Good day to be alive, Sir Good day to be alive, he said, yeah Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel..."No Leaf Clover" by Metallica
I had a 61 Biscayne, similar but different. Bought mine for $100 with a worn-out smoking 283 which drank oil, a powerglide which was on the way out, and a 2 barrel carburetor about the size of a silver dollar. Top speed was 65 or so downhill with a cloud of smoke behind you- only did that once. The manual steering was like 6+ turns lock-to-lock and you had at best one panic stop at highway speed before you had better park and let the brakes cool down.The radio still had tubes; turn it on and wait 10 seconds for it to warm up before it began playing. The only work I did to it was to repack the front wheel bearings (it still had ball bearings, not tapered rollers) and adjust the brakes when I got it. It took me to and from work for almost 2 months which allowed me to save enough money to replace it when the powerglide died then I sold it to the junkyard for $20 so I figured I got my money's worth out of it. Had it been a 59 I'd have probably kept it as love the cats-eyes taillights, the fins, and the rocket-ship fender markers in front. WYR The Bel--Air (even though I'm a Ford guy) and the Studebaker which is a gorgeous car.
Jay, when you get a chance read 'The Cars Of Harley Earl' by David Temple. One of the later chapters is 'Styling Thr '59s' and it covers the history of 1958 vs 1959. Bill Mitchell was Earl's successor and 1959 was a mulligan as the Forward Look 1957 MoPars dethroned GM as the style leader. 1958 was the one-year-only as the 1959-60 are a 2-year body shell. The rims on this car are the Corvette rallye wheels from a chrome-bumper era c3. The Chevrolet bowtie in the speedometer face is the hi-beam indicator. The round circles flanking the odometer are indeed the turn signal indicators. FWIW.....I had a '60 Biscayne 6cyl/3spd when I was in high-school.
I'll definitely have to check that out. Thank you so much for that information. I neglected to say that the high beam switch was the bowtie when I'm filming these things. Sometimes there's things in the video that I can't see personally, I don't have the best eyesight in the world probably should get a new prescription lol
Does anyone know what GM had proposed for the 59-60 models before they scrapped it and started over because of the MoPar forward look? I would sure love to see those!
@@allenwayne2033 Adam Wade's RARE CLASSIC CARS AND AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY channel has one video showing the proposed '59 Buick off the 1958 body. He can point you toward other vids .ruclips.net/video/tKHirTonyqk/видео.htmlsi=6jNs_VJEnu2cqaVa
It’s always a treat when Jay reviews a car that I rode in as a kid…my uncle owned a 1959 Chevrolet and I rode in it a few times!…That also gave Uncle Bill bragging rights for owning the newest car amongst the family, which was a big deal back in the day!!...I have always admired the 1959’s styling and would definitely rank it in the top three most beautiful cars that I have ever seen!!!
Hi Jay - nice one. Been watching old episodes of Perry Mason - lots and lots of 50s vintage autos and street scenes - Paul Drake drives a Thunderbird, Mason a Series 62 Caddy convert - check em out if you get a chance.
My Uncle had a '59 Impala. As a young shaver, I thought the steering was so cool, with the four holes. It looked like a race car. It had a rear speaker which I would put my ear up to. Amazing.
Love this car Jay,,, the 1st car that I remember us having, when I was 3 yrs old , was one of these, but a wagon, 2-tone, blue and white.. this car, from the rear end reminds me of a pumpkin "Jack-o-lantern". The dash, and steering wheel , so cool, looks like a RACER! One night, while it was parked curbside infront of the house, some drunk, drove by and crashed into the left rear, and drove off, never to be caught. Next thing I remember is "Mom got a brand new'66 Plymouth Fury lll wagon. She loved that car, white with a red interior. I liked the ole' '59 Chevy.
Just looking at this car takes me back to the 1970's when my friend and I went inside one. It was a green '59 BelAir 4 door sedan that had probably been driven to the ground, and no longer in running order. The interior was in good shape and all the body parts were salvagable. The car likely got used as a parts car. My cars of choice would be the Fairlane and Hawk.
It's amazing with cars and music and do it can take you back to a time and place that was far away in your mind but the moment that you hear or see instantly transferred you back in time it's insane Thank you for sharing that memory
My mom had one that she bought from her brother for $50. It was sure worth that much. But not $51. On the other hand my uncle gave me a Viet Nam jacket and hat. Very cool.
On the back of the jacket it said. Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil. For I am the most evil mother fucker that lives here. The hat was the Austrailian type with one side folded up.
The jacket said on the backside; Although I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil for I am the meanest MF in the valley. The hat was of the Australian type with one side of the brim turned up. Good old uncle Tom.
