane. and mr moorehouse had tha car for about 10 yrs.
@@arnoldziffle8779 ya, those seats are only about 4.5 feet wide and can only hold about 2 modern adults without being uncomfortable. The leg room is great tho.
"Breathtaking in the splendor of its design...a symphony in balanced engineering...a dream of tomorrow come true today." It's a wonder the announcer managed to get through this script without gagging.
My first car in 1957 was a used 1949 ford four door Custom. The 8BA flat head V8 was a powerful engine and I ate 53 Chevy's for snacks with it. Went through Throw Out Bearings, but the price you pay when you race the things. Went through several bumpers as one game we loved to play was bumping the car in front of us into the intersection. Bumpers were heavy steel and the frames were solid as a tank. Enough steel in a 49 ford to build two modern Fords today. Ha! Oh, got over 18 MPG as well, but points and plugs lasted only about 10,000 miles and tires didn't go much further. Generators failed often no mater what brand and cooling systems left a little to be desired. Put glass packs on her and you had a monster. Good times.
+choochoo3985 my late Aunt told me she had a new 50 Ford Coupe, and loved it, but was living then near Modesto Ca, and on a 2 lane hwy, got hit head on. She lived thru it ( other guy didn't) and once out of the hospital, in cast ( engine came up in into the car) she went out and bought a new 50 Lincoln. That Ford must have been a solid car, she lived on and died as a old lady 43 years later age 86
I once was at a vintage car show in northern Indiana and someone had a '49 Ford on display. What was unusual about the car was that it didn't have the usual flathead V-8, but a flathead six.
Beautiful Car. The man that lived next Door to my Gran had one. I was about 4 but I remember it. I loved cars. What do you think a new ons cost back then? $2,300.00?
In my view the 1949 Ford was the most attractive of the "shoebox" designs. These were very well built reliable automobiles, the result of post war engineering.
0:10 Oh my, just seeing that makes me want to start collecting model cars again! I tried doing that as a kid, but I ended up taking them apart to see inside (or try to). Very silly.
Word for word, that commercial would have played the same up to 12 years earlier. The exception being the announcer would have sounded like he was on stage instead of in a studio. Sometimes I wonder what goes through the minds of the people who make styling decisions...saying, "Yes, this is how we want our company to be seen..." But in this case, they got it right.
When the government mandated fuel injection and low-sulfur fuel, it multiplied engine life by at least three. When the government mandated safety belts, it reduced your chance of death in a crash by three.
My dad's friend Bill Roberts had one of these cars, a black 2 door. I remember it had a vacuum-operated cigarette lighter. You put your cigarette into a chrome hole, what lit it for you. Bill smoked Camel cigarettes, and when I was 12, I sneaked in his bedroom dresser and stole a pack. I bet he knew it
Undoubtably the safest, most modern, most powerful, largest, most comfortable, most reliable and longest lasting automobile in history. Did MacNamara also design this one?
The progressiveness and beauty of this car must have contributed mightily to Ford's taking over the number two spot in sales from the much stodgier Chrysler products of this era.
My dad had one in the early 50's and had nothing but trouble with it and finally traded it in on a 54 Ford which a way better car. I had a 50 Ford and was a good car except for the heater which barely warmed the interior.
@@RobertPlattBell they had manual heater valves under the hood on a heater hose that had to be manually turned on and off ...by early 60s young drivers didnt know that and froze their fannies off at the drive ins . Thats not to say it stopped the kids though
I love that blue color on the club coupe. What factory color is that? The business coupe is like "Rear seat delete. Weight reduction makes me go faster!" lol I thought the flathead V8 color of that time was dark blue.
Teething problems were well noted in the '49s and were quickly addressed in the '50 (Fifty ways better). Dramatic transformations with all seeming to go well are rare, Only the '55 and '77 Chevrolets did so in my lifetime, But I'd take a '49 or a '50 Ford, and/or a '60-63 Falcon (it's spiritual descendant) any day!
The first of the post WW2 designs, they were eagerly purchased by young drivers who could hop up their V-8's from 100 to 120 hp with after market parts. Look at the nearly flat floorboards and that back seat, just right for taking your lady to a drive in horror flick.
Checkers also were RWD with a flat floor, These rode "high" on the frame unlike a "Step Down" Hudson and all other "Lower longer, wider RWD cars past 1954.
Excellent car 4 drum breaks with a one pot hydraulic system. One speed vacuum windshield wipers that slowed down with acceleration. Numerous very sharp items in the passenger compartment to catch and slice you as you are tossing around inside without seat belts. Non collapsing steering column or steering wheel. Rudimentary door locks that might keep the door shut in a crash. Non locking seat backs in the two doors and coupes so that in a quick stop you can pull your passenger out of the radio. Power nothing. Steering that is very vague and many many turns lock to lock almost negating any chance of doing a quick lane change and the bias ply tires weren't terribly sticky. But since I have a death wish and enjoy the adrenaline rush, I commute daily to work in mine. Oh I forgot they pollute the air more than 250 modern cars.
