Famous 58-65's (TV & Movies)

[bobs409]

Droptops recent post made me think of this. Everyone post a TV show or movie that features a 1958-1965 full size Chevrolet. (short description if available too)

To keep it fun, your only allowed 1 car per post. You can post more than once but you have to wait until someone else replies after your last post before you can post again! :D (oh the things I think of at 6:40 AM!) :rofl

I'll start with an obvious one: (there may be more than one car per movie, if so, they must be listed in seperate replies)

1) American Grafitti: 1958 Impala 2 door coupe, 327 w/6 Strombergs, chrome reverse wheels, white w/white tuck & roll interior.

Next....

[JC327]

2 I can think of off the top of my head:

"A Perfect World" (Kevin Costner, Eastwood)-- there's a '59, I think it's a blue 4 door sedan. Somebody shoots a hole threw the roof, as I recall.

"Peggy Sue got Married" (I forget who was in it)-- 58 Impala

[fatride]

I can remember watching the Dina Shore show for years as a kid. I must have seen quite a few Chevy adds featuring our year cars. See the USA in your Chevrolet.

[droptop62]

Bewitched.
Chevrolet must have been a sponsor for that show.
The outside of the house driveway shots always showed Darrin with what must have been the most current model chevrolet at the time, mostly convertibles if I remember correctly.

[JIMS409]

63' Chevy full-size (blue) Tom Cruise's ride in "A Few Good Men."

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[JimKwiatkowski]

Ok Bob this is for 58-65 but,I like the 57 on The Hollywood Knights,Tony Danza drives this Supercharged Yellow 57 Chevy.Super Chevy bought this car and made it a project car and became to be known as Project X.This is a great car flick Guy's even though it's a 57 :D

Bob,sorry for hijacking your thred :D but this moive is my favorite,along with Two Lane Blacktop

[droptop62]

Hey Jim,
I think Popular Hot Rodding already owned Project X when the film was made.
And when exactly did Super Chevy take over, Project X 57 had always been a part of PHR magazine.
I love that movie too and I absolutely hate yellow cars, but for some reason that is the coolest 57 Chevy.

[JimKwiatkowski]

Todd,your are correct :doh I remember the 57 on display at Super Chevy Shows.There sister mag's but Popular Hot Rodding did the Project X.

[droptop62]

I think Super Chevy did the last re-do on the project X 57.
I am curious as to why this wasn't done through Popular Hot Rodding like it had always been in the past??

[jester]

Cheech ang Chong " UP IN SMOKE "
64 Impala , brown with a blue drivers door. gitchy gitchy pom pom balls around the windows , man.

[bobs409]

Well, if we're gonna mention yellow 57's, lets not leave out "Return to Macon county". (funny thing, I just watched it yesterday!!!)

[JimKwiatkowski]

I just ordered More American Graffiti from Netflix (my DVD rental ).Has anyone seen this moive :dunno

More American Graffiti (1979)


Ron Howard, Cindy Williams and most of the cast of the original American Graffiti reprise their roles in this sequel directed by Bill Norton. This film captures the group at four subsequent New Year's Eve celebrations from 1964 to 1967, with the Vietnam War, San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and the peace movement as the ever-shifting backdrop. Their friendships change and so do their fortunes as the country faces strife.
Starring: Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, More
Director: Bill L. Norton

Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for

[bobs409]

I saw that one a few times Jim but I really didn't care for it. It's kind of a depressing movie IMO. Nothing like the first one.

[JIMS409]

Jim, I purchased that VHS last year and it's OK. Jumps around in pic. in. pic. frames too much for me. :dunno The dragstrip shots are worth the watching and look for Harrison Ford (NOT in credits) as the motorcycle cop! Vietnam scenes with "Toad" are pretty good as well...

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[Russ348]

Jeepers Creepers comes to mind. A fairly recent movie. Has a 1960
chevrelot which I believe is white. :) :)

[droptop62]

I am going to take this one off course one more time.
This is also not a 58-65 but it is still a Chevrolet muscle car.
I caught the end of the movie "Carrie" John Travolta drove a 1967 Chevelle SS.

[jester]

I am going to take this one off course one more time.
This is also not a 58-65 but it is still a Chevrolet muscle car.
I caught the end of the movie "Carrie" John Travolta drove a 1967 Chevelle SS.
Come on guys, lets play by the rules. I can name a dozen movies with classic muscle in them

[Mr.Jimmy]

Well...its not a movie...but what about Brady Bunch....with the convert??? :brow

Marsha Marsha Marsha :rofl

[bjburnout]

Anyone remember the famous blooper in Starsky and Hutch? :?

