Classic Cars of Leave It To Beaver

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  • Leave It to Beaver is an American television sitcom that follows the misadventures of a suburban boy, his family and his friends. It stars Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers.
    Leave It To Beaver, Leave It To Beaver cars, Leave It To Beaver classic cars, classic cars, cars of Leave It To Beaver, Leave It To Beaver episodes, 1936 Ford V8 Standard, 1957 Ford Custom 300, 1961 Plymouth Fury, 1953 Chevrolet Two-Ten, 1963 Dodge Polara, 1955 Ford F-250, 1957 Ford Fairlane 500, 1932 Plymouth Convertible Coupe, 1959 Plymouth Fury, 1960 Plymouth Belvedere, 1960 Plymouth Fury, 1962 Plymouth Belvedere, 1962 Plymouth Fury, 1963 Plymouth Fury, 1950 Chevrolet Fleetline De Luxe, 1953 Chevrolet 210, 1958 Chevrolet Corvette C1, 1959 De Soto Fireflite Sportsman, 1961 Dodge Dart Phoenix, 1962 Dodge Dart 440, 1963 Dodge Dart GT, 1940 Ford V8 De Luxe, 1956 Ford Mainline, 1958 Ford Fairlane 500, 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 Sunliner, 1963 Ford Country Sedan, 1961 Imperial Custom Southampton, 1961 Plymouth Police Special, 1959 Simca Aronde P60 Elysée, 1958 Triumph TR3A, 1960 Triumph Herald Convertible, 1955 Buick Special, 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood 75, 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air, 1962 Chrysler 300, 1960 Dodge Polara, 1962 Mercury Monterey, 1962 Mercury Monterey, 1960 Oldsmobile Super 88, 1962 Triumph TR4
    CBS first broadcast the show on October 4, 1957, but dropped it after one season. ABC picked it up and aired it for another five years, from October 2, 1958, to June 20, 1963. It proved to be a scheduling challenge for both networks, moving through four time slots (Wednesday through Saturday evenings) over the course of its run. The series was produced by Gomalco Productions from 1957 to 1961, and then by Kayro Productions from 1961 to 1963. It was distributed by Revue Studios.

Komentáře • 493

  • @gartwilliams3347
    @gartwilliams3347 Před měsícem +124

    The Narrator, Tony Dow. R.I.P Wally 😔

    • @jasonrodgers9063
      @jasonrodgers9063 Před měsícem +35

      Artificial Intelligence reproduction. Still, though, RIP Tony Dow.

    • @lloydtucker7205
      @lloydtucker7205 Před měsícem +5

      Really? I'm sorry 😢 to hear this. I thought he was still with us.

    • @billoz
      @billoz Před měsícem +9

      He was on Adam 12 for an episode, his car was stolen. G.T.O. I believe ⁉

    • @user-tn9vr6rs3g
      @user-tn9vr6rs3g Před 18 dny +1

      No

  • @mikebrzostowski8183
    @mikebrzostowski8183 Před měsícem +40

    The cars were the best part of this show. I'm 73, had many friends, moms were homemakers, BUT none of them wore pearls or dress like June wore.

    • @Dion-rz3fz
      @Dion-rz3fz Před měsícem +3

      My wife has always been a homemaker our whole married life. I don't believe she has any pearls, but she wears a dress or skirt every day, and a necklace and earrings no matter what she does around the house. So, I don't get this excessive scrutiny or complaints of Beavers mothers' clothes. Always been that way with us.

    • @HansDelbruck53
      @HansDelbruck53 Před měsícem +5

      Barbara Billingsley always wore a necklace to conceal a small scar on her throat.

    • @MagSeven7
      @MagSeven7 Před měsícem +4

      Agreed. I'm 76 and never saw my mother in a dress unless we were going to church! Surely not while cooking or cleaning. My father was a blue collar worker so obviously, didn't wear a suit or jacket every day but,, this is what made these types of shows so special in a simpler time of life. I learned to drive on a '57 Chevy with a stick shift on the column. Not sure anyone of my kids or grandkids has even seen a stick shift on the column! Thanks goodness we can find these shows on METV or streaming service. Great memories. Also...how beautiful were those cars? No SUV's that all look the same now.

    • @k.b.tidwell
      @k.b.tidwell Před měsícem

      @@MagSeven7 My three on the tree made a good armrest at times.

    • @misterwhipple2870
      @misterwhipple2870 Před 28 dny

      I wanted to help her take them off . . .

  • @AyeCarumba221
    @AyeCarumba221 Před měsícem +43

    They missed the very best car scene ever. I believe Eddie was pranking Lumpy by chaining his back axle to a tree. Lumpy started to drive away, and it ripped out the entire back drive of the car! A major classic moment in Eddie Haskell hi jinks.

    • @DejaView
      @DejaView Před měsícem +4

      I was going to mention that too. I remember it well. Lumpy's reaction was priceless😂😂😂😂😂

    • @dansmusic5749
      @dansmusic5749 Před měsícem +5

      I heard this episode was the inspiration for George Lucas in the similar cop car scene in the movie American Graffiti.

    • @Damone7653
      @Damone7653 Před měsícem +3

      The chain they used belong to Ward.

