Recurring cars


As a car buff, it's neat to see the same now classic cars in several episodes. Here are a few off the top of my head:
In season 1 so far, there has been a silver Mustang II, and I recall seeing it in later seasons.

While the police cars lagged behind by a few years, the Season 1 CHP bikes were the one-year-only wire-wheel 1977 KZ900 Police Special. They must have used older KZ1000C/P models as time went on, as I noticed gray smoke on more than one occasion when they were accelerating.

The later seasons must have been really tight on money. There was a "ramp car" (looks like a Lincoln or Mercury) that was painted several different colors, usually blue or brown. It was used to launch one or more cars that rear-ended it, and you can often see the ramp behind it or the one built onto the roof.

There was also a Yellow Datsun Z-car with a black spoiler and a two-tone Datsun 200SX.

It was funny to see the road rage incident a few nights ago between a Ford and a Chevy. The Chevy alternated between a 1966 and a 1968 model several times.

RIP Ron Swanson. Writers created your awesomeness in S1 and killed it in S7

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Your last sentence reminded me of 'Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry' from 1973.

Early in movie escape car was 66 Chevy. All points bulletin went out for 68 Chevy. Those two years don't really look that much alike!

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Early in movie escape car was 66 Chevy. All points bulletin went out for 68 Chevy. Those two years don't really look that much alike!

Sadly I doubt anyone 30 years from now will be noting that between 2015 and 2018 Chevys. 

RIP Ron Swanson. Writers created your awesomeness in S1 and killed it in S7

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I agree.

I watch NASCAR but have no idea what models are racing other than by looking at label on car. They all look alike to me. Time was that you watched a race and looked for the race equivalent of your car. Can't do that anymore.

I think the 1980s was the last years of easy auto identification.

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In season 3 I kept noticing a aqua blue civic in constant shots, mostly directly behind them when they are being pulled by a vehicle.



Never make someone a priority who only makes you an option!

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Many freeway and street scenes in seasons 2 and 3 had a little yellow Ford Fiesta driving with the traffic flow.

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Do you mean the blue Accord?

http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/03/CC-59-118-800.jpg

I noticed this one a lot in season 1 as I had the same three door hatchback, 1979. And it was a great car.

I think it was in at least 5-6 episodes that I saw.

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