Styling And The Experimental Car (1960's)

[@timperrin1196]

The oration skills of the narrator is incredible. I miss the way people talked 60 years ago. Nobody sounds like this anymore. These old videos are time capsules of a bygone era.

[@quantumphaser]

Mid Atlantic dialect. I miss it too. Idiocracy today.

[@shombie2737]

Bill Kurtis has a very nice voice (from Sedan, Kansas!)

[@noneed4me2n7]

Similar to the real early educational reals they played in elementary school of the late 70s. I really dig British narrators from earlier time periods. WW2 news reals always sound so enthusiastic and proper.

[@100aceswid]

I agree

[@timberrr1126]

It is a “broadcaster’s voice.” Maybe 1 person in 1,000 has a melodious voice like that.

[@iisj13]

That station wagon is so awesome... I'd totally road trip in that car.

[@georgeszilva1223]

The wagon belongs in Fireball 500 puppet flick...lol

[@sergeantbigmac]

I swear they used the same narrator for every ad and documentary in those days. I can just picture the dude recording his lines in the audio booth between drags on his cigarette and highball cocktail lol.

[@gregb6469]

+sergeantbigmac -- Sounds like a great job!

[@cdsandiego]

Brilliant. And so true.

[@mchlbw1950]

sergeantbigmac. yea. hahaha

[@richardgoldman8761]

No, the mono tone was just a carryover from the past, the voice got deeper as the years went on. Ppl that spoke with rising tones were not considered believable in the past, now such idiocy is considered normal.

[@gf4353]

sergeantbigmac YES YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. EDWARD R.MORROW IS THE PERFECT VOICE FROM THE 50 S AND 60 S.

[@ogflyguy2845]

that gps with a paper map! that's adorable!

[@The-Cat]

Funny this is that it wasjust a concept idea. Back then they had noooo idea that it could be done on an actual screen cause screens back then were thick and heavy lol you're right this is so adorable lmao

[@The-Cat]

@wzrubicon 1 not cost effective and not practical bulky CRT's in a car or an LCD without backlight ( calculator style) luckily in that period technology was at a rapid clime it wasn't so lang until the briefcase laptop was around 🤣

[@georges7340]

In total agreement!!😉

[@richardprice5978]

did the others have a similar concept of GPS? if so i do need to reconsider my period correct for the pre-1975 time line build on my charger-what if mostly the vibe thing as thing's you don't see using it/driving because im doing modern EFI under the hood ect. as i didn't think GPS radio or sidelights was a thing let alone something that might work on real roads and is it the right vibe's? for a 1970 car?

[@mexicancanteen9596]

You misspelled "legendary"

[@BlueXonar]

Variable steering, satellite navigation, cruise control, all in a concept car from the 1960's. Top stuff. :)

[@ikebvrner]

In America, none the less!

[@Forge17]

Cruise control was actually invented by Chrysler in the mid 50s :)

[@jonathongellibrand3632]

@@ikebvrnerlots of innovations - AC, power steering, front wheel drive before Citroen, auto dimming lights/mirrors - very advanced stuff!

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@jonathongellibrand3632 citroén did not popularize front wheel drive, it was the standard for automobiles in the 1900s.

[@IkarusFlight]

I want that Station Wagon.

[@louisedwards6681]

Well u can't get it

[@RETZ1LLA]

180 degrees of steering angle? kind of a big nope

[@MRTOWELRACK]

@@RETZ1LLA Yeah, the 180° steering struck me as fixing one potential problem (hand over hand steering) with a bigger problem.

[@markhenry5294]

Make it. We have more availability of the technology of which our Grandfathers foreseen than ever before.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Same here. Looks like the one from cyberpunk

[@BrokebackBob]

These films just make my day, and its wonderful that KZbin and folks together have preserved them. Who in the world would fall for these things? :-) The Mustang was a Ford Falcon with a new body and a few "sporty" add-ons. A Ford Falcon, can you believe it. Iaccoca was genius at pulling the wool over peoples eyes, he did it again with the 10,000 variations on the K-car platform, all but the minivan, awful. The father of the Mustang was truly a snake-oil salesman, its a good thing he had left the company before the 1990's but I have to admit he saved the company in the 1980s.

