1950 Dodge vs Ford Trucks Dealer Promo Film - Geared to Your Job

[@TM-lw8wn]

my dad bought a 1950 dodge b2b (1/2 ton pu) in 1969, had 30k miles on it. i was only 8 when he got it, but it is in my driveway now.

[@AtZero138]

Badass... I Like that Story.. How Cool Man.. trust me i wish I had my Grampas old Chevy Work Truck.. the 55 or 62 the 67 was cool, but as I kid I didn't like it Hahaha..

[@steverone7623]

Make a video of it!

[@raymondoliver7381]

Dad bought me a 1950 dodge when I was in high school 1975 , wish I still had it looked just like the one in the add five window cab

[@justenough730]

My dad had 1953 with three speed column shift and fluid drive.

[@rcrhinehart66]

My Dad had a 1962 Lincoln Continental with an automatic transmission and four mufflers and power windows and the fuel gauge didn't work so he set the trip millage to know when to fuel up../ and who gives a phuck.

[@Wpilot673]

I’m convinced. I’m sending my order to Dodge for my 1950 model.

[@Therealfrenchiedad]

I'm taking my 2018 power wagon to trade in for one of these

[@phooesnax]

Scott Honigmann I am going Ford. :-0)

[@ignaciomitchell7176]

You all probably dont give a shit but does someone know a method to log back into an Instagram account?? I was dumb lost my password. I would love any tricks you can offer me!

[@christianbrendan9610]

@Ignacio Mitchell instablaster :)

[@NeilLB7]

These trucks have more TRUCK features than todays. Half my new truck manual is how to use the SYNC setup with my iPhone. My local Dodge dealer is in a very old building. Been there since the 30's. They actually have these "Job Rated" truck posters from back in the day....still hanging up at the parts counter. Been there since they first came out. The place looks like a MOPAR museum.

[@CharlieBrown-fy3zy]

NeilLB7 whats the dealers name

[@AtZero138]

That's Sounds Super Cool..

[@rd4501]

You are lucky to see that piece of history.

[@flight2k5]

More truck features? 🤣😂

[@waltersmart1824]

In 1971 my first wife's Grandfather passed. He had a 1950 Baby Blue Dodge pickup just like the one in the title picture! It only had a little over 30k miles on it. I loved that little truck anyhow her sweet Grandma sold it to me for $150. I drove that truck everywhere. I kept it a few years and sold it! I wish I could buy it back!

[@kermit4688]

I have a 1950 1/2 Ton and a 1950 1 Ton both are pilot house cabs. Love the trucks. If you ever get a chance drive one it will surprise you the drivability for the time is amazing.

[@kermit4688]

Fluid Drive is really cool. I have a 1946 D-24 sedan with fluid drive transmission

[@Bigtimesinsmallworld]

Super cool. Never knew about some of the features on these trucks. I love it!

[@teresa67factoid95]

I'm sold I want the dodge truck.

[@rugmanal]

I love those old panel trucks.

[@dnsmithnc]

A more rational and thoughtful way of selling. That changed over the years as the culture changed to a more emotion based reasoning.

[@johnmaki3046]

The CRAP HEAPS BEING SOLD NEW OWE EVERYTHING TO "SMOKE AND MIRRORS" ADVERTISING AND AMERICAS CON-ABILITY!

[@AtZero138]

Gy'rol Fluid Drive.. Got to Love It..

[@johnnyhawkins43]

yes I will have the Dodge,thank you very much!!!!!!!

[@charlesmoore7059]

great old piece of Americana! you just don't see this kind of stuff anymore. Poppa C

[@lawnking168]

thanks for posting!! I really love all your postings!! shame dodge engingering is not more reconised. thanks again!!

[@DavidSmith-fr1uz]

I had three of these trucks that looked like this. One had fluid drive. Fifty five miles an hour was about as fast as you would want to go. I wish I had kept one.

[@fairfaxcat1312]

David Smith It probably wouldn’t have mattered whether you wanted to go faster than 55. I want lots of things too.

[@josephgaviota]

In the days before the interstates, people didn't go much faster than mid 50s. I had a '55 Chevy pickup--same thing, she was wound out at about 55 mph.

