Classic Cars of The Beverly Hillbillies

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The story of a poor family from the hills of the Ozarks, who moved to Beverly Hills after they became rich overnight, The Beverly Hillbillies rolled into American living rooms on September 26 1962 and became the highest rated show on television within a matter of weeks. Aside from the remarkable characters and memorable plotlines, the show brought various vehicles to the spotlight, many of which became as iconic as the Hillbillys themselves. Today, we're taking a look at the cars of the Beverly Hillbillies. Let's begin.
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The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. It had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor backwoods family from the Ozark Mountains of Missouri who move to posh Beverly Hills, California after striking oil on their land. The show was produced by Filmways and was created by Paul Henning. It was followed by two other Henning-inspired "country cousin" series on CBS: Petticoat Junction and its spin-off Green Acres, which reversed the rags-to-riches, country-to-city model of The Beverly Hillbillies.

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@TheSavageRepairman 8 күн бұрын

What I always liked about the cars they used was that they were nearly always convertibles.

@johncantwell8216 4 күн бұрын

Great in California weather!

@WZD10016 9 күн бұрын

At a recent wedding celebration my table was very proficient singing the opening theme. Can’t remember how it got to that 🫤, but everyone knew the Flatt & Scruggs lyrics perfectly

@royhall1093 9 күн бұрын

I had the 63 Plymouth valiant convertible,red with white top, slant 6, there on the tree. Best car I ever had.

@ronmailloux8655 7 күн бұрын

that car was bullet proof and lots sportier than the 62 model. Slant 6 maybe the best 6 ever made.

@brillbruiser2762 9 күн бұрын

"Hot Rod truck" is an absolutely hilarious episode.

@richardrice8076 9 күн бұрын

Thank you fusion kidd! 10:02 hard to believe that car was only 30 years old at the time. Those Imperials were gorgeous cars. Savin' the best for last! Sad to think they either ended up in the crusher or a demolition derby. If they only knew...........

@MickeyMousePark 4 күн бұрын

imagine driving that through a "Hooverville" in 1933 and the reaction of the poor people

@Nunofurdambiznez 2 күн бұрын

I'd LOVE to have that '71 LeBaron!! Those were fabulous cars (probably still are)!

@NorthernChev 8 күн бұрын

Something a younger audience may not realize is that Chrysler, in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, was considered a “premium” brand; and sponsored the cars in the show as an advertising campaign.

@chuckschillingvideos 6 күн бұрын

They also sponsored the cars for the first several seasons of the Brady Bunch, which later changed to GM vehicles.

@paparoysworkshop 9 күн бұрын

I had a 64 Dodge Dart. I had put it up for sale and my friend's younger brother, Dan, begged me to let him buy it. He had just gotten his license. I did not want to sell it to him but I was talked into it. On the first night Dan owned it, he wrapped it around a pole. Luckily, Dan was not hurt, but the car was destroyed.

@Awsom47Merc 8 күн бұрын

Bummer ! They made nice light drag cars ! 👊😎👍

@Petequinn741 8 күн бұрын

Had a 64 dart also as my first car.. the thing ran for 300k before I sold it. Miss that car

@spankynater4242 7 күн бұрын

Who cares about Dan, it’s the car that matters.

@paparoysworkshop 7 күн бұрын

@@spankynater4242 🤣🤣🤣 I'll let him know you said that... 😁🤣🤣🤣

@PaulBroxon 8 күн бұрын

It my not be a car, but my favorite episode was, Jethro's Pad. Where he converts a old camper into his portable Playboy parlor. I think it was a Scotty camper judging by the thumb nail fenders that was a trade mark for that make. Great video!

@johncornell3665 9 күн бұрын

This was really awesome seeing all these vehicles and narration by the cast, thanks so much!

@vw2112 7 күн бұрын

doubt there were any cast members still alive in 2024 to do voiceover work really except jethro

@smoothoperator7023 6 күн бұрын

@@vw2112you can tell these are not the real cast....

@thomasriggle6371 8 күн бұрын

When TV was actually fun to watch. Nothing but crap now.

@johnharris3362 9 күн бұрын

While Miss Hathaway wasn't very hot her cars certainly were.

@Stantonv 9 күн бұрын

I find that Miss Hathaway gets more attractive as I get older.

@johnharris3362 8 күн бұрын

@@Stantonv I guess at 64 I haven't got to that point yet I'm still more attracted to her cars.

@KutWrite 8 күн бұрын

@@Stantonv At age 76, I'd state it as "She becomes less unattractive."