They were following a white 63 Impala SS with a bomb in it.
The car went out of sight for a second and then appeared as a
green 64 Belair or Biscayne and blew up............ :cry

This was mentioned numerous times in the months and years following the
episode................... :rolleyes:

bj :cheers

[bobs409]

Jeepers Creepers comes to mind. A fairly recent movie. Has a 1960
chevrelot which I believe is white. :) :)


That's the one I couldn't think of!!! I was flipping through the channels a while back and watched some of that. I thought it was blue though. ??

[bobs409]

Anyone remember the famous blooper in Starsky and Hutch? :?

They were following a white 63 Impala SS with a bomb in it.
The car went out of sight for a second and then appeared as a
green 64 Belair or Biscayne and blew up............ :cry

This was mentioned numerous times in the months and years following the
episode................... :rolleyes:

bj :cheers

Ah yes, I remember that episode well. They used that green car blowing up in the beginning shots of the show from then on too.

It was funny, the crooks steal a real nice white 63 Impala 2 door coupe and after driving it around for a while, they paint it and change the plates and suddenly, it becomes a horrible green 64 2 door sedan.

I think the 63 was just an Impala but I could be wrong. I do remember them beating the crap out of it, flying around corners so hard I think the rockers had to touch the road! :takethat I think it had fender flags but couldn't see any 409's on it. (probably a 327)

[JC327]

Well...its not a movie...but what about Brady Bunch....with the convert???

Are you referring to the one where Greg buys the junker (a 55 or 56 Chevy convert?) for $50 from the guy who played "Toad" in American Graffiiti? As I recall Greg completely restored it in the driveway in one afternoon.

[bobs409]

I don't remember seeing any 58-65's on the Brady bunch. There was newer cars like early 70's. The one where one of the kids puts an umbrella through the convertible top at the drive in movies comes to mind.

Wow, off the topic but do you remember drive in movies?!? Sure wish they'd make a comeback! We've got one near me that has been closed for a long time (20 years I bet!) and has been for sale for a l-o-n-g time. No takers. I bet it will be turned into a strip mall if it does sell. :mad:

[walkerheaders]

everyone who was funny in 63 was in that one, and the things they did to that poor 61 ............before it went off the bridge and into the creek.

anybody ever see the red 63SS pass behind "get smart" as he pulls up to the front of "control" headquarters in his Sunbeam "Tiger"?

How about the right hand drive 59 in "mad max" ?

and some of the poor X frame victims of hydraulics in the chicano inspired refreshment commercials?

well, maybe we should let some of the memories "rust in peace"

[JC327]

There was a lowrider-pimped-out 61 in "Fridays"

There are about 7 drive-ins near me! They are all in operation. There is a non-operative one 5 minutes away.

65 Malibu in "Pulp Fiction"

[MK IISS]

Can't we make Bob Falfa's car in American Graffiti an exception? To be period correct it would have a 409 engine. My 1.18 scale model of the car has a 409 in it.

[bowtieollie]

How about Saturday Night Fever with the "well used" '64 4 dr Impala.

Some pretty good scenes with spins, back seats, and the famous "jump" over the Verrazano Bridge.

[bjburnout]

Here's another one........ :cool:

Baretta (Robert Blake) drove a white 65 Impala 4 door hardtop.........beater :cry

Bet he wishes he was still doin' that ........... :doh

bj :cheers

[Mr.Jimmy]

No I forgot about Greg making spark plug soup with Alice on that show. I was thinking of his dad comming home in a 65 or 66 Convert in the early years.

[JimKwiatkowski]

Bob,this thread was a great idea :clap I've got alot of great ideas on moives to rent,I've already rented 5 movies from my DVD rental servive :D

[impalaragpat]

In the movie "Blue Crush " the surfer chicks drive a 61 Impala 4 door.

[droptop62]

There is a show on the discovery channel "Mythbusters"
they always display a white 60 chevrolet and some other things with their Logo
before each show.

[bobs409]

Ugh, that reminds me of the episode they did with the 66 Caprice (or was it an Impala with Caprice taillights?) They put a rocket engine on the roof.

Car still looked fixable afterward but odds are they junked it. They did alot of drilling and welding to fasten that crap in though.

[threeimpalas]

Ugh, that reminds me of the episode they did with the 66 Caprice (or was it an Impala with Caprice taillights?) They put a rocket engine on the roof.

Ahh... the good ol' JATO myth.