[@sergeygolovin2760]

Mustang looks cool even today.

[@shreddedflag3800]

i'm digging the "GPS" at 10:33.

[@jacquelinegrice7311]

+Jeff Dickens ... Yeah! Neat isn't it! The idea was there but the technology wasn't.

[@garyquail2347]

Jeff Dickens I'm also digging the GPS unit myself it looks like something out of a James Bond movie.

[@Tampa0123456789]

That GPS LOL wow! At least the thought was there.

[@arthdenton]

Yeah, but they were lying. There was no way for a car to determine its location as it was moving way back then. And that map... should have been 20x20 ft. or something.

[@ValentinoMariotto]

@@arthdenton are you sure? maybe they were doing it with AM radio.. with very low precision, but it could kind of work

[@arthdenton]

@@ValentinoMariotto The proof that it wasn't possible is that it wasn't done. I remember the first time I used a GPS in a rental was back in the late 1990's. A Magellan GPS unit was selling for $2-3000 at that time.

[@ValentinoMariotto]

@@arthdenton you are comparing apples and pears. Modern GPS was so expensive because it relies on satellites and was originally military tech. I guess the manufacturers had to pay for costly licenced to the American military. I think that an analog alternative to GPS based on a grid of radio towers would be feasible and much much cheaper as well. But then of course you wouldn't be a able to get a resolution of a few meters but a few kilometers! So I guess it wasn't done because it would have been pointless, but not impossible

[@arthdenton]

@@ValentinoMariotto Okay. Of course, relying on AM/FM radio transmitters would require an internal computer working with a nation-wide database of transmitters on top of some exotic radio equipment. And updates were practically impossible. I suppose the CIA and James Bond could do that but not a mass-produced car. Computers those days were built on vacuum tubes or transistors, therefore bulky, heavy and extremely expensive. The GPS signals were always free to use by everyone. Don't know why. Possibly because, at the time, the military thought they owned the algorithm for processing them but they've always been unencrypted and publicly available. It's just that the electronics in the GPS units and the maps were super-expensive in the early days.

[@Lovejazz01]

Wow, the Aurora concept was truly futuristic! All of that had to be impressive in the 60’s. 50 years later we have GPS.

[@danbaumann8273]

So cool. That station wagon was amazing. Oh man would I drive that. What an awesome car.

[@jder06]

It's a real shame that all of these concept cars did not get put into a museum instead of being destroyed.

[@PunksloveTrumpys]

The Mustang II prototype still survives in a private collection, so does the scaled-down Fastback shown right at the end. I didn't know this until a month ago, there is an article on The Truth About Cars which tells the story.

[@jondoe8889]

+PunksloveTrumpys - And the 2-seat Mustang concept. I saw it at the Ford museum, in the 90's. It needed restoring!

[@louisedwards6681]

😤

[@jerryjohnson4625]

oh God those are some head-turners. I don't think we will ever see a beautiful car like that Ever again.I had a 64 T-Bird. Wow they were hot looking.

[@ReroutedYearAD]

You never heard of LeMay America's Car Museum? Won't find EVERY car or every model at a time.

[@austin1839]

The sad thing is that almost none of those beautiful concept cars ever made it into mass production.

[@paedahe4975]

The station wagon was dangerous to children. Get rear ended, and attend funerals…

[@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry2647]

But some ideas kept on production cars.

[@paedahe4975]

@@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry2647 I would say quite a few things remained in production.

[@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry2647]

@@paedahe4975 yes

[@timmartin7664]

The music alone, made this video like something out of the future.

[@stephenbianchi7141]

Great video. Sure wish they made the Cougar II with its C2esque styling.

[@wurldtravlr620]

I still remember the day when my brother-in-law bought his baby blue 1961 Thunderbird to my high school after he had purchased it earlier that day. The car just blew me a way. The design is still modern today. Driving down the streets of town folks stopped in their tracks to stare at us as we passed them by. That first year of the new design was a real looker. How unfortunate that in later years that Thunderbirds were turned into poorly built, ugly monstrosities... a sad demise to the Thunderbird name.

