For me the car stars were the Incomparable Imperials! Like other TV shows, car companies provided vehicles for Promotional purposes. Love seeing Doris Packer, Harriet McGibben as well as Kathleen Freeman, great classic character actresses!
At a recent wedding celebration my table was very proficient singing the opening theme. Can’t remember how it got to that 🫤, but everyone knew the Flatt & Scruggs lyrics perfectly
Something a younger audience may not realize is that Chrysler, in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, was considered a “premium” brand; and sponsored the cars in the show as an advertising campaign.
It my not be a car, but my favorite episode was, Jethro's Pad. Where he converts a old camper into his portable Playboy parlor. I think it was a Scotty camper judging by the thumb nail fenders that was a trade mark for that make. Great video!
Thank you fusion kidd! 10:02 hard to believe that car was only 30 years old at the time. Those Imperials were gorgeous cars. Savin' the best for last! Sad to think they either ended up in the crusher or a demolition derby. If they only knew...........
The cars used on the show were provided by Chrysler Corporation. Miss Jane Hathaway drove convertibles in the show and Mr. Drysdale would be driving around in an Imperial or a Chrysler New Yorker. The same with taxicabs, police cars, and trucks.
I modeled my 1980 GMC Sierra after the early clampett mobile. It was a diesel engine replaced with a 350 olds rocket. The back was made of wood that had all been used before. Definitely an olds roadster
At 12:02 Ms. Ryan begins the announcement of the Imperials with the announcement of "A 1962 Imperial LeBaron Southampton..." She then goes on to say "Two 1963 Imperial Lebarons." The first Imperial shown arriving at the bank is correctly stated as a 1962. But when she says "Two 1963 Imperial LeBarons" as the first is making the turn....that first Imperial making the turn is actually a 1962. The 1962 Imperial carried the split grill and the raised "gunsight" tailights. The next Imperial making the turn is correctly a 1963, as shown by the solid horizontal grill, and the lack of the gunsight tailights, they had a flat wrap-over tailight treatment. Interior-wise they were pretty much the same, with one notable add on to the 1963 -- a lever next to the transmission pod, labeled "Park", to engage the new-for-1963 parking pawl on the Torqueflite automatic transmission.
Though Beverly Hillbillies was a favorite in our family. I thought, I was the only car nut, to trawl through programes and movies, just to catch glimces of cars. I tell ya, some of the total rubbish I'd trawled through!. Good to know there's others out there, just as car nuts as me! Excellent video.
I had a 64 Dodge Dart. I had put it up for sale and my friend's younger brother, Dan, begged me to let him buy it. He had just gotten his license. I did not want to sell it to him but I was talked into it. On the first night Dan owned it, he wrapped it around a pole. Luckily, Dan was not hurt, but the car was destroyed.
Sorry to hear that happened to your 1964 Dodge Dart. My first car was a 1965 Mustang Fastback I bought in 1980 that I converted into a Shelby GT-350 clone, it was in my brother-in-laws body shop for nearly 6 months in 1983 while we waited for the 16 inch wheels I ordered from Japan to arrive so he could flare out my car for them to fit, within a month from getting the car back and painted, I hydroplaned in the rain and hit a tree, I wasn't even speeding, there was just a light film of mud on the road from a new home construction site. The owner of the home and tree told me that there have been several accidents due to the new construction. Fortunately my two friends who talked me into taking the car out for a ride in the rain weren't killed in the accident, however they both sued my insurance company, and bought houses with the money.
11:53 Fun fact: the reason some of these cars look like they have faded paint in places is because they have to spray a substance on the vehicle so that it will not reflect the (very bright) TV lights. In fact you may notice that just before 11:53, the hood has more of a sheen. When we see the closer shot, all of a sudden it looks like the paint has faded in certain places. If they hadn't sprayed the substance, there would be a tremendous glare there. I think we see that was some of the other vehicles in this video.
I think it's worth mention that the creator of "The Beverly Hillbillies", Paul Henning had an older brother named Cotton Henning who was the mechanic on many Indy 500 wining cars. So it's not surprising that he would put some interesting cars in the show.
