My dad worked selling Ford's in 57. He said the body shop was busy getting the doors to shut good. He bought the car owned by the dealerships son. Some soldier from fort sill stole the car and out ran the Oklahoma highway patrol. He was stopped in Kansas. Last new car he ever bought.
A crazy lady sent to the hospital after being kicked off flight stole a Caprice Taxi cab that was a retired police car with the LT-1 Engine and out ran all the state police in VA. , Maryland and Delaware Finally crashed when the car ran out of gas and stalled . The Cab Driver ended up paying for the Cab and the towing charges back to Norfolk VA.
Little real substance??? Thanks very much for this video, but I think we've got a Chevy guy here. They go through the frame, the suspension, the brakes, the rear end, the motor, even the roof supports. Some very compelling stuff that is not very confusing even for a Ford guy. They even tackle Chevy fuel injection! Try to find anything like this today. I've owned both a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air and a Ford Fairlane, both completely restored. I love Chevies, but my Ford had a far more stable ride, handled much better, and just felt more controllable. It felt like it benefitted from new engineering, which is supported by this video. The Chevy felt like it was from another era, which it was. You can argue the Chevy is better looking, but the Ford is a better car - at least the ones that didn't rust.
ALWAYS WANTED A 57 FORD HARD TOP 312 4V THEY BOTH WOULD FUN WITH THE TOP OPTION MOTORS 300 AND 283 HP AND I WOULD TAKE EITHER ONE OVER TODAYS ELECTRONIC JUNK CARS WHICH ARE GREAT UNTILL THE ELECTRONICS GO AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL PUT A MATCH ON THEM CAUSE THEY LL COST YOU A FORTUNE TO FIX
I had a 5 yr old chevy(57] My brother had a 57 Ford That was just the way it was . He drove Fords most of his life. I drove Chevys most of mine. He was older and smarter I was younger and smarter That was just the way it was
Google it a fullie 283 in a 3800 pound car ran mid 14's so did a 70 Z/28 old timers call it road horse power ,3800 pounds compared to 3200 pound Z 283 horse power co.pared to 360 the same LT 1 in a corvette was rated 370 horse power is in the heads
I doubt everything in this AD, was the truth. I preferred the FORD & had a 57 Farelane 500 HT, with the 312 engine & ford-O=Matic three speed tranny. Raced many 57 Chevy's & was never beaten.Even now I would still rather have a 57 Ford than a 57 Chevy. Better yet, I would like to have both ! The 55 Chevy was always one of my favorite cars.
The Great Irony is that Volvo invented the Shoulder Seatbelt restraint system that year but it took over a decade for American carmakers to implement them !
It took about another decade after that to get people to wear them. Hard to believe to this day people are still getting tickets because they refuse to wear a seat belt
@@operator91210 In 1973 I bought a GM product with the shoulder seatbelts when my 1968 Cougar became unreliable and I was Amazed how much better I felt driving with the Three point safety belts you were firmly in the seat, not so with the lap belt .
It’s fun to see how the automakers tried to sell their cars in the past. Ironic that at the time the Chevrolet three year old body was considered “out of date” compared to the new lower/ wider styles of both Ford and Plymouth, yet the 1957 Chevrolet in later years became the icon of 1950s style cars.
Even though it wasn't part of this film, ANOTHER advantage to the Ford over the Chevrolet was, the frame on the Ford WOULDN'T break, like the frames on the Chevrolet, those 57' Chevys had bad frames that would break.
wow too funny. Ford did a 180 from this 50 years later. Ford embraced the long stroke small bore v8 modular motors while Chevy did big bore small stroke LS motors. Ford stuck to smaller brakes while Chevy went to bigger brakes. Especially in suvs.
The Chevy we know as the '58, was supposed to be the '57 to take on the all-new Ford and Plymouth, but there was a delay and Chevy pulled every trick in the book to appear to update the '56 to appear to be all-new as well. This included the elongation with the fins, the siding which created a subliminal optical illusion of further sleekness. It also included advertising the Chevy as though it were completely new as well to compensate. The '57 Plymouth (in a likely salt rubbing at Chevy) used the slogan 'Suddenly it's 1960!' in their ads at first until GM forced them to stop. My only problem with the looks of the '57 Ford were the hooded headlights, vs. the '56. Ford wisely retained those on the '57 T-Bird. They would have been great on the regular Ford lines too, but that's just my take on it. As for Plymouth, loved the styling except for the vertical 'slats' under the grill. They fixed that on the '58, and it looked perfect. It's amazing how relatively small details can make huge differences for worse and better in appearance.
