ITS GETTING WARM, LETS SEE THOSE O.T. CONVERTIBLES

I remember watching the Brady Bunch (the TV sitcom not the Patriots) and Mr. Brady (the dad, not Tom) always had a rag top Mopar in the drive. Mrs. drove a Mopar wagon I think. I remember one episode where Greg took a date to the drive-in and for some reason brought his little brother along, it started raining and the younger opened an umbrella while Greg was raising the top. Calamity followed.

Perry Mason was a rag-top man as well. Caddy's, bullet and square birds. Paul liked the Vettes and baby birds. Della got the grocery-getters but they were still new and nice for a secretary special.

TV shows and movies were all about product placement. They taught us what to do for a living by the car you were rewarded with. Courtroom Attorney? Cadillac Convertible. Crappy architect that designed a house for 9 people to live in with one bathroom and no garage? 340 Plymouth.

 

Remember when the big three sponsored pretty much all the popular TV shows. Ponderosa sponsored by Chevrolet, the FBI sponsored by Ford Motor Company the car commercial's were part of the draw to watch. Joe Mannix drove a 1967 Oldsmobile Tornado, Cannon drove the Mark IV with a telephone big stuff back in the day. Joe