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The show ran from 55 to 59. The early episodes that I've seen so far had Olds and Buicks and Mercs usually 56, 57, and 58 models. I'm only guessing but it seems like when the Forward looks came out whoever was in charge of the show liked them and immediately started using them but you'd still see the olds, buicks and mercs show up. The outfitting of the cars as police cars seems pretty well done except many of them are two doors which I don't think too many police departments would have actually used.. But they look better and perhaps the same "car guy" who picked the Mopars had a hand in that choice too. Many of the shots of the cars are really rather extended.. certainly more extended than would be the case today.. maybe just to fill time or maybe because the cars looked so good they wanted to film them. I watched the show originally when my age was single digits... watching it now I'm impressed with the quality of almost all the scripts, really realistic and far less sappy than many 50's era shows. Gene Roddenbury, who went on to fame with Star Trek, wrote one of the scripts. He had been a patrol officer for LAPD, maybe even was at the time. Jim Delton ¨¨°°¨°°¨Ô¨°°¨°°¨¨
On Friday, February 26, 2021, 08:44:48 AM MST, William Amberger <magnumguy78@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I seem to recall most of the episodes I saw
where Mopars were the stars. I remember an occasional Buick and
Merc. Bill the Magnumguy
John 3:17
On 2/26/2021 2:52 AM, Larry Ashbaugh
wrote:
Great Mopars. The 59 Chevy looks
tinny and poorly styled compared to the Desoto and even the
Dodge. I remember most of the series they used Buicks for the
Highway Patrol cars. Nice to see they went to Mopars in the
end.....
Larry
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim <0000093b5b69d73c-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thu, Feb 25, 2021 11:30 pm Subject: [FWDLK] Forward looks in Highway Patrol Found a bunch of old Highway Patrol
TV shows on youtube. Here's a couple with some
real live forward looks in them.
Express delivery.
Gorgeous Forward look 2-door Desoto with
day/night electronic Mirror, also Dodge
Detour to death. forward look Plymouth
and dodge.
Jim Delton ¨¨°°¨°°¨Ô¨°°¨°°¨¨
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