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>>28668312fuck off boomer
Fucking hunk of boomer scrap that would horribly mangle you in a 15 mph accident.
my grandfather once had a 55 DeSoto which was very similar to this
>>28668312Chrysler engine rosters in the 50s are super confusing. I have no problem memorizing all the Ford and GM engines from that time but the Chrysler ones are an absolute spaghetti mess.
>>28668315>>28668380>filtered by peak American autongmi
>>28668432they had a single common engine design but each division modified them for their particular needs. that said if you were to ride in a GM, Ford, and Chrysler car of the period you'd notice right away that the GM vehicles were well ahead of the others in ride, interiors, handling, and overall refinement.
>>28668463was that just for the 50s? because from what i read in the 60s at least was that chrysler came out on top at least in the drivetrain and handling departments. i still remember an article showing pictures of a ford, gm and chrysler car cornering hard and the chrysler had the least body roll out of all of them.
>>28668520Probably less because Chrysler was radically intending for that to be the case and more because that was when they started to crash hard financially and started cutting corners, which partially involved lightening their suspensions. Most manufacturers purposefully made their cars bounce and roll for comfort purposes. I drive a Ford from that period and laugh at people who have modern cars that talk about how smooth the ride is because the difference is such an immense night and day that it's indescribable. Anything purposefully designed to corner will never be comfortable, because comfort comes from shock absorption and true shock absorption techniques will cause roll.I have an e-body also. It has traction bars on the leaf springs. Outside of its steering, it rides like shit. It'll prolapse your anus with the best of the modern sport suspensions.
>>28668463all that? GM?i'm honestly not sure if i believe you
>>28668315>>28668380Fearful little children
>>28668520>>28668463Back at the time GM vehicles commanded higher prices on the used car market than the other two.
>>28668463There were I6s and multiple variants of the original Hemi which could get very confused. Partially as a cost saving reason these were all replaced with the RB engine family in the late 50s.
>>28668973>bad at assessing risk
>>28669336Kids these days are just cucked scaredycats. If the car is 15 years or older and doesn't have 100 different safety nannies onboard, it's a death trap by their logic.
>>28669453Good thing that my car is from 30's then.
>>28668380there's not even Bluetooth in that thing ffs
>>28669388Dubs of truth. Modern kids are whimpy fags, but they are right about these cars being death traps. It doesn't take much for the steering column to go through your chest. Won't stop me from driving them though.
>>28669504it didn't help that they used to use bias ply tires that didn't ride or handle as well as radials so losing control of a vehicle was more likely to happen
You can Google Image search "50s car accidents" but make sure you didn't eat first.
Sammy Davis Jr. lost an eye to the steering wheel of a 54 Cadillac.
>>28669504>It doesn't take much for the steering column to go through your chestHonestly an awesome way to die.
>>28669559not really no, it doesn't actually kill you very cleanly or quickly. i've seen it man.
>>28669870I'll make sure to aim it straight into my chest. I actually own a car from that era.
>>28670123unless it goes straight through the heart, or hits your spine high enough, you're going to just bleed out. and likely not very quickly
Alright i'll say it then.50s/60s American cars look gay. Like a drag queen kinda gay.
>>28670172yeah okay, back to the pennsylvania furry con with you
>>28670173Just admit it Anon look at the fuckin thing. Weird flamboyant curves, pastel colours, dazzling chrome features, campy ass flaring wings.It's a drag queen.
>>28669518LOL first one
>>28670847that's most likely a late 40s photo but meh
>>28670200in reality many 50s cars were boring boxes in neutral colors with dog dish hubcaps and black wall tires. the pastel-looking ones seen at shows aren't really representative of what most were driving back in the day.
>>28670172I get it70s cars were cooler
>>28671265not once you tried to drive them
>>28671276i love the old barges, but everyone says that you change your tune when you actually drive them.i kinda want to see for myself, but i don't really know how i'd be able to get in one
>>28671700i've got a chrysler c body. the factory steering box is absolutely numb, you cannot feel the road at. all. you can get aftermarket upgrades to improve road feel through it and make it more responsive too. the cop cars got a firmer box, but the aftermarket options let you pick more responsive options still. you can get entire replacement units from borgeson for lhd cars that weigh a lot less and have a more modern steering ratio so you can turn quicker as well. it won't be as good as a rack and pinion setup, but it's as close as it gets.
>>28669515apparently bias plys are more forgiving at the limit even if they do have less grip overall. you can push it and feel that it's starting to let go, whereas radials just have great grip then suddenly you've got no traction
>>28669870>>28670123>>28670166if you really want some models you can bolt in a 68 onwards column, that was when collapsible columns became mandatory, some of them had it in 67.
>>28671265Fuck yeah they were>>2867127680s sorted that out
There is no other feeling like croozing in your giant American steel V8 powered land barge with 50s music playing
>>28671755I love how weird companies got with speedometers back then.
>>28671779The 50s were truly wild with how many changes and differences were going on. Sometimes it’s mad fucking annoying though. My Pontiac shares a core body shape (front windshield to rear windshield) with a 57 Chevrolet Bel Air and fucking nothing else. God how I wish it shared more with a Chevy so I had more options for aftermarket support.
Wait wait wait hear me out...80s bodies with 50s chrome detailing
>>28671808>>28671755Ford and Chrysler had much less differentiation between their divisions but each GM division at that time was quite independent and had designs that often differentiated a lot from the other divisions.
>>28671808let's be honest nobody cares about Pontiac outside the 60s
>>28671755There was no standardization of gear shifts on American cars until 1966 when the government mandated the PRNL2D setup for government fleet vehicles, and it inevitably got used on everything for cost/logistics reasons. As you see here it uses PNDLR and back then people sometimes got into accidents when they tried to drive an unfamilar vehicle and ended up putting it into drive when they thought it was reverse.
>>28671755>with 50s music playingHopefully not Perry Como or the Four Lads.
50s-60s cars are a little bit of an asspull because modern gasoline is not quite like gasoline back then. In particular 60s gas was higher octane so modern premium was more like regular back then and 60s premium was close to 100 octane and lacks an exact modern equivalent--the closest is racing gas if you can find a place that sells it.
>>28668689Car Boomers make up bullshit lies all the time.
>>28671755just don't get in an accident with no seatbelts and a metal non-collapsible steering wheel
Buick was always GM's favorite division in the 50s, they would do the design work on Buicks first and the other divisions were extrapolated from it.
>>28671734light trucks didn't have to have a collapsible steering wheel until 1981 although most got them years before that
>>28672317modern gas and oil are better anyway, more detergents and fewer problems with engine sludging
>>28670876that's still pure SOVL compared to anything made in the last 15 years
>>28672567The air filters are better now too.
