Born in 1950 also. I tend to remember the cars more than their owners. I honestly can't remember a time when so many things in this country were all screwed up at the same time.
Yeah Me too born June 28, 1950 when this video was uploaded. My Father was in Sales and got a new car every two years - we had a 55-57-Chevy Belair - Gas Wars during the 50's could pay as little at 21 cents a gallon. Went to the Saturday Matinee Movies for 10 cents back then. $1.00 went much further and worth so much more then. Even late 50's could get a Micky D's Burger Fries and Coke for less than US$1.00 Strawberry Milkshake was 25 cents
I beat ya by 15 yeqrs but you are right about everything else. I owned 4 of the 50's cars, 2 53 Fords, a 50 Ford and a 55 Pontiac THEY ALL HAD WING WINDOWS, manual roll up/down side windows and key doorlocks . LOLOL DEFINITELY A BETTER TIME THAN NOW..
@@frederickwise5238 My dad had a '55 Pontiac station wagon. Basically, the wagon was very similar to the '55 Chevy wagon. My mom hated the color (red/white); so what a relief it was when dad bought a '63 tempest Safari wagon, bronze in color. Fast, beautiful little wagon. great memories.
@@mdogg1604 Many is the time I wished I had waited for the 63 and the 326. Apr 62, I bought a 62 Lemans convert .Wht/red interior blk top. 4cyl. but it would outrun F85 V8s.(well I had done "a few things" to it. LOL) 262,820 miles when I let it go. Loved that car.
A great time when people dressed classy, acted normal believed in real education and real family and worked and, I was born in the 50's with 7 siblings and two parents and lived for a short while in a two bedroom house, I would never trade those memories for anything
You had to go to the circus and the sideshow to see tattoo or piercing freaks. Or 450 lb. beauties. Today you just have to visit the local supermarket or turn on the TV to see them all.
Bingo, spot on! I was born in early 1944. I didn't see my father until he left the Navy in 1948. I do remember when he brought home a brand new gray/over white 1950 Nash Statesman Airflyte...the 'bathtub'. At 79, I can't remember what I did yesterday, but I can vividly, and with great enjoyment, remember events from the 1950's. Will someone invent a time machine so I can go back? Don't wait up for me if I do go back!.
The 50s! We did not know how good it was until we see the mess it is today. My first car, a 1950 Ford. V8 coupe 2 door. I would trade my new car now for that car.
BOY DO I MISS THESE CARS,BUILT LIKE A TANK AND EASY TO WORK ON.AC WAS A 440,YOU DROVE 40 MILES WITH ALL 4 WINDOWS DOWN.PLUS GAS WAS CHEAP. GOOD VIDEO ,THANK FOR THE TIME TRIP,I NEEDED IT. GOD BLESS
I think about my childhood alot...My best days were up until I was about 10 years old...After that not so much...I miss my first cat I ever had and how mom and dad were...I miss them Christmases too...But time changes and we must move on rather we want to or not.
@@DM-dn7rf I didn't mean that to be in all respects of life, I just feel family life has been taken over by a different type of technological age. Definitely different stresses with each generation. Just the quality of the cars back then the excitement of inventions to make life easier.... Now they develop technology to invade our privacy, like through PC's TV, cell phones, that's what I'm getting at. The 50's was a more innocent age for children growing up. Middle class families existed and you could afford to buy a home. My parents paid $16,000. For a brand new 3 bdrm home on a double lot in 1963. Today that home cost over 2 million. Futures of the next generation is scary not to mention the future in general. Sorry to have mislead anyone.
@@DM-dn7rf Maybe not for everyone DM, but back then approximately 80% of the population had a high opinion of the federal government and of the country in general, whereas today that figure is essentially reversed as only about 20% of the population believes that the country is on the right track. And back then the middle class was making great economic strides, whereas today it has been stagnant for almost 50 years. Little wonder then why so many people are nostalgic for that time period.
@@DM-dn7rf wow, learn it doctor...I grew up in the 1950's, isn't that just the wow factor statement to hail all others. Maybe you could stop pretending to be someone born then and just say that you hate the past because you have no concept of what it really was.
At 5:18 it was nice to remember the bug shields on the front grilles. I had forgotten all about them as well as the side vent windows. We had plastic frost shields on the side windows here in Canada. I have always thought that the car culture of the 1950s would have been a lot of fun.
Those Dies for those body parts were done basicly by hand, and you hadvto finish those parts at a certain deadline, don't matter if it was the ash tray or the fender, we worked most times 120hrs per week, we were tough in those days, or made us tough
When cars had flair and style, the opposite of today's all look-alikes. And when ladies looked and dressed to flatter their figures, rather than having to hide 70 lbs. of body fat under loose tops and dresses.