    • @rds8171
      @rds8171 Před měsícem +2

      @@AyeCarumba221 Great scene, but the host describes Lumpys 1940 Ford with another scene. Great episode but we get the idea right!?

    • @THROTTLEPOWER
      @THROTTLEPOWER Před 29 dny

      So true

  • @michaelrodgers6732
    @michaelrodgers6732 Před měsícem +23

    We toured Universal Studios in March, 1970 when I was 7 years old. Even then, I knew the Cleavers' home when I saw it. A few second later, we drove by 1313 Mockingbird Lane, the home of the Munsters! So cool! Who knew the Cleavers and the Munsters were neighbours? Ha! A few years back, we attended a home show in Toronto and met Jerry Mathers and Ken Osmond (R.I.P.). Really nice gentlemen, a class act, both of them...

    • @THROTTLEPOWER
      @THROTTLEPOWER Před 29 dny

      Very cool

    • @snugj5957
      @snugj5957 Před 14 dny

      I toured it in the 80s during the writers strike. They were in the process of moving 1313 Mockingbird Lane and repainting it. They were using it for the murderers house in the movie "The Burbs". The white house next to Tom Hanks house in The Burbs is it. I met part of the cast including Tom Hanks that day. They were there to check out the set. Only thing filming that week were Game Shows.

    • @michaelrodgers6732
      @michaelrodgers6732 Před 14 dny

      @@snugj5957 Cool! Thanks. MR

    • @RobertJarecki
      @RobertJarecki Před 3 dny

      I lived in Los Angeles during the 1970s. A friend took me out to see two houses in Highland Park: one looked like the house in _The Addams Family_ and the other like Tara in _Gone With The Wind_ .
      I took her into Troutdale Estates (Beverly Hills) and showed her a house whose gate, driveway and facade looked like the house used in the movie _Cinderfella_ and the series _The Beverly Hillbillies_ .

  • @larrybruce4856
    @larrybruce4856 Před měsícem +36

    I enjoyed "Leave it to Beaver" when growing up and today in my 70's watching reruns on cable TV. Loved the cars of the
    60's and '70s. My favorites was the 1962 Dodge Dart 440, 1963 Plymouth Fury, and 1963 Polara. Too bad, not in color.
    My neighbor had a 62 Dodge Dart convertible in 1962. It was a great looking car and had lots of fun with the top down.
    Those were the days when cars had their own identity. Today, cars look like they came from the same mold.

    • @kingforaday8725
      @kingforaday8725 Před měsícem +2

      As a "B-52" (born 1952) here I have similar memories.
      OMG!!! just yesterday I was commenting to a younger neighbor how "back in the day" one could identify a cars make/model/year just by looking at it. Today its much more difficult as they all look the same!!!

    • @edwardbazylewicz960
      @edwardbazylewicz960 Před měsícem +2

      This was the time when the Chrysler Corp. made Dorkmobiles. Except Imperial, of course.

    • @Bob3519
      @Bob3519 Před měsícem +2

      @@edwardbazylewicz960 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think the early 60’s Chrysler-Plymouths were beautiful cars. Of course, all manufactures built beauties in the late 50’s. The 55,56,57 Chevys and Fords were iconic, but the Dodge, Plymouth, Desotos had a sleek look that others went to in the early 60s.
      My brother in law had a 57 Dodge Coronet that he drove until the 1980s. When I was 10-11 years old (1970-71) my folks had a 1956 Buick Special it was basically a 56 Chevy tagged as a Buick. It had a V8 and a two speed Power Glide automatic Transmission.
      I loved that car.

    • @tturner12341
      @tturner12341 Před měsícem

      @@larrybruce4856 I was too young to remember the cars. But, in reruns they’re really cool.

    • @mohammedcohen
      @mohammedcohen Před 26 dny +1

      ...my boss at my first job in 1969 drove a 62 Dart - by that time it looked like shit...

  • @buick7476
    @buick7476 Před měsícem +31

    Thanks for all the trouble you took to get all these car shots.

  • @Miles1965
    @Miles1965 Před 25 dny +15

    Came for the classic cars, stayed for the episode-story overviews!
    Great video!

  • @joebufford2972
    @joebufford2972 Před měsícem +30

    I love these old shows that show the classic old cars that built automobilia

    • @Trackratz-zl9di
      @Trackratz-zl9di Před měsícem +2

      I wonder why there was no Studabakers on the show . Not even just in passing traffic

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      most of them weren't classics, but many were buy-backs and even purchased from other production companies.

  • @johnhorchler1953
    @johnhorchler1953 Před měsícem +18

    Good job, Tony! The fact that you were able to discern the difference between a TR3 and a TR4 is one thing, but when you caught the Triumph Herald...big respect!

  • @skinnerhound2660
    @skinnerhound2660 Před měsícem +24

    I'm a a car guy from way back and a life long fan of this iconic show. You nailed it, much respect.

  • @dveplmr
    @dveplmr Před měsícem +37

    2:30 June feel some remorse about Ward being so hard on the Beaver.. THERE IT IS! 🤣

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Před měsícem +5

      Know what we used to say in my old college fraternity way back in the day? 'What's the dirtiest thing ever said on television?' 'Ward, I think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night.' 😂

    • @dansmusic5749
      @dansmusic5749 Před měsícem +1

      I agree with Ward and his harsh approach.

