Basic But Beautiful - Everyday Cars of the '50s in Kodachrome COLOR
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- Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2023
- 40 Vintage Photos in Original and Accurate KODACHROME Color!
Immerse yourself in the golden age of automobiles as we showcase a captivating collection of vintage snapshots showcasing everday people and their cars in glorious Kodachrome color. From classic convertibles to sleek sedans, these timeless images offer a glimpse into the lives of individuals who embraced the freedom of the open road.
The brilliance of Kodachrome film brings these moments to life, showcasing the vibrant colors and authentic details that defined an era. Whether it's a classic Chevy, Ford, or Cadillac, each car tells a story of an era when the automobile represented more than just a mode of transportation - it symbolized freedom, status, and the American dream.
Sit back, relax, and let our curated selection of 40 vintage Kodachrome color photos transport you to a time when poodle skirts, Elvis tunes, and chrome-accented cars ruled the streets. Don't miss this opportunity to witness the magic of the 1950s through the lens of Kodachrome - a true time capsule for automotive and photography enthusiasts alike!
Curious about the stories behind these captivating images? Drop your thoughts and share your own memories of the 1950s in the comments below. Hit the like button, subscribe for more vintage treasures, and ring the notification bell to stay updated on our journey through the annals of history! 
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A much better time period in America. Please take me back to the 50's and early 60's !
Rampant segregation!!
When America was at it's zenith!!!🤗👍
And the only way to go was down, and that's what happened. @@keithdukes5990
You're obviously white.
I don't think anyone can argue against that. My sister has in her possession home videos in color of this era when I was a small child (born in '52) and she was an even smaller child or baby (born Jan. 4, '56). Our family had a '53 Olds Super 88 and a '57 Olds Super 88. The bank manager of our small town of DeQuincy, LA had just bought a '57 Chevy with the "Power Pack" option, which was a factory "souped up" 283 (4 bbl. carb and hotter cam). He had read somewhere the Olds Super 88 would be a bit faster in the 1/4 mile than the Chevy. Sure enough, they drag raced at an approx. 1/4 mile at the edge of town. My dad in his Olds beat the Chevy by over a car length TWICE! True story. 😉🏎
A handful of them were misidentified, but I really enjoyed seeing this.
I noticed 2 or 3 were wrong, could be more. Enjoyed the video anyway....
@FloridaClay Did you notice that most of the cars were 2 door hardtops only a few were 4 door sedans
Thank you for pointing that out some of them weren't even the right make never mind year
No biggie. It’s just great to see all the cars of yesteryear anyway!
While the latter part is true, it matters a lot on certain years and less on others. If it's a mild face-lift year like identifying a '53 Chevy as a '54 that's one thing, but saying a '54 is a '55 is a huge goof for back then. They id'd a '56 Merc as a '55 Chevy Sunliner, which is a Ford convertible. The model year of cars hasn't mattered for so long now, most people think it was always this way. It wasn't. @@rdavis4366
Hurray for Kodachrome! I shot many rolls of that slide film and they still look great today. It really does justice to the great colors of these '50s cars.
I have some old rolls still in freezer, but seems like no one will process the slides . My favorite film; especially for macro. I used to shoot 120 rolls of the slide film as well as 35mm. Digital just isn’t the same.
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
Give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away .......😁
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away!
@@johnanderson3700 Maybe it's that today's color film pales compared to Kodachrome. I shot the crap out of Kodachrome for years. Images I took 40 years ago still look fantastic. Now, my late model Sony digital cameras look just as good, thankfully. Color pops at 42 and 61mp. So glad as I miss Kodachrome. No one can develop that film anymore. A real shame for photographers who wish to shoot film today. I've gone totally digital with these new cameras with the newer super sensors.
I think you are right the colors were really nice in the 1950's
Back when cars had style, class and color.
For color, class and style, you'd really need to fast forward to the 1960s.
and the people
so did people
Real cars😮!
Yeah the. 50s 60s and 70s the cars were the best
I love them all, every car had his own character
So, so true! all you had to do is look at it and you knew if it was a Ford, Chevy, Olds or whatever
@@rolandemartin854
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I remember all these cars. Amazing how much styles have changed over the years. I’ve driven a lot of these cars and have fond memories of them. Thanks for posting.
@johnanderson3700 I wasn't quite old enuff to drive when these gorgeous pictures were taken, but I sure knew each of these cars. Speaking of time, America had roughly half the number of people we gave now, no internet no social media, and very little of today's craziness. The 50s were a glorious time in many ways...