[@davedave5787]

amen total garbage in the end.

[@jamespfitz]

Hey some people love luxobarges and Broughamified rides.

[@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry2647]

The 60's were a nice era in regards of car style. But we still have beautiful cars

[@peppermeat8059]

@@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry2647 but so dang expensive and sometimes ugly

[@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry2647]

@@peppermeat8059 Now or then?

[@RhinoXpress]

9:40 holy crap ford's 1960's Arora concept wagon was ahead of its time. a gps like navigation system in a car! Amazing!

[@Lolaismypoopydog2036]

I'm almost 40 and this reminds me of all those movies we'd watch in elementary school. Even the little crackle sounds..

[@Hurricaneintheroom]

I love watching the old videos that show what they were up to. Amazing designs. I liked the station wagon. My mom could've spun around in that seat to smack us kids for being too loud. LOL To think at this time, they still had cars from the 30s - 40s they could get running.

[@russellking9762]

today all the creativity and imagination has been outlawed…they all look the same…plastic pieces of junk that you throw away much the same as a laptop that is obsolete

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Why wouldn't they? You can start a 1910 packard or a 1902 de dion bouton in second given proper foxing knowledge. Back then, same goes.

[@Hisham23633]

Effin 1960's America, they had car concepts that im sure wont be out till like 2060

[@JoePez]

My right ear really enjoyed this video

[@70goldtop]

I'd take that Cougar II. Pretty cool looking.

[@Emelefpi]

Reminds m of the C3 Corvette, without the flared front fenders

[@deborahchesser7375]

@@Emelefpi it is a good looking car

[@daskleinegluck4553]

Looks like a very well designed mixture between the most popular Corvette, an E-Type and the Toyota GT 2000 😊.

[@finemessugotmein]

I wonder if any of these concept car models have survived… or if they were destroyed? Wouldn’t be amazing to be able to see these engineers examples in real life ? The craftsmanship in building these 3d prototypes alone,is amazing.

[@Foxlone]

Same thing Im thinking

[@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry2647]

Me too. I want to see them

[@arnepianocanada]

Historic, just as Mustang came out. Cougar, an early name option, moved to the Mercury variant - and led to its 'Year of the Cat' ads and Lynx, Bobcat model names just as Ford used horse-themed Pinto, Maverick, Bronco.

[@jamespfitz]

From the sign... of the cat (rawr!)

[@stevedeleon8775]

FYI..The FORD Mustang was not named for the HORSE ...It was named after the WWII P51 MUSTANG FIGHTER..

[@javieraranda8828]

I love these videos, such a wonderful time period. It was an amazing time to be a child in the 60s and 70s and to be wild and free in the 80s I hate what the world has turned into with the internet age

[@ksaboda]

It has a thermal electric refrigeration unit so you can make mixed drinks while you blast down our modern freeways. It also has 12 ashtrays, only lap belts, and the rollover resistance of an elephant on a step stool.

[@duramirez]

That station wagon was a motel on wheels, imagine the dirty parties that could happen there ^_^, replace those "kids" seats with a big cooler full of beer, and you good to go :P

[@vitum.records]

The vibe that these old videos gets me..

[@attjj]

Спасибо большое за ролик, посвященный теме автодизайна. Это видео нужно смотреть современным дизайнерам, как напоминание того, на каких принципах строить внешность авто. В облике многих современных авто слишком много агрессии и пафоса.

[@rods6405]

Backing music sounds like early Frank Zappa MOI !

[@MrGoldenwaffler]

Talk about an elaborate excercise in bs! A work of art indeed...

[@fp5495]

12:10 those little white rectangles flashing around, as he speaks about complying customer feedback, are mimicking an IBM card, which was how computer information was stored and read back before hard drives, disks and the cloud.

[@michaelforbes659]

It shows that America was way ahead in technology development at the time

[@kurtisblow3650]

Why did the search for beauty seemingly come to an end in America?

[@pcno2832]

10:01 GM must have taken this a step further with the "Hide-away" tailgates of their 1971-76 wagons. They were ingenious, but space inefficient and vulnerable to rust. Ford's simpler version might have been more practical, at least if they could have found a way to keep the tailgate from dragging on the ground.

