Our cook in the cafeteria had a '55 210 with Power Glide and she was there every day. It never failed her. Her's was green. Even though she is long gone from Clarenceville and from the earth, I can still see her driving up and parking it. She would then exit and lock her door, go into the kitchen and make all kinds of good things for the students to eat. :)
@catfish24
3 жыл бұрын
I can remember our science teacher pulling up to our school in a brand new 68 green two door hard top Chevrolet impala
@EricJamesHanson
9 жыл бұрын
Indeed, the '55 was new from road to roof: frame, body, suspension, OHV V8, proportions, enlarged glass area. This car is still loved today.
@llanamejia
10 жыл бұрын
It is a shame the industry no longer employs the two tone exterior painting. Cars look gorgeous that way
@Symblotic
10 жыл бұрын
Car companies today doesn't think about style at all, only safety. That's why every car looks the same, a rolling egg with wheels.
@notnamed2519
9 жыл бұрын
+Symblotic agreed
@101Volts
8 жыл бұрын
+Symblotic Fuel efficiency is also in mind these days, though off the shelf cars still aren't as fuel efficient as they can be. They don't even have skirts on the rear wheel wells, on a pickup truck that would be a big increase.
@artbourgeois5392
5 жыл бұрын
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@ReroutedYearAD
4 жыл бұрын
@@Symblotic The Donut covered this since you posted that. The lack of color is at least primarily because we have been I economic recession for a long time.
@davids.7567
2 жыл бұрын
I'm only 16, but I've been longing for a classic car myself!
@larryshaver3568
8 жыл бұрын
This film has beautiful color
@YOUGOTIT210
12 жыл бұрын
I owned a 55 belair, 2 door post, V-8. If you will notice the 2 door hard top in the video, it is the same color as my 2 door post. I owned it from 1962 to 1965 and sold it while i was in the service to a guy who put a larger engine in it and wrecked the car. It was a beauty. GM had 5 different brands. The entry level was in this order: Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and top of the line Cadillac.
@joeessid6231
10 жыл бұрын
I suggest watching ALL of these at once. I hope they paid that announcer a lot to read that copy. By the end of the 10th commercial I was chanting "Plenty of power with our Turbofire V8 and two new blue-flame sixes!" He probably went crazy and never worked again, if he had to do all of these on the same day.
@MisterMikeTexas
Жыл бұрын
A little whiskey to soothe his pipes, and he was good as new!
@RealmsofPixelation
5 жыл бұрын
When auto makers gave a damn.
@orkycathcart6397
4 жыл бұрын
SO MUCH UNLIKE THE SHIT THATS BEING PASSED AS CARS TODAY !!!!!!
@jonathanweimane6926
4 жыл бұрын
How about Tesla?
@cowerdnerddespacito9518
4 жыл бұрын
Hey remember it’s the government’s and imports fault the gov’t safety and smog laws and imports for just being high quality and low price
@Kinseydsp
3 жыл бұрын
And you could go anywhere You wanted without the New BS.
@geoben1810
2 жыл бұрын
My God! The two tone blue and white coupe and the convertible were absolutely gorgeous! I was born in 1956 and there were still a few of these magnificent machines on the road when I was a little kid growing up in the 60s. Too few, these, along with the '56s and '57s were all mostly gone by the time I was old enough to drive. Now I can't afford to buy one of these beautiful classics. 😣
@234dilligaf
3 жыл бұрын
I dare anyone to have a drink every time you hear the word "New" in this video.
@georgemartin1436
5 жыл бұрын
That red convertible is so cool..
@johnhiram1207
11 жыл бұрын
I had the basic model with 2 doors and 6cyl 3 speed on the collum. That car ran and ran. One tough car for sure. Sadly it died of rust rot but engine ran like new. That was one of my favorite cars and have some great pictures. It did ride good and handled great. It was used when I got it at 10 years old!
@camgnilpe9300
5 жыл бұрын
I SMELL FUCKING BULLSHIT!
@JT-SE-OHIO
4 жыл бұрын
I miss the two tone paint and being able to see all four corners of the car instead of guessing where there at on today's cars. My Uncle bought his first new car in 1955, it was butterscotch and cream color. He was really proud of that car. He washed and waxed it all the time. Every time he did it seemed to get shinier. He traded it in on a new Buick in 1960 and then in 1965 he went back to a new Impala.
