10 Wild Facts About McCormick's Coyote X - Hardcastle & McCormick
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The Coyote X car in the 1983 TV series "Hardcastle & McCormick" was a sleek and powerful custom-built vehicle that played a central role in the show's high-octane action sequences. This iconic red and gold striped sports car, driven by the character Mark "Skid" McCormick, was the perfect blend of speed and style. With its futuristic design and shouting engine, the Coyote X became a symbol of adventure and excitement, embodying the essence of this thrilling crime-fighting series.
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Between the Coyote, KITT, and the General Lee, I was actually under the assumption when I was a kid that cars could help you solve crimes and mysteries.
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Your assumptions were correct. Don’t forget the Mystery Machine, the Batmobile, the Munstermobile and even the Screamin’ Mimi…
@@TheCrusher72 Yep, those are all already on the list and I have done a few different Batmobiles already too 😉Thanks
i would add "Colt Seavers" GMC Pickup.
To me the Coyote X (first season as it seems the only one we got to see in europe) and the GMC were my favorites.
Hello? Speed Buggy!
The first season car looks the best.
Yep, the DeLorean based cars don't look nearly as good.
This car MELTED my 8 year brain when I first watched this show back in '83...
same!
The first one was cool, the second Coyote looked ridiculous.
In 1983 or 1984 I was on a 4th grade field trip to Griffith Park Observatory and we got stuck waiting for them to shoot some scenes in the park. We stood around and watched them filming and I got invited to sit in the Coyote between takes. It was the highlight of the summer!
Very cool 👍
That is so cool!!!
They filmed around Griffith Park, the dudes filmed on fire roads in the hills by magic mountain..lol most don't understand if they never lived out there..like chips mostly filmed on the 210 freeway before it was done or even open..
I just liked the CENTERLINE CHAMP 500 wheels.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Loved this show as a kid and still think it had one of the best opening montage and song.
Manta offered the Montage and the Mirage. One with a roof, the other not. I used to have the company "brochure" back in '82-'83-ish?
Yeah the opening song is cool so is the Fall Guy's song too
I loved this car as a kid!
I loved the original Coyote and being a VW enthusiast I have no problem with them being Beetle based as I’m well aware of how fast a tuned and modified bug can be 😉
Here in the UK I don’t think we got the later seasons which I’m glad to say, the DeLorean based car is awful
I'm in the UK and guessed it was a similar set up to the Nova kit car and I'm with you, thankfully we can't have got the later seasons because I certainly don't remember that piece of sh#t!! 😂
@@graemew7001 I remember the Montage kit car being sold at the same time as the Nova, I think UVA sold if I remember correctly.
@@craigkearns6425 Yeah, you're right because they also did a Baja kit that was in Street Machine magazine back in the mid 80's. I didn't know about the montage kit before today though. A mate of mine had an Eagle SS with the gullwing doors that he never got around to putting on the road again back on about 15 years ago.
@@graemew7001 I vaguely remember the ads for the Montage kits, never saw a completed car though, saw loads of Novas, even got trapped in one when the roof handle broke (we nicknamed it the Coffin after that 🤣), I’ve seen a couple of Eagles. There’s a Nova recently turned up at my car club, still look great today 👍🏼
@@craigkearns6425 I tried sitting in my mate's Eagle to see if I'd fit, I'm 6ft and about 17 stone, he shut the gullwing and clattered my head, thank god it was fibreglass lol. I agree, the Nova and Eagle still look great today but I think us 2 should avoid them 🤣
What a gem of a channel. Growing up in the 80s and 90s these shows are what made me the car nut I am today. Keep up the great work my friend 👍
Thanks much and glad you are enjoying it. Will do 😉👍
Many of these revised, upgrade cars and motor cycles are at Dezer's Auto Museum in Orlando FL, I drive.
A genuinely good show!!!! I loved it!!!!
The original Coyote X from season 1 is just so beautiful to my eye. Even more so than an original McLaren M6 GT. I ignore the VW pan and engine when I say that. I would love to have a custom tube frame chassis one of these with an American V8 and IRS transaxle. Love these star car videos. I have a Gumball Camaro tribute if you ever want to talk about that movie car.