    • @bellemorelock4924
      @bellemorelock4924 Před měsícem +4

      Ward was hard on the Beaver, its true. But in the end, it was because he loved the Beaver so much.

    • @dansmusic5749
      @dansmusic5749 Před měsícem +3

      @@bellemorelock4924 Passionately

    • @portaltwo
      @portaltwo Před 28 dny +2

      @@retroguy9494 My memory from university was the question: "Do you remember when Beaver Cleaver was a name and not a reputation?" 🤣🤣

  • @oldhickory4686
    @oldhickory4686 Před měsícem +21

    The Plymouth Fury's were beautiful.

    • @dickseevens8099
      @dickseevens8099 Před měsícem

      Especially in the movie ¨Christine¨

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 23 dny +1

      Plymouth made some awful cars. My dad made a big mistake buying one in 1957. He went back to Fords.

    • @oldhickory4686
      @oldhickory4686 Před 23 dny

      @@yvonneplant9434 Interesting. My dad was a GM guy. As far as looks goes, I love the Fury.

    • @terryvlunsford1610
      @terryvlunsford1610 Před 15 dny +1

      Couldn't beat the styling

  • @77poolbob52
    @77poolbob52 Před měsícem +35

    It's amazing this average middle class small town family could afford a new car every year! ☺

    • @aarons3695
      @aarons3695 Před měsícem +10

      If this was real life Ward, almost certainly, had a company car. From 1965 to 1983 my Dad was a salesman for a company selling coal mining machinery. He had a company car that was on a 12 month lease so every year he got a new car. At the time tax laws were generous so he was able to use the company car as our family car with the extra mileage and gas counted as income. The more he sold the nicer car he could pick out. Cars ranged from Chevy Impalas and Ford LTDs then up to Oldsmobile Delta 88s or Cutlass Supreme, Chrysler Newports and even a Buick Riviera.

    • @ed9492
      @ed9492 Před měsícem +3

      And a massive house.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Před měsícem +2

      @@aarons3695 I doubt Ward would have had a company car. We're never told what it actually was that he did for a living, but it's been kind of an opined consensus that he was some kind of accountant.
      When I was little back in the '70's, our neighbor up the street was a district manager for a supermarket chain. He had a company car and was allowed, like your father, to use it for personal use as well.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Před měsícem +1

      You guys have to bear in mind several important factors here. First off, Ward made good money as a professional. Although we were never told exactly what his job was, it's assumed he was an accountant. Second, houses in the 50's and 60's were much more affordable than they are today. Part of the whole post World War II American dream was a house in the suburbs. My own parents had a house built in the 50's in a brand new development when they first got married. It only cost them $17,000 and the payments were only like $78 a month on a 20 year mortgage. I inherited it and today I can sell the house for close to half a million! The rule of thumb was that you spent no more than 25% of your income on housing. That was mortgage, property taxes and insurance.
      As for the cars, they were much more affordable back then. Unless you bought a luxury car like a Cadillac or Lincoln. In addition, the trade in versus resale value was much higher then. If you traded in a car after a year, you got close to what you paid for it and the profit on resale was very little for dealers. Also, until the Reagan tax reforms of 1986, interest on new car loans was tax deductible. So it made sense for a middle class family to always have a newer car. Helping that was that a family only had ONE car. It wasn't until the 60's that it started to become common for a family to have two cars.
      Today, if you trade in a new car after a year, you're lucky to get half of what you paid for it. Used car values are the highest they've ever been and dealers now make more money on used cars than they do new ones.
      Finally, cars back then weren't designed to last for the high mileage they are today. Almost no one reached 100K on a car back then. There would be all sorts of problems mechanically. Todays cars can go 200K or more with almost no engine trouble. Although you'll pay thousands in repairs for computer repair, sensors and the like.

    • @rogercvc6768
      @rogercvc6768 Před měsícem +7

      @@retroguy9494Ward was an accountant. It was easier to afford new cars back then, but they weren’t well equipped or as long lasting as what we have today.

  • @efogg3
    @efogg3 Před měsícem +17

    Love those Plymouths!

    • @k4106dt
      @k4106dt Před měsícem +1

      Love that translucent steering wheel on the '61 Plymouth Fury!

    • @THROTTLEPOWER
      @THROTTLEPOWER Před 29 dny

      Yes, love the Plymouths!

  • @fredrickhenderson3614
    @fredrickhenderson3614 Před měsícem +7

    I was born in '58. Those cars remind me of the one in the horror movie "Christine"

  • @MarkWG
    @MarkWG Před měsícem +7

    Man! This was a great presentation and very well- narrated by Tony Dow; God rest his soul. I love this show so much. I miss wholesome family shows like Beaver. I loved car-spotting on all of these shows from the '50's, '60's, and '70's. Being the carnut that I am.
    My mother had a brand new, 1963 Dodge Polara 4-door just like the one in the show, when I was a little kid. Loved that push-button Torqueflite.

  • @Nunofurdambiznez
    @Nunofurdambiznez Před měsícem +14

    That '60 Plymouth Belvedere is SWEET!!!!

