AMERICAN CARS in original photographs | UNSEEN ARCHIVE
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2024
- The vintage & classic cars of North America form this unique archive of original photographs, with American automobiles of the 1910s through to the 1960s featuring. Most are of US origin and where possible I've also included a number of Canada-only models.
Hopefully this compilation gives a broad overview of the contribution made to personal transportation by auto makers in the USA and Canada, although I realise that not every car ever made could possibly make it in. The majority of the cars featured fall into the 1930s-1950s timeframe, many were photographed in their American homeland while others were caught on film in other countries across the globe.
This unique archive of images is new to the Old Classic Car channel and hasn't been seen anywhere before.
Cars featured include example(s) of the following:
1935 Chevrolet Master Deluxe
Ford Model T
Packard Clipper
1939 Pontiac,
1948 Hudson
1950 Ford Meteor
1956 Chevrolet BelAir
Nash Rambler
1913 Buick
1947 Mercury
1953 Pontiac Chieftain
1929 Chrysler Landau
1939 Chevrolet Master Coupe
1953 Plymouth
1902 Baker Electric
1934-1936 Desoto Airflow
1949 Dodge Meadowbrook
1939 Pontiac
1933 Dodge
1949 Studebaker
Chadwick tourer
1950 Plymouth
Ford Customline
1938 Chevrolet 1/2 ton pickup
1935 Ford V8
1942 Dodge D22
1916 Chevy tourer
1936 Desoto Special Deluxe
1935 Pontiac
1937 Plymouth
1949 Chrysler Windsor
1934 Hudson Terraplane
Hupmobile
Ford Model A
1934 LaSalle Coupe
1923 Studebaker
1950 Chevrolet Styleline
1920s Essex tourer car
Packard 120 Convertible Coupe
1950 Buick Super
1940 Oldsmobile Series 60
1956 Studebaker Flight Hawk
Cord 810 sedan
1949 DeSoto
1952 Chrysler Imperial
1957 Plymouth Belvedere
1926 Dodge coupe
... and many others
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*Correction added at **08:33**, it's a '60 Plymouth Valiant not a Stude*
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Very impressive Rick you have done well with your USA car research. That Model A at around14.53? That you commented on the unusual radiator ornament It is a racing Greyhound. This was an option for some mid thirties Ford V8's. The early Lincolns with the Model A type radiator also had them factory so it possibly was purloined from there
For me, up until the mid 70's America has produced some of the most stunning looking cars I've ever seen. 1950 through to the late 60's would be my favourite period, especially the Buicks and Pontiacs. Fantastic collection of photos. Another great post, thanks.
Another nice video RJ !
Thanks for sharing
Richard, another great collection. At 35 minutes the 51 Mercury is on George St., Peterborough, Ontario, where I grew up! The view is looking north, with the clock tower in the centre of downtown Peterborough at Charlotte Street. J.J. Turner was a well established old business in town. The clock tower is still there, as is much of the block running south to King Street where the photo was taken. i don't know if the 2 theatres are still there. Thanks for the great memories you have stirred! Ian Young, Calgary, Alberta.
Ha cool, glad you recognised your old area
Great information, Ian. I actually visited Peterborough in Ontario from the UK in 1998. I would date the photo to 1952 as the Odeon cinema is showing "Flesh and Fury" starring Tony Curtis and Jan Sterling.
I never thought I'd catch The Professor in a mistake, but I have! At 8:45, you identify the car as a Studebaker Lark. While similar, especially straight on as this picture is, it is in fact a Plymouth Valiant. Good video...I enjoyed seeing cars that I was more familiar with as I grew up in Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S. of A. Thank you!
I throughly enjoyed that video, the 1963 Mercury at 36:04 is just a work of art, a juke box on wheels.
You could live in that, inside is as large as a lounge. Oh to go back in time to experience those cars.
Thank you Richard. Cheers 🍻
The Breezeway had a rear window that could be lowered for ventilation. What a car!
Thanks for doing this Richard. By the way, at 8:29 the car is a 1960 Valiant. Likely a V-200 model and the first year for this model. It was sold by Plymouth dealers, but only later badged as a Plymouth Valiant, I believe.
