Route 66 is back on TV

[Ralph S.]

It is on the RTV channel Retro television station, anyone ever on location when they filmed that show, What happened to the cars they used?

[Bob H.]

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Hi Ralph:

It was certainly my favorite show when growing up. They filmed a couple of episodes in Ft Myers, Fl and I skipped school to go down and watch production. There was no way I would have missed it. I remember there were two identical cars "63s" brought in on a truck. I finally turned those dreams some years later into reality getting my first Vette in 1973, a slightly used 71.

[Cecil L.]

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I was in Galveston, Tx in 63 when they filmed an episode there. Didn't see a whole lot of it, just a part of when they came out of a bar got in the car, as I recall. Haven't see it in years.

[Ralph S.]

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The show is on at 4PM in Boston.

[Michael J.]

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I have most episodes on DVD, but good to hear it is on Cable too. I lived in New Mexico along Route 66, and as far as I know they never shot anything here. In fact, if you look at most locales, they are usually anywhere BUT Route 66.

[Paul H.]

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I have most episodes on DVD, but good to hear it is on Cable too. I lived in New Mexico along Route 66, and as far as I know they never shot anything here. In fact, if you look at most locales, they are usually anywhere BUT Route 66.

I drove Route 66 all the way out to California back in 2000. I started in Mass and picked up 66 near Oklahoma. When I got to New Mexico I was having car problems and was stuck in Grants, New Mexico for a week. Pretty boring town. Loved the show growing up and am sure that played a major role in my Corvette addiction.

[Michael J.]

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When I got to New Mexico I was having car problems and was stuck in Grants, New Mexico for a week. Pretty boring town. Loved the show growing up and am sure that played a major role in my Corvette addiction.

I spent a week in Grants one day, I can't imagine what a real week is like Those guys and their 'Vette fueled many 'Vette dreams among the youth of the day. It took me a long while to get one, but it was worth the wait.

[Loren L.]

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They filmed a number of episodes over the years in Arizona. My favorite is in Phoenix/Scottsdale, where the end of the episode shows them backing out of the GRAVEL "U" hotel drive, headed north on the gravel road - 61 or 62 vintage - my friends, the hotel is the Safari and the road is Scottsdale Road..........

[Terry M.]

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They filmed a number of episodes over the years in Arizona. My favorite is in Phoenix/Scottsdale, where the end of the episode shows them backing out of the GRAVEL "U" hotel drive, headed north on the gravel road - 61 or 62 vintage - my friends, the hotel is the Safari and the road is Scottsdale Road..........

I think the NCRS Road Tour stayed in the Safari on the way to San Jose -- well at least a part of the road tour did. We filled the place.

[Loren L.]

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Could have, but I doubt it - the Safari is Scottsdale Road and Camelback in the heart of Scottsdale. A Road Tour leader could lose 1/2 his road tour before finding the highway again.

[Terry M.]

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Nope we for sure didn't stay in Scottsdale. I am not sure (now some years later) what town we were in, but it was more remote than Scottsdale. I am pretty sure we did stay in Scottsdale once upon a time, but it was a Best Western.

[Ralph S.]

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Does anyone know what happened to the cars they used, Did they use the same car all year?

[Michael J.]

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Does anyone know what happened to the cars they used, Did they use the same car all year?

According to Wikipedia, here is something about the cars used:

"George Maharis reported in a 1986 Nick at Nite interview that people often ask him about "the red Corvette." According to Maharis, the Corvette was never red. (The misconception may partially stem from the box illustration on the official board game, released by Transogram in 1962, which showed Tod and Buz in a red-colored model.) It was light blue the first season, and fawn beige for the second and third seasons. Both colors were chosen to photograph well in black and white, but the show's cinematographer complained that the powder blue car reflected too much light. The Corvette was replaced with a newer model annually by series' sponsor General Motors but the show itself never mentioned or explained the technicality. The model update made a particular splash in the third season when the new Corvette introduced the then revolutionary design change of headlights that inverted into the hoodline when not in use. Virtually every motorcar used in street scenes were different variations of Chevrolets."

Here are some links with speculation and facts about what happened to them:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-a...corvettes.html

http://blogs.corvettefever.com/6537436/miscellaneous/1960-64-corvettes-tv-stars-in-their-own-right/index.html

[Ralph S.]

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Has anyone considered trying to get Martin Milner or George Maharis to attend the National convention next year in San Diego.

[Jim B.]

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They filmed one in Venice, LA playing roustabouts. Could never figure the tie in with route 66.