I'm building a 1945 dodge pickup now,,, glad I saw this, but I already have seen the many differences in the older dodges, the metal is twice the thickness of new truck metal, and the frame is massive, they even put grease fittings on the Leaf spring ends, I've never seen any truck with that much quality.

Cool piece of history, training the salespeople.

I love them all from back in the day as long as they were made in the USA!!!!!!!!!

Nice!!! I have to agree with Tony M , on what is being sold these days... Quality , for the most part, is taking a lower priority - than trying to impress others with a flashy vehicle... Trucks with modified lowered suspensions and extremely low aspect ratio wheels that will never handle a load properly, or trucks with extremely high-modified ride height that make it hard to load and extremely vulnerable to roll-overs... That is what sells a lot these days, vehicles that some people dream about, but what actually do NOT need... The looks of the truck has become more important than the utility of the vehicles, in many ways....

Salesman did well there, put ten miles on his truck, didn't sell anything and bought a Chevy engine.

Those Dodge trucks really WERE better, you know...very popular here in Australia, too.

Thank you for turning the record. That was actually a good find great video

Today the sales approach is different. Play loud electric guitar riffs and appeal to the buyer's fragile sexualality by using a voice actor with a deep gravely voice to give the meaninless commentary

Once apon a time there was quality , now theres only quanity , what a time it must have been to live in an era where you were proud of what you made and sold , the world has gone and got it self in a hurry for some reason , maybe we need to slow down and remember ........

I bought a 95 Dakota 3.9 liter Magnum V6 and the engine was much better than the GM VORTEC 4.3 V6 OR A FORD 4.2 LITER V6, I have owned and driven both. Much better low end torque even though it is the smallest. The bucket seats were comfortable even for LONG drives, I have driven from Long Beach, CA to Great Falls montana where I picked up my dad to go to Glacier NP. AND to my brothers house at that time which was in Pittsburgh, PA. the bed is 4 inches wide between the wheel wells and 6 inches longer, great for sleeping in with a camper shell.

it too bad it's getting hard to get a manual transmission even in a pick up truck. I prefer them, and remember back in the 60's and 70's you could push start your car if it had a dead battery.

I would love to have one of these Dodge PUs with fluid drive,my dad had one could leave it in second gear in stop and go traffic without using the clutch just step on the brake like you would an automatic and step on the gas when your ready to go clutch would last a long time,

Took me. A while to realize what the beeps were for. This isn't a video. It is a slideshow with a record playing. The beep is a que for an operator to change the slide. Either that or it is for the timing of the at home photo reel to the sperate record playing.

I can't figure out how to turn the record over.

That Squire Pickney sure sounds a lot like Harry Morgan (Sherman Potter from M*A*S*H)

well ain't this a fine song and dance? what's the big idea?

Those suits were hot and itchy in warm weather....no one wearing jeans in those days.

SOMEBODY HELP!! Chuckie's grandfather is on my dashboard!!!

I own a 2009 and a 2012 Ram 1500… newer one is reg cab long bed 4wd and the 09 is a quad cab. Both have the 4.7 v8 the 09 has 355,000 mi original engine and trans the 2012 has 155,000 orig eng & trans. Both look feel drive and stop as if brand new. Yes, I change oil every 3,000 miles and have transmission and coolant flushes every 50,000 miles. I’ve changed the water pump thermostat and serpentine belts on both and the alternator on the 09 at 250,000 miles but… ZERO other problems zero! In my personal opinion… this 4th Gen Ram (now referred to as the Ram Classic in 2021 is the best truck made for the money. I was a ford truck man for many years and got used to mechanical and even transmission problems of all kinds. Not so with my Ram trucks. I’m being honest and accurate here. These trucks are whisper quiet plenty powerful and more than hold up to severe use. I tow both a 6x12 enclosed single axle trailer and 7x14 enclosed tandem axle trailer and both are as if nothing is behind you. I get 21 mpg no trailer and 12-14 mpg trailering. Ram makes an amazing truck.

