Comments by "g bridgman" (@1940limited) on "King Rose Archives" channel.

  1. 59 years later we have women marching all over the country bitching about being deprived of their rights and equality to men. Here's a professional woman more than half a century ago in a lofty position with a prominent magazine doing a very professional commercial. Mostly women are driving the car, too. I remember when 58 Edsels were new. I always liked them, but never got one. It's almost impossible to find a good one today. The troublesome Tele-Touch drive was optional on the Ranger and Pacer. A conventional column-mounted shifter came on those models, either automatic or stick. If I could time travel a red Pacer convertible with stick shift would be my choice. The bigger Corsair and Citation, built on the Mercury platform, came standard with Tele-Touch. I'd stay away from them, although they are nice, too. I highly doubt I'll ever find my dream Edsel this late in the game.
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  2. Damn, did thee guys work hard! It looks real dangerous, too.
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  3. Kind of silly, but fun. Some of the features of that car have become reality. 
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  4. In 1968 a friend of mine knew a guy with a black 58 Edsel convertible that needed an exhaust system. They abandoned the car at the local drive in just to get rid of it. He went along for the ride. Hard to believe, huh? He doesn't remember what model it was, but a convertible would have had to be a Citation or Pacer.
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  5. Yes, and only 3 months into his admin he's well on his way to destroying the nation.
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  6. Now they don't even make them anymore. Great promotional video.
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  7. This video's somewhat timeless. It's still relevant now.
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  8.  @jamesslick4790  Now it's all made in China. I remember when everything was "Made In The USA." You saw that stamped on just about everything.
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  9. Remember 55 and 56 were 265s. 283 started in 57.
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  10. I had the same feeling and have never been much of a Mopar man.
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  11. Interesting the side mounts had just a wheel with no tire.
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  12. No need for sound. The message is clear.
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  13. I have a book from 1936 used in high school driver training classes. Kids today couldn't' handle cars like that if their life depended on it.
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  14. Damn good video! Things aren't' much different today. I like the idea of putting up those signs where people have been killed. There's a shock factor there that might wake up people and force them to be more careful, both drivers and pedestrians. You could show this video today in classrooms.
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  15. I prefer these ads over the woke BS of today.
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  16.  @KingRoseArchives  You're right about the stumbling economy but I never had any problem with 58 styling.
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  17. Why?
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  18. Certainly a better place than it is today. I love the cash register. You had to think to operate that one.
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  19. This video, despite its age, carries a powerful message. The little kids are just as cute as they are today.
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  20. It's all a matter of opinion. I remember when 58 Edsels wee new. I always liked them, but never got one. Obviously the bulk of the market place didn't agree with me. Today it's virtually impossible to find a good one. If you do, the price is on the moon.
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  21. I think the silent part in the beginning was cars with the new Chrysler straight 8, but there's no mention of it. They also had 4 speed transmissions.
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  22. Not quite. Ranger, Pacer and the wagons were built on the Ford platform. Citation and Corsair wee built on the mercury platform with what turned out to be the troublesome Tele-Touch drive as standard equipment. You got a conventional column-mounted shifter in the smaller models unless you ordered the optional push buttons. Stick shift was also available in those.
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  23. And did it all with a cigarette in his hand!
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  24. All things considered, she did a good job on the commercial. Today women bitch about equal rights. 59 years ago this lady had an executive position. What's the problem?
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  25. Just like today!
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  26. Nothing wrong with that! Wake up and pay attention!
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  27. 57-58-59: All different.
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  28. I loved 58 Edsels, but would opt for the Chevy first.
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  29.  @billbright1755  I'll take a red 58 Edsel Pacer convertible with stick shift and a baby blue 58 Impala convertible with the same set up. I knew a lady years ago who had a black 58 Impala convertible with stick, 3-speed on the column, 283.. Everybody in town was after her for that car. This was in the mid to late 70s. Don't know what ultimately happened to it, but I'll never forget it.
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  30. It's a 53.
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  31. 58 was the Eisenhower recession. All car sales wee off.
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  32. Yes, it certainly was fun to see, drive and buy. It was a great era when cars were exciting and more than just functional. I liked the Biscayne 2-door sedan also in the showroom. My cousin had one of those, totally stripped, but it was all she could afford. I noticed the 58 Impala convertible in the background. I wouldn't trade that for the 59 wagon, but it would be a nice companion car. The "old car" looked like a 41 Chevy.
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  33. She's a highly successful business woman at a time when many were still housewives.
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  34.  @paulshaffer9674  You could get an 8 cylinder Desoto in 1930. I'm not sure after that. For some reason Desoto and Dodge only got 6s. Dodge was 6 only after 1934.
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  35.  @TheOzthewiz  Turn signals were standard by 1955, but a heater was optional.
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  36. 55 was a good year for the entire US auto industry.
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  37. That might be a stretch, but they certainly were nice. I remember when they were new and I always liked them. But I never got one.
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  38. I wouldn't kick either of them out of the garage.
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  39. I knew a guy who had a Hudson around 1950 vintage. He blew the straight 8 and replaced it with a 6. the starter kept jamming, so he stopped using the car. We scrapped it in the mid 70s.
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  40. More like depressing.
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  41. Yes.
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  42. Then as now, you don't run out onto a busy road and you don't take your eyes off the road.
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  43. Yes, I'd take the Chevy over the Plymouth, too. Those flat heads needed valve jobs almost when new. Plymouth used that engine through 1960.
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  44. This film could be shown today. The message is still there.
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  45. Test track.
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  46. Flint was Buick City, GM's oldest and largest plant at the time. Were the Corvettes built there?
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  47. Why?
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  48. Bullshit!
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  49. I saw one 59 Buick go by towards the end.
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  50. Nash and Duesenberg also had them, but most manufacturers used flatheads. Pontiac used it through 1954. So did Packard.
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