  • @PaulBroxon
    @PaulBroxon Před měsícem +57

    I'm sure you realized that the show ended in 1963. It's and honest mistake. Now back to the show. Did you notice the masking tape on the 57 fords rear quarters, covering up the Fairlane name. Good video, had my 62 Savoy signed by Jerry Mathers 5 years ago. It's amazing how many people think my car was used on the show, I wish! It's a nice theme to play on at car shows, even my license plate says GEEWALY.

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan Před měsícem +11

      Weird they left the front Fairlane badge uncovered though.

    • @jefferyclaunch6659
      @jefferyclaunch6659 Před měsícem +3

      2:29 2:30 2:33

    • @YS-fr6nu
      @YS-fr6nu Před měsícem +4

      I’m curious why the masking tape ? Because the Ford are still on the hood and the trunk.

    • @TheSchmed
      @TheSchmed Před měsícem +5

      @@YS-fr6numaybe they didn’t want it scuffed or damaged ?

    • @TheSchmed
      @TheSchmed Před měsícem

      “Ward, you were a bit hard on the Beaver last night” that old gag.

  • @mattikaki
    @mattikaki Před 16 dny +2

    Hello from Finland. Yes, those were real cars. I remember when watching this in the beginning of 60’s when I was ten and admiring those beautiful autos.

  • @tubulardude44
    @tubulardude44 Před 26 dny +4

    I’m a retired elementary schoolteacher, and it’s really sad that kids are not interested in cars at all today because cars today are so boring! 😒

  • @calliecooke1817
    @calliecooke1817 Před měsícem +4

    Never forget Wally's first car episode. Eddie tells him- "Just hook-up the doo-hickey to the what-ya-ma-call-it. Reattach the thing-a-ma-jig to the doo-dad, then put the gizmo back on. It's a can of corn." I've used that phrase a million times in the last 45 years to describe a difficult job. "It's a can of corn, Wally." LMAO.

  • @Thomas-yr9ln
    @Thomas-yr9ln Před měsícem +13

    My dad had a Pontiac with back tail fins like that. I was about 9 or 10 at the time. I was little and remember my feet weren't long enough to touch the floorboard.. My dad always left it for my mother while he was at work. He worked at General Motors from the time I was 8 years old until I was grown. Lord I miss them days and my parents. When your parents are Dead the world seems ten times colder and lonely. 😢

    • @allenwayne2033
      @allenwayne2033 Před měsícem +2

      I hear ya Thomas.

    • @garc0113
      @garc0113 Před měsícem +1

      My dad had a 59 Pontiac Bonneville mint green with a chrome dash. What a car

    • @garc0113
      @garc0113 Před měsícem +2

      Amen I miss my parents

    • @myleslong5584
      @myleslong5584 Před měsícem +2

      Back in the days when dads had union jobs that supported their entire families.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Před měsícem +3

      I know Thomas, I know. I'm a bachelor who never married or had kids. My family was everything back in the day. They're all gone now. My father was one of the last and I lost him last year at almost 94. We used to know all the neighbors and were all friends. Today, I'm still in the same town and none of these new young people want to know me or even say hello. The only people I know are the last 4 of the original people in the neighborhood and they're very old.
      The world, for me, IS ten times colder and lonelier compared to back in the day. Especially when it's automatically assumed by society that you have some kind of support system.

  • @ksharpe10
    @ksharpe10 Před měsícem +5

    Some Great Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouths were only slightly hurt on this show. LOVE the OLD CARS. Makes you laugh to watch this video. Thanks.

    • @dre4011
      @dre4011 Před měsícem

      Least expensive @ the time
      Chevrolet & Ford was TOP DOLLAR

  • @billjackson1317
    @billjackson1317 Před měsícem +8

    June giving Ward the eye saying I'm worried about the Beaver 🦫

  • @donk499
    @donk499 Před měsícem +6

    I remember all those cars, and all those episodes. Too bad I didn't pay this much attention to my school work back then

  • @mohammedcohen
    @mohammedcohen Před měsícem +4

    ...one of the reasons I watch it now on METV...we didn't watch sitcoms when I was as kid...but I love the 'antique' cars....the cars of my yute'...

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny +2

      sometimes, i roll up a fatty and watch 'svengoolie' on saturday nights.

  • @kevinhamblin951
    @kevinhamblin951 Před měsícem +12

    The windshield remover and window remover in general ….was busy …. they either rolled down the windows or removed them all together …. because of the reflections . Thanks Fusion Kidd ….. Larry Mondelo 😊 was great !

    • @DavidBugea
      @DavidBugea Před měsícem +2

      I know…in the opening credits for one of the later seasons the car backs out of the driveway, and it’s obvious that there is no rear window in the car.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Před měsícem

      Yea that was common back then. Just like the Pontiac used in I Love Lucy when they drove to Hollywood had no front windshield either. It's pretty obvious too! LOL

    • @DavidBugea
      @DavidBugea Před měsícem

      @@retroguy9494 Yeah, I don’t think it had wipers, either!

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Před měsícem

      @@DavidBugea It didn't! 👍

  • @kylesundquist5076
    @kylesundquist5076 Před měsícem +10

    Showcasing the wild virgil exner designs.

  • @yanks1fan09
    @yanks1fan09 Před 18 dny +1

    Great little documentary about the cars used. I realized that sounded like Tony Dow narrating. May he RIP!

