Ford Trader Thorne Sales Training Film

[@jeffreyphillips1650]

If I could wouldja! That line is forever etched in my mind, I was a car salesman from 1985 till 1989… Those were the days, my friend.

[@josephforest7605]

I sold for a short while , answering people's questions with a question . I love the movie Psycho , where California Charlie sells a car in less than 10 minutes , if it was only that easy .

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Joe makes ambulance chasers look good

[@jeffreyphillips1650]

😂

[@cookingshowaddict]

The Beav: "Oh Gee, Dad! I knew you weren't trying to rip nobody off!"!!! :)

[@farmalmta]

June: "anybody, Beaver. Your father wasn't trying to rip anybody off." "Yeah, mom. That's what I said. Jeez!" "Hey, mom, can I have another hunk of cake, please?" "Wally! You've had 2 pieces already! Don't you think you've had enough?" "Nah. You can't ever have enough of one of your cakes, mom." "Well... you just sweet talked yourself right into another piece. Pass me your plate. Ward, another piece? Ward? Ward!?" Wha... huh? Oh, uh, yes, with overdrive, dear. And whitewalls, too, if you have any."

[@benbiggerstaff6106]

Amazing video a lot of truth still to this day

[@michaelhungate7506]

Gee golly Wally, Dad's one heckuva good salesmen.

[@gabriel.954]

love it! When salesmen made house calls and swapped cars with "prospects"

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Picture in sales office is that of hank the deuce

[@GREALER]

Great video

[@v.dweller9945]

This has to be around 1950-1953, not 1956, based on the cars in the footage.

[@notesofdistinction5041]

"Ward's" demo is a '49

[@vikramparmar8093]

Damn....Ward worked his ass off....and gave away all his trade secrets...

[@mickeybitsko1676]

As Shelly Levine says, it’s called cold calling. Soft sell before we even had a name for it

[@berniepokorski2489]

Good Show!

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Barber phone answering techniques good at building his brand

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Mr Armstrong should have bought the car thru the drowsy vensus chapter of the mystic knights of the sea

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Hugh could have replaced Baldwin for the sales talk in glengarry. He’s from downtown, from Mitch and murray

[@stealthfighter2923]

Think dealerships in 2023 aren’t screwing you? According to Joe, A ton and a half stake truck only cost $2300. Adjusted to today’s prices, that’s only $24,000. You can’t even get into a base pickup for that amount. A ton and a half will cost you at least $70,000.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Mr Armstrong is Vic from Vic and sade

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Vic buying without Sade? Drowsy Venus chapter grand hi exalted leader.

[@farmalmta]

Wish my folks had been approached by a Ford salesman like Hugh Beaumont's character in 1950. They went the Chevrolet route initially and got scammed out of $200... a lot of money back then. Here's the story if you're interested: www.quora.com/What-is-the-strangest-scam-a-car-dealership-ever-tried-to-pull-on-you/answer/Farmal-Emta

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Hugh makes the glengarry guys look weak like Baldwin says

[@VAMP86M40]

3rd view

[@notesofdistinction5041]

Yes, back then. radios and heaters were OPTIONS. (And don't even DREAM about air conditioning.)

[@farmalmta]

Also options in 1949: a back seat, electric turn signals, outside rear view mirrors, back up lights. You could get your choice of 2 engines, 2 transmissions, many colors as drab or brilliant as you preferred, and various interior options from nearly burlap to opulent. Only kooks ordered seat belts, though.

[@busterbud]

@@farmalmta In those days you could also pick and choose individual options. Then at some point they became "packages." For example, if you want power windows you have to purchase the "convenience package" option which also had a power seat and power automatic antenna, so you had to buy and pay for the package of all 3 options, even though you only wanted one.

[@SylvainOfGandahar]

That view of the past could be happening on a different planet right now - the trust between people, the traditional family values, the refreshingly masculine men etc. - it was quite the effort to destroy this great country on so many levels.

[@daniellack3559]

I understand where you are coming from...I grew up as a baby boomer in the fifties and it was a wonderful time...as long as you were not black, gay, or of any minority...you should not forget that when looking back through rose colored glasses

[@Insomniamodelcars]

@@daniellack3559 ppl we're gay back then,and "blacks" were working at Ford making$ and buying Ford's of there on. Ford hired more"blacks" than any of the other car makers. Oh and about the "gays" back then u could be gay and not scream it from the rafters.

[@Insomniamodelcars]

Wish I was on that planet

[@joepierson3859]

MrBourchakoun you realize these were all actors don't you?

[@IHBERWIUHBDSAJ]

Russia is the only country with traditional Christian values now.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

I guess they didn’t have identity protection back then, throwing around personal info to anybody who asks

[@nlpnt]

Based on Ward's cars he must've switched from Ford to Mopar in about 1958 or so.

[@dave1956]

I’ve seen this video about 10 times. I’m still amazed at the sales tactics.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Joe uses cappers to get leads

[@bluegtturbo]

Back when guys were called Herb😂.

[@DMBall]

Believe it or not, one of the rules Henry Ford laid down in the early days of the Ford Motor Company was that it would never encourage people to buy cars on installment terms.

[@TheAutoChannel]

That's a nice piece of info. Do you remember where you found that citation? I would like to quote it sometimes.

[@DMBall]

@@TheAutoChannel Henry is quoted in Chapter 11 of James Flink's book "The Automobile Age," and that reference is repeated in my own volume "Heroic Sick People: The Automobile and an American Town in the 20th Century."

[@TheAutoChannel]

@@DMBall Thanks, David, and thanks for the heads up about your book. I'll try to pick up a copy of it. Regards. Marc J. Rauch

[@Lumotaku]

oh wow I hate this crap. I wonder how much people were hassled by these guys.

[@ICBMCatcher]

You wouldn't hate it if they worked for you.

[@justinl9077]

Sometimes the customer has to be talked into a sale even if the sale is beneficial to the customer. If you have an old clunker that breaks down a lot and costs a lot in repairs and is thirstier than newer cars in MPGs, a new car with better gas mileage will save you money even after deducting the car payment of the new car. It's understandably nerve-wracking for a buyer to sign up to buy a new vehicle. It's usually a person's 2nd largest purchase after a home.

[@Lumotaku]

@@ICBMCatcher I wouldnt send people house to house to sell cars.

[@Lumotaku]

@@justinl9077 this crap here is people going around badgering people not people coming a to a place to buy a car.

[@ICBMCatcher]

@@Lumotaku