# Beverly Hillbillies car ID **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805 "2015-11-17T16:39:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/1 "2015-11-17T16:39:41Z")
In the episode ‘Hot Rod Truck’, Jethro drives up in [=Beverly%20Hillbillies%20(Jethro%20combined%20the%20Hot%20Rod%20Truck%20and%20the%20Jalopy%20together)&filters[primary]=images&filters[secondary]=videos&sort=1&o=12"]this yellow car]([Photobucket | Make your memories fun!](http://media.photobucket.com/user/newlist/media/DSCN06032.jpg.html?filters)[term); which features a bubble canopy, and pointy bits at the front. Apparently in the episode, Jethro turns the family truck into a hot rod that was built on a 1925 Dodge with a 1969 [sic – the episode is from 1968] muscle car engine. But what about that yellow car at the beginning? Who built it, what was it called, and what became of it? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/2 "2015-11-17T16:53:03Z")
I can’t find any info at all. Wow, that is one ugly car, even by show car standards. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/3 "2015-11-17T16:54:10Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Wow, that is one ugly car, even by show car standards. Isn’t it, though? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/4 "2015-11-17T16:56:18Z")
Most likely, George Barris was involved; he customized nearly all the fancy cars you saw on TV in the 60s. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/5 "2015-11-17T17:52:03Z")
Yup. George Barris just died; I knew him from custom car days (my brother bought \*Hot Rod \*& I read anything that came into the house). But the TV featurette on his life showed some of the “famous” cars he created. [Is this Jethro’s car?](http://www.barris.com/carsgallery/tvmovie/beverlyhillbillies.php) (I don’t think it was supposed to be elegant; Jethro lacked subtlety.) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/6 "2015-11-17T18:08:10Z")
I found a website and lost it about made for movie cars. They had no other info, but noted several other custom cars used in the episode. They mentioned George Barris, a custom car make in CA but I couldn’t find references to it that way or looking for Ed Roth cars. The front wheels are odd, this looks likes a one off that may never have been roadable. Maybe an image search will find something. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/7 "2015-11-17T18:35:53Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > [Is this Jethro’s car?](http://www.barris.com/carsgallery/tvmovie/beverlyhillbillies.php) (I don’t think it was supposed to be elegant; Jethro lacked subtlety.) No, but that truck did appear in the episode. The car in question is in a poor-quality picture in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/8 "2015-11-17T19:52:32Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I found a website and lost it about made for movie cars. Are you perhaps thinking of the [Internet Movie Car Database](http://www.imcdb.org/)? It’s not just about made for movie cars, but also identifies production vehicles in movies and TV shows. (Useful when I see an interesting car in a movie and want to know what it is.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/9 "2015-11-17T19:53:38Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Are you perhaps thinking of the [Internet Movie Car Database](http://www.imcdb.org/)? FWIW, I checked there before posting. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/10 "2015-11-17T20:59:50Z")
Yup, that was it. Everything there leads back to the picture in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/11 "2015-11-17T22:19:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > In the episode ‘Hot Rod Truck’, Jethro drives up in [=Beverly%20Hillbillies%20(Jethro%20combined%20the%20Hot%20Rod%20Truck%20and%20the%20Jalopy%20together)&filters[primary]=images&filters[secondary]=videos&sort=1&o=12"]this yellow car]([Photo Storage](http://media.photobucket.com/user/newlist/media/DSCN06032.jpg.html?filters)[term); which features a bubble canopy, and pointy bits at the front. > > Apparently in the episode, Jethro turns the family truck into a hot rod that was built on a 1925 Dodge with a 1969 [sic – the episode is from 1968] muscle car engine. But what about that yellow car at the beginning? Who built it, what was it called, and what became of it? Looks like something Dean Jeffries would do. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/12 "2015-11-17T22:28:07Z")
