The oration skills of the narrator is incredible. I miss the way people talked 60 years ago. Nobody sounds like this anymore. These old videos are time capsules of a bygone era.
Similar to the real early educational reals they played in elementary school of the late 70s. I really dig British narrators from earlier time periods. WW2 news reals always sound so enthusiastic and proper.
Funny this is that it wasjust a concept idea. Back then they had noooo idea that it could be done on an actual screen cause screens back then were thick and heavy lol you're right this is so adorable lmao
@wzrubicon 1 not cost effective and not practical bulky CRT's in a car or an LCD without backlight ( calculator style) luckily in that period technology was at a rapid clime it wasn't so lang until the briefcase laptop was around 🤣
did the others have a similar concept of GPS? if so i do need to reconsider my period correct for the pre-1975 time line build on my charger-what if mostly the vibe thing as thing's you don't see using it/driving because im doing modern EFI under the hood ect. as i didn't think GPS radio or sidelights was a thing let alone something that might work on real roads and is it the right vibe's? for a 1970 car?
I swear they used the same narrator for every ad and documentary in those days. I can just picture the dude recording his lines in the audio booth between drags on his cigarette and highball cocktail lol.
No, the mono tone was just a carryover from the past, the voice got deeper as the years went on. Ppl that spoke with rising tones were not considered believable in the past, now such idiocy is considered normal.
These films just make my day, and its wonderful that CZcams and folks together have preserved them. Who in the world would fall for these things? :-) The Mustang was a Ford Falcon with a new body and a few "sporty" add-ons. A Ford Falcon, can you believe it. Iaccoca was genius at pulling the wool over peoples eyes, he did it again with the 10,000 variations on the K-car platform, all but the minivan, awful. The father of the Mustang was truly a snake-oil salesman, its a good thing he had left the company before the 1990's but I have to admit he saved the company in the 1980s.
The Mustang II prototype still survives in a private collection, so does the scaled-down Fastback shown right at the end. I didn't know this until a month ago, there is an article on The Truth About Cars which tells the story.
Yeah, but they were lying. There was no way for a car to determine its location as it was moving way back then. And that map... should have been 20x20 ft. or something.
@@ValentinoMariotto The proof that it wasn't possible is that it wasn't done. I remember the first time I used a GPS in a rental was back in the late 1990's. A Magellan GPS unit was selling for $2-3000 at that time.
@@arthdenton you are comparing apples and pears. Modern GPS was so expensive because it relies on satellites and was originally military tech. I guess the manufacturers had to pay for costly licenced to the American military. I think that an analog alternative to GPS based on a grid of radio towers would be feasible and much much cheaper as well. But then of course you wouldn't be a able to get a resolution of a few meters but a few kilometers! So I guess it wasn't done because it would have been pointless, but not impossible
@@ValentinoMariotto Okay. Of course, relying on AM/FM radio transmitters would require an internal computer working with a nation-wide database of transmitters on top of some exotic radio equipment. And updates were practically impossible. I suppose the CIA and James Bond could do that but not a mass-produced car. Computers those days were built on vacuum tubes or transistors, therefore bulky, heavy and extremely expensive. The GPS signals were always free to use by everyone. Don't know why. Possibly because, at the time, the military thought they owned the algorithm for processing them but they've always been unencrypted and publicly available. It's just that the electronics in the GPS units and the maps were super-expensive in the early days.
I still remember the day when my brother-in-law bought his baby blue 1961 Thunderbird to my high school after he had purchased it earlier that day. The car just blew me a way. The design is still modern today. Driving down the streets of town folks stopped in their tracks to stare at us as we passed them by. That first year of the new design was a real looker. How unfortunate that in later years that Thunderbirds were turned into poorly built, ugly monstrosities... a sad demise to the Thunderbird name.
I love watching the old videos that show what they were up to. Amazing designs. I liked the station wagon. My mom could've spun around in that seat to smack us kids for being too loud. LOL To think at this time, they still had cars from the 30s - 40s they could get running.
today all the creativity and imagination has been outlawed…they all look the same…plastic pieces of junk that you throw away much the same as a laptop that is obsolete
That station wagon was a motel on wheels, imagine the dirty parties that could happen there ^_^, replace those "kids" seats with a big cooler full of beer, and you good to go :P
Спасибо большое за ролик, посвященный теме автодизайна. Это видео нужно смотреть современным дизайнерам, как напоминание того, на каких принципах строить внешность авто. В облике многих современных авто слишком много агрессии и пафоса.
I wonder if any of these concept car models have survived… or if they were destroyed? Wouldn’t be amazing to be able to see these engineers examples in real life ? The craftsmanship in building these 3d prototypes alone,is amazing.