@Awsom47Merc 8 күн бұрын

@@StantonvHere's some trivia ... Nancy Kulp (Jane Hathaway) was a vet of WW2 (Naval Reserve) ! 🤔

@Stantonv 8 күн бұрын

@@Awsom47Merc cool, I would love to see a photo of her in her uniform.

@chiefbobdavis99 9 күн бұрын

Such cool cars!

@perimeterrc278 9 күн бұрын

The butler towards the end is Arthur Treacher, of "the original fish and chips" restaurants........

@caspaabriel4794 7 күн бұрын

Though Beverly Hillbillies was a favorite in our family. I thought, I was the only car nut, to trawl through programes and movies, just to catch glimces of cars. I tell ya, some of the total rubbish I'd trawled through!. Good to know there's others out there, just as car nuts as me! Excellent video.

@jasonwood9263 8 күн бұрын

We had a 65 coronet 500 convertible race car. She was called the Jane Hathaway🏁 good days!

@bPcrazydave 9 күн бұрын

4:53 Are we just going to ignore that late 50s vette in the background?

@richardrice8076 9 күн бұрын

Or the '57 Ford or the ......damn can't make out that wagon.

@Awsom47Merc 8 күн бұрын

@@richardrice8076That wagon looks to be a 1957 Plymouth Suburban . 👊😎👍

@richardrice8076 8 күн бұрын

@@Awsom47Merc agree, that would be my guess. Thank you.

@MoparMan-ff8fb 9 күн бұрын

Mopars 💪🏁 we have have their clampets truck in the Ralph foster museum here in hollister mo. at the College of the ozarks

@jons.6216 9 күн бұрын

Well, Jane Hathaway was always complaining about Mr Drysdale not paying her enough - and he probably wasn't; but she sure seemed to have had enough for a new convertible each season! Haha!

@smolville 6 күн бұрын

A high school senior could have bought a new convertible back then with a part time job.

@frankdenardo8684 9 күн бұрын

The cars used on the show were provided by Chrysler Corporation. Miss Jane Hathaway drove convertibles in the show and Mr. Drysdale would be driving around in an Imperial or a Chrysler New Yorker. The same with taxicabs, police cars, and trucks.

@samesource 8 күн бұрын

Yeah, it was always in the credits--something I noticed growing up, as there were not a lot of nice Chryslers where I was raised in the rural Midwest.

@rick0e295 7 күн бұрын

For me the car stars were the Incomparable Imperials! Like other TV shows, car companies provided vehicles for Promotional purposes. Love seeing Doris Packer, Harriet McGibben as well as Kathleen Freeman, great classic character actresses!

@user-xf2my3hq8x 9 күн бұрын

Was this show sponsered by Dodge/Chrysler? THis is from the majority of the cars being MOPAR. Signed-Richard.

@mt3311 9 күн бұрын

The Andy Griffith Show was mostly Fords

@barrycuda3769 9 күн бұрын

Mannix was Plymouth and Dodge, and The Fugitive was almost entirely Fords.

@seed_drill7135 9 күн бұрын

@@mt3311 Mr. Ed and Green Acres were Studebaker. In real life the actress who played Aunt Bea was a Studebaker diehard who never replaced her '66 and kept it until she passed.

@stephenbirang3488 9 күн бұрын

Yes it was.

@slantfish65sd 9 күн бұрын

Back then it was not uncommon for a show to be sponsored by an automaker or partially sponsored by an automaker or sometimes You can look in the credits and lots of times you will see all vehicles in the show were provided by the Ford motor company for the Chrysler corporation or general motors for the Pontiac division of general motors or the Chevrolet division or general motors and etc. Etc. That sort of thing very common back then

@keithstudly6071 7 күн бұрын

I think it's worth mention that the creator of "The Beverly Hillbillies", Paul Henning had an older brother named Cotton Henning who was the mechanic on many Indy 500 wining cars. So it's not surprising that he would put some interesting cars in the show.

@jazzbuff630 9 күн бұрын

I'll bet Miss Jane enjoyed giving Ellie May that "feminine makeover".

@eugenegilleno9344 9 күн бұрын

Made a great change to see Chryslers instead of the usual Ford ! 😁

@gregt8638 9 күн бұрын

I really enjoyed this video as I used to see these cars on the show when I watched it as a boy. I give it to you for using voices that closely resemble Jed, Granny, Ellie and Jethro

@MrBrendog67rat 8 күн бұрын

its the actors voices,

@waggitnshaggit6592 8 сағат бұрын

@@MrBrendog67rat nope

@waynemullally6423 3 күн бұрын

I modeled my 1980 GMC Sierra after the early clampett mobile. It was a diesel engine replaced with a 350 olds rocket. The back was made of wood that had all been used before. Definitely an olds roadster

@briankeenan4901 9 күн бұрын

Excellent!! Thank you so much!!

