Concept Cars of the Past

[modelmaker56]

I have 3 unbuilt mint/boxed '62 Chrysler Turbine car models by Johan, like the bronze one at the end of the video here...

[1966chryslerTC]

I like the '55 Ford Latosca at 0:33!

[gipsyone100]

interesting to say the least thank you jean



[GeorgeVreelandHill]

I would take any of them today.

Well, maybe not the one shaped like a rocket.

George Vreeland Hill

[narekarmenian]

'62 Chervrolet Mako Shark (2:14) was the best!

[McmullenEJ]

around 1:37 the" 56 for legalaxie"

contains half the galaxy in its ass :P

[Skampo1119]

The most futuristic features of most of these cars shown are the black wall tires being used.

[torrealbart]

what a supersonic designs, i love it

[PeterRosenqvist]

WOW !! , loads of REALLY COOL CARS !! , thanks for posting.

[FrencunoZeTroll]

2:13 hmm i wonder what chevy could have possibly been based off this? I'll give u a hint...its a stingray

[lunarmation]

nice collection of memories.. thanks

[redd5674]

I saw in a book many years ago in 1947 there was mustang Concept car. I haven't been able to find anything about since I saw in a book years ago

[CrzBioHazard]

but man I would come down into tears if i got a concept car of mine that i designed that was supposed to be destroyed but ended up making it out

[misterladiesman217]

what exactly happens to the newer concept cars

[CrzBioHazard]

@misterladiesman217 they usually get sent to the smasher and get destroyed

[misterladiesman217]

@CrzBioHazard do u kno if a guy were to be there with a couple bucks if they could buy it b4 it gets crushed

[beatdash102]

these cars are beautiful these should be the real things but no there just crushed and recycled into useless junk

[Commiton]

Grew up during the era. 'Also was a lot of futurist architecture going up. If car and building design are a sign, now days Americans have given up on the futurist vision and are clinging to "safe" traditional designs and thoughts.

[chpman2013]

the front end at 1:00 makes me think of the old batmobile from the 60's =]

[pslincoln]

I remember the Chrysler Turbo. I rode my bicycle to a shopping mall in the next town to see it demonstrated. They would balance a nickel on the engine and start it up to demonstrate how smooth it was. It produced tons of exhaust, though. Just like standing behind a jet engine. A bunch of these in a bumper to bumper traffic jam would probably roast everyone on the freeway.

[Bullettube]

I remember all of these cars from when I was young. I also remember all the bad press they received! The fins were considered pedestrian killers, the bubble tops would roast you in summer and you'd freeze in winter. The doors that opened upward would hit the ceiling in your garage and decapitate you if the door lift failed. And how would you get out after an accident with those fancy doors? Three wheels was considered dumb from the get-go yet every genius thinks they can make it work.

[tuscolian]

The car at 1:00 was made into the batmobile for the TV show. Bubble tops never caught on because they acted like a giant magnifying glass and you were the ant.

[NuxingFutz]

I love how these cars all look like jets. They would never be very fast, but one could sit at home with a model and dreeeam 

[Shirako1]

I wonder what happened to all of those cars now.. Those things are such a beauty... :D

[MisterMortombachman]

Why can't todays cars be half this awesome looking?

[shinerunner65]

yeah, better kiss that kind of creativity good by. With the retards designing them today it likely we'll all be driving around in plastic, jellybeans on wheels.

[TheDuckCow]

1:00 can be bought with passenger seat ejection for an extra 50 c

[sirmugman]

they should make 10 of those cars and then give them to musuims

[boost43534]

i love that kind of concept cars than today!

[MonsterXQuattro]

During the late 50's and early 60's. GM made alot of Air-plane inspired car concepts because the CEO/Head desighner was air-plane crazed and obsessed.

[FLSHBK1]

I remember most of these cars from my youth. This was an amazing stroll down memory lane, but today I have to wonder WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?? I admit when I was fascinated by these creations, I was still riding a bicycle (anyone remember English Racers?). Today I look at them and try to picture myself parallel parking one, or watching my wife back one into the garage on a dark night. These were all vain attempts to make the perfect car, about a decade before they finally made the DATSUN 240Z!

