New York & Chicago (1930s-1940s) in color, Driving Downtown [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added

I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of New York & Chicago (1930s-1940s), We can see what life was like in this era
0:05-1:12 Michigan Avenue (Chicago 1930s)
1:12 The ride is north on Eighth Avenue from about 39th Street.(New York 1940s)
Video Restoration Process:
✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
✔ Image resolution boosted up to HD
✔ Improved video sharpness and brightness
✔ Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate)
✔added sound only for the ambiance
✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,cleand,deblur)
Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.
Thanks to A/V Geeks for share the amazing B&W Video Source
B&W Video Source from: A/V Geeks on archive.org
B&W Video Source: archive.org/details/ia3500002...
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[@shaundelaney4347]

At the 3:00 mark a sign at the movie theatre says " Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo" and also "The Princess and the Pirate" which came out in November 1944, placing this footage at around late 1944 or early 1945. Thanks NASS! You are doing an incredible job.

[@johnhollenbach1108]

The cab at the 1:26 time mark is a 1942 Desoto. The '42's are rare since auto production was halted after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The car at the 2:00 time mark is a 1941 Buick with a straight 8 cylinder engine. The 4 door car at the 2:46 time mark is a "42 or "46 Buick. The two tone 4 door car at the 3:14 time mark is a '41 (?) Pontiac. The car on the corner by the car dealer (5,000 cars wanted) is a "42 Buick. Good stuff for car lovers. I hope I did not bore you. Thank you.

[@maddywendall2980]

Love the style of vehicles at that time.

[@alanolson6913]

For those of us who grew up just a little later than that era, it was a trip down Memory Lane. Certain items were still rationed at that time since the Bob Hope movie advertised at the movie theater came out in 1944, things like gasoline (about 6 gallons weekly), sugar, flour, nylon, red meat, etc. since there was still a war going on. Those things rationed went to the troops overseas. Yes, we saw a number of vehicles out on the streets but it wasn’t just fun driving because you felt like it. When your fuel was gone you had to wait for more ration tickets today be mailed out so you could purchase gasoline since most gas stations could only trade in coupons not cash. If any establishment was caught selling more than they should or taking cash for ration coupons they could be fined or closed. Strict times.

[@user-tj3uh5lj7p]

Thank you for telling us, Sir

[@iseegoodandbad6758]

Why has car ownership plummeted in ny since 1950? Economic decline?

[@alanolson6913]

@@iseegoodandbad6758 I would imagine there are a number of reasons among them being how the economy changed. Inflation is another. For the longest time a single income was sufficient. The rate of pay outpaced the cost of living . There weren’t as many products on the market, either, to spend money on. Nowadays there are dozens of types of one product, say, coffee or pet food. Back then there were probably 5 or 6 coffee names (Folgers, Maxwell House, Chase & Sanborn, and so on), soaps like Ivory, Palmolive, Cameo and so on. Import vehicles were a curiosity instead of the norm. Going out to eat was a treat and we talked about it the next day at school. No one we knew ever traveled much beyond 3 or 4 states away and certainly not international. Since we lived near Los Angeles we had 6 TV stations and 3 stayed on beyond midnight. Most people my folks knew had a television but it was in a family room or a den, not the main focus of the living room. It was watched from time to time but not hours and hours a day. If it was watched, it was for a program or two then turned off. If we wanted to play with our friends we actually rode our bicycle or walked to their houses. If we went to the movies, our folks gave us a dollar. 50 cents to get in and 50 cents for treats- and we usually only went in the summer or Christmas or Easter vacation- yes, thats what those times away from school used to be called. When a neighbor bought a new car, almost everyone went to see it. We weren’t allowed to touch it but just seeing that New Plymouth or Ford or Dodge was worth it. That was long ago and those people and places are long gone, but I do have some great memories.

[@TSemasFl]

We also have a lot more people, corporations and jobs now that require a lot more fuel. You damn right we'd be complaining

[@sonnycorleone2602]

@@alanolson6913 Thank's for sharing what America was like back then Sir for those who were born much later like myself. It's Much appreciated. :)

[@nthdegree1269]

Thanks for this. The mood is indescribable. The present meets the past.

[@silvrx-pz3ce]

I'm the present slash past willing to watch footage from the future.

[@siemenstraffic]

The first part is in Chicago on Michigan Ave starting at E. Wacker Drive before the camera was turned off at E Jackson Dr by the Art Institute.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Thank you!