Love that Camaro!
As a child I was very disappointed at the season 2 redesign. One of my favorite TV cars.
As tempting as a V8 in that car would be: A bog standard V8, even made from billet aluminum, is just too heavy. How much lead do you want to be moulded into the front bumper? Yes...
And which Gearbox do you want to use? Porsche G50? These are getting rare as well...
An air-cooled flat four, brought up to around 150hp will play with a tube chassis and fiberglass panels just fine. Look up what the empty weight of a regular bug is and shave half of it off. That should be a rough estimate on such a kit cars weight. You just have to put some ingenuity into the thermal management. It's enough for show and some little fun here and there. Power to weight ratio and weight distribution are the most important magic equations in car design.
@@wiedapp The McClaren works MC12 had a v8
@@proinseasokiellig4388 I can't find any car like that.
And you can't possibly mean the Maserati MC12 (it has a V12 and is based on the Ferrari Enzo...and WAY too big). Do you mean the McLaren MP4 12C with it's 3.8L V8?
Still: A V8 is too heavy in the little chassis of a coyote, especially as a rear engine, like in the bug base. If you could somehow manage to make it a mid engine, that could be another story.
In 1990 I saw one of the cars at Disney World in Florida. It was on their MGM lot sitting on a service road with one of the helicopter props from Blue Thunder, and one of the alien ships from Flight of the Navigator.
Another great 80s era show where the car was the star IMO. At that time I never gave it a thought, but I'm sad, though not surprised that that sweet engine sound was dubbed in. Man do I miss the days of the Coyote X, KITT, and the General Lee.
Kudos on finding and presenting the Hardcastle and McCormick Coyote. I was surprised when I read these comments so many people remembered that show. I liked it as a young adult but didn't think anyone else would remember it.
Thanks and very glad you enjoyed it. Indeed, a short lived, but memorable show for sure👍
I watched all 3 seasons as a kid. I loved the Coyote but also Hardcastles step-side truck.
I loved this show as a kid. In the early 90s I remember seeing one of the Coyote X cars on the Disney MGM studios back lot tour baking away uncovered in the Florida sun.
Same here. I remember it fondly and wanted to take it home!
Back around 2012 I had the chance to buy a Manta Montage from a guy in Omaha. Still kicking myself for NOT doing it. He had it built up with a custom tubular aluminum frame, a supercharged 3800 V-6 from a 2004ish Monte Carlo, painted jet black, and had a spoiler from a 2004 Impala on it. Weighed in at only 1800 pounds and, according to him, had 320HP. Too bad money was tight at the time. $9,500 was a steal for it.
I absolutely loved this car and show as a kid
As a 20 year old when the series started I loved the TV program.
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Love that car grew up watching that show
Thank you for these videos man. Absolutely love that you don't beat around the bush and get straight to it.
You're very welcome and glad you are enjoying them 👍
cool to know some still exist. I was young but totally could tell the car switch, it definitely added a cheesier feel for the show for me
I remember being at Universal Studios in 1996 and I saw five of those cars sitting there .
I've lived in Orlando, went by City Walk, Orlando Universal a few times; 2000s 2010s mainly. I recall a few cool cars, movie stuff; Scooby Van(Mystery Machine), Miami Vice Ferrari Daytona, David Starsky's 1974 Ford Torino, Fast & Furious cars.
Thanks for the video. I'm a big fan of 70s & 80s TV. I can remember how I couldn't get enough of seeing the coyote in action and how badly I wanted one.
Glad you enjoyed it; Yep, it was certainly the golden era for car focused TV shows for sure!😉👍
Was watching Death Race 2000 last night, some interesting cars in that one.
yep, those were all VW based kits
Yep, some of those cars are on my to do list eventually too 😉👍
I live in Argentina. Loved the show when I was a kid, and the Coyote (the first one) was and still is my dream car. I can recall they brought one to Buenos Aires for a movie car expo...
Cool😉👍
One of my absolute favorite TV cars thank you
You're very welcome and glad you enjoyed it 👍
I love behind the scenes stuff and I am a HUGE car nut. So tv and movie cars mean a lot to me. These videos are a LOT of fun. Please keep up the great work. Also, any chance of doing one of these on the Munster Koach?