Historic, just as Mustang came out. Cougar, an early name option, moved to the Mercury variant - and led to its 'Year of the Cat' ads and Lynx, Bobcat model names just as Ford used horse-themed Pinto, Maverick, Bronco.
Wait! A fridge, OVEN, and drink chiller combo in a daily driver. Did people cook dinner and serve martinis while picking the kids up from school? And 12 headlights wasn't enough they should have added more!
ever gotten hungry on a road trip/vacation? or needed a way to keep grocery's or takeout 🥡 good going home? i know id use it as iv had melted ice-cream box's and it anit pretty in the car on a hot day
It has a thermal electric refrigeration unit so you can make mixed drinks while you blast down our modern freeways. It also has 12 ashtrays, only lap belts, and the rollover resistance of an elephant on a step stool.
I love these videos, such a wonderful time period. It was an amazing time to be a child in the 60s and 70s and to be wild and free in the 80s I hate what the world has turned into with the internet age
10:01 GM must have taken this a step further with the "Hide-away" tailgates of their 1971-76 wagons. They were ingenious, but space inefficient and vulnerable to rust. Ford's simpler version might have been more practical, at least if they could have found a way to keep the tailgate from dragging on the ground.
I had a '72 Chevy with the clamshell- it worked great until I was rear-ended and then I could never drop the tailgate again. Some versions had a power tailgate, but mine was just counter sprung and had to be manually raised and lowered.
With a refrigerated bar for drinks and a TV so one can continue to be misinformed as one drives merrily along.... However, my pappy would have bought one of these experimental wagons absolutely. He liked to drink booze and watch TV at night along with the mrs.... lol!
The earliest cars were commonly called, "horseless carriage" since they resembled the carriages of the day. The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan has several in a "carriage house" part of the property.
Whats ridiculous is the part you miss when searching for these "horseless carriages". There were over 250 automobile companies in 1900. Just look at a 1902 Pope tribune Tonneau. Looks nothing like a horseless carriage! 1902-4 Pope tribune 1902 Pope Toledo 1902 Clement tudor/tonneau These were automobiles, and indeed a search for beauty and gorgeous with thier colors and brass finishing.
I really like that Aurora concept car. Even in today's minivans, which sacrifice driver's side access, still don't have the wraparound couch seating. Why not???
@@pashakdescilly7517 thats why you avoid them. You people don't understand that car crashes aren't meant to be frequent or ever. In todays age, its like a backstep and a lot of cost, yet nothing that leads to death.
+Andrew Scott At least it was a seat! Most of us from that generation sat in the back, on the FLOOR, Indian style, with the back clamshell window open waving at those in the car behind us!
+Andrew Scott I thought it was a mother-in-law seat for a chain smoker like Audrey Meadows. One thing that is never emphasized is that 60's cars had ventilation. The early 60's 4 + 4 Thunderbirds had straight through ventilation from the bottom of the front windshield to a similar vent of similar length below the backlight. With no baffling.
+Andrew Scott I thought it was a mother-in-law seat for a chain smoker like Audrey Meadows. One thing that is never emphasized is that 60's cars had ventilation. The early 60's 4 + 4 Thunderbirds had straight through ventilation from the bottom of the front windshield to a similar vent of similar length below the backlight. With no baffling.
Most third seats in wagons had rear facing seats.. I had a 62 and a 72 Chevy wagon and both had rear facing seats. In a rear end collision you are probably right. But in a frontal collision (especially without seat belts) rear facing is much safer. So at that time it was a 50/50 trade off.
12:10 those little white rectangles flashing around, as he speaks about complying customer feedback, are mimicking an IBM card, which was how computer information was stored and read back before hard drives, disks and the cloud.
I love driving my Ford C-Max, a no-compromise hybrid: best in class power and performance, yet decent mileage and excellent range; I can usually get around 500 miles on a single tank, up to 600 if the weather is cooperative for that week. It doesn't hurt that the steering is light as a feather, yet responsive and great at cornering too.
What a radical steering! I don't even expect that they had already designed gullwing steering during those days.definitely reminds me of KITT from Knight Rider.
thousands of fabrics *shows four different shades of brown* there was an issue with brown fabric interiors in cars from that era- sleek "spaceship" inspired exteriors.. and brown interiors
I always liked the fake air vent on the rear quarter panel to make the car look as if it were a Ferrari with a rear engine. The closest thing I ever saw in function to that is a tennis ball someone put on a deck mount CB antenna on a car -- as if the car would stop violently enough to smack the antenna against the rear windshield.
The Cougar II came out the same year as the Corvette Sting Ray. Apparently they were designed at about the same time. Probably someone from one company or the other knew something about what the other one was up to.
I remember this car when it came out in the magazines. I don't think I got to see it at an car show. I was 11, and so excited, I wrote to Ford about it. They sent some 8x11 glossies in return. And what has been used in other cars? My 95 Merc Villager had lights like that, but just for looks.