[@kojkod62]

so amazing! still pictures are also interesting, but motion pictures like this are so much more interesting. what kind of people at that time recorded this? their historical contribution is wonderful ( I am a Japanese living in Tokyo. Thank you )

[@NASS_0]

Thank you ^^

[@sweetcookieoc3020]

The guy said : "In decades, they will be screens to see what I've recorded". Everybody thought he was crazy XD

[@samp7003]

So amazing to watch. If I could do anything in my life I would love to time travel. If only it was possible!

[@swaugertim]

Would you rather go back 100 years in time or forward?

[@samp7003]

@@swaugertim Definitely back.

[@Chazz_US_Marine]

I would love to spend one day in this just one day. I wonder what all those people are talking about. I wonder what the people driving the cars are thinking while driving.

[@bardo0007]

It will be possible 2000 years from now. I should know.

[@wmitty2166]

The New York portion begins after the 1:12 mark. The ride is north on Eighth Avenue from about 39th Street.

[@jeantetreault132]

I always notice that there seems to be a shimmering purplish tint reflexion coming off on every car and on the building walls as well, in all of these colored movie pictures ! I always wondered why? Thank you. Johnny, Montréal, Canada

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

the original recoloring of this footage likely did not have that purple hue. the footage has probably been damaged and edited over the years

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@carstarsarstenstesenn it's not damaged, it's the AI system making idiotic guesses at the colors.

[@1940limited]

Some of the best vintage footage I've ever seen. Thanks for posting. Did anyone notice all the Checker taxi cabs?

[@rogermaes6001]

Except it is Chicago till 1:12, very interesting film. I love the cars, so big and gorgeous, but also the funny tricycle from1:13 to 1:58. Thanks.

[@1940limited]

The early part of the video showed Checker taxi cabs. The NY section was DeSotos.

[@artdecotimes2942]

@@1940limited which I am surprised by, Chicago and south New York were known for the Model A checker Cab, whilst north New York was known for DeSotos which I am happy to see again.. practically a forgotten vehicle that was so lovely.

[@mando074]

That tricycle was awesome.

[@artdecotimes2942]

@@mando074 Hensel stream powered enclosed Tricycle circa or what I believe to be 1942 built by an aviator. Quite fascinating, and certainly better when you can see it in normal clean condition back in the right day.

[@mando074]

@@artdecotimes2942 that's amazing. Thank you for the information.

[@conpop6924]

The quality is insane. It makes it feel more real and not fake

[@NASS_0]

x)

[@josephotoet7377]

Do think is it a movie

[@lucianene7741]

Most likely colorized and remastered, but still great. The color spectrum is unnatural and seems to shift continuously from red to blue and back, with very little yellow and no green at all apart from the asphalt which wasn't supposed to be green. The sound is most likely superimposed and consists of a continuous engine grumble with some horns and nothing else, and no change between the 1930's and 40's. There is also no speck, no black dot, no film defect which is totally uncharacteristic of footage from that era. The original film would have been of much worse quality, black and white with a lot of visual defects and no sound.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@lucianene7741 that isn't true either, I've seen many fine films with great quality, unless you think muffling is the pedigree to just giving up entirely on a video because it isn't perfect quality. Now apart from that, black and white can't be transferred to color, it is either a film going straight to color, or black and white and that being it. If you were ever to take a black and white film and colorize it, it will look dark and unnatural, with wrong toned colors. Because colorizers forget that more than one hue exists on a dress or leather chair or street, it's not just a shadow scale with one color of red over it, you need yellows, reds, greens, and blues too. Hence why autochromes are made with potato grain. They captured each source of color and transfered the spectrum of hues onto each part. In some ways a piece of a computer that analyzed each color and put the right grain to that color providing a shot of what was right in front of the camera taker as they were in 1910, or 1923.

[@lucianene7741]

@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Dude, read the description and slap yourself in the face.

[@ChrisRubeo]

This is absolutely incredible and thank you so much for posting and doing the work. If I might add one critique? It seems that the whole thing is a little bit too sped up. You can judge it by the people walking by. Since it now looks so realistic, the increased speed is a bit confusing, And create an altered perception of how it really was.

[@jshaka3769]

Good point

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

You’re right, thanks. I changed the speed to .75x and it looks so much better.

