13 WORST Cars From The 1950s, Nobody Wants Back!

13 WORST Cars From The 1950s, Nobody Wants Back!
Explore the "13 WORST Cars From The 1950s, Nobody Wants Back!" In this video, we delve into the most infamous cars of the 1950s USA that have faded into obscurity. Discover why these automotive failures are better left in the past. A must-watch for car enthusiasts and history buffs alike!
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[@Splungers]

This video is a classic example of "Talking just to hear your head roar".

[@danielkeene1623]

So, if these cars, The Metro,T bird, Hawk, were so unpopular, why are they so damn Popular with collectors today. These cars were all ahead of their time.

[@dickslocum]

collectability is directly invers of availability. This is the case in automobiles even more than other antiques.

[@charliepc56]

I agree with you! I was surprised to see some of those cars were so unpopular! My memory tells me differant.

[@stevie-ray2020]

Mainly because they're rare, as few have survived over the years!

[@leoncutajar1369]

They were so ahead of their time many were scrapped in less then 20 years due to the fuel crisis.

[@daxtonbrown]

I'm a Chevy guy. But the T Bird was gorgeous.

[@mossi408]

Mustang II? Come on... Should I explain when the fifties happened?

[@richarda996]

Missed it by twenty years,lol

[@biglongcadillac]

Artificial Intelligence misses the mark

[@darthwiizius]

70s Stang, 50s engineering with 20s performance. Here in the UK if you had one in the 80s you literally couldn't give them away. A friend of mind noticed one randomly dumped on a piece of scrub land near his house and registered it his name to annoy his neighbours with the racket coming out of the exhaust. I mean, we might not have liked the XJS styling at the time (well, I did but then I'm a bit weird) but at least it could do 140+ for it's no miles to the gallon.

[@sergiovazquez9223]

​@@darthwiizius Should I mention a few british Cars of the 50s, 60s, 70s? 😂😂😂 That were Real junk !!

[@darthwiizius]

@@sergiovazquez9223 A few? I think you'll find it's more than that. Cars in general weren't perfected until the late 80s/early 90s, people go on about Audi's and VWs but in that period MK1 golfs and Audi Quatros were rust buckets, you could watch them rust in real time. Mind you my Mk1 Ford Fiesta Supersport wasn't any better, the steel was so wafer thin that surface rust left holes.

[@mossi408]

The last 3 are from the 70's, not 50's... 🙄

[@nigelcharlton-wright1747]

This gentleman also included the last three cars in his 1960's cars that nobody wants back! I bet he would include them in 1980's, '90's and 2000's.

[@DarrenMartin-x9v]

At 23:44 he also includes a TV advertisement for a 1960's Dodge Coronet!

[@LeeEngdahl]

Yes, but the Vega was a piece of shite.

[@alexclement7221]

So.....a bunch of 1950's cars, and also 3 from the 1970's? Were you comatose during the entire 1960's????

[@justajo2]

What a poorly put together video. Often the wrong car or engine or interior is shown. Problems are mentioned that I've never heard of before and the 1971 Vega, the 1974 Mustang II, and the 1978 Pacer aren't 1950s cars by a considerable stretch.

[@DavidSprange]

Poorly researched. Pictures used often did not match with year of car being discussed A waste of time

[@LeeEngdahl]

particularly showing the 1958 Cad and talking about the 1959.

[@duelenigma7732]

lose the distressed lens Hitchcock

[@BingBangBye]

In the Mercury Turnpike Cruiser segment, why is there footage of a late '50s Chrysler product? Why does the Eldorado Biarritz segment have so much footage of '57 and '58 Cadillacs? And do you really think that '59 Eldorado Biarritz owners would be among those cost-conscious drivers worrying about rising gas prices?

[@tommurphy4307]

when those cars were young fuel was about 20-cents per gallon.

[@nigelcharlton-wright1747]

Can I suggest adding the Benz 3 Wheeler from 1890's, Model T Ford, the Yugo 55… These were from the '50's.

[@bradzimmerman3171]

nigel you idiot Model T era ended by 1928 do some research

[@dozerm.4108]

Cars from the 1950's ? Well, you almost had it right until the last 3 cars on your list.

