Ep. 22 The 1950's 'What If?' Cars of Frank Peiler

A classic car connaisseur talks about the alternative universe 1950's cars drawn by none other than Frank Peiler. Let's see what kind of wicked ideas he came up with!
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[@EdsAutoReviews]

What is YOUR favourite 'What if' car?

[@e.f.clarke2041]

Likely the Packard Imporious or the Packard P-p-p-“patricipolitan”. I have to say though, I was quite taken back by your comment on the 58 Lincoln; I think it’s a gorgeous car!

[@dylanromine4101]

Plymouth plainsman

[@zenithcoinsandhobbies]

I would create my own. A 1958 Edsel combined with a Ranchero of the same year. I know, kill the guy who likes Edsels. I do. They are perfectly fine. I even like the front end.

[@dylanromine4101]

@@zenithcoinsandhobbies read my post. You ain't the only one

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

@@dylanromine4101 100%

[@biponacci]

I'd love to see concepts for the evolution of Nash, Packard, Studebaker, Hudson and other defunct American brands into the modern day and other eras, seeing how cues evolve over time.

[@jmi5969]

Did these long-term company cues exist then, ever? Today, they all seem like a random hodgepodge of as much chrome as the budget allowed.

[@426baron]

@@jmi5969 And the biggest plastic grill possible. All with identical black interiors.

[@danr1920]

I've also wondered that too, especially what would a modern Studebaker look like today, as well as in between.

[@themoviedealers]

AMC into the 90s and 2000s...

[@jmi5969]

@@themoviedealers Plot twist: no one in the industry believes in the nonsensical misconception of SUVs. The industry still bets on the old good sedan, and only AMC makes a funny car they call Eagle.

[@mworld2611]

I like these "what if" pictures. I'd love to see some artists show their interpretation of what cars in the 70s and 80s might look like if the Malaise era with the gas crisis and all the safety regulations never happened

[@EdsAutoReviews]

For starters, the huge bumper would not be present, but I think the rest would be pretty much the same..? (rectangular headlights, boxy styling etc.)

[@solidbreed9767]

In the case can you imagine in 1976 driving a 600hp Mustang

[@nickrustyson8124]

@@solidbreed9767 "600hp" in reality it would be more like 300 given back then they measure horses by Cubic Inches, also that engine is bigger than Cadillac's biggest engine, that would be Medium Duty Truck range of big

[@elisorrells5314]

@@nickrustyson8124 horsepower is not a measure of displacement

[@nickrustyson8124]

@@elisorrells5314 Not now, but back then it was

[@sBoy-nl8lm]

I hope one day Frank's cars will become real

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

Through the power of fabrication, those cars can become real

[@EdsAutoReviews]

Who knows... We have 3D Printers now haha

[@dalesarff5746]

Cadillac built a coupe utility called the Castilian (I think). Had a compartment in the body for golf bags

[@-oiiio-3993]

_"What if Rolls Royce was made in America... made a model specifically designed for the American market?"_ Rolls Royce automobiles were made in America for a decade with several U.S. coachbuilders building bodies for them that were _"specifically for the American market."_ They were called _Rolls Royce Springfields_ as they were built in Springfield, Massachusetts from 1921 through 1931.

[@tomanthony3943]

During the first half of the last century, Springfield, MA had an interesting transportation history. Along with Rolls Royce was the Duryea Brothers Car, the Knox Automobile Company, with it's "porcupine" air cooled engine, the Gee Bee planes, Wason Manufacturing Company, which made streetcars and Railway passenger coaches and the Indian Motorcycles. More recently, a company called CRRC opened plant in Springfield, manufacturing passenger rail cars.

[@JohnSmith-rw8uh]

Rolls Royce used a GM gearbox the Turbo 400 Auto

[@projectno5]

didn't know you played automation, i'd love to see some of your creations

[@johnraven5517]

Yea

[@faust7198]

Most definetly agree

[@EdsAutoReviews]

I love the game, it allows me to realize my sick fantasies. You can see 2 of these designs on my Instagram page!

[@Danse_Macabre_125]

@@EdsAutoReviews l i v e s t r e a m

[@ragnaroni]

That Hudson-Buick car is absolutely beautiful, someone's gotta make something like that one day!