Stephen Whited It also lacks airbags,GPS navigation, any type of digital engine management...... Jeezus it's from 1949! Obviously modern cars have such things 65+ years of engineering has SOME effect.
Let's not forget the tasty metal dashboard*, glass that would slice your head off and fuel pump that won't shut off if you're in a collision. *DAMN.* * I'm being sarcastic at that point, if you couldn't tell.
Fuel pump that wont shut off? Sorry, when the engine stops, the mechanical fuel pump stops as well on all Ford Cars and trucks prior to 1985. Safety Glass is employed in all Ford cars and trucks then as it is now. A windshield is every bit as dangerous today as it was then.
Great cars in style, but nowhere nearly as safe or durable as today's vehicles. Of course, I would love to have one for parades & shows.......but it would not be so fun on I-95 during rush hour.
The '49 Ford was way ahead of it's time, actually the car that saved Ford Motor Co. The car's contemporary styling, light body made the car ideal for being a hot rod.
James Jhonson, I believe that you are correct in your claims about the Ford car being ahead of it's time, but that was back in the early 1930's. In 1949 the Ford automobile was way behind it's time in engineering in light of the fact that the much superior OHV engine and independant front suspension was replaced by it's General Motors counterpart. That's a fact.
@@glenfenderman true but the body style was nice and being cost effective they sold like hotcakes and retained that body style thru '51 or '52
My Dad bought a brand new ‘49 four door. We had it until 1962. It was a great car.
I've always loved the 49 to 54 Fords. I also really love the living room on wheels we don't get anymore. Great video!
Love this video. These cars were such a dramatic departure for Ford. They still look good today, right size, power, and economy.
I agree on all counts. They still look like completely practical automobiles.
Looks great! Where can I buy one? lol
I would love to have that 1949 Woody. Beautiful car!
My parents owned a '49 Custom 4 door back in the '60's. Bought it used. Good car reliable as all get out.
Great car, great video. In my country (Portugal) whoever owned one of these, low priced as they were in the US, was deemed no less than a gentleman.
My first car 1949 2 dr sedan Ford flat head V8. Ran like a dream. Really took a beating from me but never broke down. Surprised a lot of newer, cars when drag racing. miss the old girl.
The advancement in the '49 Ford vs the '48 was like night and day! Body, SUSPENSION, interior- all leaps and bounds ahead of the '48..
One of My LA uncles had a green 49 Ford like this one... was a Nice Comfortable Ride...
i was at the ford dealership in oregon il in late oct 1948 when the first load of new 1949 ford cars arrived. i was 10yrs old and it was so exciting to see these new cars the first off the trailer was blue [[as in the video]]2dr bus,.coupe .it was sold to moorehouse motorola radio store and repair. very soon to be tv store and repair. inside the front door was a plastic motif of a future ford car .it was a little futuristic as it resembled a plane.but that was the talk among us kids . in fact compared to other cars it looked like a futuristic plane. and mr moorehouse had tha car for about 10 yrs.
Great story, Richard! I have a 1953 Ford Customline and I love it!
I have always Loved the 1949-51 Ford Club Coupes.Mmmmmmmm
awesome video so much fun to go back in time for just a moment and forget about crazy modern times.
Imagine that, 6 grown passengers in a sedan with plenty of leg room. Sometimes old is better than new.
YOUGOTIT210, I agree with you.
Most of the time
My oh my, I still like my 1931 Ford.. 40HP and zero to 50 when the car feels like it ;)
That was 6 1949 era size people, good luck with the hefty's of today
@@arnoldziffle8779 ya, those seats are only about 4.5 feet wide and can only hold about 2 modern adults without being uncomfortable. The leg room is great tho.
The 1950 had a bit more chrome, and the covertible is an extremely attractive car!
In one ads, a husband purchase a red 1949 Ford Custom DeLuxe V-8, convertible for his wife for Christmas present, and I like this ad.
"Breathtaking in the splendor of its design...a symphony in balanced engineering...a dream of tomorrow come true today." It's a wonder the announcer managed to get through this script without gagging.
My first car in 1957 was a used 1949 ford four door Custom. The 8BA flat head V8 was a powerful engine and I ate 53 Chevy's for snacks with it. Went through Throw Out Bearings, but the price you pay when you race the things. Went through several bumpers as one game we loved to play was bumping the car in front of us into the intersection. Bumpers were heavy steel and the frames were solid as a tank. Enough steel in a 49 ford to build two modern Fords today. Ha! Oh, got over 18 MPG as well, but points and plugs lasted only about 10,000 miles and tires didn't go much further. Generators failed often no mater what brand and cooling systems left a little to be desired. Put glass packs on her and you had a monster. Good times.