Well, Jane Hathaway was always complaining about Mr Drysdale not paying her enough - and he probably wasn't; but she sure seemed to have had enough for a new convertible each season! Haha!
The voice actors they used for Ebsen and Miss Ryan were spot on . The voice actor for Miss Douglas was slightly below that level . The red convertibles that Miss Kulp always drove were a trademark for the show , Question: If Banker Drysdale was tight with his money how could his executive secretary Miss Jane afford those red convertibles ?
My theory was Miss Jane's convertibles were leased by the Commerce Bank for prestigious company cars. The same with the Imperials, bank provided for Mr. Drysdale. The bank probably held the mortgage on Chrysler Plymouth Dodge of Beverly Hills dealership.
I really enjoyed this video as I used to see these cars on the show when I watched it as a boy. I give it to you for using voices that closely resemble Jed, Granny, Ellie and Jethro
@@mt3311 Mr. Ed and Green Acres were Studebaker. In real life the actress who played Aunt Bea was a Studebaker diehard who never replaced her '66 and kept it until she passed.
Back then it was not uncommon for a show to be sponsored by an automaker or partially sponsored by an automaker or sometimes You can look in the credits and lots of times you will see all vehicles in the show were provided by the Ford motor company for the Chrysler corporation or general motors for the Pontiac division of general motors or the Chevrolet division or general motors and etc. Etc. That sort of thing very common back then
Chrysler must have been a sponsor for The Green Hornet as well. The Black Beaty was a 1966 Imperial Crown, and his personal car was a 1966 Chrysler New Yorker..
That is just like one that ran into the photographer stand at the end pf the pit lane at the 1971 Indy 500. The driver was Eldon Palmer who was the owner of an Indianapolis Dodge dealership. He had set a cone for a breaking reference after the pace lap. Someone moved it, he braked too late and hit the bleacher. The pace car was red, and a rag top too.
I loved this well done deep dive in the cars used in one of our favorite TV shows 🫡 That Nudie the Rodeo Taylor designed 64 Bonneville Convertible still exists as does the Original truck they all loaded up 😅
With all of the Mopars in this series you would think a Charger would pop up at least once but not so. I always thought how silly it looked not only on this show but the cars have no windshield and they are driving with the cars in park.
True of older shows, too, such as "The Adventures of Superman." I still see that in modern movies those in cars don't use seat belts, and the rear-view mirror is removed, sometimes leaving the base stuck to the windshield. You can also tell how "springy" the car is that it's on a dolly trailer so the actor doesn't have to drive.
They did better with the Challenger, which is a much better looking car. I've never understood the fascination with the Charger, which I've always found to be clunky and poorly integrated design.
I loved this well done deep dive in the cars used in one of our favorite TV shows 🫡 That Nudie the Rodeo Taylor designed 64 Bonneville Convertible still exists.
Most of them were driven by Ms. Hathaway. The red 68 and 69 Coronet were particularly nice. The triple taillights on the 69 Coronet are just about my Favorite lighting set up on the rear of a car... Had an F5 green 69 SuperBee, but never did come across an awesome 500 in my MoPar years in the late 70s & early 80s. What Great times, cars, and people they were!
The Hollywood Wolf Wagon that got crushed into a bale! It was only 12 ish years old at the time and even the Clampetts made fun of it! "I lost my clutch!" LOL
All the cars were pretty cool but those Imperials remind me of my grandad... I asked him to go for a ride in his Chrysler.. he almost whipped my butt! He said, boy, I wouldn't have one of those pitiful Chrysler cars! His was a 61 Imperial & it had those exposed headlight bezels.. plus a clear lexan steering wheel that waa flat on the top!
That was the hilarious thing. For about 30 years beginning in 1955, you would never see any branding other than "Imperial" on an Imperial, even though they were made on the same assembly lines and sold through the same dealerships as other Chrysler vehicles.
@@chuckschillingvideos Exactly right! Even years after he got mad at me, especially at my age I had to be reminded again that you shouldn't call an Imperial a Chrysler or a Continental a Lincoln (in those earlier year models)
I always wondered why Jethro would trade in the truck. His uncle was always very supportive of him, he could have just asked for some money to buy his vehicles! Or gone to "Mr. Drysdales bank" and asked Mr. Drysdale.
