Famous/not so famous TV cars

Rob_Gray · Oct 20, 2009

I'm surprised no one mentioned this one yet. After the first pic is a link discussing whether or not this vehicle was a Buick. It was actually an Oldsmobile.

http://www.prewarbuick.com/features/jed_clampetts_buick

Ward's car on Leave it to Beaver:

Ozzie and Harriet's car:

Bill Bixbie's car on My Favorite Martian:

buickjunkie · Oct 19, 2009

I can't find any mention of these two, Car 54 and Christine.

70 gsconvt · Oct 19, 2009

Christine was a 1958 Plymouth Fury I believe.

You guys are really good on some of these.

Dale · Oct 19, 2009

More Beverly Hillbillies.
Mr. Drysdale always drove, or was driven in Chrysler Imperials.

Remember when Jethro did his thing with the truck? :laugh:

(sorry about the small pics. I can't get to my Photobucket account here at work.)
This is work?p

Poppaluv · Oct 19, 2009

What was the car in "My Mother the Car"?

Bad Boattail · Oct 19, 2009

POPPALUV66 said: ↑

What was the car in "My Mother the Car"?
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Read this :TU:

The car used in the show was an amalgam of different cars.

"Mother" was built by Barris Kustom Industries and was powered by a 283 cubic inch (4.6 L) Chevrolet V8 and Powerglide automatic transmission.
The carnation red body with white top was created from parts of a Model T, a Maxwell, a Hudson and a Chevrolet.

Mother's hood, radiator shell and "Porter" radiator script were custom made.
The design was anachronistic in many ways, with features from vehicles of the early 1920s and even the 1910s.

In order to create the illusion that the car was driverless whenever "Mother" drove it, a second car with its floorboards removed was used.
The driver could then be placed out of sight and could drive the stunt car with the aid of mirrors.

"Mother" number one, the stunt car, is currently on display at Tennessee's Star Cars Museum.
Number two is in the hands of private collector David Bodnar of Edmonton, Alberta.

The Porter wore a genuine yellow-on-black California license plate with the number PZR 317 throughout the show's run, a sequence that would have been current in 1965.
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rex362 · Oct 19, 2009

Hawaii Five O .....

Book em Danno !

what were they ...? Mercury Marquis year .....?

Sergeant Major · Oct 19, 2009

How about the Monkeemobile??

Jimmy Conway · Oct 19, 2009

rex362 said: ↑

Hawaii Five O .....

Book em Danno !

what were they ...? Mercury Marquis year .....?
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I'm pretty sure his first car was a '68 Park Lane Brougham:

and his second was a '74 Marquis Brougham 4-door hardtop.

Rob_Gray · Oct 20, 2009

A few more:

The HBO Show Entourage car (I don't watch the show regularly, but like the suicide door Lincoln):

That 70's Show Car (my parents had a Vista Cruiser almost exactly like this when I was a kid, except no sport/mag wheels):

The Partridge Family bus (sorry, but that show was annoying):

Brady Bunch wagon:

Andy Griffith Show's police cruiser:

Bad Boattail · Oct 20, 2009

Deputy Marshall Sam McCloud's horse:

McCloud was one of television's more tongue-in-cheek police series.

Here was Deputy Marshall Sam McCloud from Taos, New Mexico, driving the New York City police crazy.

He had originally arrived in New York to chase a prisoner who had escaped from him, and his direct, rather strong-arm methods were hard for the big-city police to cope with.

After capturing his man, McCloud somehow found himself on temporary assignment in Manhattan's 27th Precinct under Chief Peter B. Clifford.

Although he was ostensibly there to learn the methods employed by a large metropolitan police department,
McCloud usually took things into his own hands and reverted to type, much to the chagrin and frustration of Chief Clifford.

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Bad Boattail · Oct 20, 2009

Al Bundy's Dodge:

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Al Bundy upgrades Dodge using Cash for Clunkers.

CHICAGOJuly 31, 2009One day after the government announced they will suspend the popular Cash for Clunkers program,
Chicago native Al Bundy caught an uncharacteristic break.

The star-crossed shoe salesman is constantly drawing the short-end of the stick.
Today, however, was different for Bundy.
I work in a shoe store, I make less than minimum wage, Bundy huffed and puffed.
Today, Bundy would not be denied.

Bundy drove his 1971 burnt sienna, mid-century Dodge Dart Demon with over 90,000 miles on it down to the local Autoplex - much to the chagrin of his wife, Peggy Bundy.
I thought the true Bundy Legacy was underwear with just an elastic band.

Despite the significant backlog of Cash for clunkers deals, Bundy was able to push his deal through.
Clearly his extensive experience as a salesman paid off, for once.

The Cash for Clunkers program offers owners of old cars and trucks $3,500 or $4,500 toward a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle.
Bundy would not comment on what car he purchased since he wanted to keep it hidden from his wife.

It was then Bundy went off on an erroneous tangent , Those articles that say married couples have sex every month are just sensationalistic lies perpetrated on the public to sell magazines.
Its hooey I tell you, hooey.
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Just days before, Bundy was looking to end it all when he was forced to pump gas until he earned back the money his family spent at a gas station.

Bundy is frequently at odds with his family over financial issues.
When word reached Bundys son, Bud Bundy, that the family was going to get a brand new car, Bud could hardly contain his excitement.
Oh the hooters Ill be a-juggling, Bud proclaimed.

Although the news was hidden from his wife at the time, Bundys son heard the rumor while at his fathers favorite nudie bar.