[@annabellesnightmares]

I'm not in the USA but give you lots of credit, I'm curious about how they build a 1971 Vega in the 50s?

[@grantdaniels4802]

​@@annabellesnightmares😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@ahoorakia]

@@annabellesnightmares it was 1950and 21😂😂

[@stevedallas4942]

I'm still trying to figure out those KZbin vids from a few years ago that claimed Woodstock was in 1959, and housewives of the 50s were dropping Acid. It's because millennials have no real education. The 50s and 60s are the same to them. They even call Xers born in the 70s "Boomer." I about beat my head trying to teach history to that Generation. You couldn't teach them because they all knew everything already, a third of every classroom was whacked up Ecstacy, the rest on Ritalin, and their parents thought their kids could do no wrong. Pathetic.

[@sergiovazquez9223]

​@@annabellesnightmaresMarty McFly brougjt it from the future 😂

[@boboren8246]

I think I would take just about any of those cars compared to the junk that is on the American roads today talking about all the foreign junk cars

[@stepper7023]

Not sure why the Vega, Pacer and Mustang II were included in the video. Clearly not 50's cars. Was the title submitted before the content perhaps?

[@matrox]

Anything made before he was born in 2000 he thinks was the 1950s.

[@bobbyquinting3918]

I still want a 1957 Ford Thunderbird! I don't care if it leaks water in the rain -I'll drive it on sunny days!

[@daxtonbrown]

i'M a Chevy guy. But the 57 TBird is to die for.

[@aliceputt3133]

My best friend and neighbor had one and we drove all over in it. The major problem is that the removable roof was stolen several times. She finally bought a fibreglass top, with the porthole, and had it bolted down.

[@tommurphy4307]

@@aliceputt3133 THATS why you get the two-top deal- and a hoist for your garage, and the hardtop stays with your garage hoist.

[@randalmayeux8880]

Plus the '57 T-Bird had portholes. That's the most important thing!

[@matrox]

This guy grew up strapped in the back seat of his momma Honda Civic. He ain't got a clue about the 1950s.

[@henrikstenstrom79]

Not a clue of anything...from under what rock does he live? Those cars from the 50s are worshiped by enthusiasts all over the world, many sell for prices that easily would buy you four new cars if they are in good condition..

[@bunzeebear2973]

Was that the "Metallic" blue one? circa 1972 or earlier white one?

[@svendtveskg5719]

@@henrikstenstrom79 No, they aren't.

[@goldfieldgary]

My family had a '54 Nash Metropolitan, I remember as being a nice little runabout, and we even took it on weeklong journeys. Not everyone felt cheated by its being a compact automobile.

[@TillyOrifice]

I learned to drive in an Austin A40 (same engine). Didn't notice it was underpowered, but then I was only 5.

[@stephenvelden295]

All of these cars are better than your video!

[@hopkin2006]

That's savage!

[@duane4972]

​@@hopkin2006 But warrented, full of mistakes and the pictures didn't match what he was talking about. Totally a FAILURE, done by someone without a clue about the subject !

[@bradzimmerman3171]

Except the Crosely that is bad

[@duelenigma7732]

Amen

[@laetiziacoronet243]

"Forgotten relics", whatchoo smokin Mac?

[@ffmann461]

Last time I checked 1950's ended on Dec.31, 1959. So the cars from the 1970's are greatly removed form the 1950"s!

[@ahoorakia]

what about 1950and 21🤣🤣

[@davidwoods7408]

Pure filler. They will mention these same cars again in the 13 worst cars of the 1970's plus 3 from the 90's!😁

[@goldfieldgary]

Since there are 10 years in a decade, 1960 is the last yearof the 1950's.

[@davidwoods7408]

@@goldfieldgary 1950 to 1959 is ten years. Use your fingers.

[@ffmann461]

@@goldfieldgary Yes there are 10 years but they were 1950 -1959 not 1951- 1960!

[@ammoalamo6485]

5:48 Lordy, I love that Nash Metropolitan Station Wagon! The school teacher lady who rented the duplex across the street had a black Thunderbird, a later model though. All black, including its hard top, it was a beautiful sight.

