Chrysler Years of Progress - 1924 - 1941

1924 to 1941. Start with caveman and journey ahead to the modern Chrsyler corporation with its industrial might. See traffic, freeways, designers, engineers, factories and cars on the road.
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[@jdl2444]

Bottom line is the 41 Chrysler is a heck of a lot better than the crappy Neon.

[@bigstuff52]

These documentaries are wonderful...although they may seem quaint,,this was an America that made and did things...not an America of cashiers and scavengers...

[@jesseaguilar2326]

This is America,before the democrat/liberal/nazi party started destroying the American nation.

[@janebook294]

DONT BLAME THE NAZI,S BLAME THE COMMIES

[@jdhed1]

@@janebook294 blame the thin skinned MURICANS for wanting a trophy just fo showing up and can be utterly immobilized by a word.

[@KingRoseArchives]

Thank you. I'll keep 'em coming. Thanks for watching and letting me know you like them.

[@meekbaylake4771]

I like how Chrysler was aware of each and every minute details.

[@Seenoevilspeaknoevilhearnoevil]

Unfortunately they seem to have amnesia and have forgotten their roots!! If Chrysler would have adopted their past standards of engineering excellence from the late 1920s and 1950's to current products they would be on par with Toyota and Honda in reliability and durability, and their luxury innovation would have been superior to Cadillac and Lincoln vehicles! Chrysler needs to go learn from their past engineering quality excellence, or else go broke!

[@Robbi496]

Some car buffs claim that Chrysler concentrated too much on engineering and not enough on styling, but the Cars they built from about 1955 until about 1975 were sharp looking cars.

[@juankenon]

Robbi496 The Exner "forward look" cars were knockouts, and sold really well, but they forgot about building them well. The damage they did took decades to repair, if ever. Chrysler & quality used to be synonymous in the prewar era, certainly hasn't been the case in many a moon.

[@flylooper]

I owned a 1955 Plymouth. Horrible. HORRIBLE! Pure junk from the day my dad brought it home.

[@charlesm.9858]

@@flylooper LOLOL

[@joeford860]

I owned many 60's early 70's Chrysler products, very good vehicles.

[@itsjustnopinionok]

Also known as Tanks

[@MrRobster1234]

Walter Chrysler's biography "Life of an American Mechanic" is a good read.

[@MrShobar]

Rob Mackenzie Walter Chrysler was what is generally known today as a "functioning alcoholic".

[@alexcarter8807]

you talk like that's a bad thing.

[@dday9257]

keith cunningham Walter P Chrysler was a genius.

[@mortonmozzar5137]

What a great show !

[@gio048]

I wish cars were still made like that today 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@turboslag]

Very enlightening! To realise that so much automotive R&D was in place at that time is surprising. I reckon quality was higher then than later in American auto history.

[@79tazman]

It's a throw away world now days back then everything was made to last

[@MrShobar]

***** Actually, all auto manufacturers did this, and still do.

[@101Volts]

+MrShobar The thing is back in 1950 or so people didn't have the lubricating oils available in 2015. I don't speak from experience, that I believe a car today (Let's say a 2015 model) can go a million miles on its original engine depending on the oil used.

[@davidjames666]

turboslag affirmative action happened, and to meet the quota, more and more unskilled, poor quality workers were hired. All the design in the world will get screwed up by a few assembly workers who negatively impact quality.

[@alexcarter8807]

There's a certain bias. I live in a pocket of Los Angeles where modern home improvement stores were not a thing, and I was shopping for 1950s parts for 1950s stuff where I was living, and trust me a lot of schlocky junk was made, normally it doesn't survive and only the good stuff does, so there's this bias that in the good old days they only made good stuff. Protip: they didn't.

[@QWILDER]

DOPE!! Love these videos.. I am a GM aficionado.. Although the history is awesome!! KEEP POSTING!!'

[@rafaelf.bocanegra5412]

Amazing video! These were the times when we were proud of "Made in America". At that time The USA had the highest standard of living n the world.

[@MrShobar]

Rafael F. Bocanegra It still does.