[@dragon-lf9ow]

To bad they don't make car's or truck's like that anymore

[@NeilLB7]

A three speed transmission is better than a 4 speed...."because it's all you need". Need they say more?

[@fairfaxcat1312]

NeilLB7 Lol.

[@Beer-can_full_of_toes]

Never mind that at highway speed the engine is spinning around 3500-4000 rpms lol

[@TheXOoftheRO]

@@Beer-can_full_of_toes my 3 speed was at 2600rpm @60mph with 410s.

[@stephenmartin5766]

@@TheXOoftheRO plus alot of times at that time I doubt many people were going 60 on an everyday basis like that. I'd guess probably around 50mph in a truck which would probably put your 3speed somewhere around 2,300-2,400rpm which even for todays standard isn't that bad of a cruising rpm. That's about where my Dodge Dart sits at at 60mph

[@tuckercole1531]

NeilLB7 yeah 1 fuel filter is all you need to

[@Chevroldsmobuiac]

Never thought you could talk me into a 3-speed tranny being better than a 4-speed! Ha Ha...

[@HarmanMotorWorks]

Haha I know right...they didn't spend too long on that part though and moved on quick!

[@RossABQ]

Not stated is that the Ford's 4-sp is a horrid non-synchro crashbox. 1st is 6.4:1 anyway, unless you're pulling stumps, it isn't needed.

[@Rebel9668]

Also, there were no interstate highways in 1950, just two lane highways.

[@telestrat060]

There was the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

[@brucewelty7684]

During that time using a truck as a farm implement was not uncommon. Tree stumps, plowing and many other reasons for a Grannie gear were there.

[@wallyfronzaglio372]

A 3 speed transmision is better than a 4 speed it sounds like a fur coat salesman in that Sahara desert

[@pcno2832]

Reminds me of the cameras that were sold with "focus free!!" in the features list.

[@TheXOoftheRO]

They never made that claim.

[@stephenmartin5766]

4 speed would be better standard but I think they are trying to say it's not necessary on the 1/2 and 3/4 ton trucks thus 3 speed will do just fine for the job and cuts the price down too. Also if their engines were better in lower rpm range with more torque then it indeed would still do great. My guess is it was 1st starting gear, 2nd up to speed gear, 3rd highway/cruising gear. It's not like those trucks were doing 60-70mph like today, at 50-60mph tops on a normal day that 3 speed would do fine. But they did offer a 4th gear as optional equipment. Keep in mind these are comparing your stripped down base models.

[@fredmartin3117]

My uncle had a 1/2 ton with a 4 spd trans on his farm near Mott, ND. I worked for him the summer I was 15 (1954). We hauled some very heavy loads and really needed that super low 1st gear to get out of some places.

[@budphillips9301]

@@stephenmartin5766 yeah because less gears are better. What the hell is Ford and Chevy thinking coming out with a new 10-speed transmission!? According to Dodge, a 2-speed Powerglide would be better. Lmao Obviously, they're biased because clearly Dodge is just trying to make their truck sound better. Bottom line: Ford had a better transmission. Not surprising, because to this day, Ram transmissions are garbage.

[@dannelson2364]

I had a 54 IHC that had the gas tank under the floor as well - always thought the tank behind the seat (like all the other pickups i had) was a crazy bad idea.

[@mechantics]

Yeah, that's the next mod on my 67 d200, getting rid of the damn in-cab tank!

[@gthomer1231]

love those old dodge trucks

[@joemackey1950]

I drove a '50 Dodge truck in the late '60s in SE Colorado. Summer job digging post holes in the flat country. The truck had no brakes, just coast to a stop somewhere around where you wanted to stop. There was nothing for miles around to run into so who needed brakes? :)

[@coltheesacker5656]

Somewhere around La Junta or Lamar? So cool. Been thru there many times

[@joemackey1950]

@@coltheesacker5656 Outside Trinidad.

[@carl77242]

I love those Old Trucks 🛻

[@RedJesus666-k9z]

They don’t make them like they used to......THANK GOD!!!