Don't forget all the tattoos people have nowdays.i would have liked to have seen some colored people in those clips cause that was what we were called in those days.my aunt had a 55 Ford 2 door and her husband George used to love to go to southern Maryland so he could fish off the dock in lower Marlboro.stay safe people.
I too am a 50's kid! I love these photos! In fact I love old photos! Therefore i love your channel! How do you find so many? Yard sales? Flea markets? It must be fun to track down photos and then organizing them into a video!! I also find the accompanying music very appropriate and soothing! Thanks for all your hard work that goes into making your videos!! I look forward to many more!
Great video. The simplicity is perfect for the era. There's one thing I wish that had been included. I don't know all the different cars. A three second title with Make, Model, and Year would be interesting.
I am so happy to see you got your channel back. I love the vintage photography clips. If I could talk my aunt into giving me all of the vintage photography that my grandparents have accumulated I'd send them to you for you to choose from. Most of their photos are early 1900's - 1980's Missouri and Kansas and Arkansas areas including Route 66.
Man, oh man those cars were built solid, roomy and common folks could actually work on them. I remember my uncles always tinkering with them trying to modify them. The family's Sunday drives were something to look forward to. Can we get a do over?
Why Take A Picture Of Today's Vehicles When They ALL Look Virtually The Same. Not Just BAD, But Also ANGRY, UGLY, EVIL, And DOWN RIGHT HIDEOUS... And It's Reflected In The ATTITUDES A Lot Of People Have As Well. Back In The 50's Cars Had A Happier Looking "FACE" To The Front Of Them. Not A Ball Of Plastic Today With A Choice Of Only 4-Colors And GRIM Intimidating Nasty Frown...
I was raised in the South, in the 1950s. No polio, no whooping cough. Maybe the best time ever to be a kid. I remember these cars vividly, and the gigantic super-humans who drove them. When I was, say eight or ten years old, everything and everybody seemed huge. At the neighborhood dime store, there was penny candy and a Three Musketeers candy bar cost a nickle. They were even still running "Commando Cody" movie serials every Saturday, with that day's cowboy movie. Alas. How did I suddenly become an old guy, creaking around, bemoaning the lost days of youth.
Interesting to me that I did not see a single bit of rust on any of the cars from road salt. I guess it was not used yet at that time. Then again, maybe people had enough sense to slow down in slippery conditions.
Jean, I'd west in the 60s people had a summer and a winter car. When the salt went on the roads drove their winter car Several times over the Winter put it up on the rack, steam cleaning and spraying Rustoleum.
Most of these cars were probably new or only a few years old when the owners posed for photos with them. I doubt they would want to show off a rusty vehicle in pictures.
In the 50's automobile body panels were formed from Thick sheet steel so rusting was a slow process and less common in the south. A friend of mine started working at a GM assembly plant in the 60's and told me that the body finishers on the assembly line had to attend courses every year as the panels were fabricated from thinner and thinner metal.
You'd have had to go to the circus to see blobs of fat wallowing around, or tattoo freaks or piercings freak. Today a trip to the local supermarket will do it.
@@davidmitchell6873 maybe he's not sad. He's just telling it like it is. Are we supposed to jump up and down and say Yippee at this modern day public freakshow ?
My favorite picture - the lady holding the chunk of snow- it's quite a souvenir! Did that car have an air conditioner? If not I'm thinking leaving the windows down and heater off and hurrying home might have made it last!?😊😛😀 !!JK!! Man, these pictures do bring back memories! There's a picture of my dad in my mom's cedar chest showing him standing next to his black and white Ford sedan, snow shovel in hand. Thanks for this trip down memory lane, YTT!! Much appreciated!!
No factory air conditioner. Packard had one of the first "factory air" units in 1939 but did not resume offering it after WWII until 1954. The model shown is not only a 1952 year, but the lower 200 model which would unlikely have been the price of car to have an aftermarket air conditioner installed after purchase. That car shown cost just over $2500. Good aftermarket air conditioning cost $500 plus. A T burke
@@atburke6258 I would say that the Packard is a 1951 model year, not that it matters much as both years look very similar in design with one notable difference being that the '51 200 had only one chrome side strip upfront whereas the '52 200 had one upfront and one placed on the back end.
@@8176morgan Good catch with your young eyes. I think both years had only the front for the base 200 but the 1952 had a 200 deluxe model that included three chrome pieces on the rear fender. I'm quite elderly and my memory is fading but I looked at a few 1952 advertising pieces that would confirm this. A T Burke
@@atburke6258 If you call being aged 63 young, then I take that as a compliment. The only reason that I was able to differentiate the two years was because I often read the Old Motor News, which is a free daily website, and some of the readers there are real sharp so I pick up a lot of details regarding American cars. You might be interested in checking it out and learning a few new things.