  • @MrDave54321
    @MrDave54321 Před 23 dny +2

    Thank you for this informative, well-researched and produced video. I still get excited at the scene with the Corvette and the Triumph !

  • @steverudder3321
    @steverudder3321 Před měsícem +7

    👏Loved it! GREAT video, and the narration voice was just right!
    Nearly every one of those cars had a back seat as big as a sofa!
    "So, go visit your local DeSoto Plymouth dealer, and tell 'em Groucho sent ya!"😁👍

    • @love2bluff
      @love2bluff Před 13 dny +1

      The narrator was Wally Cleaver

  • @johnroth1243
    @johnroth1243 Před měsícem +3

    Note on the frig: 'Ward, you were a little rough on the Beaver last night.
    Love,
    June"

    • @k.b.tidwell
      @k.b.tidwell Před měsícem +1

      "PS - thanks for the pearl necklace!"

  • @bryantyoung7197
    @bryantyoung7197 Před měsícem +7

    Lumpy’s ‘40 Ford 👌🏾

  • @kdw75
    @kdw75 Před měsícem +2

    Love the look of those Plymouths. My father still have a '61 Plymouth Fury, but it is pretty rusty and needs a lot of TLC. He said it was the car he learned to drive on.

  • @neverinthemoment
    @neverinthemoment Před měsícem +3

    The cars I remember as I was growing up! Love your videos and the cars, they are spot on!!!!! THANK YOU!!!

  • @user-xy7lf1tx1d
    @user-xy7lf1tx1d Před měsícem +6

    Those were the days, not like now.

    • @dre4011
      @dre4011 Před měsícem

      Well they're LONG GONE.....
      (Let Pat Boone know too)

  • @philipsanchez3546
    @philipsanchez3546 Před měsícem +3

    They also had a 1961 Dodge Lancer parked out front on the street in a few episodes

  • @davidmain1519
    @davidmain1519 Před měsícem +2

    Enjoyed the cars on the show, particularly the Plymouths.

  • @TigerDominic-uh1dv
    @TigerDominic-uh1dv Před měsícem +3

    It's Nice Seeing The Great Old 👍 Vehicles 😊

  • @donb782
    @donb782 Před měsícem +3

    I had a big honking 1960 Plymouth Fury until I got drafted. We did have fun in it but sold it when I left

  • @vicki7641
    @vicki7641 Před měsícem +4

    Love the sports cars!

  • @buck2358
    @buck2358 Před 26 dny +1

    I never thought I'd watch this entire video and thought I'd be bored with it. Thank You.!

  • @pjesf
    @pjesf Před 6 dny +1

    The 1962 Mercury Monterey at 10:27 is one of my FAVORITE vintage cars 😍

  • @javiervidaurre6325
    @javiervidaurre6325 Před měsícem +1

    1962 Mopar station wagon at 7:04 in the driveway across the street. This video was fun & well done.

  • @momsher1
    @momsher1 Před 22 dny

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge of the cars in Leave it to Beaver - my favorite oldie tv show. We have owned many older cars turned street rods over the years. This was fun to watch!

  • @michaelnazaruk4100
    @michaelnazaruk4100 Před měsícem +1

    As a diehard Oldsmobile afficiondo, I was quite thrilled that he got that 1960 Oldsmobile Super 88 correct!

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      i miss the old pontiacs and oldsmobiles- you can have those ugly new buicks.

  • @ronaldmiller2740
    @ronaldmiller2740 Před měsícem +5

    WOW!! YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR CARS GREAT!!! VIDEO,,.. THX.

  • @PETERLINNAH
    @PETERLINNAH Před měsícem +2

    This is great! I do this whenever I watch old TV shows -- I try to identify the cars. They had great styling back then, and I would always look forward to the new models that would come out each year.. Perry Mason - the old series -- is one of my favorite old shows to watch for cars of the '50s and 60's.

    • @k.b.tidwell
      @k.b.tidwell Před měsícem +1

      Any of the old shows set in a city were gold mines. Dragnet was a great one for car spotting, and I've thought a million times that if I somehow traveled back in time people wouldn't be amazed at my clothes or mannerisms, they'd be wondering why I was caressing the car and draping myself across every old car I walked up on. I'd be hoping that at that moment I'd be whipped back to the present, my contact with the car dragging it back through the vortex with me! 🤣

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      @@k.b.tidwell caressing yourself? don't try that now.....

    • @k.b.tidwell
      @k.b.tidwell Před 26 dny

      @@tommurphy4307 fixed it!

  • @Normanx964
    @Normanx964 Před měsícem +3

    My sisters were afraid of tail fins. They thought they were made from real sharks.

    • @stevedallas4942
      @stevedallas4942 Před měsícem

      Then she'd just love my 1965 Riviera. It looks like a shark.

  • @VL1975
    @VL1975 Před 23 dny +1

    They sure had alot of family cars! lol

  • @Dion-rz3fz
    @Dion-rz3fz Před měsícem +2

    I'll take the 1960 Plymouth Fury!!! Love those tail fins! Gorgeous car!!! I remember these cars when I was growing up. I loved looking at all the different styles of "ears," which is what I called fins back then before I knew better! Lol. I remember as the years went on being rather disappointed as there were getting to be less "ears" to look at. I am afraid I still feel that way!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny +1

      they got smaller and then faded away into history.