[@mikestaihr5183]

Guess they needed 3 more cars to get the unlucky 13 number..... so why not throw in some random cars from another decade...

[@navret1707]

The Crowley Hotshot clinched victory at Sebring’s 12 hour race. It finished first, second and third in its class completing 15 laps in the 12 hour event. I would love to get hold of the July 1950 Car and Driver magazine to see what really happened.

[@intoid]

I actually had the crossly hot shot first car as a kid in high school! Red with the light blue plaid hand operated top! It was a jewel for sure with the removable side doors just by lifting up on the open doors! Reach out and touch the street from my seated position driving without the doors. 24hp engine was ok too! 😊

[@Al-thecarhistorian]

Why, oh why, are these videos produced? Whoever produces these videos has absolutely no interest or knowledge about cars. All they do is anger real car buffs and invite the hate nerds to say stupid things like "I'd never have a car of the fifties. The air bags and crumple zones only work when the touch screen displays the back up camera and the heated seats are activated by the mandatory power windows". Besides, cars of the 1950s don't include cars of the 1970s. And the insertion of the wrong car is inexcusable ('60 Mercury for a '57. Studebaker sedan for a Hawk. '57 TBird for a '55.

[@fractuss]

"Here's a free 1955 Thunderbird", "No thank you" said no one ever.

[@elultimo102]

I generally like foreign cars of that era, but the '59 Caddie convertible has always been a beauty---especially in red. (Although a mechanical POS, my dream car has always been a '63-67 Jaguar XKE. I couldn't afford one new, nor can I afford one now).

[@davidkilts1670]

Old Jags are great if you keep them perfectly clean and buy a complete aftermarket wiring harness!

[@elultimo102]

@@davidkilts1670 ---Reportedly, if a Jag stopped leaking oil, you were a quart down. I would like one with a '65 283 Chevy V8. There was a restoration that was re-engined with a US V8 for about 20% of an original---but it still looked cool.

[@jimarcher5255]

A Jaguar XKE was a beauty but not a car for Houston in stop and go traffic which guaranteed overheating. It was attention getting particularly from law enforcement.

[@tommurphy4307]

@@davidkilts1670 and don't put any oil in them cuz you know its going to end up on the pavement...

[@johnstadelman4022]

Lets talk about Pacer's lack of "adequate" engeneering. In discusions with G.M., AMC had an agreement with G.M. to purchase the rotery engine that G.M. assured them they would produce. Based on this, AMC DESIGENED their Pacer with the rotery engine in mind. It was only after AMC already had started production of the Pacer and had autos sitting around waiting for engines that G.M. announced they had decided to back out of the deal. AMC was stuck between a "rock & a hard place" not having a motor that would fit their car. In desperation they installed their 6cyl which did not fit. THANKS G.M.!

[@JeffDeWitt]

It was even worse than that. GM was also going to make a a front wheel drive transaxle to go with the rotary engine. The Pacer was intended to have a rotary engine AND front wheel drive.

[@BingBangBye]

GM cancelled its agreement with Wankel because of problems with the rotary engine - primarily poor gas mileage and mechanical unreliability of the apex seals and rotary-tip seals. Mazda had the same problems with its version of that engine. I wouldn't say that GM screwed over AMC just because it wanted to. Besides, GM paid Wankel $60 million for production licenses and got nothing for it.

[@johnstadelman4022]

@@BingBangBye My point is that G.M. made a deal with AMC & AMC trusted them. G.M. MADE A DEAL to sell rotery engines to AMC & AMC made the mistake of trusting them. AMC designed a whole car around a rotery engine. G.M. DID SCREW OVER AMC because they were a competing brand....

[@BingBangBye]

@@johnstadelman4022 Bless your heart. Unless you've read the full text of the agreement between GM and AMC, and were privy to the discussions between the two companies, you can't state that as fact. GM would have been foolhardy to build an engine that had reliability issues, poor gas mileage, and wouldn't pass emissions testing, and AMC would have been foolhardy to accept an engine with those problems. Have a nice day.

[@ronhall3686]

Repaired many Pacers in the 70's, AMC 232 and 258 inline six were very reliable motors. The major issue was the back half of the engine was under the dash area, making rear spark plugs and valve cover gaskets a royal pain. The 232 and 258 inline six later became the great 4.0 inline six in the jeep models.