[jester]

Ahh... the good ol' JATO myth.

I missed that story. What was the out come of that experiment? :dunno

[Impalaguru]

The Arnold family drove a 63 Impala 4dr in some of the early episodes of "The Wonder Years". Their neighbors (the Coopers) accross the street had a 59 El Camino in the front drive.
Ross

[61BISCAYNE]

Saturday Night Fever feature a '63 or '64 more door Imp.

[Seon]

"Sand Lot" ...59 Bel Air that the Dad drove. Lots of neat cars in the moving.

[bowtieollie]

Saturday Night Fever feature a '63 or '64 more door Imp.

Gottcha........! :brow

[bowtieollie]

[QUOTE=bobs409]Wow, off the topic but do you remember drive in movies?!? Sure wish they'd make a comeback! [QUOTE]

SO DO I BOB! :) :) :) :)

Along with the redhead that used to sit in the front seat next to me on Saturday night, in my 1970 LS6 Chevelle, that I drove to high school everyday AND you could have bought one like it for $1,200-1,500 any day of the week!!!! :doh

Then again, the car STILL looks like new - but I don't think she does (after 4 husbands and five kids!) :rofl

[chevymusclecars]

Animal House was on the other night and Dean Wormer's wife shows up for the Toga party crashing into cars with her 62 Bel Air wagon.

[bobs409]

Silver 63 2 door Impala in the movie Cobra.

This one is parked in Cobra's parking spot (Sylvester Stallone) so he pushes it out of the way with his 50 Mercury.

Real good movie too. :brow

[CDNpontiac409guy]

Here's an obscure one....
1967 episode of the Fugitive ( near the end of the series... it's in colour ). Jack Lord ( Steve McGarret, Hawaii 5-O ) plays the "bad guy". His female accomplis drives an aniverseray gold 62 Impala convertible... with some very strange looking wheel covers on it.

There's also an earlier episode where Dr Kimble is travelling with Gerrard's wife. The "bad kids" have a short scene driving a 60 El Camino.

For the most part though, the Fugitive ( 1063-1967 ) had the cars provided by Ford.... including a couple street versions of the AC Cobra !

[51T409]

there's two 58 white chevys at the canadian airport when they arrested RAY Charles for drugs. we just finished watching the movie and it was great!!!!

[bobs409]

The movie "Jeepers Creepers" with the 1960 4 door that Russ348 mentioned in an earlier reply is on this evening on the Sci-Fi channel if anyone wants to see it. It's driven through most of the movie.

[mabeauchamp]

a 30 minute sitcom on abc. nice red 62 impala (ss i believe) convertible.

[bjburnout]

Well here's one that's different...... :)

A couple years ago a film outfit rented our 63 Belair to be used as an FBI car.
Some scenes it was parked and one scene it was driven. :cool:

The movie was 'The Sins of the Father' about some civil rights murders in the southern states.
The lead character was FBI agent Dalton but we never attended the filming and to my knowledge the movie was never released........ :(

So if this thread is still going when the movie does come out, I'll expect to be asked for autographs, appearances, etc....and only for big bucks... :bow :rofl

bj

[wrench]

to my knowledge the movie was never released.

Is this it?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295613/

:cool:

[bjburnout]

Hey wrench..........

nice find.. :clap ......
it was 2001 when they rented the car, so the 2002 release is right.
I checked where it was shot and it was done in Toronto.

To my knowledge it never played on Canadian TV.......... :takethat
Oh well I can't get Direct TV either........... :mad:

Thanx for the tip........I'm going to try and rent this and see our baby in action.

bj :cheers

[wrench]

nice find.. :clap ...... it was 2001 when they rented the car, so the 2002 release is right. I checked where it was shot and it was done in Toronto. To my knowledge it never played on Canadian TV.......... :takethat You're welcome......it was a quick Google..... I can't get Direct TV either........... :mad: There's always BEV or DN - but that's a whole 'other subject'...... :brow ;)

:cool:

[bobs409]

That's the one where they used a 63 Belair to jump over cars and chase the bad guys.








Naw, just kidding. :rofl :D If I loaned my car out to a movie, I'd be there every second.