I have actually driven a '59 Chevrolet wagon. It was an old tired loaner at the time, and I think it did have sun visors, but I can honestly say that I've driven a '59 Chevy. Years ago, my dad told me a story about encountering an old man in his '70's who had a brought a Chevy of about this vintage into the same garage where my dad had taken his car for service. The old man had been in before complaining that the Chevy unexpectedly cut out occasionally, and the garage had been unable to find anything wrong with it. Finally the mechanic thought to ask the old man at what speed the engine was cutting out. "Between a hundred and a hundred and five." The old man replied. The mechanic threw up his hands and said he couldn't help the old man, who stormed out in disgust. Cars: 59 Ford, 59 Stude
Awesome welcome to the community =) I can't wait to meet Buff in person. I'm kind of hoping maybe I can get down to his neck of the woods before no-name nationals I'm really hoping that will work out. I really want to go, but it all depends on a bunch of things. I'm going to run my 2006 Honda odyssey EXL van which is pretty fast faster than it should be will say that it could be just about every single muscle car from the 60s except a gto Shelby.. I don't know would be pretty funny if it was a road course I would take the Prius lol I don't have any cool fast cars anymore
Another great video, Jay! You chose a nice example, if a bit modified. Ilove that it still has the 6-cylinder engine in it. And I'll take the For and the Rambler.
I was a toddler, but I remember these. A neighbor who had a steep driveway had to get the driveway regraded because the ass-end of the car dragged. My parents didn't have such a problem, level driveway and we had a '51 Studebaker.
What are you talking about? Chevrolet has one foot in the grave now. They discontinued all of their cars except for the Corvette. Yeah, they still make trucks and SUV's, but they're pretty much dead.
Back in that day the manufacturers used to run a design for 3 years to get the money back out of a design, in 1957 Mopar came out with a design that was way ahead of Ford and Chevy. When the big wigs at GM seen the Mopar cars they realized how far behind they were. They rushed to make a new design for 1959 that is why the 1958 car was a 1 year car.
Well well. Our family of 7 had a 59 Chevy. Not sure of the model but I would like to have one of either now. I was 5-6 years old then. My dad really liked the power of our '59. He talked about doing a power 360 for years later. I hit my chin on the dashboard when my dad avoided another driver coming into our lane, then hit a parking meter. The meter was bent for years after. I like the wear and character of this one. Except for those tires and wheels. I like stock cars. Thanks for going over this '59. I also remember almost starting this car without the key. The key switch was not in the lock position. Cheers, Jay.
Thank you so much for sharing those memories great story parking meter being bent for years... smacking your chin off the dash not so much that probably still hurt the next day
I had a 59 Chevy once. It was a 2 door wagon with a 283 v8 and a powerglide. For the WYR, I would choose the Plymouth in the first scenario, and in the second one, it would have to be the Studebaker. Having had a 59 Rambler once too.
Awesome choices that Studebakers really hard to beat even though it doesn't have the supercharger on it anymore.. What did you think of the 59 Rambler did you have the six or the V8
Holy Bat Wing Jay! Those cars were the real beginning of "space-age" styling for GM. I'm pretty sure that the sun visors were an option back then, practically everything was! The little Chevy bowtie on the speedo face was also your Hi-beam indicator. Interesting that this car is the six! Would be a nice car with either the 283 or 348, especially! Those "cup" indents on the inside of the glove box door, remind me of the amazing number of drive-in restaurants and drive-in movies that were found all around our great land back in the 1950's and '60's. WYR Sorry GM, that 1959 Ford has that star-spangled grille! You know I am going to pick the Stude for #2!! One fineal observation on the Chev. When you showed the 1958 and 1959 together, you can see how the styling evolved from the 'shoebox" Chevy to the new 'space-age' look! Finally, you can schedule the videos whenever it's more convenient for you! I'll watch them after they first air anyway!
Awesome thank you so much for sharing all of that Sweet choices =) I think we will sick to the 8pm slot I was looking at analytics and that suggests 6 would be a better time to air these
@@jeffreybloom1572 your welcome =) i'm happy this video could bring back those memories. It's amazing what cars can do just like music it's really powerful tool. I'm happy to dig the channel I put a lot of work into it. I did get a couple things wrong in this video though just know I do really try to put out the best stuff that I could possibly can. I think tomorrow it's gonna be 37 Ford
When I was young my uncle had a 59 Impala two tone blue,two door 283 4 barrel and the floor boards were rusted out. It was a southern vehicle and 8 years old then. They were rust buckets.
My older sister bought a 1959 Biscayne and although I was too young to drive it , I have fond olfactory memories I can recall. She paid about 1900.00 for it and there was no carpeting in the cabin or the trunk. Instead they put linoleum in the car and trunk. I thought the scent of the linoleum paste they used was positively intoxicating.
WYR #1-Chevrolet. WYR #2-Rambler. But, Jay, old buddy, as much as you and I love the '59 Rambler six/Rebel V8, why did you post a picture of the 1960 Rambler? While the '60 is quite attractive, the '59 is the zenith of Rambler styling during the 1956-1962 generation.
Great catch google search isn't as good as it was before Ai I might do a video about it I miss the days when you typed in what you wanted in search and that's all you got, my fault for not looking closely
Cool video Jay, I always thought this was an Impala. Not sure what the differences are, they look identical to me, both '59 bel air and impala. This is one of the few late 50s American cars I like, at least the only one I accept to be so unnecessarily huge for a 2 door, bc of its sheer beauty. This is the one that defined 1960s design. That double grill is gorgeous and those fin tails are so provocative. Btw I missed the angels singing, I hope you're ok and they come back. Cheers
To be 100% honest my family was down there when I was composing this episode I'll definitely do it for the next one hopefully today 1937 Ford but it just depends on a lot of things
Another of my all time favorite Chevrolets love to find one in the rare Cameo Coral color grew up with an Impala that color. Like the 59 dash and Impala steering wheel hands down looks sporty Corvette style. Those rims looks prefect on that car, if I had a 59 it would wear them. First pick Chevy Bel Air in Cameo Coral, second 59 Rambler V8.
