Chargers in old TV shows

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I enjoy watching the old TV programs I grew up with as a kid. Adam 12, Emergency, Dragnet, etc. I've started to notice a lot of Chargers inadvertently caught during filming. Here are pictures of some I've captured off the TV.

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[teamroth]

Some cool finds there Timinator.

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[tan top]

good  dectective work there Dude      ......... ...i do that also go through old films & tv stuff looking for 2nd generations  
that yellow 69    does that look like a black or tan top ....

see alot of mopars in Ironside  also  

good film clips  ...................

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It's a black top. Here's another angle in the shade.

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It's a black top. Here's another angle in the shade.

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another good picture   

[Brock Samson]

   You Are The MAN!!! that shows a real Love of the Marque!...  

[1969chargerrtse]

Wow    Great job, thanks for sharing all that.  I remember watching Manix, they always had Mopars and a T5 ( I think ) bronze 69 R/T comes rumbling past a guard gate.
Now go find that one please.

[Mike DC]

Cool pics. 

And good eye.  Some of those must've been pretty brief & small to spot. 


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Sometimes it really gets interesting because studios might use the same car repeatedly.  If it's a controlled scene and the car is being driven by a crewmember on the shoot, then the car is likely part of the fleet of cars that the studio or producers had on hand.  Those cars are liable to show up in half a dozen different productions and wear multiple colors, etc.


The only surviving intact General Lee that Warner Bros still had in 1991 was repainted and used in "Forever Young."   It was later re-GL'd and showed up in the subsequent DOH productions in modern times.  Several other GLs weren't so lucky; they got sprayed black & bashed up for a TV movie in 1986.

There was a "Herbie" 1963 Beetle that showed up in some background traffic in "Knight Rider" a few times.  They had only wiped off the "53" numbers.  It was still wearing the off-white paint & racing stripes at the time.

[Ghoste]

Which tv movie bashed up the GL's Mike?

[pettyfan43]

It was called "Gladiator" Others showed up in TJ Hooker, Street Hawk, the short lived (A couple episodes) "Six Pack" TV series.

Can't think of any more right now, But the cars in TJ Hooker and Street hawk wore tan interiors and Vector wheels and the car in Six Pack was even orange, just no numbers or flag. Then there is the car(s) from Knight Rider.

[UFO]

I had posted some screencaps of a '69 in a Get Smart episode.
There on here somewhere.

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[Ghoste]

They must have been a popular car in So Cal back in the day.  I spotted a 69 Super Bee once on Hawaii Five-O but theres no way I could tell you which episode.

[nakita7]

We've watched all the seasons of Columbo, seen a 69 Charger a couple times, one was an R/T, a 68 Charger in full view, drove across the shot (had mismatched wheels) and in one episode Columbo sat in a 71 Challenger convertible that was black with white R/T stripes.

[Ghoste]

BTW Timinator, how are you grabbing those shots?

[timinator]

I've spotted lots of other cool cars too but the 2nd gen Charger shape always catches my eye even if it's just a split second shot. I have a DVR that records the show and then I burn it onto a DVD. I put the DVD in my computer and can capture a screen shot from that.

[69*F5*SE]

Wow, you've done a good job of spotting them Chargers.

[1969chargerrtse]

I've spotted lots of other cool cars too but the 2nd gen Charger shape always catches my eye even if it's just a split second shot. I have a DVR that records the show and then I burn it onto a DVD. I put the DVD in my computer and can capture a screen shot from that.

Ever watch the old Manix series?  They used lots of Mopars.

[73TXRallye440]

I spotted 3 mopars in GONE IN 60 SECONDS last night.

Superbird
2nd gen Charger
3rd gen charger

[moparstuart]

I spotted 3 mopars in GONE IN 60 SECONDS last night.

Superbird
2nd gen Charger
3rd gen charger

you missed the hemi cuda

[MoparManJim]

I spotted 3 mopars in GONE IN 60 SECONDS last night.

Superbird
2nd gen Charger
3rd gen charger

I take it your talking about the remake verison? Ther eis I belive a 2nd gen charger in the original one.

[Ghoste]

There's a 3rd gen.

[tan top]

I spotted 3 mopars in GONE IN 60 SECONDS last night.

Superbird
2nd gen Charger
3rd gen charger

I take it your talking about the remake verison? Ther eis I belive a 2nd gen charger in the original one.

yeah spotted 3 second generations in the original gone in 60 seconds ,  two 68 s &  one 69    

There's a 3rd gen.

in the first one 

[Ghoste]

Yes the original, sorry I wasn't too clear there was I?  And it would be more accurate to say there was a 3rd gen getting more than a background scene moment.

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Yes the original, sorry I wasn't too clear there was I?  And it would be more accurate to say there was a 3rd gen getting more than a background scene moment.

yeah well i think  73TXrally  ..is on about the original    , yes there was more than one 3 rd generation ...  off the top of my head as well as the sublime with decals getting crushed by the garbage truck , there was  another think sublime 73 , just before the cop car hits the boat on a trailer ,  ..must record that on to DVD so i can go frame by frame  properly 

[Blade_1]

Your set-top DVR's can transfer the vid's directly to your computer, and then with some native Windows apps, or even some 3rd party apps, you can playback frame x frame, without burnin' a disc...