[@ragnaroni]

KZbin needs to fix their sex spam bot problem, this is the third reply I got from one this week (well last week)

[@zacharygerhart8504]

It’s nice to see this art getting some attention, I used to love to look at these art pieces back a few years ago.

[@EdsAutoReviews]

If it wasn't for the awesome mix-ups, than it's the overall handdrawn style. Very much like the old brochures!

[@ScottGrammer]

When I was a kid some 4,000 years ago, I had a toy drawing kit marketed under the Hot Wheels name and of course, made by Mattel. It consisted of a plastic frame with a couple of dozen green plastic stencils you could use to draw cars. The stencils were made so that all the cars would mix and match between the rear end, the passenger compartment, and the engine compartment. You could therefore make your own "designs" using different parts of different cars. I loved that thing, wish I still had it.

[@SeedemFeedemRobots]

My favourites are the Hudson-Citroen car might be the most interesting what-if car of them all especially if it comes with all the unique features of the DS and the Mercury Northernpike looks such a fun machine to drive and looks great and the blue white colour scheme just really brings in the mountain river fishing aestehtics. Also the Patriciapolitan is such an incredibly pretentious name its actually amazing

[@MirkoC407]

I think the same. The Hudson DS could even have saved two companies. It looks like it could have sold in Europa with very minor changes as the top of the line model for Panhard after Citroen bought them.

[@fookingcorolla6465]

I have an idea for a new Video: You already talked about car Exterieur over the time, how about interior. Talk about the dashboard, seating arrangements, gauges and co. I think that be pretty interesting.

[@mister3horn153]

Seconding this.

[@genethemachine7169]

3rd-ing this!

[@gone.but.forgotten]

Yes, that could be great!

[@EdsAutoReviews]

Great suggestion! I'm putting it on the video idea list!

[@gpalmerify]

How fun, love Mr. Peiler's renderings. It's also fun to hear the reasoning behind automotive designs. Like, "we wanted to make the car look like a crouching Jaguar so sweeping front fenders blended into running boards" (XK-120)

[@EdsAutoReviews]

Oh I did not know this!

[@gpalmerify]

@@EdsAutoReviews My dad who went to California for car design told me that. He restored a 1950 XK-120 and used it as a daily driver. His love of cars was infectious. Hearing the stories behind the wonderful design and engineering for cars and aircraft are inspiring. Wouldn't it be fun to see film makers tell these accounts?

[@omaralkayal7598]

You’re just amazing mate Can’t find a word to describe you

[@chriscookesuffolk]

Amazing?

[@EdsAutoReviews]

Thanks!

[@mattskustomkreations]

I do this kind of thing all the time! Thanks for sharing Frank’s sketches.

[@Sulfuron41]

I have to say, of all the different concepts and designs, the Northernpike Cruiser feels as though it could be the likeliest candidate to have actually existed. However, I don't see it as a Mercury, but rather as a Jeep product. It feels so much like a Bronco or F100 and a Jeep Wagoneer put together. I'd certainly own it!

[@andyreaver1962]

Ed, have you ever played fallout 4? The automobiles they created for that universe are fascinating, I’d love to see you do a video on them. Even if it’s just your thoughts. The cars are 1950s inspired, but with somewhat modern features. The cars are also fusion powered. Ford was trying to make a fusion powered car as early as 1958.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

I was wondering that. That’s the game that got me started on the 1950s (and oh boy it did)

[@andyreaver1962]

@@isaacsrandomvideos667 Oh yes, I grew up listening to older music, starting collecting antiques at 12, and anything from the 40s, 50s and 60s. I could just live in the fallout universe. Hopefully with the Bethesda-Microsoft purchase, we will get a Fallout game faster.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

@@andyreaver1962 literally the exact same here. Personally I’ve always been like this but fallout Kickstarted it. I’m glad it did though, the amount of interesting things you can find from the past.

[@EdsAutoReviews]

Nope never played it, but I know the cars, very amplified American atomic age styling.

[@k.b.tidwell]

I'm currently on a Fallout 4 replay going through and blowing up every single one of the vehicles. If I can't have them no one can. Plus the explosions are just friggin' cool.

[@hughjass1044]

As a huge fan of weird cars, this video was pure bliss!

