- THX1205
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01From the days when the US was a hell of a good country!
- paintballgundown8
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01Looks like they are proud of their cars. i wonder what happened to them
- LerfaMu1
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01My Granny had a ’61 white Impala convertible with red interior… What a car! but then she traded it for a 1964 Plymouth Barracuda!!! What a Granny she was!!! If only she were still here today, she would absolutely LOVE the cars from today. Hi Granny wherever you are, probably driving in Heaven!!!
- chaimyamin
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01@EgaoNoGenki Well, I very much remember what we did in those days beofre the internet, or smart phones, etc: If we had to research something, we had a library. Or if I wanted to reach somebody person-to-person, I dialed 0 for Operator Assistance. Or I would turn on my dad’s new Magnavox Dynacolor TV if I wanted entertainment which there was plenty of on CBS, NBC, or ABC when I wasn’t playing outside. Some important things have been lost to the computer age.
- fgldnglbs
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01@chaimyamin That was afternoon talk/variety with former band singers, Shore, Douglas and Griffin.The topics, often controversial, were the territory of half-forgotten morning host Phil Donohue. That was, of course, also the time of prime time variety, at least until the late 70′s. I guess after that, afternoon variety’s days were numbered. Then came Mort; Jerry and Geraldo. You could probably call ex-morning icon Regis a throwback–or absolutely the end of the line.
- chaimyamin
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01@fgldnglbs between 1953 and 1988, there was some sort of “Dinah Shore” show. The format developed into a TV talk show by the early 70′s, and most of those years, she broadcasted in the early afternoon, and developed a significant female following. She basically was the Oprah Winfrey of her day. The other refreshing thing to me was, she didn’t have lesbians, tatooed low-lifes, or troubled teens as guests on her program!
- chaimyamin
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01@Podevarius Especially considering that, in 1961, Detroit was one of the top ten richest cities in the world. But now….Motor City is one of the most dangerous slums in the USA, despite the fact that America is still the most lucrative car market in the world. You can thanks to the unions and the punishing regulatory attitude of government, your future Chevy or Ford will eventually be built with slave labor (arrested Christians) in China!
- chaimyamin
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01@toresbe I don’t care what they say about them….I’d rather have the old dinosaurs over the new world order hands down!
- kennethcharlesrhea
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01Wow – a two and a half minute commercial. What would that cost today…a few million?
Looks better than any car of today.
- ctmale1956
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01yep — go to Detroit Town now……
- gillianorley
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01Interesting how small the tail-lights were on all those cars.
- SuperKasson1
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01I had the mumps when my folks had a new ’61 mis that car, my dog died on the back seat in my arms on my birthday in the backseat on the way to the vet…as an old man age 62, I will always remember that.
- guitar911rock
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01they don’t make em like they used to…
- MrRonnieG
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01@robertplanttbell1 ~ 80K was a little early for a 1961 to be finished BUT 90K-100K definitely spelled “the end” of THAT motor, for sure. However your basic premice that automobiles, of that era, were “cooked” much earlier is absolutely correct. But since, in 1961, I was 14 and still 3 years away from owning my first car (a ’57 Chevy Bel Air) it wasn’t something I necessarily worried about!
- MrRonnieG
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01Back in the early 60′s Chevrolet made it easy to figure out if the guy in front of you was driving the top line Impala, the middle line Bel Air or the cheapo Biscayne. The Impala had 3 tail lights per side, the Bel Air had 2 tail lights per side and the Biscayne had 1 tail light per side.
- silvernail6
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01@EgaoNoGenki Or I can just wait as amurika descends into 3rd world status what with poverty rising, infrastructure crumbling and citizens electronically masturbating like yourself oblivious to reality.
- EgaoNoGenki
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01@silvernail6 There are some 3rd-world countries that still feel like 1961, give or take. (If you wanted to go back 100 years, the area around Lancaster, PA would be alright.)
So become a tourist in a 3rd world country that feels a lot like ’61 and you will “go back.” Sound good?
- justsomefellow2
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01Dad had a 61 Biscayne. I can remember wearing shorts in the summer and having to sit on the scolding hot vinyl seat.
- THEUTUBEVIDZ
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01the people in the 1953 chevy commercial got ripped off
- EasternMerchant
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01@COMO10110 hehe that’s true, I miss the feminine quality of cars from this era, but just because they looked graceful, doesn’t mean they were dainty, these cars had way more raw power built in them than todays cars that require computerized fuel modulations, efficient engineering etc. to produce the seeming similar power.
- IBegToDiffer622
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01Sorry it almost sounds like ethel merman! I accidently hit enter before i typed it!
- IBegToDiffer622
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01It a
- ignatzRat
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01“The Corvair with the engine in the back and you 6 feet under , sing it Dinah!
