Basic But Beautiful - Everyday Cars of the '50s in Kodachrome COLOR

[@RobertGSwan]

A much better time period in America. Please take me back to the 50's and early 60's !

[@FrankGutowski-ls8jt]

Rampant segregation!!

[@keithdukes5990]

When America was at it's zenith!!!🤗👍

[@bobpierce115]

And the only way to go was down, and that's what happened. @@keithdukes5990

[@jameszemboy7237]

You're obviously white.

[@daleandrews3552]

I don't think anyone can argue against that. My sister has in her possession home videos in color of this era when I was a small child (born in '52) and she was an even smaller child or baby (born Jan. 4, '56). Our family had a '53 Olds Super 88 and a '57 Olds Super 88. The bank manager of our small town of DeQuincy, LA had just bought a '57 Chevy with the "Power Pack" option, which was a factory "souped up" 283 (4 bbl. carb and hotter cam). He had read somewhere the Olds Super 88 would be a bit faster in the 1/4 mile than the Chevy. Sure enough, they drag raced at an approx. 1/4 mile at the edge of town. My dad in his Olds beat the Chevy by over a car length TWICE! True story. 😉🏎

[@johnanderson3700]

I remember all these cars. Amazing how much styles have changed over the years. I’ve driven a lot of these cars and have fond memories of them. Thanks for posting.

[@rtflone]

@johnanderson3700 I wasn't quite old enuff to drive when these gorgeous pictures were taken, but I sure knew each of these cars. Speaking of time, America had roughly half the number of people we gave now, no internet no social media, and very little of today's craziness. The 50s were a glorious time in many ways...

[@johnanderson3700]

@@rtflone seems like only yesterday. During much of my childhood we had no car & I walked a lot; or took a bus with parents. Used to walk a mile plus to country store. One store whole community used to gather around stove in winter & visit: Boiled eggs on stove to share. An entirely different world back then.

[@rtflone]

@@johnanderson3700 It does seem like only yesterday and in many ways a better one. The Great Depression was only 20 yrs in the past. Other than a home mortgage if you could afford one people didn't live on credit and in debt. You bought what you could afford to buy and that's it. A much better way to live imho..

[@bradzimmerman3171]

Finally cars today (2023) are getting away from those gawd aweful hubcraps or wheelcovers that do absolutely nothing, and worse than bumper stickers or engine covers

[@classicmoviesvault]

I like watching classic movies so that I can see classic cars

[@ronfisher5259]

Yes, it was a wonderful time for great American automobiles- and brings back fond memories. Plus you let the pictures tell the story with very nice background music. Thank you- you’ve warmed a 75 year old heart this morning.

[@raagtop363]

Hurray for Kodachrome! I shot many rolls of that slide film and they still look great today. It really does justice to the great colors of these '50s cars.

[@johnanderson3700]

I have some old rolls still in freezer, but seems like no one will process the slides . My favorite film; especially for macro. I used to shoot 120 rolls of the slide film as well as 35mm. Digital just isn’t the same.

[@thom-mark6443]

Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors Give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah I got a Nikon camera I love to take a photograph So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away .......😁

[@DanSmith-qx4nl]

Mama don't take my Kodachrome away!

[@bondgabebond4907]

@@johnanderson3700 Maybe it's that today's color film pales compared to Kodachrome. I shot the crap out of Kodachrome for years. Images I took 40 years ago still look fantastic. Now, my late model Sony digital cameras look just as good, thankfully. Color pops at 42 and 61mp. So glad as I miss Kodachrome. No one can develop that film anymore. A real shame for photographers who wish to shoot film today. I've gone totally digital with these new cameras with the newer super sensors.

[@classicmoviesvault]

I think you are right the colors were really nice in the 1950's

[@hearttoheart4me]

Back when cars had style, class and color.

[@efandmk3382]

For color, class and style, you'd really need to fast forward to the 1960s.

[@davidspellman3059]

and the people

[@Pluviophile218]

so did people

[@marknewton6984]

Real cars😮!

[@Willowtree4876]

Yeah the. 50s 60s and 70s the cars were the best

[@johngolden891]

Glorious cars! Loved the two-tone colors, plentiful chrome, the change from the more rounded shape to "the box" body shape, and the fins of the late decade. And let's not leave out those hood ornaments -- clipper ship, Indian head, pelican, stylized plane among them. We had a '55 Chevy (Bel Air, White & Yellow) and a '58 Chevy with its infinity-design tail lights that was light and dark green. How I enjoyed washing those cars as a small kid in the 1950s. Thanks for bringing back happy memories.