[@xorcist-3423]

Oh boy! I would love a part 2 to this video

[@jerrybailey5797]

Loving these concept cars, l really love the Hudson Covette probably the best of the bunch

[@winstonelston5743]

With a bit more development, an adequate-powered engine, and sturdier door hardware, the KFD161 Darrin from Kaiser (which beat the Corvette to the showrooms) would have been a monumental success. And the '53 Kaiser taillights were more beautiful than anything GM had to offer from any division, and the '54s with the lens extending along the fender tops would have looked even better on Kaiser's fiberglass wonder. If Henry J. Kaiser had promoted development of the 288 cubic inch V8 his engineers were working on, Kaiser-Frazer might have been viable and the Darrin would have been a word-beater.

[@DevyKins]

Ed playing Automation is the highlight of this month for me omg

[@-oiiio-3993]

When I was a lad in the San Fernando Valley, there was a custom that would park not far from my house that was a 1958 Ranchero with an Edsel front clip skillfully grafted to it, It looked really cool.

[@Hipas_Account]

I like to make fictional designs with 3D Modelling in Blender, and this video blew my mind. I'm most comfortable designing cars from the 60's and 70's up to the early 00's, but a 50's Car would be just a marvelous study in design over practicality for me. Absolutely lovely video, and would tune in for 2nds.

[@7027A]

Great episode, so whimsical and fun! Personally, I love the styling of the Edsel and never understand its detractors (I think it's 20-20 hindsight. Styling was not the reason for the Edsel's failure but it became the excuse). My personal favorite 'What if' car would be the merging of the 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner with the 1958 Edsel Citation convertible. It would become the 1958 Edsel Citation Starliner, Starliner being a name that Ford later used in 1960. Ed, you have to look up the 1946 Bulgemobiles and the 1958 Bulgemobiles by Bruce McCall, a Canadian illustrator for the New Yorker who also did hilarious parodies of 1940s and 1950s illustrated advertisements for the fictional American car brand Bulgemobile. I believe they appeared in the American humor magazine National Lampoon back in the 1970s or '80s. Pure comedy gold if you are a fan of postwar American cars!

[@sprague49]

14:20 The Packard Predictor reminds me of the 1968 Pontiac Gran Prix!

[@Tayd0g]

7:40 They’d be All the people that played Mafia II (Potomac Indian)

[@zaxlorax7605]

I actually saw a Pontiac Chieftain in Bucharest in person a year or two ago. I knew what it was solely because I played Mafia 2 and researched the real life counterparts of the in-game vehicles. Video games can be very educational.

[@RichieRouge206]

Am I weird but OMG I think that Buick in an SM body is amazing 😍🤣 seriously. Great video my friend

[@charlesbutler4646]

This was very enjoyable video thanks for posting and please do more like this!

[@jeffking4176]

This was one of the most FUN video I’ve seen in some time. Well done - and thanks for the drawings, they are excellent. 📻🙂

[@racer0695]

I've never thought about 'what if' cars before, that's neat. I think of things like "what if they made a magnet powered car?", "what is the biggest engine I could fit in the middle of a Mitsubishi Eclipse?", "what if NASCAR ran 2-stroke/diesel?", and a lot of marketing for Ford for some reason, like an electric mid engine Thunder Bird to combat the new Corvette. These are all reoccurring thoughts lol.

[@TopaT0pa]

props to Frank Peiler - thanks for sharing his amazing work

[@oleo007]

This video is amazing, one of the best of your channel, this "combination" of designs and concepts is completely dope!!!!!! CHEERS from Brazil! Please make the part II, i beg you!!

[@Sevenfeet0]

I wasn;t expecting much out of this episode's theme....and I was wrong. Nice tour through some "What Ifs".

[@arevee9429]

Nice. I watch far too many car KZbin videos and this is the first time I've seen this kind of content.

[@Flies2FLL]

My dad had a '72 Ford LTD 2 door with the 400 cubic inch engine and two barrel carburetor. It was a beautiful brown color, a two door with the brown interior instead of the black that was standard. My dad towed a 26 foot Argosy trailer with it an had no trouble despite the two barrel carburetor.

[@seththomas9105]

The fact that in 1940 Packard was a high end, high dollar car upscale of even Cadillac and 15 years later was floundering. Amazing.

[@josephalthaus3210]

This was VERY interesting. Definitely need a part 2

[@dicksanders8206]

This was a fun video. Several of the cars were fab. All were interesting. Thanks!

