GM 50 millionth car, a gold 1955 Chevy proudly paraded through the streets

GM tookfull advantage of producing it's 50 millionth car, a '55 Chevy with the new V8. This is the grand parade staged in Flint to celebrate the occasion. Here is the parade.
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[@equalopportunityoffender6732]

Those were better days for the USA 🇺🇸. I’m so heart broken 💔 I weep for the demise of our once great country 😢

[@lewdachris7721]

GM ended up losing track of that what happened to that 50 millionth car.

[@equalopportunityoffender6732]

@@lewdachris7721 We've lost track of ourselves as well . 😔

[@wildestcowboy2668]

Stupid baby boomers ruined the country.

[@ROgletree]

@@lewdachris7721I just watched a current video of that very car. It was restored by a company in Melbourne, FL.

[@lewdachris7721]

@@ROgletree do you have the video link?

[@midcenturymodern9330]

It's almost impossible to believe that this was Flint, Michigan. Those huge crowds, all those jobs, and all those beautiful American cars. Wow!

[@carshowreporter]

The passage of time is interesting... compare Flint of 67 years earlier, 1888.

[@sheeznutz2254]

Probably was managed by Republicans back then! If you want something destroyed give power to the democrats

[@jeffcampbell2710]

It started Downhill in the 69's, when the liberals decided there was plenty on money for free housing, free groceries, for all the "Special people". Crime skyrocketed. Muggings, Robbery, murder. Guess that free house and money wasn't enough. Still isn't today. After trillions of dollars, a million "Programs", things are worse. Maybe it's time for the "Special People" to get jobs. Keep the hands and mind occupied. Idle hands are the Devil's Playground".

[@cub1009]

What a time to be alive. People were so proud of what they built, the companies that built it, they celebrated it on the streets.

[@carshowreporter]

Thanks for watching and commenting, Cub 100. This was a time when GM was the largest company in the world, the unions fought for living wages, and, long before mass media, big events like this and Motorama were important forms of publicity. It would be cool if GM brought back Motorama!!! Please check out the other, cool cars on my channel. This is a 1955 Motorama, chrome Chevy V8 display engine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYKrpYKeaap6bpo

[@ralphmillais5237]

Yes siree it was the high water mark of civilisation!

[@tomnoller2427]

A proud time for a great nation when people respected each other. How I remember those times and lament what we've become.

[@ralphmillais5237]

Yes siree it was the high water mark of civilisation!

[@wildestcowboy2668]

Baby boomers ruined the country and it's a fact.

[@chriswright2250]

I would give Anything to go back to this era.❤

[@carshowreporter]

They make it look so good!! Ah, the filter of time and editing.

[@TomPauls007]

"... that should be in a museum...!"

[@carshowreporter]

It was found and then lost again!!!!!!!!!!

[@alexander1485]

@@carshowreporter it caught on fire

[@carshowreporter]

@@alexander1485 Really???!!!!!! Do you have a link, Alexander??

[@donshotrodgarage1717]

What an amazing crowd for the parade! That is America at its best🇺🇸👍

[@carshowreporter]

Note, it was a parade for a corporation, too!!!

[@autobug2]

This gold `55 still exists. the gold trim was replaced with regular chrome, and the car had been repainted black/white and sold retail via a dealer. When it was found, the VIN was verified as being THE 50 millionth show car. No updates since I read this about 8 years ago.

[@carshowreporter]

I just did another, fairly quick, search, to no avail. THE 50 millionth GM car, the '55 Chevy, has not surfaced ....yet!!! Thanks for watching and commenting, W Fox!

[@sergeantmasson3669]

@@carshowreporter Many '55 Chevies ended up with 1956 engines because of high oil consumption. The '55 engine pistons didn't seat-in correctly.

[@wildestcowboy2668]

​@@sergeantmasson3669that's why I ran Big block dodge's. GM junk is not good

[@fiddlerpin]

The car does not exist! It burned in a fire in the 90’s

[@bigospig]

This exact gold '55 was melted down and the metals were incorporated into the Apollo 11 lunar vehicles. The 24K gold trim pieces were made into coins given out to every person working on the mission. My grandpa got one because he was the janitor who cleaned the ashtrays in mission control.

[@jrd1498]

Thank you posting this Golden Chevrolet promo. I grew up with a Chevrolet Dealership on the corner of our street (Springfield Avenue and Ohio Street) in Maplewood, NJ. I clearly recall a new 55 BelAir sedan parked on the street outside of the showroom. The unique thing was that this shiny new Chevy was gold, inside and out. I was told by a salesman that the car belonged to the owner Mr.Clark, of Clark Chevrolet. I was born in 1946 so I was only 9 at the time, but I was aware that the “golden Chevy” had a special meaning and now I know what it was. Clark Chevrolet gave me a love of cars, due to the kindness of the salesmen, the mechanics, the body & prep men and the service team.