@@8176morgan Complimentary?... Maybe but certainly envious. 63 was a loooooooooong time ago. And no, I was not 63 in the 1950s. I just look that way. A T Burke
I wonder how many of the cars still exist today? The Colour really brings the images alive from the rounded late 40s and early 50s with basic colours moving towards two tones of the late 50s with the fins
Some still exist....maybe in not so great shape....but in Havana, Cuba, there are lots of old American cars sputtering about. For a price you can rent a driver and tool around the city, pretending you're a rich American tourist in the 1950s before the mob fled and the city was still beautiful and not in the shape it is now...falling into the ground.
A T -- Check out your local car clubs, especially the local/regional chapter of the Antique Automobile Club of America. There are many hot rod/custom clubs, but those cars don't look the same. Old car people are friendly.
Love my ride i only go to drive in movies kruze on nice days makes my day when someone says thats a sick ride i still have the first car i had and got my license in its allmost 50 years old hope i can drive it till i die !
Yes the 1950 Crestliner model. Lost the design in 1953, but has a great variation in 1952 with a slightly altered shape that follows the line more. Came in about 16 combinations mainly mint green/red, mint green/black, red/black, yellow beige/black, metallic gray/red, and one with this gorgeous blue color.
I have seen and enjoyed your videos immensely. Thank you. Evrytime I hear that little tune..I know I'm into something good. Have you done a video on first time in military uniform to honor our vets?
Such pretty elegant automobiles. Cool people that remind me of my own family photos. What do I do with them all? Donate to a museum? Does anyone have this issue?
Antique malls and shops are full of abandoned family photos, with boxes full of "instant relatives" to choose from. You could offer them to an antique dealer, but you may get little if anything for them--most sell for a buck or two, if they sell at all, but at least they won't be thrown out. The best photos (and slides) are those vintage featuring cars and related historical Americana, or cool fashions, in good condition, good focus & contrast, etc. You might get a bit more for those, but little or nothing for typical family portraits & snaps, out-of-focus vacation and scenery pix. Doubtful if a museum would be interested unless they're historically important.
Seeing these massive cars is weird. Here in Italy in the 50s we had the 500, the 600 and the 1100, alongside other similar models. If you're into these kind of cars you'll know that they weren't designed to be big, the exact opposite (mainly because here in Italy we have narrower streets). American cars from that time are freakin ocean liners on wheels
Hi Momo ! I'm italo franco inglese, living in France. You're right for italian cars but it was almost the same in France or England. In the 1950s you had the rear enginered 4CV Renault with 4 doors (french are less fond of 2-door cars) and of course the Citroën 2CV. In Britain the little Austin A30/35 was cute, then came the practical A40 Farina, and the technically advanced Austin Seven "Mini", followed by the medium size 1100/1300, both of them had an Italian version built by Innocenti, as you know ! I would so love to go for a walk or drive in the Italy of the Dolce Vita and in the Swinging London of the 60s...😉
@@boreal75 european attitude towards cars has always been totally different from the american one. We built small cars that were meant to fit into narrow spaces and at the same time carry a family of five, they said "my neighbor has a big car, I MUST HAVE IT BIGGER!"
I noticed a lot of that light green color in some of those cars. It reminded me that we had a car close to that color back in 1958. I don't remember what kind, though. About the only ones I could easily recognize were Cadillacs with those tail fins. We couldn't exactly afford one of those, though.
Color theory of the 1950's showcased mints to alpine blues being the most popular color, then tinted rose and soft winter reds, then dark green, then metallics (shimmer gold, forest green iridescent, frost yellow, magnite blue), then yellows, (coastal colors were always top) then into muted blue grays/green grays, and finally darker reds, blues, and black/white.
Im only 24 years old in 2 days but dam how i wish i could have been alive in the 50s only for the cars!!! My dream vehicle is a '55 or '57 Chevy Bel Air hard top 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
All those people who spoke out about it was ok to be all about me me me, throwing out the bras, just wanting to come out of the closet nothing more, freedom in sex, and more. Today is where we are at as a result. Not as nice a place to be or raise a family.
I wonder if people at this time enjoyed cars design as much as us today, seeing them as classic and vintage cars. Considering they was recent at this time (the cars). Maybe the mentality wasn't the same about the pride to get one and that today, it is so usual to have a car that most of people are not able to enjoy it like before. And the cars are not the same. I don't think today's people will remember current cars like people did with currents cars from decades ago. Anyway, it certainly was a great time I did not live myself.