What a shame they don't make ANYTHING that is as stylish or attractive -as these cars "of the future" - just suppositories shoved up our collective arses at a price ridiculous for the utter lack of quality and style. :(
It seems like we were far ahead of time back in the days. Everything that is being built now has now character. Most cars look similar with plastic everywhere and have looks of a jellybean. The world was a better place, I hope we realize it before it's too late
Say what you want but Ford has been building quality cars and trucks for a long time. I see old Ford trucks pulling trailers with 3-400k miles on a routine basis! I also see old mustangs from the 80-90's still being drag raced with their original bottom end engines! Keep up the good work Ford Motor Company!
True, although if I'm not mistaken adjustable steering columns came out before this movie did... just not with the additional gadgets. The seating arrangements in the Aurora were made available in a lot of full-size vans and later mini-vans.
I know people complain about about these cars are plastic and such, but all that metal inside the cabin would ruin my experience because wouldn't it be burning hot on a hot day and freezing on cold days...i guess thats why you see people wearing "driving gloves"
+Talons X I owned a 64 1/2 Mustang when young and YES you described exactly what I had to go through. no a/c and the heating system sucked! I hated gloves, but gripping that steering wheel in the summer was horrible. I sometimes used a piece of cloth on it until it "cooled down" with the wind. The plastic or vinyl seat would burn your a** faster than any microwave. YET those cars were for drivers, today's cars are iPads with wheels. I used to love to be able to work on my car! Today??? Well, get a diagnose for... Everything! Freak out for every time your get that nasty "engine" light. I'd say we should have stayed somewhere in the 90s. Not talking design, but driving experience and tech.
+Freddy Chale : Ha ha! I remember when getting in the car on a hot sunny day was torture. Also, the vinyl on the seats and dash would fade and crack. Everything rattled within a year. I have a friend who has a 64 Fairlane. I think it's a nice looking car, but I feel like I'm riding in a metal cage. Very unsafe cars back then. I remember how the American cars from the 70s rusted out within a few years up here in the Midwest where salt is used on roads during winter...even if you did have your car Rusty Jones-ed. Agree with you about 90s cars. I had a 1993 Explorer Sport that I finally traded in after 260,000 miles because the old girl just wasn't as shiny anymore, even tho she still ran like a top and was tough. Still kicking myself. I'm hanging onto my 2005 Escape. Just don't like all the distracting computer displays in cars now. So much of it is unnecessary, IMO.
Agent Fungus Precisely my Friend! Explorers, yes those that used to rollover due to "faulty" Firestone tires, were absolutely awesome! A neighbour had a 2 door White Eddie Bauer one...he had it for over 10 years while owning other three newer cars. Loved it! I still got my 95 Cougar. Had abandoned it for about 5 years. So I decided to bring it back to life. Well that darn thing sprung back to life with only a major service which cost me some $700. Runned wonderful! Until my mechanic decided to take a "spin" (of wheels). Now the tranny is broken, but It'll only cost $850 to repair, during the four days my 140,000 miles XR7 ran, I took it to over 90mhp and it behaved great, almost like my current Passat, easily busting many Euro techie xBox's. (stability, rattles and an awful sound system aside...). My Passat keeps going back for a "reset" of electronics and suspension every 6 months, really tired of those electronic gremlins and complex suspension parts that take days to arrive, which cost a bundle! Looking for an 80s Ford Bronco now while my XR7 goes to the plastic surgeon in January (paint, interior and Stage 1 upgrade hoping to get 250 hp out of that "old and rusty" engine). Original starter, A/C, electrics, alternator, Fuel system, oil pump, water pump, no leaking engine, starts immediately and the parts? Hey they're cheaper than 1 spark plug of my VW (people´s car my a**). As to the car noises? Let's put it this way, my cat purrs like a cat in distress the whole dash is plagued with rattles, quite annoying. Will fix that later with lots of silicone and velcro. Cheers mate! Happy Holidays!
Perhaps the passing of time does fade the bad memories. Oh heck, we know it does. Being a defensive driver. I had never any problems with my Explorer rolling over. I was already a cop when I bought my Explorer, so was used to look far beyond where I'd be within the next few seconds to avoid accidents. My main expenses with the Explorer were with the elective 4x4 wheel drive that was controlled with a switch on the dash. I had an '85 F150 that was all manual. Loved the simplicity of that vehicle. That truck was a battering ram. Had to stand on a step ladder to wash and wax that truck. I guess I should also kick myself in the butt for trading that one in for the Explorer. I used to take friends for rides over 20 foot high snow piles in parking lots for fun with the F150. Our heads got bumped against the roofliner even tho we were wearing our shoulder and seatbelts. We screamed and laughed out of the sheer stupid fun we had. That thing NEVER got stuck no matter where I drove it in the US. I should just stop with kicking myself in the butt about those great tough vehicles I abandoned because something prettier and newer caught my eye. I'm going to drive my '05 Escape into the ground. At my stage in life, it's a question of who is going to die first.