[@robertvance1873]

How Can you jump from the 50's to the 70's end of video for me

[@burkestorti4586]

With each car featured in this video included incorrect photos for that car. Having grown up in the 1950's, this error stuck out to me.

[@Tomatohater64]

Too bad. All of these cars look great. I actually saw a 1956 Packard Caribbean a few years ago in two-tone blue; absolutely breathtaking.

[@jeffgreen7499]

Those are great cars! I had a '55 Caribbean. Yes, they had some issues, and I met a guy that worked for Packard, he was the Ultramatic "specialist" in the area. He described for me the "bugs" in these cars, but after those were fixed he said that they were great cars. The only trouble mine ever gave me was when 1 electric window stopped working.

[@aattura1541]

My aunt had one - us kids would sit in the back seat and bounce bounce bounce as she gaily drove us here and there.

[@tommurphy4307]

@@aattura1541 when my cousin and i were toddlers we used to stand on the front seat unrestrained- if you tried that nowadays any cop would nail you like a toad on a june bug.

[@AlanEmmons-qw6bg]

And you said the cars from the 50's but you skipped from decade to decade! What's up with that? And the George Jetson car And the.foodarackacycle is broken again Jane!!!

[@gregobern6084]

Tenured College professors wore plaid elbow patches and rode a bicycle or drove crappy economical loser cars under the speed limit. a turnpike cruiser would give him a guilt trip

[@tommurphy4307]

like ed begley, jr.

[@AlanEmmons-qw6bg]

But but my dad owned a Hudson terraplane and it had a bad door latch and I fell out by leaning on the door! Now I lean to the left when riding in any car! And the thunderbird had porthole windows which was the coolest thing I ever saw. But I was just a kid so what did I know? And I owned a lark myself with a three on the steering wheel column that's how I learned to shift a standard transmission. And my parents owned a mercury wagon and it was a bohemeth, but it fit all 12 of the family comfortably! But it had no speakers to speak of so we sang rolling down the hi-way!

[@andy41417]

Packard segment shows modern car electrics

[@mariohabon5234]

They used a 4L60-E in the Packard?? What!!???

[@stevedallas4942]

It was brought to them by some kid named Marty driving a Delorean.

[@tommurphy4307]

@@stevedallas4942 good one- apparently, they didn't like the TH700R4.

[@stevedallas4942]

@@tommurphy4307 My first car was a 1950 Rocket 88. I wish I still had it. I love those old Harley Earl rides!

[@tommurphy4307]

@@stevedallas4942 i really like that decked L-67 engine (3800 series II) they used in the latest (95-98) full-size olds. i'd like to do a swap with one in an old datsun 510 sedan- if i can find an affordable two-door somewhere.

[@johnstapler5956]

I like most of those cars, especially the big Dodges.

[@ChimeraActual]

My first new car was a '72 Vega "Kammback". You think it doesn't belong here? I think it qualifies, as it was one of the worst cars of any age. The block (!) warped every 10,000 miles. Chevy paid for the first repair, I paid for the next three. I was such an idiot trying to keep it going.

[@l.m.delgado7808]

The Caribbean is the perfect candidate for a "Resto mod" work.

[@richruksenas5992]

No.

[@l.m.delgado7808]

@@richruksenas5992 Why not?

[@tommurphy4307]

body parts are rare and cost a grip if you can find em.

[@abaldguycreation]

Why isn't the 1975 AMC Pacer in this list of bad cars from the 1950s?

[@timkahn2813]

we had a golden hawk. it was great .

[@chribm]

The mustang pinto. Lousy car, but not 50s. It's from the 70s! You really should get your titles corrected.

[@ahoorakia]

I thought the title say 13 worst car from 50's not 60's and 70's and so on😂😂

[@davidcoudriet8439]

The Hot Shot never ever came with the tin block.

[@tommurphy4307]

not in the 50's- all cast-iron

[@James-ik8yz]

Actually, we collect many of these cars . And they bring in big dollars and the auctions

[@Grisbi6]

I would love to have a Crosley today!