@@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Ransom left Old's in 1904 to form REO. I agree. I'm questioning the truck that was on the show. Oldsmobile didn't have a truck, at least none I could find. REO did make a truck. I was wrong in the statement that REO became Oldsmobile and I will own that.
@@romulascott Back when the Series was being filmed, many people,especially in Hollywood ,knew of the practice of chopping the rear off a car and making a truck .In fact companies like the Dykes publishing company published instructions on how to build a light truck form an old car. It goes back to the early 20's. So to fit the clampetts coming from a poorer part of the nation,they would have been like the family in Grapes of Wrath,driving a car cut down into a truck .
@@Mercmad I own a 51 Hudson. And yes even Hudson made a truck with a car front end. I saw a documentary years ago and one thing they mentioned was that the Clampet truck was an REO Speedwagon. Jethro's awesome hot rodded truck was an Oldsmobile. I wish I could remember who put the documentary on. I want to say the discovery channel.
The entire series was sponsored by Chrysler Corporation. The '64 Bonneville looks like one of Nudie's white Pontiac convertibles he built each year for movie stars (1958-1972) What happened to Jethro's first car, a 1954 Chevrolet convertible all customized like a hick owns it?
The richest guy drove the shittiest car. lol. I was always disappointed with Jed, all that money, which every other episode grew larger, and he could not pull out a few bucks for a new car. Even Miss Hathaway, who supposedly worked for slave wages, drove the latest deluxe mid-sized Dodges. Never mind Mr. Drysdale’s Imperials. Yes Chrysler Corp. sponsored the show.
I do NOT even own a television to watch filtered and re-made news, or the latest in tampons. Advertising took television over completely, and advertising has no class,pinache,or morals. They sell to sell more, now they sell trash straight from the dumpster.
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We had a 65 coronet 500 convertible race car. She was called the Jane Hathaway🏁 good days!
What I always liked about the cars they used was that they were nearly always convertibles.
Great in California weather!
Convertibles were used so the actors could be easily seen.
When TV was actually fun to watch. Nothing but crap now.
The days before television turned into a rubbish dump.
You can say that again!
I had the 63 Plymouth valiant convertible,red with white top, slant 6, there on the tree. Best car I ever had.
that car was bullet proof and lots sportier than the 62 model. Slant 6 maybe the best 6 ever made.
"Hot Rod truck" is an absolutely hilarious episode.
For me the car stars were the Incomparable Imperials! Like other TV shows, car companies provided vehicles for Promotional purposes. Love seeing Doris Packer, Harriet McGibben as well as Kathleen Freeman, great classic character actresses!
Same here, the Imperials ruled!
I'd LOVE to have that '71 LeBaron!! Those were fabulous cars (probably still are)!
You take the '71 I'll happily pilot the '62!
This was really awesome seeing all these vehicles and narration by the cast, thanks so much!
doubt there were any cast members still alive in 2024 to do voiceover work really except jethro
@@vw2112you can tell these are not the real cast....
At a recent wedding celebration my table was very proficient singing the opening theme. Can’t remember how it got to that 🫤, but everyone knew the Flatt & Scruggs lyrics perfectly
Something a younger audience may not realize is that Chrysler, in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, was considered a “premium” brand; and sponsored the cars in the show as an advertising campaign.
They also sponsored the cars for the first several seasons of the Brady Bunch, which later changed to GM vehicles.
It my not be a car, but my favorite episode was, Jethro's Pad. Where he converts a old camper into his portable Playboy parlor. I think it was a Scotty camper judging by the thumb nail fenders that was a trade mark for that make. Great video!
Such cool cars!
4:55 also, that very cool Corvette in the background!!!
4:53 Are we just going to ignore that late 50s vette in the background?
Or the '57 Ford or the ......damn can't make out that wagon.
@@richardrice8076That wagon looks to be a 1957 Plymouth Suburban . 👊😎👍
@@Awsom47Merc agree, that would be my guess. Thank you.
