Classic Cars of The Brady Bunch

The Brady Bunch. A sitcom that became an icon of American pop culture, presented a wholesome view of family life, following of a blended family living in the suburbs of Los Angeles, and tackled subjects such as sibling rivalry, braces, and dating. But featured throughout the show were a wide variety of cars, equally as iconic to the 70's as the show itself. Today, we're taking a look at the classic cars of "The Brady Bunch". Let's begin.
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Here's the story ... of a man named Brady, an architect widower with three sons: oldest Greg, middle son Peter and youngest Bobby. He meets and marries Carol, with three daughters of her own: oldest Marcia, middle girl Jan and little one Cindy. Tending to them is a wacky maid named Alice. They all live in a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house in the Los Angeles suburbs. The story lines deal with boy problems, sharing bathrooms, lost hamsters, the occasional football to the nose, and attempts at pop music stardom

[@zsuzsuspetals]

Wow what a great video! Thank you so much for this! Recently my husband and I drove by the Brady Bunch house in North Hollywood. We hadn't seen it since HGTV sold and the wife of a CEO bought it. What a cool person she is! They actually have a gold Satellite Station wagon sitting out front for people to go and take photos with the house and car! I'm not sure the year of the wagon but I'd guess 1971. I didn't realize they used several in the show! Prime has a channel of classics and a couple times a week they show Brady Bunch marathons. I can still watch the show and even have more appreciation for it now at 52. What a great show.

[@rickk.20]

It would appear Mike & Carol trade cars instead of changing the oil...

[@rbcrain2469]

I’ve read that Perry Mason used cars from whoever was sponsoring the show that week

[@gerry-p9x]

Just like the FBI ALL FOMOCO CARS FEATURED

[@danlilly1790]

Which adds yet ANOTHER layer unto this question: "How can one guy-even a professional architect-possibly afford all this?"

[@jeffrobodine8579]

Don't forget Charlie's Angels. You think Kate Jackson enjoyed being stuck with a Pinto?

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

Lol

[@prestonstephens7719]

The early episodes were sponsored by Chrysler the later episodes GM/Chevrolet.

[@martinliehs2513]

That appears to be true for the convertibles, since Chrysler no longer offered a drop top after 1971 ( at least until the K cars of the 1980s). The show seemed to carry on with the Plymouth Satellite wagon through to the series's end.

[@impalaman9707]

Bewitched was ALL Chevrolet---which I thought was cool

[@70sleftover]

@@impalaman9707 But decades later and much older I think about the odd juxtaposition of Mr. Madison Avenue Derwood/Darwin/DumDum owning Chevys when in the real world he would have had Buicks or Oldsmobiles. And, of course, a human wife.

[@bindig1]

My parents had a '75 Caprice Classic. Very nice car. Rode like floating on a cloud

[@rager1969]

By the late 70s, that 1956 Bel Air would have been a desired vehicle for car enthusiasts.

[@gerry-p9x]

Even in late 60S. TRI GIVES WERE HOT AND COOL WITH THE GEAR HEADS

[@kevinhamblin951]

My brother paid s couple of hundred bucks for a 55 265 V8 😊 in 1968

[@Mouserjan0222]

and of course a teenager could do all that body work and paint job on his $5 a week allowance

[@mt3311]

@@kevinhamblin951 There were genuine Superbirds, and Daytona's, with the Hemi, for sale for $500 as late as 1978.

[@chadchambliss4949]

Not to mention there is nothing on that car that would be "unfixable" unless it was just completely rusted out.

[@milfordcivic6755]

The 1974 Caprice Convertible was my favorite in the last season

[@rjl9707]

It has the optional 454 with a crest on the side of quarter panel. Very few 454 Caprice convertibles..

[@PoesRaven73]

In 1977, I bought a used 74 Chevy Caprice Classic convertible. I loved that car. It was the same color as the one in this clip, but mine had a white interior.