@margegsell958
2 жыл бұрын
My first car was a ‘55 Belair with a 265 V8. It had 2 speed pier glide and power brakes and steering. I well remember getting gas for 17 cents a gallon and you got eagle stamps too.
@eneidaparra3727
4 жыл бұрын
El Chevrolet Modelo 210 de 1955, ha sido muy codiciado por lo practico y funcional. Gracias
@_modiX
7 жыл бұрын
I love the look of the old Chevrolet cars and I'm only in my mid 20s. I wished they would revive the look and feel in new cars, it's a shame. Most cars today look like garbage on shape and form.
@ruffinjd6231
5 жыл бұрын
That's why Ford and Chevy are both quitting production of most of their sedans. No one wants them anymore.
@Davelement
5 жыл бұрын
Well I'm glad you like it. I have a '55 mint black on black no post that I bought from a family estate thinking I can't let it leave the family. At the same time I thought it was a really bad financial decision because all the guys interested in old cars are dying. I love the car, but I hope some day if shit hits the fan financially, I can get my money back.
@lacuevadegolum9448
2 жыл бұрын
@@Davelement i may be interested I'm from Mexico
@sjalana1
11 ай бұрын
I love 55 chevy it will be an honor to have one of this.
@rsanchez1669
8 жыл бұрын
build quality, materials and steel used will never be the same. my new truck isnt even close the sturdiness of my 57
@glennarrington8419
6 жыл бұрын
Never be another car that gets the notoriety as 55 chevy
@TheInkPitOx
5 жыл бұрын
Back when new cars really were different each year.
@rubber20021
10 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when things were simple , reliable, and American made!
@rubiconnn
4 жыл бұрын
These things wouldn't even make it to a hundred thousand miles before they fell apart and needed constant tuning. Now cars can do 300,000 miles no problem and fuel injection never needs adjustment.
@orkycathcart6397
4 жыл бұрын
@@rubiconnn THEN YOU DRIVE THEM SINCE THIERR AS FUGLY AS YOU ARE !!!!!!!!!
@orkycathcart6397
4 жыл бұрын
@@rubiconnn AND YOUR TALKING CHEVYS , WHERE AS FORDS LASTED A LIFETIME WITH NOT A PROBLEM ANYWHERE !!!!!!!!!!!!
@rubiconnn
4 жыл бұрын
@@orkycathcart6397 You okay old man? You forget to take your meds?
@ReroutedYearAD
4 жыл бұрын
@@rubiconnn you may not need to adjust fuel injectors, but you can. And many people still prefer performance.
@goyeabuddy
9 жыл бұрын
they're right, a huge difference over the '54 Chevy! 1st yr Chevy introduced the 265 cubic inch, V-8... the 283 cubic inch came out in '56 & was probably the most reliable Eng. Chevy ever built... I have a '65 chevelle with the 283 & its still going strong here in 2015!
@Holiday48000
9 жыл бұрын
the 283 Cubic Inch Chevy engine did not come on the market in till 1957. The 265 was the V-8 only choice, it came in 2 versions the two barrel single exhaust and the Power Pack option with 4 barrels and dual exhaust in 1955 & 1956
@goyeabuddy
9 жыл бұрын
John L you are right john, the 283 did come out in '57.. so much for relying on my memory! lol
@coolstang609
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the videos! I did not know that they had color shows in the mid 50's. That's cool.
@deagol43
10 жыл бұрын
These were commercials shown in (usually) drive-in theaters. Colour TV was pretty rare in '55.
@coolstang609
10 жыл бұрын
Oh OK.
@fromthesidelines
9 жыл бұрын
Yes, these were shown in movie theaters and drive-ins, with a "local dealer's tag" attached at the end {"See the new 'Motoramic' Chevrolets for '55 at Bob Jenkins' Chevrolet- 1418 Mansfield Avenue, in Clifton."}.
@Peedmypantaloons
5 жыл бұрын
Although NBC broadcast color programs and Dinah Shore was on NBC and sponsored by Chevy. Our TV was a black & white though.