[@panhead55]

Rafael F. Bocanegra Because we had more freedom and less government which allowed the market to work full force allowing for mass opportunity. It was our government and policies which destroyed individuals from becoming the best they could be. Just look back at all the rules and regulations which strangled productivity by the neck.

[@marshallcurtis3251]

Frank Sells When these rules and regulations get overly detailed, overly strict, and are enforced with a heavy bureaucratic hand, then they do indeed put a straitjacket on entrepreneurial creativity.But imagine if you will, if government automotive safety, fuel economy, and emissions regulations did not exist at all. We would have a lot more smog from car exhaust. And we would have a lot more accident fatalities because of no seatbelts, no airbags, etc. and we would have a lot more gas guzzlers spewing more air pollution and taxing our wallets. Detroit fought tooth and nail to resist putting seatbelts in cars until the mid 60s, saying “cars are not made to get into accidents“ and “seatbelts imply that the cars are unsafe”. Of course, free market competition would have motivated Detroit to eventually make their cars safer, cleaner, and more fuel-efficient. But how many more lives would’ve been lost due to no seatbelts, had not Detroit “voluntarily“ finally started installing them in the front seat beginning in 1964 (rear seatbelts required in 1967, along with dual chamber master cylinders)because of federal government pressure. Sure, they may have done so on their own several years later, and several needlessly lost lives later. Sure, some car makes (ex: Cadillac) installed dual chamber master cylinders earlier. But if all of them did so,the federal legislation might not have been required. But what really would be ideal is that which would spur automakers to make their cars safer, cleaner, and more fuel efficient, as soon as possible, without having to have a federal gun held to their heads. For if there were no such thing as excessive regulation and bureaucratic heavy-handedness (believe me when I tell you I despise bureaucracy!), perhaps Detroit and other automakers would have done these things much earlier than they did, if they felt they were given the choice, without fear of excessive regulation and heavy-handed bureaucratic enforcement. Today, our free enterprise market competition system as we know it, has been found wanting. But so has government regulation as we know it, also been found wanting.What we need is a fundamental change in human nature that would cause industry to make necessary improvements to their products without having to be prodded by governments.

[@topenddean]

Frank Sells The subversion from outside entities didn't help either. Russia started a campaign of subversion in every facet o American life beginning in the 1930's. and continuing through the 1980's. Schools, colleges, Universities, government, the media, Hollywood, the music industry, you name it they were in it. Others have taken up where Russia left off since then. All you have to do is look around with your eyes open to see it. BUT. There are many Americans who are awakened to what has been going on and I have been seeing a return by many young American's to a wiser and more prudent lifestyle. A harkening back to old principals and morals is emerging in our youth. They have grown up looking at the folly of their parents generation or even their grandparents generation and they are making better choices, more like Americans of the 40's than what has been the norm in recent decades.

[@robbiefrentz9427]

Rafael F. Bocanegra back in 1995-2000 I worked for TDK building magnets for different motors. We had a customer that wanted only magnets made in America. We could do that. However they would bring over stock made in japan . One of my jobs was to remove from Japanese box put in ours and stamped made in America. Go figure

[@lazzer408]

The R&D is so good these days they know just how to make it through the warranty period.

[@fairfaxcat1312]

lazzer408 The lawyers are so good the warranties have the motor company covered and the customer screwed over nine ways to Sunday.

[@rayb1201]

just rolled ove r300,000 on my 99 dakota

[@robbiefrentz9427]

lazzer408 lmfao exactly and your going to pay half as much of your home for it well played sir

[@johnbockelie3899]

When Gutenberg created the printing press, he probably had mad monks on his back.

[@fubarmodelyard1392]

Can't like this enough. More Chrysler inventions-safety rim wheels and the beam torque wrench. Two names are glaringly missing in the beginning: George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla.

[@shawndoran8217]

first thing im goin to do when i .get on the other side is punch tom edison in the gut ,and open hand smack ,j.p,morgan and shake rockefeller by the ankles till broke.......

[@eduardosampoia5480]

@@shawndoran8217 Tesla was a hack that is hyped today.

[@yt650]

Notice at the end of the film now called a video, the highway with the cars on the concrete that seems more white but there’s black streaks and those streaks are from oil leaks because back in those days almost everything dripped oil somewhere. It still happens today but not like it did before.