The moving map was used on warships before WW2, it was called a "Dead Reckoning Indicator". No satellites or computers needed. You have a compass feed your heading to a device that provides mechanical sine and cosine outputs depending on heading and also input your speed. The map (real paper map) or pointer moves accordingly. Of course, it is only an estimated position depending on how accurately all those gears, compasses and such are.
@@Fradias11 not only that but has little to none knowledge on micro electronics, so even if there was a satellite, it would not be smart enough to send the right data, also the gps would not be smart enough to receive it haahahha just not possible :P
The oration skills of the narrator is incredible. I miss the way people talked 60 years ago. Nobody sounds like this anymore. These old videos are time capsules of a bygone era.
Mid Atlantic dialect.
I miss it too. Idiocracy today.
Bill Kurtis has a very nice voice (from Sedan, Kansas!)
Similar to the real early educational reals they played in elementary school of the late 70s. I really dig British narrators from earlier time periods. WW2 news reals always sound so enthusiastic and proper.
I agree
It is a “broadcaster’s voice.” Maybe 1 person in 1,000 has a melodious voice like that.
that gps with a paper map! that's adorable!
Funny this is that it wasjust a concept idea. Back then they had noooo idea that it could be done on an actual screen cause screens back then were thick and heavy lol
you're right this is so adorable lmao
@wzrubicon 1 not cost effective and not practical bulky CRT's in a car or an LCD without backlight ( calculator style)
luckily in that period technology was at a rapid clime it wasn't so lang until the briefcase laptop was around 🤣
In total agreement!!😉
did the others have a similar concept of GPS? if so i do need to reconsider my period correct for the pre-1975 time line build on my charger-what if mostly the vibe thing as thing's you don't see using it/driving because im doing modern EFI under the hood ect. as i didn't think GPS radio or sidelights was a thing let alone something that might work on real roads and is it the right vibe's? for a 1970 car?
You misspelled "legendary"
That station wagon is so awesome... I'd totally road trip in that car.
The wagon belongs in Fireball 500 puppet flick...lol
Variable steering, satellite navigation, cruise control, all in a concept car from the 1960's. Top stuff. :)
In America, none the less!
Cruise control was actually invented by Chrysler in the mid 50s :)
@@ikebvrnerlots of innovations - AC, power steering, front wheel drive before Citroen, auto dimming lights/mirrors - very advanced stuff!
@@jonathongellibrand3632 citroén did not popularize front wheel drive, it was the standard for automobiles in the 1900s.
I swear they used the same narrator for every ad and documentary in those days.
I can just picture the dude recording his lines in the audio booth between drags on his cigarette and highball cocktail lol.
+sergeantbigmac -- Sounds like a great job!
Brilliant. And so true.
sergeantbigmac. yea. hahaha
No, the mono tone was just a carryover from the past, the voice got deeper as the years went on. Ppl that spoke with rising tones were not considered believable in the past, now such idiocy is considered normal.
sergeantbigmac YES YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. EDWARD R.MORROW IS THE PERFECT VOICE FROM THE 50 S AND 60 S.
I want that Station Wagon.
Well u can't get it
180 degrees of steering angle? kind of a big nope
@@RETZ1LLA Yeah, the 180° steering struck me as fixing one potential problem (hand over hand steering) with a bigger problem.
Make it. We have more availability of the technology of which our Grandfathers foreseen than ever before.
Same here. Looks like the one from cyberpunk
These films just make my day, and its wonderful that CZcams and folks together have preserved them. Who in the world would fall for these things? :-) The Mustang was a Ford Falcon with a new body and a few "sporty" add-ons. A Ford Falcon, can you believe it. Iaccoca was genius at pulling the wool over peoples eyes, he did it again with the 10,000 variations on the K-car platform, all but the minivan, awful. The father of the Mustang was truly a snake-oil salesman, its a good thing he had left the company before the 1990's but I have to admit he saved the company in the 1980s.
Wow, the Aurora concept was truly futuristic! All of that had to be impressive in the 60’s. 50 years later we have GPS.
Mustang looks cool even today.
It's a real shame that all of these concept cars did not get put into a museum instead of being destroyed.
The Mustang II prototype still survives in a private collection, so does the scaled-down Fastback shown right at the end. I didn't know this until a month ago, there is an article on The Truth About Cars which tells the story.
+PunksloveTrumpys - And the 2-seat Mustang concept. I saw it at the Ford museum, in the 90's. It needed restoring!