  • @xvsj-s2x
    @xvsj-s2x Před měsícem +1

    Amazing Classic !

  • @Modeltnick
    @Modeltnick Před měsícem +8

    Anyone notice the Munster’s house that showed up briefly in one of the street shots? It was on the right hand side. 7:06

    • @jasonrodgers9063
      @jasonrodgers9063 Před měsícem +3

      Same creative/production team behind both classic shows!

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Před měsícem +1

      Yes it is! That's because both the Cleaver house (technically called the 'Paramount House') and the Munster house (technically called the 'Maxim House) were both located on 'Colonial Street' which was on the backlot of Universal Studios in Hollywood.

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      @@retroguy9494 it was really in universal city?

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Před 26 dny

      @@tommurphy4307 Well, that's what I've read and saw in documentaries. I never visited it myself as I'm all the way on the other side of the country just outside New York City.
      According to one documentary I saw, when the Universal City tour jitneys used to roll by, they would have to stop filming on The Munsters and people would want autographs. It drove the crew crazy. But I read that Al Lewis and Fred Gwynne were very happy to oblige the fans.

  • @fg6971
    @fg6971 Před 28 dny +1

    Cool looking cars, tail fins, and fun names like Belvedere, and my favorite. the Plymouth Fury. Thanks for this video, a pleasant comfortable trip back to my youth in the late 50's- early 60's.

  • @garyquail4996
    @garyquail4996 Před měsícem +8

    I love those old cars back then especially the Plymouth Belvedere for 1962.

  • @johntaormina1084
    @johntaormina1084 Před 21 dnem

    Me and my brother used to watch this show every Saturday night . A great show and a great time growing up !

  • @user-il6zg6lz7k
    @user-il6zg6lz7k Před měsícem +3

    That 59 Plymouth Fury was sweet.

  • @quantumleap359
    @quantumleap359 Před měsícem +1

    My Dad had a 1962 Chrysler 300. Seeing the one in the show was cool. Great video, you called out these cars spot on!

  • @jeffreymartin6369
    @jeffreymartin6369 Před 14 dny +1

    Nice hearing Tony Dow now gone!

  • @joshuam4614
    @joshuam4614 Před měsícem +18

    The narrator sounds like Wally Cleaver.

    • @louisnapolitano8130
      @louisnapolitano8130 Před měsícem +3

      I thought the same thing.

    • @gartwilliams3347
      @gartwilliams3347 Před měsícem +1

      You are correct 👌

    • @nealshirley6479
      @nealshirley6479 Před měsícem +1

      It is.

    • @joshuam4614
      @joshuam4614 Před měsícem +2

      @@nealshirley6479 That would be amazing since the video is 18 hours old and Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver, died two years ago.

    • @nealshirley6479
      @nealshirley6479 Před měsícem +1

      @@joshuam4614 I should know better than to assume. Thanks.😏

  • @shamrockgoulash7899
    @shamrockgoulash7899 Před měsícem +2

    I love this! I hope that you do 'The Twilight Zone' some day!

    • @k.b.tidwell
      @k.b.tidwell Před měsícem

      I remember thinking about the cars during the episode, "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" with Claude Akins.

  • @FuzzyWuzzyHair
    @FuzzyWuzzyHair Před 27 dny +1

    I did not realize the Cleavers were so rich! A new car every year? Wow

  • @genehunsinger3981
    @genehunsinger3981 Před měsícem +17

    Bewitched had awesome GM cars ppl

    • @tturner12341
      @tturner12341 Před měsícem +4

      Like a 1964 Chevrolet Malibu convertible in blue I believe.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Před měsícem +1

      I wish they would have had some Cadillacs once in a while.

    • @dansmusic5749
      @dansmusic5749 Před měsícem +1

      Chevy was a major sponsor for them. Darrin drove a Corvette.

    • @bellemorelock4924
      @bellemorelock4924 Před měsícem +1

      we should roundup short list of which shows were Mopar, GM, and Ford.
      were any AMC?

    • @RuppsRUs
      @RuppsRUs Před měsícem +1

      Show was sponsored by Chevrolet.

  • @workingTchr
    @workingTchr Před měsícem +2

    Seeing the black exhaust pour out of that "new" Triumph TR4 when they shift gears is a reminder of how far we've come.

    • @curtchase3730
      @curtchase3730 Před měsícem

      Is that the car where Beav says it was burning rubber? LOL.

    • @workingTchr
      @workingTchr Před měsícem

      @@curtchase3730 I don't know! "Burning rubber"? The Beav? Whoa. Serious respect for the Beav.

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      you should see the mess it made on the showroom floor!

  • @rayinpau.s.a.6351
    @rayinpau.s.a.6351 Před měsícem +4

    1ADAM 12 shows a lot of great old cars . I always enjoy naming them to my wife !

    • @rgc1961
      @rgc1961 Před měsícem

      I bet she loves it! 😂

    • @k.b.tidwell
      @k.b.tidwell Před měsícem

      Dragnet is pretty good for that too!

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      you must be a real hoot in front of the tube.

  • @damienluxford4480
    @damienluxford4480 Před 25 dny +1

    Very cool!