[@postersm7141]

Fluid drive, the beginning of the slush box as we know it today or also known as the torque converter automatic transmission

[@warrenbuchanan8602]

it's kind funny how they say " the dodge fuel tank is mounted inside the frame rails but the ford's is inside the cab " yet they went back to the cab mounted tank eventually because the 1961-1971 models have it in the cab !

[@mikebtrfld1705]

Year I was born. Good year.

[@desertbob6835]

Those Lockheed brakes were great....IF they were adjusted properly...which most mechanics couldn't figure out.

[@klingoncowboy4]

Imagine living in a time when a 40 amp alternator was huge and the ignition system wasn't universally waster proof...

[@MotorCycleTheray]

Awesome video, looking for more info on the 1.5 Tonne Panel Truck, as I have bought a Fargo in Australia with an FM15 Plate model. Trying to track down more information is anyone can help me. Still has the original Registration Plate on it too. Please send me a pm if you can help out with tracking down more info on it, I'd love to know where it came from and it's history

[@kaitheramptruckman7539]

Dang id buy one today!!

[@jaronlee1216]

YEP ME TO....

[@tootall5559]

We had a 1951 in the family since new. That thing was rated 3/4 ton, but we'd carried 3 tons on it. In tall that time, it wore out a clutch, and a rock got in the rear axle and worn it down until it broke. The only other thing that happened was the throttle stuck, and rather than shut it off from the cab, he tried to get under the hood to unstick it, but by the time he did, it blew up. The engine was replaced though. I ran it for years myself, until my aunt talked me into trading it off... dumbest move I ever made. Mine did not have fluid drive, though I am familar with it.

[@tootall5559]

didn't have the fancy seat either. ours was a four on the floor. but really only a 3 speed. you had to be really heavy loaded to use granny gear.

[@kevinmontgomery1383]

@@tootall5559 Like My "54" Ford 3/4 Ton. Real Stump puller. You did not want to exceed, 55.

[@tootall5559]

@@kevinmontgomery1383 with my family 51, once I started driving it all the time, it did better... at first I had to get in the slow lane on hills and the trucks would pass me... after a while I'd blow by them, no problem. Never figured that one out, unless constant use instead of sitting for months between uses just limbered everything up. Had a Ford F 150 four by four that I literally used to pull stumps on the farm Beat digging all day.

[@3beltwesty]

Wonder if this was a projected slide show promo and the beep is a cue on the record to change the slide?

[@butanebandit]

I remember those projectors in school. Only the teacher's pet got to sit by the projector and advance the slide. I never got to do that. Then later on they bought the projectors that were synchronized with a tape player that advanced automatically.

[@regsparkes6507]

Now, I'd like to see Ford's training film on the advantages over Dodge! I drove both of these back in the day,....the general opinion ( among us then ) was that a Dodge/Fargo trucks was much tougher, whatever that meant! Oh well, the advertisements were really interesting back then too.

[@Properformancenutritioncom]

Reg Sparkes They sure were picking on Ford.

[@regsparkes6507]

@@Properformancenutritioncom Yes and they all picked on each other back then too. That was the way it was done in the day.

[@mrdanforth3744]

I knew a truck driver whose experience went back to WW2. At the time his job was to deliver prefab houses using a 5 ton straight truck towing a trailer. He said the Dodge trucks were better and hated when they gave him a Ford, for one thing the Ford would not climb a hill that the Dodge could climb easily. One time his Ford stalled on a steep hill, he had to get out block the wheels and wait for a tow truck to get over the hill.

[@bryanmartinez6600]

That Asian seems legit

[@justinbutcher5974]

HERPY DERPEDY 😂😂😂

[@fidelcatsro6948]

13:52 ''WISE HUNTER DOES NOT CARRY CANNON TO SHOOT RABBITS''

[@glennruscher4007]

How big is the rabbit?

[@bluesharp59]

Nice video , Thumbs up.

[@klingoncowboy4]

5:41... please don't tell me I am the only person that heard what I did...

[@scottprendergast2680]

After seeing this excellent presentation I can honestly say that whatever fear I had about MOPAR being racist IS gone! And to show how concerned they were with equality, they actually took the time to look in the YELLOW pages... to find "wise way too". THERE is only one problem with this presentation- after seeing it once, I get the urge to see it again...20 minutes later! 11:02 ANOTHER FIRST FOR MOPAR was Using human arms to connect the transmission to the drive prop- thats high tech like a motherfucker Thise niggas were very smart!

