Perry's Cars

A great post! Thanks!!

Yes, a great post!

This is a great post but it reminds me of how much I miss seeing those cars and others on the roads daily back in the 60s.

I was watching an old black & white Andy Griffith show the other night. Gomer got fired and was living at Andy's place. While there, people would drop by Andy's driveway to have their cars worked on by Gomer. Every car and truck was a Ford, no matter the age or condition, every car was a Ford.  

Posted by: @jack-dodds

This is a great post but it reminds me of how much I miss seeing those cars and others on the roads daily back in the 60s.

Me too, especially when you could tell every make and model on the road instead of everything looking the way it does today. You can't tell hardly one make or model from another.

Steve 

Posted by: @fpaquet

I was watching an old black & white Andy Griffith show the other night. Gomer got fired and was living at Andy's place. While there, people would drop by Andy's driveway to have their cars worked on by Gomer. Every car and truck was a Ford, no matter the age or condition, every car was a Ford.  

That's what happens when the cars on the show are provided by the Ford Motor Company!

Posted by: @pete-rovero

Posted by: @fpaquet

I was watching an old black & white Andy Griffith show the other night. Gomer got fired and was living at Andy's place. While there, people would drop by Andy's driveway to have their cars worked on by Gomer. Every car and truck was a Ford, no matter the age or condition, every car was a Ford.  

That's what happens when the cars on the show are provided by the Ford Motor Company!

Lol ! Same with the '60s series "The FBI" with Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and "Cannon" I believe...and there's gotta be others. 

Didn't Ward Cleaver always have a Plymouth ?

@100ford2003 I think Ward Cleaver at one early point in the series drove a '57 Ford Fairlane.  He drove Chrycos later on as I recall.

Most unusual for a TV series to have multiple brands provide vehicles for filming. I recall "The Adventures of Superman" series using Nash cars most of the time.

" Bewitched" had Chevys.

The Lone Ranger was sponsored by Ford; Tonto had a Pinto.  (sorry)

@jack-dodds .... 🙄 🙄 🙄

Going off the top of me pea-brain  head:

- Mr. Ed  .....   ..... Studebaker

- Bewitched.......   Chevrolet then Pontiac

- My Three Sons....Pontiac

- Family Affair....... Pontiac

- Leave it to Beaver....Ford then Chrysler

- The Andy Grifith Show...  Ford

- The Brady Bunch ...... Chrysler

- Cannon.....     ........ Lincon/Mercury

- Barneby Jones ........Ford

- I Love Lucy ..... Pontiac then Ford (...although that show was mostly about selling cigarettes  🙄 🙄)

- My Favorite Martian ...... ???

- Dragnet  .......  Ford

- Adam 12 ..... Chrysler then AMC

- I Dream of Jeanie .... Pontiac

- The Beverly Hillbillies .... Chrysler

- Car 54 Where are you.....  Chrysler (?)

- The Donna Reed Show....  ???

- The Munsters ......  ???

- The Adams Family ..... Chrysler

- Gomer Pyle ......  Ford then Chrysler (?)

- Mayberry RFD..... Ford

- Green Acres  ... FoMoCo (Ford, Lincoln-Mercury)

- Hawaii Five-O ...FoMoCo (Ford, LIncon-Mercury)

- The FBI .....  Ford

- The Streets of San Fransico..... Ford

- Ironside .....  Ford

My Favorite Martian was sponsored by Plymouth.

I recall in "Car 54" that Toody and Muldoone's patrol car was a 1961 Plymouth.

I recall one Gomer Pyle USMC show where Sgt. Carter's prized '60 Dodge had a wrecking ball dropped on it.  Carter had entrusted its care to Gomer while he was away on leave and of course Gomer screwed up.  Somehow this resulted in some real life bigwig from Chryco presenting Carter with a new Dodge.