[@carshowreporter]

Thanks for sharing your interesting and historic, memory J R D!!! Chevrolet produced 500 gold, 50 millionth Chevys, just without the gold plated trim. You are so lucky to have a whole dealership of mentors!!! Did you go into the automotive field?

[@jrd1498]

@@carshowreporter Pamela: Thank you for the nice response. Several years later Mr Clark sold the building and the business to two men who were brother-in-laws . They owned a Chevy dealership in southern NJ and were thinking of expansion like an “auto mall”. I had purchased a 1959 Impala 2dr hard top from L&S Chevrolet in Union NJ in 1961/62, and drove and loved that car through my high school years. However after a few more years the partnership ended and one bought out the other. In 1971 my father bought a new Impala from the dealership which was now named “Muller” . No, I never went into the automobile business. ☹️

[@carshowreporter]

No worries, J R D!!! You still have high octane in your veins!!! Have a great T day and Thank You for watching and sharing your memories!!

[@camman6912]

I’ve owned 2 55’s and a 56 Chevy Wonderful cars Thank you for posting this

[@carshowreporter]

My pleasure!!!! I'm glad it brought great memories. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@bigstuff52]

The plant that made the 50 millionth car now makes trucks since the early 70's...I remember the parade although I was very young..When this film was made probably close to 90000 people worked for GM in 11 plants in the Flint area..This is a conservative figure in that Buick Motor Division that started here in Flint in the mid-50s had 50000 people employed in one complex..As of 5/2018 there are 3 plants left employing about 6000 people..

[@carshowreporter]

It is sad how the mighty as fallen. In the fifties, GM built about 52% of the cars in the #1 market in the world. Today, China is the largest by far ( just look at the population and the growing " middle class ", GM is #4 in the world ( as of 11/17 ) behind VW, Toyota, Renault/Nissan, and robotics have drastically reduced the man hours needed to produce a car. Time moves on and we ( companies and people ) need to accept, look forward and change to keep up. Thanks for your insightful comment and watching, John.

[@josephercastor8026]

@@carshowreporter change is no good. We need cars to run on hydrogen is the change we need. Other than that the designs need to go back to the 60s

[@taylorc2542]

Tesla is carrying the torch of American industry. Hope they can beat the CCP.

[@johnhennery8820]

That's a time when a car was a real car not half plastic and cheap junk with a price tag that's almost as much as a house

[@maple1255]

Pamela thank you for sharing this fabulous look back into time ☺

[@carshowreporter]

You are MORE thank welcome, Maple1255. My channel is a celebration of all car, truck and bike. Enjoy!!

[@davidlandeck9566]

The excitement was awesome!!! Proud to own a 1955 chevrolet today👍😁

[@carshowreporter]

The industry really knew how to throw a party!!!! Imagine if GM brought back their Motorama!! Which '55 do you own??

[@davidlandeck9566]

@@carshowreporterno

[@davidlandeck9566]

@@carshowreporter bel-air 2 dr post. Big block 4 speed ..owned since 1988 "CIRCUS CIRCUS"

[@carshowreporter]

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Exakta66]

Nowadays Flint is famous for much different reasons...

[@ridgec5670]

Like brown water.

[@mikedrown2721]

Real brown water

[@sergeantmasson3669]

@@ridgec5670 city officials switched water supply sources.

[@ridgec5670]

@@sergeantmasson3669 went from crap, to crappier. I rode the bike trail along the river back before it all hit the fan. Smelled like machining fluid. Years of it in the ground.

[@Focusyn]

The good ol' days

[@jeremycarr9410]

Oh wow..I have the bronze medallion that must have been made for this event!

[@carshowreporter]

Those are so cool, Jeremy!!! That is one way to have a piece of such history!! Thanks for watching and commenting. Please check out other cool cars and events on my channel including this video of the chrome, 1955 Motorama display Chevy V8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYKrpYKeaap6bpo

[@johnkeating9494]

Thank you Pamela. This is wonderful, rare video with my grandfather TH Keating.😊

[@carshowreporter]

Thomas is your Grandfather??!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Can you share a favorite memory with us?? 😃Thank you very much for watching and commenting, John!!

[@johnkeating9494]

@@carshowreporter I would drive Grandad from Detroit to Miami Beach every winter in his Cadillac Fleetwood painted with that special 50Mth Anniversary gold paint. He passed in 1983. Wish I could locate that 1982 Gold Fleetwood.🤔

[@1940limited]

Wow! And look at Flint and Detroit today.

[@carshowreporter]

The sad story of company towns. Don't worry, the top executive pay has grown exponentially and their tax rate has dropped drastically. Thanks for watching and please check out the rest of my channel.

[@wendellellison3482]

Wow! Back in the heyday of Flint - and General Motors!

[@carshowreporter]

Detroit owned the world and GM was top of the industry!!! In the post, WWII, world, there was no competition outside of the US.

[@Jgspeedshop]

Hope that car is in a museum

[@carshowreporter]

Good morning Yee 2222 I just dropped an " e" to the GM Heritage Collection. Let's see what they say..... Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@Jgspeedshop]

Pamela Hirschhorn ok sounds great man

[@carshowreporter]

Oh well..... The search continues.... Pam, We do not have the car in our collection. We do not know what happened to it over the years or if it still exists. Jim Vehko General Motors Heritage Center 6400 Center Drive Sterling Heights, MI 48312

[@carshowreporter]

Check out this story about this, special, Chevy !!!! justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-50-millionth-gm-vehicle-produced.html#:~:text=Tom%20found%20that%20the%20VIN,N.C.%20who%20passed%20away%20Nov.

[@kimnielsen9332]

Think it got burned up while under restoration.

[@crushingvanessa3277]

5-6-7 were great but 58 was worth the wait. The gold 55 is a beautiful car.

[@carshowreporter]

The '58 sported coils at all, four corners and had, in our, humble opinions, far better styling!! Plus, it had an optional 12v electric shaver!!

[@crushingvanessa3277]

@@carshowreporterI have a 58 Delray 4 dr. that'll end up becoming my retirement project. Just don't have the time to work on it now and don't trust mechcanic and bodyshops. They see you coming because your not their buddy. I have to find some way to learn how to do mechanical repairs. I understand the very basics but actually doing something is always different.

[@carshowreporter]

Join a local club. It helps to have a garage/junkyard buddy. Many can do either mechanical or body, but few can do both.

[@crushingvanessa3277]

@@carshowreporterI was, but the one specific to 58s fell apart. That and I work evenings and Sundays when most events are on so I can't get to club meetings. t that time also four doors were very frowned on, which is what mine is. It's inside a garage at least so it's not getting any worse.

[@carshowreporter]

You need to make a realistic list and double the time planned for each step! I did a quick search and saw this book, www.muttonhollowchevys.com/How-To-Restore-Your-Classic-1955-1956-Chevrolet-_p_1684.html It is for a '57 but the process is the same. I would suggest look for more books. You may find a '58 version! By the by, 4 doors are now respected and collectable.

[@my55chevy43]

Nothing like a 55 chevy.

[@carshowreporter]

Thanks, My 55 Chevy, but I think you are a little biased!!! Very understandable!! You may enjoy this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2HShY2art9krK8 Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@carshowreporter]

I am sorry to delete a couple of comments because they started to get political. All automotive related conversation is welcome. We are here because we are united in our passion for all things on wheels. Thank you for watching and keeping in the spirit of our love of automotive history.

[@fairfaxcat1312]

Pamela Hirschhorn Blessings on you Hirschhorn. There is so much cynicism today-truth and morality are now social constructs determined by the individual-that presentations such as this are inconceivable. Any notion of intergenerational received wisdom is laughed out of court Colbert-style.

[@carshowreporter]

Thank you for your support and insight. Let us all enjoy together, all of our different rides!

[@cometcal2]

For some reason, I think of the 1955 Chevy Bel Air when I think of Chevrolet.

[@carshowreporter]

Also, Mom and apple pie!!!!

[@mikeweizer3149]

@@carshowreporter It all fits, Chevrolet was reborn in 1955!!!!.

[@Kinseydsp]

I had one back in the Day the most beautiful Chevy ever! Chevy's the best Whole sale the rest

[@allan4276]

When everyone got along with no protest

[@carshowreporter]

Not really. This is a great, GM, piece, so, of course, it shows nothing but the best foot forward. I'm glad you enjoyed the video, it is fun!!!

[@mikeweizer3149]

@@carshowreporter No everyone didn't get along perfectly then but it seems to me that people did see things that were bigger than themselves 🤔🤔🤔🤔.

[@btrdangerdan2010]

I wonder who owns this special Chevy car today if it’s still around. Probably an extremely rare car.

[@carshowreporter]

Sorry to say the exact car has not been found, if it even still exists. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@carshowreporter]

Check out this story about this, special, Chevy !!!! justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-50-millionth-gm-vehicle-produced.html#:~:text=Tom%20found%20that%20the%20VIN,N.C.%20who%20passed%20away%20Nov.

[@terrylong4231]

Wonder where it's at today

[@joshuaramirez6121]

They should've had it in a museum, would've been cool if GM showcased all their milestone cars

[@REMBRANTTUBE]

I don’t think anyone knows the whereabouts of this car… it’s fate is unknown! It would be fantastic if it were found though!

[@ricknelson576]

I wonder where this car is now? Be worth some bucks. Beautiful car in its self.

[@carshowreporter]

The last time I checked, it was found!!!!! Obviously, if it really had been found, it has not been restored and put on the show circuit. So..... the question still remains!!! Thanks for watching and commenting, Rick. Please check out my other car videos!

[@jackcarson1554]

That's what I was wondering as well. It would be great to hear that it's being cared for. Also, It crossed my mind that my grandmother's '55 may have been on the assembly line that day. I bought it from her in '69 for $100.00. My Dad and I de-chromed it and changed the color from pale green to red. Then, swapped the "three-on-the-tree" to on the floor. I wish I still had it! 🙁

[@kitdinker]

Wow. They built 25 million cars between 1940 and 1954. Very impressive.

[@carshowreporter]

GM had 50% of the market at that point!!! In 1955, Chevy sold about 1.8 million cars!! Thanks for watching and commenting, kitdinker. Here is a video of 1955 car ads you may enjoy... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqnbloyHltKGqMk

[@MrFishface5]

they need to bring back the 55,56,57 chevrolets

[@carshowreporter]

They are still readily available! When was the last time you drove a '50's American car?

[@josephercastor8026]

'59 Impala,61,63,65,68s

[@steveperry1344]

i think the 55 chevy is the best american designed car of all time. it got chevy out of the 1940 style and into the modern era and it holds up today. if i had a choice of any car that's what i would want. my first car was a 54 chevy which i paid $50 bucks for in 1966 and i drive a 2015 silverado wt today.

[@carshowreporter]

The '55 was a clean design which brought Chevy into the slab side fashion which Ford, Studebaker, Hudson, and Nash ( amongst the majors ) released by 1954. Add the spice of a light weight, OHV V8 under the hood and you have a sales winner. 1,713,478 were sold!! Now, personally, I agree with you, I prefer the 50 - 54 ... in a convertible, of course! Here is a '54 crossing the block at Carlisle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4XaiGh6grSSg5o

[@steveperry1344]

thnx for the info.@@carshowreporter

[@markjohnston3502]

Flint was once a prosperous town then GM just abandoned it, however, the Flint plant is still in operation producing heavy-duty trucks - at least for a while - a long while I hope.

[@carshowreporter]

It seems more profitable to let these factories, and the heartbeat of the cities, to run down and abandon them. It is good it is still being used. Now, all they need is water.

[@heatherbaldwin1118]

Keating did you stop that line. Your fired!

[@patrickbone6273]

I'd rather drive a Chevy than push a ford!!😄✌

[@tuck6464]

@@baird5776mullet Bullship, at the very same time Ford took a 5.9 billion dollar loan from the government, which they happen to be 2 Annual payments behind on. They have 557 million dollar payment due in 2022, or they will be bankrupt. GM and Chrysler both, have paid back their loans/bailouts, Kenny.

[@baird5776mullet]

@@tuck6464 Left, Right, Coke, Pepsi, Ford, Chevy.

[@tuck6464]

@@baird5776mullet For the record ; GM ,Chevy, Pepsi ...

[@mikeweizer3149]

@@tuck6464 I used to love ❤ GM products but from 2009 onward I never forgave GM for dropping Pontiac!!!!!.Especially for keeping Buick for the Chinese 🤮🤮🤮🤮.

[@brianciofani4698]

and now people think Toyonda's are the only good cars out there. My 95 Corvette still runs like gold after 29 years.

[@carshowreporter]

We have always had dedicated customers. Back then, there were Ford, Dodge, Plymouth, Nash, Hudson, etc families. Same with '95 and, even today. By the way, my Geo Metro convertible ( stop laughing!!! 😉😄) just turn the second time around the odometer. The industry has made many, great cars and we appreciate them!

[@freebird7284]

i had a '55 2dr. hardtop too, i wonder what the count is today on GM production thanksgiving day 2022?

[@carshowreporter]

Great question, f r e e b i r d!! Just for comparison, Chevy build about 1.8 million cars in 1955, which is about 4,931 cars per day. I could not find a break out of just Chevy production of 2021, but GM produced 2,217,832 which means 6,076/day. Now, are the factories open on Tday???

[@bluesharp59]

Thumbs up liked.

[@carshowreporter]

Thank you Bluesharp59 and thanks for commenting.

[@bluesharp59]

Welcome you are and i just subbed you also.

[@carshowreporter]

Thank you bluesharp59. I appreciate your shares!!!

[@user-cg9ly4wg2s]

Thanks for the 55 Chevy Keating! Gonna tuck n roll her , put a four speed in her with a hurst shifter and an Olds rear!

[@carshowreporter]

Don't forget to jack up the rear with shackles and put mismatched Keystones on it!! Check out this sweet '55 Chevy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2iTZYt8aqmbhK8

[@jeffmayo5283]

Mean Gene Okerlund announcing at minute 6.40 ? Damn..he has been around along time

[@carshowreporter]

I had to google it, but he died fairly recently, 2019. He had a long run!!!

[@jeffmayo5283]

You cant miss that voice. Especially if you were a 80s WWF wresting nut, like I was.

[@jaymichaels5187]

5:06 sadly 5 years later Harlow would accidentally kill the ex- vice president of GM in a duck hunting accident.

[@carshowreporter]

I did not know this. Thanks for adding more to the conversation, Jay. I " Googled " the incident and came up with this: www.nytimes.com/1959/11/19/archives/curtice-kills-exassociate-at-gm-in-hunting-mishap-exgm-official-is.html Please check out my other videos, too.

[@littlegp18]

Whatever happened to all that American enthusiasm and pride?

[@carshowreporter]

It is still here!!

[@vollste]

4:57 “Men” times are different now 😃

[@maxlacugnato442]

be cool to know where this car is today. hopefully it didnt just get junked many years later like so many vehicles do

[@carshowreporter]

The last time I googled it, it was found, but has not surfaced yet.... we shall see.... Thanks for watching, Max. Please check out other, cool cars on my channel, such as this Cars of the 50's Video 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5TSZ6dvrNyhnZY

[@btrdangerdan2010]

People aren’t excited today as they are 60 years ago. What happened?

[@carshowreporter]

This was an age when the new car introduction was a major event and GM was the largest company in the world. Today, we can see 1 to 2 years in advance via the net, the car is not the center of our lives ( except us gearheads!!!! ) and GM isn't even number one in the industry. Time marches on. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@chriscatarcio7534]

Front wheel drive. That's what happened.

[@rayinpau.s.a.6351]

Maybe they are all smoked up on medical marijuana ! people are just plain lazy and do not care.

[@ralphmillais5237]

Socialism.

[@tonyblackmon4200]

Did anyone ever find where this 55 is located?

[@carshowreporter]

I just Googled it. Check out this story!!!! justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-50-millionth-gm-vehicle-produced.html#:~:text=Tom%20found%20that%20the%20VIN,N.C.%20who%20passed%20away%20Nov.

[@tonyblackmon4200]

Pamela Hirschhorn Thank you so much. , That was great! I’m glad that such a historic vehicle wasn’t lost to the junk heap. And while we don’t know for sure who has the car now, it’s fairly certain that the cars history is known to the new owner. Hopefully we will see that beautiful 55 take its rightful place in a museum at some point. Thanks again. That’s an amazing story.... and Thank you for your help....

[@eddiejones.redvees]

The year I was born were have the good years gone I don’t no the number of the GM car I now drive but it is a great car a Vauxhall Astra 1.6 diesel which an average mpg of 50

[@carshowreporter]

Is that the Isuzu diesel? They are great!!! Even the VW of 1955 could not easily achieve mileage close to what you are getting today, Eddie!! Thanks for watchng and commenting!

[@donshotrodgarage1717]

Wonder where that 55 is?

[@carshowreporter]

The answer is in the string of comments. It was saved from a final life of low level racing.....

[@chriscatarcio7534]

BAD DAY FOR THE FLAT HEAD FORD. THE INCREDIBLE SMALL BLOCK WAS BORN. SEE THE USA FROME BEHIND MY CHEVYROLEY. THEN THEY MADE THE 58. MY FAV. THEY CAME OUT OF THE DARK.

[@carshowreporter]

The Cadillac OHV V8 set the benchmark, and the Chevy OHV8 knocked it out of the park and brought it to the masses !! The '58 grew big, but the improved suspension and bigger 8 made up for the extra weight. It was big and beautiful, but the styling was dated compared to Chrysler Corp's Forward Look. The one year design has never been appreciated until fairly recently for the tour d' force it is. Thanks for watching and commenting, Chris.

