Cool video, old Ford Commercials:
YouTube - Ford Commercials 1955-1956

 

There is something wrong with the video, the color is broken, its in black and white.

 

Morris, thanks for posting those '56 Ford Ads. My parents bought a new '56 Ford Fairlane, just like the ones in the advert. Those ads sure took me back. It seemed like a more innocent time, back in those days, when Ford's main competitor was Chevrolet and Ford was Chevy's big competitor.

Although my Dad got the big engine for the 4 door sedan at the time, the optional 312 V8, 4bbl , dual exhaust rated at 225 hp. I recall it had as they used to say, lots of 'pick-up'. I was pretty young, but I did realize that the '56 Ford were great cars. Always liked the body style.

Geez, Sheldon, you make me feel old. I bought my first colour TV a 19 inch Sony Trinitron in 1980 with my back pay.

Les

 

I dont mean to make ya feel old, but I was just barely born in 1980 haha.

 

I got socks older than you. In fact I've got a motorcycle that I bought new in '78 (Yamaha SR500) and another bike...a '67 Matchless 750 Scrambler, that are older than you.

But as they say the new 60 is the old 30.....

Les

 

thats only cause the ones that made a big deal out of turning 30, then the deal about turing 40 are the ones turning 60 now. ie my parents. lol. i wish things were the way they used to be. it didnt used to be such a big deal for people to buy new vehicles. my calibur i just bought a couple of months ago (for the wife) is the first new vehicle i've ever owned. (leasing doesnt count) granted i still have a couple of years left in my 20's. other than that the newest was 7 years old. my beloved and truly missed 95 cougar xr7 4.6, leather, pearl white. i still dream of the old girl.

 

Don`t we have some kind of a minimum age limit here........

 

well there'd be only one problem there....as the saying goes.. "the older i get the better i was" j/k lol

 

Or ''the older I get the faster I wuz''............

 

Neat video nice ol cars 95 Cougar xr7 4.6 those are nice cars I can see why you miss er

 

i really do, got rear ended by a GD minivan in the 'peg

 

Sorry to hear that 7.3, hope you didn`t get hurt and glad that you`re still with us.

 

Good thing for you and me Morris, that we don't have a maximum age limit here.....

Les

 

First new vehicle I bought was a '73 Toyota Corolla, when I was 24 and that was way back in the '70's. It cost $ 2500 and 6 months before it would of been $2000. Prices were starting to rise, for all cars back then. I was making about $ 9000 @ year then, so $2500 was a big chunk.

I chose it, because there used to be a road racing series for showroom stock cars. A magazine (C&D) back then did a comparo of the available vehicles in the economy car class in the race series.

The cars in the series were Pintos, Vegas, VW Beetles, Datsun (Nissan) 510's , Corollas...etc.

The fastest car in the crowd that C+D found in testing, was believe it or not, the Toyota Corolla, but only in a rare model.

The criteria they used was acceleration, handling, braking...how fast it would get around a road racing track.

The model being the stripper Corolla base Coupe with the optional 1600cc OHV HEMI , 4 speed std., HD suspension with 13 inch tires and front disc brakes. It was pretty light, no radio, no carpeting, just rubber on the floor.

I think I had to check at the 3 Toyota dealerships before I could find a stripper, so equipped in the dealer inventory.

The 'normal' Corolla had 12 inch tires, drum brakes , 1200cc OHC.

As far as performance, handling and braking it was pretty good. I recall running a 'rich' buddy who had a '73 Toyota Celica (2200cc) 5 speed std.
I don't think I ever lost a race to him.

It was the light weight, relatively big engine (1600cc vs 1200 cc) and my fabulous shifting.

 

Let`s just go with your fabulous shifting, that sounds good to me.