Glad you are enjoying them, yep; the Munster mobile is indeed already on my to do list, thanks 👍
@@CarStarz42Thanks for bringing this car up .... I've never been into the gimmicky gay sounding KiTT or the overated 007 Q build cars.
I'm more into Starsky and Hutch Ford, Bodie and Doyle RS Escort and Capri, General Lee and Miami Vice Ferraris
What about The Patridge Family bus? 📺
I loved that show and car. Thanks for the info on the car.
You're very welcome, it is a great show indeed 👍
I was in love with this car!
I loved that 1st coyote would've been nice if it had suped up Porsche engine!!
That's for sure.
This is so cool......used to watch this in the uk, back in the 80s.
I was thinking about this show a few months ago and couldn’t remember the name, so this is great timing!
I had completely forgotten about this show until it popped up in my feed. Whoooaaaaa :)
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I loved this show as a kid
Wonderful job as usual. The 80s had some great shows featuring cool cars
Thanks much and indeed a golden era for cars shows 👍
Brings back memories! What's great in the late 80s someone in our neighborhood owned a coyote.
Very cool 👍
Loved this show
Awesome video. I always loved the Coyote. Now I'm curious about the history of the Black Moon from the film Black Moon Rising
Thanks much and glad you enjoyed it; I'll add that one to the list to look into. Thanks👍
The Delorean Coyote is a crime. However, s2 and s3 are still watchable due to the fantastic dynamic between Daniel Hugh Kelly and Brian Keith.
Indeed 😉
Fun fact: I almost bought the season 3 stunt Coyote for a measly $2,000. Sadly, life circumstances got in the way.
Great vid! Thanks for the exhaustive research about a classic sled!
Thanks and glad you enjoyed it👍
I just loved this car, I always wanted one
Cool, Thanks, you do a great job with these videos! Maybe think about doing some semi trucks from TV, BJ and the Bear, Movin' on, and some of the older cars like My Mother is A Car ?
I do have some more semis on my list and I'll add those to my list as well. Thanks
Also, if you haven't seen it already, check out the video I did on the DUEL truck 😉
Watched the show only because of the car.
I loved Hardcastle and McCormick!
Indeed, the first season in particular was excellent 😉👍
Fun fact: the music composer for Hardcastle & McCormick would go on to compose Law & Order's music, including the famous opening theme. He still does the music for those shows today.
Mike Post also did the themes from Rockford Files, Magnum, P.I., and Hill Street Blues. Some of the most memorable TV themes ever!
I wanna hear more about McCormick's prison nickname "Skid mark" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That name didn't age well, did it.😂
Mark ‘Skid’ McCormick.
He raced cars hence skidmark
@@Rubiflake
It aged better than Lucky Pierre, especially for being in prison.
At least one comment here doesn't get the humour.
Great video! Always so impressed by how much research you do on these. This one a great show back in the day. One of my favorites. And the opening theme song was awesome!
Thanks and glad you enjoy it! Indeed a very addictive them song; I've had it stuck in my head all week from working on this, lol! 😁
Wow, that was an excellent video! Always loved the Coyote as a kid!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it👍
Brooooo-you just took me way back!!😊😊😊😊
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The Coyote X was my favorite 80's car when I was growing up.
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I got to see a season 1 Cody Coyote at the 1985 World of Wheels
I loved that show. Used to call it Hardstack and McWick
I'm really hooked on this channel! I watched Hardcastle and McCormick when I was a kid and it was one of my favorite shows. I love the Coyote car. Thanks for all the really cool facts. Have you covered the car from Ghostbusters yet?
You're very welcome, it is a great show indeed; first season is by far the best. Yep, I covered the original Ecto-1 early on right here... czcams.com/video/lz8Is7IsbTY/video.html
@@CarStarz42 awesome thanks!
A Cadillac ambulance?...😅
I loved this car as a kid.
This was a great video. Relevant clips to support the narration, made for an enjoyable and informative production.