[@waynepurcell6058]

Sorry but many of these cars are hideous, and no, I'm not all that young, I'm 58. Also chrome literally sucks. If it's not "perfect plate" it's just a rust bed. Don't think I'm being a "modern" ass either, as I think the '45 Flathead Harley Davidson is the most beautiful bike ever devised. Modern cars are just more "balanced" with nothing extreme in the visual to detract from the actual function. Everybody complains that they all look alike, well, that because it's something that is proven to WORK. Just like WWII fighter planes. 90% of them resemble each other. That is because "what works, works".

[@douglas_drew]

​@@waynepurcell6058• Perhaps those of us that were actually living in the 1950s have a greater appreciation of the cars of that decade. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't take any of them over my AWD Subaru Crosstrek, but I will always remember special times in 'fifties cars while no such memories will come to mind of my Crosstrek.

[@horaciomora75]

Desde 🇦🇷🇦🇷 Amo los coches de esta época de los USA car's

[@classicmoviesvault]

I agree the two-tone colors are the best

[@johngolden891]

@@classicmoviesvault I really enjoyed washing our white / light yellow 1955 Chevy and light green / forest green 1958 Chevy (with infinity sign back lights). Especially sunlight on polished chrome was a delight.

[@FloridaClay]

A handful of them were misidentified, but I really enjoyed seeing this.

[@robertstancliffsr9575]

I noticed 2 or 3 were wrong, could be more. Enjoyed the video anyway....

[@rtflone]

@FloridaClay Did you notice that most of the cars were 2 door hardtops only a few were 4 door sedans

[@bcala777]

Thank you for pointing that out some of them weren't even the right make never mind year

[@rdavis4366]

No biggie. It’s just great to see all the cars of yesteryear anyway!

[@bobpierce115]

While the latter part is true, it matters a lot on certain years and less on others. If it's a mild face-lift year like identifying a '53 Chevy as a '54 that's one thing, but saying a '54 is a '55 is a huge goof for back then. They id'd a '56 Merc as a '55 Chevy Sunliner, which is a Ford convertible. The model year of cars hasn't mattered for so long now, most people think it was always this way. It wasn't. @@rdavis4366

[@caryleepierce2605]

The colors of cars were so much more exciting back then.

[@Connection-Lost]

All images were fake AI generated pics.

[@earllutz2663]

Thank you for the video. Cars of the 1950's had a lot of style.

[@roncaruso931]

Kadachrome Color look better than my smart phones HD pictures! Love those cars. Built tough. Built in the USA!!!

[@MitchellMaichak-ze7mr]

Yeah , cars were better then , and so were cameras !!!

[@gustavoperez5480]

Why at your country don't build cars as before?

[@elaineewalt8137]

​@@gustavoperez5480 Very expensive to build today. 😔

[@gustavoperez5480]

@@elaineewalt8137 so sad.

[@TheTruthResearchers]

YES!!! Some of these were OUR 1950s RIDE for Years!!!! Beautiful Memory HeartWarm! Thank you!!

[@karengrohs4942]

These are the cars my parents and their friends drove in my childhood and that my high school friends drove in the 1960s. Thanks for the memories.

[@saxman1969]

Born in 1951 (now 73). Little did we know how good we had it, and how we were the last generation. Thanks for the video!

[@fob1xxl]

THAT 1955 MERCURY MONTCLAIRE CONVERTABLE WAS GEORGEOUS ! Cars used to be so exciting !

[@dmitryruskin6795]

American style of 50's , as for me, is the best car design ever

[@ClassicChrome86]

Love cars from the 50's and 60's. Great seeing them in their original new condition. I also love seeing how these photos look to have such a high resolution. Thank you for posting.

[@sharonjanto6559]

Grew up in the 50,s and long for those days again. The beauty and styling grace of these beauties can never be reproduced.Thanks for the wonderful memories!

[@davidbarnsley8486]

What a time to be alive especially in America None of the troubles of today

[@brian70Cuda]

The cars are always the stars:) Thank you for a great look back in time at them!

