What Were Cars Like in 1962? | Archive Highlights

[@davidhynd4435]

"...the British car industry will rise to the opportunity.. " And twenty years later, will sink without trace, like a stone.

[@CalumRaasay]

That semi-transparent morris is so cool!

[@BhavyaAndrea]

Such gorgeous works of arts.

[@insertnamehere5146]

yes pretty, but as daily drivers they were death traps.

[@Mickster71]

A time when we (Britain) manufactured things.

[@alsanchez5038]

Time for you take a risk and do something instead of complaining.

[@Captain-Nostromo]

Poor quality compared to the Germans

[@Mightyhermes7]

evident that much of this wealth was acquired through the exploitation of other nations, primarily India. Shame upon you, British subjects. Soon enough, karma shall play its course, and there may come a day when your country becomes predominantly Islamic, with Sharia law imposed and your liberties constrained. You may find yourselves paying taxes on even the smallest of privileges, including the practice of your own faith. As a Indian Hindu I feel deeply for the predicament you may face. While the injustices committed in the past must find their reckoning, I urge you to be vigilant concerning the influence of immigrant communities and don’t consider any Muslim be the subject of your nation.Without due attention, you may indeed find yourselves in great difficulty.

[@Mightyhermes7]

evident that much of this wealth was acquired through the exploitation of other nations, primarily India. Shame upon you, British subjects. Soon enough, karma shall play its course, and there may come a day when your country becomes predominantly Islamic, with Sharia law imposed and your liberties constrained. You may find yourselves paying taxes on even the smallest of privileges, including the practice of your own faith. As a Hindu, I feel deeply for the predicament you may face. While the injustices committed in the past must find their reckoning, I urge you to be vigilant concerning the influence of immigrant communities. Without due attention, you may indeed find yourselves in great difficulty.”

[@Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars]

@@Captain-Nostromo In 1962? ..no, the Germans were still producing 2 strokes.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Used to go to the Motor Show in the early ‘60’s & always loved the transparent body panels some manufacturers put on their display models, so cool!

[@toucan221]

Thank you Pathe News for bringing the This particular Motor show clip, this has to be one of the best I have ever seen. 😃😃✔✔

[@ClassicChrome86]

Beautiful cars. Really enjoyed the video. Thanks for posting.

[@CM73878]

Just love the upbeat music.

[@rsc9520]

Me too !!!

[@alanolson6913]

Haven’t seen a British new car show in ages…this was pretty interesting. Thanks for posting it.

[@adcashmo]

62 years later in 2024: no common market and no cars to sell to it anyway.

[@bobtepedino5661]

Something was amiss with that Elan: both headlamps raised and lowered at the same time. Odd!

[@paulwomack5866]

I dread to think of the man hours involved in those beautifully polished cut aways

[@weejim48]

Beautiful cars that had plenty of spare parts available and weren’t a pain to try and work on. Cars today have every conceivable safety device and yet the standard of driving has never been so poor. 🇬🇧👍

[@tfjansson1299]

What do you mean ”standard of driving”? Far fewer die on the road today than in the sixties.

[@francovance1]

That's because cars are much safer, faster too unfortunately..

[@hamburgerhamburgerv2]

@@francovance1 *No politician will make your childhood come back. Please realize that already!*

[@masterphoenixpraha]

It's so sad when one hears the optimistic tone in the video knowing the decline that came in the following decades...

[@jodypitt3629]

I was 10 years old in 1962, wonderful childhood times.

[@anthonywalsh7613]

The three lovelies trying it out for comfort 🤣🤣👌

[@chriscansdale6389]

And look at the soul-less lumps we are offered these days.. letting computers design cars was a big mistake..

[@spacecentergames]

First car I ever owned was a Buick. That landboat had couches instead of seats. 😊 I was rear-ended twice by riceburners, and both times, those other cars were wrecked. I think I had a scratch the first time on my trunk and a slight dent in my bumper the second.

[@joenic4303]

I had a 1983 buick lesaber and it was super comfy. Ditto on the couches for seats.

[@beanieduchet2928]

I remember the Triumph Spitfire, great car !

[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 🇺🇸. Very cool to see cars from across the pond ! 👀😎👍

[@KimDelong-f7y]

Simple technology that worked!