@@rtflone seems like only yesterday. During much of my childhood we had no car & I walked a lot; or took a bus with parents. Used to walk a mile plus to country store. One store whole community used to gather around stove in winter & visit:
Boiled eggs on stove to share. An entirely different world back then.
@@johnanderson3700 It does seem like only yesterday and in many ways a better one. The Great Depression was only 20 yrs in the past. Other than a home mortgage if you could afford one people didn't live on credit and in debt. You bought what you could afford to buy and that's it. A much better way to live imho..
Finally cars today (2023) are getting away from those gawd aweful hubcraps or wheelcovers that do absolutely nothing, and worse than bumper stickers or engine covers
I like watching classic movies so that I can see classic cars
I was born on Christmas Eve in 1956. My favorite decade of cars was always the 1950s. Whenever I went to a car show, I would always look at the ones from the 1950s. I loved their styles and colors.
Glorious cars! Loved the two-tone colors, plentiful chrome, the change from the more rounded shape to "the box" body shape, and the fins of the late decade. And let's not leave out those hood ornaments -- clipper ship, Indian head, pelican, stylized plane among them. We had a '55 Chevy (Bel Air, White & Yellow) and a '58 Chevy with its infinity-design tail lights that was light and dark green. How I enjoyed washing those cars as a small kid in the 1950s. Thanks for bringing back happy memories.
Sorry but many of these cars are hideous, and no, I'm not all that young, I'm 58. Also chrome literally sucks. If it's not "perfect plate" it's just a rust bed. Don't think I'm being a "modern" ass either, as I think the '45 Flathead Harley Davidson is the most beautiful bike ever devised. Modern cars are just more "balanced" with nothing extreme in the visual to detract from the actual function.
Everybody complains that they all look alike, well, that because it's something that is proven to WORK. Just like WWII fighter planes. 90% of them resemble each other. That is because "what works, works".
@@waynepurcell6058• Perhaps those of us that were actually living in the 1950s have a greater appreciation of the cars of that decade. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't take any of them over my AWD Subaru Crosstrek, but I will always remember special times in 'fifties cars while no such memories will come to mind of my Crosstrek.
Desde 🇦🇷🇦🇷 Amo los coches de esta época de los USA car's
I agree the two-tone colors are the best
@@classicmoviesvault I really enjoyed washing our white / light yellow 1955 Chevy and light green / forest green 1958 Chevy (with infinity sign back lights). Especially sunlight on polished chrome was a delight.
Born in 1940, I remember seeing everyone of those cars on the road at one time or another. That's when each one was very distinguishable. All you had to do is look at it and you knew which one you were seeing! Miss those days!!
Very good and lovely memories!
These exquisite cars were inarguably works of art. Just imagine how many of these cars are still available in Cuba ...
Even a few in Viet Nam
Grew up in the 50,s and long for those
days again. The beauty and styling grace of these beauties can never be reproduced.Thanks for the wonderful memories!
Yes, it was a wonderful time for great American automobiles- and brings back fond memories. Plus you let the pictures tell the story with very nice background music. Thank you- you’ve warmed a 75 year old heart this morning.
I was a kid in the 50's and wished I had been old enough to own some of these cars when they were new. I've ridden in a good number of them as family members had some of these models and were die hard owners. It seemed brand and model loyalty was strong in my family. Not sure if others were like that. For instance, my grandfather would only own Oldsmobiles. My parents were die hard Chevy owners. An uncle would only buy Mercury's. An aunt that would only drive Plymouths and so on. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane.
Yes interesting concept. It seems that " brand loyalty " was a big thing. Perhaps it is closely aligned to a persons sense loyalty to all things in life.
So true I was born in the early 50s and my dad only bought Fords where the rest of the family bought Chevys or Buicks. It's still Fords for me thanks' dad!!
Yes. My grandfather always said Dodge was the best car and Chrysler was second best. He had 2 of those weird looking 64s parked in his driveway.
I agree with you
How enjoyable. I'm from that time, and everyone had to have their photo taken next to their car.