Interesting that it doesn’t show up in IMCD. They’ve got listings for cars that were in the background of scenes, or parked behind the car that was being filmed. But yet this…thing…which someone went to a lot of trouble to make, has nothing? And it never showed up anywhere else? The hot rod pickup that Jethro makes out of the old Olds - that even has a model kit. But this cross between Uncle Martin’s ship and a leaf doesn’t leave a trace. Very strange. Did the bubble open in the episode? Did they show Jethro getting out? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/13 "2015-11-17T22:41:19Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Did the bubble open in the episode? Did they show Jethro getting out? I actually do work when I work from home! The TV is just on for noise. So I didn’t see if Jethro and Random Hippie Chick were shown getting out of the car, but you could see that the canopy was hinged at the rear. I too, was surprised the car database didn’t have a picture of it and that the link in the OP is the only one I could find of it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/14 "2015-11-18T00:10:01Z")
After looking around a bit, I suspect it’s an Ed Roth creation or heavily inspired by his cars. [Wishbone](http://remarkablecars.com/1967-roth-wishbone.html) [Road Agent](http://www.picautos.com/26468-roth-road-agent.html) [Beatnik Bandit II](https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3007/3046512231_4e1ab2a0fe_z.jpg?zz=1) Not one of Roth’s but inspired by him: [Futurian](http://image.hotrod.com/f/9167668+re0+ar0+st0/0608rc_64z%2Bcustom_hotrod%2Bbig_engine_bubbledome_passenger_side_front_view.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/15 "2015-11-22T05:44:35Z")
I didn’t realize Big Daddy Roth actually built cars like that, besides drawing cartoons of them. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/16 "2015-11-24T05:11:46Z")
I tried one of my car buddies on Facebook and got this back. Corvair powered Stiletto. > **[Log into Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Petersen.Photo.Archive/photos/a.477001505664467.114938.216805301684090/746718765359405/)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. > **[Stilletto Gene Baker Designed Concept Car 1966 Detroit Autorama Corvair Engine](https://corvette-world.com/photo-1315-Stilletto-Gene-Baker-Designed-Concept-Car-1966-Detroit-Autorama-Corvair-Engine.html)** > > Corvette-World.com The Stilletto ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/17 "2015-11-24T05:56:03Z")
Damn, that is one butt-ass ugly car, even for the 1960’s. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/18 "2015-11-24T05:59:10Z")
Dangerously ugly, you might say. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/19 "2015-11-24T15:32:24Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > I tried one of my car buddies on Facebook and got this back. Corvair powered Stiletto. > > [Petersen Photo Archive - As we blast off into another weekend, here's a space age design from 1966. The Stiletto was a joint exercise featuring the talents of Gene Baker, designer, and Ron Gerstner, builder. The car was owned and shown by Bob Larivee's Promotions, Inc. Model Products Corp (MPC) advertising materials show they planned to produce the plastic model kit but never did. Photo by Bud Lang, Car Craft Magazine. | Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Petersen.Photo.Archive/photos/a.477001505664467.114938.216805301684090/746718765359405/) > > [http://corvette-world.com/photo-1315-Stilletto-Gene-Baker-Designed-Concept-Car-1966-Detroit-Autorama-Corvair-Engine.html](http://corvette-world.com/photo-1315-Stilletto-Gene-Baker-Designed-Concept-Car-1966-Detroit-Autorama-Corvair-Engine.html) Good find. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805/20 "2015-11-24T15:59:29Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > I tried one of my car buddies on Facebook and got this back. Corvair powered Stiletto. > > [Petersen Photo Archive - As we blast off into another weekend, here's a space age design from 1966. The Stiletto was a joint exercise featuring the talents of Gene Baker, designer, and Ron Gerstner, builder. The car was owned and shown by Bob Larivee's Promotions, Inc. Model Products Corp (MPC) advertising materials show they planned to produce the plastic model kit but never did. Photo by Bud Lang, Car Craft Magazine. | Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Petersen.Photo.Archive/photos/a.477001505664467.114938.216805301684090/746718765359405/) > > [http://corvette-world.com/photo-1315-Stilletto-Gene-Baker-Designed-Concept-Car-1966-Detroit-Autorama-Corvair-Engine.html](http://corvette-world.com/photo-1315-Stilletto-Gene-Baker-Designed-Concept-Car-1966-Detroit-Autorama-Corvair-Engine.html) Added info to IMCDb. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-car-id/737805.md?page=2)