[@marcturk4410]

Got my drivers license in a 49 spitfire straight 6 4 speed

[@laurenramasock3128]

so nice

[@johnpro2847]

nicer if they left Ford out ..just gives potential customer a reason to check out qa Ford for themselves. We had one of these old donge trucks in Australia. Good solid workhorse.

[@angeldavila4669]

i have a barn find project like this truck super rare. if you know anyone who needs a project. all original.thanks.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

10:18 The ultimate 1950 Van Life vehicle...

[@194853DodgeTrucks]

I have a bunch of these trucks....LOVE my dodge trucks....lol. I've made roughly 30 videos about my parts trucks. :)

[@andyvonyeast332]

The outside fuel tank sold me.

[@woodyhayes7402]

Why do the old body styling on these trucks look more modern than today's trucks?

[@fairfaxcat1312]

This is a dealer information film. It is not intended necessarily for the general customer. The idea here is to help the dealer sell the truck. The truck the dealer will be selling is the Dodge truck. The more of these Dodge trucks the dealer sells the more money he will make. Spin off money will also accrue to others such as the worker on the assembly line, the board of directors, and the janitor who cleans the toilets at the dealership. So the dealer needs to get up to speed with information and his pitch. That’s where this dealer information film comes in. The film will help the dealer sell the Dodge if he pays enough attention to it and implements its facts. The dealer must sell or he will not eat and may get fired. The vehicle business is a cut-throat enterprise and only the strong survive.

[@rp1645]

YES only for Salesman, I love watching these old B&W promos. I have been a Ford guy all my life. If I had seen this Dealer promo for Dodge trucks I would have been sold. Everyone commenting on the 3 speed. The promo says Dodge will put in a 4 speed if customer wants one. The idea behind this promo was about ROOM in cab. Dodge still had a 4 speed.

[@jim7544]

I was surprised that wood was still being used on truck body and frame components in 1950. Maybe about the last year?

[@eileenheitman4351]

My Grandpa had a 1950 3/4 ton Dodge pickup. Black fenders, dark green cab and hood, yellow wheels. Four speed...granny low. That was the first vehicle I ever drove...on Grandpas farm. I was 11. I wish horsepower ratings were included in this advert. I’ll bet the flathead 6 made about 60 horses. Just guessing. And in the spirit of the Asian wise man. Confucius say, “female fighter pilot who fly upside down have crack up.” Sorry snowflakes or Social Justice warriors. Just an old Marine being an alpha. Dave Heitman Semper Fidelis

[@coltheesacker5656]

Hahaha I love it! "Woman in church have hope in soul. Woman in bath have soap in hole"

[@Flu_sempre]

There must be a response from Ford, showing their advantages. What's more, advertising wasn't so much regulated in those days.

[@richardthefox3412]

5:42 it may just be that the lp or 78 is worn out,but he sounded like he said fucking

[@telestrat060]

There were no lp`s in 1950

[@badhorse1640]

I thought ge said fucking too

[@pcno2832]

"fucking or jerking"!! And yes, telestrat060, there were LPs in 1950; they were introduced in '48 though RCA still held out hopes that the public would favor color-keyed "album" books of 45s and their tiny, ultra-fast, $15 changers; but no dice. I didn't even notice the little slide-advance beeps until I saw this comment; the noise does sound more like that from a 78, though.

[@dannelson2364]

No one said 'fucking' in any sort of public venue 1950. My dad is 94 and no choir boy and i think ive heard him say 'shit' once.

[@kevinmontgomery1383]

@@dannelson2364 I heard crap a few times!

[@rfjohns1]

The commercial claims that the fact that dodge only offers a 3 speed as transmission as standard is some how an advantage over Ford which offers a 4 speed transmission as standard. Lol

[@rfjohns1]

I get that. I was just joking, imagining if that argument would work today!

[@vapeking466]

Wonder if they showed this at the dealer or what? It seems way too long for a tv add unless it was a infomerccial that come on late at night.