[jj28vette409]

look up the oldsmobile f88 concept if it was produced i think it would of out sold the corvette in looks

[albert13551]

This cars looked like airplanes.

[blingmow101]

lol tanks

[StenloseBK]

this is what the americans waisted their time with, while the european made cars you could actually use!

[bigbadbigblockbuick]

@StenloseBK dont think u really get the point ,, european cars suck,, they always have , always will .. and if u look at these concepts almost everyone of them has something that actually ended up in real cars .. besides how come american cars from the sixties and back are way more expensive all over the world than european cars ..

[nicodanger13]

From 0:53 to 0:15 i think is the real BAT MOBILE model. Now i read it:

Beautiful Lincoln Futura my '55

[gusneaker]

one word: AMAZING!!

I remember I was a kid and kept hours watching the Gyron photos on an old magazine, wondering how it would keep its balance...

I saw all those cars with so many fins... I actually thought they would be able to fly!!

Well... they did it: in my imagination!

Thanks a lot for this vid. Congratulations!

[kruppenstein]

0:21 why does it have syringes for headlights?

[GoVNO1998]

there are some cars in the video that look futuristic but they also look old and are detailed to the maximum,today they say make a ball with 4 wheels and its a car it sucks,I wish I was born in the 20's so that I could see the evolution of the car and live trough the good years I would be happy and could die in 1999 4 years after I was really born,the future sucks but I'll still be happy till cars start flying over my head

[merado150]

THERES THIS CAR BUT I DNTK THE NAME ITS NAME BY # ITS 7 HUNDRED AN SOMEATHING BUT I FORGT

[sjtucker2002]

What were they smoking,can I buy one?

[LittlPussi]

Fascinating. Whatever happened to the future? It's not what it used to be.

[cleanloader]

also, they were all American cars. where are the European concept cars of the day?

[cleanloader]

did all old concept cars have to be MASSIVE? lol i guess back in the day it was about style. not handling, speed or cornering... :D

[tjhaywood100]

Gotta love that Lincoln Futura! I'd drive it! Even if it wasn't painted up like the Batmobile!

[davidls11]

The world needs more fins.

[salvatorearcilesi]

genial....................

[manualmaniac1]

aaah good crome years, way better than the plastic lunchboxes we drive today.

[bscar]

The FX Atmos kinda looks like the Speed Racer car

[Tjmomma2]

Reminds me of Fallout 3

[snowman4839]

Apparently... Imagination is not in the modern-day's car designer job description

[ilililhy]

WOW it can all be done with creativity and workers and lot`s of money ,money ,money,BRING IT ON HONEY,WHERES THE MONEY

[MaxiumOverdrive789]

HELL YEAH I LIKE SOME OF THOSE CARS

[AndrewJerkins]

The fin at the end was definitely necessary. Imagine taking a bugatti veyron and an iphone back the 50's. they'd think you were an alien for sure.

[SUlAkHA1]

Man they had it good in the 50's-70's i wish those cars were made/sold i would buy it!

[yukseleyy]

good job

[diddymuck]

the atmos was what they made the batmobile out of, I believe.

[smellytoilet1996]

oh what's this music called? I also heard it in Back to the future 1 when marty was playin the guitar

[ChevRcr454]

bubbletop FTW. to bad no one had the guts to actualy make a production bubbletop.

[Mechknight73]

I was always under the impression that when George Barris built the first Batmobile, he completely changed the bodywork of the Lincoln Futura; I stand corrected.

[Shoknifeman]

@Mechknight73 I'd say that he "adapted" it ;) )

[Mechknight73]

@Shoknifeman Not all that many style changes between the Lincoln Futura and "Batmobile Mk I." Which is what makes the original Batmobile even funnier than I remember it

[vieri031]

Jetsons : )

[silviupasca]

just perfect!