@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 9 күн бұрын

Great collection. The voiceover was perfect

@lrich8181 9 күн бұрын

Sounded like a young granny.

@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 9 күн бұрын

@@lrich8181 had not thought about that

@michaelgreen4838 9 күн бұрын

Thought that was Granny talking!

@anthonyxuereb792 8 күн бұрын

The days before television turned into a rubbish dump.

@ItsDaJax 7 күн бұрын

The sheer amount of convertibles and roadsters is wild.

@andyrbush 7 күн бұрын

I remember too a red Triumph TR5 screeching to a stop outside the home.

@MortyFoodReviews 9 күн бұрын

Do the Waltons next

@user-bu8bc6kg4f 4 күн бұрын

Love the content you and I could talk for hrs😊 thanks

@johndawid8059 5 күн бұрын

At 12:02 Ms. Ryan begins the announcement of the Imperials with the announcement of "A 1962 Imperial LeBaron Southampton..." She then goes on to say "Two 1963 Imperial Lebarons." The first Imperial shown arriving at the bank is correctly stated as a 1962. But when she says "Two 1963 Imperial LeBarons" as the first is making the turn....that first Imperial making the turn is actually a 1962. The 1962 Imperial carried the split grill and the raised "gunsight" tailights. The next Imperial making the turn is correctly a 1963, as shown by the solid horizontal grill, and the lack of the gunsight tailights, they had a flat wrap-over tailight treatment. Interior-wise they were pretty much the same, with one notable add on to the 1963 -- a lever next to the transmission pod, labeled "Park", to engage the new-for-1963 parking pawl on the Torqueflite automatic transmission.

@retrounderground1 2 күн бұрын

Excellent analysis! Did you notice the mismatched paint on the '62 as it pulls up to the bank?

@dougatdesertdemongarage7777 9 күн бұрын

Very cool you took the time to find all those cool cars I remember them Driving lots of cool rigs

@JAMESPATTERSON-mk9sr 8 күн бұрын

The voice actors they used for Ebsen and Miss Ryan were spot on . The voice actor for Miss Douglas was slightly below that level . The red convertibles that Miss Kulp always drove were a trademark for the show , Question: If Banker Drysdale was tight with his money how could his executive secretary Miss Jane afford those red convertibles ?

@retrounderground1 2 күн бұрын

My theory was Miss Jane's convertibles were leased by the Commerce Bank for prestigious company cars. The same with the Imperials, bank provided for Mr. Drysdale. The bank probably held the mortgage on Chrysler Plymouth Dodge of Beverly Hills dealership.

@michaelcoffey7362 9 күн бұрын

Nice 😊

@theblindredneck747 Күн бұрын

There was one car that wasn’t mentioned I don’t remember what make it was but it was Leroy Lester‘s 1915 roadster.

@311superfly 9 күн бұрын

Sport fury. In a roll.

@user-oq5bv8ue4c 9 күн бұрын

Chrysler must have been a sponsor for The Green Hornet as well. The Black Beaty was a 1966 Imperial Crown, and his personal car was a 1966 Chrysler New Yorker..

@nealhathaway2004 9 күн бұрын

Almost all were convertibles. 1960s California. The epitome of optimism. LOL.

@311superfly 9 күн бұрын

71 Dodge challenger. Red convertible over the top.

@mt3311 9 күн бұрын

That is just like one that ran into the photographer stand at the end pf the pit lane at the 1971 Indy 500. The driver was Eldon Palmer who was the owner of an Indianapolis Dodge dealership. He had set a cone for a breaking reference after the pace lap. Someone moved it, he braked too late and hit the bleacher. The pace car was red, and a rag top too.

@gearmeister 9 күн бұрын

All the cars were pretty cool but those Imperials remind me of my grandad... I asked him to go for a ride in his Chrysler.. he almost whipped my butt! He said, boy, I wouldn't have one of those pitiful Chrysler cars! His was a 61 Imperial & it had those exposed headlight bezels.. plus a clear lexan steering wheel that waa flat on the top!

@chuckschillingvideos 6 күн бұрын

That was the hilarious thing. For about 30 years beginning in 1955, you would never see any branding other than "Imperial" on an Imperial, even though they were made on the same assembly lines and sold through the same dealerships as other Chrysler vehicles.

@gearmeister 6 күн бұрын

@@chuckschillingvideos Exactly right! Even years after he got mad at me, especially at my age I had to be reminded again that you shouldn't call an Imperial a Chrysler or a Continental a Lincoln (in those earlier year models)

@deepcow 21 сағат бұрын

I’ve seen every episode at lease 5 times.

