1950's Car And Truck Commercial Compilation Vol. 1

[@daniellaubach7544]

Love these vintage tv car/truck ads of many years ago.

[@josephg41]

Dodge Texan. Now that's a car you'd be lucky to see. Rare as heck

[@crotalusatrox7931]

My first vehicle purchased used in 1973 was a 1950 GMC pickup fully restored, bought it for $300. Floor starter ignition, 3 speed on the column with a steering wheel that was huge (remember no power steering) and a box electric-coiled heater on the passenger side. Tough old truck. 🚚

[@LarryButler-kp3se]

My first was a French Simca Aronde for $50. The little engine just ran and ran. My cousin got it when I joined the Navy and he drove it for more years. It had rust holes you could drop a basketball through!

[@Kinseydsp]

Retro Rabbit Ears Love these Chevy Ads as drove many of the Years!

[@LarryButler-kp3se]

I was listening to an aircheck audio from WBBM in Chicago 1965. The Pontiac dealer published his prices! $2295 up to the Bonneville Beast at $3295!

[@stevencooper2464]

A record player in a car?!? Now, I've seen it all!

[@pauldinatale4338]

I REMEMBER THEM AS A KID -THEY WOULD PLAY NICE BUT ON ROUGH ROADS THE RECORD COULD SKIP AND JUMP A LINE OR TWO,SOMETIMES SCATCHING THE RECORD. SO IT WAS GREAT ON LOVERS LANE SPOTS OR ON A MODERN FREEWAY LIKE RT 66 IN MOST CITY AREAS. GREAT CARS!!!!

[@jeffmayo2439]

Chrysler offered them from the dealership in 1957-1959.It was then hard wired into the am radio.It looked like a tissue dispenser.I found one for 50 cents at a flea market...Then sold it for 225 bucks on e-bay(and it didn't even work) ! TALK ABOUT A PROFIT MARGIN !

[@tomrobards7753]

Yes a record player ,then a 4 track and 8 track ,then cassette,and finally CD player's

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

They could have put a dance floor in the rear. The cars were big enough.

[@p47thunderbolt68]

@@jeffmayo2439 I saw on one of the car auctions on TV a 1958 Chrysler convertible had the record player . It came with a Frank Sinatra disk . It was $15 a disk and you could only get it at the dealer . The car was pink with a 392 CI engine with the "crossfire" intake with 2 four barrel carburators. Those were the days .

[@bkucinschi]

Oh Lord... The good old times...

[@daniellaubach7544]

The ad for the '58 Chevy's was somewhere at the time Doris Day would be singing "See The USA In Your Chevrolet".

[@customkey]

No, Dinah Shore sang the Chevy theme.

[@mikedrown2721]

@@customkey That's right

[@kenperrine4114]

Dinah Shore

[@gcfifthgear]

Looks like three-tone paint on the '55 Dodge! (Since that was the Custom Royal Lancer 4-door sedan, that was entirely possible.) And Toyota sells a special version of the Tundra pickup in Texas, too.

[@scratchdog2216]

Had that radio at the end. Wish I had the rest of the car.

[@LarryButler-kp3se]

I still have my Nordmende Globetraveler portable. It has a bracket you wire into the car under the dash that goes to higher power audio for car speakers. AM/FM/18SW bands.

[@djdon60]

Q: To what does, "...long, low lines..."refer, in the Chevrolet spot, near this post's front end? What, @ 5:24, does it say, behind the Plymouth?(on the plane's side?) Oh and, a)thanks, for posting and, b)great name, you have! I hope you've found more...

[@cliffords2315]

cars got better looking after 55, but the Pickups looked better in the early 50s

[@budsodalsky]

My favotite part is they pronounce "coupe" as "coop-pay" when did that switch to "coop"?

[@seanreviewscars]

How does dodge have button gears back then and has an actual transmission stick now?

[@LarryButler-kp3se]

Chrysler, Rambler, Edsel all had hideous push buttons.

[@BELCAN57]

Nowadays that couple going on a picnic very well could be just those two guys. Time has changed.

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

They were around than too, they just knew to hide it. Now anything goes, thats the problem with our country now, no values.

[@LarryButler-kp3se]

And they'd be driving an RV as big as a Greyhound Super Scenicruiser.

[@patriley9449]

In 2023 the trucks are just as luxurious as cars. The 1/2-ton models even ride much like cars. They can tow and haul so much more than these old models, but they are so complex that the typical owner cannot service or repair them. As of May 2023, the costs are also outrageous with 1/2 ton low-end 2wd models selling for over $ 40,000 to top level 4wd diesels selling for over $ 100,000. That is more than the average family earns. The old days were much better in that respect.

[@LarryButler-kp3se]

Pick a date back to 1965, when the dollar devaluation started. Ask android for the gold price then and now ($1980/oz). Get a price then and use gold to find the devaluation. $40,000 is cheap!

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

What was the average miles you got out of these older trucks. The newere commercials boast going 150k, 200k, 250-300k. What was the average life on these older ones before they quit?

[@mattbowers9717]

Still like watching history

[@dondressel452]

I’m heading down to the chevy dealership to buy a new 54 chevy pickup

[@LarryButler-kp3se]

I stopped by to drive a $99K Ford Lightning EV pickup. The salesman asked what I wanted. "Order me a 'Ford F-100 short bed, 6 cyl, 3 speed on the column."

[@donaldcurtis9229]

Add a 3/4 ton Chevy 3 on the tree old PennDOT truck 70s and 80s 1953

[@mattbowers9717]

Subliminal hypno back then.🤔

[@jerrycaughron7378]

Walter Brennan special?

[@soco13466]

The early fifties Chevies had those "dog haunches" over the rear wheels. I was born in '54, and never liked those fenders. To me, they were unnecessary and clunky looking. The ads back then were corny as hell, and simplistic.

[@Thomas-px6ni]

Ditto. I hate those fender skirts on any car.