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oh God those are some head-turners. I don't think we will ever see a beautiful car like that
Ever again.I had a 64 T-Bird. Wow they were hot looking.
You never heard of LeMay America's Car Museum? Won't find EVERY car or every model at a time.
Effin 1960's America, they had car concepts that im sure wont be out till like 2060
The sad thing is that almost none of those beautiful concept cars ever made it into mass production.
The station wagon was dangerous to children. Get rear ended, and attend funerals…
But some ideas kept on production cars.
@@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry2647 I would say quite a few things remained in production.
@@paedahe4975 yes
i'm digging the "GPS" at 10:33.
+Jeff Dickens ... Yeah! Neat isn't it! The idea was there but the technology wasn't.
Jeff Dickens I'm also digging the GPS unit myself it looks like something out of a James Bond movie.
That GPS LOL wow! At least the thought was there.
Yeah, but they were lying. There was no way for a car to determine its location as it was moving way back then. And that map... should have been 20x20 ft. or something.
@@arthdenton are you sure? maybe they were doing it with AM radio.. with very low precision, but it could kind of work
@@ValentinoMariotto The proof that it wasn't possible is that it wasn't done. I remember the first time I used a GPS in a rental was back in the late 1990's. A Magellan GPS unit was selling for $2-3000 at that time.
@@arthdenton you are comparing apples and pears. Modern GPS was so expensive because it relies on satellites and was originally military tech. I guess the manufacturers had to pay for costly licenced to the American military.
I think that an analog alternative to GPS based on a grid of radio towers would be feasible and much much cheaper as well. But then of course you wouldn't be a able to get a resolution of a few meters but a few kilometers!
So I guess it wasn't done because it would have been pointless, but not impossible
@@ValentinoMariotto Okay. Of course, relying on AM/FM radio transmitters would require an internal computer working with a nation-wide database of transmitters on top of some exotic radio equipment. And updates were practically impossible. I suppose the CIA and James Bond could do that but not a mass-produced car. Computers those days were built on vacuum tubes or transistors, therefore bulky, heavy and extremely expensive.
The GPS signals were always free to use by everyone. Don't know why. Possibly because, at the time, the military thought they owned the algorithm for processing them but they've always been unencrypted and publicly available. It's just that the electronics in the GPS units and the maps were super-expensive in the early days.
I still remember the day when my brother-in-law bought his baby blue 1961 Thunderbird to my high school after he had purchased it earlier that day. The car just blew me a way. The design is still modern today. Driving down the streets of town folks stopped in their tracks to stare at us as we passed them by. That first year of the new design was a real looker. How unfortunate that in later years that Thunderbirds were turned into poorly built, ugly monstrosities... a sad demise to the Thunderbird name.
amen total garbage in the end.
Hey some people love luxobarges and Broughamified rides.
The 60's were a nice era in regards of car style. But we still have beautiful cars
@@sayingnigromakesyoutubecry2647 but so dang expensive and sometimes ugly
@@peppermeat8059 Now or then?
So cool. That station wagon was amazing. Oh man would I drive that. What an awesome car.
I love watching the old videos that show what they were up to. Amazing designs. I liked the station wagon. My mom could've spun around in that seat to smack us kids for being too loud. LOL To think at this time, they still had cars from the 30s - 40s they could get running.
today all the creativity and imagination has been outlawed…they all look the same…plastic pieces of junk that you throw away much the same as a laptop that is obsolete
Why wouldn't they? You can start a 1910 packard or a 1902 de dion bouton in second given proper foxing knowledge. Back then, same goes.
Great video. Sure wish they made the Cougar II with its C2esque styling.
I'm almost 40 and this reminds me of all those movies we'd watch in elementary school. Even the little crackle sounds..
That station wagon was a motel on wheels, imagine the dirty parties that could happen there ^_^, replace those "kids" seats with a big cooler full of beer, and you good to go :P
Спасибо большое за ролик, посвященный теме автодизайна. Это видео нужно смотреть современным дизайнерам, как напоминание того, на каких принципах строить внешность авто. В облике многих современных авто слишком много агрессии и пафоса.
Backing music sounds like early Frank Zappa MOI !
9:40 holy crap ford's 1960's Arora concept wagon was ahead of its time. a gps like navigation system in a car! Amazing!
I wonder if any of these concept car models have survived… or if they were destroyed? Wouldn’t be amazing to be able to see these engineers examples in real life ? The craftsmanship in building these 3d prototypes alone,is amazing.
Same thing Im thinking
Me too. I want to see them
Historic, just as Mustang came out. Cougar, an early name option, moved to the Mercury variant - and led to its 'Year of the Cat' ads and Lynx, Bobcat model names just as Ford used horse-themed Pinto, Maverick, Bronco.
From the sign... of the cat (rawr!)
