Cars of the beverly hillbillies

[Aarons Air]

The status symbols of the day, Mopar!https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-television-the-cars-of-the-beverly-hillbillies/

 

[khryslerkid]

I believe their commercials were Chrysler based also. Never missed an episode.

 

[SteveSS]

I always think of the fancy guitar music when the Chryslers pulled up to the mansion.

 

[mopar 3 B]

Think the show was also sponsored by Chrysler. Just maybe?

 

[Photon440]

Miss Jane's car (Mr. Drysdales's secretary)at the end of the series:

 

[beanhead]

Jethro's hot rod truck cracked me up as a kid!
I clicked on K-Kid's link, man I haven't heard that theme song in years. Ol' Scruggs and that three-finger roll....

 

[gary h]

I loved the Imperials from the BH's. Thanks for sharing

 

[Big Bad Dad]

You notice the Challenger 'vert had low back seats? Not the normal e body buckets. I think they used older seats for the filming so the people in the back seat could be seen on camera.

 

[Richard Cranium]

That was a great show.

 

[dartforforty]

Donna Douglas was a Hottie!!!!!!!!!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Donna Douglas was a Hottie!!!!!!!!!

But she's been assuming a nice cool ground temperature for nearly 5 years.

 

[Dibbons]

She was married to the director of the Hillbillies show for a number of years.

 

[Ron H]

You notice the Challenger 'vert had low back seats? Not the normal e body buckets. I think they used older seats for the filming so the people in the back seat could be seen on camera.

Yeah this was done in several shows/movies including removing the rear view mirror and verts were used to show the people more. I think they might have done this with Mannix's Cuda's. When verts were dropped after '71 they converted a '70 Cuda to look like the '72 for that season. Private 'dick's' liked the Plymouth verts...recalling Peter Gunn. There were some shots of neat Mopars on Mission Impossible too. And ya find some in old Elvis movies. On a humorous note remember seeing people driving in flicks and you can see the gear shift lever is in Park? Lol.

 

[chargervert]

After the 72 season of Mannix,he had a 73 Challenger with a sunroof,and it had lowback seats too. It is the only 72-74 Challenger I ever saw with a sunroof.

 

[Ron H]

After the 72 season of Mannix,he had a 73 Challenger with a sunroof,and it had lowback seats too. It is the only 72-74 Challenger I ever saw with a sunroof.

Yeah, and think he drove a '74 the next season. Final year he drove a Camaro. I think Mannix was knocked unconscious in every friggin episode and he never had issues with concussions...he was one tough dude! And his sport jacket wardrobe was amazing too. Sorry to hijack the post...Jethro wants to go to the CEEment pond!

 

[Aarons Air]

I loved the Imperials from the BH's. Thanks for sharing

In 70 my dad had a 65 crown coupe. It looked just like one mr Drisdale drove for a while. This car was a tank !

 

[sdweatherman]

After the 72 season of Mannix,he had a 73 Challenger with a sunroof,and it had lowback seats too. It is the only 72-74 Challenger I ever saw with a sunroof.

Power sunroofs were available on the 1972 Challengers, but not on the 1973-74 models. They likely retained the 1972 sunroof car and just changed out the front and rear items to make it appear as a 73 or 74 model. Since there were no Challengers in 1975, the change over to a different car makes sense.

 

[Budnicks]

I believe their commercials were Chrysler based also. Never missed an episode.

they are on here still on MyTV or MeTV early mornings
here on Comcast 382 & 374, non Hi-Def channels

lots of old cool MoPars, mostly the c-body
lots of MoPar convertibles too,
an occasional A-body in old episodes
many Fury's, Imperial's, Newport's, Fifth Avenue's
a couple older B-bodies, in early episodes too

 

[khryslerkid]

they are on here still on MyTV or MeTV early mornings
here on Comcast 382 & 374, non Hi-Def channels

lots of old cool MoPars, mostly the c-body
lots of MoPar convertibles too,
an occasional A-body in old episodes
many Fury's, Imperial's, Newport's, Fifth Avenue's
a couple older B-bodies, in early episodes too

I always liked Adam-12 for all the muscle cars. Others of that timeline are great reruns too.

 

[65pacecar]

Missed one great shot. On Possum day outside the bank in one episode there is a Green 69 RR convertible and a Red 69 Dart GTS with a black stripe on it. Also, fun fact, the Taxi driver for the Valiant was Mel Blanc aka Bugs, Daffy, Yosemite Sam, Tweety, Sylvester, Barney Rubble and many many more....