Thank you fusion kidd! 10:02 hard to believe that car was only 30 years old at the time. Those Imperials were gorgeous cars. Savin' the best for last! Sad to think they either ended up in the crusher or a demolition derby. If they only knew...........
imagine driving that through a "Hooverville" in 1933 and the reaction of the poor people
Great collection. The voiceover was perfect
Sounded like a young granny.
@@lrich8181 had not thought about that
The cars used on the show were provided by Chrysler Corporation. Miss Jane Hathaway drove convertibles in the show and Mr. Drysdale would be driving around in an Imperial or a Chrysler New Yorker. The same with taxicabs, police cars, and trucks.
Yeah, it was always in the credits--something I noticed growing up, as there were not a lot of nice Chryslers where I was raised in the rural Midwest.
While Miss Hathaway wasn't very hot her cars certainly were.
I find that Miss Hathaway gets more attractive as I get older.
@@Stantonv I guess at 64 I haven't got to that point yet I'm still more attracted to her cars.
@@Stantonv At age 76, I'd state it as "She becomes less unattractive."
@@StantonvHere's some trivia ... Nancy Kulp (Jane Hathaway) was a vet of WW2 (Naval Reserve) ! 🤔
@@Awsom47Merc cool, I would love to see a photo of her in her uniform.
The butler towards the end is Arthur Treacher, of "the original fish and chips" restaurants........
I modeled my 1980 GMC Sierra after the early clampett mobile. It was a diesel engine replaced with a 350 olds rocket. The back was made of wood that had all been used before. Definitely an olds roadster
Thanks for posting this! Classic American cars are awesome! They had power and plenty of room inside to stretch out.
Made a great change to see Chryslers instead of the usual Ford ! 😁
At 12:02 Ms. Ryan begins the announcement of the Imperials with the announcement of "A 1962 Imperial LeBaron Southampton..." She then goes on to say "Two 1963 Imperial Lebarons." The first Imperial shown arriving at the bank is correctly stated as a 1962. But when she says "Two 1963 Imperial LeBarons" as the first is making the turn....that first Imperial making the turn is actually a 1962. The 1962 Imperial carried the split grill and the raised "gunsight" tailights. The next Imperial making the turn is correctly a 1963, as shown by the solid horizontal grill, and the lack of the gunsight tailights, they had a flat wrap-over tailight treatment. Interior-wise they were pretty much the same, with one notable add on to the 1963 -- a lever next to the transmission pod, labeled "Park", to engage the new-for-1963 parking pawl on the Torqueflite automatic transmission.
Excellent analysis! Did you notice the mismatched paint on the '62 as it pulls up to the bank?
Though Beverly Hillbillies was a favorite in our family. I thought, I was the only car nut, to trawl through programes and movies, just to catch glimces of cars. I tell ya, some of the total rubbish I'd trawled through!. Good to know there's others out there, just as car nuts as me! Excellent video.
Check out Highway Patrol for many great cars on the street.
The sheer amount of convertibles and roadsters is wild.
Love the content you and I could talk for hrs😊 thanks
I had a 64 Dodge Dart. I had put it up for sale and my friend's younger brother, Dan, begged me to let him buy it. He had just gotten his license. I did not want to sell it to him but I was talked into it. On the first night Dan owned it, he wrapped it around a pole. Luckily, Dan was not hurt, but the car was destroyed.
Bummer ! They made nice light drag cars ! 👊😎👍
Had a 64 dart also as my first car.. the thing ran for 300k before I sold it. Miss that car
Who cares about Dan, it’s the car that matters.
@@spankynater4242 🤣🤣🤣 I'll let him know you said that... 😁🤣🤣🤣
Sorry to hear that happened to your 1964 Dodge Dart. My first car was a 1965 Mustang Fastback I bought in 1980 that I converted into a Shelby GT-350 clone, it was in my brother-in-laws body shop for nearly 6 months in 1983 while we waited for the 16 inch wheels I ordered from Japan to arrive so he could flare out my car for them to fit, within a month from getting the car back and painted, I hydroplaned in the rain and hit a tree, I wasn't even speeding, there was just a light film of mud on the road from a new home construction site. The owner of the home and tree told me that there have been several accidents due to the new construction. Fortunately my two friends who talked me into taking the car out for a ride in the rain weren't killed in the accident, however they both sued my insurance company, and bought houses with the money.