[@philarchambault5767]

These care are perfect untouched. you can se the happiness in peoples faces thank you vary much👌👌

[@randyscott2256]

Great clip!! & The color really takes me back!! I was born in 55. Love the vintage cars!!! Ahh memories ❤️

[@jodavies8952]

Golden years,fabulous pics 👍

[@JosephStJames2000]

How enjoyable. I'm from that time, and everyone had to have their photo taken next to their car.

[@georl1]

It was nice to see all those olds cars that I remember so well growing up even though you had the wrong year on several of them.

[@marycoleman9649]

and the make on ar least 3.

[@barryking6148]

right on ,@georl1, you would think that the producers would get the makes and years right ? , they named a 1955 or so , Mercury montcolm as another make and screwed up the model . They tried and the cars are beautiful and bring back good memory's .

[@carroyo911]

These exquisite cars were inarguably works of art. Just imagine how many of these cars are still available in Cuba ...

[@jamesrecknor6752]

Even a few in Viet Nam

[@dbnarizona]

Classic cars bring back fond memories! Thanks!😀

[@TheHistoryLounge]

Great point on the song. It's funny how these Kodachrome photos hold up so well, while the photos from the modern color film from the 1960s and after looks dim and dull in comparison. (Possibly partly due to cheap consumer cameras as well...)

[@koosvanzyl2605]

Most of these beautiful cars we were privileged to see in South Africa during the 50/60s. Thank you.

[@TheHistoryLounge]

Cool - I didn’t know that!

[@koosvanzyl2605]

@@TheHistoryLounge The first car I remember when I grew up was a 1949 Studebaker Champion. The same year that I was born.

[@Dadsezso]

I was a kid in the 50's and wished I had been old enough to own some of these cars when they were new. I've ridden in a good number of them as family members had some of these models and were die hard owners. It seemed brand and model loyalty was strong in my family. Not sure if others were like that. For instance, my grandfather would only own Oldsmobiles. My parents were die hard Chevy owners. An uncle would only buy Mercury's. An aunt that would only drive Plymouths and so on. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane.

[@bernardkroeger4045]

Yes interesting concept. It seems that " brand loyalty " was a big thing. Perhaps it is closely aligned to a persons sense loyalty to all things in life.

[@leversforever9748]

So true I was born in the early 50s and my dad only bought Fords where the rest of the family bought Chevys or Buicks. It's still Fords for me thanks' dad!!

[@Matthew_Loutner]

Yes. My grandfather always said Dodge was the best car and Chrysler was second best. He had 2 of those weird looking 64s parked in his driveway.

[@classicmoviesvault]

I agree with you

[@ChangeTomorrow]

Now Paul Simon's song makes complete sense. Great job and thanks.

[@stevefetterman9857]

You got most of them right, only missed a couple!! Great job! I appreciate the walk down memory lane.

[@robertoarellano8031]

Wish to have those good times again

[@lizzapaolia959]

You're videos are absolutely amazing. Such wonderful days for many...... Thank you again for sharing your videos and content. God bless you 🙏

[@pablo19136]

Beauties!! Real cars.

[@morenofranco9235]

A great photo-gallery of cars when they were beautiful and people when society was still sane.

[@Connection-Lost]

The video is all fake AI generated images

[@timford3599]

Isn't that the honest truth!

[@michaeldonnelly1657]

Kodachrome is just so beautiful

[@kendraper9091]

Thanks for this. I just love the old cars I grew up with!

[@5ivestring]

Beautiful cars! Liked the music too.

[@UnsaltedCracker267]

It was amazing to see how much some popular brands and models changed from year to year.

[@tomrinehart3022]

Love the music on this site!

[@alexadam353]

I lived through and saw most of these Fine rides during my young years. Gimme more!😁

[@alexadam353]

The accompanying music is Awesome. What is it?

[@artistsingerwriterproducer8288]

I love them all, every car had his own character

[@rolandemartin854]

So, so true! all you had to do is look at it and you knew if it was a Ford, Chevy, Olds or whatever

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[@MrSkybolt6]

Thanks so much. I always look forward to the great quality photos you bring,

[@dchaz3.0dacan18]

Back then a parking lot looked like a field of easter eggs. My friends dad had a new 1956 Buick Century and what a beauty. After all these decades I sill recall the colors. Cream White and Canary Yellow, and of course the chrome.

[@TheHistoryLounge]

Great description!

