Passenger Cars of the late 1940s

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The Hopeless Car Guy

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@peterking7202
@peterking7202 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! As always. 66 years ago my dad drove from the hospital to home, after being born, in his old Humber Hawk. What a compilation. It's hard to absorb it all.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, it took a minute, and I actually cropped out a half a dozen cars.
@shaunw9270
@shaunw9270 2 жыл бұрын
Wow , he drove home after being born ! 😅 Sorry had to chuckle. I know what you meant 😉
@peterking7202
@peterking7202 2 жыл бұрын
@@shaunw9270 Wise guy!
@shaunw9270
@shaunw9270 2 жыл бұрын
@@peterking7202 I was born in a Monty Python sketch 🤷
@peterking7202
@peterking7202 2 жыл бұрын
@@shaunw9270 That explains everything.
@kennethswain6313
@kennethswain6313 2 жыл бұрын
That was the most comprehensive list ever.It was a veritable encyclopedia of the world’s cars Amazing Thanks
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
You know your a car guy if you can sit through this.
@crankychris2
@crankychris2 8 ай бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguy Great coverage of European car brands. I never saw any of them except at a few car shows.
@DavidHall-ge6nn
@DavidHall-ge6nn 2 жыл бұрын
The eye candy in this epic was staggering! It's not even Halloween yet, and my treat bag is overflowing. Another stellar post, my friend! I will be watching this many times just to make sure I haven't blinked and missed something.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I actually had to crop this one down a bit to get it out on time.
@tonyclark329
@tonyclark329 4 ай бұрын
Great pictures. Love that De Soto woody. Good site.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 4 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@rudymaschke1322
@rudymaschke1322 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your videos and learn a lot about the automotive industry things I never knew existed. I love automobiles, so I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for a great job. Look forward to more.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@Primus54
@Primus54 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another greatly researched video. Glad you included the brands that are no more as well as the international marques. 👍👍👍
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, trying to paint a picture of the period. I will be braking them down into smaller groups going forward.
@asparagusjones1775
@asparagusjones1775 2 жыл бұрын
Great video!!! Thanks for the pictorial history and all the research.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@shaunw9270
@shaunw9270 2 жыл бұрын
All amazing to see and was amazed to see Lea Francis!👍 I really appreciate these videos.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. It may not be a complete list, but I do try to keep it diverse.
@rgsfield
@rgsfield 5 ай бұрын
Absolutely full if interesting information. Thanks so much for posting!
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@meljrnone8608
@meljrnone8608 Жыл бұрын
My dad used to own a 1950 Ford Custom, which was similar to the 1949 Fords you mentioned at the beginning of the video.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Nice.
@rogerward9584
@rogerward9584 Жыл бұрын
What an excellent video! Although not born until 1957, I love cars of the late 1940's, this and the early 50s being my favourite period of automotive design. So good to see cars from Britain, Europe and other nations too. Although for such a comprehensive 'list', I was a little disappointed at the omission of Jowett, Standard and Wolseley cars in the British section; for a number of years in the 1970's I owned a 1949 Wolseley 4/50, this being the little brother of the 6/80 which was much beloved by British Police during the late 40's/early 50's as a pursuit vehicle!
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Due to certain limitations can not include everything, but I have put Wolseley and Standard in some of my other videos of this nature.
@nlpnt
@nlpnt Жыл бұрын
The smaller British Fords are missing too. The prewar-style Anglia and Prefect were imported to the US but the V8 Pilot was not.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
@@nlpnt Yeah.
@Walkercolt1
@Walkercolt1 Жыл бұрын
The 1948 Pontiac Chieftain came STANDARD with a 265(?)CID STRAIGHT 8 @ 140 HP (my Parent's had a "Fastback two-door" in Midnight Blue WITH the Hydromatic 3 speed automatic tranny they bought used just after I was born) his best friend had a SUPER Chieftain with a 301 CID straight 8 @ 200 HP (new from Wat Henry in Tulsa) and a BENDIX FOUR-SPEED MANUAL and standard factory power steering and brakes. Our's had twin side-valve carbs, Joe's had FOUR side draft's with individual metal mesh air cleaners and BOTH had manual chokes and foot pedal starters. A Super Chieftain (1946-55) is EASY to spot at night. The Chief's Head hood ornament is LIGHTED amber with a tiny bulb you access from under the hood! Joe's was a 2-Door "Notchback" with the smaller trunk and was two-tone grey. His other best friend (a chef) was a Buick Roadmaster guy! I remember his and "Auntie" Joy's 1955 Buick Roadmaster with a Dyna-Flo. Smoothest car I had ever ridden in, first car with LAP-TYPE seat-belts I had ever been in (wasn't in another car with seat-belts for 14 years!) I think it took Chrysler until 1952 to bring the 332CID "Fire-Dome" Hemi to 212/220/235 HP in Chryslers and De Sotos, then they went NUTS with Hemi HP! Before the War, both Joe and Dallas had been La Salle guys, but GM cancelled the La Salle as "Too close to a Caddy." and Packard still had the super-luxury car market sewed-up (except for the used Duesenbergs!) THE heart doctor in town drove a 1938 Dusey 'til he died in the mid '70's. Three city blocks long, creme and maroon, with it's "Singing transmission" and 8 Liter Miller straight 8. "Finest motorcars built."
