Vehicles As Seen In The Waltons

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Ever wondered what that car or truck is that you saw in an episode?

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https://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=68149

[Johnny]

Let me start off with John-boys car. He worked for Hyder & Martha Rudge, repairing his house & other chores, in trade for their car. John-boy needed reliable transportation to get to Boatwright College.(S2Ep24). It was originally black as Ford made them, but they repainted it a nice dignified shade of tan. Bonnie Bartlett played Martha Rudge. She also played Grace Snider Edwards on Little House.

1929 Ford Model A Coupe
 

[RebeccaLee]

I noticed that the car Jim Bob 'built' was shown several times. First time  when Johnboy went to look at a car to use for college.  Another time Zach Roswell was driving it on the highschool reunion episode. Didn't  see it in the list posted by Joseph Zebulon. 

[Johnny]

Feb 11, 2019 10:08:41 GMT -5 RebeccaLee said:

I noticed that the car Jim Bob 'built' was shown several times. First time  when Johnboy went to look at a car to use for college.  Another time Zach Roswell was driving it on the highschool reunion episode. Didn't  see it in the list posted by Joseph Zebulon. 

I believe the list of vehicles used on The Waltons that Joe-Zeb was referring to,  had already been posted on the internet movie cars database. On the first time John-boy went to look at a car, I wonder if you are referring to the one Buck Higgins was willing to sell for $35  Perhaps someone here will recognize what kind of car this is. .
 
 Fig 1, Buck Higgin's car              Fig 2 Buck Higgins car
          
               

[Johnny]

And here is Zach Roswell's car from The Prophecy  S4E4

Fig 1 Zach's car                               Fig 2  Zach's  car
            

[JeriJet]

Feb 12, 2019 16:58:53 GMT -5 Johnny said:

And here is Zach Roswell's car from The Prophecy  S4E4

Fig 1 Zach's car                               Fig 2  Zach's  car
            

I believe my Dad's first car was a 1932 Model-A, purchased used in 1935 -- would that come close to Zach's ??

Thanks.

[Johnny]

Feb 20, 2019 11:23:16 GMT -5 JeriJet said:

Feb 12, 2019 16:58:53 GMT -5 Johnny said:

And here is Zach Roswell's car from The Prophecy  S4E4

Fig 1 Zach's car                               Fig 2  Zach's  car
            

I believe my Dad's first car was a 1932 Model-A, purchased used in 1935 -- would that come close to Zach's ??

Thanks.

 Here is a 1932 Model A  Ford Roadster. If you opened the cloth top, it looks close to Zach's car.

[carol]

Kami Cotler posted this on Facebook

Someone asked about driving the old cars on The Waltons. It wasn't easy! For scenes where a car just pulls into frame, they usually tied ropes on the front of the car/truck and the crew pulled it into frame. It was hard to drive into frame and hit a precise mark, and the cars didn't always stay where you parked them-- the engine would sputter off and the car might lurch forward. I can remember scenes needing to be reshot because Richard or Ralph drove up, turned off the vehicle and started to get out and then the vehicle lurched forward a foot. Getting them into gear wasn't easy. For Elizabeth's driving scenes (and there weren't many) the transportation captain would just put the car into first gear and I'd hold the brake down. There were gas controls on the steering wheel, along with an accelerator pedal, and they'd set the lever to send some gas to the engine, so all I had to do was remove my foot from the brake and the car would move forward.

[flyaway]

Feb 7, 2019 10:16:45 GMT -5 @josephzebulon said:

Ever wondered what that car or truck is that you saw in an episode?

Highlight the website address then copy and paste into the address bar of your browser.

https://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=68149

Oh Joy I found this link about 5 yrs ago thought I bookmarked it, but I didn't, Then couldn't find it again!!!
Thanks!