I've watched several of these Ford commercials from this era, and I never knew that Ford pushed automatic transmissions that much. Personally, I've never seen a Ford truck from that era with a Fordomatic. Only seen a few GMCs and Chevrolets with automatics.
Automatics were a very expensive option, people wanting utility I'm sure scoffed at the idea of spending so much when there was nothing wrong with shifting yourself.
Ford pushed them cause it made them more money. The bulk of trucks bought then were bought for work and outfitted accordingly. As most people were fully capable of driving a manual transmission then that’s what they did. Another thing was on a typical block you only saw 1 or 2 pickup trucks and they belonged to someone who did actual work for a living and needed it for that purpose. A normal purchase for a farm would most likely be a basic F-100 with a straight 6 engine and a 3 speed manual transmission. If you actually did any longer drives you might opt for a 3speed with overdrive ( today called a 4 speed). Trucks also were slow to evolve as the truck line still had flathead V-8s on the option sheet in those years. These days trucks change every few years but back then truck and van lines really didn’t evolve more then every decade. The basic econoline vans ran the same chassis for over 40 years from 1979 to the end of the line. The trucks really stayed the same from 1950 to 1960, from 1960 to 1970 and from 1970 to 1980 and even from 1980 to 1995 with minor updates
@@matthewcaughey8898 A "3speed with overdrive" is different than a 4 speed. Overdrive was a secondary transmission bolted onto the rear of a 3 speed trans.
Thanks, same here…..that 1954 auto & six were terrible : at least in one CAR , of 1954/I had briefly…. Had a lot of Fords.. interestingly, my first PICK,UP **is a 2007 GMC CANYON/LS/ loaded, which I still have….I have always been interested in 1940-70:pick,ups::: esp with rare Options. ….
I own a 1951 GMC pickup stock. No power brakes, straight 6. Top speed 50 Mph. Nostalgia for me used to ride around a south Texas ranch with my Uncle Bob in a similar truck. That was just after the severe drought of 1950’s. Deer were few, cattle were thin and wild!
Essa picape aqui no Brasil fazia a galera delirar. Além de bonita, era robusta e pau pra toda obra. E hoje, a Ford ficou apenas como lembrança nesse chão varonil. Que pena!
Henry Ford didn't intend to become an automaker. He wanted to make farm equipment. His little first car was created, by him, as a run-about to use on his farm. A few neighbors saw it and wanted one too. The rest is history.
Yeah, because a 98 lb. girl need the room. My parents bought a 64 F-250 that did not have power brakes or steering (boy it needed them) . Ten years newer and a 3/4 ton - power brake and steering should have been stock.
Great memories:admittedly , great early Trucks, esp if have some Rare Options!, I have not seen ANY EARLY FORD TRUCKS with auto… I did have a 1954 / 4 Door/6 Cyl/ auto for a short time, **& it was a poor car( memory has lower mileages).. ANYWAYS, my first CAR was a FORD 1954 /2 DR/V8/3 Tree: mild customized with 1957 289/4 BBL/ Exhausts, (& some body /Tires from , local Mechanic at his Service Ststion…..actually was mild interest around my CAR GUYS IN Wolf Lake (& N Webster ,INDIANA…..
They were normal sized bias ply tires. Standard for the era, radial tires didn’t become standard till the mid 1970s. See vehicle tires when they started to get faster and more powerful needed better tires. The skinny tires of the 1920s were replaced by the pneumatic bias ply tire which was various layers of steel, rubber and nylon. They are still kinda skinny with a narrow profile and thick tall sidewall. The tires look that way cause the truck uses those bulbous fenders to cover them as well. A bias ply tire from that era is anything but small
Look at American cars from the mid-Fifties through the Sixties. You wouldn't believe those little tires could hold the car up. And actually they barely did.
@@matthewcaughey8898 thanks, yes, ETC, INTERESTINGLY, I had two 1954 FORD CARS::: BRIEFLY a 6CYL/auto/4 Door that was Junk early, *& my ***first CAR , WITH 57/289 Engine/4 BBL/ Dual EXHAUST 2 DOOR/ V8 & mild custom body/tires ( for,Rake)…..faintly remember 54 Ford Trucks being big also.. Around N Indiana , SEEMS LIKE we had lot,OF STUDEBAKER, CHEV,@ DODGE TRUCKS in my RURAL,AREAS, ……
@@jackrider57 scant rust proofing was a good reason you don’t up in the rust belt . Northern climates tended to eat most cars in a decade or less. Once your up north good luck finding one. Really the only reason you find them today is much thicker sheet metal overall. And many were worked to the point of blown engines and cached for usable parts to pick over later. Like many things on a farm it gets forgotten and buried. Then along comes a grandson or granddaughter who knew about granddads old truck in the barn.