[@fairfaxcat1312]

Dodge: Depend on it!

[@terremoto..6809]

I stepped into a dealership not long ago and i asked for the mechanical details on a new pickup, the sales man only new the number of cylinders and all the info on the electronics! I walked away knowing nothing about a pickup truck but i knew a lot of information that was useless

[@joecummings1260]

Car salesman know more about sports then they know about cars.

[@alphaomega8373]

lol 40 amp alternator. No car aplifiers for that truck.

[@TheOzthewiz]

The alternator requires a voltage for the field winding to produce a magnetic field so that it will generate an output voltage. The rectifier changes the AC output voltage to DC for charging the battery. The generator works with a dead battery because of the residual magnetism that is retained in the steel case, so no external voltage is required.

[@johnwilburn]

5:42: "you can slow down to a few miles an hour without....." What?!

[@Saner32]

If the boys can't stop, the job will get done faster! Just another "Job-Rated" feature from Dodge!

[@billythekid4793]

I swear I heard fucking but I'm pretty sure he said bucking

[@justinbutcher5974]

John Wilburn 😂

[@d.s7741]

Damn dude, why did you have to do that! L.O.L.

[@butanebandit]

If he can't f&x#, then he's gonna resort to jerking. I don't know how Dodge could claim neither. Maybe slow-speed seat vibration was another unadvertised "Job-Rated" feature.

[@d.s7741]

@16:34 Steel vs. Wood Sill, wood is better because it stays in place and is more secure because of the elimination of vibration. Kenworth and Peterbilt use wood to bolt their boxes down on their straight trucks, in the 2020's and that's 70 years later!

[@klingoncowboy4]

I love how even in 1950 we were debating how Dodge is better than Ford lol

[@davidgarris2513]

WHOA!!! WTF!!!! Did I just hear correctly?! Waterproof ignition system?! Turn a hose on it and listen to it purr?! OMG!! Exactly what year did they eliminate that? The new 1980 D100 225 slant-six was oblivious to that statement. Jesus christ, a urine specimen cup would stall that motor. But hold on, I'm getting ahead of myself. After all, shouldn't driving what was a brand-new off the Arlington Park Dodge / Chicago's lot be a great experience? Well let's see. 1980, manual brakes, no radio, no cigarette lighter, no air conditioning ( with black paint and comfy sweat your ass & back vinyl seat, no sliding rear window, skinny chevette tires, ah yes the 'good ole days' . ....

[@stevedibiase728]

Around here in western Pa. few Dodges were sold they were hard starters in the cold and wet weather I remember as boy in 50"s and 60's .. what happened to Doge quality new Dodge trucks rust out in five years here.

[@mechantics]

Hmm, why did Dodge revert to the in-cab gas tank for the 61-71 Sweptli es?

[@nlpnt]

"Uncle Iroh, did you really used to be a truck salesman?"

[@ricardorodrigues7304]

.muito elegante, parabéns.

[@JackF99]

Gyrol fluid drive! Transforms 50% of your engine power into waste heat!!!

[@jnichols3]

Sounds great, but no Blue Tooth?

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

It's an add-on, on uprated models.

[@glennso47]

🙋🏼 Sometimes the drivers have blue teeth if you’d been eating blueberries!

[@solomongrundy1618]

I'm sending an order

[@goldenboy5500]

can I get it with Torqueflight transmission

[@Buzz-vz2js]

Id like to place my order For one of them panel trucks

[@swag-vz9fc]

Exept a few cars. And the 3500 Cummins but other than that. O and the Durango.

[@davidgarris2513]

Wait, work on the rear differential on the road if necessary? Just exactly how rugged are these old trucks?.... Panel truck = pervmobile..... I had to rewind and watch this entire film over because it's just too much. From the over exuberance in this guys voice, to his a b s o l u t e perfect diction and enunciation . I mean could you imagine having this narrator as your dad? Talk about being the kid to get picked on. Let's not forget the illustration at 10:50 in which the arms are grabbing the driveshaft. The oil pan intake float that looks like a duck.

