Thanks for the memories, our family was Mopar during the 50s 60s and early 70s, we owned Chrysler, Plymouth and DeSoto, you are right, they were the coolest cars ever built :-)
Like the Chrysler Forward Look cars better than the GM cars of the era. GM cars were gaudy with all of the chrome they used, and they purposely made certain years look good and some not so good. The Chrysler Forward Look cars are hands down the best looking 50’s cars along with the Fords of the 50’s and the 50’s Fords are kind of forgotten about as well.
Some of the most beautifully styled cars ever made...particularly the 1957-58 Chrysler 300, Dodge D-500/D-501, Plymouth Fury, and Desoto Adventurer. The 1955 Chrysler 300 is the very first American muscle car. It's the first American car to carry a 300 horsepower factory rating since Duesenberg in 1928. Then in 1956...Dodge, Plymouth, and DeSoto all began producing their own high performance model to compete with the even more powerful for 1956 Chrysler 300. Mopar invented muscle cars in the mid 1950s. Jim Wangers himself even wrote in his memoirs that Pontiac didnt invent the muscle car in 1964... Chrysler did in the mid 1950s. Technically the mid-late 50s Mopars are full size cars but there was no such thing as intermediates at that time. Basically all the cars of that era were considered full size except for a couple like the Corvette and Thunderbird. I think the first intermediates were released by GM in 1961 but even then basically all performance cars were full size until the 1964 Pontiac GTO...besides the 1962-63 413/426 Max Wedge Dodges and Plymouths but they were more of a race car than a street going muscle car. The factory drag cars from Chevy, Ford, and Pontiac in 1962-63 were all still full size cars
When we moved to the NYC suburbs in 1959, my across the street neighbor had a Medium blue, 53 Chrysler 4 door, might have been a Windsor (hey, I was 4 at the time!) with a windshield visor. He always backed in. His house was painted the same color! Then he got a new Chrysler. A 61 Newport, 4 door, tan. Every time I looked our front living room window, I would see those slanted headlights. For the next 10-12 years!!! I remember looking in the driver's window and seeing the "globe instrument cluster" and thinking how it looked so much like a spaceship! Used to ride every day to school in my best friend's Mom's 58 Plymouth 4 door, with push button transmission and flip down door locks.
I remember, l was young in this. Time , in France, l saw pictures of theses cars... Dream cars for me... In 59', my father bought his first car , a little Renault...... And time passed...
Yeah. I've seen that movie on TCM about every 5 years. Long Long Trailer. I never saw many early Chryslers although this was before my time. As little kid see a couple, they kinda scared me. Weird looking. Especially the front styling. They seemed so Gigantic. The Imperial was only one liked of this era . Although I still refer to 1961 Imperial as Fabulous, Fem Fatale, Flamboyant , Liberace could love. To me only nice Chryslers were deluxe models all the rest just looked like bloated , cheap cars with bad paint job. O well. What can I say. I'm a critic.
Ohhh how I cry when I see the '57 "swept wing" Dodge!😭 The finz, that low, sleek look! The beauty, chrome, styling. Oh to be able to ever have that again! Let's not forget the raw power. The days when you could tell the difference between makes, model, and years from a distance. (Although they looked better up close!😆) My mom & dad had a "swept wing" when I was growing up, dad bought it new and they both loved it, and I grew to love it also. The 1st, and best car I ever got to drive (in a big private parking lot). Loved the handling, the torsion-air ride. Too bad cars aren't made like this anymore. I really miss them, but will always keep the fond memories of them with me all my life.🖒
My uncle had a 1957 Desoto all decked out in gold paint, 300 horsepower hemi firedom, with electric windows we kids always got into trouble messing with, a lot of crome, and hub caps I always remembered by the way they stood out. I wish l had that car today, my favorite
The "Forward Look" may have started in 1955, but I think it was one year later when "FlightSweep" styling was introduced that it really "took off," so to speak.
It is really sad not very many of these forward looks are left . I know it depends on State were the car resided the state of Arizona would be the best chance of survival and other western States
The styling shook up the car industry, and put Chrysler ahead of all the rest. Even Harley Earl at GM was worried. But, they were plagued by production issues, like poor paint, shoddy fit and finish, components, rusting, and squeaks and rattles right off the assembly line. A joke was that they start to rust as soon as the sales forms are signed, Many first time buyers went back to Ford and GM, which were not great for quality either but at least better. At first, the forward look Chryslers' and Dodges' sales were spectacular, but kept falling year over year into the 1960s.