[@Matthew_Loutner]

My friend in high school had a 1963 Ford Galaxie that was Chestnut brown. It was a beautiful deep rich metallic brown. My 1968 El Camino was Tripoli Turqoise.

[@robkunkel8833]

This is a great selection of photos, as well. Nice work.

[@Connection-Lost]

These pics are AI generated

[@billmagorian490]

Cool "walk" down car memory lane. The color photos were great. A couple of the car dates were off. The people in the pictures were an added attraction. I would have been one of the little kids in many of these pictures.

[@titusrider7948]

The best decade our country has ever seen 😊

[@MemoryLN]

A handful of them were misidentified, but I really enjoyed seeing this. Thanks you!

[@serfcityherewecome8069]

Lol, yes...seeing that Merc called a Chevy basically had me questioning everything I'd ever seen or heard in my life. 🤪

[@dareisnogod5711]

YouS welcome.

[@Connection-Lost]

@@serfcityherewecome8069 Yes because its all fake AI generated images. you can't find these anywhere else because they are not real.

[@harrylong9781]

Real cars and they had the little wing that I loved. I remember growing up and I was born in the '60s so I rode in a few of these love riding in the backseat with the little wing open getting all that good air

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

I almost broke out in tears over memories of how life was so much better back then!

[@MrJimgillnm]

A+ Thank You for Producing & Posting this !

[@wilsonpina5261]

Época Mágica, os carros , as roupas , a arquitetura, as Canções os Grandes músicos e a cultura , obrigado por compartilhar

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid, really enjoyed!!!! 🤜🤛

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

Thanks for the Memories ❤It 😊

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I was born on Christmas Eve in 1956. My favorite decade of cars was always the 1950s. Whenever I went to a car show, I would always look at the ones from the 1950s. I loved their styles and colors.

[@jima3345]

Fantastic!!!

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

The Cars 🚗 Had a Style of Their Own ❤ Them 😊

[@TheOzthewiz]

The following corrections should be made: @3:29....'56 Ford ; @4:53....'55 Mercury ; @7:28...'50 Mercury. Thank you for uploading these GORGEOUS photos!

[@bigj1001001]

yep i have a 56 fairlane

[@marycoleman9649]

you got them.

[@victordeming9068]

2:14 that is a 1950 Hudson not a 51. At 2:50 that is a 51 Nash not a 52!!!

[@edwinlieberman-vj6uv]

This is a Great show of cars from the 1950's, it brings back many wonderful memories of my youth. I was a Big car fan and while looking at these cars makes me remember that it was a good time to live and grow up ! Thank you for showing us these fabulous cars ! Eddie Martin.

[@edwinlieberman-vj6uv]

1950 Mercury

[@johnjwedrall4290]

I still. Like each one of them.❤👍💯

[@maxmiguel500]

What an amazing time these years must have been . Such optimism and creativeness .

[@mattofbass]

Great Pictures !

[@adamwartlick9400]

😊

[@EricLehner]

So many interesting shapes, colours and interiors then. More variety, and flair, than today.

[@Connection-Lost]

Yes because its all fake AI generated images

[@siddrajput1029]

Loved the music.

[@zzzut]

Those were wonderful times! Cars were colourful and distinctive. Television was new and exciting. Music was great and so much fun. Not everything was perfect, of course, but life was good.

[@MrTPF1]

Exquisite cars with lots of style and panache. Now we have boring SUVs and crossovers that all look the same. 😞

[@efandmk3382]

They all looked the same back then. Only different degrees of ugly.

[@marknewton6984]

Viva 50's! Cars and women both looked better...

[@jefferywood5534]

I was born in 1960, I I still remember some of these cars still on the road as late as 1970. Great memories!

[@PapaDon46]

Thanks for the trip back in time. On road trips, my brother and I would see who could be the first to guess the year and make of the cars coming into view. Couldn't do that with today's models.

[@EduardoGonzalez-uf1vf]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!! What memories!!!!

[@themobseat]

People were lucky back then, everyone got to drive a classic car.

[@Kw1161]

My parents had a White 1950 Mercury when they moved to Tucson in 1954, pulling a 30 ft moving trailer, not many cars could do that today. Thanks for the memories and video. Have a great day.

[@OldCanadianguy953]

Things truly were better in the past.