[@meekbaylake4771]

Thanks for the information.

[@desertbob6835]

That's oil mist drip from the breather tubes. PCVs mandated in California in 1962 were the largest eliminator of smog producing emissions ever undertaken. Everything else that came later cut emissions by lesser, but still important, degrees. The next biggest drop in emissions came with catalytic converters, and the next was elimination of carburetors. The final elimination is now here with EVs. My next car will be electric. Time to make Big Oil into Little Oil.

[@davidcoudriet8439]

That's why motorcyclists are told not to ride on the grease strip. Maybe not as much now.

[@yt650]

@@desertbob6835 I was wondering if you still think your car should be an EV and perhaps it has turned out that way . I also have an EV and a few hybrids and the hybrids are much better than all electric. Today my son returned to the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania area from Ocean City Maryland which is about a 5 1/2 hour highway trip usually with speeds ranging from 50 to 70 mph. This is something that would not be possible with an EV that is on the market today in 2024. Everything has its limitations. He drove a 390 hp pick up truck on this trip starting last Wednesday and he averaged just over 20 miles per gallon. He normally would take one of our hybrids his favorite being a RAV4 and that would get in the 40+ mile per gallon range and go from here to there with no stopping for recharging. The problem of course with many EV vehicles is recharging and it is an issue that we face as well with our EV. It's great around town and making deliveries in our business.

[@NoosaHeads]

Safety wise, they were probably very dangerous but such engineering deserves to be lauded. Chrysler always did have great engineering. The "Fluid Drive" BTW was a German invention in the very early 1900s. It was licensed to many automobile manufacturers in many countries but the United States latched onto it with much more zeal than anywhere else.

[@mikeray1544]

US Chrysler had the first power steering,the first good power brakes.first electronic ignition,etc.

[@juanasanelli6831]

gracias por subir estos videos

[@oscarwalton1188]

Chrysler at that time was the best engineering co in America the bean counters of the 60s and 70s messed it up

[@MrShobar]

Oilite bearings were quite an important invention.

[@vw4x4]

This IS a great piece of history. Here in the US we have no glue how to engineer like this anymore.

[@nickpanaritis4122]

Before building a car, you have to know all about metals and their strength. Very educational.

[@snowballcorners]

Fact check hydraulic brakes first used in the Dusenburg and invented by Fred Dusenburg.

[@tedtretiak2727]

I was so disappointed when I drove out and it was closed. I have had as well as my dad Chryslers, Plymouths, Dodges, and now I have a 2016 Chrysler 300 C Platinum which I really love with all it's feature, I'm now 74. My father was big on Chrysler products because of the engineers that created all the proven improvements. It would be great to have it open maybe during summer. Thanks, TED TRETIAK

[@markcrow9202]

always knew Chrysler was lightyears ahead! !!!!!

[@AMStationEngineer]

The DC-3 shown at 15:17 (prewar manufacture, American Airlines was the first owner) disappeared while en route from Fort Lauderdale to Havana as Argosy Airlines Flight 902 in September, 1978. It is presumed to have broken up in midair, taking the lives of the four crew members aboard. No wreckage was ever recovered.

[@matadorman78]

Wasnt Trans World the originating owner of the DC3 after the folker wood wing loss of knute Rocknie?

[@tomrogers9467]

Did any Douglas Aircraft retire or did they all eventually crash? Seems most of them crashed!

[@MrShobar]

A Cooperative Fuels Research (CFR) engine is shown at 15:35.

[@ranazeshan5125]

Best video & great era ever ❤❤

[@roadglidered]

Run on an expensive fuel instead of gasoline ! They're talking about diesel fuel which is more expensive than gasoline now. I remember diesel fuel being less expensive than gasoline. I'm not sure if it was less expensive because it was a by-product of gasoline production or if it was less expensive because crude oil just took less refining to make diesel

[@geoben1810]

All the accumulated technology and industrial might depicted here was incorporated into the war machines of WWII and directly impacted the outcome of the war.

[@fairfaxcat1312]

The engine is the heart of the car.

