CHEVY CAR COMMERCIALS PART 1

[@werksdesign]

I'm glad I've got my grandparents '64 Chevy Impala.

[@jamesaters6507]

I know what you mean dude I have 1985 Monte Carlo SS

[@mrmoogyboby1452]

Mann y’all have really nice cars but I think my 94 Silverado can join the club

[@Last_of_my_breed]

Legend has it that, that lady in the 64 impala with a 409 still circles the top of that rock looking for a place to park.

[@rogerthedodger5788]

What's so lovely is the wholesomeness of the people. Halcyon days gone never to return.

[@scottsteel2395]

I'm about to be what people now call "corny". I watch these commercials and remember, and it takes me back, and I smile. ✌

[@triodehexode]

Fun but reality was they were old hat as soon as you drove them out of the showroom.

[@JorgeHernandez-lu1mi]

Some folks were not so wholesome. My dad recalled signs in Connecticut cafeteria windows saying, "No Dogs, Sp!cs or N*gg*rs Allowed." and passerbys would just look the other way or laugh.

[@johnnyhawkins5061]

Can't get enough of the old video's,just love the old cars!!!!

[@jimbo97]

Love Paul Ford saying "Tell 'em FORD sent you!" 😂

[@Last_of_my_breed]

Lol ! And...That's when the rivalry started ! 🤣

[@antoniocovarrubias7831]

I’m still driving my father’s 53 five window Chevy truck, and still drives and runs like new!

[@robertjensen403]

In 1966 my dad had a Chevy station wagon. My mom had a 1966 Corvette. Our family was mixed up.🤣

[@solomongrundy1618]

Do you remember back in the day days when cars looked good and you could fix them yourself Pepperidge Farm remembers

[@lancelotlink3907]

I remember working in the driveway on weekends tuning up the family car with my father. Good memories.

[@swisserty]

fuck off buddy, pepperidge farms can suck one

[@tractordave9300]

Man I’d love to have that Chevy station wagon/ really was a cool piece. Forget a SUV.

[@Lousybarber]

That '64 on top of that rock formation always freaks me out. I remember seeing that ad watching Bonanza when I was in grade school.

[@toddburgess6792]

That woman has way bigger cajones than me!

[@alensley1368]

Remember the day when we car guys looked forward to September or early October to see what the new models would look like. Now they are all the same and nobody cares. Those were the days.

[@soilmanted]

In 1959 the cars may have _looked_ different, but only the superficial appearance was difference. They were the same underneath. Today there is a wider variety of cars available and there are significant differences between many models, and significant differences every few years, within a single model.

[@jeffgreen7499]

The outward appearance of today's cars haven't changed significantly for the last 30+years. Overall, they are so similar that it's difficult to tell one brand from another without reading the nameplate, that is, if you can find a nameplate.

[@onlythewise1]

no your wrong , they was different push button shifters , now they all look like a cockroaces your full of it @@soilmanted

[@soilmanted]

@socal rocks I probably wasn't writing as clearly as I would have liked to. What I meant to day is that from model year to model year, of the same make and model, the body panels would change appearance, and the upholstery would change appearance, but the frame and the drive train would change very little, if at all. In the 50's and 60's you would indeed have a pontiac that had an almost identical drive train as a chevy, but a body that looked slightly different. For example the pontiac oldsmobile and buick engine would be basicly the same engine design as the chevy, but the bore and stroke might differ by a few millimeters, and they would be made in separate factories. Today different models have the exact same engine, and same transmission, made in the same factory for example toyota matrix and pontiac vibe, but the body would be made in separatae factories, to slightly different specs, but basicly the same design.

[@richthepontiacguys1412]

@@soilmanted you have live during that time to understand the excitement of new models coming out trying to get glimpse of new cars before they come out which was a secret.

[@maxkorfendagus9336]

Fun factoid: The '64 convertible was lifted by helicopter in pieces and assembled there with no mechanicals, as most of you probably know. However, the model was so terrified at being up there alone, to save the photo shoot, one of the mechanics hid on the floor and reassured her while the video was shot.

[@ROROSMACHINE]

Thats Wild and Crazy, can you imagine trying to get a millenial to do that these days !!

[@StressLessCamping]

Can you imagine the uproar from people about doing that nowadays?