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@JoeSmith-pu9hi
@JoeSmith-pu9hi 2 жыл бұрын
This channel is great.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I try.
@Mark1405Leeds
@Mark1405Leeds 2 жыл бұрын
Well researched! [Although the Citroen 2CV was 375cc [about 22.9ci]👍
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
My mistake.
@davidelack8809
@davidelack8809 Жыл бұрын
Great video for an old gear head, Thx brother!
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Good to hear.
@YblockEnthusiast
@YblockEnthusiast 3 ай бұрын
I have a 49 coronet, haven't driven it yet but it's very well preserved. It only has 51,000 miles and has the fluid drive semi automatic transmission. The engine lacks compression but this may be because it was sitting in a warehouse for 54 year. I'll get it on the road again.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 3 ай бұрын
Good luck, I'm sure it will be an interesting project.
@RamPMonyPers
@RamPMonyPers 10 ай бұрын
Pretty comprehensive! Just one observation though: the Peugeot 202 was replaced by the 203, you got in one zero extra.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 10 ай бұрын
I hate it when that happens.
@gmicg
@gmicg 2 жыл бұрын
The correct pronunciation of the French word "coupé', literally meaning "cut" is "koo-pay" not "koop".
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, I didn't say "flerb" or "cheby".
@gmicg
@gmicg 2 жыл бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguy It is "koo-pay"' Look in any relevant website. We can do nothing about this. I am a native speaker of French.
@gmicg
@gmicg 2 жыл бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguy I was born in 1954. I am 68 now. I saw all your cars with great pleasure. They remind me my happy childhood. Congrats!
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
@@gmicg I am not a French speaker of any kind.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
@@gmicg Good to hear.
@TPOrchestra
@TPOrchestra Жыл бұрын
The '49 Ford was as much a leap ahead for auto design as the '57 Chrysler "Forward Look" cars eight years later. Was it really the first "modern" car? Take a look at the other '49 cars.
@jeffking4176
@jeffking4176 Жыл бұрын
Very cool video ‼️ 🚗🙂
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@doug6259
@doug6259 2 жыл бұрын
Cars back then had so much style and class. Everything from the 80's onward is so plain. It would be great if someone would design a car that had a modern engine and features with 1940's styling.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
There have been attempts at that, in the HHR and PT Cruiser. The result really wasn't the same.
@Inteligento
@Inteligento Жыл бұрын
The Citroen 2CV was not 374 Cubic inch it was 374 Cubic Centimeter 0.374 liter.
@qphase49
@qphase49 Жыл бұрын
Jeepsters did not have 4wd standard. I had to put a pickup chassis under mine to get 4wd. I like Your videos.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Noted.
@Matt_from_Florida
@Matt_from_Florida Жыл бұрын
In the late 1940s Roll-on/roll-off car transport vessels were still way off in the future and as yet unimagined. In '49 every car was *individually lifted* by a huge dockyard crane and lowered down into the hold of a freighter. *Life moved at a slower pace in those days.* (The 1966 Toyota Corona was the first car shipped to overseas market on a modern RORO)
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
I've got an article from 1928 that talks about new methods for shipping automobiles.
@rongendron8705
@rongendron8705 Жыл бұрын
A co-worker in 1971 had a 1970 Toyota Corona, bought new (first person I knew with a Japanese car) & he said he had 'problems' with it, already! I guess Toyota still needed to get the 'kinks' out! p.s. I have a 19 yr. old Camry! Runs great!
@nonelost1
@nonelost1 3 ай бұрын
5:40..."Rain Man" car! 10:50...Actually 50 Tucker Torpedos in 1948 (not 1958). You also did not give it's 0-60 and top speed.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 3 ай бұрын
Did I say 58 in a late 40s video? Might have been a slip of the tongue. Performance claims for the Tucker are pretty questionable.
@peterking7202
@peterking7202 2 жыл бұрын
my dad "drove ME from the hospital"...
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
Right.
@mikewasfaret9563
@mikewasfaret9563 Жыл бұрын
The Jeepster was only available in 2 wheel drive.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
I will have to check when 4-wheel drive was added to the Jeepster, as I've known a number of people with later models that were.