+choochoo3985 my late Aunt told me she had a new 50 Ford Coupe, and loved it, but was living then near Modesto Ca, and on a 2 lane hwy, got hit head on. She lived thru it ( other guy didn't) and once out of the hospital, in cast ( engine came up in into the car) she went out and bought a new 50 Lincoln. That Ford must have been a solid car, she lived on and died as a old lady 43 years later age 86
I once was at a vintage car show in northern Indiana and someone had a '49 Ford on display. What was unusual about the car was that it didn't have the usual flathead V-8, but a flathead six.
Beautiful Car. The man that lived next Door to my Gran had one. I was about 4 but I remember it. I loved cars. What do you think a new ons cost back then? $2,300.00?
In my view the 1949 Ford was the most attractive of the "shoebox" designs. These were very well built reliable automobiles, the result of post war engineering.
Love the "Shoebox" Fords. thanks for the vid
my dad had a 1950 ford convertible as his first car.
My grandfather had the 1949 Ford custom , was nothing but trouble so was the last Ford the family ever owned.
I have a 49 Ford Custom Convertible, All original and a show winner. I love that car.
0:10 Oh my, just seeing that makes me want to start collecting model cars again!
I tried doing that as a kid, but I ended up taking them apart to see inside (or try to). Very silly.
That's actually a pretty nice looking car.
2:30. Love it 2dr. Coupe !
Word for word, that commercial would have played the same up to 12 years earlier. The exception being the announcer would have sounded like he was on stage instead of in a studio. Sometimes I wonder what goes through the minds of the people who make styling decisions...saying, "Yes, this is how we want our company to be seen..." But in this case, they got it right.
Truly a nice looking car.
Back when auto makers made cars for what people wanted and NOT for the government!
When the government mandated fuel injection and low-sulfur fuel, it multiplied engine life by at least three. When the government mandated safety belts, it reduced your chance of death in a crash by three.
I always called it the shoe-box Ford; didn't know it was really the jewel-box Ford.
Awesome Commercial.
Would this have been shown in theaters before the movie?
My dad's friend Bill Roberts had one of these cars, a black 2 door. I remember it had a vacuum-operated cigarette lighter. You put your cigarette into a chrome hole, what lit it for you. Bill smoked Camel cigarettes, and when I was 12, I sneaked in his bedroom dresser and stole a pack. I bet he knew it
Uma epoca que queria ter vivido
FUE MI PRIMER AUTO YO TENIA 17 AÑOS EN 1967 SALUDOS DESDE VENEZUELA AHORA TENGO 68 AÑOS EN TIEMPO VA RAPIDO
The aspect ratio is wrong! Great video, but why project it in the wrong proportions?
My first car back in 1964
You're ahead in a Ford all the way.
Undoubtably the safest, most modern, most powerful, largest, most comfortable, most reliable and longest lasting automobile in history. Did MacNamara also design this one?
The progressiveness and beauty of this car must have contributed mightily to Ford's taking over the number two spot in sales from the much stodgier Chrysler products of this era.
No, was designed by a team of designers.
Pininfarina...... the Ford design studio proposal was scrapped.
My dad had one in the early 50's and had nothing but trouble with it and finally traded it in on a 54 Ford which a way better car. I had a 50 Ford and was a good car except for the heater which barely warmed the interior.
+monarch1957 Well, they were made in a hurry after the war, and there were material shortages and strikes back then.
@@RobertPlattBell they had manual heater valves under the hood on a heater hose that had to be manually turned on and off ...by early 60s young drivers didnt know that and froze their fannies off at the drive ins . Thats not to say it stopped the kids though
Took a long time for pick-em-ups to get the frills....though there were some really nice-looking trucks from that era.
I love that blue color on the club coupe. What factory color is that?
The business coupe is like "Rear seat delete. Weight reduction makes me go faster!" lol
I thought the flathead V8 color of that time was dark blue.
I had a 46 and a 47 always wanted a 49 never got one
My Dad had a1949 6cyl Ford. It was so gutless he traded it in on a 1950 V8.
I'll take one of each of these Fords. (Also, fix the aspect ratio, please. Wheels are circles, not ovals.)
I think I just saw the second Lois Lane (Noel Neil) at 1:13!
We had a 49/50?in 1958 It had a great heater😊
That sounds like Tony Randal narrating.
THEY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE HEATER, WHICH RAN OFF THE INTAKE GASES, THAT ALSO WENT TO THE ENGINE.
No it didn't
That's When Cars were Real Cars. Thanks for Posting this Video I Really Enjoyed this video
What make those cars real cars compared to today?
I think it's funny to see a woman get into the front seat as you would in the running board days, she walks straight in hunched over then sits down.