[acdcsrs]

the 56 ceturion is madd sexy! 1:19

[tsimmer777]

Great Video!!!

[jeepers2655]

the 55 Lincoln Futura was turned into the Batmobile for the TV show........by George barris.....fyi

[lionelvillahermosa]

''excellent''

[dude2106]

good to see that it isn't just modern concept cars that looks like shit :) but thanks for the video! really good!

And i like how most of them looks inspired by fighter planes.

[krashevich]

Great video.

[yogertlvr]

This was incredible, especially the 54 Ford FX Atmos, that one was crazy cool. Thanks for all these great photos. I look forward to seeing more.

[sbyhair]

nice trip

[afghanakk]

i think designers were inspired my fighter planes they all look like road going version of second world wars fighter plane s

[zacburn]

If you got hit by one, you would die of stab wounds.

[satanaonline]

thanks for sharing

[andresblazeit420]

these cars look silly

modern cars are cooler

[VinnyMartello]

@andresblazeit420

Yeah, the Honda Civic hatchback with stainless steel loudpipe and peel n' stick carbon fiber accents is way cooler.

[andresblazeit420]

indeed

[sibco96]

This is when car designers had true vision and unhampered creativity. For the love of the vehicle, not for profit.

[columthealmighty]

@sibco96 … And unaware of health and safety regulations

[GhoulH8r]

@sibco96 You mean when they stole ideas from the custom car creaters like Barris and Alexander brothers.

[Qwazambo]

They were inspired by the jetsons...

[mikens321]

very good vid i like it very much it was fun to watch thank you

[darthbandon1]

Most of the cars would have pretty good DC, but the weight would have been crazy. It would be nice to see some of these dusted off and converted to EV, like Niell Young did.

[frohickey]

We should be driving these cars _now_! :D

[TheTourlous]

It's clear these designers were also experimenting with LSD!

[killerbiller35]

lol!!

[RnB123100]

62 cheve mako shark is like an old corvete

[Malibunightrider]

the mako shark was the concept of wat woud later become the corvette stingray

[alfey1]

there was a ford that ran on nucular energy but it was unreliabe and unsafe

[corrion1]

great vid man!

[buddyeagle]

Coooll. Fantastic! love it. Thanks a lot dude.

[venturaal]

Man, I really enjoyed that! Hard to find this sort of thing....would have liked it better if images changed much slower...gives sometime to study the details...also i found the placement of the script distracting....but otherwise great to watch!

[CottonCandyGroup]

these cars look more futuristic than the ones we have today

[MyChemicalJasper483]

they are all like rockets :P

[GreenCacktus]

and who could forget the Ford Nucleon O.o

[forestghost7]

thanks for this fine vid :) All it needed was a glimpse at Alfa Romeo's Disco Volante (Flying Saucer) and Lamborghini's 1968 Marzal

[lancelo96]

now i want a firebird like that with enough hp to hit the moon : )

[dunemoonbeam]

i wish the future was actulay like that

[weldon0m]

ITS THE JETSONS!!!!!!!!!

[supermankicass]

Now I know where the Japanese came up with Speed Racer, these cars are cartoon lookin'

[Blurredman]

forget eco cars, get a space car :)

[illymozar]

That Futura looks like the Batmobile.

[DominikDrinkhahn]

The Futura was the Batmobile. The Broadcasting Company bought it, refurbished it, and made it the batmobile!

[gusneaker]

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this video!!! I love finned cars EVER since I was a kid... and I used to read about these futuristic cars... and dream away staring at their amazing images!

Pity not all of them were kept, since many were destroyed not long after they were shown to the public!

[mobeers2k2]

Amasing~This cars have more metal in their interiors than a lot of cars are made out of.Way cool~Corvette is about hte only one that didn't get alot of change~

[dieselboy440]

Hahaha I'll fly that bitch into space. These are ridiculous.

[hotgta]

wow, very nice. Aerodinamic style from planes.