If this was what you saw on the roads and would have been riding in yourself in day to day life......I'm so jealous!!!! The 50s made some of the most stylish and beautiful vehicles! I still hope I can own a '55 or '57 Chevy Bel Air hard top one day before I die! Bel Air is my DREAM VEHICLE! Running or Not lol
If you noticed only the expensive cars had whitewalls. Today you go to car shows and many cars have tons of options they never left the factory with. My favorite is the rubber tipped bumperette on 1957 Chevies. I only saw one rubber tipped 57 Chevy as a kid in the 50's. At car shows they all have them. Another thing I noticed was the overwhelming number of 4 door cars. Like today. Most cars were just transportation. It wasn't until the late 50's and 60's pizzazz sold the car.
Born in 1950,best time to be a kid. I remember these cars and the people who drove them. Definitely a better time and place than where we are now!
Born in 1950 also. I tend to remember the cars more than their owners. I honestly can't remember a time when so many things in this country were all screwed up at the same time.
Yeah Me too born June 28, 1950 when this video was uploaded. My Father was in Sales and got a new car every two years - we had a 55-57-Chevy Belair - Gas Wars during the 50's could pay as little at 21 cents a gallon. Went to the Saturday Matinee Movies for 10 cents back then. $1.00 went much further and worth so much more then. Even late 50's could get a Micky D's Burger Fries and Coke for less than US$1.00 Strawberry Milkshake was 25 cents
I beat ya by 15 yeqrs but you are right about everything else. I owned 4 of the 50's cars, 2 53 Fords, a 50 Ford and a 55 Pontiac THEY ALL HAD WING WINDOWS, manual roll up/down side windows and key doorlocks . LOLOL
DEFINITELY A BETTER TIME THAN NOW..
@@frederickwise5238 My dad had a '55 Pontiac station wagon. Basically, the wagon was very similar to the '55 Chevy wagon. My mom hated the color (red/white); so what a relief it was when dad bought a '63 tempest Safari wagon, bronze in color. Fast, beautiful little wagon. great memories.
@@mdogg1604 Many is the time I wished I had waited for the 63 and the 326. Apr 62, I bought a 62 Lemans convert .Wht/red interior blk top. 4cyl. but it would outrun F85 V8s.(well I had done "a few things" to it. LOL) 262,820 miles when I let it go. Loved that car.
REAL cars and a much better world then!
Death machines and Jim Crow!!
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Right Great Grandpa, let’s get you ‘to bed.
Wonderful times. Nothing like today. I would go back in a heartbeat.
>>>DITTO
Take me with you!
Sorry, there is no time but the present. Happy memories are nice so why not try to enjoy making more of them today and store them up for tomorrow.
Beautiful cars. Nothing like them anymore.
A great time when people dressed classy, acted normal believed in real education and real family and worked and, I was born in the 50's with 7 siblings and two parents and lived for a short while in a two bedroom house, I would never trade those memories for anything
You had to go to the circus and the sideshow to see tattoo or piercing freaks. Or 450 lb. beauties. Today you just have to visit the local supermarket or turn on the TV to see them all.
@@henryhorner3182 The west is truly collapsing, actually it has collapsed
That feeling that the best was yet to come!
When I read your comment, all that came to mind was Gargoyle screaming that at a cpac.
@@dr.OgataSerizawa You a "doctor" in BS???
The music is perfect for these old pics! Love the videos of a much simpler time......
That '59 Impala!! All-time favorite car!
Bingo, spot on! I was born in early 1944. I didn't see my father until he left the Navy in 1948. I do remember when he brought home a brand new gray/over white 1950 Nash Statesman Airflyte...the 'bathtub'. At 79, I can't remember what I did yesterday, but I can vividly, and with great enjoyment, remember events from the 1950's. Will someone invent a time machine so I can go back? Don't wait up for me if I do go back!.
Wow wonderful congratulations friends 😀👍👏👏👏👏👏
Oh the 50’s…the dream era to be alive in.
Well said!
The 50s! We did not know how good it was until we see the mess it is today. My first car, a 1950 Ford. V8 coupe 2 door. I would trade my new car now for that car.
What a collection! Always fun to see the old cars before they were old.
One of the best. Real people and real cars. A trip to the living past. Thank you
BOY DO I MISS THESE CARS,BUILT LIKE A TANK AND EASY TO WORK ON.AC WAS A 440,YOU DROVE 40 MILES WITH ALL 4 WINDOWS DOWN.PLUS GAS WAS CHEAP. GOOD VIDEO ,THANK FOR THE TIME TRIP,I NEEDED IT. GOD BLESS
My dad had a 59 caddy when I was a kid...bought it new......we would go for country cruises after dinner...wonderful memories.