@NoPaintGarage
10 жыл бұрын
now that is a REAL car right there! not like the absolute CRAP today. drive your classic. 'cuase lifes just better in a classic. p.s. I drive a '72 pickup.
@deagol43
10 жыл бұрын
At least a '72 came with seat belts. The '55s offered them as an option, but I bet not too many ordered them. In '56, Ford promoted safety with a number of features, like a safer steering wheel, and advertised that fact. People figured that any carmaker who promoted safety MUST build a poor car, and they stayed away in droves, despite the '56 Ford's styling and features matched Chev's almost exactly.
@NoPaintGarage
10 жыл бұрын
Barrie Templeton you got that right. also the fords came out with there stronger shatter proof glass that they demonstrated by throwing a bowling ball at the window, which also drove people away.
@BananaPhoPhilly
10 жыл бұрын
Hey, what a coincidence
@101Volts
8 жыл бұрын
+Barrie Templeton I wonder why people thought that. "Oh look, they're promoting a safe car. How stupid! Clearly it's better to die impaled on the steering column than to live another day." I'm sure a lot of people before, during and since then who ended up in a wreck weren't really planning to do so yet they ended up in one anyway. Even I came close to hitting a deer once.
@khalil9611
7 жыл бұрын
Barrie Templeton: The point is Chevy offered seat belts... Don't get angered about it! They could've chose to not make seat belts at all and end up like Buick and the others...
@johnturbo7714
10 жыл бұрын
I love the look of the 55 myself, that's why i bought one.....
@ronnaldoleary1372
4 жыл бұрын
43 different interiors!!! Today you have black and ....... well black
@charlesmichael9188
5 жыл бұрын
MOm had a 2 tone white and turquoise 2 door BelAir. It was loaded, and a beauty.
@tomfields3682
6 ай бұрын
The one I wanted to buy in highschool was tutone too, blue and rust.😅
@johnbehneman1546
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!!! So beautiful!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!
@brandbryce
3 жыл бұрын
What’s new? EVERYTHING!
@Lousybarber
4 жыл бұрын
Two tone paint, a nice selection of interior colors and if you did not like this year's styling, wait for next year's model. It would look different and be all new.
@101Volts
8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I know cars from the 1950s are easy to work on. So is my Grandpa's 1941 Dodge Truck. I still don't want to wreck in a car like that even if I'd like to drive one, and if I end up with that truck and work on it, it's getting seat belts - if I plan on driving it.
@gailbrown6133
7 жыл бұрын
I had one and I loved it.
@davidhughes1890
5 жыл бұрын
Father had a chocolate brown 55 Chevy two door. The 55 Chevy was the best styled auto ever made.
@thebestisyettocome4114
7 жыл бұрын
Outstanding video. Thanks 👍
@catfish24
3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best looking cars ever made. I all ways wanted one a two door hard top.
@tomfields3682
6 ай бұрын
Disagree. The 56 was the best of the 50s.
@asslowshop396
3 жыл бұрын
Found one of these, abandoned next to a house that was also abandoned while I was hunting a few years back. I don’t know what year it was, but it was all rust, no paint. I’m guessing there used to be a road there way back then. Everything was left in the house. It’s almost like everyone left in quite a hurry, there where children’s books from the 50’s and such. There was an apple tree by the house. Still thriving. It was sad to see that beautiful Bel Air just rot. There was no way to get it out. There was a road… but it was up a steep incline, and it turned a major left onto a left degree incline. So you where leaning left right on the brink of flipping. Sad. I think about it every day.
@The_R-n-I_Guy
3 жыл бұрын
Back when cars had style and car companies actually tried to make cars last.
@garywood9525
11 жыл бұрын
Ah, the good old days of cheap gas and record employment with homes you could afford with just one paycheque.A neighbour had a 56 Ford,57 bel air 2dr htp, 59 impala convt, 59 rambler, and then later on a new 67 Mustang. GM started the trend to Trade-in every couple of years as the status symbol and buy the newest technology.
@jerrycaughron7378
5 жыл бұрын
Where is Dinah? She should introduce that Beautiful car! With her looks and Stunning voice!.