FYI..The FORD Mustang was not named for the HORSE ...It was named after the WWII P51 MUSTANG FIGHTER..
I'd take that Cougar II. Pretty cool looking.
Reminds m of the C3 Corvette, without the flared front fenders
@@Emelefpi it is a good looking car
Looks like a very well designed mixture between the most popular Corvette, an E-Type and the Toyota GT 2000 😊.
It shows that America was way ahead in technology development at the time
Talk about an elaborate excercise in bs! A work of art indeed...
The music alone, made this video like something out of the future.
Wait! A fridge, OVEN, and drink chiller combo in a daily driver. Did people cook dinner and serve martinis while picking the kids up from school? And 12 headlights wasn't enough they should have added more!
ever gotten hungry on a road trip/vacation? or needed a way to keep grocery's or takeout 🥡 good going home? i know id use it as iv had melted ice-cream box's and it anit pretty in the car on a hot day
It has a thermal electric refrigeration unit so you can make mixed drinks while you blast down our modern freeways. It also has 12 ashtrays, only lap belts, and the rollover resistance of an elephant on a step stool.
That station wagon needed a "Boom cheeky wow wow" to go along with that couch.
*Seatbelts optional.
As it must be
I love these videos, such a wonderful time period. It was an amazing time to be a child in the 60s and 70s and to be wild and free in the 80s I hate what the world has turned into with the internet age
That station wagon is super cool even in todays standards! It basicly has a gps and a super cool couch and entertainment! Even a fridge! Cool!
50's, 60's and early 70's were truly the pinnacle.
That Aurora wagon looked like it had the precursors to today's LED headlights and an ancient navigation system.
Ariel Sarino
The vibe that these old videos gets me..
i want that station wagon ! please,, in Blue xD
10:01 GM must have taken this a step further with the "Hide-away" tailgates of their 1971-76 wagons. They were ingenious, but space inefficient and vulnerable to rust. Ford's simpler version might have been more practical, at least if they could have found a way to keep the tailgate from dragging on the ground.
I had a '72 Chevy with the clamshell- it worked great until I was rear-ended and then I could never drop the tailgate again. Some versions had a power tailgate, but mine was just counter sprung and had to be manually raised and lowered.
fell into trance watching
I see a lot of comments on the "GPS". It was a "feature" of the Bond car in Goldfinger. First thing it reminded me of when it was shown.
I want to try whatever these designers were smoking
Our 73 Caprice estate station wagon had the "Clamshell" rear window, with wrap-around side glass! it was cool!
With a refrigerated bar for drinks and a TV so one can continue to be misinformed as one drives merrily along.... However, my pappy would have bought one of these experimental wagons absolutely. He liked to drink booze and watch TV at night along with the mrs.... lol!
(Up until the narrator comes in.)
"Bond, James Bond."
My right ear really enjoyed this video
The earliest cars were commonly called, "horseless carriage" since they resembled the carriages of the day. The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan has several in a "carriage house" part of the property.
Whats ridiculous is the part you miss when searching for these "horseless carriages". There were over 250 automobile companies in 1900. Just look at a 1902 Pope tribune Tonneau. Looks nothing like a horseless carriage!
1902-4 Pope tribune
1902 Pope Toledo
1902 Clement tudor/tonneau
These were automobiles, and indeed a search for beauty and gorgeous with thier colors and brass finishing.
I really like that Aurora concept car. Even in today's minivans, which sacrifice driver's side access, still don't have the wraparound couch seating. Why not???
Side facing seats are very dangerous in a crash.
Most minivans now have sliding doors on both sides.
@@pashakdescilly7517 thats why you avoid them. You people don't understand that car crashes aren't meant to be frequent or ever. In todays age, its like a backstep and a lot of cost, yet nothing that leads to death.
Beautiful, I have no other words.
"Position Indicator Map" - an ordinary map under some perspex...how cute!
Fantastic Van.
A children's seat in the back, optimized for paralysis or quick and painless death in the event of a rear end collision.
+Andrew Scott At least it was a seat! Most of us from that generation sat in the back, on the FLOOR, Indian style, with the back clamshell window open waving at those in the car behind us!
+Andrew Scott I thought it was a mother-in-law seat for a chain smoker like Audrey Meadows. One thing that is never emphasized is that 60's cars had ventilation. The early 60's 4 + 4 Thunderbirds had straight through ventilation from the bottom of the front windshield to a similar vent of similar length below the backlight. With no baffling.
+Andrew Scott I thought it was a mother-in-law seat for a chain smoker like Audrey Meadows. One thing that is never emphasized is that 60's cars had ventilation. The early 60's 4 + 4 Thunderbirds had straight through ventilation from the bottom of the front windshield to a similar vent of similar length below the backlight. With no baffling.