[@tommurphy4307]

tuna boats

[@garyszewc3339]

One fact that nobody has mentioned yet. The first car, the 71 barracuda convertible. Was done in late 71, and had a 72 front and back end. When Chrysler gave them that car, it was like a pre-production car, with the new 72 grille and tail panel. They wanted to show off the design of the 72 barracuda convertible. They hadn't finished building the new quarter panels and fenders yet, but wanted that new 72 look for the show. By the time they started producing 72s for sale, the convertible option had been scrapped. It's the only vehicle Chrysler ever produced that had a convertible top, with the 72 front and back end. More than likely Chrysler got the car back at the end of its use and destroyed it. If it was still around it would be worth a fortune.

[@Clyde-2055]

Yep !! The car was also rare in that it had a shifter on the column, and was as plain as a Barracuda could get, with its family-car wheel covers and whitewall tyres. I remember wondering at the time if it had a slant-six sitting under the hood, One could say that Barracuda was as three-dollar-billish as ole Mike Brady himself.

[@VerifiedVIPMember]

The car was purchased privately after the show was over. I can't recall the entire story, but it was crushed due to rust decades ago. The owner did keep the VIN tag, fender tag, title, etc. and put them in a picture frame. There was a story about it in a Mopar magazine or an online article, probably 20 years ago. Nowadays, the car could have been saved with reproduction sheet metal from AMD.

[@Clyde-2055]

@@VerifiedVIPMember - Very interesting … Thanks for that info.

[@JamesSmith-wp4um]

Mannix drove a dark green '71 Barracuda convertible with the updated '72 features.

[@TheSaturnV]

@@Clyde-2055 😂

[@jayweiss4378]

I always liked that Chevy/Greg episode! Good lesson on lemons for all car buyers too 😎

[@tron77x79]

I would have bought it in a heartbeat.

[@trudygreer2491]

Just like Wally Cleaver and his '32 "Coupay"!

[@chrismarkes5488]

Same with me , just could not figure out how Greg was able to afford all those parts to make car look good in short time

[@chrismarkes5488]

​@@tron77x79definitely would of been cheap to buy it back in the day

[@chrismarkes5488]

​@@trudygreer2491very true

[@mauromartinez3091]

GREW UP WITH THE BRADY BUNCH IN THE 70 'S MAGICAL 🎩 TIME..

[@Alan-lv9rw]

That Triumph TR6 is pretty cool.

[@tommurphy4307]

as long as they swapped out the gay redline tires.

[@5speed735i]

@@tommurphy4307 tires have sexual orientation?

[@5speed735i]

I agree, that TR6 is a very nice car. That TR6 is a shade of purple that Triumph called "Damson" which is actually the name of a kind of plum. One thing this video got wrong is that TR6 is not a 1973 model. The episode aired in 1973, but that car is older. Both the color Damson and the white TR6 lettering on the rear fender were only available on the TR6 from 1969-1972, starting in '73 Triumph put a Union Jack logo on the TR6 rear fender, and stopped painting any of their cars Damson.

[@Michael9-23-15]

I had a Triumph GT 6 ( 72 ) and I will never forget that car. They are so fun to drive, but they do take work as well.

[@5speed735i]

@@Michael9-23-15 the GT6 is definitely a nice car! For others who don't know, a GT6 is a metal roofed fastback car that was mostly based on the Triumph Spitfire like the one "Jerry" drives at 7:54, but with a larger engine.

[@Clyde-2055]

Fun fact: Greg’s ‘56 Chevy convertible was later destroyed in an episode of Mannix. A colleague of Joe’s died in the car when it exploded outside of his office/apartment at 17 Paseo Verde.

[@kennethsouthard6042]

When you look closely at that car, it actually appears to be in not in too bad of shape for its age. It appears that they added the faux rust on the left side, removed the left front hubcap and applied something to the paint to make it look dull, as the shots of the right side after Greg supposedly fixed it, make it look pretty good from the right.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

​@@kennethsouthard6042Just think what the car would be worth now even in that shape.

[@tommccallan8802]

a fun fact Greg tried to sell his 56 to the toad from American Graffiti

[@Kgio-2112]

Joe Biden?

