Mystery car pix

steelydanfan

Hey Andre, thanks for the post. I can only imagine the groovin' songs you would hear tooling around in a '57 DeSoto back in the day.........Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and of course, the King ....................... :shades:

texases

I don't think it was a hemi, but I don't know - how about this:

lemko

Tubbs had one of those massive 1975-78 Eldos. I haven't seen the show in years. I think it was powder blue.

lemko

From what I can tell, it looks like a heavily modified 1968-70 Oldsmobile Toronado.

andre1969

I have no memory of that....I am guessing it was a 79-85 Eldo and not an emasculated one?

I think it was actually an older model, like a '65-66. Wasn't it yellow?

texases

Yep, here's one explanation:
"The Mannix Roadsters, built by Dick Dean out of the Barris Kustoms shop, were built from '68 Olds Toronados & were pretty wild customs. 2 cars were built, and Barris retained the cars after the first 32 episodes (replaced by a pair of '68 Dodge Dart GTS converts), 1 ended up at Hollywood Motorama Museum in sad shape. Both were sold at the '84 Barris auction. One is rumored to be in a museum in Tennessee." Apparently the Barracuda came after the Dart, with a 383.

andys120

Here's another look at Mannix's Toro "convertible" courtesy of imcdb.com>

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texases

William Conrad, aka Cannon?

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tmart

A real WAG -- Jake ??

kyfdx

I'm pretty sure Cannon was correct...

chikoo... give us one at a time..

I did see a Fiat 124 next to a Mazda 323 in there, somewhere, I think...

andys120

Yep, the detective was Frank Cannon, the car was a Lincoln Mk IV (he got a new one each season). Actor Willian Conrad played the part. He was also Matt Dillon in the radio version of Gunsmoke (dating myself ).

andys120

Those are good ones but too many to remember, the first was a 1970s Toyota Crown, the second a 60s English Ford Zephyr.

fintail

The Alberta connection...

17397 - ca. 1971 Toyota

17398 - ca. 1960 British Ford Zephyr

17400 - Borgward Isabella

17401 - Lada Niva/Cossack chopped into a pickup (I don't recall these being made like that anyway)

17402 - Jensen Healey alongside a Rover SD1

17403 - Volvo 444/544

17404 - Nissan S-Cargo

17405 - Fiat 124 Spider

17406 - Nissan/Datsun Bluebird (SSS?)

guss

Yes, Mannix's car was a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda.

I wonder what a mobile phone call cost per minute in 1971.

chikoo

wow.....dude that is awesome

andre1969

an old crime/detective type drama around the late 60's/early 70's that had George Peppard in it? I'm thinking it was "Banacek" or something like that? Did he drive anything interesting? I was thinking it was him that had the customized Toro convertible, but was getting him mixed up with Mannix.

wgrafer

Now THAT'S what I call a CAR PHONE!! :P

wgrafer

Specifically, a Toyota Corona (had a '70, it had different wheel covers).

guss

I remember Banacek having a chauffeur and driving something old like a 40's Packard. The show only lasted a year or two.

lemko

I think it was a 1941 Packard 180 with a customized Darrin body.

steelydanfan

chikoo, methinks this is a Fiat Spyder, early 1980's........a nice looking car still, don't you think ??

steelydanfan

I'm not sure of the age here, but I can say the Zephyr name was used by Lincoln/Mercury for years, I am guessing this is a Mercury Zephyr, circa 1960ish. :confuse:

hudsonthedog

Mercury didn't use the Zephyr name until 1978. Ford and Lincoln used it prior to that, but Mercury didn't use it until their version of the Fairmont came along.

hudsonthedog

The Fiat 2000 Spider (late 1970s/early 1980s) is next to an early (late 1980s) Mercury Tracer, not a Mazda 323.

andys120

That's right Lemko, here's Banacek's Packard-Darrin 180, entering his residence on Louisbourg Square, Beacon Hill, Boston's most exclusive neighborhood.>

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wgrafer

This is different!! The checkerboard body stripe gives it away -- it's a Checker!! Late 40's???

andys120

You forgot to take into account that Checker styling was usually behind the curve, that's a 1954 Checker A6 (nearly identical to the Checker A2 of the late 40s).

stickguy

A bunch of those shows were part of a rotation (forget the exact nam- something like mystery theatre? Nah, that's not right)

McMillan and wife and COlumbo were part of the series too. Everyone knows what Columbo drove, but does anyone remember what Wife (Susan St. James I think) drove around SF?

andys120

from Ray (2004):

magnette

The dilapidated old van is either an Austin or a Morris, as it was badged as either, and it was made in the mid 50's, through to about 1959. We had thousands of them as Royal Mail vans.

magnette

Nice scene, lots of decent cars; I'll have a go starting from the left
black Chevrolet 210 1953
blue Hudson Hornet, 1957
green(ish) Edsel 1958 ( is this a Ranger?)
the car approaching is a 59 Cadillac
grey car on right is another Hudson, probably a 52 or 53 - is it a Wasp ?

stever

Anyone know if this is a Southern street scene or is it supposed to be Seattle where Charles moved in '47? IMDB says the movie was filmed in Baton Rouge.

imidazol97

The Chev at left is a 1954. The 1953s had round parking lights. The car behind the approaching Cadillac is a 1956 Ford.

bhill2

...does anyone remember what Wife (Susan St. James I think) drove around SF?

Rats, I can almost picture it. Sports car, I think. Or maybe an SL Mercedes.

For those who want a real challenge, there was a detective series named Longstreet in the late '60s or early '70s. Starred James Franciscus (don't know why I remember that). Anyway, what did he drive?

lostwrench1

It's a Hornet. The Wasp didn't have the short horizontal bar at the rear end of the chromed side molding.

kyfdx

Funny..

I believe he was blind, right?

bhill2

Aw Jeez, I thought I'd get at least a few people going with that one. Congrats, kyfdx.

stickguy

drove an MG TC. Must have been fun in San Fran!