[@jshaka3769]

@@EYE_GOTCHA did the same

[@boduzapho]

You renamed it, good job and great work on the videos.. I am very impressed

[@ahadkhawaja6973]

Picture Quality is better Than today's cctv Camara.

[@leo_storm2416]

Are indian dude

[@marcoantoniodasilvabatista7203]

not actually, before the remasterization this video was probaly B&W with a very bad resolution

[@josuecarneiro9924]

Muito lindo, imagens perfeitas, mas convenhamos o mundo já estava começando a ficar complicado. Um trabalho fantástico de colorização. I really aprecciate it . Greets from Brazil.

[@edwardpeterson1634]

Society has certainly deteriorated since then.

[@UmeshKumar-um7ze]

You mean since before they ended segregation?

[@mrichar9]

Society deteriorated once welfare took over and the internet/social media turned everyone into thots.

[@walterweddle7644]

This is absolutely AMAZING AND PRICELESS!! THANK YOU!!

[@houdannycomedymagic8642]

Great video! Thanks for all the work!

[@vonw.3294]

Wish I could just grab one of those cars out of the picture to have.

[@sonnycorleone2602]

Von, Hi I agree. I would love to have the car at 0:26 in front on right in particular. It's Beautiful ! :)

[@vonw.3294]

@@sonnycorleone2602 I totally agree. Love the big grill and lights with the small windscreen and curves. Beautiful machine!

[@walterweddle7644]

I believe that's a 1942 DeSoto taxi at 1:27. They had hidden headlights in 1942. I love old cars and have to watch and re-watch again and again.

[@clintstewart5545]

when I see footage like this makes me wonder what people were up to in that day they were filmed

[@punjabimundaUK]

Same...what were upto, what were their plans for the day, insanely real and not real at the same time...past meets present but cant cross over...

[@tokyovirtualride]

excellent video quality! i can't believe it

[@dancingwithnacos]

First scene is Chicago, not NYC. Michigan Avenue

[@wmbrown6]

Which reminds me: Has anyone noticed similarities in appearance between the Wrigley Building and the NYC Municipal Building in lower Manhattan?

[@gkratochvil8887]

Yes dude! Please watch the videos before you actually post them. The license plates even say Illinois on them too.

[@justdrive5327]

Yea

[@justdrive5327]

Driving southbound from the Michigan Ave bridge toward Roosevelt. You can see the Millennium Park Greek Pillars thing. Maybe if u looks closely the bean is there too!

[@justdrive5327]

Michigan Ave still has those same light posts. Wow

[@94TahoeDude]

I LOVE this... as a history enthusiast and a classic chevy collector, this is absolutely a wet dream for someone like me. Please keep up the good work!

[@georgewalker]

Excellent as always 👏🏻

[@alexandrys]

Excellent job 👌🙏🌞

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much!

[@NeedsEvidence]

I believe the first minute or so shows Chicago's Michigan Ave ("The Magnificent Mile"). Awesome.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Fascinating footage that really kind of just draws you in to ‘that world’. Apart from all the great autos, I love the shopfronts with their often elaborate & beautifully crafted signage, most of which would have been imaginatively illuminated once darkness fell.

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

These are great, guys. Thanks for all these wonderful posts. 😉👍

[@farlsaloilia3537]

عن ماذا تتكلم. 🤔

[@Foxpoop]

Damn, was it chaotic driving in that era. Thank you for the footage!

[@NASS_0]

thx!

[@nicholasowens2351]

very cool, and so sharp, did a great job.

[@patrickmccarron5059]

It is really nuts how people drove back then.

[@brianjang4126]

Definitely Chicago going south on Michigan Ave, at 1:12 you can see the “North Lion” on your right for the Art institute of Chicago. Very cool.

[@adammarkowitz7944]

Wow...thank you for this glimpse of the past. In many ways those were better times than today.

[@MrVitalino123]

VERY NICE Video!!! Thanks

[@daviantunesdossantos4614]

Maravilha!!! me senti nessa época. Amo assistir imagens de época.

[@simon_a.j.7255]

Really good remastered vid. For a moment there, I felt like I was transported back in time

[@uniquelines]

(@ 1:17) Jethro Bodine in his three wheeler!!! Hey, Jethro!!! This is amazing.

[@Samuraiprojects]

What even is this thing? Did someone sell this or is this a fully custom outhouse?