[@tommurphy4307]

see? santa monica used to be a ghetto....

[@MyName-nx1jj]

Mr Duggin was Uncle Fester and, many years earlier, Chaplin's costar in The Kid (one of the greatest movies of all time).

[@tommccallan8802]

Oh yeah many years earlier in the silent era

[@mindeloman]

Jackie Coogan was his name and the first child actor laws are because of him "Coogan laws." He was a flight officer in WWII and flew gliders into combat in Burma.

[@Wooley689]

This sure brought back memories.

[@kc0lif]

1970 plymouth fury is nice.

[@tjhunt58]

Peter overthrows the football about 20 feet on a 5-foot pass attempt.

[@BrianSykes-el8eh]

My father had a 1969 Plymouth fury 3 convertible. The color was gold with a white top.

[@stevefick3919]

That 'Cuda convertible would be worth a few bucks now!

[@Clyde-2055]

Somebody already posted that the Barracuda was bought, driven, worn out, and crushed. But thankfully, the documentation remains …

[@chrismarkes5488]

Yes it would ,especially if was still in the shape it was in that episode ,but more than likely it had been scraped ,or is so rusted out and all parts on it had been removed years ago , it is not likely on the road for sure

[@tommurphy4307]

@@chrismarkes5488 this is southern california- cars don't rust here. i still have my '72 datsun- she's had about a gazillion motor-swaps.

[@milehighkit4725]

We had the hard top version of that 68 Polara 500. It was the HP 383 🙂I remember Dad really loved that car!

[@mt3311]

The '69 Version of the Polara was used by the CHP. that in their tuned configuration would run over 140 MPH, and that was conservative. I have heard it was faster than that. Just like the 1985 Fox body Mustangs. I have talked to officers who drove both.

[@tommurphy4307]

@@mt3311 please- my 73 satellite sebring plus could do 140 and it had only a 318 2-barrel/727 slap stick automatic. i still have my '68 cuda which i traded the satellite for.

[@markg7030]

@@mt3311 That 69 CHP had the 440/ 375 in the new body. I don't believe any 318 could get near it.

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@Onry1]

Well that ended abruptly! Some sweet cars of days gone by...

[@dirttyclean]

I'd like to thank my dad and my whole family, for always letting me drive even when I was in a car seat 😉👍

[@JonathanMoosey]

Those station wagons certainly held a lot of people and things all at once. 8 passengers and all their stuff. That’s quite an accomplishment.

[@mickaleneduczech8373]

Built like tanks, too. Our Ambassador station wagon got T boned and the dent in the drivers door was almost a foot deep, but the door and window still functioned. The front end of the 240z that hit us was pushed back to the windshield.

[@tommurphy4307]

@@mickaleneduczech8373 parts for my 510!

[@leftylou6070]

Jan has some nice hooters!

[@atomsmash100]

This is a great topic. The Brady's always had a new car in the driveway. Nice to see them get some attention. 😊

[@AcmeRacing]

Harry Duggan at 5:46 is Jackie "Uncle Fester" Coogan.

[@drippinglass]

Thanks! I thought I recognized him! I liked Fester! 😀

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Enjoyed!!! 👍👍

[@davidharrison4881]

Seems like Mike never learned how to exit though the drivers side door.

[@JTA1961]

He never got the "handle" of it

[@johnnyringo9759]

He had to do that for the cameraman!!!

[@davedammitt7691]

He usually used the back door...

[@trudygreer2491]

​@@davedammitt7691Dammit, Dave!! 🤨🤭

[@alfx5432]

​@@davedammitt7691OMG

[@wmason1961]

The best classic car spotting tv show is Adam12.

[@chrismunro3624]

The color episodes of Dragnet were pretty good too. Thank you Jack Webb.

[@johnmcmullen456]

The Adam 12 episode with the car theft ring using hot chicks is memorable. 😊

[@John60s70s]

​@@johnmcmullen456Do you know the title or the year of that episode? I think I missed that one.

