padgett Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 At one time I lived in George Maharis' mother's house. Does that count ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Adam 12....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 And how can we forget Kojak? My Grandfather retired in 1972, he watched this TV show, and liked the way the 73 Buick Century looked and bought his first new car at 66 years old. He was so upset that the top of the rear quarters rotted out in 18 months. He had a lot of other problem with that car. It was nice light green color with dark green vinyl top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Seems to have strayed a bit from TV so I will include a movie as well, no pics but 'Drowning Mona' starred Danny Devito, Bette Midler and a few more stars. Everyone in town including the police chief (Devito) drove Yugo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Was Malcolm Bricklin credited ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) I am surprised tv movie car discussions usually miss this cool big block Barracuda from the 79 B movie Phantasm. A horror with terrible acting, no plotline to speak of but lots of car scenes, dirtbikes, guns and a little nudity, perfect movie for teen boys. 😁 Edited August 17, 2020 by Steve_Mack_CT (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Another movie with a lot of great cars is "Dazed and Confused" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 14 hours ago, TAKerry said: Seems to have strayed a bit from TV so I will include a movie as well, no pics but 'Drowning Mona' starred Danny Devito, Bette Midler and a few more stars. Everyone in town including the police chief (Devito) drove Yugo's. Yes but most of these movies were on TV as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 On 8/14/2020 at 6:01 PM, John348 said: Adam 12....... Yes, I remember this wagon. While not as famous as Reed & McCoy's patrol cars were, it was the center of strategy at many incidents as Sgt. "Mac" McDonald's Mobil Command Unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 33 minutes ago, GregLaR said: Ironically, Last night the movie COFFY was on TV. and Sgt. "Mac" was in the movie driving a early 70's Plymouth squad car. He was referred to as "Mac" also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Steve_Mack_CT said: I am surprised tv movie car discussions usually miss this cool big block Barracuda from the 79 B movie Phantasm. A horror with terrible acting, no plotline to speak of but lots of car scenes, dirtbikes, guns and a little nudity, perfect movie for teen boys. 😁 Hah! Gene Siskel couldn't have given a better synopsis of this movie! I remember it well Steve and we went to see it for exactly the reasons you named. There has been an ongoing search for this Cuda for almost 4 decades. It appears to have been lost to the sands of time. Edited August 17, 2020 by GregLaR (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) I remember a made for TV Movie "The California Kid" with Vic Morrow and Martin Sheen, might have been his first movie Edited August 17, 2020 by John348 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 35 minutes ago, John348 said: I remember a made for TV Movie "The California Kid" with Vic Morrow and Martin Sheen, might have been his first movie Hey John, Vic Morrow was also a Cop in Dirty Larry Crazy Mary. 35 minutes ago, John348 said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) Wasn't there one similar to DMCL that was running through all of the "straight roads every 1/2 mile" coming into Chicago ? (might have been the plot of the novel - have a copy...somewhere...) Edited August 17, 2020 by padgett (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Are you thinking of Two Lane Blacktop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Last night watched Episode One of Lovecraft Country, prominently featuring a 22nd Series Packard Woodie Wagon driven by the main characters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Just was channel surfing tonight, no Baseball in NY tonight and came upon a rerun of Green Acres, forgot all about that show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Back then I thought that all cars in California were convertibles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 8 hours ago, padgett said: Back then I thought that all cars in California were convertibles. No, they were cars, although my grandfather called them automobiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Let's not forget Dragnet, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 8 hours ago, John348 said: Let's not forget Dragnet, ...and the other Jack Webb productions like Emergency! and Adam 12. Lots of good rolling stock in every episode. I understand that the red Dodge utiity truck used in Emergency! is on display at the Los Angeles Fire Museum. Every time I see an AMC Matador it brings back memories of seeing loads of them at surplus auctions. Government agencies really loved those cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 The Astro-spiral was designed for a Matador red Hornet. Does that count ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 And what about the Matador that was converted into an airplane? "The Man With The Golden Gun" Lots of great car stuff in the Bond movies, -Country Squire wagon in Goldfinger, along with a couple of other nice Fords -Mach 1 chase scene in Diamonds Are Forever, not to mention the sweet little Honda 3 wheelers! -and of course the Aston Martins are obvious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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