Might need a screwdriver to do the transfer, if your DVR doesn't have a live port on back.

[Bremer]

It was not an old show but, the Barenaked Ladies used a 68' General Lee for thier "One Week" video.

[Daytona R/T SE]

In the Nicholas Cage version of "Gone in 60 seconds" In the scene where he's running from the cops in the prettied-up Falcon-errr-I'm sorry- Mustang,he passes a 71 Charger several times...

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In the Nicholas Cage version of "Gone in 60 seconds" In the scene where he's running from the cops in the prettied-up Falcon-errr-I'm sorry- Mustang,he passes a 71 Charger several times...

oh yeah  .. your right ...i remember it now    wasn't it a blue one 

[timinator]

Here's a blue 2nd gen from the original Vanishing Point. Right after he picked up the Challenger he drove by a used car dealership.

[69_500]

If I'm not mistaken there is a Green Charger 500 in the dealership window of the movie the Vanishing Point as well.

[tan top]

   think there is a 69  C500 ... Bronze ..parked out side the show room ..at Colorado Dodge  from memory  ........

[Ghoste]

Weren't there some screen shots of the VP 500 on here at one time, or maybe it was the old site?

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Weren't there some screen shots of the VP 500 on here at one time, or maybe it was the old site?

hmmmm yeah your right Ghoste    ....i think it was on here  ....could of been the old site though     you just saw  the front & passanger side  ...for a bout 2 seconds ............................

[1969chargerrtse]

So I'm home board and I'm watching this 70's movie called "gas pump girls"  dumb comedy and what do I see towards the end?

[pettyfan43]

Yes the original, sorry I wasn't too clear there was I?  And it would be more accurate to say there was a 3rd gen getting more than a background scene moment.

yeah well i think  73TXrally  ..is on about the original    , yes there was more than one 3 rd generation ...  off the top of my head as well as the sublime with decals getting crushed by the garbage truck , there was  another think sublime 73 , just before the cop car hits the boat on a trailer ,  ..must record that on to DVD so i can go frame by frame  properly 

In the original "Gone" the Green car you see really early in the chase is the same one you see with the black panels, look at the wheels.

They just painted the flat black stuff for the garbage stunt.

[timinator]

A Charger BEHIND a police car? That's a first!

[timinator]

Ok, it's not a real car, but I thought this was clever. There's a model train program on a local channel and I caught this flipping thru channels. Somebody made a train set with a yellow Charger at a railroad crossing. A coincidence or an obvious reference to Dirty Mary Crazy Larry? It's a Daytona but I'm sure we have a closet Charger fan! I thought it was kind of funny.

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good finds Dude    .........    ..................

[Ghoste]

Ok, it's not a real car, but I thought this was clever. There's a model train program on a local channel and I caught this flipping thru channels. Somebody made a train set with a yellow Charger at a railroad crossing. A coincidence or an obvious reference to Dirty Mary Crazy Larry? It's a Daytona but I'm sure we have a closet Charger fan! I thought it was kind of funny.

And a cop car waiting on the other side of the tracks in case the Charger makes it through. 

[timinator]

I saw the cop car. And behind that was a green fastback Mustang. I'm guessing the guy had seen Bullitt too.

[tan top]

talking of  Bullitt ....did you see the white 68 Charger  with the Hemi 15" full wheel covers in the line of traffic going up the street , had its passanger turn signal flashing !!   just as  Steve  McQueen..gets out of the sun shine cab ..& starts to walk back to the mustang .

[73TXRallye440]

I saw some 2nd gens and 3rd gens in CHiPS

[rustafarian]

I always hated CHIPS 'cause they flip a '68 or '69 GTO convertible in the opening credits of every episode.  Same with the Fall Guy,  sending that Cougar convertible off a cliff.  Those bastages!

[RDR838]

I love to watch Adam12! I spotted this one in one of the first episodes (no Charger though, sorry)



Most of you will know it, but some may not: This is the other '68 Charger in Bullitt:



Cheers!

RDR838

[tan top]

I love to watch Adam12! I spotted this one in one of the first episodes (no Charger though, sorry)



Most of you will know it, but some may not: This is the other '68 Charger in Bullitt:



Cheers!

RDR838

awesome  job Dude    , thats  the charger i was on about  ...    i    remembered the wheel covers wrong though 

[timinator]

I saw that blue one too. In an episode that aired recently, they busted some guys for street racing and one was in a pretty nice Roadrunner.

[Ghoste]

That episode is the one we have been discussing on the aero forum timinator, there are a couple of scenes in there with a Daytona in it.

[timinator]

I missed a Daytona? The Holy Grail of Chargers? Crap! I think I deleted that episode. I'll have to check it out. Same episode had a bunch of cars lined up and I'm prettty sure one of them is a 68.

[Ghoste]

You missed the Daytona twice and if I'm not mistaken, it's that red one with the hood up just a few cars to the right of the one you think may be a 68.  Look over the roof of the squad car.

[timinator]

Aha! I didn't even see the nose cone!

[AKcharger]

Amazing you guys can catch that stuff

[SeattleCharger]

Next time I see a charger in an old show, I will make a note of it.  I saw one in some obscure movie or old show?, was on side of road in scene, in background, but now I can't remember what it was,        
  Wasn't a car movie/tv show at all.