[@DMPB-fi2ir]

I actualy own a 50's hotshot in Highschool wish i had know back then the value of some of these cars today

[@protorhinocerator142]

1955 Ford Thunderbird and nobody wants it? Those things are super collectible. Most of them are, if not downright iconic. Then you jump to 3 turds from the 70's. OK they're all trash but wrong decade much?

[@aattura1541]

I still have my Vega-- outfitted it with sway bars, Koni Shocks, took great care of it. It was alot better than most people debunk it to be, as long as they took care of it.

[@tommurphy4307]

i had a '75 cosworth 2-liter in the late 70's- my cousin owns it now. neither of us ever had any problems with that car. well- one problem- other drivers always ask if its for sale.

[@robertpearson8546]

I remember the Ford Techna. If a fuse is blown, you have to crank open the 180-pound door to get out and change the fuse.

[@johnwwirtanen1283]

Cadillac Biarritz is NOT pronounced "Buh-Ritz." There are three syllables and all are to be pronounced: "Bee-uh-ritz."

[@TheOzthewiz]

Well said, Sir!

[@GoofyOldGuyPlays]

Just wondering when in the 1950's these cars from the 70's were sold. I want that time machine! Living in 1956 and buying 1978 AMC pacer would be Amazing!! Think of the money I could make!

[@richardarcher3435]

How come the timing of the 1974 Mustang 2's release coinciding with the 1973 oil crisis challenged its reception when it was a response to the oil crisis?

[@tommurphy4307]

thank God for all those front suspensions and steering racks- they come in handy for all kinds of projects....

[@mikemullay5622]

The Metro was known for very weak front ends. Get too sporty and the front spindles would break off. What really killed the Metro though was the Beetle.

[@goldfieldgary]

It survived my older brother learning to drive in it. 😂

[@michaeldeering5907]

successor? burrits? and 1971 chevvy vega? '74 mustang ii? '78 pacer? how do they fit in this video? who writes this sh!t?

[@bjs2022]

Please don’t “click to fill” 4:3 material (do not BBC; Blow-up / Blurr / Crop) old video (or film converted to video) that degrades the resolution to less than standard definition. It may look OK on a computer screen but on a TV it’s reduced to blurry mush. Leave 4:3 alone!

[@rogerhill4721]

You said that Studebaker was "known for their lack-lustre cars" during your presentation of a '56 Golden Hawk (which is anything but lack-luster itself). Going back a few years, Stude introduced the brilliant and popular Champion model just before WWll, the first post-war styled car (many features copied by other auto makers), the '53 Starlight and Starliner Coupes which were called by designers as the best designed cars of the 1950's (and made all other cars look 10 years older) and was the first postwar example of what became the popular "personal car". Add to that, models with superchargers, the industry's first self adjusting brakes, tuff OHV V8's 4 years before Pontiac , Plymouth or Chevrolet and the first low-priced car with a true automatic transmission. l believe your credibility is in question.

[@tommurphy4307]

mopar's first OHV V8's were introduced in 1951. pontiac started development on their strato-streak V8 in 1946 for its 53 intro, and here's the kicker- chevy produced their first OHV V8 way back in 1917-18 with their D-series models. so- not so....stude didn't go belly-up due to an idea/technology shortage- they just ran out of business-sense.

[@TheOzthewiz]

Those Raymond Loewy designed cars are some of COOLEST cars of the '50s!

[@RobertGuidry-f3f]