Before upgrading his Dodge, Bundy already planned what he was going to say to his son when he would undoubtedly sneak into the new car:
Now, son, youve got two choices: you can get out, or, you can get the hell out.

Bundy would return home and address his family, Peg, kids, get ready to torture me - Im home.

By this time the entire family knew about the car.
Bundy looked at his family and dug deep inside himself to find the right words to say to them.
Bundy, chosing his words carefully, looked his family over and said I left high-school, lost the will to live and here I am

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Bad Boattail · Oct 20, 2009

Sam Malone from Cheers owned a Corvette:

1967 Chevrolet 427 Corvette Stingray - Everybody Knows His Name
This '67 Is All Cheers And No Jeers

Years ago, Ted Danson, as the fictitious retired baseball great Sam Malone, appeared in millions of Americans' living rooms every week for over a decade in the sitcom Cheers.
A character tailored to fit the iconic American sports star, Sam Malone's life was wrought with fame, money, women, and fun.

Included in his quiver of toys, aside from a weekly procession of gorgeous women into his neighborhood bar, was a pristine '67 427 Corvette Sting Ray he cherished over everything else.

That '67, in the reality outside of TV-land, was then (and still is) owned by Bill Marquardt of Bloomington, Illinois.
The Corvette was featured in two episodes of the show, becoming as much a part of Sam's life as Norm was part of that corner barstool.

Since its debut in Cheers, Bill has put his '67 under the wrench several times, ultimately ending up in this current manifestation.

In May 1984, Bill purchased the coupe at the Rose Bowl Swap Meet in Pasadena, California.
Up to that time, the Corvette had undergone a restoration by its previous owner, Rich Mason, in Nevada.

Bill was a studio driver in California when his Corvette was "discovered." The show's producers immediately jumped on the Corvette, knowing it had to be the perfect car for Sam Malone.

Since then, Bill's '67 has been showcased all around the country, from the Petersen Museum in California, to the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky, then back in front of the cameras for My Classic Car with Dennis Cage.
Yet, what's far more exciting about this Sting Ray is what it carries underneath all that fiberglass.

A ZL1 aluminum 427 now resides between the fenders.
The list of goodies installed and balanced by Domingo Garcia of Mega Motors and JBS Auto Services of Simi Valley, California, is daunting.

The aluminum block was bored .020 over from standard. A GM Performance 454 crank was ground and heat-treated to stroke the motor, bolted to Eagle H-beam rods with ARP bolts fastening everything down.
JE SRP 10:1 pistons pound out the streetable compression ratio as a Competition Cams roller bumpstick opens the AFR valves on time with Comp Cams rockers actuating aluminum AFR cylinder heads.
A Weiand aluminum intake with Holley 3x2s tops off this amazing setup, which has helped reduce this Sting Ray's bulk to a meager 2,900 pounds.

Knowing the stock exhaust setup simply wouldn't allow his big-breathing 427 the flow it needed, Bill had custom 3-inch side pipes built with equally customized 3-inch mufflers manufactured by Chip's Muffler Shop in Simi Valley, California.
The bulky headers matching up to the all-stainless exhaust system resonate like thunder as Bill drives by.

Receiving an OK from Zora Arkus-Duntov himself, Bill installed a complete Vette Brakes disc-brake system to bring his fire-breathing Corvette to a stop.
The massive cross-drilled rotors spin the vintage Sunburst 15-inch wheels sporting Goodyear GS1 245/60-15s.
The 3.55 Posi-traction works with a Keisler Automotive Tremec five-speed as Bill is banging the gears.

Even with all these crazy go-fast parts, Bill has yet to open up this beast on the dragstrip to see how fast it can really go.
We can only hope the bug will bite him soon so we'll get an update on how quick this little rod can burn up the 1320.

The Cheers TV show may be gone, left to live out its days in rerun purgatory, but this Corvette is alive and well, providing Bill Marquardt endless memories and future ones to come.

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Odd Conv · Oct 20, 2009

TV cars are a bit tougher than movies...
1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser from “That 70’s Show”
1974 Dodge Dart from "Married with Children"

oops, I missed all the rest of the pages for this post.
What about the Batmobile, did someone get that too?

6769RIV · Oct 20, 2009

George Jetson's car that conveniently folded into a briefcase:

And speaking of convenience, just in case you missed Daisy Duke's Jeep from earlier in the thread here's another one:

Odd Conv · Oct 20, 2009

Crap, someone did the Batmobile too.

"Tool Time"
Tim's 1933 Ford Rodster Convertible
Jill's 1966 Austin Healy

Ken Mild · Oct 20, 2009

Bad Boattail said: ↑

The late Farrah Fawcett played the role of Jill in Charlie's Angles, Jill drove a Mustang II Cobra II:

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I always thought that body style cobra would be so cool with a HI PO 302 or a 351.

They were so lame performance wise.

msc66 · Oct 20, 2009

Maxwell Smart's Sunbeam Tiger (this pic is from the movie though)

Someone already mentioned Mannix's Olds roadster but this is the Dart GTS he drove from 68 - 70. After that I think it was a Challenger.

California kid. Hey, it was a made for tv movie

Also, more recently, on the tv show Angel, Angel drove a 67 GTX convertible.

bw1339 · Oct 20, 2009

Wasn't it a '69?

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That 70's Show Car (my parents had a Vista Cruiser almost exactly like this when I was a kid, except no sport/mag wheels):

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Bad Boattail · Oct 21, 2009

bw1339 said: ↑

Wasn't it a '69?
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