That's a good looking old Ford truck.
I had a '55. Basically the same truck. I drove as well as any similarly equipped car of the same era.
I learned to drive in a 55.
I've got a 1964 Ford F100 that's been in my family since new. Traded the six banger out for a 289 high pro and four speed tranny. Drives like a dream.
You swapped out the 3-speed for a 4-speed? Any changes to the clutch?
Nice truck. Even now looks well !!!
AND - they have always been BUILT FORD TOUGH! LOVE MY FORDS!
Not tough any more. Just a plastic computer on wheels.
Detroit Iron... best in the world.
Actually this is Dearborn iron;-)
No seatbelts, and, a steel dashboard.
@@kkarllwt easy, just don't crash. Mind if you do the truck will be fine
Back then anyway.
@@wyo1446 Dearborn is part of Detroit metropolitan area. Ford's first factory was in Detroit.
Muy linda publicidad 👍 saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷💙🇦🇷🏁Ford
I liked riding in front of the rear fender when I was a kid.
I've watched several of these Ford commercials from this era, and I never knew that Ford pushed automatic transmissions that much. Personally, I've never seen a Ford truck from that era with a Fordomatic. Only seen a few GMCs and Chevrolets with automatics.
A friend of my dad had a 54 F-250, V-8, Auto. Pretty rare though
Automatics were a very expensive option, people wanting utility I'm sure scoffed at the idea of spending so much when there was nothing wrong with shifting yourself.
Ford pushed them cause it made them more money. The bulk of trucks bought then were bought for work and outfitted accordingly. As most people were fully capable of driving a manual transmission then that’s what they did. Another thing was on a typical block you only saw 1 or 2 pickup trucks and they belonged to someone who did actual work for a living and needed it for that purpose. A normal purchase for a farm would most likely be a basic F-100 with a straight 6 engine and a 3 speed manual transmission. If you actually did any longer drives you might opt for a 3speed with overdrive ( today called a 4 speed). Trucks also were slow to evolve as the truck line still had flathead V-8s on the option sheet in those years. These days trucks change every few years but back then truck and van lines really didn’t evolve more then every decade. The basic econoline vans ran the same chassis for over 40 years from 1979 to the end of the line. The trucks really stayed the same from 1950 to 1960, from 1960 to 1970 and from 1970 to 1980 and even from 1980 to 1995 with minor updates
@@matthewcaughey8898 A "3speed with overdrive" is different than a 4 speed. Overdrive was a secondary transmission bolted onto the rear of a 3 speed trans.
Thanks, same here…..that 1954 auto & six were terrible : at least in one CAR , of 1954/I had briefly…. Had a lot of Fords.. interestingly, my first PICK,UP **is a 2007 GMC CANYON/LS/ loaded, which I still have….I have always been interested in 1940-70:pick,ups::: esp with rare Options. ….
In 2021 you can't find a woman in America who only weighs 98 pounds!!!
they go about 298 in my neck of the woods
My wife has weighed 110 pounds since she was 14 years old in 1964.
Man it’s all those growth hormones in our meat supply. Unless a woman is genetically smaller she will be heavy in America.
@@spooderdoggy I think a lot of the problem is that they keep their elbows bent too much on the arm that holds the fork...LOL!!
Was Yumi a Japanese war bride?
If the truck is still on the road it will be the same Age as me it might be in better condition than me though
That’s what I reckon.
1954. That ford ute & me are 67 years old.
So is my FJ Holden Ute & it looks better.
I own a 1951 GMC pickup stock. No power brakes, straight 6. Top speed 50 Mph. Nostalgia for me used to ride around a south Texas ranch with my Uncle Bob in a similar truck. That was just after the severe drought of 1950’s. Deer were few, cattle were thin and wild!
Only 50? Geez. I get that we didn't have the national highway system back then, but I would think it would go faster than 50.
GOD I miss America!
Do you miss the part where kids get to go to Vietnam (or Korea, or Italy) for their senior trip, and never come back?
@@oldcountryman2795 Haha, don't be a Karen. Life was better, Not perfect.
@@danmorash6982 No it wasn’t
@@oldcountryman2795 Yes It was!
