GM Motorama Moods 1953

[@dianewinnicki8115]

I love these videos of old cars with their unique colors and interiors. You don't see that today.

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

Too bad this footage wasn't in color...but then it would probably look "Waxy" and washed out by today's standards.

[@TheDejael]

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!

[@chrisn7259]

My grandfather and I went there too! I loved the futuristic concept cars.

[@MisterDutch93]

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!

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

The future isn't what it used to be.

[@jeantetreault132]

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.

[@intuitive7274]

The fabulous 50,s

[@chocodiledundee1]

I am coming as well you timemachine better be a bench seater …

[@glennpaull903]

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.

[@KingRoseArchives]

+Glenn Paull You're welcome. Thanks for watching. There's more to come.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Boy the 50s had some of the best looking futuristic car designs ever! And productioned 0nes too!Love that first one!👌🥰👉❤👍

[@rizzlerazzleuno4733]

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.

[@ScottALaFollette]

Thank you King Rose Archives. I’ve always enjoyed your submissions. Will continue to subscribe.

[@tomday7309]

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.

[@antoniop1968]

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.

[@seththomas9105]

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.

[@asteverino8569]

Fabulous design, fabulous advertising. There was money for everything.

[@craigwilson4439]

don't forget the best change in popular music, they got rock and roll music and the small block in one decade.

[@kennethpack1963]

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...

[@stevewellman3154]

A fantastic look at the future that never was!

[@chocodiledundee1]

The 50’s sure had a better future than the actual 2022 future lol

Not a single word about safety features in those glamorous machines of the future.

[@salty6pence672]

I love that Harley Earl drove the Lesabre prototype as his daily driver.

[@Savadorason1]

-Dig that early 50's Corvette & some of those other cool rides!

[@dave1956]

Oh how I wish that I could have been there to see this. But I wasn’t even born yet!

[@andrewkitchenuk]

'More things for more people'. The creed of the great god, consumerism.

[@luanp.hasnay2600]

Fascinating.

[@garyperkovac1002]

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.

[@BillyAlabama]

What a fun journey!

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

I'll take TWO of the Cadillacs, please!

[@camman6912]

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

[@rickyhogan2749]

thank you for the upload, very nice

[@hanschenk2708]

GREAT MOVIE REALLY ENJOYED IT

[@johnpitts9836]

Sure wish they would make car's like the 50s again. I had a 1959 Chevy Impala, 283 V8. Great car.👍

[@5thgeneration449]

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

[@johnpitts9836]

@@5thgeneration449 thanks for the comment 👍

[@bobbyearl60]

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.

[@5thgeneration449]

@@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.

[@5thgeneration449]

@@johnpitts9836 Love from JAPAN

[@jhonsiders6077]

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]

Beautiful Presentation! Would love to see this in Color.

[@TheDieforfreedom]

amazing

[@hardlife8122]

. Wonderful cars, wonderful times, what happened .

[@DDay-vv9ec]

Man I lov these monstrous cast iron son a bitches.these were cars.

[@georgiannmaloney6594]

Going to my local Chevy dealership to get one. I wish. 🙋😂

[@chocodiledundee1]

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

[@howardgreenman2908]

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.

[@terryskorczewski4727]

I wish they had produced that LeSabre that would have been a great car to couple with the Corvette awesome design

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

I must say, usually the crowds seem right on the time, but these fellas look straight from 1923 If anything.

[@bradwooldidge6979]

Step into my 20’ long 2-seater.

[@UberLummox]

The Olds is the best looking one in '54 & '54 imo.

[@daniellatimer1876]

Charles Cheyne owned the 1931 Bugatti Royale Type 41 convertible at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

[@dr.a.995]

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.

[@Handiman544]

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.

[@nealbradleigh5069]

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)

[@camerontrickey6057]

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..

[@bedandbadadvice2582]

@@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.

[@camerontrickey6057]

@@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!

[@camerontrickey6057]

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

[@CowboyStag]

Take me back

[@jmcd3970]

I saw the car XP 300 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1954 or 1955 Jerry Mcdonogh

[@عليالمرحبي-ذ7ف]

جميل في ذاك الزمان الدركسون هوا خفيف

[@johnwade5747]

Quick, Robin! To the Batcave!"

[@modestonogueira8884]

Quem não sonhou com isso um dia !

[@garyfrancis6193]

Wow that Chevrolet and Pontiac are sure futuristic. I bet the 2022 Pontiac and Oldsmobile will be fantastic.

[@tf2Sniper.]

Mabye one of these concepts will be used in the future

[@edivaldojose4294]

nossa que lindos carros!

