# Beverly Hillbillys Q

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 18, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillys-q/453307 "2008-06-18T05:10:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gbro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Gbro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gbro)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillys-q/453307/1 "2008-06-18T05:10:53Z")

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What was the year and make of Pearl’s old truck?

Was there more than 1 truck used? I have seen a windshield on occasion.

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**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillys-q/453307/2 "2008-06-18T07:54:42Z")

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> [@IMDB](#):
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> The Clampett’s truck was a 1921 Oldsmobile. It was loaned by Cousin Pearl when the family moved to California.

[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055662/trivia](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055662/trivia)

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillys-q/453307/3 "2008-06-18T13:04:46Z")

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There’s an Internet Movie Car Database, for more esoteric queries of this nature:

> **[IMCDb.org: Internet Movie Cars Database](http://www.imcdb.org/)**
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> The most complete list on the web about cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles seen in movies and series, image captures and information about them.

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**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillys-q/453307/4 "2008-06-18T13:15:48Z")

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I can’t find the link, but George Barris did the conversion from a touring car to a truck. It looks like he just cut the body off behind the front doors and attached a flatbed.

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillys-q/453307/5 "2008-06-18T13:58:34Z")

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[More on the history of the Clampett truck here](http://members.aol.com/styrenearc/private/hill/hill.html):

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> The original truck was built for the 1962 TV series by George Barris, the legendary King of the Kustomizers. “I found it behind a feed store in Fontana, California,” Barris said during a recent interview. “We needed some kind of old truck.”
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> That old truck was a homemade flatbed cut down from a 1921 Oldsmobile touring car. Barris discovered it sitting derelict behind the feed store, bought it, hauled it to his shop, and got it running. Beyond changes made for safety, the truck was left pretty much the way they found it.

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**Author:** ![Gbro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Gbro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gbro)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillys-q/453307/6 "2008-06-19T05:08:27Z")

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Thanks for the info. I can’t believe I didn’t just google it :smack:

Must be a touch of Jethro in me 😃

I just got a 4 disc set and I just love this old show. I like the B/W better than the color episodes.