We had a 1952 Chevy that finally threw a rod at 136,000 miles in 1962. It lasted us ten years, and we genuinely were sorry to see it go! In those days, we little boys would practically get into fights over Ford v Chevy.
Unfortunately the Korean War metal restrictions gave us poor chrome in '52 with clear lacquer instead of triple plate. The grille, parking light housing and taillight bezels quickly rusted.
No doubt that Ford's styling was better than Chevy's from 49 thru 54. I know the Chevy tri 5's are lauded as some of the nicest looking cars ever built during the '50s, I say Ford's styling during the '50s was also very well done.
There was nothing Briliantly New for 52 with Chevy. But they were briliantly new for 55 with all new styling and the new small block 265 V8 that changed automotive history.😂 The small block Chevy the most popular v8 engine ever produced....even to this day.
.....up to 1955, Ford had a serious performance advantage over Chevy and, particularly, Plymouth. However, Chevy and Plymouth had a loyal following of repeat buyers who swore by the dependability and value of their cars. Subjectively, I believe the '52 Ford front end made the Chevy and Plymouth front ends look like trucks
I use to be able to find a filmstrip Chevy did comparing its 52 against fords 52, but it seems to have been taken down. I’m wondering if you have it and if so do you intend to upload it?
@@scrambler69-xk3kv we had Mercury too, and Mercury trucks. Ford of Canada set up two dealer networks....Ford, Monarch and Ford trucks, and Meteor, Mercury and Mercury trucks. The idea was to copy GM, who had Chev/Olds/Chevy trucks and a separate network for Pontiac/Buick/Cadillac/GMC trucks. Meteor was a like a base Mercury and Monarch was a deluxe Ford...they dropped Monarch in 1961 but Meteor went until 1981 as I recall. A half ton Mercury pickup was an M150, up to M250, M350 etc...
I have the 52 Ford vs Plymouth... but not the response... Chevy Film are more rare it seems, I think they did less films. ruclips.net/video/H22zBgF-ACo/видео.html
I think the fed is slowing the rate increases, and will hopefully stop the interest rate increases soon :) unlike 1953. I like the 52 Chevy but I think Ford looked even better. Maybe the film sold me :)
Ofcourse the most important automatic transmissions facts aren't mentioned. The Ford-O-Matic automatic is a fully automatic 3-speed . The Chevrolet Power Glide only has 2 forward speeds which have to be manually selected and shifter. It wouldn't be until the next year that Chevrolet would have a fully automatic transmission, which it would retain through 1964 and Ford didn't even have a 2-speed automatic which was used only in Fords lowest line of cars and Edsels.
@@scrambler69-xk3kv The PowerGlide was always a 2-speed automatic. 1965 was the last year that a PowerGlide had a rear hydraulic pump. so it was the last year a Chevy with that transmission could be push-started. If you wanted a 1965 Chevy with a 3-speed automatic in 1965, you would have had to special-order the TH400 behind the 396 V8, which came out in the later-half of the 1965 model year which is also when the Caprice was introduced. The TH400 was also optional in pick-ups with small-block V8's. All are very rare.
@@scrambler69-xk3kv Ford only had a 2-speed automatic from 1959 to 1964 1/2. It's main applications were, first, Edsel(with any engine), Falcon, Comet, the mid-size Fairlane, some full-size Fords and Mercurys with either the 260 or 292 V8's(maybe even the 352). It even made it into the 1964 1/2 Mustang with the 260 V8. Ford-O-Matic was what Ford named it's automatic transmissions and were 3-speeds until the Cruise-O-Matic was introduced in 1958. And, yes, I have worked on all these Ford automatics so I know what I am talking about.
Okay how in the heck did Ford find out so many intimate engineering details about their competitors? Some of the stuff they talk about the engine and suspension could not be determined simply by buying a car and taking it apart.
For years the manufactures gave each other complimentary cars. And even if they did not, they would simply buy a competing make and take it apart to examine. So, they just gave each other cars.
However, Powerglide production is limited to the racing and restoration markets. It hasn't been used in new mass-production vehicles since the early 1970s. GM kept their two-speed automatics in production longer than either Ford or Chrysler.
@@fairfaxcat1312 Torqueflite didn't come to market until the '56 Imperials, '57 for other models, and Powerflite still available until 1960 in some low-line models.