Great Tune
I think about my childhood alot...My best days were up until I was about 10 years old...After that not so much...I miss my first cat I ever had and how mom and dad were...I miss them Christmases too...But time changes and we must move on rather we want to or not.
Kelly, I hear you , loud and clear. Your post might almost have been mine. Thanks.
@@robheidel5627
Mine, too…
Loved seeing several Packards in the mix today! Always love the music. :-)
Good times Good People Good cars.
My God if we could only go back, the pride in family and American life is being lost through the ages. 😢
It wasn't better back then. I grew up during the 1950s.
@@DM-dn7rf I didn't mean that to be in all respects of life, I just feel family life has been taken over by a different type of technological age. Definitely different stresses with each generation. Just the quality of the cars back then the excitement of inventions to make life easier.... Now they develop technology to invade our privacy, like through PC's TV, cell phones, that's what I'm getting at. The 50's was a more innocent age for children growing up. Middle class families existed and you could afford to buy a home. My parents paid $16,000. For a brand new 3 bdrm home on a double lot in 1963. Today that home cost over 2 million. Futures of the next generation is scary not to mention the future in general. Sorry to have mislead anyone.
@@DM-dn7rf Yes it was. You are wrong and a hater. Go away.
@@DM-dn7rf Maybe not for everyone DM, but back then approximately 80% of the population had a high opinion of the federal government and of the country in general, whereas today that figure is essentially reversed as only about 20% of the population believes that the country is on the right track. And back then the middle class was making great economic strides, whereas today it has been stagnant for almost 50 years. Little wonder then why so many people are nostalgic for that time period.
@@DM-dn7rf wow, learn it doctor...I grew up in the 1950's, isn't that just the wow factor statement to hail all others. Maybe you could stop pretending to be someone born then and just say that you hate the past because you have no concept of what it really was.
Simplesmente espetacular, adoro fotos antigas que envolvem carros. Essas fotos são colirio para meus fracos olhos.
Best days ever
Mom and Dad's era, so cool. Thank you for an emotional ride into their time.RIP, I love you both, I miss you.🙏
Thanks once more for a fascinating look at times gone by. ❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing with us 🙃Classy lady at 7.10 😍
Their pride and joys......
Thanks for the memories.
A couple of Eastern Bloc cars were in that video: an East German Wartburg at 7:50, and a Soviet Moskvich at 8:28.
Thank you!
At 5:18 it was nice to remember the bug shields on the front grilles. I had forgotten all about them as well as the side vent windows. We had plastic frost shields on the side windows here in Canada. I have always thought that the car culture of the 1950s would have been a lot of fun.
Love these old photos of "The Way We Were" back then when life was simple and easy. Makes me realize I should have been born 100 years ago~!!
Nice video , Thanks for posting !!
Wonderful to watch!!!! Fantastic and the music is great too!
leaving the rose tinted glasses aside the cars had a style and class that seems lost today and the colours
Automotive artwork- just splendid. Thank's for this.
Those Dies for those body parts were done basicly by hand, and you hadvto finish those parts at a certain deadline, don't matter if it was the ash tray or the fender, we worked most times 120hrs per week, we were tough in those days, or made us tough
will always like the fins and the2 tones :)
When cars had flair and style, the opposite of today's all look-alikes. And when ladies looked and dressed to flatter their figures, rather than having to hide 70 lbs. of body fat under loose tops and dresses.
Yep, three ladies at 4.20 were in good shape!
Sad that most of the fabulous examples were not included.
Don't forget all the tattoos people have nowdays.i would have liked to have seen some colored people in those clips cause that was what we were called in those days.my aunt had a 55 Ford 2 door and her husband George used to love to go to southern Maryland so he could fish off the dock in lower Marlboro.stay safe people.
Estou aqui no Brasil assistindo seus vídeos.
Gosto de assistir , é como reviver aquela época de ouro.
Parabéns.
I was raised in that age, yes we lived a great life then
What a car culture , my first car was a 1950 Ford bought it from my older brother , great memories
I always wanted a 1950 Ford because I was born that year and my Mom's maiden name was Ford... one of those dreams I never got around to.
I too am a 50's kid! I love these photos! In fact I love old photos! Therefore i love your channel! How do you find so many? Yard sales? Flea markets? It must be fun to track down photos and then organizing them into a video!! I also find the accompanying music very appropriate and soothing! Thanks for all your hard work that goes into making your videos!! I look forward to many more!
Interesting collection. Thank you for sharing!
Good times.
Love the bug screen on that Ford… remember those and curb feelers.
Great video. The simplicity is perfect for the era. There's one thing I wish that had been included. I don't know all the different cars. A three second title with Make, Model, and Year would be interesting.
