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1962 Peugeot 403 Ep. 6.05Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
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◊ 2009-04-28 12:32 |
From /vehicle_225760-Kaiser-Manhattan-K5321-1953.html Same than for the Fiat 600 in this TV Series: What's doing a Peugeot 403 in Mayberry? BTW, around 1960? |
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◊ 2009-04-28 12:49 |
New bumper, old grille: 1960-1962. In 1962 a new shade of grey was introduced (colour code 1026), which I think we see here (but I couldn't find proof for that  ). |
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◊ 2009-04-29 18:04 |
LOL Vilero, you've got me. I am just as fascinated as you are about a Peugeot ending up in Mayberry. The Fiat is different, as that scene is from a series of episodes filmed in, and set in, the Hollywood/Beverly Hills/Los Angeles area. |
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◊ 2009-04-29 18:05 |
BTW that red car, far right, far background, is likely a '62 Chevy Impala. I never got a decent shot of it. |
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◊ 2009-05-06 01:53 |
The same things as the other tons of European cars sold in the U.S. in the late 1950s and early 1960s...being driven cheaply and then thrown away. Sadly, few have been maintained to present day apart from the Volkswagens. |
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◊ 2009-05-06 22:30 |
I never knew non-sporting European cars were that common in America in the 1950s & 1960s, apart from the more well known ones such as VWs & Renault Dauphines. In the late 1940s - early 1950s Morris Minors sold fairly well until they started to look too dated compaired to the latest designs. |
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◊ 2009-05-06 23:01 |
This is a studio backlot, so all the cars have been brought in for the scene. The 403 could have been bought by the studio to use in productions with foreign settings, or it might have been borrowed from a member of the cast or crew if the studio didn't have enough background cars available on the day. |
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◊ 2009-05-07 15:07 |
They were. Everything from non-two seater Triumphs and MG sedans to Goliaths, Austins, Ford Cortinas and Anglias, BMW 600s, Fiat 500s and Jollys, Volvo PVs, and of course all the French cars were sold here at one point. Most never sold in sustainable numbers, but still enough that seeing one in the background of any street scene wouldn't be that odd. Peugeot sedans actually sold in pretty decent numbers compared to some of the others...IIRC, a junky one was even crashed in the original Gone in 60 Seconds. -- Last edit: 2009-05-07 15:21:42 |
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◊ 2009-05-11 19:23 |
I'm told that's exactly what happened a lot on this particular show. The cars that weren't furnished by the local Ford dealer usually belonged to someone on the crew. |
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◊ 2009-05-19 15:48 |
As opposed to the rest of the Andy Griffith Show, which was set in North Carolina but filmed in the Los Angeles area. .gif ":)") http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0053479/locations |
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◊ 2015-07-07 11:48 |
Don't forget Opels, NSUs, and Vauxhall Victors! |
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◊ 2018-06-06 07:06 |
I recall, in the 1952-1959 period and beyond, as a kid growing up in NYC, just on my one square city block in upper Manhattan, the likes of one Peugeot; one Austin, one Vauxhall with the likes of several small rear window VW Bug's from Post WW II, as well as Volvo's, Simca's, Fiats, even later on, a King Midget ( USA kit Car ), etc. parked by my apartment building. Their owners tended to be folks that either were of European migration, or whom were simply seeking a smaller, less expensive and more maneuverable car ( think tight parking spot!) in the urban setting. Meantime, most other folks were buying used American cars that by then were at least 5 years old in my lower middle class neighborhood. But the MG's, Triumphs, Fiats, Peugeots, VW's, Simca's, Austins, Vauxhall's, Volvo's were clearly in evidence. |
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◊ 2021-12-04 03:01 |
Looks like Columbo’s car |
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