This was the greatest decade in US history. Anyone with a job could own their own house and land. Most people I knew that had a decent job traded cars every two years. That's about the time Detroit was coming out with a new model. This wonderful time, before giant corporations took over the country, was a time anyone with ambition could buy land and start a business. My father, a WWII vet, came home from the army and learned the auto body trade. Within 6 years he was buying old cars, fixing them up and selling them. In another year or so he bought a piece of land where the new highway was going. It had a litte shack on it. We lived in that shack while he built a garage, opened his own shop, and I worked there with him repairing those beautiful 50's cars. After living in that shack for a few years the whole family built a big colonial home behind the shop. My brothers and I worked at that shop until my father died, over 30 years.
Glad things were good for your family - but the generalization that it was good for everyone is not true.
That is/was the American dream.
Kadachrome Color look better than my smart phones HD pictures! Love those cars. Built tough. Built in the USA!!!
Yeah , cars were better then , and so were cameras !!!
Why at your country don't build cars as before?
@@gustavoperez5480
Very expensive to build today. 😔
@@elaineewalt8137 so sad.
Exquisite cars with lots of style and panache. Now we have boring SUVs and crossovers that all look the same. 😞
They all looked the same back then. Only different degrees of ugly.
Viva 50's! Cars and women both looked better...
American style of 50's , as for me, is the best car design ever
wonderful age the fifties in the USA and great cars....better than ever
The colors of cars were so much more exciting back then.
All images were fake AI generated pics.
It was nice to see all those olds cars that I remember so well growing up even though you had the wrong year on several of them.
and the make on ar least 3.
These are the cars my parents and their friends drove in my childhood and that my high school friends drove in the 1960s. Thanks for the memories.
Old Beautiful Peaceful Days are Gone.. 😢
THAT 1955 MERCURY MONTCLAIRE CONVERTABLE WAS GEORGEOUS ! Cars used to be so exciting !
YES!!! Some of these were OUR 1950s RIDE for Years!!!! Beautiful Memory HeartWarm! Thank you!!
Wish I could live in the 1950’s forever
Depends on which side of the tracks, color. Korean war?
Yessir 👍👍
It was far better than most people will acknowledge.
@@videoprotectedcom
Thanks for your socialism critique.
You should try to comprehend that just because some people are financially poor or just axewipes that that does not make all of society bad.
Seek counseling and medication.
@@videoprotectedcom< It was better back then for some reason.
@@hotrodray6802Yeah, you enjoyed it because you were white.
The cars are always the stars:) Thank you for a great look back in time at them!
Great clip!! & The color really takes me back!! I was born in 55. Love the vintage cars!!! Ahh memories ❤️
That was actually a ‘56 Pontiac @ 2:30…but you’re doing pretty well at this point.
Two-tone cars impart an attitude of optimism. 2:12 Snow is very rare in Gorman and it never gets too cold there. Couple was out for a bracing, rare, cool-air top down spin in their Hudson Hornet.
I almost broke out in tears over memories of how life was so much better back then!
Back then a parking lot looked like a field of easter eggs.
My friends dad had a new 1956 Buick Century and what a beauty. After all these decades I sill recall the colors. Cream White and Canary Yellow, and of course the chrome.
Great description!
My friend in high school had a 1963 Ford Galaxie that was Chestnut brown. It was a beautiful deep rich metallic brown.
My 1968 El Camino was Tripoli Turqoise.
Thank you for the video. Cars of the 1950's had a lot of style.
Love cars from the 50's and 60's. Great seeing them in their original new condition. I also love seeing how these photos look to have such a high resolution. Thank you for posting.
These care are perfect untouched. you can se the happiness in peoples faces thank you vary much👌👌
I had many cars from this era. They were simple & easy to work on. Chrome was real chrome...not plastic & the hoods closed like bank vaults on strong hinges that required very little maintenance, just a little lubrication now & then to keep them in good shape. The engines were low stressed low RPMS & would run for years with little maintenence. NO computors or moduls!
I Totally Agree with you 125%!!...TODAYS Vehicles Are Crap!!- one pays $15K-$100K For Crap That Will Only Last 5-8 years as opposed to $2-3K ( $20K-$30K Today) of 50 plus years ..when ALL Vehicles Were Made Of 98% Of True Metal (Solid) & Only 2% of Plastic Todays Cars Are Now Made 98% Plastic , 2% Metal Substance (thin)
I was an apprentice mechanic back in the early 60's and worked quite a few 50's cars too. Routine maintenance (tune-ups, oil changes, lube jobs) were done far more often than they are today. Tires weren't as good and didn't last as long. Corrosion was a bigger problem. I could go on but why bother. I will admit - styling was a lot more "dramatic" back then.