@chriswright8464
5 жыл бұрын
My Dad had 55, 6cyl. Belair, Green . My Mom wanted a creme colored roof so my Dad had it painted. It was a Good family car.
@charliethornton2891
3 жыл бұрын
The best looking car made
@jackli1485
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for upload
@georgeharleydavidsonrider156
5 жыл бұрын
Just think back in 1955 we had balance budgets in this country. We did not run a federal deficit until 1961. We were building the interstate highway system. Everything was made in America. Everything made overseas was junk. I remember going to the five and 10 cent store looking at Japanese toys. We used to say everything made in Japan was junk.
@kurtperleberg3478
5 жыл бұрын
Any Thing Made In Japan Today (Except Toyota Cars And SUVs And Trucks And Honda Cars And SUVs And Video Games) Suck.
@TheWambofilms
4 жыл бұрын
Take a shot everytime the guy says “new”
@ReroutedYearAD
4 жыл бұрын
At 1:00 he says it 14 times, not counting the written 'new' on the pad at opening. You may as well just chug a gallon.
@IronClad292
9 жыл бұрын
I love 1950's turquoise color, especially in two tone with white. I bought an old house once that still had the 1956 Signature water heater and it was the same turquoise and white color, LOL.......Oh, and the water heater still worked great. This was in 1996........
@guthrieoklahomachannel1
2 жыл бұрын
FFV Four Fender Visibility! Man that is for sure and so cool!
@manonmars2009
6 жыл бұрын
Turbo Fire V8 engine, without the turbo. Now that's quite some engine!
@camgnilpe9300
5 жыл бұрын
it did not say turbocharged . fucking 21st idiot!
@camgnilpe9300
5 жыл бұрын
21ST CENTURY IDIOT!
@sleepyrasta420
3 жыл бұрын
My dad was born in 1955
@VinnyDaQ
11 жыл бұрын
I'd love to have a black '55 coupe like the one Harrison Ford drove in "American Graffiti" !!
@tomfields3682
6 ай бұрын
Um, wasn't that a 58?
@travisslaa7562
10 жыл бұрын
love this car
@americancitizen2247
5 жыл бұрын
The ad for the convertible at 6:17 - looks like Timberline Lodge in the background. One of FDR's WPA projects.
@dietomorrowig1860
3 жыл бұрын
50' : adverts taking about mechanics Today: talking about gizmos 🤫
@charlieharper4975
5 жыл бұрын
My first car was 55 Chevy. Syncromesh transmission? Ha-ha! Blue flame engine? Ha-ha! 235 stovepipe with oil bath air cleaner. When she finally died she went straight to the junk yard. But, yeah, easy to work on. Anyone could be a backyard mechanic back then. 43 interior choices? Now your lucky if you get two - black or gray. You also had a couple of dozen paint choices. Now, in an econo car you get 5 or 6. But cars were bare bones back then. You got a heater and a vent. Maybe a push button am radio with a single speaker in the dash. Power steering, brakes, windows? What were those? A/C? Ha-ha...... Oh, yeah, one thing they don't tell you about is the cast iron steering wheel. It was huge and in the summer it got so hot you couldn't even touch it after you started the car. And god forbid if you slammed it into with no seatbelt in a car accident. Those cars were real ovens during the summer.
@camgnilpe9300
5 жыл бұрын
FUCKING PUSSY!
@hd4100
Ай бұрын
I have this incredible feeling of déjà vu
@BananaPhoPhilly
10 жыл бұрын
Wow, I didn't know they cared about gas savings in the 1950s.
@Davelement
5 жыл бұрын
Me too
@BonafideToolJunkie
5 жыл бұрын
@@Davelement probably 25 cents a gallon back then.
@ReroutedYearAD
4 жыл бұрын
@@BonafideToolJunkie may have been in some places. My mother was born in 1969 and remembered gas being a quarter a gallon.
@bertgrau9246
3 жыл бұрын
@@BonafideToolJunkie I bought gas for 25 cents a gallon in 1972 so I would think gas was closer to around 17 or 18 cents a gallon in 1955 . a lot of folks didn't make a dollar an hour though.