[@fairfaxcat1312]

For instance, more than seven hundred and fifty combinations of alloys were studied over a period of years before the startling announcement of the development of amola steel by our engineers and now used in many parts of the corporation’s products. So amazingly tough is amola steel that a bolt of it can be bent over flat on itself without breaking. A rare spring leaf can be wound into a flat spiral yet it can be made hard enough to cut glass and such is its fine quality that amola, the same steel that’s in axles and springs, will take a beautiful edge and give you a velvety smooth shave.

[@MrShobar]

Metallography is demonstrated at 9:20.

[@alexcarter8807]

On a practical level, the travois makes a ton more sense than the wheel.

[@roger_isaksson]

Nice lab. 👍

[@cavaleer]

Back when American heavy industry was the finest in the world.

[@fourdoorglory5945]

Wondering where these films were shown-dealer or stockholder meetings?

[@MrShobar]

Photoelasticity is demonstrated at 8;20.

[@Road38910]

Was this the film used at the 1964 New York Worlds Fair Chrysler exhibit?

[@KingRoseArchives]

Not sure.

[@wphubert]

This ends at 1941 a who,e generation earlier than the 64 Worlds Fair

[@frequencyfluxfandango8504]

Yes Chrysler certainly put an axle on a boat, in fact, quite a few of them have been likened to steering a boat. So this is where they started then ?

[@ricardorodrigues7304]

excepcional.

[@101Volts]

I wonder about the first person to use a boat and how many people would have sneered at him/her.

[@marshallcurtis3251]

Austin Lucas “Dude, what’s that you’re making there?” “I’m hollowing out this tree to make a device that can carry us across the river without getting wet. I call it a ‘boat’.” “By the time you’re done making that, I could swim across the river several times over.” “When I’m done making this, we will never have to swim across the river again”.

[@enedenedubedene4811]

Schöner Beitrag. Carl Friedrich Benz fehlt natürlich, wie kann es auch anders sein.🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Viele Grüße aus Germany

[@alexcarter8807]

Trust me they didn't have to add any extra hair to this guy.

[@pauldudakadanielthomson8890]

We should be grateful that Chrysler was saved from bankruptcy in 1981. The K-car and mini van kept middle class U.S.A. going better. Today, the age of proud ownership of an American built car is ending. We are entering an age of population health , size and control. Most cars look alike today and are designed for gasoline mileage and transportation with no personal attachment.

[@KingRoseArchives]

Definitely, things are different.

[@ricardorodrigues7304]

excelente parabéns. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂❤❤😮😅😢❤.

[@deecalzada5798]

where does the Chrysler 300 S:-(:-(

[@fairfaxcat1312]

The engineers know their objectives.

[@RivetGardener]

Chrysler....what a name plate, what a car maker! Have a Fiat Chrysler Abarth 500 now, and love that little hot rod.

[@roadglidered]

I wonder at what point it was that manufactures started using this research to make sure cars made it through the warranty. And then broke down. Even Harley-Davidson in recent years is got in on the act. Harley engines used to be rebuildable forever now those things that lasted forever, bearings and whatnot are made to break down and cost so much to repair that it's close to the price of the new engine that's engineering for you

[@arturboras6615]

all the Great were listed !

[@billcoley8520]

Miracle, toughest. Marvelous ,safest ,comfort powerful, LOL.

[@Peteeboy2011]

Chrysler must be cost cutting on metallurgy. All the rusty Chrysler shit boxes on road

[@MeaHeaR]

Power-Phull

[@sightsounds9453]

The average design life of a car these days is 6 to 8 years and most last for 10 - I wonder of we have progressed much in this respect - I recall seeing many roadworthy cars on the road over 30 years old the 60s.

[@ziiofswe]

I think that depends more on the market's buying habits (omg our car is so old, let's buy a new one!) than how long the cars actually hold together. Here in Sweden it's not uncommon with 30 year old cars still being used as daily drivers.

[@sightsounds9453]

ziiofswe Yes that seems true. Most cares over 20 years old in UK are Japanese....

[@cytrynowy_melon6604]

Yeah but these days cars were way more expensive, you bought one and had to drive it for large part of life or till your death (even if the car turned out bad), because you couldn't afford next car (only the cheapest ones).