Thank goodness the local ford dealer didn't meet squire first.

Put a Dodge in your garage.😁

“Hey, would someone turn the record over...”. There’s a phrase no one uses anymore!

Just waxing nostalgic here. My Grandpa had a '53 Dodge pickup he bought new, leaving my Grandma with her '39 Plymouth until '58 when he let her get a '53 Plymouth. My Dad was a Chevy guy and traded in his '49 Coupe for the '53 Chevy pickup. I never heard them "discuss" the various reasons but Dad stayed with Chevy until both of them ended up with '64 Polaras. But Dad eventually went back to a Chevy pickup.

Funny that Dodge was a "high-priced truck" because by the 1970's (and even today) they are the lowest price of the big-3. I like that the salesman has an imaginary friend. Is he hallucinating?

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And now the Dodge is made in Mexico where everything is misaligned.

Damn... had visions of Looney Tunes at the start of the music.

natural salesmen are born...not made!!!

What the hell was on top of that cartoon guys head

I guess slide projectors & record players were more commonplace than movie-projectors, making Dodge opt for a record that holds "pings" for timing the slides.

yes I did

The old guy gets on the phone to his buddy and gloats about getting a truck salesman to take the old engine away and selling it for him.

Is it just me, or did they remove the windshield for filming purposes? Either that or that glass was extremely clean.

They were and still are real decent trucks. 3 or 4 speed manual though please. I prefer that over the fluid drive or the truck-o-matic.

I thought clearing the Right of way. Was to protect the poles that run the Grid from downed tree limbs.

I want this truck!

What is the purpose of the white panel on the front grille?

I’m sold. Got a four door with leather?

Truck-a-matic transmission

safety, huh? LOVE THOSE STEEL DASH BOARDS IN THOSE EARLY TRUCKS, EASY ON THE FOREHEAD IN AN ACCIDENTS. And that in-cab gas tank is really safe especially when you ge T-boned on the left side.

How many truck buyers picked automatics in the 50s lol?

fuck, whod be a sales rep?

Car salesmen, lying to customers for as long as cars have been sold.

Actually, It's easy to outsell chevy trucks, Ford has done that for the last FORTY YEARS.

Did Warner Bros Seven Arts Studio have a hand in this? Jesus Christ this is right off the set of Green Acres with Mr Haney...and the county guy is Mr Potter from It's a Wonderful Life. ... Now old man Potter you can take that chevrolet motor and shove.... Oh wait. I've got to brown nose this ass.... Hey Mr Potter how 'bout reaching into that desk drawer and getting out that bottle of corn liquor. Well between chasing other women and going to the park to watch the ponies run, well I suppose I put on 10-15K miles per year. Yeah he sure was saving the county money in hidden places. Later to be indicted on embezzling charges....

Who ever tried to trade in a seized engine?!.

As hard as I looked I couldn't see their mouths move when they spoke. They used to work in carnivals with dummies.

Dodge made better trucks in that day. Just had to follow the right rustproofing tactics. Old Dodge was the real Dodge.

That's what I call a truck , not these gay-theme excuse of rust bucket pics of junk they call a truck .... It was made to work not as a old man's image booster !

"Here's my stupid Chevy engine.....it has dumb ass dippers sticks on the connecting rods because it doesn't have pressure lubed journals"

Bet they hardly had 80-100 horsepower.

I like the old Dodges, but they didn't sell well. Ford and chevrolet price wars damn near drove them out of business. Even International outsold Dodge up until the mid 60s.

I am old enough to remember that stupid fluid drive crap. give me the GMC truck any time.

Is this video based on the life of a schizophrenic person?

The Poor salesman showed his wallet Empty. Did he SELL the picky Owner of the Road building Contractor a New Dodge, or did he make his wallet thinner, by just taking the Chevy engine for rebuild or scrap.