This is exactly my first running car, except the paint was faded to a matte blue finish. The engine was so worn that it got 4 miles to the quart and town was 12 miles away. If you parked it on any grade in first gear without the parking brake set it would roll off. But it got to town and back every time. Besides the engine issue, it road and drove perfectly and was a straight body. I had plans to do a ring job, but we had to sell it I moved to Florida for a family health crisis. Besides, I was only 14.
Thank you so much for sharing your first car with us. I'm happy that this video was able to bring back those memories. Thank you so much for sharing them with us again.
'59 was a great year. I like all the choices. I think the most desirable would be the '59 Plymouth with the flathead six. It was the last year for that engine. Can you imagine that car with its rocket like styling and an ancient flathead engine? It seems so strange to me but plenty of them were made that way.
Yeah that's you buff the live was great I love going to those you have a great community over there =) 59 Plymouth with a flathead sometimes I forget Chrysler still offered the flathead that long but Someone was telling me that you could still get a flat head from Chrysler into the 60s. It was off the menu option AMC offered the flying Scott engine until 1965.
Jay, I have heard that story before, about how the back end of these cars would become airborne if you went to a certain speed. I've always been on the fence about the styling of these cars. The tailfins and taillights were kind of over-the -top in my opinion, and the front grille always reminded me of a series of chrome nipples. Although I am impressed at how big and comfortable it looks. A second cousin owned one of these when I was a kid, and even then I thought that back end was too much. Still, it looks comfortable and there's great visibility. Anyway, for WYR I would take the Ford, and either the Studebaker or the Chevy.
Plymouth Belvedere Chevy Biscayne 🤔 61 Bubble Top is the Only Big Girl for me 😂👍 A lot of unknown under that EARL Paint job !!!!!! 😲 Great Episode Happy Motoring 🤠✌️
Had a friend that had a 1959 Chevy Brookwood sedan delivery. I think it has a 283, not sure which transmission, and it was painted solid black. I am told this former local vehicle is still in the vicinity but it's not being taken care of anymore. Sad but hoping someone wants a really unique visible vehicle and restored it back to a working, driving state again.
Thanks for doing this car. I love the 59 Chevy. Particularly the tail. I'm happy to see a low mileage 6 cylinder 3 speed that survived without someone swapping the powertrain. I'm not a fan of the wheels and white letter tires though. I'd prefer the standard wheels and hubcaps. I'd choose the Chevy in both WYR scenarios although I love the Silver Hawk too.
I think the 59 hands down for both WYR choices and I love the bel air model as the lines showed better with just enough chrome and the Impala had to much chrome IMO, 59 was a great year but my all time favorite was the 65 Impala SS in this color of blue seen on the 59. Thanks Jay 👍
In the 1960s the "rear end of the '59 chevy lifting at 100 mph" was an oft-repeated myth. I first heard that story about the previous year's model in the showroom when Dad was purchasing our 1960 Impala.
My second car was a ‘59 Biscayne 2 door six cylinder power glide. I traded my ‘51 Bel Air 2 door hardtop and $250 for it in the Spring of 1967. Being a dumb kid, I destroyed the transmission. It cost $99 to get a rebuilt power glide. I got bored with it so that Summer I sold it and bought a ’60 VW Sunroof Sedan for$450. That was just the beginning of me wasting $$ on vehicles.
Awesome story My dad said the power glides are pretty strong. He had one in his Pontiac that was kind of miss matched parts together. I remember him saying all the drag racers wanted that 2 speed
WYR: All of them. When I see a '59 Chevy, my mind goes to Ramone from Cars. The car here is a Bel Air, but Ramone is an Impala. They need to bring back the 3-on-the-tree. That'll eliminate texting and driving to a degree.
Sorry, Jay, but the 59s are just plain phuggly. Didn't like them when new, don't like them now. Batman would love a 59 Chevy. Fun fact: all of the 59 full-size GM cars used the same front doors (2 and 4 doors used different doors obviously) as a cost cutting measure. GM got caught with their pants down after some GM execs saw what the 57 Chrysler cars looked like. They knew that their cars, which were all new for 58, couldn't compete against "The Forward Look". So, for 59, the stylists had to restyle the cars with very little time left. Remember, lead time for a new car was about 3 years. So, they had to restyle the cars quickly, and at great cost. GM decided that the 59 Buick doors would be used on all the cars, except possibly for Cadillac. When you showed the clutch pedal, and no floor shift, I wondered what would be under the hood. Ah, yes, the Stovebolt 6. WYR= Ford and either the Studebaker or the Rambler Rebel. NTT= no clue. Interesting video as always, Jay!