[@fairfaxcat1312]

The producers don’t show Ben Franklin screwing around with women. All kidding aside, you wonder how historically accurate these re-enactments really are.

[@janiceliosabino6602]

no is Edson, is Tesla.

[@john21trent57]

Chrysler, WTF happened?

[@MrShobar]

Wasn't it Chrysler that was recently ordered to BUY BACK a huge number of Ram pickups and Jeep Cherokees for various defects?

[@KingRoseArchives]

MrShobar Like most car companies, Chrysler is feeling the pinch of a revitalized NHTSA that's been a bit lax in recent years. People dying and Congressional hearings gets attention. The public benefits and so with the companies once they get over the hump. Their cars will be better, fewer defects, fewer recalls and they will make more money. Safety and quality are good for the bottom line.

[@matadorman78]

No

[@brianwhelan5382]

Did ya forget to mention Tesla, the father of electricity who invented the AC motor and hundreds of other inventions, his inventions made the 20th century possible from a technological point of view, why is he never mentioned? because he invented free energy device which would mean we wouldn't have to pay for electricity!

[@damiandiesel1]

is this paul harvey

[@KingRoseArchives]

Damian Frattasio I don't know. He was based in Chicago and his syndicated show was quite popular in Detroit. So it's possible.

[@KingRoseArchives]

King Rose Archives Actually, I spoke too soon. The credits say it's Lowell Thomas. Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 - August 29, 1981) was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Thomas

[@bigstuff52]

Lowell Thomas did a lot of voice-over work...he was everywhere when I was a kid..

[@anthonyesposito9251]

Damian Frattasio Lowell Thomas is the narrator.look him up.

[@BjornWinnem]

Sound is out of phase

[@roiarni5052]

Чего то много как то!

[@kachbltv8742]

God created man perfect, and also created the animal imperfectly, and anyone who believes that his origins are monkeys, he has more origin than us

[@MrShobar]

I wish Chrysler had done better fatigue testing on springs in my Jeep Cherokee. They broke.

[@tomrogers9467]

Time to diet.

[@MrShobar]

@@tomrogers9467 Door closure springs.

[@billkarmetsky4003]

This is one impressive industrial film. It's all true. So many people put to work for a bright but disposable future. All if this was dumped into landfills. The toxicity levels of car graveyards and the cars themselves were once talked about openly in the 1960's and 70's but looking back I think it was just to undermine American ingenuity and our great middle class. Americans were the most responsible people, so we thought. Power created our matrix and we are seeing the end of it toward something utterly hideous -- a COVID future of global surveillance, social credit scores, smart cities, one world digital currency to bury the crimes of the Bolshevik banking class whom murdered untold millions and now billions as the "Great Reset" and both Trump and Biden are all about.

[@johnnyhawkins43]

You just can't beat them from back in the day!!!!!SAD!!!!!!

[@desertbob6835]

Yeah...those smog belching flatheads were great, huh? Duh....

[@Seenoevilspeaknoevilhearnoevil]

OMG! How the mighty have fallen!! This is when Chrysler was known for Safety, durability, dependability, and long lasting reliability! What has happened to those traits of excellence in engineering reliable and dependable innovation? What happened to those high standards of quality in Chrysler products? Can they bring back the past passion they had for engineering excellence and durability, dependability? Chrysler current product lineup is 💩 💩 💩!! Can Stellantis bring back the Chrysler glory days for engineering excellence?

[@crspcritter]

Will be cave dwellers again because of cars - 😁🤠👍🏻👌

[@cengeb]

And Chrysler been bailed out so many times, currently Fiat...CAPITALISM says it along with GM should be out of business, Both Chrysler and GM, had Gov't bail outs, very un capitalistic ain't it? If it ain't GERMAN, it ain't a car

[@elenarobert]

Tesla.......

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

2020 Fiat years of failure.

[@ceciledeguire2265]

Jeb Bush like prez gonna get USA to the top attitude solid as a rock like this clip Jeb Bush can drive america proudly like Chrysler God bless you all of you

[@grochomarx2002]

Thank goodness we didn't get another stinking Bush family criminal as president.