And the car bumpers, if damaged, would be re-plated with a complicated electrolysis method. Companies were built around this need. Enter plastic bumpers. Exit this industry.
And any fender bender, no matter how small, could land you in the morgue.
@@seadog686 ... and they were not as safe back then. Today's cars need less maintenance but when they do go wrong it will cost you dear. as they are so complex The other thing about those 50s cars, they were big, thirsty , polluting beasts. Gasoline was a few cents a gallon back then so people thought nothing of this ...
I was a teen in the 50s and loved cars! Every September the new models would come out where i lived and everyone was excited about it! They were exciting, great to look at designs, attention to detail, a visual delight to behold with all the uses of color. I think it was good for the brain! Seriously! Compare to today where everything's the same. Makes your eyes and brain lazy. And underdeveloped! Maybe thats why a lot of people are so crabby these days. 😂
Well said and agreed. Back in those days, the dealers (at least where I lived in DeQuincy, LA) would put bedsheets over the glass in their showrooms to cover up the new model cars that had been driven in the night before. They would take them off beginning "new car day". In those days, cars differed in design throughout from top to bottom from year to year. They differed not only in sheetmetal, but in a completely differently designed DASH setup as well! All of us kids - at least those of us who were car lovers - would wait around on our bicycles outside on the street for the dealership staff to remove the sheets and boom, what a surprize!
No doubt the best times for USA! Elegance, style and wealthyness: a bygone optimistic epoch!
@@marcob4630 Very well said!
thanks ! @@bobdillaber1195
57 Ford two door hardtop.
56 Chevrolet two door hardtop
58 Chevrolet two door hardtop.
Good years and good memories.
Vehicles you could work on and have fun doing it!
I was born 1952 and remember a bit of the 1950. And the cars I like the background music to.
The following corrections should be made: @3:29....'56 Ford ; @4:53....'55 Mercury ; @7:28...'50 Mercury. Thank you for uploading these GORGEOUS photos!
yep i have a 56 fairlane
you got them.
Golden years,fabulous pics 👍
What a time to be alive especially in America
None of the troubles of today
Most of these beautiful cars we were privileged to see in South Africa during the 50/60s. Thank you.
Cool - I didn’t know that!
@@TheHistoryLounge The first car I remember when I grew up was a 1949 Studebaker Champion. The same year that I was born.
BEAUTIFUL!!!!! What memories!!!!
Cool "walk" down car memory lane. The color photos were great. A couple of the car dates were off. The people in the pictures were an added attraction. I would have been one of the little kids in many of these pictures.
Every year had a brand new design
I was born in the late '50s and don't remember anything before the summer of '63, but of course there were still of lot of '50s care on the roads and in my family and friends families, so I have a lot of memories of riding in them. For example, my dad had a dark green '54 Belair that he had bought new, and when the sleek new '65s came out in the fall of '64, I went with him to spec out and order a new Belair. About a month later we got the call that it had arrived, so he and I went back to pick up the new one and drop off the trade-in '54. The '65 sure was nice, but I remember looking out the back window at the '54 as we drove off the lot and feeling kind of bad about leaving it behind. It was like we were abandoning a loyal member of the family.
These photos also remind me of one of our neighbors, a widow in her 60s or 70s whose daily driver was a '53 Packard Clipper (white top, purple body) when we moved there in '64, and it was still her DD when we moved away in '71. When she was ready to do her daily trip to the local market or whatever, she'd come out all dressed up with her purse over her arm, open the swing-out garage doors, carefully back the Packard out, get out and close the doors (it was an empty garage, why not just leave them open?), and off she'd go with her gray hair and hat barely visible over that huge steering wheel. I seriously doubt that car ever left the neighborhood or went over 25 mph. When she came back, the process was reversed. It was a big production and all of us kids would stop and watch. That huge Packard fit inside that old wooden garage with only inches to spare, but as far as I know she never hit anything.
Now that I think about it, I'm a retired widower with a pampered DD that I've owned for 18 years, so maybe I've become my street's version of the Packard lady. 😆
People were lucky back then, everyone got to drive a classic car.
Kodachrome is just so beautiful
Yup, I lived through the 1950s. My first car was a 1952 2 door Chevy convertible in canary yellow. A sweet ride. My dad had a 1950 dark blue Ford sedan. I am even older than the little girl in the photo who would be 70 now. Much older.