@@What.its.like. According to the chart at 1:42, you could get the top-dog 348 with the 3 speed. In fact, the 3 speed was available with any engine, as far as I can tell. I can also tell you, from experience, that speed or power shifting a 3 on the tree is not likely to go well on a first to second shift!
Hahahahs right I got to drive a three on the tree in a lifted 1973 c10 ( I'm not a fan of overly lifted vehicles all the wheels want to do their own thing) anyway had to gradually put in gear worked well just couldn't power shift the 40 ford shifted better
Ahead in that Ford ! Especially if it has the Police Interceptor package. Would also prefer the Rambler over the Chevy if the Rambler has a V8 in it. Much better automatic transmission in the Rambler. (than the "old hummin' Powerglide")
@@What.its.like. Looked up some old images of 59 Chevy interiors and they had sun visors alright. I think whoever did this half-hearted "restoration" just put in a new headliner over the old bolt holes for the visors.
Thanks for the forecast! Could you help me with something unrelated: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (behave today finger ski upon boy assault summer exhaust beauty stereo over). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?
all of the GM Full-sized cars of these years had that "X"-frame,,,,, they were "pushing that for safety",,,,, you could see those ads in all of the "National Geographic" mags. of the early sixties. The frame lasted until '64, maybe even '65?
The Bel Air for 59 surprisingly didn’t come in a 2 door hardtop in the American market that year. But it was in Canada, it was brought back for 1960 through 1962. I noticed you got that wrong.
WYR 1: Chevy WYR 2: Stude. The Chevy looks awful with those rims in my opinion. The paint looks nice but saw some rust bubbles. The 235 would have to go - - -
Yeah he is just another keyboard warrior… who thinks he knows everything, I’m not into comic books never was. I’ll leave his comment up because I don’t delete any comments. =) he is entitled to his own opinion. Often time when someone posts something like that I go to their channel to see what they've done and compare notes, it took me a while to get the format that we have and if anyone can add insight on how to do things better I'm all ears. But they never create anything themselves much like critics. Just my two cents
Good day to be alive, Sir
Good day to be alive, he said, yeah
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel..."No Leaf Clover" by Metallica
Yeah buddy congratulations you got it made you work for that one =)
I had a 61 Biscayne, similar but different. Bought mine for $100 with a worn-out smoking 283 which drank oil, a powerglide which was on the way out, and a 2 barrel carburetor about the size of a silver dollar. Top speed was 65 or so downhill with a cloud of smoke behind you- only did that once. The manual steering was like 6+ turns lock-to-lock and you had at best one panic stop at highway speed before you had better park and let the brakes cool down.The radio still had tubes; turn it on and wait 10 seconds for it to warm up before it began playing. The only work I did to it was to repack the front wheel bearings (it still had ball bearings, not tapered rollers) and adjust the brakes when I got it. It took me to and from work for almost 2 months which allowed me to save enough money to replace it when the powerglide died then I sold it to the junkyard for $20 so I figured I got my money's worth out of it. Had it been a 59 I'd have probably kept it as love the cats-eyes taillights, the fins, and the rocket-ship fender markers in front.
WYR The Bel--Air (even though I'm a Ford guy) and the Studebaker which is a gorgeous car.
Awesome choices thank you so much for sharing those memories =)
65 miles per hour going down hill in a cloud of smoke
My Aunt had a 59 Impala 2 Door Hardtop 348 V8 Dual Exhaust to a 4 year old that thing was huge she drove the hell out of that thing.
Love the good ole days!
I had a white '59 Impala, with 348, 3 deuces. I miss my baby.
Your aunt was cool!
That's awesome
This is my favorite model year of Chevrolet, they're a work of art inside and out.
Agreed
Too bad that this one has such an indifferent effort at a restoration.
Jay, when you get a chance read 'The Cars Of Harley Earl' by David Temple.
One of the later chapters is 'Styling Thr '59s' and it covers the history of 1958 vs 1959. Bill Mitchell was Earl's successor and 1959 was a mulligan as the Forward Look 1957 MoPars dethroned GM as the style leader.
1958 was the one-year-only as the 1959-60 are a 2-year body shell.
The rims on this car are the Corvette rallye wheels from a chrome-bumper era c3.
The Chevrolet bowtie in the speedometer face is the hi-beam indicator. The round circles flanking the odometer are indeed the turn signal indicators.
FWIW.....I had a '60 Biscayne 6cyl/3spd when I was in high-school.
I'll definitely have to check that out. Thank you so much for that information.
I neglected to say that the high beam switch was the bowtie when I'm filming these things. Sometimes there's things in the video that I can't see personally, I don't have the best eyesight in the world probably should get a new prescription lol
Does anyone know what GM had proposed for the 59-60 models before they scrapped it and started over because of the MoPar forward look? I would sure love to see those!
@@allenwayne2033 Adam Wade's RARE CLASSIC CARS AND AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY channel has one video showing the proposed '59 Buick off the 1958 body. He can point you toward other vids
.ruclips.net/video/tKHirTonyqk/видео.htmlsi=6jNs_VJEnu2cqaVa
It’s always a treat when Jay reviews a car that I rode in as a kid…my uncle owned a 1959 Chevrolet and I rode in it a few times!…That also gave Uncle Bill bragging rights for owning the newest car amongst the family, which was a big deal back in the day!!...I have always admired the 1959’s styling and would definitely rank it in the top three most beautiful cars that I have ever seen!!!