@MarkMeadows90
2 жыл бұрын
Love the 55 Chevy. Popular car to "hop up"
@RMB42
11 жыл бұрын
I'm diggin' that two-tone Bel Air hardtop starting at 2:00.
@krypticstone5666
3 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather had a 55 Chevy bel air, instead of usually red and white or blue and white he had a pink and dark gray, I never met him or seen the car, but it would have been beautiful
@lray1948
11 жыл бұрын
Can't help but notice the torpedo shaped pointed center of steering wheel, aimed at the driver's sternum. Safety was not a great concern in '55.
I wish I could find the segment from a Good Times video I used to have that had a '55 Chevy being compared to a '54 Lincoln. It was done at the GM proving grounds to show how much smoother the Chevy "Quadra-Poise Ride" was over the Lincoln. A light was mounted to each car, and as each car went by, a camera took a picture. Of course, the Lincoln photo had bumps in it, but the Chevy was smooth as can be. "A ribbon of light burned on film" was how they promoted it.
@TheOzthewiz
5 жыл бұрын
@02
@chriswright8464
3 жыл бұрын
Pop's had a 55 Belair with the 6. Green with a cream roof.
@tomfields3682
6 ай бұрын
I was gonna buy one of these for $300 when I was in highschool, but my parents said I had to buy my own car insurance which was more than the cost of the car 😢
@trr5291
2 жыл бұрын
In color is nice. You get to see what color the cars are.
@josephi1047
11 жыл бұрын
Did the announcer mention it was NEW? And what exactly is Motoramic? The side view shot from 2:33 to 2:40 is gorgeous!!!
@hagbard72
11 жыл бұрын
I want some of them there blue flame sixes.
@sherifmohsen1974
11 жыл бұрын
Just a response to some of the commenters here. I had a 4 dr sedan Bel-Air in Egypt. it actually DID have an oil filter, but actually it was a big donut filled with motor oil at the air intake and the intake air would be directed down to the oil in the donut before going up into the engine, trapping dust before going into the engine. Middle east option perhaps?
@camgnilpe9300
5 жыл бұрын
BULLSHIT PERHAPS!
@dinkydober
11 жыл бұрын
I still laughing at how the woman at 4:20 just got out and wandered off without shutting the door! Was 420 involved?
@camman6912
11 жыл бұрын
I had a 55 chevy that my dad I restored in the 70s and I wish I had never sold it!
@ricardorodrigues7304
Жыл бұрын
muito, lindo parabéns.
@ZerokillerOppel1
10 жыл бұрын
motorcar + panoramic = "motoramic" ??.lol, love these old commercials!
@mrkeno1000
9 жыл бұрын
mr minigun the 265 V-8 had an oil filter it was a cartridge type pain to change
@TheInkPitOx
5 жыл бұрын
Weren't they referring to Motorama, the auto show?
@clemnewton9995
4 жыл бұрын
Older cars have the look of style
@EricJamesHanson
9 жыл бұрын
Many of the cars in the commercials were "plain Jane" 4 door sedans. Kind of interesting that they did that, when the Belair Hard Tops were so mujch more attractive.
@pjimmbojimmbo1990
3 жыл бұрын
@ 6:52 Luxury Interiors? If that was one of the "even more luxurious interiors", what did the entry level look like, Park Benches/folding Chairs?
@rogozzy1
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting that ads do not use Radio option and so much base models.
@vasi0011
5 жыл бұрын
Why do these advertised 55's look longer than the ones that we still have today?
@theprimalpitch190
7 жыл бұрын
Apparently it's NEW!
@walterbrob
11 жыл бұрын
Don't feel bad I had a '55 a '69 GTO and a ' 70 roadrunner...gone.. I do have a C5 corvette and a '67 chevelle SS. But I still miss those cars I sold...cheap.
@NotedName
3 жыл бұрын
Nice recommendation youtube!
@almicareventos8039
9 ай бұрын
The Best Chevrolet of all times
@geo58impala
14 жыл бұрын
the first ones the best
@tdiamonds23ice82
4 жыл бұрын
Those are nice cars
@juliojuliocesar8577
3 жыл бұрын
A super maquina
@MaverickWindsor351
12 жыл бұрын
i know where a 57 bel air is.I also know where a 55 belair is.Along with a Chevy || and a rambler Marlin fastback.