I remember traveling to Nebraska from East Tenn to see my Grandparents each year in our 52 Olds 88 until we got a new 61 Chevy station wagon. Boy did it have lots of room. No air conditioning in any of our cars until about 1965 . And mostly no Interstate either. Stopping at the motels like the ones in some of these pics. Looking for a decent place to eat ,no big chain restaurants until Howard Johnsons came along. People were even courteous on the road and would even stop if you were broken down.
How did you survive traveling at a car without air conditioner?
@@gustavoperez5480kick panel vents and opening quarter windows.
@@gustavoperez5480
The same way we survived w/out A/C in our homes! 😉 You chirrens would NEVER understand those days! 😉 🚫A/C 🥵 😅🤣
@@elaineewalt8137 I agree.
My parents and grandparents (on both sides) bought a new car every 1-2 years. So our home movies look just like this. My grandparents always bought Cadillacs.
The 55 Chevy convertible was a 55 Merc, and the 50 ford 4 door was a 55. Correction, 56
After the pari of '59 Fords, the next was not a '59 Ford, but an earlier one perhaps a '56?
@@michaelwaldmeier1601 I think it was a 55. Either way, not a 59
@@PfalzD3 Pretty sure it was a "56...we had a "55 and the tail lights were just a tad different!!
@@usmale49 Could be. It's hard to tell from the Profile, since it was a two year body style.
I own a 56, I couldn't tell from that picture. Either way, It's not a 59. @@usmale49
Thanks for the trip back in time. On road trips, my brother and I would see who could be the first to guess the year and make of the cars coming into view. Couldn't do that with today's models.
Kodachrome was an incredible film. It used a unique dye-transfer rather than dye-coupler process, so the color is almost as durable as an original Technicolor film print.
Thank you for sharing this information that was really informative
Wish to have those good times again
Better days, better cars, a much better America
A better America? Definitely (no Trump in sight), nicer cars which were more fun? Sure! Better cars: No.
See the video on RUclips on a frontal crash between a ‘59 Bel Air and an ‘08 Malibu and it’ll shock you…
Well, friend, you are entitled to your opinion, unlike today where free speech can get you arrested. Yup, a better America way back when.@@intrepidone2796
@@intrepidone2796 I just knew if I scrolled down enough, I would eventually come across a TDS sufferer...
@intrepidone2796 You're wrong about the cars. The cars from the 1950s were definitely built much better then than they are now. I don't believe you about the accident. Of course, it doesn't surprise me that you would lie about that since you're so ignorant about Trump.
@@lynettepalecek3141 Who are you responding to here, your comment makes no sense at all.
I still. Like each one of them.❤👍💯
Though I'm English, when I was a young lad I often used to see American cars in London that were sold by American forces personnel before they returned home after their spell of duty here. Those kind of cars are still a highlight at the many classic car shows held over here, apart from our sports cars we couldn't compete with all those iconic American models.
Lot of great cars. That Lincoln at the start was sure sleek
Love old cars. My family had an early 50's Desoto passed down for generations. Wish we would have kept it. I remember being in it. Was born in 1959.
Now Paul Simon's song makes complete sense. Great job and thanks.
I really like the green 55 Chevy sunliner. Very rare never saw one before.
That was a 1955 Mercury.
@@davidwilk5160 Actually it wasn't even real. It was AI generated like the rest of the video.
Born in 1951 (now 73). Little did we know how good we had it, and how we were the last generation. Thanks for the video!
Born in Dec 52 but I have some wonderful early memories of the fifties.
Got some doozy of a pics of me by 1950s cars when I was a small kid in the late 50s and early 60s.😅
If they still made kodachrome I would go back to film
Though some looked staged as in advert. . A couple have the wrong year posted. I do'nt care in the least! Glorious, glorious, glorious!!
My parents had a White 1950 Mercury when they moved to Tucson in 1954, pulling a 30 ft moving trailer, not many cars could do that today.
Thanks for the memories and video.
Have a great day.
Brought back such good memories. I love Amrican cars from the fifties. My father had a 57 Studebaker Commander. A wonderful car. Before that a 48 Studebaker Land Cruiser.i had a magazine Dells Car book of 58. Unfortunately i tossed it out after school. There were so many makes and models in those days. The cars changed their design each year.
