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Can you guess what show these classic cars appeared on?
Shows used antique cars, futuristic concept cars or cars that talked!
Images: Ford / General Motors / Plymouth
During the TV boom in the middle of the 20th century, product placement came into its own as well. Brands would make deals with certain shows to use their products onscreen.
This was especially common for the cars that characters drove. Typically, the show would use the newest model for each year the series was on, even if there was no explanation about why the character was upgrading their ride.
Can you match the cars in these ads and photos with the correct show they were driven on? Take the quiz below and find out!
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What 1960s show used a gold Lincoln Continental convertible like the one advertised here?
Image: Lincoln
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This 1980s show used a Pontiac Trans Am with some advanced features.
Image: Pontiac
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What show used a red Ford Gran Torino just a few model years newer than the one advertised here?
Image: Ford
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What TV detective show used a gold Pontiac Firebird?
Image: Pontiac
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Which TV detective drove a green convertible Dodge Dart similar to the one in this ad?
Image: Dodge
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This show used a (heavily modified) red 1960s Pontiac GTO like this one.
Image: Associated Press
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What show used a 1930s Ford Coupe like the one advertised here?
Image: Ford
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What show used a 1950s Plymouth Fury like the one here?
Image: Plymouth
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Speaking of the Fifties, a character on this show learned to drive in an old Hudson Wasp.
Image: Hudson
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The characters drove an early Corvette convertible like the one advertised here on which show?
Image: Chevrolet
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This 1950s Lincoln Futura concept car appeared in the movie 'It Started with a Kiss' pictured here. What show did a similar, modified concept car appear in?
Image: The Everett Collection
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This kooky show used an old fashioned car put together from many different models and labeled as a "Porter."
Image: The Everett Collection
Can you guess what show these classic cars appeared on?
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89 Comments
You got 7 out of 12
11/12 watched to much tv growing up!
11 out of 12. Missed No. 9. 😁
5/10
12/12 Man we built some beautiful cars in the 1960s
You got 10 out of 12
Did you cruise through that quiz or did some things pass you by?
Missed #8 and #9
Some people never learn. But, I am consistent.
Did you cruise through that quiz or did some things pass you by?
Missed #8 and #9
Some people never learn. But, I am consistent.
You got 10 out of 12
Did you cruise through that quiz or did some things pass you by?
Missed #8 and #9.
Did you cruise through that quiz or did some things pass you by?
Missed #8 and #9.
9/12.............missed 3,5,6...
10/12
Not terrible.
What about The Black Beauty from "The Green Hornet" or Thomas Bancek's Packard?
Not terrible.
What about The Black Beauty from "The Green Hornet" or Thomas Bancek's Packard?
I can't believe you left off the Mannix car, an Olds Toronado convertible. A unique car.
8/12
Actually for question #11, the Lincoln Futura was the same car used in the TV show. It was just heavily modified.
Honk! Honk! I've got 12 out of 12, i wish you should add Speed Buggy, WonderBug, or even add every automobile from The Transformers: Generation One as well!
that quiz was cool
11/12
11/12. A few were WAG's!
You got 9 out of 12
I remember arguing with my friends over whether KITT was a Trans-Am or a Firebird. The Trans-Ams of the day didn't have the T-top on the trunk, but a upswept spoiler on the trunk's edge. The T-top was a common feature for Firebirds.
Missed 1.
Someday we will be watching "Knight Rider" on Me-TV. You did leave out the 1914 Stutz Bearcat from the series of the same name, which was a sort of "Knight Rider 1914".
"Bearcats" Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole.