I love these videos of old cars with their unique colors and interiors. You don't see that today.
@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage2 жыл бұрын
Too bad this footage wasn't in color...but then it would probably look "Waxy" and washed out by today's standards.
@TheDejael2 жыл бұрын
My Dad took our family to all the GM Motorama shows from 1954 to 1961 at the Pan Pacfic Auditorium in Los Angeles. They were really fun and exciting!
@chrisn72592 жыл бұрын
My grandfather and I went there too! I loved the futuristic concept cars.
@MisterDutch938 жыл бұрын
If I ever get my hands on a timemachine, visiting the 1950's would be one of the first things on my list. Their vision of the future was amazing back then!
@TheRealLaughingGravy5 жыл бұрын
The future isn't what it used to be.
@jeantetreault1322 жыл бұрын
If you seriously travel back in time, make sure that you don’t make any big moves, otherwise any small ripples in time could change the course of history.
@intuitive72742 жыл бұрын
The fabulous 50,s
@chocodiledundee12 жыл бұрын
I am coming as well you timemachine better be a bench seater …
@glennpaull9039 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy these - Thanks for sharing. It was always a special event to see the unveiling of the new cars, much less buy one.
@KingRoseArchives9 жыл бұрын
+Glenn Paull You're welcome. Thanks for watching. There's more to come.
@anibalbabilonia18673 жыл бұрын
Boy the 50s had some of the best looking futuristic car designs ever! And productioned 0nes too!Love that first one!👌🥰👉❤👍
@rizzlerazzleuno47335 жыл бұрын
Oh boy oh boy oh boy......ladies gowns inspired by the 1953 GM cars. The one thing that GM got right in their 1953 concept cars was the height...finally in 1959 GM car styling resulted in lower/sleeker body styles for the full-size cars, Ford jumped in the lower look game in 1960 (or 1955 if you include the Thunderbird), Mopar had the lower look by 1957 and Studebaker beat them all with the sleek 1953 Starliner/Starlight coupe. Lots of younger folks seeing a 53 Studebaker coupe in person for the first time cannot imagine it is from 1953, especially if it is parked next to any of the 1953 Big 3 makes. Thanks for uploading this bit of history.
@ScottALaFollette2 жыл бұрын
Thank you King Rose Archives. I’ve always enjoyed your submissions. Will continue to subscribe.
@tomday7309Ай бұрын
Thanks King Rose Archives for digitizing and publishing these great films . I owned and restored a 1953 Chevrolet so this particular GM Motorama is a good one to see the 4 door BelAir when it was brand new. These Motoramas only lasted till 1961 which is a shame, but I'm sure the expense got to be too much for such a production in recession years. I started attending auto shows in 1965 and got a few shots of some of the special auto show models the big three would display. Many were either customized production models or non-operable styling exercises.
@antoniop19682 жыл бұрын
We were so elegant back in the day. Suit, tie and hat, and the ladies all wore gowns and a car show was an event.
@seththomas91052 жыл бұрын
Now the masses show up in stained sweat pants and flip flops with rolls of fat sticking out of untucked shirts while sucking down a 40 oz. container of Mountain Dew.
@asteverino85693 жыл бұрын
Fabulous design, fabulous advertising. There was money for everything.
@craigwilson44392 жыл бұрын
don't forget the best change in popular music, they got rock and roll music and the small block in one decade.
@kennethpack19632 жыл бұрын
I went to the Autorama in San Francisco in 1953, was 13 years old, it was truley amazing, won't ever forget, hell of an deal...
@stevewellman31542 жыл бұрын
A fantastic look at the future that never was!
@chocodiledundee12 жыл бұрын
The 50’s sure had a better future than the actual 2022 future lol
Жыл бұрын
Not a single word about safety features in those glamorous machines of the future.
@salty6pence6722 жыл бұрын
I love that Harley Earl drove the Lesabre prototype as his daily driver.
@Savadorason18 жыл бұрын
-Dig that early 50's Corvette & some of those other cool rides!
@dave19562 жыл бұрын
Oh how I wish that I could have been there to see this. But I wasn’t even born yet!
@andrewkitchenuk2 жыл бұрын
'More things for more people'. The creed of the great god, consumerism.
@luanp.hasnay26002 жыл бұрын
Fascinating.
@garyperkovac10022 жыл бұрын
A ride in Sherman's Way Back Machine. Here we are in the early 50's. That FIRST car's design does bridge the gap between the late 40's and early 60's. Wow.
@BillyAlabama2 жыл бұрын
What a fun journey!
@Nunofurdambiznez2 жыл бұрын
I'll take TWO of the Cadillacs, please!
@camman69127 жыл бұрын
Young kids found a Buick Like the final car in the video in rubble in Lebanon. They notified a local car collector and he saved it from total destruction
@rickyhogan27499 жыл бұрын
thank you for the upload, very nice
@hanschenk27086 жыл бұрын
GREAT MOVIE REALLY ENJOYED IT
@johnpitts98362 жыл бұрын
Sure wish they would make car's like the 50s again. I had a 1959 Chevy Impala, 283 V8. Great car.👍
@5thgeneration4492 жыл бұрын
Very cool 1959 Impala cat's eye tail lamp I had a 1960 Chevy Impala. 283 V8 I liked the plane on the body side
@johnpitts98362 жыл бұрын
@@5thgeneration449 thanks for the comment 👍
@bobbyearl602 жыл бұрын
My uncle had a black 59 Impala with a red interior. Some of my earliest memories are of riding in it, probably in 1962.Its one of my favorite cars to this day.
@5thgeneration4492 жыл бұрын
@@bobbyearl60 The interior of the 1960 Impala I had before was a black and white houndstooth. The interior color of 1958to1960 is very fashionable and nice.
@5thgeneration4492 жыл бұрын
@@johnpitts9836 Love from JAPAN
@jhonsiders60772 жыл бұрын
It would be so cool to see manufacturers have shows like this again to show off their new models and to start putting those curves in body’s again . Once we were great one day maybe we will be again ?
@donshotrodgarage1717 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful Presentation! Would love to see this in Color.
@TheDieforfreedom2 жыл бұрын
amazing
@hardlife81222 жыл бұрын
. Wonderful cars, wonderful times, what happened .
@DDay-vv9ec4 жыл бұрын
Man I lov these monstrous cast iron son a bitches.these were cars.
@georgiannmaloney65942 жыл бұрын
Going to my local Chevy dealership to get one. I wish. 🙋😂
@chocodiledundee12 жыл бұрын
50’s were way ahead of they time in most , absolutely nothing comes close to 50’s design , the cars the guitars , the music the fashion , my favourite decade with the 70’s and 80’s ! Cars are stunning piece of art on wheels
@howardgreenman29084 ай бұрын
Most of these show cars have been crushed, but the LeSabre survived as it was Harley Earl’s personal car for some years. I saw it a the Amelia Island Concours twice in the last ten years. It is still a most impressive machine even today.
@terryskorczewski47272 жыл бұрын
I wish they had produced that LeSabre that would have been a great car to couple with the Corvette awesome design
@WitchKing-Of-Angmar3 жыл бұрын
I must say, usually the crowds seem right on the time, but these fellas look straight from 1923 If anything.
@bradwooldidge69794 жыл бұрын
Step into my 20’ long 2-seater.
@UberLummox2 жыл бұрын
The Olds is the best looking one in '54 & '54 imo.
@daniellatimer18763 ай бұрын
Charles Cheyne owned the 1931 Bugatti Royale Type 41 convertible at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
@dr.a.9952 жыл бұрын
Hilarious to see the stubby Bel-Air and its cousins. The 1956 Le Sabre convertible was the only thing of note. Damn, that Cadillac looks like Kruschev’s bullet-proof clunker.
@Handiman5449 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how far off these designs were at the time. Nothing like this on the road today. Now it's all about clones.
@nealbradleigh50692 жыл бұрын
An old advertising adage, "sell the sizzle, not the steak!" The Big One is over, we're rebuilding Europe under the Marshsll Plan. We've seeing an end to the that international "police action" in Korea, a bad omen of things to come through the last century into today. Hey, we're talking dreamlike here. The world is beating a path to our doors. Sit back and see the future sold to you (and keep an eye out for that new dream car, that CORVETTE)
@camerontrickey60572 жыл бұрын
We have turbo Powered areodynamic sports cars, Tuners, So technically what these guys dreamed about kinda did come true, It just hasn't been recognised... Which is really ashame to me because very few people see that..
@bedandbadadvice25822 жыл бұрын
@@camerontrickey6057 i think its because the outer skin doesn't capture the imagination like these cars did. The styles don't reflect the technology underneath, so we look at them with fogged over eyes, uninspired.
@camerontrickey60572 жыл бұрын
@@bedandbadadvice2582 Well I looked at the worked on Mitsubishi 3000GT, Mazda RX7, Nissan Skylines, Mitsubishi Eclipse, Ford Probe, Mazda MXs, Worked on Hondas, With their body kits, ECUs, air turbos and their low to the ground areodynamic curves... I realised, they are just like the cars people of the previous century dreamed about, my eyes opened wide up to that realisation and a then I saw the future of those dreams a reality that did come true. I then loved those cars so much, I could have a air-turbo car of the 90s and the year 2000!
@camerontrickey60572 жыл бұрын
And ofc there's the magnetic and electronic powerd race cars known and Tesla! and Lucid Air!, And Xpeng!, Magnetic racers!, Something people of the 60s and 80s also dreamed about
@CowboyStag2 жыл бұрын
Take me back
@jmcd39702 жыл бұрын
I saw the car XP 300 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1954 or 1955 Jerry Mcdonogh
@عليالمرحبي-ذ7ف2 жыл бұрын
جميل في ذاك الزمان الدركسون هوا خفيف
@johnwade57473 жыл бұрын
Quick, Robin! To the Batcave!"
@modestonogueira88842 жыл бұрын
Quem não sonhou com isso um dia !
@garyfrancis61932 жыл бұрын
Wow that Chevrolet and Pontiac are sure futuristic. I bet the 2022 Pontiac and Oldsmobile will be fantastic.
@tf2Sniper.2 жыл бұрын
Mabye one of these concepts will be used in the future
@edivaldojose42942 жыл бұрын
nossa que lindos carros!
@scottprather56452 жыл бұрын
boundless optimism of an idealized vision of the future. thriving and growing middle class in America. my, how the world has changed.
@dr.a.9952 жыл бұрын
Nope, that Corvette still looks smooth.
@terryskorczewski47272 жыл бұрын
I love the old Pontiacs just a little more glamorized version of the other general motors offerings
@franciscodanconia43242 жыл бұрын
Too bad we don't have engineering demonstrations like these anymore at car shows or anywhere else.
@ВиталийАдаричев-н8т2 жыл бұрын
Молодцы. все так круто
@ricardorodrigues7304 Жыл бұрын
simplesmente ,maravilhoso.
@terryskorczewski47272 жыл бұрын
I wish they had already developed the 327 that would have been the perfect motor for the first year Corvette instead of the six cylinder I loved the design
@isaacsrandomvideos6672 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@lasalleman67922 жыл бұрын
That '53 Corvette is pretty nice. The rest of 'em. Well, not so much.
@GioveseSan2 жыл бұрын
Dynaflow transmissions and a gown designed by Christian Dior. Smoking cigarettes and the world was ours...
@watsonjimclip27782 жыл бұрын
Where could we ever find classy ladies like those for the launch of new car models?
@robertgoidel9 жыл бұрын
Who care if these cars were chromed to the gills? As long as it was equipped with AIR CONDITIONING and would be relatively reliable transportation, enjoy the beauty that was in the 1950's. We have progressed to mundane boredom of cookie-cutter designs here in this country emulating the Japanese and German designs. The only forward design to come out in the latter 1950's like 1959 was Citroen's DS through to the 1970's.
@KingRoseArchives9 жыл бұрын
rgoidel The Citroen DS still looks futuristic. It was a Sci Fi auto that was so original that it's never been copied.
@saggo17127 жыл бұрын
I still lust for a DS or a C6.
@MerleOberon10 жыл бұрын
I want to live in the World of Tomorrow
@hardyboy19592 жыл бұрын
@ 7:15 The way he lights a smoke and she fixes her hair, it looks like he almost got caught getting a 'handy j' on lovers lookout! ;)
@peterruddick19524 ай бұрын
Interesting that in 1953, despite all the Motorama hype, GM styling was not nearly as streamlined, modern, and lower profile as FoMoCo offerings... but that would change in 1954 and 1955
@TheRealLaughingGravy5 жыл бұрын
02:29 What woman wouldn't want a gown inspired by the design of an automobile?
@agentfungus97428 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to wear a gown modeled after a car that looks like a tank.
@MrGchiasson7 жыл бұрын
Agent Fungus The card all look alike..,just different 1/2 ton of chrome.