[Gmaildude101]

love the music

[MauriceOlive]

Atomic Cars!

[mattyme91]

were all american concept cars based on rectangles?

[SergioTwin]

Really amazing :),what a inevnts made 50 years ago. What is the sng?

[Shoknifeman]

Johnny B Goode, by Chuck Berry

[kalkanza888]

yah that was pretty interesting...especially that last one, with the two set of wheels!!

[EricKZhang]

lol 50s cars always have thier standard long body and overstated fins

[battlestarvfx]

if detroit was smart they would dust off all these designs, update them for modern electronics and safety standards, put hydro in them (lots of space!), with lightweight bodies but sturdy frames and get them into show rooms. I don't know anyone would wouldn't want to drive a really cool looking car reminiscent of these designs.

[davidls11]

Or at the very least they should bring back tail fins.

[destruct0r]

hmmm, its funny how they had women in the cars in the time when women weren't able to drive

[Shoknifeman]

Women have been driving since the beginning, mind you, they didnt drive in large numbers until Charles Kettering invented the electric starter in 1912 (Cause most women at the time found hand cranking their cars difficult)

[xboxfreak94303]

for sure lol!

[Reubenhubert]

Do you think the designers were just an itty bitty, teeny tiny bit influenced by jet aircraft?

[Shoknifeman]

Yes, Harley Earl (Head of design at GM from 1927-58) created the "Tail fins" for the '48 Caddy after seeing the twin tail fighter planes during WW2, and soon jet plane design was replacing the art-deco look cars had used since 1934.

Later, jet plane design replaced prop plane design, such as the vents under the headlights of the early 50s Oldsmobile 88s (They were designed after the air intakes on jet engines of the day); and of course, the 50s show cars took that to the extreme

[57OldsGal]

I am digging the wildcat! Thanks for the video. Well done!

[meowmix1012]

Great day in the A.M.!! How about Tiger Woods at 1:19? The Buick Centurion??? That's a scream, man!!

[dunemoonbeam]

did most of those concept get destroyed?

[showtruck123]

Was it me or did I see a white batmobile?

[drmojiah]

Yep. the Lincoln Futura was literally the rough draft from which the actual 1960's Batmobile was made

[Shoknifeman]

that was the 1955 Ford/Lincoln Futura, 11 years later (1966), it was bought by George Barris and customized into the Batmobile for the TV show(Yes, its the same car, in its original body style)

[scotpens]

Besides the cool-looking but impractical twin-bubble canopy and enormous fins, another distinctive feature of the Lincoln Futura was its shimmering pearlescent paint job. Unfortunately, the irridescent effect didn't show up on color film, so the car looks dead white in photos. That's why it was painted red for its appearance in the 1959 movie "It Started With a Kiss" starring Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds.

[Shoknifeman]

Ah, makes sense

[sidebar78]

I read years ago in Hot Rod Mag.that many of the concept cars were not crushed as reported. they were sold to oil rich Arabs,many also reside in private collections,not available to the public.some are in corporate museums.Ford has several on display in Dearborn

[SmiaaRAWR6]

interesting...

[FCCOOL]

pure drool material, imagine how cool it would be if we got the future the 1950's predicted.

[Stromberg97]

Forgot one of the coolest concept cars around...the '56 Packard Predictor.

[scotpens]

Yes, the Packard Predictor, with its thin vertical grille, reverse-rake rear window, and "cathedral" taillights, was -- well, interesting, if not exactly beautiful. The styling of the 1957 Packards would have been based on the Predictor had Packard not gone belly-up in the summer of 1956. Instead, the last "Packards" were just tarted-up Studebakers with a Packard nameplate slapped on. It was a degrading end to one of America's most prestigious auto makers.

[Shoknifeman]

You can say that again, the Packardbaker was a sad end to a grand car (One of the 3 "P"s)...mind you, it wasn't terrible looking in '57.....would have made a great Stude :p Designer Richard Teague said it best :"When they put my beautiful Packard tailights on that tired old Stude body, it was enough to make a magot vomit!"