11:53 Fun fact: the reason some of these cars look like they have faded paint in places is because they have to spray a substance on the vehicle so that it will not reflect the (very bright) TV lights. In fact you may notice that just before 11:53, the hood has more of a sheen. When we see the closer shot, all of a sudden it looks like the paint has faded in certain places. If they hadn't sprayed the substance, there would be a tremendous glare there.
I think we see that was some of the other vehicles in this video.
I think it's worth mention that the creator of "The Beverly Hillbillies", Paul Henning had an older brother named Cotton Henning who was the mechanic on many Indy 500 wining cars. So it's not surprising that he would put some interesting cars in the show.
Excellent!! Thank you so much!!
Mopars 💪🏁 we have have their clampets truck in the Ralph foster museum here in hollister mo. at the College of the ozarks
62 was a good year.
I remember too a red Triumph TR5 screeching to a stop outside the home.
Well, Jane Hathaway was always complaining about Mr Drysdale not paying her enough - and he probably wasn't; but she sure seemed to have had enough for a new convertible each season! Haha!
A high school senior could have bought a new convertible back then with a part time job.
There was one car that wasn’t mentioned I don’t remember what make it was but it was Leroy Lester‘s 1915 roadster.
Thought that was Granny talking!
So did I. Sounds like Irene Ryan. God rest her soul.
The voice actors they used for Ebsen and Miss Ryan were spot on . The voice actor for Miss Douglas was slightly below that level . The red convertibles that Miss Kulp always drove were a trademark for the show , Question: If Banker Drysdale was tight with his money how could his executive secretary Miss Jane afford those red convertibles ?
My theory was Miss Jane's convertibles were leased by the Commerce Bank for prestigious company cars. The same with the Imperials, bank provided for Mr. Drysdale. The bank probably held the mortgage on Chrysler Plymouth Dodge of Beverly Hills dealership.
I really enjoyed this video as I used to see these cars on the show when I watched it as a boy. I give it to you for using voices that closely resemble Jed, Granny, Ellie and Jethro
its the actors voices,
@@MrBrendog67rat nope
Wow always dreamed of those dodge convertibles Hathaway drove those are few and far between now and big $$$
Very cool you took the time to find all those cool cars I remember them Driving lots of cool rigs
The car is in a museum near Branson at the College of the Ozarks. You can get your picture taken sitting in it.
Was this show sponsered by Dodge/Chrysler? THis is from the majority of the cars being MOPAR. Signed-Richard.
The Andy Griffith Show was mostly Fords
Mannix was Plymouth and Dodge, and The Fugitive was almost entirely Fords.
@@mt3311 Mr. Ed and Green Acres were Studebaker. In real life the actress who played Aunt Bea was a Studebaker diehard who never replaced her '66 and kept it until she passed.
Yes it was.
Back then it was not uncommon for a show to be sponsored by an automaker or partially sponsored by an automaker or sometimes You can look in the credits and lots of times you will see all vehicles in the show were provided by the Ford motor company for the Chrysler corporation or general motors for the Pontiac division of general motors or the Chevrolet division or general motors and etc. Etc. That sort of thing very common back then
Chrysler must have been a sponsor for The Green Hornet as well. The Black Beaty was a 1966 Imperial Crown, and his personal car was a 1966 Chrysler New Yorker..
I'll bet Miss Jane enjoyed giving Ellie May that "feminine makeover".
I’ve seen every episode at lease 5 times.
Nice 😊
That gal helping drop off the $48,000,000 check looked like one of the sisters from Petticoat Junction
Sport fury. In a roll.