[@johnmcmullen456]

John60s70s: Adam 12 Season 3, Episode 5, Oct 17, 1970. Titled "Cigarettes, Cars, and Wild, Wild Women." Had guest star Tony Dow as a car theft victim. Great episode.

[@keithcasey866]

Many sharp old cars seen in the chips tv show also.

[@kennethsouthard6042]

Mike's architecture firm must have been doing quite well as he would have to have been making a boatload of money back then to have the 6 kids, the non-working wife, the full-time housekeeper, the unique Avant Gard LA house and all of the expensive things they did. I would imagine over a $150,000 back in the early 70s. Now if you add him trading in two cars every year, that would also have added to his expenses. At least Mike was a down to earth guy, driving Plymouths and Chevy's. I grew up in a well to do neighborhood in that era and people with income like Mike's usually drove Cadillacs.

[@JTA1961]

Well put...I'm sure writers took that into account...to keep it more relatable for the larger audience...

[@Jack_77990]

A boat load😂

[@gerry-p9x]

Naw air fare cheep from LA. TO HI. went to HI. IN 73. FROM. NYC ONLY. 500BUCKS AND RESORTS OUT THERE WANTED THE FREE PUBLICITY

[@kennethsouthard6042]

@@JTA1961 I think they also wanted them to look youthful and approachable and higher end cars would have run counter to that image. Case in point, the camping episode, where all nine of them went camping in an 8-passenger Plymouth wagon. However, they gave Alice the entire rear facing seat all to herself. That meant the rest of the family had to ride four to a row in the first two rows. There were ways around this with other makes that had 9-passenger wagons, but I think that a combination of the sponsorship agreement and the writer's image of the Brady's prevented this, as 9-passenger wagons were definitely the mark of a well to do family back then as they were kind of quasi-Cadillacs or Lincolns as those divisions didn't make wagons.

[@kennethsouthard6042]

@@gerry-p9x Let's see $500 times 9 or $4,500 just for the airfare alone when the average salary that year was around 7 grand? That doesn't sound so cheap. Not to mention, Mike worked for a company where they paid all the expenses for him to take his large family on a business trip? Not to say that such a thing didn't happen, but if it did it would only be for some high producing employee that they didn't want to lose to the competition of whom they were already paying a very high salary for.

[@dearbrad1996]

Hey what a great show! I enjoyed watching it so much. It brought back a lot of memories from my youth ❤

[@chrisnewman7281]

Gregg hasn’t told his father about ‘Johnny bravo’

[@TomBeiter]

For a minute, I thought that was Robert Reed narrating.

[@Jleed989]

At the end Marsha stopped wearing a bra. Some kind of protest

[@Dwayne-mb2uj]

They told her to put it back on.

[@althunder4269]

That was Elizabeth Montgomery in Bewitched.

[@dennisgoodnight2029]

So did Jan.

[@Clyde-2055]

I alway wondered if ole Greg was test driving both Marsha and Jan …

[@spankynater4242]

He burned all kinds of rubber on them.

[@andyhamilton8940]

Mike liked to cruise for dudes in those convertibles.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jonmarks1862]

lol

[@alfx5432]

​@@jonmarks1862 you mean girls

[@NomenClature-o8s]

He got bent over a hood a few times.

[@tommurphy4307]

when he was inspector adam tobias he felt like a stud- but he hated working on brady bunch because he thought it to be beneath him. probably didn't stop him from railing some of mannix's co-stars, though.

[@bradleywilkinson8882]

It only seems like yesterday watching the original shows. Time goes so fast,it's scary.

[@thomaslord7995]

1:45 Charlie Martin Smith getting pressured to buy Greg's Bel Air.

[@robertwheatley2471]

The 1971 B5 blue Plymouth Barracuda is by far the most valuable car in the series and today is probably worth $100K+. Basically a 401K on wheels.

[@derrickjackson6737]

Damm right that Barrcuda is worth $100000❤ not cheap anymore

[@robertwheatley2471]

@@derrickjackson6737 I forgot to mention it being a convertible which is basically like a small pot of gold. Could have bought a project 71 cuda vert 20 yrs ago but passed on it. Big mistake.