Thanks and very glad you enjoyed it 👍
Great vid!!!!!! 👍👍
hanks and glad you enjoyed it 👍
love the video,that coyote in the second series was absolutely fugly ,first one was the best!
Agreed and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍
This amd the countach are still my favorite cars made! For tjere time they were insane looking for a 8yr old boy 😂 to this day everytime i watch the intro to Hardcastle and they say DRIVE then u here the sound of the engine it still gives me goose bumps today! 😂
Legendar car concept
What a great channel and content just earned a subscriber look forward to watching more of your videos...Well done!
Thanks much and welcome! Glad you are enjoying it👍
Good action show.
Coyote X looked fast and slick.
Indeed 😉👍
First season cars in my book the coolest of them !
Nice video!
Thanks and glad you enjoyed it.
Oh, how I missed this car.
Anni fa,ho visto una Coyote X in vendita a New York...identica alla prima serie.Stupenda!
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i loved that show. preferred the 1st year car the most. i could never decide if i preferred the Ferrari 308 ( magnum pi ) or the coyote car, i wanted either so bad. pissed off that someone would destroy that first year car, he could have built what he did from scratch. i knew it was a kit car back then but didn't know any more than that. great video.
Back around 2012 I had the chance to buy a Manta Montage from a guy in Omaha. Still kicking myself for NOT doing it. He had it built up with a custom tubular aluminum frame, a supercharged 3800 V-6 from a 2004ish Monte Carlo, painted jet black, and had a spoiler from a 2004 Impala on it. Weighed in at only 1800 pounds and, according to him, had 320HP. Too bad money was tight at the time. $9,500 was a steal for it.
The stunt car that was in Jay Ohrberg's Museum (which he and his cars are no longer a part of), went from the museum to Riverside, CA where it was on display at Don's Lock & Key until it sold to a buyer overseas several years ago. I put my daughter in that car in her car seat when she was 3 days old.
Hey, you've got over 10,000 subscribers now 👍👍👍.
Good for you, you certainly deserve it.
I'm only subscribed to six channels and yours is not only one of them it's the only one that deals with cars.
Thanks, that means a lot friend!🙂👍
I remember seeing one of the Coyote's at Disney World MGM Studios, Florida back in 1996 on their back lot tram tour. It wasn't a polished display car, but just parked outside in the elements with other prop cars from movies and TV shows. The paint was faded a bit from UV exposure.
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Love those Champ 500 wheels
I love this show watch it a lot when I was a kid 😊
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I want the off roading one. I loved this car as a kid (the first season 1 especially)
Awesome, I watched this show as a kid. I too always heard about a Porsche engine being in it, good to know what engine was in it.😊
Indeed, glad you enjoyed it👍
LOVED THAT CAR AS A KID!
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Man I can not remember years ago I saw one of the Coyote X not sure I thought it was Universal Studios had one of the cars many many years ago on the tour saw it.
It looks like you're building a good fan base of viewers, I hope a lot more people subscribe to your channel.
Thanks much and hope you are enjoying it too 👍
I watched this show as a kid and planted the dream that one day i would own a street legal race car like the cayote. And amazingly i did... not a cayote but a british build Ultima, based on a Lola T70 instaed of the mc laren, but similar exept for having a proper racing engine... But M&M got it a started for me...
Another fun fact.....if you watch the open credits to Married With Children, you see Clark Griswalds station Wagon entering the freeway.
Indeed and that's one I talk actually about in my Family Truckster video too 😉...
czcams.com/video/RbvgWxZAwBo/video.html
I watch a lot of these car videos about movie and T.V. cars. I think this is one of the few channels that has included this car. I was like 6 or 7 yrs old when this show was on. Jackson TN is actually close to me. Thank you for that info. I will make a trip to go see the car in person.
Cool, glad you enjoyed it and awesome 👍
One thing that always sticks in my mind was a stunt jump that features in the intro to the series where the rear axle breaks.
Yeah, the rear end landing at an angle like that from clipping the other car certainly noticeably dislodged the axle mounting for sure!
Nice video
Thanks and glad you enjoyed it👍
The season 1 car was and still is my favorite tv car ever made. This car along with the show itself doesn't get enough love. It's better than Knight Rider imo
Thank you
You're very welcome and glad you enjoyed it 👍
"Build us a unique car for our 80s tv-show"....