[@scottprather5645]

boundless optimism of an idealized vision of the future. thriving and growing middle class in America. my, how the world has changed.

[@dr.a.995]

Nope, that Corvette still looks smooth.

[@terryskorczewski4727]

I love the old Pontiacs just a little more glamorized version of the other general motors offerings

[@franciscodanconia4324]

Too bad we don't have engineering demonstrations like these anymore at car shows or anywhere else.

[@ВиталийАдаричев-н8т]

Молодцы. все так круто

[@ricardorodrigues7304]

simplesmente ,maravilhoso.

[@terryskorczewski4727]

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

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Awesome

[@lasalleman6792]

That '53 Corvette is pretty nice. The rest of 'em. Well, not so much.

[@GioveseSan]

Dynaflow transmissions and a gown designed by Christian Dior. Smoking cigarettes and the world was ours...

[@watsonjimclip2778]

Where could we ever find classy ladies like those for the launch of new car models?

[@robertgoidel]

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.

[@KingRoseArchives]

rgoidel The Citroen DS still looks futuristic. It was a Sci Fi auto that was so original that it's never been copied.

[@saggo1712]

I still lust for a DS or a C6.

[@MerleOberon]

I want to live in the World of Tomorrow

[@hardyboy1959]

@ 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! ;)

[@peterruddick1952]

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

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

02:29 What woman wouldn't want a gown inspired by the design of an automobile?

[@agentfungus9742]

I always wanted to wear a gown modeled after a car that looks like a tank.

[@MrGchiasson]

Agent Fungus The card all look alike..,just different 1/2 ton of chrome.

[@robertabrams8562]

Back when cars all had different personalities & styles…

[@kirbywaite1586]

That " Ballet"!! The Le Sabre had a bit too much going on at the front end I think.

[@davidjones6969]

So can we bring these back and be electric and light materials?

[@Trance723]

The 1950s were the future

[@chocodiledundee1]

ABSOLUTELY AGREE !!

[@williamthethespian]

Lol,; what insane hype!

[@ptog]

When America was great!

[@davewallace8219]

I still wear gowns like these for dinner with the cleavers...

[@jefftasch]

GM was the Tesla of the 1950s

[@pittsburghkid109]

No Skylark ?

[@thefoxx6262]

Where is that Saber at now or did they crush it ? who owns it now

[@KingRoseArchives]

It's in the GM Heritage Museum in Warren, MI. It avoided the crusher.

[@thefoxx6262]

Thanks " that's a nice car "

[@seththomas9105]

@@KingRoseArchives Harley Earl would have come back from the grave and gone Zombie on anyone who would have crushed his daily.

[@douglasb.1203]

Is it wrong to be clapping at the end?

[@marcelodibenedetto276]

que hermosas naves x favor

[@rexmuntz387]

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

[@andrewkitchenuk]

😂 😂 😂

[@davewallace8219]

yes.... all of my ladies still...dress like this!!

[@ScottALaFollette]

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 ?

[@ScottALaFollette]

Does anyone know if it was free to the public?

[@davewallace8219]

with electric cupholders....you can pick your own nose...with both hands...at 50mph!

[@gs1100ed]

No mention of SMOG control or air pollution. I really miss those good old days!

[@davewallace8219]

and the dancing of...elmo astair...

[@GreenGrow-ck3pg]

Makes me wonder what a 2024 woodill wildfire would look like. Lol

[@fraanbalsa]

I need the music!

[@ManiaMusicChannel]

the irony that they engineered cars to fail at certain miles 🤔

[@jmcd3970]

It’s too bad back then with the technology they never followed through with it Jerry Mcdonogh

[@davewallace8219]

a vodka powered car!!! approved by...madd

[@andrewhorning6680]

The future used to be so cool... And, OK, a little silly. Sigh...

[@bufferzone3247]

Compared to the crap gm makes today.

[@ВиталийАдаричев-н8т]

Передок у ЦИКЛОПА страшненький

[@davewallace8219]

nobody wants to be aurther Godfrey these dayz....

[@davewallace8219]

I'm done!

[@davewallace8219]

butt arama...

[@davewallace8219]

looks like a designer toilet...

[@jourwalis-8875]

These production cars really look outdated today!

[@willgeary6086]

What do you expect they were created over 60 years ago

[@marvinmartian7281]

You're outdated

[@Richard_K1630]

What has all the fruity dancers got to do with selling cars?

[@dlwatib]

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.

[@btinsley1]

@@dlwatib that's educating 'em !

[@JamesJohnson-re9zw]

Ugly ugly ugly car

[@Kurtonebay]

WRONG!!!

[@Romiman1]

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.