[@tommurphy4307]

it was totaled by the guy who got a great deal on it. that '71 is not worth that much unless its got the hemi or the super commando.

[@robertwheatley2471]

@@tommurphy4307 --I almost guarantee today even if it had a 340, 383 or a 360 stroker that barracuda convertible would get plenty of $$$ if it was in a clean #2 condition. I think any rust-free '71 barracuda vert gets big bucks..

[@derrickjackson6737]

Wonderful memories old skool GM and Mopar timeless classic these cars worth some money after 50 years

[@tommurphy4307]

those cars weren't classics- the studios usually haggled for stuff that the dealers were stuck with- meaning they were ordered by the dealers for lot stock, and if they were optioned too heavily- they would blow them out at cost because they were hard retail sells.

[@KEVIN-sx1ed]

This show might have been a way to advertise cars,especially Station wagons,to families across the country. My best friend Dad had a early 1970's Chevy station wagon,just like the Bradys.

[@calartian85]

Marsha’s blue sweater informed my adolescence.

[@stuartrigler1869]

Doug’s TR6 is an early one. That style was built between 1969 and 1972. The ‘73 had been considerably changed.

[@davidgarris2513]

Doug looks like he's 25, not 18. 😳🤔

[@tommurphy4307]

i loved smoking TR6's off the stoplight in my 510- the looks on their faces at the next light!

[@Scott-ri2sy]

always partial to English sports cars

[@yungkidnf]

Mike Brady loved him a clean donk 🤣🤣🤣

[@tommurphy4307]

married- keep it on the down-low.....

[@Jayhawk973]

It's cool that they got Robert Reed to narrate this. I never knew it existed!

[@magnumspiering9442]

Marsha Marsha Marsha

[@HomerJ1964]

Football star, Doug Simpson looks to be about 32 years old.

[@Clyde-2055]

Marcia just liked doing older guys. Remember the dentist? Davey Jones and Desi Arnez, Jr.?

[@davidmitchell6873]

They were older so they could afford to help her with her nasty little habits.

[@trudygreer2491]

​@@davidmitchell6873With all the bills of 6 kids plus 2 contstant car payments, and a maid, it must've been hard to keep Marcia in new miniskirts every week!

[@tommccallan8802]

🎉 he was cuz he just came off the movie Sound of Music

[@trudygreer2491]

@@tommccallan8802 He was 22 yo when this episode was filmed. Closer to Spider-Man than to Friedrich!

[@EdBriggs-b6m]

Back in the mid to late 1990's, I was in Orange County Calif at a well known Cuda restoration shop on the hunt for both the Mannix or Brady Bunch cuda convertibles. we got some leads remember no internet then but sitting in front of the shop was the blue Brady Bunch 1970 Fury convertible needing restoration. then owner offered it to me he had all documentation from the studio. he wanted $3,000 for it, car was all there and had no rust but needed restoration. seems cheap but at that time you could buy a 70 fury rag running and driving for about $500. told my kids about it but they showed no interest in it so I didn't buy it. later heard it was sold and shipped to Japan. never found the Cuda convertibles.

[@dw8840]

The Bradys sure went through a lot of cars

[@tommurphy4307]

they had share with mannix and mannix and co. were tough on cars.

[@ChadBest-ug8uo]

Funny how "rat bastard" Eddie comes back to dupe Marcia as Jerry Rodgers in the playbook episode. What a SLIMEBUCKET! 1:00

[@richardrice8076]

9:16 I believe that's a '60 Rambler. 9:25 that's a '64 Plymouth next to the Cougar. Sadly all these cars ended up in the crusher. If we only knew......... another fun trip down memory lane, nicely done, thank you. How 'bout the Beverly Hillbillies? Bewitched? Rte.66?

[@sethfriedman2462]

Mr. Drysdale drove a Chrysler.

[@richardrice8076]

@@sethfriedman2462 an Imperial I believe and Miss Hathaway a dart.