1949 Ford Custom Casket.
The first car I ever rode in. As far as being well-built, the early 49 Fords had all sorts of problems.
Teething problems were well noted in the '49s and were quickly addressed in the '50 (Fifty ways better). Dramatic transformations with all seeming to go well are rare, Only the '55 and '77 Chevrolets did so in my lifetime, But I'd take a '49 or a '50 Ford, and/or a '60-63 Falcon (it's spiritual descendant) any day!
WAQW: Interesting. I'd actually be happy with any Ford product of that era, from 49 to about 65
Ford in Your Future!!!!!!
The first of the post WW2 designs, they were eagerly purchased by young drivers who could hop up their V-8's from 100 to 120 hp with after market parts. Look at the nearly flat floorboards and that back seat, just right for taking your lady to a drive in horror flick.
So before this wonderful new vent system people just used to choke on cigarette smoke and exhaust gas?
What a great video. Who made it originally?
Ford Motor Company
Wait I don't see any place to plug in your cell phone! How'd they get by?
The only thing I hated was wood panels.
MY PARENTS HAD THIS CAR (MAYBE IT WAS A 50) I DONT KNOW. THEY TRADED IT FOR A 56 FORD STATIONWAGON. I WAS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD.
did hank Williams Sr own one of these
Ha drove Caddys. Had five of them when he died......
Around how much would these have been brand new?
I would guess about $1500.
Another video put the prices of between $1,400 to $1,925 depending on model and trim level.
So $14,329.59 to $19,703.18 as of 2017 with inflation in account. Yes.
My dad's 1950 Ford Business Coupe was $1150.
That's $11,950 in 2017 money. The business coupe was the stripper model, plus no back seat.
49 the year I was born
That reminds me Marty do not chase guys on skateboards in a ford
The 49 & 50 Fords are much much better than the crap they produce today.
I don't consider the 2008 Saturn Sky Redline crap!! Do you???
How did they manage to make the floor of the car nearly flat when it is rear wheel drive?
Checkers also were RWD with a flat floor, These rode "high" on the frame unlike a "Step Down" Hudson and all other "Lower longer, wider RWD cars past 1954.
My next new car!
cool
We had a lite green 49/50 Ford...looked like first one they showed... GREATER VISIBILITY....Right big strip middle windshield....😔
Fuck nowadays you cant even get in smoothly let alone walk from one end to the other lmao
Excellent car 4 drum breaks with a one pot hydraulic system. One speed vacuum windshield wipers that slowed down with acceleration. Numerous very sharp items in the passenger compartment to catch and slice you as you are tossing around inside without seat belts. Non collapsing steering column or steering wheel. Rudimentary door locks that might keep the door shut in a crash. Non locking seat backs in the two doors and coupes so that in a quick stop you can pull your passenger out of the radio. Power nothing. Steering that is very vague and many many turns lock to lock almost negating any chance of doing a quick lane change and the bias ply tires weren't terribly sticky. But since I have a death wish and enjoy the adrenaline rush, I commute daily to work in mine. Oh I forgot they pollute the air more than 250 modern cars.
Stephen Whited It also lacks airbags,GPS navigation, any type of digital engine management...... Jeezus it's from 1949! Obviously modern cars have such things 65+ years of engineering has SOME effect.
hmmmmm
Let's not forget the tasty metal dashboard*, glass that would slice your head off and fuel pump that won't shut off if you're in a collision. *DAMN.*
* I'm being sarcastic at that point, if you couldn't tell.
Fuel pump that wont shut off? Sorry, when the engine stops, the mechanical fuel pump stops as well on all Ford Cars and trucks prior to 1985. Safety Glass is employed in all Ford cars and trucks then as it is now. A windshield is every bit as dangerous today as it was then.
Oh, for the good old horse and buggy days!
Great cars in style, but nowhere nearly as safe or durable as today's vehicles. Of course, I would love to have one for parades & shows.......but it would not be so fun on I-95 during rush hour.
YEAH, MY FIRST CAR WAS A 49 FORD 2 DOOR. LOTS OF FUN. BUT I BROKE A LOT OF PARTS IN IT, EXCEPT THE ENGINE.
Wrong aspect ratio. The image is stretched out horizontally.
That was probably deliberate by use of special cameras to make then look sleeker
On second thought…
No shit, sherlock. How about not seeing it at all. Feel free to download and correct it. I don't have the time.
Perfect reply!
Lounge car comfort! And what about the gay new custom convertible?
Wrong aspect ratio, unfortunately.
1:20 Are women sitting in the back seat, are they women or transvestites?
GM stuck with the obsolete fat fenders until 1955. Cadillac held out unti l 1957.
First modern car.
Aspect ratio! Frame is too wide. It's a 5:3 original.
These cars are cool but total death traps.
you risk death every time you get behind the wheel moron
My Father Had a 1950 ford woody wagon