[@chriscatarcio7534]

The small block set the ( bench mark) in 57. One hourspower per .ci. and 58 were not that much bigger. Like. 4 inches. Small block chevy has won more RACES THAN ANY GROCERY GETER CAD.

[@chriscatarcio7534]

Why does everyone bad mouth the 58 when the 59 was way BIGGER. I had 58 chevys . No body talks about the 315 HP. 348. EATHER. U MIGHT WRITE ABOUT IT. I LIVED IT.

[@carshowreporter]

The '55, 2dr wb was 115" ,L195.6, w 74" weight 3,330lbs., 1957 2dr, wb 115", L 200", w 74" weight 3,390lbs, 1958 2dr wb 117.5, L 209.1" w 77.7", weight: 3,424lbs ( shipping ) , 1959 2dr wb 119", l 210.9" w 79.9", weight 3515lbs ( shipping ). These are all base, 2 doors and shipping weight, versus curb weight. The fifties were all about lower, wider, heavier, chrome and fins! Part of the tri-five's appeal was availability. Like the '32, they got to the used car lots first so more hot rodders could buy them, as well as the right combination of power to weight. The '58's, in my humble opinion, were more about luxury with their new chassis and options. I am surprised I have not done a feature about a '58 Chevy besides the Yeoman. northeastwheelsevents.com/video/a-walk-about-a-1958-chevy-yeoman-2-door-wagon-at-the-classic-auto

[@johnready630]

@@carshowreporter First year for the Impala . I spent 3 years restoring one back in the mid 80's. Liked all the 50's to 60's cars.

[@jamesoliva9531]

Wasn't Flint Michigan "Buick City"????????

[@carshowreporter]

Yes, just ask Michael!!!

[@ralphmillais5237]

Yes siree it was the high water mark of civilisation!

[@mkrchnak5269]

Not sure if the question has been ask, but where is that car today?

[@carshowreporter]

Yes, the story of the rediscovery is in the string. It was saved from being cut up into a track car, but from there, it has gone underground again.

[@mkrchnak5269]

@@carshowreporter ...many thanks for that. The 55 is my favourite classic car and recently came into possession of a two door wagon. Cheers

[@carshowreporter]

@@mkrchnak5269 Nice find!!!!!!!!!

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Does anyone know whatever happened to this golden vehicle?

[@carshowreporter]

Check out this story about this, special, Chevy !!!! Thanks for watching and commenting, Neil. justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-50-millionth-gm-vehicle-produced.html#:~:text=Tom%20found%20that%20the%20VIN,N.C.%20who%20passed%20away%20Nov.

[@carshowreporter]

Agreed!!!!!

[@crossbow3539]

Way before corporate tax cuts. Eisenhower said taxes for corporations in the end creates more competition between companies. After WWII things were starting off well for the working class. Unions were getting stronger and the middle class was growing and one income could afford a very good living. Then around the early seventies corporations went crazy building factories over seas and the beginning of the end began. Reagan became a spokesman for GE and later became governor of California and corporations began buying the Republican Party. Then Reagan became president and the tax cuts for corporations and millionaires began and taxes for everyone else went crazy and republicans have been doing it more and more with the Busches and then trump made the biggest cut for Corporations and billionaires shifting practically the entire tax burden onto the working class. The screwed up part is most of the people making comments about how great it used to be are the same ones that think Reagan Busch and trump were the greatest presidents ever.

[@carshowreporter]

You are the only commenter who understands the era. Harlow Curtis, the CEO of GM, 1955, made a little more than 1.7 million. GM commanded 54% of the market in 1955. Mary Bara was paid 29 million in '23. GM has 17% of today's market. Even after adjusting for inflation, Bara was paid more than 10x Curtis. A Ford assembly line worker fought and won an average salary of $106/week, $2.65/hr ( www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?14529-automotive-wage-history#:~:text=In%20a%20quick%20skim%20of,in%201955%20being%20actually%20%24106.68. ) Compaired to today's salary, after the strike: $20/hr and, only after working 6 months as a temp for a 3rd party at less pay. ( www.glassdoor.com/Hourly-Pay/Ford-Motor-Company-Assembly-Line-Worker-Hourly-Pay-E263_D_KO19,39.htm ) Yes, this is 10x but try to buy a house with a family on $41,600, gross, today. Now, that is if you were a white, Protestant, man. A woman would be very hard pressed to make half of a man's wage, or get credit... then there were people of color..... Ah, those were the days. Please pass the butter, Beaver....