Gaps and visible flaws? Please tell me this isn't a problem with all cars, especially with al trucks of any year. 13) The Crosley Hotshot. It was guly, and no one in this Country would settle for am inline four. 12) The Packard Carribean. The Automatic Transmission was experimental at the time and other Companies never put it in their highest rankd cars until the transmission had been refined enough to desrve to go into it. Also, the Straight-Eight engine was too antiquated for anyone to want it. 11) Nash Metropolitan. It looked too wierd and yes the small engine was a factor. A lot of people would love to have a stock one right now. 10) Ford T-Bird. He has to diss this one as Biden likes Corvettes and this T-bird was not only a better car in being a metal car with a V-8 but also looked better hands down. 09) Studebaker Golden Hawk. They were chasing Dodge/Chrysler with cars that had fins08). Mercury Turnpike Cruiser. It is a Family car. So what's your point? 08) Edsel. It wasn't as bad as everyone cries about. One. It is a good looking car if you can get over the car's nose. Two. The only problem with it was new untested tech. But don't say anything because it was the infant form of what you now cal paddle shifters and any other tech that is in the wheel like Cruise-Control or the speed control buttons used in the first Dodge Caravan. Three. The second bodystyle leftovers were used to create the limited-edition 1960 Sunliner. 07) 1959 Cadillac. He can't say anything about this considering it is one of the best designed during a year when all GM cars except the Impala of that year were all dogs. 06) Kaiser-Darren. he has to diss this one because of what it was/is. It was the Corvette as Corvette was in it's Second year. And this car had MOPAR in it. Kaiser was part of AMC which was MOPAR parts-bin. 05) The Dodge Coronet. How can he diss the Motor of the Brotherhood of Muscle? All of their cars to my knowledge that got a Hemi in '68, were on a platform based off of this car. 04) Chevy Vega. Yes it was a failure, at attempting to make a small American Car. We used to be able to but all we can do successsfully now is make supersized everything. 03) The Second Generation Mustang. Back off of it now. Without this car the Mustang would have died with the First generation being the only Muscle Generation. And without the Mustang, there would have been ZERO Musclecars from ALL Companies because of it because all of the Muscle made because they were chasing the sales of the Mustang regardless to the size of the car. You would not have gotten A-Body Musclecar competiton either. So like with the Pinto which this car is built on that Platform,and you better. If you love Muscled cars, then you an apology and a debt of gratitude to both. 02) Ford Pinto. See above. 01) AMC Gremlin. Where else could you get a Compact car with the chioce to put a MOPAR V-8 as it's Powerplant? Signed-RIchard.

[@BlisterBang]

Imagine that! A 1971 car came out in the 1950's! Incredible!

[@JeffDeWitt]

It was ahead of its time.

[@TheOzthewiz]

Only on KZbin! LOL

[@BingBangBye]

The Crosley stole a lot of Austin-Healey design cues.

[@r.g.c.3897]

I had many friends who had Chevy Vega's and I never heard of any of the mechanical problems mentioned. I will say riding in them felt like riding in an under powered compact made entirely of cast iron. I myself had the successor to the Vega which was the Chevy Monza which was surprisingly one of the best cars I ever owned and I owned many over my long life. My Monza had a 140CU Aluminum 4 cylinder with an overhead cam and it performed equivalent to a Nissan 240 SX, I know this from racing my brothers 240 which I had expected to lose to easily and instead consistently came to a tie with.

[@BingBangBye]

I owned two Vegas and I had ALL of the mechanical problems mentioned. The Monza's 140cu engine was the Vega engine, except with the main problems solved.

[@r.g.c.3897]

@@BingBangBye Thanks for letting me know that. I guess the friends I had were either lucky or never mentioned the issues.

[@BingBangBye]

@@r.g.c.3897 I'm sure the failure rate couldn't have been 100%, so I have no doubt your Vega-owning friends could have won that lottery. 👍👍

[@tommurphy4307]

really? nearly all of the '72 and '73 models had a campaign to replace and paint the fenders.

[@tommurphy4307]

@@BingBangBye the only monzas worth owning were the small-block spyders.

[@spyder2383]

How much is a 59 caddy these days?

[@johneastman1905]

This might well be why my family chosen to drive Volkswagen beetles and busses back then. The slide roof bus served us well.

[@TheOzthewiz]

I would LOVE to have a RESTORED Micro-Bus!!

[@Rich-l7b]

I think you're wrong about the Starlight coop. The rest I pretty much agree on

[@blackholeentry3489]

"My" chiropractor drove an Edsel for many years....and which spent a LOT of time in my repair shop awaiting parts. I repeatedly had to repair the blufort reactivation destabilizer....however, although I did receive many 'free' back, neck, leg twisting and popping sessions of my lower sybolosis, he still owed me mucho money...and he eventually had the car towed off to a nearby recycling yard, which promptly shipped it to Japan, where it was quickly melted down and reconverted into Honda motorcycles.