[@triodehexode]

@@StressLessCamping too right it's pointless danger and it's already been done but fun none the less

[@Last_of_my_breed]

There was no such thing as "video " in 1964. (Fun fact)

[@danlarson4513]

They didn't have the special effects of today. Imagine how costly that was.

[@dave1956]

I remember the 1964 Chevrolet commercial with the car on top of the rock. I was 7 years old and was so impressed.

[@cathydoherty6875]

Chevy and Gm always had the most beautiful cars.

[@wagonmaster1974]

That beginning is the slice of American Pie I remember. Dinah Shore, Pat Boone and Chevrolet. What an era! Power seats, power windows, power steering, power brakes and a Powerglide. Life was good. Sigh...

[@scottt.1290]

I'm still looking for the classic commercial of the Chevy out on a rock in the ocean with the waves washing over it. About '63 or '64. Beautiful.

[@Greatdome99]

I read that the model was so scared, a prop guy was hiding in the back seat to calm her down. I'd be scared too! How'd they drive up there anyways?

[@rickdavis1030]

I remember reading an article about this commercial. The car was actually a fiberrglas body--no engine, running gear, etc., n order to cut down on the weight--chopped into three or four sections and each section was lifted by helicopter to the top of that mesa. It was then assembled and bolted to the rocks to secure it . When that was all finished, the crew was helicoptered off and the model--and a prop guy hiding on the floor to watch out for her--were flown up there. Supposedly the shoot was only to last an hour or so, but a strong wind suddenly came up, making it too dangerous for the helicopter that was to film it, so they wound up having to wait 4 or 5 hours for the wind to die down so they could send the chopper back up. Meanwhile, this poor girl was curled up on the floor screaming hysterically, thinking she was going to be blown off the mesa to her death. Obviously everything worked out in the end, but the story was that the experience traumatized this girl so much that she quit the business as soon as the helicopter touched ground and was never heard from again.

[@56cadd]

The 64 droptop is still up there with a straight body.

[@solomongrundy1618]

The Impala

[@cynn3367]

@@rickdavis1030 Thank you for this. I don't blame her for being traumatized, just watching was a bit unnerving!

[@miketresham4783]

I remember in 1958 Brennan Chevrolet on North Main St. Brockton Massachusetts when they had the windows of the showroom covered in brown paper, and they only uncovered them on the day of the official release of the 58 Chevrolet. It was a big event.

[@patrick_demptinne]

La classe que les gens avaient à cette époque là 👍😮... je pleure quand je vois les gens d'aujourd'hui 😬🙄

[@shedjammer87]

Yes, the doors actually close. Truly amazing!!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Well you wouldn't want to eat those oranges off the ground, would ya?

[@packingten]

You guys probably never fell out of an OLD CAR!. The doors were very unreliable!. Chevrolet doors were GREAT!!.

[@kristoffersparegodt420]

packingten. I never knew that

[@rickyjakey2134]

Dinah shore, so very lovely and talented and one of the original cougars, Burt Reynolds knew all about it.

[@Kinseydsp]

She was a Lovely Lady For Sure.

[@brianmitchell5906]

"I still can't imagine you driving home in a truck." "I'm not going home." Great line.

[@bloqk16]

Seeing actor Paul Ford driving a pickup truck, reminds me of the late actor, Luke Perry, on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno; where Leno was ribbing Perry for his primary mode of transportation . . . a pickup truck.

[@kilo54]

Dinah Shore and Pat Boone !!

[@NoosaHeads]

8 mins 50 seconds. I'm very impressed in the ability of a Chevrolet to be able to drive up to the top of that rock.

[@soco13466]

When I was a kid, we had a 59 Chevy wagon. This was after Mom wrecked the Rambler. The Chevy was an improvement.

[@miffedmax]

Ah, the '50s. When a "Turbo-Thrust" engine had no need for an actual turbo.

[@packingten]

My 59 2 dt ht chevy impala would run 100mph EASY..it had a 348 p glide

[@bayareanewman1566]

miffedmax The new Porsche Turbo S 4 door electric car has no turbo. It’s just a way to say “faster/better”

[@bloqk16]

I remember that classic car commercial @8:18, I was hoping it was going to be in this post. Thanks for including it. I wonder how terrified that model was to be positioned on top of Castle Rock (Utah)? Could you imagine the National Park Service, or the Bureau of Land Management, giving the go-head for Chevy to use that area to stage such a commercial nowadays? It's doubtful.