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

This is what happens when you build a reliable standardized product ! maintenance is easy and parts are plentiful and low cost ! there will always be more gm vehicles on the road than any other manufacture

[@carshowreporter]

Yes, back in the ol' days you could do this, Scotty. The perfect example of reliable, standardization was the VW Type 1 ( Beetle ). To bad time marches on and people stop buying the same ol', same ol'. Just ask Henry Ford. We have more GM cars ( many with unique parts ) on the road because they were the largest manufacturer for decades. Through the '20's, about 50% of the cars were Fords. Sorry about the delay in answering, Scotty.

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

@@carshowreporter better late than never ! Lol ! Thanks for the feedback.

[@bishoped1]

It’s sad that GM abandoned Flint leaving it a town of boarded up storefronts. Same with Detroit moving it’s factories to the suburbs and killing off the city.

[@carshowreporter]

It is such a shame big companies do not consider the families which helped grow the companies from the inception through such great success.

[@richardanderson5078]

The democrats killed the city. Don't forget that.

[@ferrochinabisleri1587]

Was it crushed?

[@carshowreporter]

No, it has possibly been found.

[@redawson001]

November 23 1954, Nobody would have thought that 9 years later almost to the day, JFK would be assasinated

[@carshowreporter]

Very true.

[@jeffmayo5283]

and Flint still has 50 million gallons of polluter water

[@carshowreporter]

Note, very few people even mentioned this point, Jeff. Thanks for the reality check.

[@kathyevans3783]

What happened to the car?

[@carshowreporter]

The last time I checked, it had been found, but, if this was true, it has not surfaced yet....so..... Interesting, this chromed, 1955 Chevy V8 display engine survived, but not this milestone car! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYKrpYKeaap6bpo Thanks for watching and commenting Kathy. Please check out other cool cars on my channel.

[@z978ady]

That serial number did not protect it from the crusher.

[@carshowreporter]

Maybe yes, maybe no..... let's hope someone will find it in a lost garage somewhere.....

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525]

I wonder what happened to that 50 millionth car?

[@carshowreporter]

You would have thought, after all of the celebrations, GM would have kept it in the Heritage collection!!! Keep peeking in those old garages, CAR OLD!!

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525]

@@carshowreporter maybe it did end up there. But they sold off some items during the reorganization during the obama years. Thanks. I find them in interesting places. That looks like Jay Leno in your picture. I've got an interesting story about a guy in Iowa that Jay Leno want to buy his car but it did not work out. Everybody knows that him and Seinfeld are big car guys. I just found interesting that look like Jay Leno on you picture. Thanks for the reply and comment

[@carshowreporter]

Jay, may he heal quickly, is a hands on car guy!! Here is the video of him at Hershey...yes, I blew my big chance!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYjOg2OqrNx0ibc By the by, who is Jalen?

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525]

@@carshowreporter another mistake by autocorrect. Jalen or something that my phone came up via autocorrect for Jay Leno. Not sure what chance you missed. But when I was about 20 this man stop me as I went into this Walmart . He want to talk with me for some reason. Basically answering his question about what I thought of the store. I'm not sure why pick me out. But my understanding he didn't do things without a purpose even if I random. Looking back what could a person do at 45 minutes of Sam Walton's time?! That was a missed opportunity. He left after our conversation. But all the store management and the managers above them we're quick to inform me who he was they want to know what we talked about. But then I don't think about capitalizing on simple conversation. Nothing at all to do with old cars and trucks. But an opportunity missed all the same. I don't often go back and edit for autocorrect mistakes. But thanks for pointing that one out and I'll change it in case somebody else wonders.

[@51-FS]

Didn't it burn in a grage fire in 1996?

[@handyandy8671]

where is that car now????????????????????????????/

[@carshowreporter]

Ahhhh, this is the BIG question, Andy!!! You would have figured GM would have held it in their collection, but noooooo.

[@handyandy8671]

@@carshowreporter time to put Jay Leno on the case!!! LOL

[@carshowreporter]

Many, hard core, tri five guys have been searching for years!! We are all hoping some old lady has it hibernating in her garage because her long, gone, husband was planning to restore the ol' Chevy someday.....

[@davidcarlin3850]

Bring back the 57 Chevy as an EV

[@carshowreporter]

I can see GM doing this......

[@gilzor9376]

lol . . . something that big better be made of carbon fiber and titanium, or it will only go 10 miles.

[@jeffcampbell2710]

It's Sad what GM has become. Getting rid of Pontiac was a Stew ped thing to do. I've always been a GM guy. But I love them all From GM to AMC of the 60's early 70's, and many up thru to 90's. The Cutlass thru 88, Camaro to 81, Trans Am to 81, the 90's Impala SS was good, I liked the 70's Aspens and Valarie, and the Riviera. Dodge is Kicking A today. That Challenger looks like the old one. The Camaro is nothing like an old one, and ugly to me. The Dodge truck is sharp, the Charger,. GM has nothing. Ford has the Mustang.