[@ODH3]

I had a '72 Chevy with the clamshell- it worked great until I was rear-ended and then I could never drop the tailgate again. Some versions had a power tailgate, but mine was just counter sprung and had to be manually raised and lowered.

[@MediaWatchDawg]

*Seatbelts optional.

[@antonioederlopezlopez7341]

As it must be

[@1allanbmw]

I see a lot of comments on the "GPS". It was a "feature" of the Bond car in Goldfinger. First thing it reminded me of when it was shown.

[@painkillerjones6232]

Our 73 Caprice estate station wagon had the "Clamshell" rear window, with wrap-around side glass! it was cool!

[@LawrenceRoss1906]

That station wagon needed a "Boom cheeky wow wow" to go along with that couch.

[@slothinaspacesuit]

Wait! A fridge, OVEN, and drink chiller combo in a daily driver. Did people cook dinner and serve martinis while picking the kids up from school? And 12 headlights wasn't enough they should have added more!

[@richardprice5978]

ever gotten hungry on a road trip/vacation? or needed a way to keep grocery's or takeout 🥡 good going home? i know id use it as iv had melted ice-cream box's and it anit pretty in the car on a hot day

[@danbaumann8273]

50's, 60's and early 70's were truly the pinnacle.

[@macsnafu]

I really like that Aurora concept car. Even in today's minivans, which sacrifice driver's side access, still don't have the wraparound couch seating. Why not???

[@pashakdescilly7517]

Side facing seats are very dangerous in a crash.

[@iFixJunk]

Most minivans now have sliding doors on both sides.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@pashakdescilly7517 thats why you avoid them. You people don't understand that car crashes aren't meant to be frequent or ever. In todays age, its like a backstep and a lot of cost, yet nothing that leads to death.

[@alexander1485]

12:43 = McLaren F1 seating.

[@jackkircher1755]

The earliest cars were commonly called, "horseless carriage" since they resembled the carriages of the day. The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan has several in a "carriage house" part of the property.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Whats ridiculous is the part you miss when searching for these "horseless carriages". There were over 250 automobile companies in 1900. Just look at a 1902 Pope tribune Tonneau. Looks nothing like a horseless carriage! 1902-4 Pope tribune 1902 Pope Toledo 1902 Clement tudor/tonneau These were automobiles, and indeed a search for beauty and gorgeous with thier colors and brass finishing.

[@mistrotech8894]

That station wagon is super cool even in todays standards! It basicly has a gps and a super cool couch and entertainment! Even a fridge! Cool!

[@DUNEATV]

Say what you want but Ford has been building quality cars and trucks for a long time. I see old Ford trucks pulling trailers with 3-400k miles on a routine basis! I also see old mustangs from the 80-90's still being drag raced with their original bottom end engines! Keep up the good work Ford Motor Company!

[@andrewscott1253]

A children's seat in the back, optimized for paralysis or quick and painless death in the event of a rear end collision.

[@jacquelinegrice7311]

+Andrew Scott At least it was a seat! Most of us from that generation sat in the back, on the FLOOR, Indian style, with the back clamshell window open waving at those in the car behind us!

[@georgee.williams1449]

+Andrew Scott I thought it was a mother-in-law seat for a chain smoker like Audrey Meadows. One thing that is never emphasized is that 60's cars had ventilation. The early 60's 4 + 4 Thunderbirds had straight through ventilation from the bottom of the front windshield to a similar vent of similar length below the backlight. With no baffling.

[@georgee.williams1449]

+Andrew Scott I thought it was a mother-in-law seat for a chain smoker like Audrey Meadows. One thing that is never emphasized is that 60's cars had ventilation. The early 60's 4 + 4 Thunderbirds had straight through ventilation from the bottom of the front windshield to a similar vent of similar length below the backlight. With no baffling.

[@edwinfriedl2446]

Most third seats in wagons had rear facing seats.. I had a 62 and a 72 Chevy wagon and both had rear facing seats. In a rear end collision you are probably right. But in a frontal collision (especially without seat belts) rear facing is much safer. So at that time it was a 50/50 trade off.