  • @fitzfitzgerald1110
    @fitzfitzgerald1110 Před měsícem +3

    That was a swell idea,featuring all those cars. I wish we could make a new car with fins

    • @myleslong5584
      @myleslong5584 Před měsícem

      Slap some old Cadillac fins on your new SUV! Wouldn’t that look great?!

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      a prius would look better with a pair of big fins on it...

  • @kijekuyo9494
    @kijekuyo9494 Před měsícem +4

    I seem to remember an opening sequence, probably from 1962, of Beaver and Wally smiling at the camera through the back window of a '62 Plymouth.
    I wonder if the '62 Chrysler 300 convertible was the same one seen briefly in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World driven by Jerry Lewis. They were quite rare.

    • @nealshirley6479
      @nealshirley6479 Před měsícem +1

      If you look closely, you'll see there's no glass in that rear window. It was removed to eliminate glare in the camera shot.

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      @@nealshirley6479 i think a half-dozen commenters already said that....

    • @nealshirley6479
      @nealshirley6479 Před 26 dny

      @@tommurphy4307 Sometimes I comment without reading all the other comments. A lot of them aren't worth reading, like yours.

  • @DeutschlandGuy
    @DeutschlandGuy Před měsícem +3

    06:25 I remember Lumpy's '40 Ford convertible. In one very funny episode, Eddie (no surprise there) got the brilliant idea of how funny it would be if he and Wally would wrap a log chain around a tree, then attach the other end to the Ford's rear axle. Eddie said how funny it would be to see Lumpy just smoking the tires, trying to drive away. Naturally, being the sucker he always was, Wally went along with the hairbrained idea. Naturally, not all went as planned, as the two forgot to take up the slack in the chain. So, when Lumpy started to drive away, the shock when the slack in the chain ran out, yanked the entire differential and rear axle from under Lumpy's Ford, crashing the rear of the car to the ground. Oh, what a rascal Eddie Haskle was. 😅🤣😂

    • @DejaView
      @DejaView Před měsícem

      I just commented on that. I remember it well. Lumpy's reaction was priceless!😂😂😂😂😂

  • @JuniorFan08
    @JuniorFan08 Před 15 dny

    Some cool cars from the 50's and 60's. Wish this tape was in color.

  • @bennetfox
    @bennetfox Před měsícem +5

    Ward must have made some serious money if he could afford a new car every year!!

  • @ramongonzalez2112
    @ramongonzalez2112 Před měsícem +2

    Great idea. At 4:06 you missed that beautiful 1960 Chrysler convertible, behind the awesome 1960 Plymouth Convertible with faux spare tire. Both had huge fins.👏

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      fins were all the rage back then. what a great time to be a kid!

  • @autocrow
    @autocrow Před 22 dny

    This narration is the best

  • @billjackson1317
    @billjackson1317 Před měsícem +3

    I remember Wally getting a 53 chevy convertible 4 his first car

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      the one with the spring that stuck june in the ass.

  • @scottschada4993
    @scottschada4993 Před měsícem

    If you love old "mid-century) cars as I do, this video is a MUST.Tony Dow must have known these cars, as he is a GREAT narrator. I think its more than just being ggood at script reading

  • @alanstrong55
    @alanstrong55 Před měsícem +2

    Mr. Cleaver deserved a Chrysler 300 with all features. Mrs. Cleaver deserved a Chevy Impala to go places in the daytime.

  • @billjackson1317
    @billjackson1317 Před měsícem +3

    The best show was when Wally and Eddy hooked a chain to the rear end of Lumpys 40 ford convertible and 2 a tree 🌳
    Tearing out Lumpys rear end of his 40 Ford convertible.

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      i think they did that on happy days, too.

  • @thomasweekley9062
    @thomasweekley9062 Před 24 dny +1

    Wife; Why does Ward drive into the driveway so fast?
    Me, Because Ward is in a Fury.

  • @nealshirley6479
    @nealshirley6479 Před měsícem +2

    I've always said that the star of that show was Lumpy's '40 Ford convertible with the flathead V8. That car was loved by hot-rodders and is very sought after today. Fred's Fairlane 500 is a close second. The Rutherfords knew how to pick 'em.

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      theyve all been scrapped and now theyre re-incarnated kias.

  • @tompastian3447
    @tompastian3447 Před měsícem +1

    Love seeing these great old cars, that daily drivers. You should do the same with 77 Sunset Strip. I remember that Gearld Loydd Kookson, "Kookie" had a car that went on a show circuit to various Ford dealers. It was an early sixties T bird with 2 427 engines, a convertible with the back seats covered. Who knows what ever happened to that car; it may never have appeared on the show.

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      was it a triple-carb setup? we had a plastic tonneau for our '64 t-bird and it was a pain-in-the-butt to put on/off

  • @jaybennett236
    @jaybennett236 Před měsícem +2

    The '62 Plymouth Belvedere reminded me of my first car. A '63 Belvedere. $300.00.

  • @charlesmurray4013
    @charlesmurray4013 Před měsícem

    Fantastic , Love Those Cars ,And The Leave it To Beaver Show.

  • @MrSSantoro
    @MrSSantoro Před měsícem

    Perhaps the ultimate show in which you'll see lots and lots of classic cars is Route 66. Each episode was shot in a different location along the real route 66. It's one of a kind.