[@Neil-Aspinall]

I wonder how accurate these comparisons really were? If true which I doubt, no one would have bought a Ford in dem days?

[@Nudnik1]

air bags and green tooth an option

[@timkis64]

never heard of a floating oil pump pickup tube.thats just asking for a disaster.wonder if it was a brass float that seem to leak & sink after many years.like the old carbs.

[@diamonddog257]

Sounds pretty dodgy to me......

[@sutherlandA1]

Having watched 2 other Dodge truck videos comparing against Ford and Chevy with the late 60s/1970 D series, looks like Mopar were uncompetitive also rans up until the the 1994 new Ram debuted

[@Buelligan88]

This would be great were it not for that infernal beeping.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

PING!

[@orange70383]

How else are you gonna know the optimum time to change to the next slide.

[@donearl6675]

all 6volt system!

[@lindadustin9975]

April 2018 Pres DJT 45 vs. the Cesspool/DEEPSTATE quite a epic struggle . Pray for the Donald.

[@williamjackson5942]

Oh I do.... I pray he will get a frikken brain.

[@TheOzthewiz]

David Dennison was the SMARTEST individual to graduate from the Warten School of Finance! LOL

[@pcno2832]

"confusion say ....

[@billbright1755]

Here’s your problem. Ancient Chinese secret. That little guy has been tapping on the transmission making you think it’s about to blow.

[@26TptCoy]

5:16 torque converter

[@texaskidzuk]

Look kids !!! A Dodge with a reliable transmission !!!😁😃💪

[@dewmontjerkins9886]

Funny thing is they now have the most reliable transmission-- mostly a problem in the early 2000's/ Chevy has the worst and Fords are bad too.

[@Truetoo102]

When trucks were used for work.

[@DMBall]

Dodge cut some costs in producing this film. Just a series of stills separated by an annoying "boink" between frames.

[@manhoot]

Dodge trucks are ram tough

[@rayunseitig6367]

ok

[@GLOBALHEAT4884]

Люблю Америку

[@agentanderson1383]

so i get it but what is the deal with the Confucius character?

[@davidgarris2513]

.....my husband. Ancient Chinese secret. Lol. Get it ? Calgon?

[@crankychris2]

Rare for Dodge to offer no engine choices...and then boast about it! After sales tanked, by 1955 Mopar offered many engine options after this debacle. Then they brag about NOT putting a 4 speed tranny...without a low gear they couldn't pull a boat trailer up a ramp without burning out the clutch. That's why they didn't sell, they just couldn't do hard work.

[@bigears4014]

I still say Ford is the nicer of the 2

[@tylerthegrimm]

LOL i owned a 2000 year dodge, and drive through a puddle and the engine died out! I had to wait for it to dry up

[@TheXOoftheRO]

We used to go through lakes with our 2001. Got a check engine light when we took water into the engine, but it never stalled. 17 years later its still never quit.

[@english809]

0:06 Danny Phantom

[@bryanmartinez6600]

Sounds like sizzling bacon

[@d.s7741]

I thought it was my brain cells

[@FoggamingMc]

They couldnt atleast get a real asian person

[@davidglaum2538]

Sure not that way now days Ford has been number one a long time.

[@dougbeagle3657]

even as a kid I thought the Dodge Trucks were ugly Now I know that Ford was a Duckling of the ugly kind too But The Ford could out run the Dodge Now Chevy hmmmff start a 216 [Chevys offering till 52 ] in minus 30 and rev it up you could kiss your rod bearings goodbye and Im a chevy guy Ford was best overall then . PS you couldn't kill those dodge 6's though

[@joeriolo3962]

ford has the v8

[@TheXOoftheRO]

Dodge still has the inline 6 and this is why they embarrass ford and gm for decades.

[@joeriolo3962]

@@TheXOoftheRO yes but v8 is king

[@TheXOoftheRO]

@@joeriolo3962 yea that's why Ford uses v6s in everything now. Dodge designed the first ford engines. So ford would have V0 without Dodge.

[@kirkcorlett6565]

What’s with the Asian (Japanese) teacher? Was that a foreshadowing of the future when the Japanese would take over the auto business?

[@swag-vz9fc]

Ah fuck Dodge then and now