Love the cars of 1950s and 1960s the colors the stylish looks that you know what make it is.Looking at some of the roads and streets, cars back then were very oil leaky LOL.Great video of classic cars in there prime 👍
Manufacturers claim that cars are built " safer " now , they won't admit the cars are UGLY now !!!
They all look alike.... Like they've been pulled through a knothole.
There's no such thing as an unsafe car. It's unsafe drivers.
These older steel monsters are death machines, survival rate in crashes has gone up massively since they started making cars "safer" which means your argument has no leg to stand on, gramps. Also these old cars are absolutely hideous and I wouldn't take one if you gave it to me for free.
@@1940limited
Yup, the guy commenting to your post is likely one of 'em! 😉🤣😂
Except they are safer. Cars in the 50s literally had nothing stopping you from dying in a crash, even a minor one, and were incredibly unsafe because their bodies were made of pure steel including the doors unlike modern cars built with safer materials.
While cars from this era were beautiful yes, it came at a cost. Nowadays cars are much safer and we should be grateful for that.
I miss colored interiors. The last ones I had were the red on my 1988 Dodge Aries K wagon and burgundy on my 1989 Dodge Spirit.
I can remember seeing these jn our neighborhood and some in our driveway my favourite was the 57. Got a new one every 2 yrs.
A handful of them were misidentified, but I really enjoyed seeing this. Thanks you!
Lol, yes...seeing that Merc called a Chevy basically had me questioning everything I'd ever seen or heard in my life. 🤪
YouS welcome.
@@serfcityherewecome8069 Yes because its all fake AI generated images. you can't find these anywhere else because they are not real.
Beauties!! Real cars.
Gives you the greens of summer , The best color transparency film every produced ! I photographed thousands of 3D slides mostly on K64 and a few K25 . My uncle was a photographer and I was amazed at his images from the 40s and 50s on Kodachrome .
The Cars 🚗 Had a Style of Their Own ❤ Them 😊
The 59 Lincoln Continental MK IV is sweet.
Yes and I loved the "Breeze Way" rear window that Mercury also put on some of their models too!!
You're videos are absolutely amazing. Such wonderful days for many...... Thank you again for sharing your videos and content. God bless you 🙏
Back in the sixties I owned a 1955 coup Deville Cadillac, flamingo orange with a continental kit. I really enjoyed that car. I kept it till I had to send it to the auto grave yard.
But..Why?? 😥
I was born in late ‘53, and was always a car-crazy boy.. so I remember well these cars. My Uncle had a new, two-tone ‘57 Chevy. Another Uncle was a prominent physician and alway had a NEW Cadillac every year, and a new Buick Super convertible for my aunt… his wife… every other year. The Buicks and the Caddys both had power windows at the time, which I thought was the coolest invention ever! My own mom & dad had new GM cars throughout most of my growing up years. Great memories in seeing these beautiful, stylish autos again! Thanks… and nicely done!
I lived through and saw most of these Fine rides during my young years. Gimme more!😁
The accompanying music is Awesome. What is it?
The original Kodachrome ( 8 asa ) was an excellent film in sunny conditions ,unsurpassed in my opinion .
I remember my parents had a '53 Buick in the late 50's. It was a TANK!
My brother owned a two-tone green Special or Super in '83, and they STILL WERE!!! 😱😅🤣
The Ami cars of my youth in Zurich! What kind of wonderful automobiles they made: a bygone, hopeful period!!
Never been a “car guy” plus I wasn’t born until 71 so none of these resonate with me (though my dad would have loved these)….but as an amateur photographer I absolutely love the colors from the Kodachrome film. 😀😀
Very enjoyable video. I love the instrumental 'surf rock' with the strong Doo-Wop ties of '50's music. The color is gorgeous. I have to wonder if the blue '59 Cad at 1:55 isn't more recent from the girl's coat. Some model mis-identificarions here. 3:31 id's a '56 Ford as a '59; though there is a yellow '59 in the background. 4:57 id's a '56 Merc Montclair convertible as a '55 Chevy, and a Sunliner in addition. Only Ford's convertibles were Sunliners.
Good job at noticing those, Bob. One more to add...the very last car shown...labeled as a '53, but it's a '54 Chevy.