[@animalactivist7820]

I was born in late ‘53, and was always a car-crazy boy.. so I remember well these cars. My Uncle had a new, two-tone ‘57 Chevy. Another Uncle was a prominent physician and alway had a NEW Cadillac every year, and a new Buick Super convertible for my aunt… his wife… every other year. The Buicks and the Caddys both had power windows at the time, which I thought was the coolest invention ever! My own mom & dad had new GM cars throughout most of my growing up years. Great memories in seeing these beautiful, stylish autos again! Thanks… and nicely done!

[@helpful5539]

Lot of great cars. That Lincoln at the start was sure sleek

[@paulazemeckis7835]

Love old cars. My family had an early 50's Desoto passed down for generations. Wish we would have kept it. I remember being in it. Was born in 1959.

[@dirkfischer2701]

wonderful age the fifties in the USA and great cars....better than ever

[@jamesb.9155]

5:41 Some of these photos are so amazing! This one in particular. Awesome presentation here!

[@Connection-Lost]

Yes because its all fake AI generated images

[@elaineewalt8137]

​@@Connection-Lost Shut up already, troll! If it's fake and don't care for it, get lost... 🤧

[@lufknuht5960]

U can draw a dividing line between cars of first half of 1950s, more basic, & 2nd half of 1950s, flamboyant

[@rosechambers4628]

As children of the sixties we played inside an old car sitting in the back yard like these ❤

[@glennsinner2618]

I really like the green 55 Chevy sunliner. Very rare never saw one before.

[@davidwilk5160]

That was a 1955 Mercury.

[@Connection-Lost]

@@davidwilk5160 Actually it wasn't even real. It was AI generated like the rest of the video.

[@sixtosilxtra4842]

Beautiful !! Very nice and interesting..

[@bobdillaber1195]

I was a teen in the 50s and loved cars! Every September the new models would come out where i lived and everyone was excited about it! They were exciting, great to look at designs, attention to detail, a visual delight to behold with all the uses of color. I think it was good for the brain! Seriously! Compare to today where everything's the same. Makes your eyes and brain lazy. And underdeveloped! Maybe thats why a lot of people are so crabby these days. 😂

[@daleandrews3552]

Well said and agreed. Back in those days, the dealers (at least where I lived in DeQuincy, LA) would put bedsheets over the glass in their showrooms to cover up the new model cars that had been driven in the night before. They would take them off beginning "new car day". In those days, cars differed in design throughout from top to bottom from year to year. They differed not only in sheetmetal, but in a completely differently designed DASH setup as well! All of us kids - at least those of us who were car lovers - would wait around on our bicycles outside on the street for the dealership staff to remove the sheets and boom, what a surprize!

[@marcob4630]

No doubt the best times for USA! Elegance, style and wealthyness: a bygone optimistic epoch!

[@bobdillaber1195]

@@marcob4630 Very well said!

[@marcob4630]

thanks ! @@bobdillaber1195

[@TomSpeaks-vw1zp]

@@daleandrews3552 Yes sir. I remember our dealers would cover the windows. And the cars were covered on the delivery truck/ trailers. My parents had a truck stop and a driver ask me if I would like to see a New 55 Chevy before it got to the dealer. He pulled the cover back and it was like Christmas for me. What a treat for a young teen in love with cars. I loved those days when gas was a quarter, & girls didn’t have tattoos ❤

[@danballard41]

I check your site daily...always thrilled to see a new video

[@lorenzomagazzeni5425]

Great musiC

[@AnnaM22]

Thank you so much for this video! 🤗

[@billolsen4360]

Two-tone cars impart an attitude of optimism. 2:12 Snow is very rare in Gorman and it never gets too cold there. Couple was out for a bracing, rare, cool-air top down spin in their Hudson Hornet.

[@bronzeburrey8790]

The 50s were a great time for railroads cars and even everyone grandparents

[@rolandemartin854]

Born in 1940, I remember seeing everyone of those cars on the road at one time or another. That's when each one was very distinguishable. All you had to do is look at it and you knew which one you were seeing! Miss those days!!

[@fjbronzo]

Very good and lovely memories!

[@hothemeep1219]

When did those cars disappeared ?

[@patbrennan6572]

Born in Dec 52 but I have some wonderful early memories of the fifties.

[@garryferrington811]

Kodachrome was an incredible film. It used a unique dye-transfer rather than dye-coupler process, so the color is almost as durable as an original Technicolor film print.