Im a ford guy but like anything old. Time told the tale, Chevy had the look, chevy had the engine that is still popular, chevy had the Powerglide- still a top transmission, ford had the diff design there leading up to the 9" and 9 3/8". From that particular era, chevy had the lasting formula by far. As years went by chevy adopted a lot of ford styled engineering features in the ls then ford recently borrowed a few back within the godzilla engine! All up, its simply personal taste.
I always liked the looks of the 57 Chevy. But you would probably be surprised if they sat side by side and both slicked out. The 57 Ford looks really good to. They really are very similar in looks. But by this video the Ford seems to be much better. I didn't know that.
The Ford line indeed sold better than the Chevy in 1957 as it was a all new body as the Chevy was in its third year . That being said the Thunderbird outsold the Corvette about 5 to 1 did the extra T Bird sales push them over the top ?
The Ford was certainly more modern then the Chevrolet, and the Ford had a 3-speed automatic transmission, while Chevrolet's new Turboglide was a catastrophe. I've always found it a bit odd that Chrysler's 1957 'forward look' cars get all the credit for lowering the belt line, when the 1957 Fords did the same thing.
History has shown that Ford build quality was such that many of those "inner Fords" rusted out faster than the "inner Chevrolets' built in 1957...have you seen a '57 Ford...lately?
I was believing this till they started talking about braking at 80 M.P.H then I knew it was not true , because Chevrolet never had nothing back in 1957 that would run 80 M.P.H
No mention of the Ford disastrous Y Black head design. Ports stacked on top of each other. Nothing so strange produced since. & those heads have oiling problems. Ford engine bays were always super cramped, an engineering disaster.
![[Dealer Film] 1961 Ford Vs Chevy, Ford takes some good shots! Colorized](/img/n.gif)
My dad worked selling Ford's in 57. He said the body shop was busy getting the doors to shut good. He bought the car owned by the dealerships son. Some soldier from fort sill stole the car and out ran the Oklahoma highway patrol. He was stopped in Kansas. Last new car he ever bought.
A crazy lady sent to the hospital after being kicked off flight stole a Caprice Taxi cab that was a retired police car with the LT-1 Engine and out ran all the state police in VA. , Maryland and Delaware Finally crashed when the car ran out of gas and stalled . The Cab Driver ended up paying for the Cab and the towing charges back to Norfolk VA.
It must have worked, Ford outsold Chevy in 57.
It didn't; the numbers depending on how one numbered the production. And the ugly '58 Ford ruined that goodwill.
GM had 52% of the market... all other automakers in the world divided up the remaining 48%...
But it didn't out run it
Chevy had a strike that year that hurt their numbers.
@@BuzzLOLOL GM isn't chevy
My dad had a brand new 1956 Chevy 210 with a V-8 engine, tinted windshield, and padded dash in two-tone green. I grew up with that car.
It was all over when buyers saw the '57 Chevy at 34:10 in this ad !!!
ua-cam.com/video/vWdF3L_qxTk/v-deo.html
_My dad had a brand new 1956 Chevy 210 with a V-8 engine, tinted windshield, and padded dash in two-tone green. I grew up with that car._
Padded dash?
Little real substance??? Thanks very much for this video, but I think we've got a Chevy guy here. They go through the frame, the suspension, the brakes, the rear end, the motor, even the roof supports. Some very compelling stuff that is not very confusing even for a Ford guy. They even tackle Chevy fuel injection! Try to find anything like this today. I've owned both a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air and a Ford Fairlane, both completely restored. I love Chevies, but my Ford had a far more stable ride, handled much better, and just felt more controllable. It felt like it benefitted from new engineering, which is supported by this video. The Chevy felt like it was from another era, which it was. You can argue the Chevy is better looking, but the Ford is a better car - at least the ones that didn't rust.