Wow Kevin, you've really an eagle eye. I can only tell those 2 apart by the taillights, even from the side, but the picture cuts off. It's interesting how the 'white streak' on the rear quarter panel reappears on the '59, but more dramatically on the '60 as a jet trail.. Too bad there's no '58 Impala here. With that model, the C-pillar and rear window from the '53 and '54 reappear on the '58 coupe. It's amazing to me the often brazen mistakes made on these videos. I saw a new one on Desi, Jr. and the narrator was using pictures of Donny Osmond when he appeared on 'Here's Lucy' in '72 (as himself) claiming it was Arnaz. Ummmm, no. They're not the same person!! @@kevinburesh4135
Well, I am only with those two models, Bob. I've owned several of them over the years/decades. The only difference in the bodies are the tailights, as you mentioned, and the front grilles. Yep, Chevy...(as well as the general public)...really liked the look of that painted stripe/trim on the ''53/'54. I saw in a book on the Tri-Five Chevy's, that the designers tried bringing it back on the '56's rear quarter panel. The book included a pic of one early clay mock-up '56....with that stripe, and a different grille. As it turned out, they actually did include it on the '56 Bel-Air...though it runs forward, across the front fender...rather than rearward. I would have liked seeing a '58 Impala, too. It's a great looking model! I currently own a '53 Sport Coupe...which has that 'C pillar' design you mention. I love that look. Even some modern day SUV's have that basic design. Very interesting...on the mistake with Desi Arnaz, Jr.! @@bobpierce115
I know exactly what you mean on the '56, with it across the front fender. I'm glad you own a '53 sport coupe. I'm sorry the tri-5 continues to overshadow them at car shows. As far as the '57's rear quarter panel goes, its sleekness (to me) is an optical illusion. The eye is drawn to the aluminum, which makes the area above and below it narrow also, even though it really isn't, if you see one 'naked' as in being repainted or restored. it's very wide. I wish the '57 had retained the '55-'56 hood ornament instead of the the separate 'gun slits'. Most of all, I HATE the fact so many '57 Chevy convertibles have been ruined by the ugly front and back vertical bumper guards, fender skirts. goofy fender mirrors and that god awful continental kit! I get that these were 'legit' options, but that doesn't mean they don't look! Maybe I'm wrong, but I didn't notice these cars being bogged down with this damn shit in the 1980's. '90's. Absolutely everything that can be ruined, has been ruined. @@kevinburesh4135
Yeah, I'd like to see more 53's and 54's at the Car Shows, also...but, there haven't been very many of them in shows around here, lately. I'm in the process of restoring my '53...and plan on driving it regularly, when it's done. I agree, regarding the excessive add-ons of chromed parts....like bumper and grille guards....and, those ridiculous looking continental kits! ; ) @@bobpierce115
Man, I sure miss my Kodachrome 25 and 64!
in the 50's I was in my 20's and could hardly wait for the look and design of the new models every year ,I owned a used 53 and then a 56 Studebaker called "Power Hawk" color green-white ,which I traded later for a new 58 Chevrolet
Delightful. Brought back memories. I did see a couple of errors in the captions (Mercury identified as Chevy, incorrect year on another Mercury), but loved the images.
I noticed a Chevy marked incorrectly - it said Malibu right on the side!
That would be because none of these are real images, they are all composites generated by AI.
Época Mágica, os carros , as roupas , a arquitetura, as Canções os Grandes músicos e a cultura , obrigado por compartilhar
So many interesting shapes, colours and interiors then. More variety, and flair, than today.
Yes because its all fake AI generated images
4:26 The 53 Merc, convertible looks sweet!
Itza FORD
Look at the round tail lights
@@hotrodray6802 Sho' izz
Beautiful cars! Liked the music too.
Great video. This is the kind of video I had to watch twice. Once for the cars...and again for the houses and scenery behind them. I note 3 errors on car years. Not bad! Still gave you a thumbs up!
None of the images are real, it's all AI generated.
A great photo-gallery of cars when they were beautiful and people when society was still sane.
The video is all fake AI generated images
Isn't that the honest truth!
I really love the paint job on the classic cars
Nice to see the classy cars! I was disappointed that only one Chrysler product made the list.
I did live through the 50s. I think one thing that has been lost is what I would call .."clean and classy". Seems like in our present day people are proud of the fact they can be sloppy looking and accepted. That''s fine...but I grew up seeing the best was always shown to be "clean and classy"
Don't forget about all the litter and trash everywhere now days. You don't see any of that in this video, everywhere is clean and nice, as it should be.
Your absolutely correct in your comment. Slobs and morally defective lowlife's are unfortunately walking around in our sick society. They are repulsive. Stay safe and pure God bless 🙏
And still is.