Most third seats in wagons had rear facing seats.. I had a 62 and a 72 Chevy wagon and both had rear facing seats. In a rear end collision you are probably right. But in a frontal collision (especially without seat belts) rear facing is much safer. So at that time it was a 50/50 trade off.
Tell that to Elon Musk.. he did the Tesla S with 2 optional seats in the back ! ;0)
12:10 those little white rectangles flashing around, as he speaks about complying customer feedback, are mimicking an IBM card, which was how computer information was stored and read back before hard drives, disks and the cloud.
I love driving my Ford C-Max, a no-compromise hybrid: best in class power and performance, yet decent mileage and excellent range; I can usually get around 500 miles on a single tank, up to 600 if the weather is cooperative for that week. It doesn't hurt that the steering is light as a feather, yet responsive and great at cornering too.
Blake Nguyen but it looks like a lump
You working on commission?
i want the same station wagon for christmas look that design & interior , she's just gorgeous =) !
Imagine taking that wagon to the drive-in.😃
Crazy concepts! I like!
Very good film. I'll take the Couger II car.
When they got to that outline of the 49 ford coupe,they could have stopped ,imo. Greatest lines ever.
my right ear enjoyed this sound, man i love wonderfull stereo sound
I want the station wagon because it has Knight Riders steering wheel!
And it talks. It says “A door is ajar.” I thought a door was a door but what do I know? 😳
What a radical steering! I don't even expect that they had already designed gullwing steering during those days.definitely reminds me of KITT from Knight Rider.
I'd totally buy that Aurora concept car. It would probably get some 8 miles per gallon, but so be it. That concept was well ahead of its time.
thousands of fabrics *shows four different shades of brown*
there was an issue with brown fabric interiors in cars from that era- sleek "spaceship" inspired exteriors.. and brown interiors
I always liked the fake air vent on the rear quarter panel to make the car look as if it were a Ferrari with a rear engine. The closest thing I ever saw in function to that is a tennis ball someone put on a deck mount CB antenna on a car -- as if the car would stop violently enough to smack the antenna against the rear windshield.
IT'S TO REDUCE VIBRATION NOISE.
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, (ELVIS PRESLEY)..
The Allegro looks like the bastard child of a Dodge Dart and a Mustang ! : P
my right ear thoroughly enjoyed this video. My left ear just got faint audio squeal and is unhappy
10:33 was the preempted SUV and GPS.
They had GPS systems back then see 10:40 0.0
I've gone deaf in my left ear!
Beautifull video
12:43 = McLaren F1 seating.
The Cougar II came out the same year as the Corvette Sting Ray. Apparently they were designed at about the same time. Probably someone from one company or the other knew something about what the other one was up to.
I remember this car when it came out in the magazines. I don't think I got to see it at an car show. I was 11, and so excited, I wrote to Ford about it. They sent some 8x11 glossies in return. And what has been used in other cars? My 95 Merc Villager had lights like that, but just for looks.
What are glossies?
Is that Chuck Jordan?
No...Chuck never worked for Ford...was 100 percent GM
future ..... FUTURE!
Cool! Nifty 60's
What a shame they don't make ANYTHING that is as stylish or attractive -as these cars "of the future" - just suppositories shoved up our collective arses at a price ridiculous for the utter lack of quality and style. :(
I think the Cougar II nose might encounter 'just a bit' of nose lift at 170mph. I think it looks more like a shorter 60's Jag xke from the side.
It seems like we were far ahead of time back in the days. Everything that is being built now has now character. Most cars look similar with plastic everywhere and have looks of a jellybean. The world was a better place, I hope we realize it before it's too late
This is quite well made
Heck, the music is awesome!
Gotta love the 50's/60's cars :D
Great video, thumbs up!
The implimentation, of the divine principle, the cornerstone of function, style, lenght, width, height, depth, and visual perception...
Mr Logan - I'll fight you for it! 😁
great film!
that station wagon is such an awesome car, I want one
Say what you want but Ford has been building quality cars and trucks for a long time. I see old Ford trucks pulling trailers with 3-400k miles on a routine basis! I also see old mustangs from the 80-90's still being drag raced with their original bottom end engines! Keep up the good work Ford Motor Company!
True, although if I'm not mistaken adjustable steering columns came out before this movie did... just not with the additional gadgets.
The seating arrangements in the Aurora were made available in a lot of full-size vans and later mini-vans.
I know people complain about about these cars are plastic and such, but all that metal inside the cabin would ruin my experience because wouldn't it be burning hot on a hot day and freezing on cold days...i guess thats why you see people wearing "driving gloves"
+Talons X I owned a 64 1/2 Mustang when young and YES you described exactly what I had to go through. no a/c and the heating system sucked!
I hated gloves, but gripping that steering wheel in the summer was horrible. I sometimes used a piece of cloth on it until it "cooled down" with the wind.