[Shoknifeman]

maggot*

[Shoknifeman]

The stillborn '57 Packard looked a bit like the 1959 Continental...but not quite as ugly!

[kovamate]

this video is amazing...I like it very much...:)

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[Ibenort]

its like a rip off of the jetsons cars

[WarHater69]

nothing on the Ford XP1000, witch is still in existence btw.

[antandant]

between funny and awesome!

[godzilla6789]

ford hade so crazy shit in 54 and 55

[corvettez3]

the mako shark wouldve been with the rest of the vettes

[KenMacMillan]

yeah, a big influence on the C2 Stingray.

[HotRodAlley]

loved seeing the original concept of what the batmobile was built from @ 1:04

[7div]

All these years later and quite a few of the cars look better than today's cars.

[quattrone427]

Car are awesome, but, where you'd find that Johnnie B Goode track?...It almost sounds like an out-take of the eventual record...Great piano solo!!!; I like this version better than the published version...Thanks!!

[64098]

I wish they could have used something else for the Batmobile besides the Lincoln Futura. It was "worthless" in 1966 when George Barris bought it and--well, you know...

[raconter1]

Wonderful compilation! Better than any book, for sure! Imagine those glass tops in the Florida sun! LOL! Subscribed! :) Jack

[Mirthless79]

Yo check it: They put antigrav on these an call em UFO's nowadays????

[MChelada]

One concept car was to be powered by a small nuclear reactor stored in the trunk. Can you imagine a rear-end collision?! "Chopper Dave, here. An accident on Fifth and Elm; all downwind residents are being advised to roll up their windows for the next several hours..."

[tellemimsurfin]

They would not look out of place in a jetsons cartoon.

[dontforget9]

i get so nostalgic watching this vid :( and i'm only 16!!

[FatBullocks]

I'd love to own any of these cars. I wonder where these cars are now! Priceless! thank you

[cruelhacker]

pos algo chidos solo k lo de aora son otro boleto como el nissan pivo 1 y 2

[MLOENTAL]

i like the ford fx atmos

[pokemasterjedi]

Muy bonitos carros, excelnte video

[osmangazi1299]

BACK TO DO FUTURE

[StoneCut]

Excellent, thanks !

[starosalia]

GRRRRRRRRRRRREAT!!

[crashbug]

wonder where these cars are now?

[bronxboyXXX]

They usualy get distroyed.

[blakeyboy450]

pity

[dontforget9]

y on earth would they destroy them?? that sounds bizzar!! in other words, bs.

[bronxboyXXX]

Allot of advanced technology goes into the making of concept cars and much of it infringes on others patents or is just to revealing to competitors. So in not all but many cases manufactures destroy them. Also since the cars are very experimental they tend to fail many safety or emissions test. The reasons they are destroyed can range from styling, technical issues, legal issues & even reasons unknown. But I assure you it's not, as you put it "BS".

[dontforget9]

mmmk, ta for explaining it. i wish they gave them to me though :)

[vikkiandbradley07]

notice we dont have these concept cars, all concept cars never make mass production!!!

[ARandomCanadian]

Sum just look like jets

[zagnuttrocks]

Yes,Yes! I have been searching 4 eva for images of Lincoln Futura.(& '64 Futura) Good work man! Thank you GO,GO,GO ..............e.mail- speedyfutura2@yahoo.

[jb828films]

thnx dude

[jb828films]

p.s. wats the name of the song???

[PoLaCoAKD87]

johny b good

[jb828films]

sweet cars im a huge car freak!!!

i like every car from the1950's to the imports tuners now (^_^)

[GasserGlass]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ScandalB52]

cars these days have no art someone should try to make 50's design cars instead of the crappy look that cars have theses days

[briank46]

very nice!!! the 55 lincoln was the car they made the batmobile out of.

[Russ641]

wow, where are these cars now? bet they're worth a fortune!

[1Ali380]

They look like space cars ;)