Hi Jay - nice one. Been watching old episodes of Perry Mason - lots and lots of 50s vintage autos and street scenes - Paul Drake drives a Thunderbird, Mason a Series 62 Caddy convert - check em out if you get a chance.
I'll have to check that out. Thank you so much for that.
@@What.its.like. Perry Mason always had two cars for every season. In '59 he had both the Caddy convertible and a Ford Skyliner.
My Uncle had a '59 Impala. As a young shaver, I thought the steering was so cool, with the four holes. It looked like a race car. It had a rear speaker which I would put my ear up to. Amazing.
59 Chevy was my favourite as a kid in the 60s.
6PM works for me, the chevy bow tie is the high beam light.
Yes I forgot to mention that the lighting wasn't working of the big camera
Love this car Jay,,, the 1st car that I remember us having, when I was 3 yrs old , was one of these, but a wagon, 2-tone, blue and white.. this car, from the rear end reminds me of a pumpkin "Jack-o-lantern". The dash, and steering wheel , so cool, looks like a RACER! One night, while it was parked curbside infront of the house, some drunk, drove by and crashed into the left rear, and drove off, never to be caught. Next thing I remember is "Mom got a brand new'66 Plymouth Fury lll wagon. She loved that car, white with a red interior. I liked the ole' '59 Chevy.
Thank you so much for sharing those memories. I'm sorry that the car got hit. I wonder if it still exists.
We had a red 60 with red interior 348 bb auto . Us kids called it the Batmobile .
Oh, but the 60 was toned down quite a bit. Batman would choose the 59.
60 in red and white is the cats meow
Just looking at this car takes me back to the 1970's when my friend and I went inside one. It was a green '59 BelAir 4 door sedan that had probably been driven to the ground, and no longer in running order. The interior was in good shape and all the body parts were salvagable. The car likely got used as a parts car. My cars of choice would be the Fairlane and Hawk.
It's amazing with cars and music and do it can take you back to a time and place that was far away in your mind but the moment that you hear or see instantly transferred you back in time it's insane
Thank you for sharing that memory
My mom had one that she bought from her brother
for $50.
It was sure worth that much. But not $51.
On the other hand my uncle gave me a Viet Nam
jacket and hat. Very cool.
On the back of the jacket it said. Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil.
For I am the most evil mother fucker that lives here. The hat was the Austrailian type
with one side folded up.
Hahaha sweet story thank you so much for sharing that memory
The jacket said on the backside; Although I walk through
the valley of death I will fear no evil for I am the meanest
MF in the valley. The hat was of the Australian type with
one side of the brim turned up. Good old uncle Tom.
Agent Orange got him 10 years after he left the army. Bone cancer.
I have actually driven a '59 Chevrolet wagon. It was an old tired loaner at the time, and I think it did have sun visors, but I can honestly say that I've driven a '59 Chevy.
Years ago, my dad told me a story about encountering an old man in his '70's who had a brought a Chevy of about this vintage into the same garage where my dad had taken his car for service. The old man had been in before complaining that the Chevy unexpectedly cut out occasionally, and the garage had been unable to find anything wrong with it. Finally the mechanic thought to ask the old man at what speed the engine was cutting out. "Between a hundred and a hundred and five." The old man replied. The mechanic threw up his hands and said he couldn't help the old man, who stormed out in disgust.
Cars: 59 Ford, 59 Stude
Sweet choices
I've never driven a 59
Thank you so much for sharing that story I wonder if he ever got it sorted out
Buff Del Campo sent me your way. Glad he did! this is a beautiful older restoration
Awesome welcome to the community =) I can't wait to meet Buff in person. I'm kind of hoping maybe I can get down to his neck of the woods before no-name nationals I'm really hoping that will work out. I really want to go, but it all depends on a bunch of things.
I'm going to run my 2006 Honda odyssey EXL van which is pretty fast faster than it should be will say that it could be just about every single muscle car from the 60s except a gto Shelby.. I don't know would be pretty funny if it was a road course I would take the Prius lol I don't have any cool fast cars anymore
As a kid I was knocked out by the '58. but the '59 gave me those funny feelings that I still have.
Another great video, Jay! You chose a nice example, if a bit modified. Ilove that it still has the 6-cylinder engine in it. And I'll take the For and the Rambler.
Thank you happy you dig this video
The mileage on this one is a original 39,999 miles
There was a steel worker's strike in 1959, that curtailed production for Chevy, and the rest of the industry that year
Thank you so much for sharing that trivia
Ford outsold Chevy in 1959, as it had in 1957.
I was a toddler, but I remember these.
A neighbor who had a steep driveway had to get the driveway regraded because the ass-end of the car dragged.
My parents didn't have such a problem, level driveway and we had a '51 Studebaker.
Sweet memory
We had the same problem with our 59 Impala getting hung up if Dad backed out at an angle instead of straight out.