[@mexicanspec]

That was Southern California where a lot of the old cars still exist today.

[@jeffclark2725]

Oh the memories of that TV show and all the cars, which convertable was it that had the umbrella poke through the soft top??

[@martinliehs2513]

That was the Barracuda.

[@mikelathen8397]

Cool.

[@nealwhaley63]

That Barracuda looks awesome.

[@phillipmullis7904]

Cool , but it makes me feel old that all those cars are classics now.

[@lukasgarage956]

71 Barracuda is way groovy

[@titusdixon2758]

What a great era of cars

[@Alan-lv9rw]

What’s more American than the Bradys in a station wagon?

[@jeffrobodine8579]

Mike is the only person ever that always got out of his car on the passenger side after a hard day of work.

[@Clyde-2055]

Lots of women used to do that back in the late 50’s and early 60’s … And Mike Brady and Perry Mason …

[@trudygreer2491]

​@@Clyde-2055Especially if you were parked streetside! One more thing a big ol' bench seat was good for!

[@tommurphy4307]

@@Clyde-2055 and bill hopper

[@tommurphy4307]

@@trudygreer2491 you mean getting chinese take-out?

[@ph7346]

Mike was at the Blue Oyster Bar half the time..

[@markdc1145]

Ah the 1970s! When families owned 2-door convertibles and not an SUV nor a crossover in sight!

[@tommurphy4307]

too butch for mike brady....

[@xeutoniumnyborg1192]

Guess Marcia had a thing for guys who drove Triumphs.

[@tommurphy4307]

they didn't have time for other girls cuz they were too busy cleaning the gas, oil, and coolant off the driveway.....

[@geoffthecarpenter]

Marsha Marsha Marsha! What cars?

[@lylejohnston4125]

I would've loved to start out with that '56. It was much, much nicer than my '55 2 dr. post. I paid $75 bucks and towed it home with froze up 283 in it. That was fall of '76 and I still have it. BTW, was that "Toad" from American Graffiti that Greg tried to sell the '56 to?

[@RudeCustoms]

In the Fender Benders episode, they use a '72 (or possibly '73) Cuda Convertible that was actually customized to be a convertible as Chrysler never released a '72/'73 convertible Cuda.

[@ArmpitStudios]

Nice shot of Marcia in the thumbnail, which is why I'm watching this now. 😍🤤

[@John60s70s]

Me too 😍.

[@kevinbarry71]

Yes but she was a psycho

[@ArmpitStudios]

@@kevinbarry71 Hardly. What proof do you have of that claim?

[@scottgordin9709]

Good lort, they had more new vehicles in the few years the show was on than I’ve had in the thirty years I’ve been driving! 😂🤣😂

[@gagemoss1075]

What a gold mine--I'm jealous. I wish I had thought of this. Keep them coming and I'll be a new subscriber.

[@jonnyz69]

9:16 Rambler

[@PapaWoody440]

Half of the fun of watching old TV shows is the cars. Watch Adam-12 and look at the car in the background. Cars worth $100k today, just parked on the street.

[@drobson8004]

I watch Adam 12 on a regular basis. I'm pretty sure I've seen very few 100k cars.

[@PapaWoody440]

@@drobson8004 Watch closer, Porsche 356s and Jaguar XKEs make appearances often. There was also an episode where a gal that Reed and Malloy pulled over became obsessed with Pete, and a new 911 showed up in the parking lot at the station as a gift from her. Look up what a nice '69 911 Targa is going for. Well's '68 Camaro RS from the episode where they were trying to get street racers on a strip would be worth a few bucks today, and I remember a light blue '59 Corvette with a white top that showed up in a couple of episodes. There's also one where Reed walks down the sidewalk next to a white '68 or '69 Corvette convertible with the rear panel blacked out. Could have been just a base 350 car, but guys with the really badass cars were the ones I remember doing stuff like that back when I was a kid. A 427 convertible would be worth a mountain of cash these days.