My mom had the exact same Ford shown starting at 0:20, same color too. 1950...standard on the column. Great memories.
3 on the tree. Great memories.
Great cars!😃
Notice how the skies were .
No CHEM TRAILS like now
A transistor radio, my car and a cigarette. All's right with the world.
I am so happy to see you got your channel back. I love the vintage photography clips. If I could talk my aunt into giving me all of the vintage photography that my grandparents have accumulated I'd send them to you for you to choose from. Most of their photos are early 1900's - 1980's Missouri and Kansas and Arkansas areas including Route 66.
Next time you’re at your aunts’ place, just pocket a few. No biggy….
I was a teen in the fifties best decade of the last century.
Rock & roll baby!
@@marvinwilson4944 wasn't exactly rock and roll per say, more elegant and dignified.
Oh those "Shoe Box" Fords!
That was especially enjoyable as I am an old car nut! Thanks 🚗
Man, oh man those cars were built solid, roomy and common folks could actually work on them. I remember my uncles always tinkering with them trying to modify them. The family's Sunday drives were something to look forward to. Can we get a do over?
peoples have pleasant life and was more happy than current generation
This is really well done,I feel like I'm riding in the back of the 59 Ford Ranch wagon.
Folks were proud of their cars back then... nobody takes pictures in front of their cars anymore
Yes, they do, as the repo man is towing it away and they are trying to stop him.
Why Take A Picture Of Today's Vehicles When They ALL Look Virtually The Same. Not Just BAD, But Also ANGRY, UGLY, EVIL, And DOWN RIGHT HIDEOUS... And It's Reflected In The ATTITUDES A Lot Of People Have As Well. Back In The 50's Cars Had A Happier Looking "FACE" To The Front Of Them. Not A Ball Of Plastic Today With A Choice Of Only 4-Colors And GRIM Intimidating Nasty Frown...
Now car's are no different than household appliances.
@@davemckolanis4683 that's because t0day's cars resembIe ap0caIyptic times and aIike
Personas orgullosas de sus coches en una epoca donde todo era sencillo y una vida tranquila, producto del trabajo y la union de la familia
You said it familly union
@@klausuhlig7141 yes friend...
Right now, my biggest goal is that I’m going to buy one of these cars
Fascinating to me is the size difference between American and European cars. Nothing has changed in 70 years.
I would love.to go back in time a clean world with values better place to raise my.son
This was such a thing. We found home movies & lots of photos of them all standing near their cars. 😂
I was raised in the South, in the 1950s. No polio, no whooping cough. Maybe the best time ever to be a kid. I remember these cars vividly, and the gigantic super-humans who drove them. When I was, say eight or ten years old, everything and everybody seemed huge. At the neighborhood dime store, there was penny candy and a Three Musketeers candy bar cost a nickle. They were even still running "Commando Cody" movie serials every Saturday, with that day's cowboy movie. Alas. How did I suddenly become an old guy, creaking around, bemoaning the lost days of youth.
I like the music too !
Interesting to me that I did not see a single bit of rust on any of the cars from road salt. I guess it was not used yet at that time. Then again, maybe people had enough sense to slow down in slippery conditions.
Widespread usage of road salt began in the 1940s. Mostly in the northern states.
Jean, I'd west in the 60s people had a summer and a winter car. When the salt went on the roads drove their winter car
Several times over the Winter put it up on the rack, steam cleaning and spraying Rustoleum.
Most of these cars were probably new or only a few years old when the owners posed for photos with them. I doubt they would want to show off a rusty vehicle in pictures.
In the 50's automobile body panels were formed from Thick sheet steel so rusting was a slow process and less common in the south. A friend of mine started working at a GM assembly plant in the 60's and told me that the body finishers on the assembly line had to attend courses every year as the panels were fabricated from thinner and thinner metal.
Late fifties mopars were starting to rust in a couple of years.
NICE, THANKS FOR POSTING . . . I'LL TAKE THE '57 BEL-AIR AND THE '57 FORD!!
What a beautiful time it must have been. They need to invent time machines already.
You'd have had to go to the circus to see blobs of fat wallowing around, or tattoo freaks or piercings freak. Today a trip to the local supermarket will do it.
Henry what makes you so sad?
Josh - yes, it was.
@@davidmitchell6873 The sadness of freaks becoming the norm?
@@davidmitchell6873 maybe he's not sad. He's just telling it like it is. Are we supposed to jump up and down and say Yippee at this modern day public freakshow ?
My favorite picture - the lady holding the chunk of snow- it's quite a souvenir! Did that car have an air conditioner? If not I'm thinking leaving the windows down and heater off and hurrying home might have made it last!?😊😛😀 !!JK!! Man, these pictures do bring back memories! There's a picture of my dad in my mom's cedar chest showing him standing next to his black and white Ford sedan, snow shovel in hand.