Very enjoyable and interesting collection of American cars. Some of the designs were so beautiful. Contrast that with the work horses of the time and you have a real cross section of vehicles. It is so helpful as well that some have notes on the back. Thanks Rick for your hard work in putting this one together. 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it
🎉Hi. Thanks for this great collection. The 1933 Dodge Seadan ND 4227 is probably in or near Durban in KZN in South Africa. ND was the registration for Durban at the time. Thanks for your videos. Regards,
Thanks for the info Neil 👍
A wonderful collection of photos and a lot of work to put this video together I think.
Yep having a stab at the identifications took an age to research :)
16:00 the New Zealand de Soto is a Plymouth based model built for export.
Good Day, very enjoyable, thanks. Three of the vehicles, carrying the letter S on the number plates, could have been in the then, Salisbury, Rhodesia, now Harare Zimbabwe. I grew up in Salisbury, so S is familiar. Our old Austin Cambridge, from 1958, was registered S 62051!
Really enjoyed those old photos, Rick. I'm a big fan of American cars, mainly from the 1957 to 1972 era.
Re: 82MM. This is likely a Plymouth Valiant circa 1960 and not a Studebaker. Dodge Lancers of the period also looked similar.
Thanks, Rick. Nice to see a compilation of North American cars, for something different. The location at 39:49 is definitely not Ceylon (Sri Lanka). My 'money' is on a Singapore registration (hence the 'S' prefix), with the photo taken on that island or elsewhere in the Federated Malay States, or Malaya, as Malaysia was then known. Or, as another viewer states, Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) is an even more distinct possibility. There were vehicles with 'S'-prefixed number plates in Ceylon, denoting registration in the Chilaw District, but that single-letter prefix series was discontinued in the mid 1930s, along with other regional single-letter prefixes, and replaced island-wide by the 'Z' series.
Thanks for the info!
08:35. Not a Studebaker. 1961-1962 Plymouth Valiant.
Very cool video.
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Thanks Jeff, I knew there'd be one or two gremlins to correct in this one :)
It's a 1960, identified by it's all-silver grille (the badge in the center is also the bonnet latch), It was the first of the 3 years of the initial body style of Chrysler's first "compact" cars. When introduced, the Valiant was not badged as a Plymouth-- it was a stand-alone marque but it was sold at dealerships that also carried Chryslers and Plymouths. Dodge dealers complained of not having a car to sell in the segment, so they were given a badge-engineered model dubbed the Lancer for 1961 and 1962, which had a different, less "retro" grille and other detail changes. The 1961 "Plymouth Valiant" can be identified by black painted squares in the grille and other trim updates, while the '62 lost the center latch, which was changed to a small lever peeking through the top of the grille surround.
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Yep. You’ve got all the details correct.
I’m a car guy, and I do remember these, but can’t recall all details.
A lot of people thought these were ugly. I thought they were kind of cool. BUT I do like the Studebaker better.
Virgil Exner had some fantastic, and some very strange designs.
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Easy mistake. The Studebaker really looks very similar.
These Valiants were not very popular.
Fantastic photos.
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@@jeffking4176 I loved the weirdness of the Valiants (even the sedans toilet seat on the trunk lid), but the wagon shape was interesting and hugely practical. However, the leaning tower of power under the hood just wasn't enough. The six cylinder larks were about the same. But, if you got a Lark with the 259 v8, three speed stick, twin traction, and overdrive (and that was a very popular combination), they would shame most muscle cars. Camaros did not enjoy being vanquished by my beige Studebaker station wagon. LOL
FYI - Many states only required license plates at the rear.
12:32 is a 1941 Buick in the foreground.
At 31:41 looks to be a 1930 Chevrolet AD Universal coupe with "rumble" or "dickey" seat.
8:45 is a Plymouth Valiant
The car at 20:20 looks just like the 1926 Essex Super Six my grandfather had. I compared your photo with mine and they look to be identical. Good guess!
At 8.29 the car is not a Studebaker but a Chrysler Valiant.
Yes, thanks, I put a note in the top comment about that, and there should be a pop up message to say that it's actually a Valiant. Thanks for watching.
, the 49 studebaker is a champion as the commander has a different grill... desoto is a import model as us models were like the one at 33:42,,,, , 18:00 is a chevrolet, 32:24 49 ford had the lettering as shown , 50 had a ford emblem in exchange.. 35:05 is 1933 willys.. 37:07 is a 54 buick
Thankyou Richard. These pics brought back a lot of memories as American cars proliferated here in Australia during my younger years. Taxi cabs, hearses, hire cars, private cars were all predominantly American because of their toughness and reliability on our atrocious roads.