- robertplattbell1
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01@COMO10110 Well, having owned a lot of old Chevies and lived back then, let me note that if any of these cars made it to 80,000 miles, it was considered “worn out”. We romanticize these cars, but back in the day, few lasted much longer than the payments. And a 1 years, 12,000 mile warranty, too. The good old days were not necessarily all that good.
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January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
From the days when the US was a hell of a good country!
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
Looks like they are proud of their cars. i wonder what happened to them
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
My Granny had a ’61 white Impala convertible with red interior… What a car! but then she traded it for a 1964 Plymouth Barracuda!!! What a Granny she was!!! If only she were still here today, she would absolutely LOVE the cars from today. Hi Granny wherever you are, probably driving in Heaven!!!
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
@EgaoNoGenki Well, I very much remember what we did in those days beofre the internet, or smart phones, etc: If we had to research something, we had a library. Or if I wanted to reach somebody person-to-person, I dialed 0 for Operator Assistance. Or I would turn on my dad’s new Magnavox Dynacolor TV if I wanted entertainment which there was plenty of on CBS, NBC, or ABC when I wasn’t playing outside. Some important things have been lost to the computer age.
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
@chaimyamin That was afternoon talk/variety with former band singers, Shore, Douglas and Griffin.The topics, often controversial, were the territory of half-forgotten morning host Phil Donohue. That was, of course, also the time of prime time variety, at least until the late 70′s. I guess after that, afternoon variety’s days were numbered. Then came Mort; Jerry and Geraldo. You could probably call ex-morning icon Regis a throwback–or absolutely the end of the line.
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
@fgldnglbs between 1953 and 1988, there was some sort of “Dinah Shore” show. The format developed into a TV talk show by the early 70′s, and most of those years, she broadcasted in the early afternoon, and developed a significant female following. She basically was the Oprah Winfrey of her day. The other refreshing thing to me was, she didn’t have lesbians, tatooed low-lifes, or troubled teens as guests on her program!
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
@Podevarius Especially considering that, in 1961, Detroit was one of the top ten richest cities in the world. But now….Motor City is one of the most dangerous slums in the USA, despite the fact that America is still the most lucrative car market in the world. You can thanks to the unions and the punishing regulatory attitude of government, your future Chevy or Ford will eventually be built with slave labor (arrested Christians) in China!
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
@toresbe I don’t care what they say about them….I’d rather have the old dinosaurs over the new world order hands down!
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
Wow – a two and a half minute commercial. What would that cost today…a few million?
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
Looks better than any car of today.
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
yep — go to Detroit Town now……
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
Interesting how small the tail-lights were on all those cars.
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
I had the mumps when my folks had a new ’61 mis that car, my dog died on the back seat in my arms on my birthday in the backseat on the way to the vet…as an old man age 62, I will always remember that.
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
they don’t make em like they used to…
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
@robertplanttbell1 ~ 80K was a little early for a 1961 to be finished BUT 90K-100K definitely spelled “the end” of THAT motor, for sure. However your basic premice that automobiles, of that era, were “cooked” much earlier is absolutely correct. But since, in 1961, I was 14 and still 3 years away from owning my first car (a ’57 Chevy Bel Air) it wasn’t something I necessarily worried about!
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
Back in the early 60′s Chevrolet made it easy to figure out if the guy in front of you was driving the top line Impala, the middle line Bel Air or the cheapo Biscayne. The Impala had 3 tail lights per side, the Bel Air had 2 tail lights per side and the Biscayne had 1 tail light per side.
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
@EgaoNoGenki Or I can just wait as amurika descends into 3rd world status what with poverty rising, infrastructure crumbling and citizens electronically masturbating like yourself oblivious to reality.
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
@silvernail6 There are some 3rd-world countries that still feel like 1961, give or take. (If you wanted to go back 100 years, the area around Lancaster, PA would be alright.)
So become a tourist in a 3rd world country that feels a lot like ’61 and you will “go back.” Sound good?
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
Dad had a 61 Biscayne. I can remember wearing shorts in the summer and having to sit on the scolding hot vinyl seat.
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
the people in the 1953 chevy commercial got ripped off
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
@COMO10110 hehe that’s true, I miss the feminine quality of cars from this era, but just because they looked graceful, doesn’t mean they were dainty, these cars had way more raw power built in them than todays cars that require computerized fuel modulations, efficient engineering etc. to produce the seeming similar power.
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
Sorry it almost sounds like ethel merman! I accidently hit enter before i typed it!
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
It a
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
“The Corvair with the engine in the back and you 6 feet under , sing it Dinah!
January 8th, 2012 - 19:01
@COMO10110 Well, having owned a lot of old Chevies and lived back then, let me note that if any of these cars made it to 80,000 miles, it was considered “worn out”. We romanticize these cars, but back in the day, few lasted much longer than the payments. And a 1 years, 12,000 mile warranty, too. The good old days were not necessarily all that good.