[@GeoffGarit]

I really really love what if scenarios and especially when it includes cars. I myself try to writ some what if stories about transportations (about Chrysler Europe if it was taken by Honda instead of PSA, or kept by Chrysler, or if Renault try differently in the US for examples, but sadly, only in french). Keep going with your videos, I enjoy your way of saying and really hope to have other what if scenario presented by you

[@Arsenic71]

Dude, I absolutely love your videos. Just the right amount of truth and irony, absolutely great😁💪👍

[@paulsto6516]

That was fun! Thanks for posting.

[@bobgarcia2623]

I just love all this mixing of what I call the best cars ever made, nothing like the two tone paint jobs, bright and matched I'll say just not just right but perfectly, if i had the money i would buy them all, all of them i would be proud to drive a different one every day.

[@BELCAN57]

Packard had some nifty ideas for its cars going forward from 1957. It would be nice to see them here. Great video, you're a real car lover.

[@Donald_Shaw]

I love all the video you post... and especially your commentary.

[@ezerod1858]

I enjoy this video and definitely I'm waiting for the part two

[@obrejaradu1]

Your commentary and presentation are amazing. Pure talent. And that goes for all your episodes. P.S. Not forgeting the research and knowledge of the vehicles. Good job!

[@aserr.0]

Bro your content, you can make a video about a rusted 10mm bolt and I’d watch the whole thing keep it up, your audience isn’t the hugest but it’s the loyalist👍🏼

[@subiesubie]

Oh how awesome it would be to live in that parallel universe!

[@zlinedavid]

That Hudson “Corvette” is gorgeous.

[@tomrob3654]

Great vid. Can't wait for part two

[@JasonFlorida]

It's a great day when I wake up to a new EAR video!

[@BEACHGUY10]

Outstanding; We so love your Videos; You are Brilliant

[@smurftums]

There was an Australian Holden Kingswood that had a Chevrolet grille, bumper and lights grafted to the front, for sale in South Africa in the late sixties/early seventies.

[@christopherkraft1327]

Fascinating concepts!!! 👍👍

[@od1452]

This is great. Thanks. I also love seeing production and concept designs that almost made it in the 50s.

[@davidwood1923]

That Was Fun .. Thanks for Sharing

[@randallfrank5682]

Thanks for the interesting show.

[@alanrogers7090]

I really like the Pontiac Muroc. By the way, Muroc was originally a farm before it became a United States Air Force Base. Its name came from the farm owners, the Corum brothers. Reverse their name and get Muroc. After he was killed in an airplane crash, the changed the name to honor Major Glen Edwards in 1949. So Muroc farm/car race area. air base is now Edwards Air Force Base where they test all the newest aircraft for the Air Force, like the first aircraft to officially break the sound barrier, the Bell X-1 flown by Chuck Yeager..

[@alex1949]

The Packard-Lincoln would have been an upgrade over the Edsel. This past March, I saw the Predictor at the Studebaker museum and I think it's BEAUTIFUL!. On the other hand, I do want an Edsel because of it's history, and the look just kinda grows on you over time.

[@gunfighterzero]

Really enjoyed this one.. very interesting

[@tomrobards7753]

Loved this video , keep them coming ...

[@samgreen7077]

These are great to see! I love the Hudson DS!

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

3:38 that red Packard that resembles a 60 fury is gorgeous

[@dieterjaehn8886]

Ed! We love your episodes. They are so well thought out and packed with info. We have been watching here at home in Illinois the past week. At dinner time!! I was wondering about you doing and episode on the moon buggy. Your thoughts and opinions as the automakers were involved as well. And I know you'll make it funny with your wit!! Maybe design it like YOU would want a 60s moon buggy to look! Ha ha

[@richdorak1547]

Great to hear from you again. That Lincoln/Rolls definitely screams RAMBLER in the grille.

[@genethemachine7169]

I'd love to see a part 2 or 3!

[@strawberryhellcat4738]

These are incredible. The Mercury Northernpike Cruiser makes me wonder what SUV-style vehicles would have looked like in the 1950's if the platform had been as popular then as it is today. Also, asking about the practicality of the Forward Look and massive fins on a ute? Daytona Ram owners:

[@alanblanes2876]

An amazing episode!

