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Now that I've finished "The Andy Griffith Show," my next long term project will be "Gomer Pyle, USMC," its spinoff. I'll do this one off and on even as I do some other shows.

I chose season two (1965-66) to start off because it's the show's first season in color, and it features a classic episode that's all about a car...Sergeant Carter's beloved 1960 Dodge, to be exact. I will actually deal with that car in a separate post to this thread.

Here are the rest:

2.4

1928 Ford Model AA, three stars



White M-2 Halftrack?, two stars


Dodge M-37?, two stars


2.5

unknown military vehicle, two stars


2.10

1950 Plymouth Suburban, two stars

(alternate shot from a one star appearance in ep 2.12)

I'm convinced these are the same car.


2.11

Jeep, two stars


2.12

ACF Brill bus, two stars


1966 Chrysler 300L, one star



2.13+

1962 Plymouth Belvedere, one star


(alt shots from ep. 2.12 for ID purposes)


(This one pops up in the background a lot, like all the Comets and Falcons on "The Andy Griffith Show.")

...back to ep. 2.13

1954 Nash Rambler Greenbrier wagon, two stars


1966 Chrysler 300 convertible, one star


1966 Dodge Coronet, three stars


1965 Plymouth Belvedere station wagon, one star


1959 Cadillac Series 62 hardtop (four window?), one star


1966 Dodge Polara convertible, one star


unknown (Plymouth?), two stars


Dodge D-series pickup, one star


1964 Cadillac, one star


1966 Dodge Coronet 500, three stars


Unknown (crane), two stars


2.15

Jeep, two stars


unknown military vehicle, two stars


2.17

1965 Plymouth Satellite, two stars


1966 Plymouth Belvedere, two stars



International Harvester?, two stars



2.19

1966 Dodge Dart convertible, one star



2.23

1966 Plymouth Satellite station wagon, one star



1964 Imperial hardtop, two stars



2.27

1957 Dodge Coronet, three stars

Now two more, very important:

2.13+

1960 Dodge Dart Phoenix, four stars


2.13

1960 Dodge Dart Seneca, two stars


Now the back story:

In three different episodes, Sergeant Carter is seen driving the beautiful Phoenix. In episode 2.13, the classic "Gomer Minds His Sergeant's Car," we find out that Carter loves and babies his car, and is known for it. Then he's called out of town to bring back an AWOL Marine, so Gomer has to drive him to the airport and the car is left in his care. Naturally, the car is promptly stolen, then totalled.




But when I went to pull images from this show and from this episode, I noticed something for the first time ever: just before the car gets smacked with the wrecking ball, it suddenly turns into the lower-trimmed vehicle, the Seneca. It's obvious by the side trim and roof shape, and by the fact Carter's car was a hardtop earlier and this one has sedan posts. (Edit: I just noticed, after seeing these on another computer, they aren't even the same shade of red.) Evidently the producers didn't want to destroy the higher valued Phoenix.

So I'm submitting these as two different cars, the doomed Seneca (two stars, just this one scene albeit a very crucial one), and the beloved Phoenix.

Here are some alternate shots of the Phoenix from earlier episodes:

2.3





2.10

Here's a couple of alternate shots of the fairly rare Nash wagon, both from ep. 2.10. Hopefully they can help me confirm that it is, indeed, a Greenbrier.