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It wasn't actually a truck! It was a 1921 Oldsmobile roadster body sitting on a truck chassis. Built by George Barris.
it was an Oldsmobile touring car ,cut behind the front doors and made into a truck it was an Oldsmobile touring car ,cut behind the front doors and made into a truck
It went into reruns. I understand the legendary Truck was a modified twenties Oldsmobile. Many of the cast are no longer living such as Buddy Ebsen ( Jed) and Irene Ryan (Granny).
Can a auto and truck museum get grant money?
While never clearly defined, it would appear- in line with Hollywood tradition that the Clampetts hailed from a backward region such as the Ozarks. Hillbillies implies mountainous terrain. The basic plot was overloaded with impossibilities- implausibilities and non-sequiturs, an essentially thirties plot ( including the old time truck)- updated to the fifties and sixties ( and modern cars shown) it just was- well impossible.
"The Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song" by Flatt & Scruggs
The family truck is a twenties- vintage Oldsmobile modified into a truck, as was common in that period- the precursor to purpose-built pickup trucks. It had a handbrake and the operator had to heave backwards to release the handbrake in order to get the car in gear. On the show, this job nearly always fell to Jethro. I had throught maybe this cut in a compressed-air starting gear but it was the handbrake.
The web address of the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum is: http://www.pacificnwtruckmuseum.org
The web address of the Hays Antique Truck Museum is: http://www.truckmuseum.org
The phone number of the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum is: 503-463-8701.
The phone number of the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum is: 503-463-8701.
The phone number of the Hays Antique Truck Museum is: 530-666-1044.