We had a 1952 Chevy that finally threw a rod at 136,000 miles in 1962. It lasted us ten years, and we genuinely were sorry to see it go! In those days, we little boys would practically get into fights over Ford v Chevy.
Must have been rough on your parents? :)
Gawd..what would my life be without water proof ignition and Hotchkiss drive?..it's a miracle I'd be born at all..Robert at 68.
Unfortunately the Korean War metal restrictions gave us poor chrome in '52 with clear lacquer instead of triple plate. The grille, parking light housing and taillight bezels quickly rusted.
No doubt that Ford's styling was better than Chevy's from 49 thru 54.
I know the Chevy tri 5's are lauded as some of the nicest looking cars ever built during the '50s, I say Ford's styling during the '50s was also very well done.
Ford also beat the beloved 1957 Chevy Belair in sales that year.
Well I'm going to run, not walk, to my local Ford dealer and buy a '52 today!
Sorry, you're a bit too late. 😁
There was nothing Briliantly New for 52 with Chevy. But they were briliantly new for 55 with all new styling and the new small block 265 V8 that changed automotive history.😂 The small block Chevy the most popular v8 engine ever produced....even to this day.
Ford did outsell Chevrolet in 1957 believe it or not. And I have to admit that hearing small block Chevrolet really got old over the years.
22:44 lmao .....🧐 yeeesssss the differences between them is _Staggering_ 😂
I gots to give it to FORD for 52' regarding styling.😁🏆
Ford's automatic is a three speed, Chevy only has two speeds.
.....up to 1955, Ford had a serious performance advantage over Chevy and, particularly, Plymouth. However, Chevy and Plymouth had a loyal following of repeat buyers who swore by the dependability and value of their cars. Subjectively, I believe the '52 Ford front end made the Chevy and Plymouth front ends look like trucks
I use to be able to find a filmstrip Chevy did comparing its 52 against fords 52, but it seems to have been taken down. I’m wondering if you have it and if so do you intend to upload it?
No don't have it... the early 50's stuff is fairly rare... these were 16 inch transcription records... a pita to digitize.
Apparently no one caught the labeling of the car shown 4:18 as a Plymouth instead of as a Chevrolet😂
yeah these were created by hand of course so someone had a bad monday... said F it... :)
Borrowed from the Ford vs. Plymouth film that probably came earlier.
@@monkmchorning yeah people didn't have photoshop back in the 50s... this was all hand placed text.
@@autochronicles8667 hand-spliced film, too.
In Canada, the Ford had a twin called Meteor, (Ford Division in Canada), Pontiacs in Canada, were rebadged Chevrolets, and not U.S Pontiacs.
Not quite....Canadian Pontiacs used Chevy chassis, but had Pontiac bodies, shorter than the US models with no wide track
@@jimeditorial had Chevy motors with horrible powerglide tran.
@@paulsheehan5010 yep. Dad had a 63 and a 65 Parisienne....2 speeds and a 283
In the US we had Mercury during this time.
@@scrambler69-xk3kv we had Mercury too, and Mercury trucks. Ford of Canada set up two dealer networks....Ford, Monarch and Ford trucks, and Meteor, Mercury and Mercury trucks. The idea was to copy GM, who had Chev/Olds/Chevy trucks and a separate network for Pontiac/Buick/Cadillac/GMC trucks. Meteor was a like a base Mercury and Monarch was a deluxe Ford...they dropped Monarch in 1961 but Meteor went until 1981 as I recall. A half ton Mercury pickup was an M150, up to M250, M350 etc...
Chevy rake lining is bonded, Ford rivited.
I was waiting for them to introduce the bridge in Brooklyn they wanted to sell..
These cars were produced by little old ladys from pasedena :)
I'd rather have a '52 🇨🇦Meteor
Ford had a three speed auto. funny how it started in second gear.
Depended on where you placed the gear selector.
Freee Turning Valves ???
yeah they SPIN! :)
Who forgot to change photo title to match the car - Plymouth @ time mark 4:21 ? it's supposed to say: Chevrolet
Yeah... someone screwed up... didn't have their coffee that morning :)
Are there any 52 Chevrolet dealer films comparing the Chevy to the Ford? I wonder what Chevy's view was.