I drive a 1968 Dodge polara 500,big block 383,,serious land yacht, but it cruises
Do the Waltons next
71 Dodge challenger. Red convertible over the top.
That is just like one that ran into the photographer stand at the end pf the pit lane at the 1971 Indy 500. The driver was Eldon Palmer who was the owner of an Indianapolis Dodge dealership. He had set a cone for a breaking reference after the pace lap. Someone moved it, he braked too late and hit the bleacher. The pace car was red, and a rag top too.
I loved this well done deep dive in the cars used in one of our favorite TV shows 🫡 That Nudie the Rodeo Taylor designed 64 Bonneville Convertible still exists as does the Original truck they all loaded up 😅
Mrs. Hathaway was embezzling from the bank.
No she wasn’t, don’t insult her, she worked as a high-end escort on the side.
With all of the Mopars in this series you would think a Charger would pop up at least once but not so. I always thought how silly it looked not only on this show but the cars have no windshield and they are driving with the cars in park.
True of older shows, too, such as "The Adventures of Superman."
I still see that in modern movies those in cars don't use seat belts, and the rear-view mirror is removed, sometimes leaving the base stuck to the windshield. You can also tell how "springy" the car is that it's on a dolly trailer so the actor doesn't have to drive.
The glass is removed to eliminate the annoying reflections it causes - this makes the shoot faster (and cheaper).
They did better with the Challenger, which is a much better looking car. I've never understood the fascination with the Charger, which I've always found to be clunky and poorly integrated design.
I'm glad Granny later on got even and beat up Banzai because chopping Helen Thompson's 1956 MGA is so mean!
The original 1921 Oldsmobile is on display at a college, somewhere.
I saw it at a Hollywood car collection museum in Gatlinburg years ago, but it probably moves around.
It's in the Ralph Foster Museum on the campus of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri. Not far from Branson.
@@upscaleshack Thanks!
Jethro converted the truck into a double knot spy car
Yeah! Granny sat on the ejection seat! Uh oh!
Almost all were convertibles. 1960s California. The epitome of optimism. LOL.
I loved this well done deep dive in the cars used in one of our favorite TV shows 🫡 That Nudie the Rodeo Taylor designed 64 Bonneville Convertible still exists.
Kane's Parents and Kane and wifey KEKE and family and friends remember them all 😊
1923 Oldsmobile .. Oh I was two years off..
They forgot to highlight the Dodge Coronets; 65,66,67,68 and 69.
Most of them were driven by Ms. Hathaway. The red 68 and 69 Coronet were particularly nice. The triple taillights on the 69 Coronet are just about my Favorite lighting set up on the rear of a car... Had an F5 green 69 SuperBee, but never did come across an awesome 500 in my MoPar years in the late 70s & early 80s. What Great times, cars, and people they were!
Seems the Ozarks are in Missouri, The Clampett clan was from Tennessee.
There's another car I remember from that show. Jethro once showed up driving a '53-'54 Chevy Convertible.
The Hollywood Wolf Wagon that got crushed into a bale! It was only 12 ish years old at the time and even the Clampetts made fun of it! "I lost my clutch!" LOL
@@retrounderground1 Hollywood Wolf Wagon? Don't think that had anything to do with the 53-54 Chevy cnvt.
@@JimErvin-d2i That's what Jethro called it.
@@retrounderground1 No pictures of it?
She sounds like granny!
Definitely Chrysler had a major sponsorship with The Beverly Hillbillies. I think GM had a major deal with Mission Impossible.
They used Chrysler vehicles in the first few seasons.
Is there a plan to do Leave It to Beaver cars, plenty of the 50's cars. Thanks
Good call👍
@@FusionKidd In a closing scene, it looks like Christine coming around the corner. Wally pulls beaver out of the street when he saw it coming. 😅
The reason Granny won the race between the Clampett's truck & Jethro's street rod is because Granny was using her "Rheumatiz Medicine" as fuel!
Where's the cars now ????
Go granny. Go.
I am so glad you didn't call then Chrysler Imperials.
All the cars were pretty cool but those Imperials remind me of my grandad... I asked him to go for a ride in his Chrysler.. he almost whipped my butt! He said, boy, I wouldn't have one of those pitiful Chrysler cars! His was a 61 Imperial & it had those exposed headlight bezels.. plus a clear lexan steering wheel that waa flat on the top!
