This makes me wonder: How will future period pieces about this era recall our automotive landscape? Fewer people are buying second cars or those they’d keep minty fresh for years to come. I would also imagine that imported cars are also more disproportionately featured in period pieces for the exact same reason as Thunderbirds and Camaros. And, sure, coupes and convertibles used to be far more popular in the past, but not this popular.
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Basically, the older the TV or movie setting, the more two-door cars will be disproportionately represented. It's the same baby blue Thunderbird! What're the odds?Īs the years go by, the number of practical four-door cars surviving will dwindle even further, which would explain (in part) the difference in background cars between a show set in 1980s Northern Virginia, and one set in 1960s Boston. They’d be second cars or at least those purchased for emotional reasons rather than practical transportation.
And the cars most likely to be exceedingly cared for at an early stage of their existence would not be family sedans or wagons. The cars most likely to last the longest are those their owners decided to exceedingly care for at an early stage of their existence – especially back when cars would turn to rust at the mere suggestion of winter. When you think about it, this makes perfect sense. Even Julia and Paul Child drive a two-door car, a beautiful red Volvo PV444 just like the one enjoyed by this handsome 1950s Swedish couple. They were apparently prolific in New York too, especially painted baby blue (see below). Thunderbirds in particular must’ve been just flying out of Hahvahd Yahd Ford-Lincoln-Mercury back in ‘62. Indeed, the number of coupes and convertibles sure seemed shockingly high. Recently, while watching “Julia” on HBO MAX, my AADD spotted something in particular: “They sure drove a lot of two-door cars in 1960s Boston.” “There’s that robin’s egg Lincoln Continental again!” And when I notice something like that, it’s hard not to be distracted by it even more.
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Of course, when I watched the series the second time, I found myself noticing the same cars over and over again in the background. Upon watching the exceptional 1980s Cold War spy drama, “The Americans,” it was hard not to admire all the Malaise classics(?), including the Jennings’ bronze Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight.
This automotive attention deficient disorder, or AADD as I’ll call it, extends to watching television and movies. (Note, I saw every one of those cars there. “Wow, is that a Citroen DS?! Look at that two-door Discovery! Who in the hell bought a Mercury Colony Park here? Or, good god, a Pacer?!” While strolling along the moonlit banks of Amsterdam canals with quaint Dutch houses and the aroma of tulips in the air, my head resembled a squirrel’s. While chatting with my wife, I’ll interrupt the conversation to point out that sweet E63 wagon that isn’t painted black or silver. While walking the dogs, I’m inevitably peaking inside that M3 to see if it has a manual. This will probably come as a shock, but it’s basically impossible for me not to look at cars.
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