The heartbeat of America is today's Chevrolet. 🇺🇸
What are you talking about? Chevrolet has one foot in the grave now. They discontinued all of their cars except for the Corvette. Yeah, they still make trucks and SUV's, but they're pretty much dead.
Back in that day the manufacturers used to run a design for 3 years to get the money back out of a design, in 1957 Mopar came out with a design that was way ahead of Ford and Chevy. When the big wigs at GM seen the Mopar cars they realized how far behind they were. They rushed to make a new design for 1959 that is why the 1958 car was a 1 year car.
Well well. Our family of 7 had a 59 Chevy. Not sure of the model but I would like to have one of either now. I was 5-6 years old then. My dad really liked the power of our '59. He talked about doing a power 360 for years later. I hit my chin on the dashboard when my dad avoided another driver coming into our lane, then hit a parking meter. The meter was bent for years after.
I like the wear and character of this one. Except for those tires and wheels. I like stock cars.
Thanks for going over this '59.
I also remember almost starting this car without the key. The key switch was not in the lock position.
Cheers, Jay.
Thank you so much for sharing those memories great story parking meter being bent for years... smacking your chin off the dash not so much that probably still hurt the next day
@@What.its.like.
I suppose it hurt the next day but not enough for me to remember it.
One of my most favorite car model👍‼️
Pretty wild that the 58 and 59 are two of my favorite 50's. Cars ! GM must have had a busy few years engineering and designing them !
It's been a while since I've been at a 58 need to do one lol
I had a 59 Chevy once. It was a 2 door wagon with a 283 v8 and a powerglide. For the WYR, I would choose the Plymouth in the first scenario, and in the second one, it would have to be the Studebaker. Having had a 59 Rambler once too.
Awesome choices that Studebakers really hard to beat even though it doesn't have the supercharger on it anymore..
What did you think of the 59 Rambler did you have the six or the V8
@ it had the six cylinder with push button automatic. I have always liked ramblers. The 59 wagon was my first. years later I had a 69 American 2 door.
Holy Bat Wing Jay! Those cars were the real beginning of "space-age" styling for GM. I'm pretty sure that the sun visors were an option back then, practically everything was! The little Chevy bowtie on the speedo face was also your Hi-beam indicator. Interesting that this car is the six! Would be a nice car with either the 283 or 348, especially! Those "cup" indents on the inside of the glove box door, remind me of the amazing number of drive-in restaurants and drive-in movies that were found all around our great land back in the 1950's and '60's. WYR Sorry GM, that 1959 Ford has that star-spangled grille! You know I am going to pick the Stude for #2!! One fineal observation on the Chev. When you showed the 1958 and 1959 together, you can see how the styling evolved from the 'shoebox" Chevy to the new 'space-age' look! Finally, you can schedule the videos whenever it's more convenient for you! I'll watch them after they first air anyway!
Awesome thank you so much for sharing all of that
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I think we will sick to the 8pm slot I was looking at analytics and that suggests 6 would be a better time to air these
Always enjoy your viedos. My father had a 59 impala.Some good memories of that style chevy. So this viedo was special for me. Thanks bro.
@@jeffreybloom1572 your welcome =) i'm happy this video could bring back those memories. It's amazing what cars can do just like music it's really powerful tool.
I'm happy to dig the channel I put a lot of work into it. I did get a couple things wrong in this video though just know I do really try to put out the best stuff that I could possibly can.
I think tomorrow it's gonna be 37 Ford
I do like the unique styling of these. This one does look cool with the wheels/tires. I'd go with the Bel-Air and the Studebaker.
Yeah I don't think I ever saw one with Raised letter tires, that's what caught my eye first
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When I was young my uncle had a 59 Impala two tone blue,two door 283 4 barrel and the floor boards were rusted out. It was a southern vehicle and 8 years old then.
They were rust buckets.
My older sister bought a 1959 Biscayne and although I was too young to drive it , I have fond olfactory memories I can recall. She paid about 1900.00 for it and there was no carpeting in the cabin or the trunk. Instead they put linoleum in the car and trunk. I thought the scent of the linoleum paste they used was positively intoxicating.
Hahaha yeah I've been in a couple cars with linoleum floors. It's interesting you slide around a lot.
Thank you so much for sharing that memory
WYR #1-Chevrolet.
WYR #2-Rambler. But, Jay, old buddy, as much as you and I love the '59 Rambler six/Rebel V8, why did you post a picture of the 1960 Rambler? While the '60 is quite attractive, the '59 is the zenith of Rambler styling during the 1956-1962 generation.
Great catch google search isn't as good as it was before Ai I might do a video about it I miss the days when you typed in what you wanted in search and that's all you got, my fault for not looking closely
Addressed cars every two years and a 59 BelAir replaced a 57. It was a six cylinder automatic and was the most gutless car I can remember.
Cool video Jay, I always thought this was an Impala. Not sure what the differences are, they look identical to me, both '59 bel air and impala. This is one of the few late 50s American cars I like, at least the only one I accept to be so unnecessarily huge for a 2 door, bc of its sheer beauty. This is the one that defined 1960s design. That double grill is gorgeous and those fin tails are so provocative.