[@TSemasFl]

Love it, im doing a 1940s era HO train layout, and I'm trying to get my cars accurate, this is most helpful 👌

[@AdnanAdnan-gg7hg]

Very beautiful thanks to this video

[@antalamo]

I see 1st 1:20 is of Chicago along Michigan Ave heading south from the river. Switches to NY when they pass the art Institute. Great clips!

[@a.j.c.pi78]

GREAT WORK THANK YOU

[@YeremiYAHBenYsrayl]

Outstanding...Thanks

[@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177]

the high framerates on these remastered videos are what makes them feel so real.

[@claudeanurudha7907]

Great picture quality.Amazing video.My dad was born in 1940.Always wondered how world was like back then.Looks like it was quite a busy place.Amazing cars.

[@user-tw6fb6yz4h]

That 3 wheeled car was cool. at 1:28

[@wmbrown6]

Around 0:40, the building on Michigan Avenue with the billboard ads on East Randolph Street bears some resemblance to 1576 Broadway in New York which for years was home to stacks of billboard ads (one on top on the back, and, as of around this period, Planters Peanuts on the 47th Street side on top, and Coke on the bottom). A little bit of the Studebaker Building on 48th and Broadway (1600 Broadway) seemed to get into that Michigan Avenue building as well.

[@americanpatriot9865]

They made cool cars back then

[@redwandennaoui4508]

Incredible, days gone by when you could still breathe fresh air in the cities! Thank you for sharing this memorable clip!

[@21stcenturyfossil7]

Huh? The air was full of coal soot back then!!

[@redwandennaoui4508]

21st Century Fossil So you believe we are breathing crisp clean air nowadays???

[@21stcenturyfossil7]

@@redwandennaoui4508 The air is ALOT cleaner than it used to be!

[@redwandennaoui4508]

21st Century Fossil obviously! With almost 5 million cars registered in NYC I’m sure the air is a LOT cleaner!

[@kkarllwt]

@@redwandennaoui4508 The air is a lot cleaner today. Every car has a cat. converter. It is rare to have a building burn coal.

[@AlejandroConcha]

estupendo, gracias🌺👍

[@tjmmcd1]

I noticed that the roads were better paved than many are today.

[@tiborpurzsas2136]

They were new

[@eltipo7424]

my favorite channel

[@chucklos391]

The opening is Chicago. Amazing and beautiful.

[@jamiepark5707]

Would be amazing to go back and live a quiet simple life. I know life was crazy then too but technology stole the humanity out of the majority of the world

[@peteradaniel]

British empire and Nazi germany literally stole humanity from the world. So I think prefer tech, than conscription.

[@nobrang5146]

There's literally technology all over this film too you know? Like I don't know, the camera filming this? The cars? The traffic lights? But of course you wouldn't know any better, you are too naive

[@saintnick6156]

Bingo bango bongo im so happy in the jungle

[@prettydopeboi]

Maybe Jamie is referring to social media.

[@ProdriveGT]

@@nobrang5146 what is technology anyway?, Advancement? Yes towards our demise.

[@Jpmpmpm]

Luv it, more videos like this please

[@enjolras76]

Oh wow thank you thank you!!!

[@djrocket6670]

This is before greedy developers started to get a real crack at things...

[@bibaandboba2d949]

Такой идеальный асфальт я только в играх видел.

[@mihan_k]

Это и есть игра.

[@willybones3890]

When lanes were more of a suggestion than a rule... 😂

[@RM-vb9nz]

Its like driving in Greece

[@raymondlee3414]

@@RM-vb9nz Or South America . . .

[@colehara]

Still are where I live.

[@willybones3890]

@@colehara Yikes.

[@Low_commotion]

@@raymondlee3414 Or India

[@ryantharakan4448]

until 1:12 the city is Chicago not New York

[@rogermaes6001]

Exactly. At 1:12, we can see, on the right, one of the lions of the Art Institute.

[@tangmusi3143]

@@rogermaes6001 Agreed. At the start it's looking at the Wrigley Building and DuSable Bridge, iconic Chicago.