ALWAYS WANTED A 57 FORD HARD TOP 312 4V THEY BOTH WOULD FUN WITH THE TOP OPTION MOTORS 300 AND 283 HP AND I WOULD TAKE EITHER ONE OVER TODAYS ELECTRONIC JUNK CARS WHICH ARE GREAT UNTILL THE ELECTRONICS GO AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL PUT A MATCH ON THEM CAUSE THEY LL COST YOU A FORTUNE TO FIX
I had a 5 yr old chevy(57]
My brother had a 57 Ford
That was just the way it was .
He drove Fords most of his life.
I drove Chevys most of mine.
He was older and smarter
I was younger and smarter
That was just the way it was
'57 Chevy at 34:10 : ua-cam.com/video/vWdF3L_qxTk/v-deo.html
DUH ! you couldn't have BOTH been smarter!
I wish they had a 1/4 mile drag race with these cars and the top engines
Google it a fullie 283 in a 3800 pound car ran mid 14's so did a 70 Z/28 old timers call it road horse power ,3800 pounds compared to 3200 pound Z 283 horse power co.pared to 360 the same LT 1 in a corvette was rated 370 horse power is in the heads
I doubt everything in this AD, was the truth. I preferred the FORD & had a 57 Farelane 500 HT, with the 312 engine & ford-O=Matic three speed tranny. Raced many 57 Chevy's & was never beaten.Even now I would still rather have a 57 Ford than a 57 Chevy. Better yet, I would like to have both ! The 55 Chevy was always one of my favorite cars.
The Great Irony is that Volvo invented the Shoulder Seatbelt restraint system that year but it took over a decade for American carmakers to implement them !
Glad we got an extra decade without that crap! Chevy had the styling, see 34:10 here:
ua-cam.com/video/vWdF3L_qxTk/v-deo.html
It took about another decade after that to get people to wear them. Hard to believe to this day people are still getting tickets because they refuse to wear a seat belt
@@operator91210 In 1973 I bought a GM product with the shoulder seatbelts when my 1968 Cougar became unreliable and I was Amazed how much better I felt driving with the Three point safety belts you were firmly in the seat, not so with the lap belt .
Ford always had the best interiors ( aka ) poor mans cadillac
You mean Lincoln? Cadillac wasn't a ford division.... If you wanted a poor man's Cadillac you bought a Buick or Oldsmobile
I would own a 1957 anything.
It’s fun to see how the automakers tried to sell their cars in the past. Ironic that at the time the Chevrolet three year old body was considered “out of date” compared to the new lower/ wider styles of both Ford and Plymouth, yet the 1957 Chevrolet in later years became the icon of 1950s style cars.
Even though it wasn't part of this film, ANOTHER advantage to the Ford over the Chevrolet was, the frame on the Ford WOULDN'T break, like the frames on the Chevrolet, those 57' Chevys had bad frames that would break.
'57 Chevy had the looks, see 34:10 : ua-cam.com/video/vWdF3L_qxTk/v-deo.html
wow too funny. Ford did a 180 from this 50 years later. Ford embraced the long stroke small bore v8 modular motors while Chevy did big bore small stroke LS motors. Ford stuck to smaller brakes while Chevy went to bigger brakes. Especially in suvs.
FUNNY THE LS HAS A DEEP SKIRT LIKE A Y BLOCK SO DOES THE MODULAR MMM
Bore over stroke, soon to be broke. Stroke over bore will run forever more.
'Strength of a battleship'
Well blow me down!
The Chevy we know as the '58, was supposed to be the '57 to take on the all-new Ford and Plymouth, but there was a delay and Chevy pulled every trick in the book to appear to update the '56 to appear to be all-new as well. This included the elongation with the fins, the siding which created a subliminal optical illusion of further sleekness. It also included advertising the Chevy as though it were completely new as well to compensate. The '57 Plymouth (in a likely salt rubbing at Chevy) used the slogan 'Suddenly it's 1960!' in their ads at first until GM forced them to stop. My only problem with the looks of the '57 Ford were the hooded headlights, vs. the '56. Ford wisely retained those on the '57 T-Bird. They would have been great on the regular Ford lines too, but that's just my take on it. As for Plymouth, loved the styling except for the vertical 'slats' under the grill. They fixed that on the '58, and it looked perfect. It's amazing how relatively small details can make huge differences for worse and better in appearance.