@mexicanspec 7 күн бұрын

I am so glad you didn't call then Chrysler Imperials.

@cinerama62 7 күн бұрын

62 was a good year.

@splender88 9 күн бұрын

With all of the Mopars in this series you would think a Charger would pop up at least once but not so. I always thought how silly it looked not only on this show but the cars have no windshield and they are driving with the cars in park.

@KutWrite 8 күн бұрын

True of older shows, too, such as "The Adventures of Superman." I still see that in modern movies those in cars don't use seat belts, and the rear-view mirror is removed, sometimes leaving the base stuck to the windshield. You can also tell how "springy" the car is that it's on a dolly trailer so the actor doesn't have to drive.

@chuckschillingvideos 6 күн бұрын

The glass is removed to eliminate the annoying reflections it causes - this makes the shoot faster (and cheaper).

@chuckschillingvideos 6 күн бұрын

They did better with the Challenger, which is a much better looking car. I've never understood the fascination with the Charger, which I've always found to be clunky and poorly integrated design.

@stuwest3653 8 күн бұрын

Mrs. Hathaway was embezzling from the bank.

@spankynater4242 7 күн бұрын

No she wasn’t, don’t insult her, she worked as a high-end escort on the side.

@betrevryday1 9 күн бұрын

I loved this well done deep dive in the cars used in one of our favorite TV shows 🫡 That Nudie the Rodeo Taylor designed 64 Bonneville Convertible still exists as does the Original truck they all loaded up 😅

@georgepetrillo7316 8 күн бұрын

They forgot to highlight the Dodge Coronets; 65,66,67,68 and 69.

@paulbourgeois4491 7 күн бұрын

Most of them were driven by Ms. Hathaway. The red 68 and 69 Coronet were particularly nice. The triple taillights on the 69 Coronet are just about my Favorite lighting set up on the rear of a car... Had an F5 green 69 SuperBee, but never did come across an awesome 500 in my MoPar years in the late 70s & early 80s. What Great times, cars, and people they were!

@Cartier_specialist 9 күн бұрын

Definitely Chrysler had a major sponsorship with The Beverly Hillbillies. I think GM had a major deal with Mission Impossible.

@user-oq5bv8ue4c 9 күн бұрын

They used Chrysler vehicles in the first few seasons.

@RandyTheWildHorse 8 күн бұрын

I'm glad Granny later on got even and beat up Banzai because chopping Helen Thompson's 1956 MGA is so mean!

@311superfly 9 күн бұрын

Go granny. Go.

@bobbyboombatz1489 7 күн бұрын

Where's the cars now ????

@WilliamHahn-je7tm 9 күн бұрын

Is there a plan to do Leave It to Beaver cars, plenty of the 50's cars. Thanks

@FusionKidd 9 күн бұрын

Good call👍

@WilliamHahn-je7tm 9 күн бұрын

@@FusionKidd In a closing scene, it looks like Christine coming around the corner. Wally pulls beaver out of the street when he saw it coming. 😅

@steveash9831 9 күн бұрын

MOPARS RULE!!!

@mikeskidmore6754 8 күн бұрын

1923 Oldsmobile .. Oh I was two years off..

@triman95 7 күн бұрын

I always wondered why Jethro would trade in the truck. His uncle was always very supportive of him, he could have just asked for some money to buy his vehicles! Or gone to "Mr. Drysdales bank" and asked Mr. Drysdale.

@mikeb1039 7 күн бұрын

I wish this was made 10 years later so we could have gotten a better look at Ellie Mae

@betrevryday1 9 күн бұрын

I loved this well done deep dive in the cars used in one of our favorite TV shows 🫡 That Nudie the Rodeo Taylor designed 64 Bonneville Convertible still exists.

@Modeltnick 9 күн бұрын

The original 1921 Oldsmobile is on display at a college, somewhere.

@seed_drill7135 9 күн бұрын

I saw it at a Hollywood car collection museum in Gatlinburg years ago, but it probably moves around.

@upscaleshack 8 күн бұрын

It's in the Ralph Foster Museum on the campus of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri. Not far from Branson.

@Modeltnick 8 күн бұрын

@@upscaleshack Thanks!

@THROTTLEPOWER 8 күн бұрын

👍👍

@mikeb1039 7 күн бұрын

She sounds like granny!

@reedsilvesan2197 8 күн бұрын

Seems the Ozarks are in Missouri, The Clampett clan was from Tennessee.