[@justdrive5327]

@@rogermaes6001 Good eye

[@antera77]

1 1:18 Very cool 1942 De Soto - the first mass produced car with hidden headlights! Surprisingly beat up looking for only about 3 years old -- it's December 1944 or later, given The Town Went Wild movie at 3:00. Left headlight cover looks bashed in, and terrible hood fit with large gap, suggests a front end collision repair. 2 Stunningly primitive level of road safety in 1944-- people just walking across the middle of road, no apparent crosswalk markings and thin or no divider lines on streets. 3 Cars in 1944 were hideously unaesthetic -- lumpy and hunchbacked, fat and flabby looking, with diseased-looking swollen fenders. It's amazing how fast the hard swing was, from hideous in 1944 to beautiful by the late 1950s - Chryslers Forward Look in 1957, the 1959-1960 Cadillac, etc. www.hemmings.com/stories/article/airfoil-amazement-1942-de-soto-de-luxe-sedan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_headlamp#Production_cars The Town Went Wild is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Freddie Bartholomew and Edward Everett Horton Release date: December 15, 1944 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Town_Went_Wild

[@1947Desoto]

A taxi can see a lot of miles in 3 years, and let's not forget how cars then had smaller rear windows and sometimes one or no side mirrors adding difficulty to maneuvering. There's a photo that's been making rounds of a cabbie in 1949 repairing the tire on newer DeSoto with a heavily pitted rear fender.

[@antera77]

@@1947Desoto Interesting -- I wasn't sure that was a taxi; that would explain some of the hard-life look of a 3-year old. "cars then had smaller rear windows and sometimes one or no side mirrors" And CMOS image sensor backup cameras not in the cards until about 2002. Air bags not widespread until the 1990s. Not even seat belt laws until 1974. Of course none of this is much use if you're a pedestrian run over on one of these no-crosswalks NY streets. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup_camera#Introduction 1944's comedy and movie choices were dominated by likes of smug G-rated church-safe twits like Bob Hope and Jack Benny. In glorious black and white and thin, noisy 10kHz limited mono audio. These videos are such magnets for rose colored "Everything was better in the past" comments -- i'm so trolling

[@1947Desoto]

@@antera77 Yeah the digital colorizing makes it difficult to tell but the big clue is the roof mount. The general NYC livery colors in that era for cabs was either all yellow, yellow on red or white on green depending on which fleet the cab belonged to, though I've have seen other colors as well. There were three main brands used as well, DeSoto (mainly), Checker and Packard. "On the Town" (1949) is the best example of a film I can think of that has a DeSoto cab as one of the main vehicles.

[@antera77]

@@1947Desoto Ahhh, I now realize DeSotos being used as taxis explains what seemed like an incredible coincidence: Another DeSoto, a 1941 at 1:31, right behind the hidden headlight 1942 model. It also has that taxi thing on the roof. And that 1941 is even more trashed - left side bumper overrider piece bent, left front grille and fender pushed in, missing center front trim, bad hood fit, entire car seems sagging to the left.

[@Mussi93]

They drove like absolute madmen...

[@gregorymcgee100]

That's O.K. It looks like the cars are built like tanks.

[@boduzapho]

Not to mention they only went like 15 mph

[@Anthony-nx3db]

Not many traffic laws other than a small amount of lights

[@SuperAgentman007]

2:30 well at least I don’t see any store robberies and no drive-by shootings and no people getting mugged in the street like today

[@anthonycrnkovich5241]

Exactly. And Michigan Ave wasn't trashed because of crazy idiots looting and rioting.

[@graemeneale9311]

democRATS who needs them?

[@rahmet_sandigi]

This is more relaxing than listening to binaural beats, actually I can watch it all day

[@georgiethumbs2438]

Back then purple was a popular color

[@DutchPlanDerLinde]

😂

[@DavidFKturbo]

AMAZING!!

[@arturovasquez9720]

Excelente video. Extraordinaria calidad para la época. Manejaban bastante rápido... se nota que no está acelerado el video o película porque la gente camina normal en los costados.

[@NASS_0]

👍 👍

[@OS-qd5wo]

What a cool video to see how things have changed from then to now, what kind of car is that from 0:27-0:45?

[@1947Desoto]

The closer car on the right is a '36 Buick. The one on the left is a '36 Ford with non-stock chrome trim around the grill/hood.

[@TheFullmetalj]

At 1:17-1:22 1942 Desoto, the world’s first car with hidden headlights

[@Ant8co]

Muy buen video amigo 👍,saludos de España 👍

[@viejos1000]

It’s amazing seeing michigan street back then! I would always drive down the street and just look at all the building and parks on the side and just always wonder In my head how it was back then before everything was added.

