heyjohnxx Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Tonight's episode on MeTV had a Ford wagon and what looked like a Fairlane 2 door model with Otis and Barney doing driving lessons. Any info on what models they might have used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Help yerself, lookit the pitchers an' let us know if ya find'em. Andy Griffith Show - Cars 1960 - 1968 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Are you talking about the models they roll on the floor??? Look like promos to me....but no hard info. LOTS of toys that size back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyjohnxx Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 It's just fun to try and figure these things. Thanks for the links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyjohnxx Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 I guess models don't count as cars on imcdb.org. Just trying to add to my scant knowledge of early 60's models Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 12 hours ago, SfanGoch said: Help yerself, lookit the pitchers an' let us know if ya find'em. Andy Griffith Show - Cars 1960 - 1968 Great pictures. I was not a regular viewer, but it seemed to me that Andy always drove a Ford of some type. When I saw the picture of the '66 Squad car I was pleasantly surprised. The Edsel Convertible was different, but then that was a Ford product and I think the show and or studio had some sort of product placement agreement with Ford. The black '57 Ford Fairlane 500 was special also. Thank you for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 No problem, David. A lot of shows had arrangements with the auto companies. The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres, both produced by Filmways Studios, used Chrysler products. Perry Mason almost exclusively used Fords and Lincolns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Ford also had a lock on the early James Bond movies. In "Goldfinger," we're lucky 007 didn't end up driving a Ford Cortina. He almost ended up driving a Jaguar XKE, but Jag thought the movies might hurt their image, IIRC. "Thunderball" makes me cringe when I see that '57 Ford Retractable blown off the road by the rocket-firing motorcycle. It's kind of a give-away in movies when everybody drives the same make of car. Except that sometimes the bad guys drive a competing brand. Usually one that gets machine-gunned, or drives over a cliff in flames. One of the best car-spotting old movies is "Kiss Me Deadly" from 1955 (Turner Classic Movies often shows it). Mike Hammer drives a '54 Corvette. His friend owns a garage specializing in foreign cars, so you see plenty of Jags, Triumphs, etc. from the era. And there's a vintage TV connection in that movie. Much of it was shot in the old Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles - the boyhood home of Jack "Dragnet" Webb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranma Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 It looks to me like the car that Barney uses is an Ford promo made by AMT while the wagon Is more likely a Korris Kars 1/25 toy (note the wagon is void of any Chrome) I did a search on Korris Kars and this may be the wagon used by otis, While the car Barney used had Chrome like the one in the second photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I think there is a website for info on movie and show cars to find out wat was used. Google the question you asked on the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 http://www.imcdb.org/movie_53479-The-Andy-Griffith-Show.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTallDad Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, slusher said: http://www.imcdb.org/movie_53479-The-Andy-Griffith-Show.html You posted the page for the Andy Griffith show, which addresses this thread; for a more expansive search, the home page for that site is http://www.imcdb.org/ (or go to the link in slusher's post and select home page near the upper left of the page) Once on the home page, enter the name of the movie or TV show and you'll see the vehicles used in that movie/show. Very comprehensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 You're literally a day late and a dollar short. I posted the link yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Here's a fun Wiki that covers all the vehicles used in the AMC series "Breaking Bad:"http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Vehicles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I enjoy looking at all of these older cars. They bring back great memories beyond the movies. It may have been a car your parents had or a neighbor, or maybe something you once owned. Sometimes they just bring back pleasant memories from a time gone by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) OK, got 'em. The lighter-colored one is a '64 Fairlane friction (see the black friction motor underneath): The other one is the Processed Plastics knockoff of the Jo-Han '61 Olds F-85 wagon (note the trailer hitch): Season 4, Episode 19, "Hot Rod Otis"'; original air date February 17, 1964. Edited March 24, 2018 by ChrisBcritter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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