@robertabrams85622 жыл бұрын
Back when cars all had different personalities & styles…
@kirbywaite15862 жыл бұрын
That " Ballet"!! The Le Sabre had a bit too much going on at the front end I think.
@davidjones69693 жыл бұрын
So can we bring these back and be electric and light materials?
@Trance7232 жыл бұрын
The 1950s were the future
@chocodiledundee12 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY AGREE !!
@williamthethespian6 жыл бұрын
Lol,; what insane hype!
@ptog2 жыл бұрын
When America was great!
@davewallace82192 жыл бұрын
I still wear gowns like these for dinner with the cleavers...
@jefftasch2 жыл бұрын
GM was the Tesla of the 1950s
@pittsburghkid1092 жыл бұрын
No Skylark ?
@thefoxx62628 жыл бұрын
Where is that Saber at now or did they crush it ? who owns it now
@KingRoseArchives8 жыл бұрын
It's in the GM Heritage Museum in Warren, MI. It avoided the crusher.
@thefoxx62628 жыл бұрын
Thanks " that's a nice car "
@seththomas91052 жыл бұрын
@@KingRoseArchives Harley Earl would have come back from the grave and gone Zombie on anyone who would have crushed his daily.
@douglasb.12034 жыл бұрын
Is it wrong to be clapping at the end?
@marcelodibenedetto2762 жыл бұрын
que hermosas naves x favor
@rexmuntz3872 жыл бұрын
The crazy cars you get today made out of Plaskett and aluminum. Computer chips they coast way too much an all from chine say made in USA only GM an ford best ones need build better cars than what pay for the older it’s worth more than new cars today
@andrewkitchenuk2 жыл бұрын
😂 😂 😂
@davewallace82192 жыл бұрын
yes.... all of my ladies still...dress like this!!
@ScottALaFollette2 жыл бұрын
Quite an amazing spectacle from back in the day. Huge crowds. Were these Motorama events free to the public ? If not, what was the admission price ?
@ScottALaFollette2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know if it was free to the public?
@davewallace82192 жыл бұрын
with electric cupholders....you can pick your own nose...with both hands...at 50mph!
@gs1100ed2 жыл бұрын
No mention of SMOG control or air pollution. I really miss those good old days!
@davewallace82192 жыл бұрын
and the dancing of...elmo astair...
@GreenGrow-ck3pg Жыл бұрын
Makes me wonder what a 2024 woodill wildfire would look like. Lol
@fraanbalsa7 жыл бұрын
I need the music!
@ManiaMusicChannel2 жыл бұрын
the irony that they engineered cars to fail at certain miles 🤔
@jmcd39702 жыл бұрын
It’s too bad back then with the technology they never followed through with it Jerry Mcdonogh
@davewallace82192 жыл бұрын
a vodka powered car!!! approved by...madd
@andrewhorning66802 жыл бұрын
The future used to be so cool... And, OK, a little silly. Sigh...
@bufferzone32472 жыл бұрын
Compared to the crap gm makes today.
@ВиталийАдаричев-н8т2 жыл бұрын
Передок у ЦИКЛОПА страшненький
@davewallace82192 жыл бұрын
nobody wants to be aurther Godfrey these dayz....
@davewallace82192 жыл бұрын
I'm done!
@davewallace82192 жыл бұрын
butt arama...
@davewallace82192 жыл бұрын
looks like a designer toilet...
@jourwalis-88755 жыл бұрын
These production cars really look outdated today!
@willgeary60865 жыл бұрын
What do you expect they were created over 60 years ago
@marvinmartian72812 жыл бұрын
You're outdated
@Richard_K16307 жыл бұрын
What has all the fruity dancers got to do with selling cars?
@dlwatib7 жыл бұрын
Back in the day, cars wanted to be associated with formal cultural events like the ballet and opera, fashion shows and movie premieres at least as much as NASCAR. It worked too, especially for Cadillac, Buick and Oldsmobile. Ford never could figure out why Mercury and Lincoln didn't resonate nearly as well with wealthier buyers.
@btinsley12 жыл бұрын
@@dlwatib that's educating 'em !
@JamesJohnson-re9zw7 жыл бұрын
Ugly ugly ugly car
@Kurtonebay5 жыл бұрын
WRONG!!!
@Romiman12 жыл бұрын
Ugly are theese endless stupid trucks, that are around today. I totally miss that beauty, the U.S. had on its roads from 1950-1985.