I remember a few years ago, a movie was being made in my area and they were looking for a list of cars. One was a blue '67 Chevy but my '66 Chevelle was still in pieces. (they wouldn't know a 66 from a 67 I bet) :p

[JimKwiatkowski]

bj,Blockbuster has it :D


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[walkerheaders]

all the talk reminds me of the 64 impala in the movie "mississippi burning"

[Bungy]

Does anyone remember the short run TV series called Almost Grown? It starred Timothy Daly (from tv series Wings) He was a program director at a radio station and a certain old song would come on that would remind him of an earlier time in his life and they would flashback. Well, anyway one episode I remember very well was when they flashed back to his highschool days and he had bought a used 62 impala with a dual quad 409. The entire episode was about this car. How he had carb problems and overheating. I even remember all his passengers complaining that he should turn off the heat but he explained that all the insulation was removed so the car would go faster. One of the greatest tv episodes of all time.

[Fredw]

In the sitcom "My Wife and Kids", there is an episode that Michael Kyle Junior buy a 1964 Convertible Impala to restore.

I also remember an old movie with Tony Randall and his car is a black/black 1958 Impala Convertible. There is a magician in the movie that makes Tony's life very complicated. I can't remember the movie's name, but I can't forget that nice '58! :D

[Rich64SS]

American Dreams always has a lot of old iron.

[RPO587]

Here's one from a newbie:
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World (1963)
Milton Berle is riding with Terry Thomas in a blue '62 Biscayne when they get into a side-by-side race with Dick Shawn who is driving a red Dodge Dart convertible. The Chevy gets beat to hell and overturned.
Ouch!
That film is a great one for classic cars!

[62BillT]

So far no one has mentioned the '59 2-Dr Sedan that appears in at least a few episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. Not sure if it's a Bel-Air or a Biscayne. It's really interesting as the show was sponsored by Ford cars.

[bobs409]

Here's one from a newbie:
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World (1963)
Milton Berle is riding with Terry Thomas in a blue '62 Biscayne when they get into a side-by-side race with Dick Shawn who is driving a red Dodge Dart convertible. The Chevy gets beat to hell and overturned.
Ouch!
That film is a great one for classic cars!

I know that one well. I love that movie and watched it not long ago. I have to correct you though, it was a 1961 Impala and I believe it was an AVIS rental car??? (think I saw a sticker on it somewhere???) It was seeing that car as a kid that made me love 61 Chevy's, the rest is history! :love

The only part in that whole movie that sucked was seeing them run that car into the ditch. (and getting banged up from the Dodge) :mad:

There is another movie that comes to mind with a '61 in it. I'm still waiting to see it again (waiting for probably 20 years now!) but there was a movie with Robert Conrad in the 70's called, "Murph the Surf". He was a jewel thief. In it, I recall seeing him in a red 61 convertible with red/white interior. Saw it when I was a kid and to this day, never forgot that beautiful machine. I've even written TV stations asking them to put it on but nobody has in all these years. :mad: :mad: :mad:

[wrench]

Anyone remember the white 61 convertible that was intentionally wrecked on Quantum Leap? B*st*rds ran it into a bridge abuttment or pole as I recall!

That was NOT :cool:

:cry

[bobs409]

I do. I never really liked that show much and didn't see many of them but did see that one. Thanks for reminding me. :( ;)

[walkerheaders]

[QUOTE=bobs409]I know that one well. I love that movie and watched it not long ago. I have to correct you though, it was a 1961 Impala and I believe it was an AVIS rental car??? (think I saw a sticker on it somewhere???) It was seeing that car as a kid that made me love 61 Chevy's, the rest is history! :love

The only part in that whole movie that sucked was seeing them run that car into the ditch. (and getting banged up from the Dodge) :mad:

I POSTED THIS SEVERAL PAGES BACK sorry, caps lock was on. oops

http://www.348-409.com/forum/showpost.php?p=29882&postcount=24

[RPO587]

bobs409,
Come to think of it, it was a '61. It's been quite a while since I've seen that film.
I stand corrected!
Sorry about missing the original posting by walkerheaders too.
O.K., tail between legs, I'll scamper off now.

[alshotride]

Tom Cruse was in this flick. There was a 58 black and white station wagon. I actually owned that wagon for about a year.

[raymar58454]

The movie *61 about Roger Marris has a quick shot of a black on black 58 convertible when they show the back end of a N Y yankee bus. And on the subject of drive in movies there is still one in limited operation in Earlville, Il. about 90 miles west of Chicago on US 34. There is also one in Gibson City Il. on rt US 47. Did ja ever notice how everyone can catch a glimpse of the year cars they own? I can spot a 58 Impala from a mile only seeing a 1x1 ft. section of the roof. :)

[ROYALOAK62]

What about that fine 59 Impala conv. in Gone in 60 Seconds. You know the dog poop segment. :rofl

Dave