[@jshaka3769]

Man. Slowing this to 0.75 speed really brings things way more into perspective.

[@cavaleirosolitariocavaleir7151]

Maravilha ver essas imagens é como viajar no tempo, me senti naquela época

[@ballsyrocker]

King Kong and Son of Kong was playing in that last theatre marquis at 3:43. Cool to see people's dress.

[@Bomber68]

Great film !!

[@josephotoet7377]

Whaoooooo ,is like IAM on Time travel Amazing dear ,it inspires me

[@NASS_0]

🙏

[@fritzcat6198]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! I think I saw a Pontiac. My husband is finishing his 1939 Pontiac.

[@saidmirzaev4075]

Ето россия да ?

[@sonnycorleone2602]

WOW ! Love the first 1930's shot's of the cars especially. Probably around 1936-1938 !

[@LuisHernandez-ez7gh]

Qué belleza de carros Es una lástima que ya hayan quedado en el olvido

[@MyHhobbies]

i know living in the past for people like us is boring but if "safe time travel" get invented i would like to try this times for 3 or 4 days

[@babuk5517]

Excellent

[@nemoanon5615]

Very clean looking streets.

[@sunilvp9180]

1:25 ഇൽ ഓട്ടോറിക്ഷ ഓടുന്നത് കാണാല്ലോ.... 3:05 ഇൽ KSRTC ബസ്... Amazing video Me from India....

[@wailkhatib2135]

إذا كانت الطرق والسيارات بهذا التاريخ بهذا المستوى الجميل الرائع أين مكاننا نحن العرب كيف كان حالنا ووضعنا بهذا التاريخ

[@liltiachan9694]

Is very new for me to see this old cars on streets Glad people had this footage so future people can see what it looks like from the past 🙂 See how everything changes I was born in 1990 so i know a bit about old stuff but not as much as before the 90 😅

[@nusratjamia7953]

Beautiful

[@-abderrazzak2894]

Great

[@joseluisarroyoocampo6348]

Exelente! Y pensar qué yo conduje en ésa importante avenida en los 80' y 90'..…Buenos Recuerdos de Chicago!

[@Sebi076]

everyone drove so crazy, they went where they wanted to. Having a 1910s car at that time made people look because even at that time those early cars were already old.

[@ballsyrocker]

I dug the early trike with the box cover. It was very old compared to the cars around it.

[@hectorlopez1069]

Look at those cars. Very interesting.

[@davidandersontowler7347]

Lot of metallic purple cars in those days, apparently.

[@artdecotimes2942]

Artificial lack of intelligence is to blame

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

i wish

[@babydriver8134]

Coolest video I've seen in years.

[@NASS_0]

Oh! Thx! ;)

[@Mahoot]

“we’re in New York” -shows footage of Michigan Ave in Chicago

[@laaudarron9849]

So amazing infrastructure construction

[@domingodeanda233]

That was pretty damn good, thanks

[@NASS_0]

Thx!!

[@andrsnavarro8860]

Saludos Costa Rica pura vida. Que lindos automóviles se ven por todo lado verdaderas joyas. Preciosos

[@wangcars2062]

Imagine driving these cars in NY traffic without any kind of mirrors? People back then had mad skills.

[@ViolentMLG]

Not really. Those cars had 0 blind spots due to having 0 safety technology. Windows everywhere. The seats didn't even have headrest. It was super easy to look over your shoulder and see if you could turn left/right or not. The way the steering on those older vehicles work (along with the weight and size) made them very easy to navigate too, WAY easier to navigate than a modern car (they're just unsafe for modern standards). Not to mention that back-then cars couldn't go fast, so it made it allot easier to merge without worrying someone was going to hit you or try to speed up, and the entire idea of urgency as far as cars went wasn't a big concern back-then. Everyone went similar speeds and wasn't in a big rush, they couldn't be, the cars wouldn't let them. Not to mention that back-then the vehicles were all of the same type and size primarily, IE, cars, whereas today you'll find SUV's or Trucks in mass and it makes it more difficult to navigate/see with them on the road.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@ViolentMLG not really either with your comment. The vehicles would let them, as I explained before, the average automobile in 1930 went 60 to 80 miles per hour, the Duesenburg, Packards, Nash, Bugattis, and large Studebaker's went 90 to 110. Your only driving them now, 90 years after they were first used. Which is a pretty damn good hold up.