@@totallysmooth1203 Pathetic little MAGAt
I guess a pretty girl can sell a car in any age...
The irony of pushing economy in 1954 LOL
Huh? What business wanted to waste money in 1954?
That is one ugly truck! Dodge took that look over after Ford ditched it.
Fuel economy has always been important for daily driver vehicles. Gas was just as expensive back then as it is today adjusted for inflation.
@@scdevon In 1973 I paid 39 cents for an imperial gallon, I made a $1.35 an hour. Do the math.
Essa picape aqui no Brasil fazia a galera delirar. Além de bonita, era robusta e pau pra toda obra. E hoje, a Ford ficou apenas como lembrança nesse chão varonil. Que pena!
Love old commercials... commercials today are SO freakn annoying, obnoxious and just plain stupid
Ford Tough
when truck,s where truck,s !!! not family hallers
Back then they were.
Respect. Thankyou. Always
Believe it or not..I see some of these every once and while.
If it ever broke down you could fix it with duck tape and a piece of wire.
I don't remember duct tape being available in the old days.
Henry Ford didn't intend to become an automaker. He wanted to make farm equipment. His little first car was created, by him, as a run-about to use on his farm. A few neighbors saw it and wanted one too. The rest is history.
Meu sonho é uma dessa ai🤩💚🇧🇷✌🤠
I love it.♥️
They forgot to mention that fifty years later, that it would buy worth ten times the original purchase price !
That's not Iowa. It's called Burbank, CA. Great old commercial though. Much better days.
Just wait a few years. The 56’ will be a lot better! 😁
I didn't know they had eucalyptus trees in Iowa.
They still make those plainly obvious errors in todays television productions.
Nice o have the 1953 f100..the best of ford
If it broke down you wouldn't need more than screwdriver and pliers!!!!!
That's right! No metric crap!! Talk about the good ole days.
Back when pick ups were for farm work. Now a days not so much.
So much plastic on trucks today and they're all made over seas.
Nowadays they're made to feel like a Lincoln with the ability to haul a bag of mulch home from the Lowes.
Ah yes, the easily predictable “back in my day” comments. Forget safety, we want these metal death machines back. No safety features.
Like the commercial. Wander where that truck is now?
When women were women, trucks were trucks, and farms were farms.
And men self identified as .... men.
And when the Bullshit was laid on Extra-Thick....
...and America was America, and not a banana republic.
Yes
And assholes were assholes.
Car,Classic,i love👍
Back when you bought a truck for work not because everyone in the office has one
Believe Yumi. She's a cute Japanese woman
Yes she is. And she’s funny to. I never been with a woman before but I’m pretty sure I can do better than that 😁
Yeah, because a 98 lb. girl need the room. My parents bought a 64 F-250 that did not have power brakes or steering (boy it needed them) . Ten years newer and a 3/4 ton - power brake and steering should have been stock.
How many pickups had automatic in 1954? Especially farm trucks?
That’s when I was born.
Great memories:admittedly , great early Trucks, esp if have some Rare Options!, I have not seen ANY EARLY FORD TRUCKS with auto… I did have a 1954 / 4 Door/6 Cyl/ auto for a short time, **& it was a poor car( memory has lower mileages).. ANYWAYS, my first CAR was a FORD 1954 /2 DR/V8/3 Tree: mild customized with 1957 289/4 BBL/ Exhausts, (& some body /Tires from , local Mechanic at his Service Ststion…..actually was mild interest around my CAR GUYS IN Wolf Lake (& N Webster ,INDIANA…..
That thing looked old even then…😀
man !..... she sure is purdy !
that's when ladies were ladies commercials where commercials not that crap we have today
I was born in 1954.
в СССР такого никогда не показывали - чтобы не злить НИЩИХ колхозников буржуйскими богатствами (типа личным авто)!
Brunettes !! Oh my beating heart !!
IOWA ? LOL - DON'T THINK SO - PROBABLY ORANGE COUNTY OR VENTURA COUNTY SOCAL - 98 POUND GIRL WAS A MODEL/SPOKES PERSON HIRED BY CENTRAL CASTING
Ford Mono I-Beam. Works like a truck, rides like a
truck.
“Everybody asks what I do around this farm…..”. The farmhands know.
Good one LMAO !!!!
Yep....
Dad wont let you
Alexander Den Ouden Dad don’t know, she puts towel on truck seat.