[@cynn3367]

There's not enough money in the world to get me up there! I hope she got paid plenty! And it looks like they placed the car at a nice narrow spot and not in the middle. Terrified, indeed...I'd probably be a bit worried about what if...they all just went home! Nowadays it would be all CGI.

[@newjerseybt]

Now Pat Boone advertises for Safe Step Tub...singing "Safety never felt so good".

[@Kinseydsp]

LOL Yes Sucks.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Love the second one the best!

[@terrym5023]

Love the wagons with third rear facing seat, no seat belts...what could possibly go wrong???

[@lancelotlink3907]

Right and those pointy steering wheel center pieces. I remember hitting those steel dash boards as a kid when mom braked hard.

[@Americanhistory25]

i love this

[@hebneh]

The traffic safety public service announcement is pretty brutal for the '50s. The announcer at the beginning sounds like Rod Serling introducing the start of a "Twilight Zone" episode, both in the sound of his voice and what he's saying.

[@1969pontiac1]

I so looked forward to my dad taking me to all the dealers in the fall, and I would collect the new car brochure. Still have most of them! Those were the days

[@dancahill8555]

Is there an archive of TV Guide for the metro NY broadcast area? I'm trying to identify a show that aired on Sunday afternoons in the early '50s.

[@zeusinduce788]

Remember back when Chevrolet was good? I miss those days.

[@terrym5023]

Guess you are still brainwashed by the "American cars suck"crap...that went away in the 90's. I have Impalas and Malibus in my fleet. Regular maintenance and I have cars with over 500,000 miles...

[@wesleygarrison6248]

X K Yeah, GM still makes good products

[@smug8567]

How anybody could possibly lose a 1964 Chevy Impala SS, is beyond me. How the fk could that happen? Its just beyond me.

[@bertgrau9246]

A blueflame 6 could smoke the right rear tire with a 3 speed manual transmission just rev it up, pop the clutch and hold the gas pedal to the floor and the right tire goes up in smoke.

[@AtlantaGymFan]

As a child I looked forward to new car ads! Hooray for planned obsolence!

[@geraldtanaka4746]

Underneath that Chevy up there is the guy that put it together after the pieces were brought up.

[@vavon44]

LOVE IT !

[@christianeroubert5454]

ludo luco sa! C'est de la bonne publicite😉bravo,ça manque vraiment fortement.

[@toddbob55]

Back when GM manufactured a decent vehicle everything these days is junk even Silverados.

[@edwardyoung522]

Dinah Shore could sell me on just about anything.

[@joeferguson2606]

that 67 truck was facing one way, then at the end of the commercial it was facing the other direction. ive got the '71

[@WAQWBrentwood]

Actually, It didn't change direction, The Stage door of the building (drivers side) is wide and has steps and the door is marked. The other building (passenger side) has two narrow and spaced doors. It's another building (theater?) across the alley.

[@domingodeanda233]

That was so awesome.

[@gojoe2833]

Today's cars are safer, they handle better, have more comfort and convience, than the cars from the 50s and 60s. But today's cars can't match the FUN you get with an old car...as long as you drive safely and defensively!

[@cynn3367]

More comfort? I don't know. I loved the bench seats, more room in back, fewer gadgets to distract the driver. We had a 49 Buick 4 door sedan and a 62 Caddy Coupe de Ville. white with red leather interior. So smooth riding, so big, so much missed. They were members of the family. Sigh

[@danlarson4513]

My Dad adored Dinah Shore. My Mom loved Pat Boone.

[@charleskesner1302]

Wonderful.

[@charleskesner1302]

Great look back.

[@LiterallyHenry]

I love the '59 Chevys

[@glennso47]

I don’t. They were ugly. Thanks for the 1961 model that got rid of fins.

[@jordanthomas7304]

Chevrolet truck. Like a rock.

[@Bill23799]

Was that Dinah Shore in the first Chevy ad?

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

3:02 there go the oranges!

