Did Ford give up against GM/Chrysler and just start lying? Dodge lays out some facts... but do they stand up?
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@carlmontney7916 Жыл бұрын
These old training clips are solid gold. Filled with *advertising speak* where inches are turned into miles and molehills into mountains. For mechanical equipment I Go With Dodge all the way. However for styling I like the Merc better. I've always found the Dodge front ends from that era as too busy. Keep posting these. You did a great job with this one.
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
thanks yeah this 59 stuff is pretty top notch. Roy Ross was hitting their stride.
@friendofdorothy9376 Жыл бұрын
I can’t tell you how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE these. I watch them while eating a meal and I’m simply in heaven. This one’s in color too…what a treat!!
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
Thanks yeah I love this stuff also... I know Roy Ross went really deep and I love how they just didnt phone each one in. They have different stories/themes.
@jamesfox25799 ай бұрын
I would proudly own AND drive either one of these beautiful Cars over ANY Car built today!💕
@autochronicles86678 ай бұрын
I totally agree!
@toddbonin6926 Жыл бұрын
Love these videos. Thanks for sharing.
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
welcome, i still have a lot. I will be getting onto ford soon. I scored a whole 60s dealer ship film collection... some 200 films and records.
@toddbonin6926 Жыл бұрын
@@autochronicles8667 that’s awesome, because I’m a Ford man!
@T-41 Жыл бұрын
Fun to see these old sales training film strips. Thanks.
@stevedeleon877510 ай бұрын
The Mercury is a nicer looking car than the Angry Looking front end of the Chryslers
@michaelbenardo5695 Жыл бұрын
Always loved most of the 59 cars, including the Merc. The 59 Chrysler, though, while nice, is not as nice looking as the 58, which looks like the 57, but is a better car.
@radioguy16208 ай бұрын
We had a 59 Monterrey and I cant imagine any car having more room.Wish I had it now, used to take the best naps in the back seat on trips.
@autochronicles86678 ай бұрын
The imperials/Cadillacs were bigger... giant houses on wheels :)
@plunkervillerr1529 Жыл бұрын
Just view Highway Patrol and you`ll find the answer.
@gcfifthgear Жыл бұрын
That "Getaway Six" was available only on the Coronet 2-door sedan, 4-door sedan and hardtop coupe...but Mercury was not alone in cutting down on horsepower (most medium and low-price makes were seeing Rambler in their rearview mirrors)...
@davidcoudriet843910 ай бұрын
Best front end for a police car, ever!
@edwardberwind854411 ай бұрын
These manufactures were really reaching and nit picking just to outdo each other. They were great times.
@autochronicles866711 ай бұрын
We'll usually only the person who won the 0-60 put that in his video :) and window square inches mattered so much :)
@tomservo56954 Жыл бұрын
In the end Dodge beat Mercury, 192K to 150K... numerically and percentage-wise a greater gain over rock bottom 1958
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say "sales numbers" are indicative of a win for any brand. It really depended on what you were looking for ... drag stip? mileage... quality, fit and finish, options, looks etc. These guys were all about stealing marketshare from each other. Converting a Mercury guy to a Dodge was probably a huge win for them and still is.
@geodot595 Жыл бұрын
i learned to drive in a 59 colony park black woody on red, a real beauty. 390 2brl. 126 in wheelbase, the turnpike cruiser was on a 128 in. base. the biggest mercs ever, separate from ford country squire. 3rd seat faced forward. my aunt had a 59 fury wagon. stunning. even a bit more space than the merc. love those torsion bar front springs, simply better control. 3rd seat faced rear as in gm wagons of the era.
@friendofdorothy9376 Жыл бұрын
I’ve always wondered if the rear facing third seat would ever make someone car sick?
@michaelbenardo5695 Жыл бұрын
@@friendofdorothy9376 Sometimes.
@geodot595 Жыл бұрын
@@friendofdorothy9376 i was never sick in any of the 3rd seat and i was in all of them. country squires had facing rear seats in these years but tight leg room was the result. my dad, a gm fan, bought the larger merc because of 3rd seat was forward facing. he wanted the buick, but he did not like the 3rd facing to the rear. only time i ever had motion sickness was a 64 buick 225 rear seat. those rear coil springs were not stableized against side to side motion.
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
yeah you can get carsick... i had to get into the middle seats and look out the front
@travislostaglia8861 Жыл бұрын
The 390 didn’t exist until 1961. It would have been a 352 most likely
@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus Жыл бұрын
The Dodge was really weird looking that year.
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
Yeah seeing in person helps.
@Greatdome99 Жыл бұрын
Mercs were built on two different wheelbases: the shorter Ford and the std Mercury, so size comparisons were probably taken from the shorter wheelbase version.
@stevendaniel8126 Жыл бұрын
Tedious and petty........ Both are history.
@autochronicles8667 Жыл бұрын
Dodge is history? Eh... not quite...
@Doobie19757 ай бұрын
Wouldn't Dodge have better competed wth Edsel instead of Mercury? I feel Chrysler or De Soto was a better competitor for Mercury
@autochronicles86677 ай бұрын
Probably not... Edsel was placed above the Mercury. Mercury was middle tier and Dodge was a good comparison. Desoto would work but it was higher priced, but Chrysler was above all these. Chrysler was a "bankers" car... and the price was WAY higher than Mercury/Dodge... Chrysler was essentially Imperial/Cadillac status at the time. If you take the 59 New Yorker Sedan it was 4050$ its 42000$ in dollars today. The most expensive Mercury is still 25% less than the sedan. The 300C in 59 is 51,300$... which was EXPENSIVE...
@danielulz16406 ай бұрын
Edsel, especially in 59 and 60, was priced BETWEEN Ford and Mercury. @@autochronicles8667
@JohnReitz-ps2ct2 ай бұрын
Both are hideous... Hard to believe people spent money on either.
@autochronicles86672 ай бұрын
Cmon! :)
@kennethanway79799 ай бұрын
The mopar has a way better looking front end...kinda mean!