Btw I missed the angels singing, I hope you're ok and they come back. Cheers
To be 100% honest my family was down there when I was composing this episode I'll definitely do it for the next one hopefully today 1937 Ford but it just depends on a lot of things
The 59 is a pretty car
Was '59 the first year of the horrid cut down frame ? (Missing the siderail components) ?
"Lite" but at least it was fast
I think 58 was the first year, and 64 was the last year for the questionable X frame.
yes that x frame had no strength in frontal crashes drivers upper body absorbed the crash impact very unsafe.
@@victorPretti-mx2kr They had no side impact protection, either.
The 59 Studebaker
I'll take all of the cars in the 1 choice section
Awesome
Another of my all time favorite Chevrolets love to find one in the rare Cameo Coral color grew up with an Impala that color. Like the 59 dash and Impala steering wheel hands down looks sporty Corvette style. Those rims looks prefect on that car, if I had a 59 it would wear them. First pick Chevy Bel Air in Cameo Coral, second 59 Rambler V8.
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This is exactly my first running car, except the paint was faded to a matte blue finish. The engine was so worn that it got 4 miles to the quart and town was 12 miles away. If you parked it on any grade in first gear without the parking brake set it would roll off. But it got to town and back every time. Besides the engine issue, it road and drove perfectly and was a straight body. I had plans to do a ring job, but we had to sell it I moved to Florida for a family health crisis. Besides, I was only 14.
Thank you so much for sharing your first car with us. I'm happy that this video was able to bring back those memories. Thank you so much for sharing them with us again.
'59 was a great year. I like all the choices. I think the most desirable would be the '59 Plymouth with the flathead six. It was the last year for that engine. Can you imagine that car with its rocket like styling and an ancient flathead engine? It seems so strange to me but plenty of them were made that way.
Yeah that's you buff the live was great I love going to those you have a great community over there =)
59 Plymouth with a flathead sometimes I forget Chrysler still offered the flathead that long but Someone was telling me that you could still get a flat head from Chrysler into the 60s. It was off the menu option AMC offered the flying Scott engine until 1965.
Jay, I have heard that story before, about how the back end of these cars would become airborne if you went to a certain speed.
I've always been on the fence about the styling of these cars. The tailfins and taillights were kind of over-the -top in my opinion, and the front grille always reminded me of a series of chrome nipples. Although I am impressed at how big and comfortable it looks. A second cousin owned one of these when I was a kid, and even then I thought that back end was too much. Still, it looks comfortable and there's great visibility.
Anyway, for WYR I would take the Ford, and either the Studebaker or the Chevy.
Sweet choices thank you so much for sharing those memories and insight =)
Plymouth Belvedere
Chevy Biscayne 🤔
61 Bubble Top is the Only Big Girl for me 😂👍
A lot of unknown under that EARL Paint job !!!!!! 😲
Great Episode
Happy Motoring 🤠✌️
I've had two Ramblers. A 59 Super America and a 65 770 Classic convertible.
Awesome 59 rambler wagon is my favorite wagon of all time really want one
How did you like yours
Had a friend that had a 1959 Chevy Brookwood sedan delivery. I think it has a 283, not sure which transmission, and it was painted solid black. I am told this former local vehicle is still in the vicinity but it's not being taken care of anymore. Sad but hoping someone wants a really unique visible vehicle and restored it back to a working, driving state again.
Thank you for sharing that car if you have the vin you can find it by going to vinwiki.com
I think this car is rough for the price they are asking
It's a survivor.. the mileage is original
WYR1: Belvedere
WYR2: Hawk
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Look no sear belts available.
They were optionally available but very rarely ordered.
Thanks for doing this car. I love the 59 Chevy. Particularly the tail. I'm happy to see a low mileage 6 cylinder 3 speed that survived without someone swapping the powertrain. I'm not a fan of the wheels and white letter tires though. I'd prefer the standard wheels and hubcaps. I'd choose the Chevy in both WYR scenarios although I love the Silver Hawk too.
Thank you so much for watching happy you dig this episode =)
I think the 59 hands down for both WYR choices and I love the bel air model as the lines showed better with just enough chrome and the Impala had to much chrome IMO, 59 was a great year but my all time favorite was the 65 Impala SS in this color of blue seen on the 59. Thanks Jay 👍
Awesome I'll have to do a 65 impala Ss sometime this year =)
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In the 1960s the "rear end of the '59 chevy lifting at 100 mph" was an oft-repeated myth. I first heard that story about the previous year's model in the showroom when Dad was purchasing our 1960 Impala.
WYR, the Rambler in that same color scheme.
I would not change a thing. Just enjoy it as is!
By the way the Rambler is a 1960, not a '59.
My bad
My second car was a ‘59 Biscayne 2 door six cylinder power glide.
I traded my ‘51 Bel Air 2 door hardtop and $250 for it in the Spring of 1967.
Being a dumb kid, I destroyed the transmission. It cost $99 to get a rebuilt power glide.
I got bored with it so that Summer I sold it and bought a ’60 VW Sunroof Sedan for$450.
That was just the beginning of me wasting $$ on vehicles.