[@roberthenleynola]

Totally fascinating.

[@dohnny123]

Love these vids. My whole family watches em.

[@rickalexander9919]

i love these series of auto videos

[@positronicfeed]

Hi Ed. Just a quick FYI. You don't have to put an apostrophe after a year when you're referring to a decade. You put one before the 50 if you don't want to write the 19. 1950s becomes '50s. You write 1950's or 50's if you're referring to an event that specifically took place in the year 1950. For example, when you write 1979's oil crisis instead of oil crisis of 1979. Or 1962's Cuban missile crisis.

[@462Designs]

Frank Peiler really knows how to make a "what if car". His wicked designs really do make sense. Really better than what I see sometimes. Also does Ed play automation? I would love to see some of his builds if he has one.

[@athishnirup1815]

Can you please make a video on indian car industry

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

I support this comment

[@d.o.m.494]

Excellent work.

[@kayEnt3rtainm3nt]

That Rolls-Lincoln looks a lot like the demon car from the film "The Car".

[@firstsmoofy]

Edward, I love your series: thoroughly enjoy it

[@firstsmoofy]

I would really enjoy it if you were to do some videos on cars of the 20s, 30s, and 40s: their features, improving technology, mechanics, and selling points. Thanks for all the research you do.

[@Tattlelordify]

Fantastische video :) Heel origineel. Keep m coming!

[@lordsimaye3654]

Very nice! I love this paralel universe. 👍🏻

[@russthomson6168]

thank-you Frank for bringing some of our imaginations images to life

[@owjanshahmiri7038]

Imagine any of those drawing come to the Life with modern features........What a car would it be.

[@lesgrossman4636]

The U.S. Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle from Apollo 15 on the Moon in 1971 would still start up today, meanwhile I’m having issues firing up my 2019 KIA on certain days. A vehicle that lasts more than 5 years is my dream vehicle

[@othonn20_07]

cool video!

[@HellenikBoy]

I love how a lot of your photos in this video and previous are from Australian Car Shows

[@flexyco]

Hé Edward, geweldig kanaal gozer! Ik kijk met veel plezier!

[@spechti2045]

its always a good day if you upload. your accent is pretty decent for a dutch guy btw.

[@Mopar-Pioneer]

how could you NOT love the Plainsman

[@mister3horn153]

Great video!! Commenting for the algorithm!

[@rix66pix79]

I like what you do here. Automobile history is in everyone's DNA with our life-long love-hate relationship that we have with our cars. And from Daimler to Tesla, it's history. Keep up your very good 👍👍 work. I really enjoyed this installment. It brought back memories of a 5 year old, waiting for the unveiling of the new models. I'm birth year 1951. 😎 🇺🇸 💪 Frank Peiler's excellent "What Ifs" have appeared often in Collectible Automobile magazine. On that note... How about a vid on this quality publication? It's been on the magazine racks since mid '80's. Photos of full scale clay mock-up "What If's" are frequently featured from Big 3 photo archives. Other great regular features as well. At any rate, looking forward to more. Thanks again. 🙏

[@stefancristi2493]

6:03 I love these breaks from character 😂

[@xrmerkur]

Great video! I will share with a friend.

[@dillbob330]

That Frank guy is really really great. These are fantastic.

[@unclemarksdiyauto]

This has been a very interesting video, Ed!

[@Flies2FLL]

Your impression of the Packard Emporious was ridiculous. I saw an actual 1997 Imperial today when I was running. It was beat up-

[@foreyfriend145]

IF #1: Transatlantic RR. Replace Partenon shaped gront grill with a toroidal shaped one, a dripping glacê texturing would add eyecatching effect. Replace granny suspension with a low rider se tup. Replace radiator's lid with flattened muzzel canid. Add some flames details anywhere around the car's body.

[@PhilliG.]

Interesting video. Keep it up!

[@TheSDB13]

I adore the Hudson Citroen combo, imagine a hydropneumatic suspension with a V8. That'd be an amazing combo

[@isopod_gaming-real-]

At the time this was posted I am so tired I cannot focus properly so I shal watch this the next day but I’m likeing it none the less

[@shiftintohigh5564]

Excellent!👍👍😎🇺🇸

[@domingodeanda233]

That was pretty damn good, thanks

[@kimharbison5277]

Waiting patiently for Part 2...