@ZerokillerOppel1
10 жыл бұрын
Were these ads shown in movie theaters or on tv?
@bertgrau9246
3 жыл бұрын
Both
@sandrasnider6077
5 жыл бұрын
Anyone know what a 1955 Bubble Maker is? I have one .
@keachmister
9 жыл бұрын
Four fender visibility yes, but I didn't see outside mirrors on any of them. Guess they didn't want to spoil that show car look.
@pedrorivas9970
9 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, outside mirrors were an option in 1955. As an owner of a 1956, I can tell you that the visibility is awesome in these cars.
@tomfields3682
6 ай бұрын
You could buy em at the auto parts store for a couple bucks and screw it on your self.
@keachmister
6 ай бұрын
Or JC Whitney! The go-to catalog of all time. ;)
@tomfields3682
6 ай бұрын
@@keachmister That's the one! I couldn't think of the name of it. Remember how they sold those light up brake lights you could mount on your rear window ledge that were shaped like a middle finger so when you stepped on your brakes you gave the driver behind you the finger?😂😂
@wjksea
12 жыл бұрын
They were eye catching. It was an exciting era, the golden age of the middle class in the United States. The standard of living and gone down and the population has gone up. The United States has lost much ground for the majority of its citizens. In spite of the nostalgia, these cars were not as safe in a collision. See 2009 chevy malibu vs. 1959 chevy.
@101Volts
8 жыл бұрын
I wonder why people were so adamant about not buying seat belts then when they were optional. "Oh look, they're advertising safety. How stupid! I want to have head injuries!" Oh sure, do you ever really plan to have a wreck? I hear you there, but it's still a nice addition to have belts.
@busguy100
8 жыл бұрын
+Austin Lucas It was a time that had no internet and people made decisions on how it was
@Spookyboi-ti9od
6 жыл бұрын
Austin Lucas Any car is unsafe if you misuse them. You can still get killed or injured in an accident. Yes cars today are safer, and more durable. But it doesn't mean you can't get yourself hurt.
@101Volts
6 жыл бұрын
True, True (though I feel like being gentle to those fools,) and True. The nut behind the wheel's the biggest factor, after that there's the car's condition. *Still,* I like having good brakes in case some fool decides to brake check me although I don't think I would let that happen in the first place.
@mattcrooke8321
5 ай бұрын
1955 “43 wonderful new interiors to choose from” 2024 “interior choice? Sorry? It’s grey seats and grey plastic dash”
@lray1948
11 жыл бұрын
Cant help but notice that even in nicer models, the radio is often not standard and is missing.
@bertgrau9246
3 жыл бұрын
That and air conditioning, that was high dollar if even available
@chuckholcombe
11 жыл бұрын
Ooooh, a "Motoramic" Chevrolet! Nice!
@stasstasov3324
9 жыл бұрын
Ага! Вот с какой машины ГАЗ13 срисовали! :-)
@13thmistral
4 жыл бұрын
Drove my chevy to the levee ?
@riceUSMC
11 жыл бұрын
count how many times the announcer says "new"
@5610winston
7 жыл бұрын
Maybe the film is faded, but the colors shown here are positively drab!
@Handiman544
12 жыл бұрын
cars today are much safer than the "good ole' day" cars. They tested a 1955 Chevy at 40mph head on collision and compaired it with a new Chevy. The crunch area entered more than half way into the driver compartment in the 55...not so with the new one. You can say what you want about modern cars, but they are safer than they ever have been in our history. More weight doesn't equate with more protection..not back then.
@paulbryans1732
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly who is "they" I had two different 55 chevs, with steel dash and no seat belts,,,and now drive a nice newer car made half tupperware and spandex, Sorry even without seat belts I would prefer to be inside the steel Lol
@michaelweizer7794
4 жыл бұрын
@@paulbryans1732 Just remember there are some who get their rocks off on watching cars crash into wall's!!!!!.
@jasoncarpp7742
11 жыл бұрын
I prefer the styling of the 1956 Chevrolets. I find its front end to be more attractive than that of the 1955 Chevrolet.
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