[@carshowreporter]

I fully agree with you with Pontiac, Jeff!! They just started with the G8 and were planning to bring it the G8 ute. They also had a nice, Solstice fastback coupe. Oh yes, they signed 50cent to endorse a line of Ponchos, too. The only thing which saved Buick was the strong sales in China ( around 1,000,000/year!! ). Today, Chevy offers 1 sedan, the Malibu, Buick is only suv/cuv and Cadillac has 2 sedans!!! China is GM's largest market!! They have 15.2% of the market in the US. It was over 50% in 1955! Thanks for watching and please check out my other videos, such as a walk about the soild lifter display at the GM Nationals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqTXhHSGd7JnpaM

[@static_Tricolor_camry]

Little did they know, by the mid 70's Japanese imports would take over all across North America and become far more reliable and fuel efficient cars. I never owned an American made car, I've had Honda's and Toyota's for 19 years I prefer reliability and fuel economy fewer repairs needed and Japanese cars are so much more better in every way possible. There's more engine swaps that can be done and easier to find parts, more aftermarket supports as well.

[@carshowreporter]

Well, in the late fifties, Detroit was well aware of the growing import market, lead by VW and Renault. They answered with the Rambler American, Studebaker Lark, Corvair, Falcon and Valiant, as well as importing the Opel, British Ford, Vauxhall and SIMCA. The imports kept growing, as did the " import fighters ". Toyota and Datsun ( Nissan ) entered the US with poorly designed cars for the American market. Both learned their lessons very well, and, by 1968, had evolved into the Corolla, Corona, and 510..... Meanwhile, Detroit launched the next wave, the Gremlin, Vega and Pinto. The Japanese copied American style, combined with VW's parts system and Dr. Deming's religion of quality. You know the rest of the story...... It is such a shame they could not accept change is inevitable, and customer service lasts for years. Thanks for watching and commenting, Static... oh, by the way, you do own American built cars, as so many of the Toyotas we have are built here!!

[@larrywilliams3858]

Easier to find parts, versus a Chevy. Are you out of your mind? Don't be a f00l

[@datruth9872]

BACK WHEN MEN WERE MEN and WOMEN WISHED THEY WERE ! 🤓

[@maccamc7723]

who own that car today

[@carshowreporter]

Check out this story about this, special, Chevy !!!! justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-50-millionth-gm-vehicle-produced.html#:~:text=Tom%20found%20that%20the%20VIN,N.C.%20who%20passed%20away%20Nov. ▼

[@josephercastor8026]

The commentator was so corny

[@carshowreporter]

This was the '50's, Josepher!!! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@josephercastor8026]

@@carshowreporter our psychology has been evolving very fast, thanks to gangstas from the ghetto

[@carshowreporter]

We have always loved " the other ". Look age ragtime, jazz, blues, rock and roll..... I'm still waiting for society to realize klezmer music is the best!! 😆😉

[@fiddlerpin]

Thanks for the Chevy Keating, I'm gonna tuck and roll her, put a 4 speed in her, and soup up the engine, put a gasser front end on her too!

[@Leo-vf3py]

Sadly it all gone never to be again sadly 😂😂😂😂

[@carshowreporter]

US production is at a low right now, with over 9 million cars build in 2021 ( not including trucks ) . In 1955, a banner sales year by far, a little over 8 million cars were produced. The GM heyday in the US is at a low ( 17% market share ) but their number 1 sales market today is China. Buick sells about 1 million vehicles per year there!!! Thanks for watching and commenting, Leo.

[@zxtenn]

The only Parade's people see now are LGBTQ, ETCCCCCCCC--LMFAO

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

GM sold out and makes almost nothing in the USA

[@carshowreporter]

On a quick search, GM produced 2.2 million vehicles in the US. That is a bit more than almost nothing. With that in mind, China is buying more Buicks and Cadillacs than the US market. I am on your side, I would like to see competitive, GM, sedans and, dare I say, ( dare, Dare!! ) station wagons built here.

[@garlitzhyperformancegarage8818]

Wow, GM used to be such a big deal! Now look how far they've fallen! Everything GM has built since 1999 has been a great disappointment!

[@carshowreporter]

Well, Garlitz, you will get a few arguments from truck, Camaro, Cadillac CTS V, Pontiac G8 GPZ, and, of course, Corvette owners.... Meanwhile, GM let their market share drop from 52% to today's 17%. Their biggest market is China. Please check out my other videos.

[@milfordcivic6755]

1996 when they canceled the B body