I was born in 63 and grew up in California and I don't remember seeing too many of them as a kid. I remember finding a wagon that was crashed, rusted out upside down in a field that was pretty much stripped of everything when I was about 9.
The movie long long trailer came out in 1954, I noticed the Canadian Chrysler cars better known as the “Plodge”, because I saw one of those in Ft Lauderdale at a car auction and took pictures of it, even the 1962 Dodgler was a different version of the same concept just exclusively for Dodge in 1962
The music is not of the 1950s..jeez..ever hear of Rock & Roll? That's the 50s..The music on this video is from the 30s & 40s..Enywho the MOPAR "Forward Look" cars were beautiful. They did have rust issues and rattled and squeaked. Great looks & power-trains.
![[Dealer Film] 1955 Plymouth engineering vs Chevy/Ford, Under the Forward Look! Tear EM APART!](/img/n.gif)
long long trailer soundtrack
Thanks for the memories, our family was Mopar during the 50s 60s and early 70s, we owned Chrysler, Plymouth and DeSoto, you are right, they were the coolest cars ever built :-)
“Thanks for the Memories” was Bob Hope’s theme, and he was always sponsored by Chrysler Corporation!
Bullet bras and tail fins. Be still my trembling heart...
Thank you, Virgil Exner.
Like the Chrysler Forward Look cars better than the GM cars of the era. GM cars were gaudy with all of the chrome they used, and they purposely made certain years look good and some not so good. The Chrysler Forward Look cars are hands down the best looking 50’s cars along with the Fords of the 50’s and the 50’s Fords are kind of forgotten about as well.
Some of the most beautifully styled cars ever made...particularly the 1957-58 Chrysler 300, Dodge D-500/D-501, Plymouth Fury, and Desoto Adventurer. The 1955 Chrysler 300 is the very first American muscle car. It's the first American car to carry a 300 horsepower factory rating since Duesenberg in 1928. Then in 1956...Dodge, Plymouth, and DeSoto all began producing their own high performance model to compete with the even more powerful for 1956 Chrysler 300. Mopar invented muscle cars in the mid 1950s. Jim Wangers himself even wrote in his memoirs that Pontiac didnt invent the muscle car in 1964... Chrysler did in the mid 1950s. Technically the mid-late 50s Mopars are full size cars but there was no such thing as intermediates at that time. Basically all the cars of that era were considered full size except for a couple like the Corvette and Thunderbird. I think the first intermediates were released by GM in 1961 but even then basically all performance cars were full size until the 1964 Pontiac GTO...besides the 1962-63 413/426 Max Wedge Dodges and Plymouths but they were more of a race car than a street going muscle car. The factory drag cars from Chevy, Ford, and Pontiac in 1962-63 were all still full size cars
When we moved to the NYC suburbs in 1959, my across the street neighbor had a Medium blue, 53 Chrysler 4 door, might have been a Windsor (hey, I was 4 at the time!) with a windshield visor. He always backed in. His house was painted the same color! Then he got a new Chrysler. A 61 Newport, 4 door, tan. Every time I looked our front living room window, I would see those slanted headlights. For the next 10-12 years!!! I remember looking in the driver's window and seeing the "globe instrument cluster" and thinking how it looked so much like a spaceship!
Used to ride every day to school in my best friend's Mom's 58 Plymouth 4 door, with push button transmission and flip down door locks.
It's amazing how many variations there were of basically the same size car!
The '59 Dodge Convertible. Be still, my heart! ❤
A lot of beautiful forward looks but its really sad only very few escaped the auto grave yard.
the black 300 C ...PLEASE AND THANK-YOU!
Me again. Now I want a fleet of them. To me, the most beautiful cars ever made.
I remember, l was young in this. Time , in France, l saw pictures of theses cars... Dream cars for me... In 59', my father bought his first car , a little Renault...... And time passed...
They didn't start looking good until 1957.
DeSoto needs to come back
Very nice video ;-) Go on like that!
Yeah. I've seen that movie on TCM about every 5 years. Long Long Trailer. I never saw many early Chryslers although this was before my time. As little kid see a couple, they kinda scared me. Weird looking. Especially the front styling. They seemed so Gigantic. The Imperial was only one liked of this era . Although I still refer to 1961 Imperial as Fabulous, Fem Fatale, Flamboyant , Liberace could love. To me only nice Chryslers were deluxe models all the rest just looked like bloated , cheap cars with bad paint job. O well. What can I say. I'm a critic.
Loved The forward Look such great car's back then!