The plastic or vinyl seat would burn your a** faster than any microwave.
YET those cars were for drivers, today's cars are iPads with wheels. I used to love to be able to work on my car! Today??? Well, get a diagnose for... Everything! Freak out for every time your get that nasty "engine" light.
I'd say we should have stayed somewhere in the 90s. Not talking design, but driving experience and tech.
+Freddy Chale : Ha ha! I remember when getting in the car on a hot sunny day was torture. Also, the vinyl on the seats and dash would fade and crack. Everything rattled within a year. I have a friend who has a 64 Fairlane. I think it's a nice looking car, but I feel like I'm riding in a metal cage. Very unsafe cars back then. I remember how the American cars from the 70s rusted out within a few years up here in the Midwest where salt is used on roads during winter...even if you did have your car Rusty Jones-ed. Agree with you about 90s cars. I had a 1993 Explorer Sport that I finally traded in after 260,000 miles because the old girl just wasn't as shiny anymore, even tho she still ran like a top and was tough. Still kicking myself. I'm hanging onto my 2005 Escape. Just don't like all the distracting computer displays in cars now. So much of it is unnecessary, IMO.
Agent Fungus Precisely my Friend!
Explorers, yes those that used to rollover due to "faulty" Firestone tires, were absolutely awesome! A neighbour had a 2 door White Eddie Bauer one...he had it for over 10 years while owning other three newer cars. Loved it!
I still got my 95 Cougar. Had abandoned it for about 5 years. So I decided to bring it back to life. Well that darn thing sprung back to life with only a major service which cost me some $700. Runned wonderful! Until my mechanic decided to take a "spin" (of wheels). Now the tranny is broken, but It'll only cost $850 to repair, during the four days my 140,000 miles XR7 ran, I took it to over 90mhp and it behaved great, almost like my current Passat, easily busting many Euro techie xBox's. (stability, rattles and an awful sound system aside...).
My Passat keeps going back for a "reset" of electronics and suspension every 6 months, really tired of those electronic gremlins and complex suspension parts that take days to arrive, which cost a bundle!
Looking for an 80s Ford Bronco now while my XR7 goes to the plastic surgeon in January (paint, interior and Stage 1 upgrade hoping to get 250 hp out of that "old and rusty" engine). Original starter, A/C, electrics, alternator, Fuel system, oil pump, water pump, no leaking engine, starts immediately and the parts?
Hey they're cheaper than 1 spark plug of my VW (people´s car my a**).
As to the car noises? Let's put it this way, my cat purrs like a cat in distress the whole dash is plagued with rattles, quite annoying. Will fix that later with lots of silicone and velcro.
Cheers mate! Happy Holidays!
Perhaps the passing of time does fade the bad memories. Oh heck, we know it does. Being a defensive driver. I had never any problems with my Explorer rolling over. I was already a cop when I bought my Explorer, so was used to look far beyond where I'd be within the next few seconds to avoid accidents. My main expenses with the Explorer were with the elective 4x4 wheel drive that was controlled with a switch on the dash.
I had an '85 F150 that was all manual. Loved the simplicity of that vehicle. That truck was a battering ram. Had to stand on a step ladder to wash and wax that truck. I guess I should also kick myself in the butt for trading that one in for the Explorer. I used to take friends for rides over 20 foot high snow piles in parking lots for fun with the F150. Our heads got bumped against the roofliner even tho we were wearing our shoulder and seatbelts. We screamed and laughed out of the sheer stupid fun we had. That thing NEVER got stuck no matter where I drove it in the US.
I should just stop with kicking myself in the butt about those great tough vehicles I abandoned because something prettier and newer caught my eye.
I'm going to drive my '05 Escape into the ground. At my stage in life, it's a question of who is going to die first.
The moving map was used on warships before WW2, it was called a "Dead Reckoning Indicator". No satellites or computers needed. You have a compass feed your heading to a device that provides mechanical sine and cosine outputs depending on heading and also input your speed. The map (real paper map) or pointer moves accordingly. Of course, it is only an estimated position depending on how accurately all those gears, compasses and such are.
Nice
They had GPS..
I've seen the Cougar 2 in real life....its built on a Shelby Cobra chassis.
I need the cougar II
It's the Cougar II at 8:23 that has a lot of Corvette in it!
This video has that "The dot and the line" vibe to it.
The roof bar and thick column behind the front door on the Aurora is just like GM 1990-96 minivans!
10:17 Early concept of GPS
Thought the same! I wonder how that thing worked in an era when satelites were few and mostly not public.
@@Fradias11 not only that but has little to none knowledge on micro electronics, so even if there was a satellite, it would not be smart enough to send the right data, also the gps would not be smart enough to receive it haahahha just not possible :P