[@poplaurentiu4148]

Tell that to Elon Musk.. he did the Tesla S with 2 optional seats in the back ! ;0)

[@arielsarino2823]

That Aurora wagon looked like it had the precursors to today's LED headlights and an ancient navigation system.

[@josealbertorodriguez6807]

Ariel Sarino

[@daysturn1971]

10:33 was the preempted SUV and GPS.

[@billkarmetsky4003]

With a refrigerated bar for drinks and a TV so one can continue to be misinformed as one drives merrily along.... However, my pappy would have bought one of these experimental wagons absolutely. He liked to drink booze and watch TV at night along with the mrs.... lol!

[@emjayay]

The Cougar II came out the same year as the Corvette Sting Ray. Apparently they were designed at about the same time. Probably someone from one company or the other knew something about what the other one was up to.

[@Jasmine-jx4ve]

I want to try whatever these designers were smoking

[@Helderhugo]

Fantastic Van.

[@SteamCars]

The moving map was used on warships before WW2, it was called a "Dead Reckoning Indicator". No satellites or computers needed. You have a compass feed your heading to a device that provides mechanical sine and cosine outputs depending on heading and also input your speed. The map (real paper map) or pointer moves accordingly. Of course, it is only an estimated position depending on how accurately all those gears, compasses and such are.

[@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry2647]

Nice

[@DTD110865]

True, although if I'm not mistaken adjustable steering columns came out before this movie did... just not with the additional gadgets. The seating arrangements in the Aurora were made available in a lot of full-size vans and later mini-vans.

[@pyrotechnick420]

14:26 Pause here and look at the front end from the side. To me that part looks like shit but the rest looks so good

[@dr_lefaucheur]

I love driving my Ford C-Max, a no-compromise hybrid: best in class power and performance, yet decent mileage and excellent range; I can usually get around 500 miles on a single tank, up to 600 if the weather is cooperative for that week. It doesn't hurt that the steering is light as a feather, yet responsive and great at cornering too.

[@Sashazur]

Blake Nguyen but it looks like a lump

[@jamespfitz]

You working on commission?

[@sherwoodfiftythirtybc4433]

I think the Cougar II nose might encounter 'just a bit' of nose lift at 170mph. I think it looks more like a shorter 60's Jag xke from the side.

[@fredericcolombier5380]

i want the same station wagon for christmas look that design & interior , she's just gorgeous =) !

[@ReroutedYearAD]

(Up until the narrator comes in.) "Bond, James Bond."

[@stevenwithanS]

The Cougar 2, lol. Looks an awful lot like a Cor.....

[@robertwalker2052]

But what explains the Ford Edsel?

[@StephanProvostPoker]

i want that station wagon ! please,, in Blue xD

[@midcenturymodern9330]

I'd totally buy that Aurora concept car. It would probably get some 8 miles per gallon, but so be it. That concept was well ahead of its time.

[@Nexfero]

They had GPS systems back then see 10:40 0.0

[@georgee.williams1449]

I always liked the fake air vent on the rear quarter panel to make the car look as if it were a Ferrari with a rear engine. The closest thing I ever saw in function to that is a tennis ball someone put on a deck mount CB antenna on a car -- as if the car would stop violently enough to smack the antenna against the rear windshield.

[@gf4353]

IT'S TO REDUCE VIBRATION NOISE.

[@gf4353]

jayjaylen75 OK. DAMPER!!!

[@gf4353]

jayjaylen75 CAN YOU SAY. CONGRATULATIONS

[@gf4353]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, (ELVIS PRESLEY)..

[@puterboy2]

I wonder where the Ford Aurora is today? A museum perhaps?

[@ceasarandrepont1243]

Beautiful, I have no other words.

[@rasvial]

thousands of fabrics *shows four different shades of brown* there was an issue with brown fabric interiors in cars from that era- sleek "spaceship" inspired exteriors.. and brown interiors

[@dominickcolasanto6582]

I think most of the style left with and when Elvis left the building.

[@darploin5071]

Cougar too looks like a Jaguar XKE

[@emjayay]

It's the Cougar II at 8:23 that has a lot of Corvette in it!