Ohhh how I cry when I see the '57 "swept wing" Dodge!😭 The finz, that low, sleek look! The beauty, chrome, styling. Oh to be able to ever have that again! Let's not forget the raw power. The days when you could tell the difference between makes, model, and years from a distance. (Although they looked better up close!😆) My mom & dad had a "swept wing" when I was growing up, dad bought it new and they both loved it, and I grew to love it also. The 1st, and best car I ever got to drive (in a big private parking lot). Loved the handling, the torsion-air ride. Too bad cars aren't made like this anymore. I really miss them, but will always keep the fond memories of them with me all my life.🖒
Made like this? Around here, those cars rotted away FAST. Now, you can buy a car and it won't look like a rolling tetnus-mobile after 7 years.
@@Remembering-rq6si It isn't an opinion, it's a FACT. These cars rusted out FAST around here. Keep your survivor away from the road salt!!
@@Remembering-rq6si Wow! Two triggered responses!! Since you brought it up, my advice is -- get a tetanus shot!!
@@Remembering-rq6si "Thanks so much for letting me know that road salt causes rust." I'm always happy to enlighten!!!
Beautiful Beautiful Beauuuuutiful Cars!!
My uncle had a 1957 Desoto all decked out in gold paint, 300 horsepower hemi firedom, with electric windows we kids always got into trouble messing with, a lot of crome, and hub caps I always remembered by the way they stood out. I wish l had that car today, my favorite
The "Forward Look" may have started in 1955, but I think it was one year later when "FlightSweep" styling was introduced that it really "took off," so to speak.
Have a huge love for these cars..I currently own a 1961 Chrysler New Yorker 2 door as well as a 60 Fury 2 door hard top..
It is really sad not very many of these forward looks are left . I know it depends on State were the car resided the state of Arizona would be the best chance of survival and other western States
these are neat looking cars , but none of them look as good as a 1957 chevrolet belair 2 door hardtop!!!!!!!
All I saw were Plymouths, Dodges, DeSotos, and Chryslers. NO IMPERIALS !!
Go to 0.58.
У меня есть Де сото хард топ 59го летящее пламя здесь есть такие красота Америки!!! В донецке!
Nice looking but was the quality very good
They loved to call it "the forward look," but by 1959, they started to look out of date.
The styling shook up the car industry, and put Chrysler ahead of all the rest. Even Harley Earl at GM was worried. But, they were plagued by production issues, like poor paint, shoddy fit and finish, components, rusting, and squeaks and rattles right off the assembly line. A joke was that they start to rust as soon as the sales forms are signed, Many first time buyers went back to Ford and GM, which were not great for quality either but at least better. At first, the forward look Chryslers' and Dodges' sales were spectacular, but kept falling year over year into the 1960s.
I was born in 63 and grew up in California and I don't remember seeing too many of them as a kid. I remember finding a wagon that was crashed, rusted out upside down in a field that was pretty much stripped of everything when I was about 9.
The second half of the Fifties was Camelot for Chrysler design!
I love the DeSoto!
well the 50s where awesome
Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Desoto....but NO IMPERIALS !!! WHY ??
williamg2552 there was one there...
@@78logistics At 0:58, in the group photo with Exner, far right.
The movie long long trailer came out in 1954, I noticed the Canadian Chrysler cars better known as the “Plodge”, because I saw one of those in Ft Lauderdale at a car auction and took pictures of it, even the 1962 Dodgler was a different version of the same concept just exclusively for Dodge in 1962
I noticed the Canadian Plodge too....🚘🇨🇦
Bring back dual diagonal headlights!
Love this video
I’m in Love❤️❤️❤️ and in heaven.
Bullet bra! 2:21
Where are the 55s and 56s? Both were very popular years for the Chrysler Corporation.
This is a forward look video from 1957-to 1961
Nicely restored examples but I wish owners would stop with those Kelsey Hayes spoke wheels and oversized tires.
Exactly. I never saw either until I got to a car show. 75% of cars had blackwall tires.
The music is not of the 1950s..jeez..ever hear of Rock & Roll? That's the 50s..The music on this video is from the 30s & 40s..Enywho the MOPAR "Forward Look" cars were beautiful. They did have rust issues and rattled and squeaked. Great looks & power-trains.
Or maybe Thanks for the Memories, Bob Hopes theme, he was always sponsored by Chrysler
The song is Breezing Along with the Breeze, so it is appropriate
No 59 Plymouth.
no 56's in your video wheres the love????????
markdam those were not included in the forward look
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*Gets the lube
No "55" or "56" models?
thomas bock this is a forward look video so that means 57-61