After buyers saw the '57 Chevy in this ad... WOW!:
ua-cam.com/video/vWdF3L_qxTk/v-deo.html
Now Ford wants to bring back the Ranchero
You mean the Ranchero name, right?
They should!!!
It's not going to be hard. Look at the new plastic Bronco. Junk
When new 57 Chevys were old peoples' cars. Youth bought 57 Fords which outsold 57 Chevys.
I would take a 283 over a 312 all day long
Im a ford guy but like anything old. Time told the tale, Chevy had the look, chevy had the engine that is still popular, chevy had the Powerglide- still a top transmission, ford had the diff design there leading up to the 9" and 9 3/8". From that particular era, chevy had the lasting formula by far. As years went by chevy adopted a lot of ford styled engineering features in the ls then ford recently borrowed a few back within the godzilla engine! All up, its simply personal taste.
In 57 Chevy and Chrysler didn't have Anything to touch the 312 FORD Paxton Supercharged Thunderbird engine in Nascar or the dragstrip !
I always liked the looks of the 57 Chevy. But you would probably be surprised if they sat side by side and both slicked out. The 57 Ford looks really good to. They really are very similar in looks. But by this video the Ford seems to be much better. I didn't know that.
Looks at 34:10 here: ua-cam.com/video/vWdF3L_qxTk/v-deo.html
Sandy Munro's first job
That intro music is need for speed
The Ford line indeed sold better than the Chevy in 1957 as it was a all new body as the Chevy was in its third year . That being said the Thunderbird outsold the Corvette about 5 to 1 did the extra T Bird sales push them over the top ?
The Ford was certainly more modern then the Chevrolet, and the Ford had a 3-speed automatic transmission, while Chevrolet's new Turboglide was a catastrophe. I've always found it a bit odd that Chrysler's 1957 'forward look' cars get all the credit for lowering the belt line, when the 1957 Fords did the same thing.
"Roll over bars"! 😆😆😆
If you could roll one of those lead sleds your going way to fast
History has shown that Ford build quality was such that many of those "inner Fords" rusted out faster than the "inner Chevrolets' built in 1957...have you seen a '57 Ford...lately?
Fifty five lbs of torque? Will it even get itself out of the showroom?🤣😊
The '57 Plymouth was so much cooler than these two.
well ppl back then thought differently seeing the ford was the best selling car in 57
The plymouth may have cool looks, it had questionable quality, and other problems.
Dodge was low bid. Why do you think the military used them until 1967?
See 34:10 ua-cam.com/video/vWdF3L_qxTk/v-deo.html
@@BuzzLOLOL finally a link worthwhile clicking.
I am a Ford guy but Chevy usually had it all over every other manufacturer!
Especially at 34:10 here: ua-cam.com/video/vWdF3L_qxTk/v-deo.html
GM had 52% of the market so could just give more for the money...
On a quiet night - one can hear a Ford rusting
It don't need to be quiet to hear a Chevy. They were all rust magnets back them
57 Chevys are more sought after.
is there any 57 Fords still around
@@JoeyKO757 yea they are expensive
Only by chevy lovers
1957 Ford Fairlane is a great car when you put a Chevy Oldsmobile Buick Pontiac or even Cadillac engine in it
@@UncleRobsGarage oh behave yourself lol
I was believing this till they started talking about braking at 80 M.P.H then I knew it was not true , because Chevrolet never had nothing back in 1957 that would run 80 M.P.H
Fail. Aspect ratio should be 4:3.
And, the Ford is a better looking car!!!
YA
No way! See 34:10 ua-cam.com/video/vWdF3L_qxTk/v-deo.html
Chevy has followed Ford from the beggining
Wrong.
Ford went OHV 50 years after Chevy...
See 34:10 ua-cam.com/video/vWdF3L_qxTk/v-deo.html
this is B.S.
Ford outsold Chevy in 1957!Ford would be safer than the Chevy!
Too bad Fords where Ugg in 57
No mention of the Ford disastrous Y Black head design. Ports stacked on top of each other. Nothing so strange produced since. & those heads have oiling problems. Ford engine bays were always super cramped, an engineering disaster.