So sad that US manufacturers had such incompetent management. We led the world auto industry after WWII but senior auto executives threw that lead away. Imagine the halo effect if Ford offered a street legal GT-40 in the 1960s, and if it had been ready with a quality economy car and a quality small truck in time for the OPEC gas crisis. The Ranger concept would have been at least as successful ten years before the first gen. There was never a talent shortage except at the top.

Ford: A copy of mein kampf in every glovebox

Ah yes, pre-EPA air and water pollution. Are you still wishing for the "good old days"?

When i was born in '62 my dad had a '60 Fairlane. Wonder if it was built at the Rouge.

Connection for coolant, exhaust, and fuel. What, no oil? 😂

Brand newFE motors

Awesome.

Got a special tour through there in 1961 62 and 63..Our neighbor was retired From Ford..George Walker Jr.. he designed the thunderbird. Walking above where they have molten cast iron was super cool and super hot temperature wise.

It's always a sunny day in Dearborn! Look at those Fairlanes...no way those foreign jobs will ever be able to compete!

At 3:53 hear that beautiful V8 rumble...don't hear THAT much anymore...❤😊

Before FMC had an IT department, my grandfather, Robert E. Houston, was the IT department. He was #1 at the steel mill and #4 at Willow Run…

My dad apprenticed as a pattern maker at the foundry there

I miss the days when I they would lead,and fill coach joints instead of a thick plastic strip glued over the weld joints.

My 62 Spots Coupe was assembled in Kansas City, I found the build sheet when I took the panels off below the rear window.

All middle class people. Sadly, there are fewer and fewer jobs like that left.

And not a single person, tool or jig exists today.

The real miracle was these cars were $3000

@0:20 You mean we can't do this today? We have to outsource to Long Duck Don? 🤨

These guys were making $3 per hour back then...they thought they were kings

Very very interesting

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Cars today are garbage. Built to last maybe 5 years only to be crushed and reused for tomorrows garbage. Paper thin metal and plastic.

My dad was a Ford tractor final inspector at this time

And then you rebuild the engines 40 years later and their even better.

Then they all started getting high or drunk on the job and we end up with what we have today. Taking chances, will it work or not. Will it last a week or a month and if lucky maybe a year.

My Grandmother sewed seats almost by hand at Fisher Body , she is tough to this day.

I love the workmanship and pride in this video. We have come along way since then and we should be equally proud of that. Safety, ergonomics, attitudes have advanced thanks to unfettered crash and death statistics, government mandates and proven results over time. It’s not easy to adjust, we love the past but in the end we just want to get where we’re going safely! . It not just the USA

Back when ford gm and molar ruled

Those were the best times and day and I don't live to far from the old gm plant in van nuys now a mall and a bus station

No cross bolt mains 390 352

The arsenal of democracy

Lol on casting the engine blocks. Nice simple motors.

I just gave away my 1991 Explorer. Ran and rode like a dream. Original engine and transmission. Starts on the first crank Rust, but runs smoothly 33 years old and just as good as the day it was made Think anything built today will be here in 30 years ?!

Amazing!!......Go Woke Get Broke!....no EV please

Baby boomers ruined the country.

In many ways we have lost our way why can’t we get back to the simple way of doing things in the right way accountability

Could you imagine if we just bought a few of these and sat on them for several years you could use that money for retirement

Id like to know what their hourly wage was in 62.

What a waste those engines were: lots of metal and they produced low power with high fuel consumption.

As someone who works for a different Ford Assembly Plant I can tell you these days are long gone, it's quantity over quality and I don't feel proud building a vehicle that's gonna sit in a yard for months waiting on repairs because we had a number to hit and were ordered to let it bypass.

maybe ford ought to start building cars like this again so there wont be so many recalls!!!

Golden times for Good people

Glorious!

Not so sure about workers took pride in their work in those days ..The work back then was pure drudgery and repetitious ..hardy any variety like they have now.or safety help devices.

no mixed race in this vid ..very carefully edited out,

6:40 so nice to see people dressed in sunday best to purchase a new car..do not see that anymore

6:40 Teletype..what the heck is that ?

The ad before video by planned murderers aka parenthood..lol.. opposes chabot.. all the more reason to vote for him.. planned parenthood merchants of death

The workers at the plant, took pride in their assembly of the automobiles back in 1962. They were made better, back then, unlike the electronic plastic junk nowadays !!! Kevin Phoenix

Imagine if these workers could see a video of how it's done today. They would freak out at all of the robotics .