1958 Plymouth The Lead Story in Performance: Golden Commando can't be beat!

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2 ай бұрын

1958... Chrysler gets some time to breath and refine the 57 cars and introduces the Golden Commando!

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@SpockvsMcCoy 2 ай бұрын

I remember office furniture like that well into the 1970s... blocky wood desks and heavy wood chairs. My grandfather had an ancient typewriter like that until he passed. But that style of telephone was phased out before my time. It is surprising that mid century modern office furniture and decor are not in this training film.

@jamesbosworth4191 2 ай бұрын

We still have that style of phone! In the bedroom, a super rare "Mediterranean Blue" one. I have a collection of phones, that blue one, a rare ivory pre-war version, a bright red one, (post-war), and probably 20 other phones. One in particular is VERY rare.

@SpockvsMcCoy 2 ай бұрын

@@jamesbosworth4191 Very cool!

@friendofdorothy9376 2 ай бұрын

Love it 👍

@moparnut6286 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Love it.... Would love to make a hot rod from one.. Aka daily driver!

@autochronicles8667 2 ай бұрын

Yeah thats what I'm doing... taking a Belvedere and street customing it..

@nlpnt 2 ай бұрын

Not mentioned because it hadn't happened yet if this was a pre-launch film, those early air spring setups Ford and GM rolled out for '58 were so unreliable most cars with them were converted to the standard setup under warranty.

@autochronicles8667 2 ай бұрын

yeah they did mention how they had to have "air compressors" in the show room to keep the cars off the ground... so many jokes about owners walking out the door in the morning and the car was on the ground...

@jamesbosworth4191 2 ай бұрын

Part of the "unreliable" problem is that many motorists just couldn't come to grips with the fact that some of the air will leak out overnight. Check out buses from the 50s and 60s with air suspension in the barn - many will be leaning to one side or sitting low. They air up after you start them, same with the cars with air suspension. Another problem with the air-ride cars, though, is that you couldn't reach underneath and pull open the water drains. Water collecting in the system causes many often severe problems. Buses are high enough so you can.

@user-zx8de8op9l 2 ай бұрын

They rushed out the 1957 models and they did have problems.

@jamesbosworth4191 2 ай бұрын

They were supposed to have been the 58s, so what you bought was a mass-produced prototype, with all that entails.

@mrBILL-sr2cu 2 ай бұрын

First viewer!

@georgewilson1184 2 ай бұрын

How about all of Christine’s problems

@autochronicles8667 2 ай бұрын

Just make sure your girlfriend doesn't punch her seats...

@jamesbosworth4191 2 ай бұрын

Too bad the 57s were so bad. They gave Chrysler a bad reputation that it never could shake off. The 58s really were better, but not many people were willing to take a chance, plus the sharp recession, meant that only a little over half as many 58s as 57s were sold.

@SpockvsMcCoy 2 ай бұрын

Chrysler Corporation lost market share in 1958... with Plymouth even further behind both Chevrolet and Ford. After 1957, Plymouth was never again a serious competitor in the low-price, full-size market. However, the Valiant was very popular...but compact cars were not nearly so profitable.

@jamesbosworth4191 2 ай бұрын

@@SpockvsMcCoy Like I said, they never recovered from the poor quality 57s.

@autochronicles8667 2 ай бұрын

it did hurt them for a LONG time... they stole so many GM buyers and they all were like "uhh Mopars have so many problems" and they went back to GM never to try Mopars again.

@Captain-ql9te 21 күн бұрын

@@autochronicles8667 The cars were also prone to accelerated rusting due to the quality of the steel, which is why they are so rare to see today. Chrysler bought a lot of the steel from the bombed out cities in Japan which was overly high in nickle content. This year was also the first ever stab at electronic fuel injection (Bendix electro-jector) which is fascinating perhaps eyond anything else.