[@mnbalfour1985]

I know an Australian retired car mechanic, who worked from the late 1960s until the early 2010s, who is also a total fan of the Mini. During a conversation about how crappy British cars were, except the Mini of course, he mentioned the Morris 1100 (e.g. 0:39) and the Riley (e.g. 1:02), and how they were, in his opinion, mutilated Minis, with that "ridiculous rear end", and how he was dismayed at how popular these "mutilated Minis" were with the British buyers, who bought them like hot cakes. He went on to say that the British car industry went down the drain because "every car was made to a price", and because the philosophy for engineering design and build quality was to go for the "barely adequate". He said the Japanese simply copied British and American cars and simply made better versions of them, more reliable and longer lived, except when rust finally got them. He said that the Datsun Bluebird's engine was simply a copy of the Austin A40's engine, even the engine heads were interchangeable. So, whenever an Austin A40 with a blown head came in for repair, he and his car mechanic colleagues would put the head of a Datsun Bluebird on. The customer would happily drive away, and then a few months to a couple of years later the A40 engine's bottom end would break down and be a write off.

[@damienhudson8028]

So may iconic cars ! Cool !

[@osovagabundo1]

Im just here for the Mall Muzak

[@Handletaken4]

Everything you need, nothing you don't.

[@ALCO-C855-fan]

...Except for seat belts.

[@j.kevvideoproductions.6463]

They sure put a lot of effort into their displays!

[@asa1973100]

Yolande Donlan looking at Mini Cooper she died 2014 bless her x

[@user-tgbghftvm]

Спасибо!

[@RusteeUte]

Loved seeing my Super Minx on the big screen 😊, no grease points though? There are plenty on mine!

[@leopoldbluesky]

Back when cars had individual styling. These days they all look the bloody same.

[@natheriver8910]

Very nice

[@medicus1963]

German automakers should watch this video and should take into consideration how quick the decay of a whole industry can come, when man takes the wrong decisions.

[@giuseppebenvenuti2396]

Best era of last Millennium

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

“Somebody’s fascinated by those headlamps.” 5:01 Yes, indeed, all six of them!!! 😁

[@paulwomack5866]

That was the joke they were going for.

[@sos10]

that last phrase.. lol

[@alanlancaster3703]

I had a triumph spitfire powder blue lovey little car never ever let me down once lovely 😊

[@brianhepke7182]

Didn't realise the Lotus Elan was introduced in '62? It still looks contemporary all these years later.

[@onlypendants]

Hillman Super Minx with 3 soopeer minx in it 😎

[@legalmexican]

Not one safety feature to be found. It was mayhem on the highways. But so much fun!

[@TheFlaneur-up1ft]

Felt sorry for the camera crew, he would have had kittens with that lighting. Also that steering wheel on the Jensen, just a tad too small!

[@rosshodge333]

Great clip! I'm guessing this is closer to 1964-5. I owned a 66 Austin A60 which an identical version of was shown in the opening scenes.

[@jonathanjohnson1339]

I would guess late 1963, based on the references to the Jaguar E Type having been introduced two years before. The E Type was introduced to the press at the Geneva auto show in March 1961, and sales began in July 1961. The first applied to join the European Economic Community (EEC), aka common Market, in 1961. De Gaulle fought it, and UK didn't formally join until 1973.

[@bloatedtreeful]

“Exciting power unit.”

[@AverageWagie2024]

I wish cars these days still come with a pretty lady included in the deal

[@KimDelong-f7y]

Spitfires were the bomb!

[@lecavaliere]

how womans are so charming and beautiful at that time...

[@paulwomack5866]

What, the nude models from the Windmill? LOL.

[@MrFactotum]

Great👍👍👍👍

[@TheLaXandro]

I wonder how they made the transparent panels, like the hood on that Mini. That's a hard part to make now, it'd be even harder back then.

[@KevHarkins1]

When car designers were not prohibited by the war on drugs

[@crowznest438]

No seat belts!

[@bojangprodoktschns5428]

For how little traffic there was accidents were numerous and horriffic. There is a policeman named Arnold Odermatt from Switzerland, who later became famous for his photography documenting accidents. If you like old cars you have to check them out, they are fascinating. But I was always flabbergasted with how many accidents occured back then in a small backwater Swiss county.

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

@@crowznest438 The cars all had electrical systems from Lucas Industries which meant that they wouldn’t start very often. So, the lack of seatbelts wasn’t really a problem.

[@joecool9739]

5:48 At what point werent there Black folks in Britain?

[@Zeem4]

Possibly never, but almost certainly since ships were invented (i.e. a very, very, very long time ago).

[@LOCOCOCO88]

I think they were less racist than you yanks.

[@PerspectiveEngineer]

Could have walked there 20'000 years ago.