@rayrussell6258
@rayrussell6258 Жыл бұрын
Glaring error in this otherwise well researched retrospective. Tuckers were 1948, not 1958. I'm giving the video a like anyway. I'm not a fan of foreign cars specifically, but this was the first time I've seen a collection of foreign brand cars pulled together in one place. Surprised there was no SAAB. It's no wonder Europeans have collected so many vintage American cars. Their own brands were for the most part under-powered, listening to your data provided with each car. Good stuff to be learned here. And I think there are a few more brands sold in Australia, including unique Ford brand cars in that market.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
An odd slip of the tongue apparently, considering the period of the video. Not a complete list, but a fairly broad view of what was available. Ford of Australia wasn't particularly unique as of yet, outside of the ute body style.
@garyovermyer1050
@garyovermyer1050 2 жыл бұрын
I must say, as a fellow Hopeless Car Guy, your research is Deep! No wonder the Horsepower Wars started. Wow! Once the Freeway System came to be, everyone had to Step Up! 20 seconds from zero to 60....
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
"Fast" certainly meant something different then.
@auggie803
@auggie803 Жыл бұрын
-Then a little latter it was ( 0 to 60 in 6 seconds). And latter even faster then that.
@NBZW
@NBZW Жыл бұрын
School teacher of mine bought a 49 Ford business coupe , brand new for $750.00.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
An adept haggler?
@NBZW
@NBZW Жыл бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguy lv’e never seen another like it, only chrome was the grill, no radio or heater sans spare tire but was V8.
@larryjones-emery807
@larryjones-emery807 Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@DinoLondis
@DinoLondis 11 ай бұрын
The Tucker was ‘48, not ‘58.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 11 ай бұрын
Hence the title of the video.
@davedesmond7288
@davedesmond7288 7 ай бұрын
I cringe when I see pre-1962 with narrow-band whitewalls; these were only introduced from1962 model year!
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 7 ай бұрын
And are significantly cheaper than their wide band counterparts.
@leonardgoodwin1161
@leonardgoodwin1161 Жыл бұрын
SUPER
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@auggie803
@auggie803 Жыл бұрын
-This video would have been much better if their were just written words and not that very annoying voice over.With written words you can always "Pause"to get a better look complete with the words right there in front of you, But with voice There is nothing to look at and that makes the voice useless.-You should redue this video with written words only & forget that lousy voice stuff.For myself i found it best to use MUTE the whole time.Plus the voice was so very annoying.-If you are watching this for the first It would be far best & better if you just put your video on Mute & Avoid the mistake i made the first time.This will save you a lot of time & trouble.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
You do it your way, I'll do it mine.
@JackF99
@JackF99 Жыл бұрын
Ah yes the Potato Era of automotive styling.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
I thought we were in the Potato era.
@JackF99
@JackF99 Жыл бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguy I thought it was jellybean?
@danieljohnson9351
@danieljohnson9351 2 жыл бұрын
Back then cars had style and character. Now for some reason so many clueless people drive gag-inducing Toyotas forcing the rest of us to look at their ugly crap.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
And I though it was just motion sickness.
@danieljohnson9351
@danieljohnson9351 2 жыл бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguy No, it's the Toyotavirus. It reached pandemic proportions years ago and has infected millions. Sadly, there aren't any vaccines to slow the progression of this horrid disease. Thankfully I am immune, although having to look at victims of this dreaded illness can be nauseating.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
@@danieljohnson9351 lol
@theboyisnotright6312
@theboyisnotright6312 Жыл бұрын
Yep, Toyota may be well designed and engineered, but Dang they look a pile of shat rolling down the street 😮.
@mikeweizer3149
@mikeweizer3149 Жыл бұрын
Daneljohnson9351 That certainly applies to Poopieass Priuses but not to older MR2S Celicas and any generation of Supras Fj40s and Fj 60 Land Crusers as well!¡!.
@Blend-25
@Blend-25 Жыл бұрын
Tucker was in 1947 not 1958 😂
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Did I say 58? In a late 40s video? Odd I didn't catch that.
@rayrussell6258
@rayrussell6258 Жыл бұрын
1948 not 1947
@bobesposito7235
@bobesposito7235 Жыл бұрын
Talk about white wall tires. Ha
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Yeah, not pin stripes, but full side walls.
@patrickmccarron5059
@patrickmccarron5059 2 жыл бұрын
Give me a 1949 Mercury.
@thehopelesscarguy
@thehopelesscarguy 2 жыл бұрын
If I had one I wouldn't be giving it away.
@patrickmccarron5059
@patrickmccarron5059 2 жыл бұрын
lol
@auggie803
@auggie803 Жыл бұрын
-Y --Slow Ugly mechanical problems everyday plus it was a gas guzzle machine. No wonder you want one free.
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