I have the 52 Ford vs Plymouth... but not the response... Chevy Film are more rare it seems, I think they did less films. ruclips.net/video/H22zBgF-ACo/видео.html
Ford wins.
I'd buy a Ford, but i was born in 1958.
And here we are exactly 70 years later heading into another recession. Have to wonder why anyone bought a 52 Chevy when the Ford was so much better!
I think the fed is slowing the rate increases, and will hopefully stop the interest rate increases soon :) unlike 1953. I like the 52 Chevy but I think Ford looked even better. Maybe the film sold me :)
Ofcourse the most important automatic transmissions facts aren't mentioned. The Ford-O-Matic automatic is a fully automatic 3-speed . The Chevrolet Power Glide only has 2 forward speeds which have to be manually selected and shifter. It wouldn't be until the next year that Chevrolet would have a fully automatic transmission, which it would retain through 1964 and Ford didn't even have a 2-speed automatic which was used only in Fords lowest line of cars and Edsels.
We had a 1965 Bel Air with a 230 six and a powerglide.
@@scrambler69-xk3kv The PowerGlide was always a 2-speed automatic. 1965 was the last year that a PowerGlide had a rear hydraulic pump. so it was the last year a Chevy with that transmission could be push-started. If you wanted a 1965 Chevy with a 3-speed automatic in 1965, you would have had to special-order the TH400 behind the 396 V8, which came out in the later-half of the 1965 model year which is also when the Caprice was introduced. The TH400 was also optional in pick-ups with small-block V8's. All are very rare.
Ford had a two speed automatic for years It was called the Ford O Matic.
@@scrambler69-xk3kv Ford only had a 2-speed automatic from 1959 to 1964 1/2. It's main applications were, first, Edsel(with any engine), Falcon, Comet, the mid-size Fairlane, some full-size Fords and Mercurys with either the 260 or 292 V8's(maybe even the 352). It even made it into the 1964 1/2 Mustang with the 260 V8.
Ford-O-Matic was what Ford named it's automatic transmissions and were 3-speeds until the Cruise-O-Matic was introduced in 1958.
And, yes, I have worked on all these Ford automatics so I know what I am talking about.
Ford pioneered a new styling concept for 1952--trapezoids and parallelograms! GM and Chrysler wouldn't catch on til 1955.
Hell who knew, I'm not getting 25.6 mpg yet!
Studebaker Champion for me :)
Is that a Plymouth or a Chebby? @4:16
yeah i caught that also... the guy making the film was like "f it"... use the old slide from the plymouth version :)
Why you putting Plymouth
Why is it I don't see 1950's Ford Lowriders? I see alot of Chevy 1950's Lowriders
eh theres a lot of custom early fords..
Latino's have always loved Chevies.
Okay how in the heck did Ford find out so many intimate engineering details about their competitors? Some of the stuff they talk about the engine and suspension could not be determined simply by buying a car and taking it apart.
For years the manufactures gave each other complimentary cars. And even if they did not, they would simply buy a competing make and take it apart to examine. So, they just gave each other cars.
@@scrambler69-xk3kv Sure but some of the stuff they talk about could not be determined simply by buying a car and taking it apart.
Power Glide transmissions are still being manufactured today in 2022. The Fordomatic Transmission? No.
However, Powerglide production is limited to the racing and restoration markets. It hasn't been used in new mass-production vehicles since the early 1970s. GM kept their two-speed automatics in production longer than either Ford or Chrysler.
You mean Powerslide or 'slip or 'slush
@@peterkarbowski9375 "Slip-n-slide" "Powerglide". The good ole' days. Cheers.
Powerglide was not as good as Torqueflight.
@@fairfaxcat1312 Torqueflite didn't come to market until the '56 Imperials, '57 for other models, and Powerflite still available until 1960 in some low-line models.
CHEVROLET equals, Cheap Hardly Efficient Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time.
I dunno. I have a 2000 Astro van with 280,000 miles, original engine, still going strong.
I had no idea that only fools bought 52 Chevys
whoa them's fighting words :)
They call chevy of Plymouth !kkkkk
I don't which was the better car but the Chevy was more handsome IMHO.
that will start a fight :)
From 1946 through 1953 Chebys were frumpy and homely. The numbers of hot rods and show cars tells the story.@@autochronicles8667
Chevy looked old
Both cars are ugly.