  • @GenerallyGeneralLee
    @GenerallyGeneralLee Před měsícem

    GREAT video! I would watch one of these for every TV show from back then.

  • @mikeadcock1592
    @mikeadcock1592 Před měsícem +4

    If I'm not mistaken, I believe I read somewhere, that the 1957 Ford custom 4dr, was the same car used in "Psycho". The car that Marion Crane traded for in the beginning of the movie, and was later run into the swamp behind the Bates Motel.

    • @utbob2010
      @utbob2010 Před měsícem +4

      Yep, you're right, mikeadcock. That was the same Ford used in Psycho.
      My favorite scene where Mrs. Bates says, "Norman wouldn't hurt a fly" as the Ford is being pulled out of the swamp.

    • @mikeadcock1592
      @mikeadcock1592 Před měsícem +2

      @@utbob2010 yes, remember that scene at the very end of the movie. Norman might not have hurt a fly, but he sure ruined some nice cars in his darn swamp.

    • @utbob2010
      @utbob2010 Před měsícem

      Yeah, don't forget that beautiful 1959 Mercury that the P.I. (Martin Balsom) drove.​@@mikeadcock1592

  • @terryoquinn8199
    @terryoquinn8199 Před měsícem

    I remember a lot of these cars , some were before my time . I loved cars that had individual styling !

  • @jimst.george669
    @jimst.george669 Před 28 dny +1

    GREAT COMILATION. THANKS FOR SHARING

  • @anthonymadejczyk861
    @anthonymadejczyk861 Před měsícem +1

    I've always wanted to see something like this - thanks!

  • @richdorak1547
    @richdorak1547 Před měsícem +1

    Real cars ! Good stuff . Thanks.

  • @TheBrooklynbodine
    @TheBrooklynbodine Před 25 dny +1

    Thanks so much for this!

  • @THROTTLEPOWER
    @THROTTLEPOWER Před 29 dny +1

    Great vid!!!!!!! 👍👍
    Always liked the 1959 DeSoto during the end credits. And have always wondered who was driving it, who owned it and what ever happened to that car. 🙂

  • @paulleckner8235
    @paulleckner8235 Před měsícem +1

    In 1982, at age 18, I passed my driving test. I was so proud. I had saved up the $5,000.00 I needed to buy a four-door sedan 1980 Chevrolet Citation hatchback. My father was furious because it was not a Ford. It had 25,000 miles on it. I took care of it until 1990 and it had 98,000 miles on it. It got me to and from college 1982 to graduation in 1986. I paid for my own college education. Four years later, I moved from the east coast to the west coast.

  • @co6466
    @co6466 Před měsícem +1

    Great Job!

  • @PunaSquirrel
    @PunaSquirrel Před měsícem +1

    Great video🤙🏼

  • @deanomarshall2926
    @deanomarshall2926 Před měsícem +4

    I might be mistaken, but at 2:51, the girl seated by the wall looks like Anissa Jones, who played Buffy on the mid-60's show "Family Affair." 😊

    • @lickitup8461
      @lickitup8461 Před měsícem +1

      I don't know what timeframe you're seeing but I don't see anything

    • @deanomarshall2926
      @deanomarshall2926 Před měsícem +1

      @@lickitup8461 I watched again, & now I'm seeing at 2:51, the shot where Larry is standing up in the theater.

    • @lickitup8461
      @lickitup8461 Před měsícem +2

      @@deanomarshall2926
      Anissa was born in 1958, so I really don't believe she was in any episodes

    • @deanomarshall2926
      @deanomarshall2926 Před měsícem +1

      @@lickitup8461 You're right then. It can't be her. Such a strong resemblance though.

    • @lickitup8461
      @lickitup8461 Před měsícem +1

      @@deanomarshall2926
      Nice eye though, I also look for the unexpected in old TV shows 👍👍

  • @ManiaMusicChannel
    @ManiaMusicChannel Před měsícem

    Nice, looks like a nice show with lots of classics in it

  • @garychambers5850
    @garychambers5850 Před měsícem

    Beautiful cars. I remember most of them. My Dad and older brother owned a few. Back in 1973, I drove a 1967 Chevy SS Camaro, 1965 Ford Galaxie 500, mint condition.
    I thought the Narrator sounded like "Tony Dow" 🤗 Great video! and I send my Love up to Heaven Tony! ❤✝

    • @tommurphy4307
      @tommurphy4307 Před 26 dny

      we had a '64 t-bird ragtop- you had to rev the motor to put the top up/down or the right-rear window up/down. that was the last year before ford started putting alternators in them.

  • @wmalden
    @wmalden Před měsícem +1

    I really enjoy this “cars of t.v. shows” series.
    Well done and I appreciate the voice actors (in this case, Tony Dow as Wally).
    Keep them coming!👍👍

  • @garyfaught3769
    @garyfaught3769 Před měsícem +5

    Does Fred Rutherford driving a 1957 Ford Fairlane mean theat he was making more money than Ward, who had ONLY a 1957 Ford Custom 300?

    • @deweygill1973
      @deweygill1973 Před měsícem +1

      No, Fred was always trying too hard to keep up with the Jones’s, and Ward was characterized as being sensible and conservative.

  • @richardyoung4616
    @richardyoung4616 Před měsícem

    These cars are from my teen years, great job!!!