[@josephbingham1255]

11:19 I learned to drive in a Golden Hawk that looked much like this one. It was owned by my mother's car salesman boyfriend. A stick shift. A Packard motor that "burned rubber" if you were't careful as I recall. A metal plate on the swirled dash containing a production number and name of the Texan it had been made for. The Edsel. I know someone whose father won one as a prize at a racetrack for picking the seven last place horses. :)

[@Doodler-JL]

My father had a "57" Merc, and its biggest problem was overheating. The engines had water-jackets that were too small to pass a sufficient amount of water to remove enough heat to prevent overheating. Dad had nothing but trouble with that car. I remember him saying "The year Chevy came out with their best car ever, I bought that G-D Merc".

[@davidkilts1670]

'Mercury' was a way to hide a four-letter word.

[@ralphpotowski-pn5hn]

Friend of mine has one. Drivers it often and long distance. No Problems. Maybe the Problem was, how they were treated?

[@blackholeentry3489]

3:10.....Packard..A "Spot's Car??" Looks much more like a miltary tank with rubber wheels!

[@aliceputt3133]

I loved the Metropolitan, especially the access into the trunk from the inside. And it’s cute. My other favorite is the 1957 T Bird in powder blue. I had a 1963 T Bird with electronic problems.

[@68pishta68]

Interesting that the 57 Mercury Turnpike cruiser had quad headlights as they were barely DOT approved for 57 and these cars were usually designed 2 years prior to release years. '57 Ford was supposed to have quads but they went to a retrofittted DOT single headlight at the last minute because they were not sure of the '57 DOT approval of the quad system.

[@aliceputt3133]

Sorry but the Cadillac Biarritz was a delight to drive, ride in, and be seen in.

[@davidwoods7408]

50"s? Hmmm, well I do remember the Mustang 2's illustrious career. California CHP had ordered some for the purpose of high speed pursuit where I lived in San Bernardino. They found out at 100 mph the front floated and became extremely dangerous to drive. These Mustangs had the 302 block, special order from Ford.

[@bobruda]

The Mustang ll would have done much better if it was not named a Mustang. It will always suffer from comparison to past Mustangs. Should have had it's own badge name.

[@williamjones7163]

I knew someone who had a Metropolitan. They could only drive it on weekends and spent the rest of the week fixing it.

[@Rebel9668]

The '58 Edsel Corsair may have left a lot to be desired, but I had a '59 Edsel Ranger and I loved that car! I'm 6'8" and had to lean forward to be able to reach the dashboard! The hood and trunk came up to my hip. Roomy, dependable with its column shift transmission and its 312 V8. Undercoated from the factory it was still just as solid in 1989 as it had been when it was new.

[@GregorKropotkin-qu2hp]

I think that the Packard Caribbean is a beautiful car-for a start, the bodywork is of the very finest order and it looks as if it was made for cruising down long straight roads if I had the money to buy one though, I'd see if a manual gearbox could be put in.

[@tommurphy4307]

you would have a fortune tied up up in that car even before you spec out a drivetrain for it.

[@bftdr]

small trunk space would not be a deterrent to going to the grocery store today. you can fit $200 worth of food with room to spare today.

[@thomasvarner4910]

Didn't realize the Vega, mustang, and pacer were made in 1950s

[@alexhayden2303]

I really fancied a Two Tone Nash Met. for its looks. Never got to drive one. (UK.)

[@mikecawood]

You seem to be mistaking the Mercury Turnpike with the Plymouth Fury.

[@rdaw33]

What I would have loved to have is a King Midget!!!! So simple, and would have been great for around town!!! No more dangerous than the 1973 Pinto I drove for years!

[@tommurphy4307]

way more dangerous than ANY mass-produced car- domestic or foreign. life's already too short to be driving around in one of those...

[@tomperkins5657]

Sadly the Metropolitan's demise happened with a head on Suburban.

[@daveneil3963]

That Hot Shot was bad. It looked cheap. Thanks you for sharing such an informative video with us. I saw some cars I've never heard of. When I was growing up we had a Rambler convertible but it was only the very top that went down.

[@tommurphy4307]

how's that again??

[@DarrenMartin-x9v]

2:20. That thing won at Sebring? What was its opposition? Soap Boxes?

