60s Fords in "Hazel"

[rocketraider]

3 hours ago, John348 said:

woke up with Petticoat Junction (horrible show) 

IDK John- I always thought PJ had some nice scenery...

 

You never saw any in the show, but Chevrolet was "Bonanza" major sponsor for years. I believe Dan Blocker owned several high-performance Chevrolets over the show's run.

[Harold]

On 6/17/2022 at 5:29 PM, plymouthcranbrook said:

Adam 12.  Plymouth Belvedere and Satellite   and also AMC Matadors. 

I believe the Belvedere squad cars in Adam-12 were built as standard all-white sedans and then the black two-tone (with nameplates removed) was added later.  The cars didn't have the stainless paint-splitter molding on the C-pillars and under the rear windows, and had white door jambs.

 

Also, FWIW, Hazel's drunk boyfriend crashed his '52 Plymouth in one episode of that show.

[Bloo]

I wonder if they were really police package cars? I am unsure if black and white as commonly used was ever factory paint. Maybe, but white wouldn't surprise me. I used to own a Belvedere police car, a 65. It was light blue metallic, and not two tone. The second digit of the VIN tells the story. A police package has "9" in 1965 (it starts out R9 for Belevedere police), and a "K" in 1966 and several years afterwards (RK for Belvedere police).

[Dan Cluley]

I recall an episode of Dennis the Menace where Mr Wilson has a '59 Ford that squeaks.  He spends most of the show greasing things and adding rubber strips under the fenders before Dennis finally points out that there is a kitten in the trunk.

[Frank DuVal]

8 hours ago, rocketraider said:

Dan Blocker

Showed up at Dominion Chevrolet in Richmond to draw a crowd back about 1965. 

 

Maybe this his is a Pinterest link:

 

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/574560864941497308/

[rocketraider]

He was Grand Marshal of 1969 Danville VA Christmas parade. Hoss was a great ambassador for Chevrolet and NBC's Sunday night tv lineup.

 

I think he got one of the first 1965 Z16 cars.

[John348]

9 hours ago, rocketraider said:

IDK John- I always thought PJ had some nice scenery...

 

You never saw any in the show, but Chevrolet was "Bonanza" major sponsor for years. I believe Dan Blocker owned several high-performance Chevrolets over the show's run.

 

There was a connection with the Bonanza crew filming Chevrolet promotional films.

Dan Blocker 1964 Chevrolet Truck Commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQlVg2tp2EU

 

Lorne Green 1966 Chevrolet Promotional Film Corporate Sales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRaxs-ESQQY

[76 Caddy]

 

[rocketraider]

Boy that was great! Learned two things: never knew Chevrolet was associated with The Man from U.N.C.L.E, or that 1965 Corvair could have the telescopic steering wheel.

[1957Birdman]

In the first season of Perry Mason Paul Drake appears to have owned both a black 57 T-Bird with black and white interior and a white 1957 Corvette. I know because when recovering from covid I binge watched the first season of Perry Mason and he drove both of those cars in different episodes. I think the must have had 2 different production crews, on that favored Fords and one that favored GM products.

On a different show, 77 Sunset Strip had Fords with Stu Bailey driving the current year Thunderbird and Jeff Spence driving the same year Ford convertible.

Lew Bachman

1957 Thunderbird

[John348]

6 minutes ago, 1957Birdman said:

In the first season of Perry Mason Paul Drake appears to have owned both a black 57 T-Bird with black and white interior and a white 1957 Corvette. I know because when recovering from covid I binge watched the first season of Perry Mason and he drove both of those cars in different episodes. I think the must have had 2 different production crews, on that favored Fords and one that favored GM products.

On a different show, 77 Sunset Strip had Fords with Stu Bailey driving the current year Thunderbird and Jeff Spence driving the same year Ford convertible.

Lew Bachman

1957 Thunderbird

This week I noticed on METV on the morning airing of Perry Mason is the first season. It was episode 5 of season 1 and Perry was driving a 1957 Cadillac Convertible. It was parked on the street scene and showed  people looking and pointing at it in awe. I noticed this once before when he parked a 1959 Cadillac Convertible. I guess this was the beginning of product placement. Episode 4 he was driving a Ford Redactable, so I guess they did not have an exclusive contract yet with a vehicle manufacturer, which is good for us we get a variety. 

[John348]

My mistake yesterday was episode 4 and Perry was driving a Caddy, today was episode 5 and today he was back in his retractable and Paul in his black T-Bird. There was a Lincoln in there as well as a Packard, great stuff! 

[TAKerry]

TCM has been playing the original Perry Mason movies from the early 30's. He was riding around in a pretty neat roadster in the last episode. I have no idea what it was. I am pretty sure it was not a Packard but def. something hi end.