[@PatFrenchLeafsFan1]

I'm looking for the Canadian Chevrolet commercials from the 1950s & 1960s.

[@yannschonfeld5847]

If I find one, I'll let you know. Here's one in French:kzbin.info/www/bejne/apO9nGeKg5eAgLs

[@rambojambone4586]

Isn’t that Pat Boone and Dinah Shore? Surprised no one mentioned it!

[@4NINETYSIX]

EXCELLENT to see no "Diversity" in the commercials . As Chevrolet says - USA-1 .

[@joeyramirez6355]

Dang Onstar made that lady drive on that butte.

[@228vik]

Love this

[@zxtenn]

Back when the US was on top and not a funnel for the worlds garbage

[@justpassnthru]

That segment starting at 8:25 is the stuff of my nightmares!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Those damn oranges! Won't stay in the car.

[@mw10259]

0:00 - 1:39 AT LEAST THEY ADMITTED TRICKING YOU

[@hebneh]

I've read - but don't know if it's true - that the woman in the '64 Chevy convertible atop the butte was stranded there for some amount of time because the wind came up and the helicopter was then unable to pick her up. This could be true, or it could be an urban legend.

[@tomservo56954]

There was a man there, hidden from view, so she wasn't alone.

[@joeyramirez6355]

GPS and Onstar lead her there by mistake.

@@tomservo56954 Yes, you're right the guys name was Ron Hartke and he worked for the dept. of the interior. Chevy had to get their permission to do the commercial and he was there to see no damage was done to the "property" he's under her skirt the whole time believe it or not. The models name was Deborah Glasso, my friends granddad worked for G.M. marketing and was the one that came up with the idea!! He said they had to double her pay to get her up there, i think he said she got 750 bucks for the commercial, nice money for a few hours work back then.

[@ursus353]

I do mean this as a joke, but, they should have left the car up there, and made a contest out of it; "if you can get it down, in one piece, it's yours".... ;) ;)

[@steveb9151]

@@tomservo56954 Rumor has it that they got married, and started a family,

[@hertzair1186]

8:30 wonder how much they paid that model to sit in that Chevy on top of that rock spire? That was quite an effort to helicopter that Chevy up there...level it on the rock, then leave that model alone up there for that photo shoot! Would love to know the back story on that...

[@tbec3011]

Max Korfendagus provided a fun factoid in comments 3 months ago. Interesting.

[@BGATESOFZION]

That was Dinah Shore

[@dennisleporte2327]

3:00 Bucky and his father charm mother..........

[@kellanhills1972]

Cars back then were distinctive and many times beautiful but were for the most part junk after or before 50k miles. Anybody who disagrees is delusional.

[@dondressel4802]

I’ll take one 100 bucks down and payments of 129.00 a month Is that Chevy convertible still on the top of the rock? LOL

[@lalvarado63]

Hey! I"ll take the '41 Club coupe off their hands!............hehehehhe!

[@WAQWBrentwood]

The should have used a 41 Ford for the "old" car! , But I guess the message was that you could count on the 59 to perhaps last into the 70s...

[@steveb9151]

5:40 They'll be D-O-A...in their Chev-ro-let!

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025]

So that's what my dad's old 59 Brookwood or maybe Parkwood Chevy station wagon look like when it was new. By the time we sold it a few years ago and long before that he had a mess with the door knob to get the door to latch. They say what is old becomes new again. Also what is new becomes old. That car with a 283 and three speed will get 20-25 miles a gallon. My 68 CST Chevy pickup when I drove it in a civilized fashion we get 22 miles. Car they did not show but a 67 four-door Bel Air with 283 and powerglide 25 miles to a gallon! And you can hit 65 pretty easily in first gear. Let out of it and let jump in a second and heck of a car. We got a good 20 mi a gallon out of those 235 6 cylinders with three speeds behind them from 1955 through 63. The cars are so much lighter more aerodynamic and more sophisticated in their engineering but they don't do much better and some do worse.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Look mom flew through windshield! WTH is a seatbelt ???

[@dreadpenguinlord340]

@3:00 ATTACK OF THE KILLER ORANGES

[@anthonynelson9136]

If that lady wearing the dress could get that Impala convertible up to the top of Castle Rock in Utah, just think what she could crawl up in a Chevy 4 wheel drive pickup.