[@classicmoviesvault]

Thank you for sharing this information that was really informative

[@TS-ef2gv]

I was born in the late '50s and don't remember anything before the summer of '63, but of course there were still of lot of '50s care on the roads and in my family and friends families, so I have a lot of memories of riding in them. For example, my dad had a dark green '54 Belair that he had bought new, and when the sleek new '65s came out in the fall of '64, I went with him to spec out and order a new Belair. About a month later we got the call that it had arrived, so he and I went back to pick up the new one and drop off the trade-in '54. The '65 sure was nice, but I remember looking out the back window at the '54 as we drove off the lot and feeling kind of bad about leaving it behind. It was like we were abandoning a loyal member of the family. These photos also remind me of one of our neighbors, a widow in her 60s or 70s whose daily driver was a '53 Packard Clipper (white top, purple body) when we moved there in '64, and it was still her DD when we moved away in '71. When she was ready to do her daily trip to the local market or whatever, she'd come out all dressed up with her purse over her arm, open the swing-out garage doors, carefully back the Packard out, get out and close the doors (it was an empty garage, why not just leave them open?), and off she'd go with her gray hair and hat barely visible over that huge steering wheel. I seriously doubt that car ever left the neighborhood or went over 25 mph. When she came back, the process was reversed. It was a big production and all of us kids would stop and watch. That huge Packard fit inside that old wooden garage with only inches to spare, but as far as I know she never hit anything. Now that I think about it, I'm a retired widower with a pampered DD that I've owned for 18 years, so maybe I've become my street's version of the Packard lady. 😆

[@steveng-my6zk]

My parents and grandparents (on both sides) bought a new car every 1-2 years. So our home movies look just like this. My grandparents always bought Cadillacs.

[@holmfirthcomputers220]

Superb.... Many thanks ;)

[@gastrcat]

Cool!!!!

[@remilaska2702]

Beautiful cars in beautiful times

[@caspaabriel4794]

Though some looked staged as in advert. . A couple have the wrong year posted. I do'nt care in the least! Glorious, glorious, glorious!!

[@harrybarry2291]

Nice posting. I grew up then and remember all of these. America at its best. We are not the same today at all.

[@elaineewalt8137]

You can say THAT again..😒😔

[@josephseverino674]

Love the cars of 1950s and 1960s the colors the stylish looks that you know what make it is.Looking at some of the roads and streets, cars back then were very oil leaky LOL.Great video of classic cars in there prime 👍

[@classicmoviesvault]

I really love the paint job on the classic cars

[@keith4886]

I had many cars from this era. They were simple & easy to work on. Chrome was real chrome...not plastic & the hoods closed like bank vaults on strong hinges that required very little maintenance, just a little lubrication now & then to keep them in good shape. The engines were low stressed low RPMS & would run for years with little maintenence. NO computors or moduls!

[@budakota]

I Totally Agree with you 125%!!...TODAYS Vehicles Are Crap!!- one pays $15K-$100K For Crap That Will Only Last 5-8 years as opposed to $2-3K ( $20K-$30K Today) of 50 plus years ..when ALL Vehicles Were Made Of 98% Of True Metal (Solid) & Only 2% of Plastic Todays Cars Are Now Made 98% Plastic , 2% Metal Substance (thin)

[@seadog686]

I was an apprentice mechanic back in the early 60's and worked quite a few 50's cars too. Routine maintenance (tune-ups, oil changes, lube jobs) were done far more often than they are today. Tires weren't as good and didn't last as long. Corrosion was a bigger problem. I could go on but why bother. I will admit - styling was a lot more "dramatic" back then.

[@robkunkel8833]

And the car bumpers, if damaged, would be re-plated with a complicated electrolysis method. Companies were built around this need. Enter plastic bumpers. Exit this industry.

[@efandmk3382]

And any fender bender, no matter how small, could land you in the morgue.

[@vincentl.9469]

@@seadog686 ... and they were not as safe back then. Today's cars need less maintenance but when they do go wrong it will cost you dear. as they are so complex The other thing about those 50s cars, they were big, thirsty , polluting beasts. Gasoline was a few cents a gallon back then so people thought nothing of this ...

[@paulbroderick8438]

Amazing. Not a cookie cutter SUV amongst them!! Back when autos were not just getting you for A to B but works of art in their own right.