Posted on 08/24/2024 6:59:27 PM PDT by Red Badger
Welcome to 13 WORST American Cars From The 1950s, Nobody Wants Back!
The 1950s was a decade known for bold, brutalist architecture and some of the flashiest cars in history. With a booming post-war economy, people were eager to fill their new homes with shiny new possessions.
Automakers competed fiercely to create the most glamorous and eye-catching cars possible. While some cars from this era were stunningly beautiful, others were simply considered hideous.
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I just miss bench seats. I would open my door, she would slide in first, but only half way. I’d get in, and she would be right next to me. Those were the days.
And I know it isn’t the safest way to travel in a car with no collapsible steering column or crumple zones, but it was great. But I was from the generation that rode in the back of a pickup truck and had no problems with it.
How 'bout posting the cars and we'll decide if we want to give you a hit.
I don’t have a YT account..................
My uncle was a Nash/Rambler dealer in the 50’s and 60’s . I remember he had a Nash Healey . My grandfather ( father’s side ) bought a new Edsel but didn’t keep it long . Traded it in for a new T-Bird .
That's because ashes tend to dry up and blow away.
I had two lemons in my life : a 1973 Z-28 Camaro , and a 1977 Triumph TR-7 . Every Japanese car I’ve owned has been an ace .
Is that you Walter?
I think the 76 Sunbird was a candidate - had to raise the engine to change the plugs until they put holes in the front wheel wells to give access....0-60 in about 15 seconds
No auto make has made a good looking car after 1970.
If it were not for plastic plated stickers one would be hard press to ID one from another and the they mastered ugly to the highest degree and they have dash cluster that looks like a pin ball machine but they have cup holders.
That’s why I drive a Mustang.
They are still recognizable as a Mustang.
Except for that thing they made from 1978 to 1992.............
I had a crush on her too.
Nobody wants them back? Guess that’s why some of them are pretty valuable as classic collector cars nowadays.
Believe it or not, there are actually fans of the Fox body. Not me. But to each his own I guess.
I never called it a Mustang. It was a poseur. It was something Ford thought would sell, and it did.
In the first season of Superman from 1950s black & white TV, Clark Kent had a Nash Healey in a few episodes. Great looking car!
I got 87K on my 72 Vega Hatchback, before the rings went. I was in Germany at the time. I bought it with the large radiator, to help cooling and never drove it like it was a hot rod. I signed it over to our FA battery’s motor sgt when I pcs’d because his wife wanted a car with an auto transmission. I remember the German mechanic at the AFEES station who said that GM should have put the proven Opel 4 cylinder engine in it. I like it and bought the Chevy Monza station wagon version when I got back from Germany, by then Chevy had replaced the aluminum engine with the Pontiac cast iron 4 cylinder motor.
Agree and don’t sell it unless it’s for something around the same year good investment.
Saw a ‘58 Chevy the other day on Upper West Side.
There will be no classic cars from this century.
Most look like a computer mouse.
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