Thanks for this trip down memory lane, YTT!! Much appreciated!!
No factory air conditioner. Packard had one of the first "factory air" units in 1939 but did not resume offering it after WWII until 1954. The model shown is not only a 1952 year, but the lower 200 model which would unlikely have been the price of car to have an aftermarket air conditioner installed after purchase. That car shown cost just over $2500. Good aftermarket air conditioning cost $500 plus.
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@@atburke6258 I would say that the Packard is a 1951 model year, not that it matters much as both years look very similar in design with one notable difference being that the '51 200 had only one chrome side strip upfront whereas the '52 200 had one upfront and one placed on the back end.
@@8176morgan Good catch with your young eyes. I think both years had only the front for the base 200 but the 1952 had a 200 deluxe model that included three chrome pieces on the rear fender. I'm quite elderly and my memory is fading but I looked at a few 1952 advertising pieces that would confirm this.
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@@atburke6258 If you call being aged 63 young, then I take that as a compliment. The only reason that I was able to differentiate the two years was because I often read the Old Motor News, which is a free daily website, and some of the readers there are real sharp so I pick up a lot of details regarding American cars. You might be interested in checking it out and learning a few new things.
@@8176morgan Complimentary?... Maybe but certainly envious. 63 was a loooooooooong time ago. And no, I was not 63 in the 1950s. I just look that way.
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@ 2:17 almost everything in the photo is black and white, in color.
I wonder how many of the cars still exist today? The Colour really brings the images alive from the rounded late 40s and early 50s with basic colours moving towards two tones of the late 50s with the fins
Some still exist....maybe in not so great shape....but in Havana, Cuba, there are lots of old American cars sputtering about. For a price you can rent a driver and tool around the city, pretending you're a rich American tourist in the 1950s before the mob fled and the city was still beautiful and not in the shape it is now...falling into the ground.
The better question would be; how many of the people still exist today?
@@randallmarsh1187 That's true I never thought about that
@@randallmarsh1187 And the best answer to that would be, not many.
A T -- Check out your local car clubs, especially the local/regional chapter of the Antique Automobile Club of America. There are many hot rod/custom clubs, but those cars don't look the same. Old car people are friendly.
oh my! hpw sweet it was!
The cars of the 40's 50's had style the may not have had all the safety features gut they sure were a lot of fun
Love my ride i only go to drive in movies kruze on nice days makes my day when someone says thats a sick ride i still have the first car i had and got my license in its allmost 50 years old hope i can drive it till i die !
Love the black f1 Ford on the farm. Eeeehaw
Had a ‘49 Chevy in 77, San Antonio. Paid 300 bucks for it. Drove it for about a year then sold it for $800.00. Loved that car!❤️
"Doctor". HA!
I love the small European cars the best. Beam me back, Scotty!
The 50 Ford in green with the black painted section on its side came from the factory like that, and was called a (crestliner).
Yes the 1950 Crestliner model. Lost the design in 1953, but has a great variation in 1952 with a slightly altered shape that follows the line more. Came in about 16 combinations mainly mint green/red, mint green/black, red/black, yellow beige/black, metallic gray/red, and one with this gorgeous blue color.
I remember first time I ate a Fritos corn chip. Back seat of one of these cars. Dad was 11th Airborne, Mainz Germany. I wanted more right away
I have seen and enjoyed your videos immensely. Thank you. Evrytime I hear that little tune..I know I'm into something good.
Have you done a video on first time in military uniform to honor our vets?
Such pretty elegant automobiles. Cool people that remind me of my own family photos. What do I do with them all? Donate to a museum? Does anyone have this issue?
Antique malls and shops are full of abandoned family photos, with boxes full of "instant relatives" to choose from. You could offer them to an antique dealer, but you may get little if anything for them--most sell for a buck or two, if they sell at all, but at least they won't be thrown out. The best photos (and slides) are those vintage featuring cars and related historical Americana, or cool fashions, in good condition, good focus & contrast, etc. You might get a bit more for those, but little or nothing for typical family portraits & snaps, out-of-focus vacation and scenery pix. Doubtful if a museum would be interested unless they're historically important.
Seeing these massive cars is weird. Here in Italy in the 50s we had the 500, the 600 and the 1100, alongside other similar models. If you're into these kind of cars you'll know that they weren't designed to be big, the exact opposite (mainly because here in Italy we have narrower streets). American cars from that time are freakin ocean liners on wheels
Hi Momo ! I'm italo franco inglese, living in France.
You're right for italian cars but it was almost the same in France or England.