[@167curly]

Those dated sounding voices of 1950s commercials amuse me.

[@dancurtis611]

EDSEL= Every Day Something Else Leaks. Edsel Ford was a well educated and talented car designer who did not deserve to have his name pinned to this disaster.

[@stevenleek1254]

Pretending to be experts when you're S for Brains is a sad fact of courrent internet.

[@knowone6214]

I owned a mustang 2.....the WORST POS and biggest waste of money I ever did....that was a turning point for me AWAY from FORD

[@MausMasher54]

I had a '72 Vega GT, yes it had coolant issues, but I fixed that by removing the Thermostat and a bit of cardboard, No Issues for the next 4 years I owned it....

[@tommurphy4307]

one of the worst things you can do to an aluminum motor- restrict the cooling capability. you have to either use a gutted thermostat or a big, flat washer in there to slow the coolant flow.

[@MegaPeedee]

Nobody wants back? Who is included in "nobody"? And it isn't as if any manufacturer would even think of remaking old vehicles. Your title could just have been "Thirteen worst cars from the 1950s". Other than that I found the video interesting.

[@brotherowl]

What a shame about the Packard Caribbean. An absolutely gorgeous car to view. Might be a good candidate for a complete restoration of body and gut everything else to be replaced with modern more reliable parts.

[@tommurphy4307]

and then you would have a hundred-thousand-dollar packard with a builder's parts list a mile long. mods like that are hard-sells.

[@TheOzthewiz]

@@tommurphy4307 The "collector value" of that car would be "circling the drain'. It would become ANOTHER "street rod". STUPID IDEA!!!

[@HJPorschen]

I would love to have a Crosley...

[@glenfenderman]

As bad as they were, I'm sure that the inclusion of those 70's cars was an honest mistake. As for those 50's cars, none of them were perfect, but they are still desirable to have as collectibles or show cars if not as daily drivers.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

Chevy sold over 2 million Vegas over a model run of 8 years. Whether it was a good or bad car depends on your perspective - but it's certainly not one of the WORST cars whether you're including 1970's cars or not.

[@rpeek]

That's me at 1:18...

[@eugenegilleno9344]

I’d have most of them right now !!! 😁….especially the Metropolitan, which was an Austin A40 under the body…..and all built in the UK ! 😁

[@Fatherflot64]

so 70s cars were actually from the 50s?

[@TheOzthewiz]

YUP! You got it!

[@mexicoford74]

Worst KZbin film of the 2020s....

[@tomwagner3874]

The parking garage on my block used a towed Crosley Hotshot as a way for the driver to get back to the garage after delivering a limo to an owner on 5th Ave in NYC.

[@drbluzer]

WORST 1950"S CARS : @00:39 : 1950 CROSLEY HOTSHOT @02:35 : 1953 PACKARD CARIBBEAN @05:34 : 1954 NASH METROPOLITAN @08:25 : 1955 FORD THUNDERBIRD @10:25 : 1956 STUDEBAKER GOLDEN HAWK @12:25 : 1957 MERCURY TURNPIKE CRUISER @15:23 : 1958 EDSEL CORSAIR @17:40 : 1959 CADILLAC ELDORADO BIARRITZ @20:00 : 1954 KAISER DARRIN @22:00 : 1957 DODGE CORONET 1970"S WORST CARS : @24:30 : 1971 CHEVROLET VEGA @26:45 : 1974 FORD MUSTANG II @28:55 : 1978 AMC PACER

[@brianallen9810]

03:10 That boat is a sports car ????

[@johnjephcote7636]

I used to see many of those Metropolitans in UK. Small cars with the unusual door. Then they all disappeared. (like the Renault Daupihne and the very US-looking Vauxhall Victor with dragons' teeth chrome fenders).

[@tommurphy4307]

well the dauphine was an abortion- like most of the renaults we received.

[@TheOzthewiz]

The Metropolitan was a BRITISH built car which was imported by American Motors Corp!

[@billmullins6833]

AMC Pacer? You mean the pregnant Gremlin?

[@1127924]

some of these cars were not from the 1950s but the terrible 1970s

[@markwatson7652]

WTF? The Vega was built in the 1970s, not the 1950s.