[@shukurroslan3742]

What a radical steering! I don't even expect that they had already designed gullwing steering during those days.definitely reminds me of KITT from Knight Rider.

[@jasonfarnsworth5880]

I don’t like Ford’s but that cougar 2 is sick they should’ve made that and the wagon is dope

[@spheresector]

Is that Chuck Jordan?

[@mxferro]

No...Chuck never worked for Ford...was 100 percent GM

[@MrDiajav]

fell into trance watching

[@insertnamehere5146]

my right ear thoroughly enjoyed this video. My left ear just got faint audio squeal and is unhappy

[@johnwade5747]

When they got to that outline of the 49 ford coupe,they could have stopped ,imo. Greatest lines ever.

[@henchicken1]

wonder how they would get the position indicator map to work accurately with 60's technology?

[@towrnghrybear]

What a shame they don't make ANYTHING that is as stylish or attractive -as these cars "of the future" - just suppositories shoved up our collective arses at a price ridiculous for the utter lack of quality and style. :(

[@jondoe8889]

I remember this car when it came out in the magazines. I don't think I got to see it at an car show. I was 11, and so excited, I wrote to Ford about it. They sent some 8x11 glossies in return. And what has been used in other cars? My 95 Merc Villager had lights like that, but just for looks.

[@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry2647]

What are glossies?

[@robertmcwhinney4596]

Imagine taking that wagon to the drive-in.😃

[@MrSloika]

@slinky460 The narrator is not talking about the mid-1970's era Mustang. The original Mustang concept car was a fiberglass two seater. This design was scrapped because it would not have sold in large numbers...two seat cars are not big sellers. The next Mustang concept car was a 2+2 design that was based on the Ford Falcon. This Mustang concept car was known as "Mustang II".

[@DeAudiofilosyLocos]

Great music, I wonder who was commissioned for the composition.

[@georgemcmillan9172]

The implimentation, of the divine principle, the cornerstone of function, style, lenght, width, height, depth, and visual perception...

[@Detroit8V92tta]

I want the station wagon because it has Knight Riders steering wheel!

[@glennso47]

And it talks. It says “A door is ajar.” I thought a door was a door but what do I know? 😳

[@NaturalBornSkeptic]

He spoke of a steering wheel that could be moved and returned to the operating position. Something like this would be useful for seat and mirror settings, like preset stations on the radio. A press of a button could return the driver's seat, mirrors and steering wheel to each driver's favored settings after someone else has driven the car or he has adjusted them for some other reason such as reclining. If such things already exist, it's only on more expensive cars than I've ever owned.

[@mexicancanteen9596]

The main reason I don't like going to the mechanic. They're all seven foot tall hunchbacks and ruin my seat position.

[@robertphillips6296]

I have to wonder if any of these concept cars still exist today or have they all been scrapped as is the usual fate of such vehicles?

[@OsbornTramain]

great film!

[@misterdavis9078]

Prototypes probably in some old garage waiting to be found

[@VinnyDaQ]

The Allegro looks like the bastard child of a Dodge Dart and a Mustang ! : P

[@kd1s]

Cool looking Cougar in this too. Looked a lot like the Camaro which was to come. It's too bad Ford didn't produce that one.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

It looked way too much like the Corvette of the day though.

[@at90percent]

I've gone deaf in my left ear!

[@emjayay]

The roof bar and thick column behind the front door on the Aurora is just like GM 1990-96 minivans!

[@Reddsoldier]

The car at 7:00 is basically a Volvo P1800. Change my mind.

[@chicorompecabesa]

4:37 this design. the shadow underneath the car look like a brush. Just have a mind of illusion. And on 5:43 looks interesting.

[@fashun4life]

It seems like we were far ahead of time back in the days. Everything that is being built now has now character. Most cars look similar with plastic everywhere and have looks of a jellybean. The world was a better place, I hope we realize it before it's too late

[@justindawson5930]

4:52 Go Speed Racer, go!

[@ManiaMusicChannel]

I think the paper GPS, was meant to be a screen but the used paper for the prototype 🤔