In the 1950s you had the rear enginered 4CV Renault with 4 doors (french are less fond of 2-door cars) and of course the Citroën 2CV.
In Britain the little Austin A30/35 was cute, then came the practical A40 Farina, and the technically advanced Austin Seven "Mini", followed by the medium size 1100/1300, both of them had an Italian version built by Innocenti, as you know !
I would so love to go for a walk or drive in the Italy of the Dolce Vita and in the Swinging London of the 60s...😉
@@boreal75 european attitude towards cars has always been totally different from the american one. We built small cars that were meant to fit into narrow spaces and at the same time carry a family of five, they said "my neighbor has a big car, I MUST HAVE IT BIGGER!"
American big cars drank a hell amount of gas too.
@@Artist1974CH I bet, the bigger the heavier, the heavier the more fuel it will consume
Sure the cars are cool.......however, nobody is overweight, that is what stood out the most to me.
nice to watch , i'am from switzerland and would have appreciated you putting the brand name of the cars underneath
8:04 Hey, you're missing a hub cap! LOL
I noticed a lot of that light green color in some of those cars. It reminded me that we had a car close to that color back in 1958. I don't remember what kind, though. About the only ones I could easily recognize were Cadillacs with those tail fins. We couldn't exactly afford one of those, though.
My family older members had many 2 tone paint cars from early 1950s and up cars were built heavy and solid then
@@michaelgillette6770 You bet they were.
Color theory of the 1950's showcased mints to alpine blues being the most popular color, then tinted rose and soft winter reds, then dark green, then metallics (shimmer gold, forest green iridescent, frost yellow, magnite blue), then yellows, (coastal colors were always top) then into muted blue grays/green grays, and finally darker reds, blues, and black/white.
I think there is only one actual Cadillac in this video, the 1949 model at 7:24. However many other cars sprouted fins as the 1950s progressed!
I live in Canada Inthe 19-60,we had a ford custom 500 with with eight wall tires I wi love to see a photo
*Liked the 'Around The World' badge on the nose of the Oldsmobile at **3:13*
( *The Olds 'Rocket 88' was a 'big deal' in it's day* )
4:40 looks like a Dodge Custom Royal Lancer ,1958. Sweet!!
0:34 That is a very cool car.
Probably a 1950 Chevy with what was then called a nose job, removing the hood ornament and emblem.
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Anybody noticed that people is not 50 pounds overweight like it is today
Couple of foreign jobs it's like, " what the fuck is that. Son we are Americans. We don't play with cars we can't spell or pronounce".
See by the coments we're still around, the 50s made us into survivors
Im only 24 years old in 2 days but dam how i wish i could have been alive in the 50s only for the cars!!!
My dream vehicle is a '55 or '57 Chevy Bel Air hard top 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
All those people who spoke out about it was ok to be all about me me me, throwing out the bras, just wanting to come out of the closet nothing more, freedom in sex, and more. Today is where we are at as a result. Not as nice a place to be or raise a family.
No chubby people in those days. How the world has changed!
I’d love to have that ford pickup at 2:10.
Why is there less than 12K subscribers to this channel it's a really great channel I don't understand 🤔
*2 accounts have already been terminated. I suspect this one will too, eventually.*
I wonder if people at this time enjoyed cars design as much as us today, seeing them as classic and vintage cars. Considering they was recent at this time (the cars). Maybe the mentality wasn't the same about the pride to get one and that today, it is so usual to have a car that most of people are not able to enjoy it like before. And the cars are not the same. I don't think today's people will remember current cars like people did with currents cars from decades ago. Anyway, it certainly was a great time I did not live myself.
@5:12 what is that mesh in front of the grill?
Bug screen.
If this was what you saw on the roads and would have been riding in yourself in day to day life......I'm so jealous!!!! The 50s made some of the most stylish and beautiful vehicles!
I still hope I can own a '55 or '57 Chevy Bel Air hard top one day before I die! Bel Air is my DREAM VEHICLE! Running or Not lol
Why, branch out. Explore the other models too? And if you do ever get that chevrolet, get a good color, not some pathetic red showcase.
If you noticed only the expensive cars had whitewalls. Today you go to car shows and many cars have tons of options they never left the factory with. My favorite is the rubber tipped bumperette on 1957 Chevies. I only saw one rubber tipped 57 Chevy as a kid in the 50's. At car shows they all have them. Another thing I noticed was the overwhelming number of 4 door cars. Like today. Most cars were just transportation. It wasn't until the late 50's and 60's pizzazz sold the car.
White wall tires, white socks, and white shoes.
The Highest point in America, the 50's...Todays America is Sickning...I was born in 1962...We've fallen so Far and Never coming back .