"Oh, cool, what should it be able to?
"It has to be going airborne a hacking lot!"
Every 80s tv-show imagineable
Indeed a tall order, especially for the time period 😉
It only took me 40 years but finally, many of the rumors /legends I, and others,grew up (being an early teen in the show's series run) wondering about and had mainly just flat had given up ever having confirmation of, knowing even with any confidence (most of this had become known in the preceding decades lol) of but, as the first and third season opening show's theme engine and the show's sound effect for the Coyote's engine sound has always been a unicorn myth of legend most often guessed as being the Ferrari V12, usually from the 400i manual transmission variant, although f/x altered somehow, being most often stated as being the prime suspect, lol!!
Lol, yeah amazing how tricky Hollywood can be when it comes to sound effects for sure 😉
The original Coyete was / is one of my most favorite TV cars of ALL TIME!!! I would LOVE to own one with some fast re-power.
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You should do a video on the "Rampage" Bronco that was used. That too, while cool to look at, was not a street runner. In fact, it was not street legal. And after filming, was retired in some warehouse. The only reason the concept SUV was used in the movie was because DJ wanted to drive a Ford and not a Jeep product. (why they did not use a Ford truck is beyond me)
I'll add that one to the list look into. Thanks
If you don't recall: Duane J had a series of Ford ads, Ford pick-up promotions; 4-5 yr.
Almost but one of these back in the day, in Orange county California...
This show had best theme song ever.
My friends and I loved watching shows with cars as a main character just to see when parts flew off of them or the frame tacoed during jump scenes. Fall Guy was a good one for the latter, I don't know how many trucks they went through but it wasn't a good endorsement for GM's full size trucks in general. I can see you did an episode about that one, it's next on my list LOL
Lol, indeed. So many vehicles, so much bent metal! 😁
I recall an interview on CZcams about the Fallguys stunt truck It was 2wd and mid-engine. czcams.com/video/VTcQOJMJVss/video.html
That's funny about the taco reference since Toyotas frames rust and break in half, that's why Tacomas are called tacos because they can fold like a taco. Good stuff
This is the car I wanted. It was the only "supercar" I thought was relatively affordable. Kit car found in back of magazine(comic book I think)
Didn't watch nuch TV back then, but I remember seeing a commercial for "Hardcastle & McCormack" & thinking, "That's obviously just a cheap VW kit car".
"Hey Lester", "Where's My Hardcastle & McCormick Car At?!?"...
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Cool
I like this episode so much because I had a real appreciation of the show when I was a kid so I had to watch it again and it was just as good even better! On a sidenote, who likes the first coyote the best
Indeed a great show and yes, everyone on here has agreed that the season one car ranks supreme for sure 😉👍
What's crazy i grew up watching shows like this i remember the instructions said how it was a sportirized vw they said it had a twin carburetors and it was a Chevy 350 but it's still a kick ass car
I really need to keep an eye out for all the jumps that are obviously everywhere that I just haven't been noticing
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That car maid the show🎉
Found you through searching for the History. I have a model kit I'm about to build of it. Great video! Subd.
Very cool, I used to build models all the time back in the day too.
Glad you found and are enjoying the channel👍
Grew up watching H&M. Always loved the coyote (VW version)… When I was in my teens I swear someone had 1 sitting in their backyard next to the alley.. Pretty sure it wasn’t a manta, it was red and even said coyote on it. It sit there for awhile. I was mowing lawns at the time and saving money. Was going to wait until I had at least $700 before knocking on the door asking if they would sell it. Before I had the money it was gone.
Back around 2012 I had the chance to buy a Manta Montage from a guy in Omaha. Still kicking myself for NOT doing it. He had it built up with a custom tubular aluminum frame, a supercharged 3800 V-6 from a 2004ish Monte Carlo, painted jet black, and had a spoiler from a 2004 Impala on it. Weighed in at only 1800 pounds and, according to him, had 320HP. Too bad money was tight at the time. $9,500 was a steal for it.
I´m a fan of the VW version too...