[@edvisme]

@ 3:55 did anyone else notice that the cut away engine was operating in reverse? Wonder why they did that. Cool video none the less.

[@brianlowe7608]

salesmen seemed honest and matter-of-fact-not like the dirtbags in the industry today

[@GK-rw2op]

Baxter Street at 4:38

[@Kinseydsp]

Chevy is The Best Whole Sale the Rest.

[@clemnewton9995]

Now most are front wheel drive junk

[@56cadd]

Who gonna drive that close.

[@glennso47]

The level air suspension on the 58 Chevy was junk . It only lasted for the one year.

[@keysautorepair6038]

Now it's some fast talking snake oil salesmen speaking so fast I can't understand them.

[@jimmycline4778]

:16 LOL her stomach is the size of a 4year old!

[@mrmusiclover4178]

Dinah Shore: Mrs. Chevrolet! Pat Boone: before he became a homophobe and bigot!

[@hertzair1186]

MrMusiclover41 : your virtue signaling is pathetic.

[@JorgeHernandez-lu1mi]

Pat Boone was always ripping off and ruining chitlin circuit music. His bigotry was probably deep-seated envy.

[@ScarlettFire341]

2nd half is he better half !

[@onlythewise1]

technology got better everything else got worse

[@asteverino8569]

Well, this was fun. I remember the 64 chevy ad on the rock from back in the day. Also we had a 64 chevy. As a kid, I was not very impressed with the body style, I must say.

[@fido139]

Back when they were good cars. Today they are rolling junk yards.

[@cnscarscompany1822]

hey am tek impale yf is somwer in god kondition send it

[@joeyramirez6355]

That was all CGI.

[@100perdido]

testing

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

The lady on the rock formations fell to her death 🤣

[@larryhutchinson126]

Dinah Shore died ~~

[@justna9516]

Chevy was good years ago until they're flat out shit now. with every made up JD Power awards

[@onlythewise1]

those were the days when white/browns ruled and almost everybody spoke English

[@kristoffersparegodt420]

*Whites

[@classic287]

Talk about corny.. 🙄

[@deepcow]

MAGA

[@joeyramirez6355]

It never quit being great. That's why the world envies us. Until you picked an orange clown for president. Now they laugh.

[@rickdavis1030]

More like MAG-GOT

[@dondressel4802]

joey ramirez who gives a shit what the world thinks President Trump just closed the check book to the rest of the world That’s why they hate us

[@mikesecor6074]

@OAT351 yes you are idiot

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Chevy now Chinese junk.

[@dondressel4802]

Buff Barnaby no it’s not Some parts are from Canada Some parts are made in the US Some are made in South Korea And some are made in Mexico The cheapest are made in South Korea

[@kristoffersparegodt420]

Still garbage tho

[@davidcampbell1899]

59 Chevy....a bucket of bolts and a pile of junk! Dangerous at any speed!

[@anthonynelson9136]

Really? How many 59 Chevys have you owned? Maybe they should do a head-on crash test against a 59 Toyota or Honda.

[@davidcampbell1899]

@@anthonynelson9136 I have never owned one. There is a crash test between a 59 chevy and a modern Malibu on u tube. it was dangerous compared to today's cars. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIGpZZl4fLN-Zrc

[@anthonynelson9136]

@@davidcampbell1899 So you never having owned a 59 Chevy or any other car that age when you said the 59 Chevy is a bucket of bolts and a pile of junk with no first- hand knowledge your mouth must not have been aware that your rear end was doing the talking. The design of 59 Chevy was no better or worse or more unsafe than any other car of that era. I saw the crash test video between the 2009 and the 1959 Chevys years ago and you are comparing 50 year old technology against a modern automobile. That is like comparing a 20 year old cell phone against today's cell phone technology. If you are going to make a comment don't use some apples and oranges video as your only reference.

[@JorgeHernandez-lu1mi]

@@anthonynelson9136 that head-on crash test has been done, the Chevy folded up on the test dummy like wax paper on a cut of minute steak.

[@anthonynelson9136]

@@JorgeHernandez-lu1mi Hey, Forrest Gump. Try reading the other 3 posts before you make another stupid comment.

[@RK-rj2sc]

Best time to be born