She feeds the cattle and pumps the water
Is it my imagination or are those wheels on this truck looking disproportionately small for it?😂
It was intended to appeal to the fledgling 'Cholo' market.
They were normal sized bias ply tires. Standard for the era, radial tires didn’t become standard till the mid 1970s. See vehicle tires when they started to get faster and more powerful needed better tires. The skinny tires of the 1920s were replaced by the pneumatic bias ply tire which was various layers of steel, rubber and nylon. They are still kinda skinny with a narrow profile and thick tall sidewall. The tires look that way cause the truck uses those bulbous fenders to cover them as well. A bias ply tire from that era is anything but small
Look at American cars from the mid-Fifties through the Sixties. You wouldn't believe those little tires could hold the car up. And actually they barely did.
@@hunkydorian oh yeah they would slide like crazy too!
@@matthewcaughey8898 thanks, yes, ETC, INTERESTINGLY, I had two 1954 FORD CARS::: BRIEFLY a 6CYL/auto/4 Door that was Junk early, *& my ***first CAR , WITH 57/289 Engine/4 BBL/ Dual EXHAUST 2 DOOR/ V8 & mild custom body/tires ( for,Rake)…..faintly remember 54 Ford Trucks being big also.. Around N Indiana , SEEMS LIKE we had lot,OF STUDEBAKER, CHEV,@ DODGE TRUCKS in my RURAL,AREAS, ……
Everytime it breaks down,she gets the blame.
Not her fault it’s a Fucked Over Rebuilt Dodge
Aren't ford guys used to breaking down
If she would just quit riding the clutch……
@@Mrfrenchdeux It's an automatic!
Michael Bacon Somebody please tell her that.
I bet that truck didn't cost no 70 thousand dollars!!!!
98 is the new.....250.
Power steering must not have been an option yet on trucks.
Dad wouldn't let her do any heavy work. You couldn't even say something like that on TV these days.
Every Ford pickup should come with a pretty farm girl.
Porque no le ponen nombre en español .Que fregados significa vintaje??
Ford one of the best built truck's in America
The best built truck in the USA 🇺🇸.
Until they started building Tundra and Tacoma here.
Ford sucks mopar or no car
@@mikereynolds3929 That's why your mom rode mopars
@@kyboy5 Mopar used to be ok but now it's predominantly a fiat.
hey girls, the moral of the story is..... shut up & listen to dad.
98#s ? I’ll bet she’s at least 110#.
All you need want and require. Four on the floor and rubber mats! They were meant for work. Now?? Just a bunch of expensive useless feel good add-ons!
They’ve turned pick up trucks into pimp wagons
@@mrhydenotdrjekyll
Absolutely.👍
And huge four door cabs and 5 foot beds
Those days? Probably a 3 on the tree manual gearbox
Most anyone wants a Lincoln with the ability to haul a bag of mulch home from the store.
Look you don't have to be 6'5" to reach in the back of the bed.
Golly when i saw that truck i goy the biggest grin. Man i miss when trucks could actually do s*it and cars were actually beautiful
No 1954 Ford truck ever drove like a passenger car cause a truck is a truck
Maybe not,,but they lasted a lot longer!
@@jackrider57 scant rust proofing was a good reason you don’t up in the rust belt . Northern climates tended to eat most cars in a decade or less. Once your up north good luck finding one. Really the only reason you find them today is much thicker sheet metal overall. And many were worked to the point of blown engines and cached for usable parts to pick over later. Like many things on a farm it gets forgotten and buried. Then along comes a grandson or granddaughter who knew about granddads old truck in the barn.
Sits too low. Needs bigger tires
Aaw great years, when America was a capitalist great country and not a socialist democrat sheep
Not too bad but I prefer 79 f250 much better•
Triple economy .....lol
Viva o capitalismo.
Hahaaa any how is old but was not beauty
I dunno man, put some rims and tires on a 54, and give it a nice paint job, ya can't beat that.
i love old trucks and cars but this one is ugly. Side view is ok, front on is fugly.
Possibly the most awkwardly styled truck ever.
I love old vehicles but that year Ford truck was so unattractive. The front end sticks out too far in front of the wheels…
Then you should try a COE...
@@christianmotley262 a cab over?
The dodge was a tougher truck and the chevy was the prettier nice riding one
GMC, by far,is the nicest pickup then and now. Just opening and shutting the doors you can tell the difference.
what is the jingle or the propaganda song?
Quality is Job 1.
Boa noite 🌼🌼
so ugly, compared to my 48! ha