That was the hilarious thing. For about 30 years beginning in 1955, you would never see any branding other than "Imperial" on an Imperial, even though they were made on the same assembly lines and sold through the same dealerships as other Chrysler vehicles.
@@chuckschillingvideos Exactly right! Even years after he got mad at me, especially at my age I had to be reminded again that you shouldn't call an Imperial a Chrysler or a Continental a Lincoln (in those earlier year models)
If look at the end credits it says cars furnished by Chrysler Corporation.
I always wondered why Jethro would trade in the truck. His uncle was always very supportive of him, he could have just asked for some money to buy his vehicles! Or gone to "Mr. Drysdales bank" and asked Mr. Drysdale.
MOPARS RULE!!!
I didn't watch the whole video.
Did they show the circa 1964 Bentley DHC driven by the wonderful actress Martha Hyer?
Granny put her special blend of liquor from her steel in the ole truck fuel ⛽ increase the octane to absurd proportions.
Sorry the truck was an REO Speedwagon. I know that REO became Oldsmobile.
Ransom E. Olds
Sorry ,but after selling Oldsmobile to General Motors , Ransom E. Olds started up REO truck company . Not the other way around .
@@bobbrinkerhoff3592
Ransom left Old's in 1904 to form REO. I agree. I'm questioning the truck that was on the show. Oldsmobile didn't have a truck, at least none I could find. REO did make a truck. I was wrong in the statement that REO became Oldsmobile and I will own that.
@@romulascott Back when the Series was being filmed, many people,especially in Hollywood ,knew of the practice of chopping the rear off a car and making a truck .In fact companies like the Dykes publishing company published instructions on how to build a light truck form an old car. It goes back to the early 20's. So to fit the clampetts coming from a poorer part of the nation,they would have been like the family in Grapes of Wrath,driving a car cut down into a truck .
@@Mercmad
I own a 51 Hudson. And yes even Hudson made a truck with a car front end. I saw a documentary years ago and one thing they mentioned was that the Clampet truck was an REO Speedwagon. Jethro's awesome hot rodded truck was an Oldsmobile. I wish I could remember who put the documentary on. I want to say the discovery channel.
I wish this was made 10 years later so we could have gotten a better look at Ellie Mae
Olds 442?
You have my attention, Google
The entire series was sponsored by Chrysler Corporation.
The '64 Bonneville looks like one of Nudie's white Pontiac convertibles he built each year for movie stars (1958-1972)
What happened to Jethro's first car, a 1954 Chevrolet convertible all customized like a hick owns it?
Mostly Chrysler cars, a few fords. A lot of convertibles. I suppose they could be written off and some people got a great car for pennies.
The best car featured on the show was the ‘71 Dodge Challenger.
Granny must have put moonshine in the gas tank.
mike mine a Drysdale Imperial
At 5:00- You have it backwards. When the Clampetts meet the new neighbor's cleaning lady, they think SHE'S the new neighbor! Y'all have it reversed!!
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Weeeeelll, doggie!
It looks to me that the series was mostly sponsored by the Chrysler Motor Company.
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They left out Sheldon Epps Car
I would like to go into debt for any Chrysler le Barron any Chrysler I not settle for a restored original is The best i
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The show was definitely influenced by Mopars, not that there's anything wrong with that...
You need to put your tags in the tags area. Go to the bottom of your details, and hit the "show more" button. The tags are quite a ways down.
The richest guy drove the shittiest car. lol. I was always disappointed with Jed, all that money, which every other episode grew larger, and he could not pull out a few bucks for a new car. Even Miss Hathaway, who supposedly worked for slave wages, drove the latest deluxe mid-sized Dodges. Never mind Mr. Drysdale’s Imperials. Yes Chrysler Corp. sponsored the show.
I made it to 37 seconds until I realized that stupid voice wasn’t going to stop
I do NOT even own a television to watch filtered and re-made news, or the latest in tampons. Advertising took television over completely, and advertising has no class,pinache,or morals. They sell to sell more, now they sell trash straight from the dumpster.