Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos
Historical Footage: The 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Was A Winner, But It’s Commercial Was A Loser
The more I research into the older television ads, the more I wonder what kind of drugs people were really taking. We’ve found some winners over the years that are worthy of cringing, but this...
Historical Footage: Car and Track’s Test Of The 1973 Buick Century Gran Sport Stage 1 455
By 1973 it seemed that only Pontiac was still in the business of making a stout big-block-powered car with the Super Duty Trans Am. And before you start, yes, I know that the Pontiac mills...
The Entire Story Of The Very First Chevrolet Camaro – From Pilot Test Program, To Dragstrip Terror, To Restored, This Video Shows It All
There’s always “the first”, no matter what happens. In the case of a typical new model of automobile, the first is a beta, a test of sorts. You have to build one to set up how the...
How Far We’ve Come: The Cadillac Cimarron, The Car That Was Such A Bad Idea That Even GM Admits It
If you happened to be watching the Oscars last night, you may have seen the first glimpses of the Cadillac CT6, the upcoming flagship Caddy that has been a controversial and well-discussed part of...
Historical Race Footage: The 1988 SCCA Trans Am Race At Long Beach, California
Even with all of the hype, media coverage, random acts of absolute insanity and the wrecks, it’s becoming increasingly more and more difficult to find enthusiasm for NASCAR. The last time I got...
1962’s Duel In The Desert May Be The Best Old Chevy Propaganda Film Yet
What’s better than old manufacturer promotion films? These movies are hilarious as they were designed for use by the sales managers at dealerships to get their sales staffs all whipped up into...
This 1960s Ad For The Remco Mr Kelly’s Automatic Car Wash Is A Look Back At A Cool Toy
Not to sound like an old man here, but toys like this were the things I LIVED for as a kid. Yes, I was about 20 years behind this one but even into the 1980s there was plenty of neat “hands...
This Cool Promotional Video For the Mizar Air Car Otherwise Known As The Flying Pinto Is 1970s Cool – See It Take Off And Land
There isn’t a whole lot of good video showing the infamous Mizar Air Car in flight. The Mizar Air Car is probably better known as the “Flying Pinto” because the R&D unit was a...
Historical Footage: Torture-Testing A Plymouth The Old-Fashioned Way, By Using Stunt Drivers!
Nowadays, vehicles are subjected to torture tests in laboratories that can duplicate some of the most violent conditions that an automobile can possibly expect to endure. They are frozen, cooked,...
Historical Training Footage: This 1967 FBI Training Film Was A Lesson On Investigating Stolen Cars
As long as there has been a car, there’s been a thief who is more than ready to acquisition an automobile for themselves. The first car theft is attributed to Baron de Zuylen’s Peugeot in...
Historical Footage: The GM G-Body Performance Reviews From MotorWeek!
As I’ve pawed through the MotorWeek clips on YouTube, I came across one that couldn’t be passed up. Unlike last time, where the IROC-Z vs. Trans Am vs. Mustang GT clip was about bad...
Historical Footage: A Quick Look At Some Bad Commercials…How Did They Expect To Sell Cars With These?
The idea behind a car commercial is simple: figure out how to grab the attention of a couch potato and sear the idea that your car is the one for them into their brain. Simple, right? Not really....
This Video Showing How 1955 Chevrolet’s Are Made From Raw Resources To Finished Products Is Awesome
We’ve got this 30 minute video starting just past halfway so that you are seeing how 1955 Chevrolet’s are made from iron ore all the way through driving to the mall, but if you have the...