@steves9905 9 күн бұрын

mike mine a Drysdale Imperial

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 7 күн бұрын

The entire series was sponsored by Chrysler Corporation. The '64 Bonneville looks like one of Nudie's white Pontiac convertibles he built each year for movie stars (1958-1972) What happened to Jethro's first car, a 1954 Chevrolet convertible all customized like a hick owns it?

@user-kf7nz6pz8l 9 күн бұрын

There's another car I remember from that show. Jethro once showed up driving a '53-'54 Chevy Convertible.

@retrounderground1 2 күн бұрын

The Hollywood Wolf Wagon that got crushed into a bale! It was only 12 ish years old at the time and even the Clampetts made fun of it! "I lost my clutch!" LOL

@user-kf7nz6pz8l 2 күн бұрын

@@retrounderground1 Hollywood Wolf Wagon? Don't think that had anything to do with the 53-54 Chevy cnvt.

@retrounderground1 2 күн бұрын

@@user-kf7nz6pz8l That's what Jethro called it.

@jamesyoung4508 7 күн бұрын

Kane's Parents and Kane and wifey KEKE and family and friends remember them all 😊

@TravisMcKnight-lk7gg 8 күн бұрын

Granny put her special blend of liquor from her steel in the ole truck fuel ⛽ increase the octane to absurd proportions.

@gordonborsboom7460 9 күн бұрын

Olds 442? You have my attention, Google

@norton2757 8 күн бұрын

The best car featured on the show was the ‘71 Dodge Challenger.

@davidcrawford219 6 күн бұрын

🎉

@darrininverarity4297 9 күн бұрын

Granny must have put moonshine in the gas tank.

@romulascott 9 күн бұрын

Sorry the truck was an REO Speedwagon. I know that REO became Oldsmobile.

@misigis 9 күн бұрын

Ransom E. Olds

@bobbrinkerhoff3592 9 күн бұрын

Sorry ,but after selling Oldsmobile to General Motors , Ransom E. Olds started up REO truck company . Not the other way around .

@romulascott 9 күн бұрын

@@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Ransom left Old's in 1904 to form REO. I agree. I'm questioning the truck that was on the show. Oldsmobile didn't have a truck, at least none I could find. REO did make a truck. I was wrong in the statement that REO became Oldsmobile and I will own that.

@Mercmad 8 күн бұрын

@@romulascott Back when the Series was being filmed, many people,especially in Hollywood ,knew of the practice of chopping the rear off a car and making a truck .In fact companies like the Dykes publishing company published instructions on how to build a light truck form an old car. It goes back to the early 20's. So to fit the clampetts coming from a poorer part of the nation,they would have been like the family in Grapes of Wrath,driving a car cut down into a truck .

@romulascott 8 күн бұрын

@@Mercmad I own a 51 Hudson. And yes even Hudson made a truck with a car front end. I saw a documentary years ago and one thing they mentioned was that the Clampet truck was an REO Speedwagon. Jethro's awesome hot rodded truck was an Oldsmobile. I wish I could remember who put the documentary on. I want to say the discovery channel.

@NorthernChev 8 күн бұрын

Weeeeelll, doggie!

@jerrycarter1928 5 күн бұрын

Mostly Chrysler cars, a few fords. A lot of convertibles. I suppose they could be written off and some people got a great car for pennies.

@PaulHayman-tq5kb 7 күн бұрын

I would like to go into debt for any Chrysler le Barron any Chrysler I not settle for a restored original is The best i

@LionsTigersBears 9 күн бұрын

413 dual crossram hemi

@smithjones3548 9 күн бұрын

The show was definitely influenced by Mopars, not that there's anything wrong with that...

@RazingthenRaising 7 күн бұрын

You need to put your tags in the tags area. Go to the bottom of your details, and hit the "show more" button. The tags are quite a ways down.

@antoniodiego9357 9 күн бұрын

I made it to 37 seconds until I realized that stupid voice wasn’t going to stop

@edwardbianchi192 9 күн бұрын

I do not like this show and never finished an episode.

@darrenp1549 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for the input.... No one cares.

@Brianscoronet 9 күн бұрын

So many beautiful Chrysler products.

@AbgarMusayelyan 9 күн бұрын

It's so good that you told us. I don't know what we'd do without this information for the rest of our lives.

@Boston_369 8 күн бұрын

Chrysler ....? *_That was your first mistake_* ...!!!

@fishpants3877 7 күн бұрын

How did you get Irene Ryan to narrate this? Nice touch!

@user-zq9wh9tq3o 7 күн бұрын

Hathaway.once pulled in clampet. gate in a 62 polara.conv and it turned into a 63 when it pulled up to the mansion