Awesome story
My dad said the power glides are pretty strong. He had one in his Pontiac that was kind of miss matched parts together. I remember him saying all the drag racers wanted that 2 speed
I'm a Mopar guy, so the first is the Belvedere, second the Belair.
Groovy choices =)
That car is "MISSING" those VISORS, they ALL had them because of the HIGH WINDSHIELD!
WYR: All of them.
When I see a '59 Chevy, my mind goes to Ramone from Cars. The car here is a Bel Air, but Ramone is an Impala. They need to bring back the 3-on-the-tree. That'll eliminate texting and driving to a degree.
You can't text and drive with the older cars too much going on
@What.its.like. Especially the "armstrong" steering.
WYR 1: I want the Plymouth front half with the Chevy back half. 2. Studie, of course!
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Sorry, Jay, but the 59s are just plain phuggly. Didn't like them when new, don't like them now. Batman would love a 59 Chevy. Fun fact: all of the 59 full-size GM cars used the same front doors (2 and 4 doors used different doors obviously) as a cost cutting measure. GM got caught with their pants down after some GM execs saw what the 57 Chrysler cars looked like. They knew that their cars, which were all new for 58, couldn't compete against "The Forward Look". So, for 59, the stylists had to restyle the cars with very little time left. Remember, lead time for a new car was about 3 years. So, they had to restyle the cars quickly, and at great cost. GM decided that the 59 Buick doors would be used on all the cars, except possibly for Cadillac. When you showed the clutch pedal, and no floor shift, I wondered what would be under the hood. Ah, yes, the Stovebolt 6. WYR= Ford and either the Studebaker or the Rambler Rebel. NTT= no clue. Interesting video as always, Jay!
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I wonder if you could get a column shift with the 348
@@What.its.like. According to the chart at 1:42, you could get the top-dog 348 with the 3 speed. In fact, the 3 speed was available with any engine, as far as I can tell. I can also tell you, from experience, that speed or power shifting a 3 on the tree is not likely to go well on a first to second shift!
Hahahahs right I got to drive a three on the tree in a lifted 1973 c10 ( I'm not a fan of overly lifted vehicles all the wheels want to do their own thing) anyway had to gradually put in gear worked well just couldn't power shift the 40 ford shifted better
@What.its.like. Howard from the Old Car Alley channel has an immaculate '59 4 door sedan with a 348 and a 3 on the tree.
Interesting
Ahead in that Ford ! Especially if it has the Police Interceptor package.
Would also prefer the Rambler over the Chevy if the Rambler has a V8 in it. Much better automatic transmission in the Rambler. (than the "old hummin' Powerglide")
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If i pick the BelAir twice will I win one!! haha
@@Raycr nice sweet choices
Has rust on the hood and rocketeer driver side rear quarter panel
@@johnbarresi2567 it's a Survivor
...The front bumper around the window frames...
1st: '59 Chevy/ 2nd: '59 Chevy/ / WOW, don't know the song or anything Good job , Jay
=) great choices
Dennis got it but he had to work for it. It was no leaf clover by Metallica.
I would take the Chevrolet and the Studebaker.
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Strange it had no sun visors, especially with such an exaggerated windshield. WYR 1. Ford 2. Studebaker.
I thought the same and there is no evidence that they were ever there
@@What.its.like. Looked up some old images of 59 Chevy interiors and they had sun visors alright. I think whoever did this half-hearted "restoration" just put in a new headliner over the old bolt holes for the visors.
Yeah that would make sense
The wheels and tires look utterly ridiculous on a six cylinder, three on the tree, two door sedan!
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Thanks for the forecast! Could you help me with something unrelated: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (behave today finger ski upon boy assault summer exhaust beauty stereo over). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?
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all of the GM Full-sized cars of these years had that "X"-frame,,,,, they were "pushing that for safety",,,,, you could see those ads in all of the "National Geographic" mags. of the early sixties. The frame lasted until '64, maybe even '65?
Yeah I forgot to add that as a negative you don't want to get T-boned in this car
Chevy abandoned the X-Frame on their full sized cars with the 1965 model.
Prefer the '59 Impala or El Camin over the Bel Aire, Bel Aire third choice.
The Bel Air for 59 surprisingly didn’t come in a 2 door hardtop in the American market that year. But it was in Canada, it was brought back for 1960 through 1962. I noticed you got that wrong.
WYR 1: Chevy WYR 2: Stude. The Chevy looks awful with those rims in my opinion. The paint looks nice but saw some rust bubbles. The 235 would have to go - - -
Stick to your comic books kid and don't bore us with your childish BS. And yeah, your SPAM.
Huh
@@What.its.like. Kenk might need a long rest, in the home.
Yeah he is just another keyboard warrior… who thinks he knows everything, I’m not into comic books never was. I’ll leave his comment up because I don’t delete any comments. =) he is entitled to his own opinion.
Often time when someone posts something like that I go to their channel to see what they've done and compare notes, it took me a while to get the format that we have and if anyone can add insight on how to do things better I'm all ears. But they never create anything themselves much like critics.
Just my two cents
So brilliant you had to edit a sentence...
I know right some peoples children
The 59 Chevy