A wonderful collection of photos and thank you Richard for all the effort you must have put into identifying the cars. I agree with you that the settings of the photos are of as much interest as the cars. Very much the nostalgic "good old days", perfectly captured in black and white. Excellent, interesting video!
Thanks Colin, yep it took a while but I've wanted to do a US cars one for some time
Hello from Carl. American cars dominated our roads here in New Zealand up to the early 1960s. British cars were common too. An uncle of mine had a 1950s bullet nosed Studebaker Champion. I liked it and it looked like an aeroplane in the front. He later bought a brand new Rambler Ambassador in the late 1960s. Good photos.
Those old Studebakers are neat looking cars
General Motors' marketed the ubiquitous chrome stripes on the Pontiac brand as "Silver Streaks". They used the sobriquet, "Silver Streak Pontiacs" very effectively in adverts and dealer brochures. As you alluded to, they were an instant identifier for the marque for over 20 years. They were gone for 1958, but made a brief, unannounced reappearance on the flanks of the 1963-64 Pontiac Bonneville. These are terrific "educational" videos for car nuts unfamiliar with brands from other continents, with a human touch added where they immortalize proud owners, long since passed. The opening is so warm and welcoming that it could almost turn this Yank from coffee to tea😊
Hi Barry thanks for the background info, yes what I also like with these old images is not just the cars but everything else recorded in them too (people, buildings etc). You need to try tea :-) If you know of anyone else who might like this upload, please share the video's link with them, thanks.
Further to the train at 26:32 . Looking closer I see it has extra decorations on it. Almost certain the reason being it was photographed was it was the Royal Train with locomotive No. 699 of that class being used in conjunction with Royal Train in Queensland for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1927 according to a search on the net. Later being King George V and Queen Elizabeth ( the Queen Mother).
They visited most states by a Royal Train provided by each state. This was the Queendland version.
Ah that's interesting, thanks for posting
Add also that would be the reason for so many cars to be parked by the side of the road would be to view the progress of the Queensland Royal Train.
Car at 26:32 is almost certainly in front of a Queensland Railways train. Or one of the other states using the narrow forty two inch gauge for economy reasons.
Ties in with the previous photo of the car in front of a corrugated iron water tank to collect rain water from the roof. Very common in Australian rural areas without the luxury of piped water supplies even today.
The preserved Queensland Railways C16 106 locomotive is a more modernised evolution of that locomotive and can be found on UA-cam. Same cab outline etc and, unusual for the rest of the world, 4-8-0 wheel arrangement that was common on Australian narrow gauge railways.
Good vid
I'm pretty sure that the car at 8:41 with the trapezoidal grille and the quad headlamps is a 1961 Plymouth Valiant. I owned a couple. I've also owned lots of Studebaker Larks and that sure doesn't look like one. edit: I see this was discussed already, didn't mean to pile on. Funny thing is that photo is kinda washed out, and I could see how similar the designs are. I never really noticed that before. In person, the valiant seems low and long, The Studey seems tall and a bit stubby. ( A docent at the Studebaker museum in Indiana told us that Harold Churchill commanded in the new car, gentlemen must be able to wear a hat )
Hi yes looks like you're right on that one!
Great vid rick,do love the old yankie classics.nustangs chevies and many more.enjoyed the vid.❤
Very interesting video. A video on Australian cars would be good if you had the photos.
Thanks, yes if I get enough suitable photos together I'll do that
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The Chevrolet at 17:41 is a 1946 or 47 model.
I know this because we had an Australian assembled 1947 model bought cheaply in the early sixties.
That got replaced by a 1948 model with the vertical centre divider in the grille.
That had the body and interior in better condition than the 47 so my father put in a tender for the 48 to the local council for it as an abandoned vehicle.
The town clerk said to my father that his tender of $1 was paying too much for it.
I then assisted my father transferring the motor and best mechanical parts of the 47 to the 48.
I later learned to drive in it off road when replaced by a six year old Mercedes Benz 220S.
We put a hole through the central radiator bar so we could hand crank it when needed.
Although just twenty years old, these Chevrolet cars were very much looked down upon in the late sixties and seldom looked after.