Chrysler sponsored TV shows

[cm23uoc]

Was wondering if you can name me a couple TV shows of the 60s-early 70s that used Chrysler C-body cars as props. The only one I remember was the "Hawkins" with Jimmy Stewart.

 

[Bryan]

Edit: Sorry, I didn't ready your post right and listed shows sponsored by Chrysler Products... Not just C bodies...


Beverly Hillbillies
Mannix
The Mod Squad
Mayberry RFD
Leave It To Beaver
Marcus Welby MD
Dinah Shore
You Bet your Life

I think at times Petticoat Junction and Green Acres were too.

I'll think of more... It may just take some time though

 

[cm23uoc]

We did not have most of these shows over here or they had no reruns after the years when I was born. YouTube is a good place to watch if you know what to look for.

I enjoyed Mannix. He started with a Barris Custom Olds Toronado, then came the customized A-body Dart GTS which is still around, then the E-body Cuda.

 

[Bryan]

Some 60-70's shows that used a variety of C Bodies

Batman
Green Lantern
Mission Impossible
Movin' on

 

[70NPORT]

........Mod Squad

 

[cm23uoc]

just watched this today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdW815KBDAE&feature=related

Green again.

 

[polara71]

Adam 12 had some C's in it

One of my all time favorites is The Rockford Files.....plenty of C's in there , especially cop cars.

 

[Greg B.]

One of my all time favorites is The Rockford Files.....plenty of C's in there , especially cop cars.

Ah, I knew there was a reason I liked you. Rockford was the best TV show ever, IMO.

In addition to the police cars, the bad guys often used Imperials or Chryslers. I have the whole series on DVD and I recall a chase scene where Jim's Firebird is being chased by a big C-body that loses hubcaps going around corners. The thing leaned like a fishing boat in a Force 10 gale!

 

[polara71]

I remember that.........wasn't that an Imperial?

Was that in the episode of "The birds, the bees and TT Flowwers"?

 

[polara71]

You have the whole series........I envy you... Rockford files and All in the Family are my top two favorites.

 

[1978 NYB]

I like the old series "Combat" with Vic Morrow.............of course I would. I've seen the entire series on the Action Channel (Starz) a few years back in air date order. It was pretty cool...to me. I liked seeing the old WWII trucks, tanks, and artillery.

 

[Stormer]

You have the whole series........I envy you... Rockford files and All in the Family are my top two favorites.

Rockford is just plain bad ***. All in the family is a great illustration of how we've evolved as human beings.

 

[70NPORT]

I dunno, Archie Bunker is a hoot!

 

[1978 NYB]

Let's Make A Deal was the best...........giving away hundreds of Mopars.

 

[commando1]

Let's Make A Deal was the best...........giving away hundreds of Mopars.

Sales bank cars that they couldn't stuff the channel with anymore because the dealers were still choking on the new 2 yr old leftovers still in their lot and paying floor plans on.

 

[cm23uoc]

Now I have to find time to do some watching.
The Rockford Files are my favorite as well, they do reruns all the time but not the last two years or so;
The two cases or so with Tom Selleck as unfailable P.I. Lance White are really funny.

 

[polara71]

Dont forget Isaac Hayes......... Rockfish

 

[has2bmopar]

Edit: Sorry, I didn't ready your post right and listed shows sponsored by Chrysler Products... Not just C bodies...


Beverly Hillbillies -- I recall some '65-'66 Convertible, but not sure specifically
Mannix -- '70 -'71 Challenger or Cuda amoung other "guest Mopars"
The Mod Squad
Mayberry RFD
Leave It To Beaver '60 Plymouth
Marcus Welby MD
Dinah Shore
You Bet your Life

I think at times Petticoat Junction and Green Acres were too.

I'll think of more... It may just take some time though

I don't know some of the other shows that you listed, but again a show that had pre C-body Mopars was a show that's rerun in the wee hours now, called "Highway Patrol" It was loaded with '56-'59s when they were new, of all of the big 3, but it had many finned Mopars in it.

One episode had Clint Eastwood in it, as a biker that was passing through town. He was probably in his early 20s.

Also in the late night reruns was a show called "Sea Hunt" with Loyd Bridges that had a '60 Chrysler wagon and a '60 Plymouth in it.

 

[has2bmopar]

I like the old series "Combat" with Vic Morrow.............of course I would. I've seen the entire series on the Action Channel (Starz) a few years back in air date order. It was pretty cool...to me. I liked seeing the old WWII trucks, tanks, and artillery.

When I was just a little ****, Dad would let me stay up and watch that show with him. No one else my age seems to know what show I was talking about. Didn't Vic Morrow get killed from a rotor that came off of a helicopter?

My Dad was a Master Sergeant, teaching small arms and artillery in Alaska during The Korean war, so he had retained the Military bug also. I also watched Ba Ba Black Sheep and MASH quite often with him.

 

[detmatt]

Black sheep and Mash were great shows.
We can't forget about The Brady Bunch, with that sweet triple blue Barracuda vert and the C-body wagons. Although I'd kinda like to forget about the show...