[@toucan221]

did anyone ever have a Hillman with automatic gearbox, never heard of such a thing!!

[@albear972]

2:10 Holy moly! Look at those horse dentures!

[@fasthracing]

P4 Coupe. Very nice.

[@21stcenturyozman20]

Actually a P5.

[@fasthracing]

@@21stcenturyozman20 fair point

[@paulbuckland132]

John Bolster at 5:08 ?

[@yeoldeseawitch]

1:15 you can tell its early 60s Britain by the cascading about of sexism 🤣

[@brunobandiera2062]

HUGE steering wheels and OMG, those teeth....! 😁

[@aidankelly840]

Jaws

[@arricammarques1955]

Lotus Elan inspired the Mazda MX-5.

[@thomasschumacher5362]

Almost enough room for the lovelies to accommodate their hair in that ladies car

[@DataWaveTaGo]

*What Were (Mostly) Blonde Haired Women Like at a Motor Show in 1962?*

[@ironscrap6244]

😍

[@thecomedyspot11]

Oh dear… that didn’t work out well. One wonders what current brands will disappear (or be re-owned) in the not too-distant future.

[@salcarusomusic]

NEATO' !!!

[@jourwalis-8875]

And the english cars are the best, of course!

[@aidankelly840]

Cars were like women Back in then days Everything works As it should Over all Fast cars low mileage women. Long time gone

[@chuckmaddison2924]

Lucas automotive electrical certainly did put Britain on the world map. Just not the quality and reliability of Bosch.

[@Cleveland.Ironman]

Yes, unfortunately the Lucas electrical system was the Achilles heel to the stunningly magnificent Jaguar XK-E.😢

[@JJONNYREPP]

What Were Cars Like in 1962? | Archive Highlights. 29.10.24. the car to the right of screen, as camera begins to pan across room, the Japanese car...the car with beige and blue roof... yeah, that one!!!! it's a classic car. Only a few left. It has it's own specific UK chapter. Some dude in Shaw, Lancashire owns one. I can't recall the car's brand name....it has a tendency to have moss growing in the headlights.....

[@jeshkam]

You can use a timestamp on YT.

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@jeshkam Comments on ‘What Were Cars Like in 1962? | Archive Highlights’. 29.10.24. All I known is that I didn't undertake the crappy pebble dash farrago off Oldham road, Rochdale.....

[@C.I...]

@@JJONNYREPP You don't have to type out the title of the video in every comment.

[@jourwalis-8875]

Where are the Citroens? The DS was far ahead of its time and of all its competitors even in 1962! The DS had inboard front disc-brakes already in 1955.....

[@michaelselby5359]

Every time one of these old videos mentions the Common Market I feel like shouting back in time "Don't fall for it."

[@NicotineRosberg]

2086: ‘What were cars like in 2024?’

[@raijinenel3116]

The EU common market was the death of their industry. It's a shame what they have lost.

[@elowyn9664]

EU has put its outmost effort to ruin and destroy everything, everywhere.

[@kevrussell5972]

How do you figure that

[@C.I...]

@@kevrussell5972 Many factors, but as soon as the ailing British motor industry had to complete with European cars on level terms without extra tariffs on the imports, they stood no chance.

[@kokovox]

Shame they couldn't compete.

[@timtim8468]

When all cars looked like the infamous Trabant, made until 1991.

[@TinLeadHammer]

Demonstrating cramped Euro cars in the same grand style as five meter long American V8 dreadnoughts of the same era is beyond hilarious. "With a 1600cc engine the Super Minx spells luxury travel". Right. Not sure why British Pathé insists on presenting 4:3 films in a 16:9 frame with black pillars that take space in my browser. KZbin is not broadcast TV, it accepts practically any aspect ratio.

[@Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars]

Huh? that's the format it was shot in ..to fill the 16:9 screen you would either have to stretch the image or lose half the image.

[@shnbwmn]

​@Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars Nope. Can upload a 4:3 video and it will fill the entire screen, no black spaces.

[@TinLeadHammer]

@@Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars What kind of screen? Not everyone has a 16:9 screen. Even if they did, baked in pillars are lame. It is better to upload in native format and let the display figure it out. See how the BBC Archive does it.

[@michaelwilliamson4060]

At 3: 57 they imprison a German shepherd in a dog prison.

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo!!!!

[@markwilliams5654]

It's quite embarrassing for so many reasons really when you look at the manipulation of the public

[@MilkNugget]

First

[@albear972]

No, you're not "first" But you are the first fool.