[@tommurphy4307]

most of the 100K cars you see nowadays were stored safely away instead of being parked on the street. you can't reasonably offer an appraisal on cars that old simply by their appearance- they have to be unusually optioned and collectible to begin with.

[@PapaWoody440]

@@drobson8004 KZbin apparently didn't like my comment, so I'll post it again. Or at least an abbreviated version. Watch closer. Porsche 356s and Jaguar E Types are seen parked on the curb more than a few times. Look for '59 Cadillac and Impalas convertibles, both go for well north of 100k at auction regularly. Also, remember the episode, The Things You do for the Job? The blonde that Reed and Malloy pull over (in her E Type convertible) who becomes infatuated with Pete? Remember what showed up in the parking lot with a note that said "To Pete With Love"? A red 911 Targa. Even if it was a bottom trim T model, $100k for a long hood 911 Targa is hardly out of the question

[@PapaWoody440]

@@tommurphy4307 If you watch Dennis Collins' Coffee Walk, you can see what happens to cars that get stored "safely away" in garages. Wayne Carini has also found more than a few nightmare cars that were tucked away by people who had no idea what just sitting for a decade or two does to cars. As for "most" cars, that's a sweeping generalization, and I sincerely doubt you'd have found anyone in 1969 who would have thought that a Jaguar E Type or a 10 year old Impala convertible would ever sell for over $200k, but I've sat and watched it happen more than a few times. To be fair, you can't simply list a car at a BJ auction, they have to accept it, so there won't be project car or beaters. But we aren't talking about rough examples. I remember an episode where two guys were street racing and an old lady backed out of her driveway causing one to swerve and flip his car. It was a yellow '69 Camaro RS convertible. Not a $100k car, but you sure as hell wouldn't park it on the street these days. I had an issue of Hot Rod from August of '73, and in the back was a Dodge Daytona being advertised for $2500. It was just an impractical gas guzzler with a big wing and a nose that made it run hot in traffic, in 1973. I'll give you a few examples of cars you don't need an inspection of to know their value today, if in very nice condition. 1959 Impala convertible. Options were few, and the cowl tag on GM cars that old don't tell you much, as would the fender tag on a '70 Plymouth or Dodge which list every single option. You got the body style, assembly plant, if it had a V8 or a 6, the interior and exterior colors, if it had cloth, vinyl, or the combination interior, and I believe it would also tell you if it had tinted glass and the padded dash. But, which V8? Nope. 1959 Cadillac convertible. Option coding was a bit better, but most were well optioned. Even a bottom level Series 62 was nearly $6000 in 1959. Half the price of an average house in the US. People spending that on a car wouldn't likely skimp on common options like AC, a heater, or power seats. Even so, not having power windows or AC on one isn't going to get you a bargain. A quick search came back with the lowest price for a nice on of $155k. Pretty much any Porsche 356, and early A series, easily identifiable by the single grille, will go for stupid money. Back then, it was just a 10 or so year old used car. My grandfather bought a '62 new, and the options were interior and exterior colors and the base, Super or Super 90 engines. Literally nothing else. Again, a Super or Super 90 will bring crazy money, but a normal still won't be cheap. And when it comes to musclecars, there are people who will actually pay a premium for a low option car like a '68 Road Runner where the whole idea was having the car be as light (and cheap) as possible.

[@CarlosVazquez-p4c]

My father's last family car was a 1972 Plymouth Satellite station wagon.

[@CarlosVazquez-p4c]

He owned it between 1980 to 1987

[@jamesrecknor6752]

We had a blue one

[@CarlosVazquez-p4c]

@@jamesrecknor6752 👏 wow 👏. Ours was light blue 💙 too

[@danlilly1790]

Very comprehensive and informative! Thanks!

[@newlam7958]

My parents had a 1967 Plymouth Grand Fury V8 station wagon.

[@dh2360]

Enjoyed the compilation of cars, I'm looking to own one or two of those models in the tv series.

[@tommurphy4307]

look around LA or in the valley and there are car guys who specialize in celebrity and prop cars. worth a shot.

[@ThomasTalbotMD]

What a fun and interesting review. This must have taken a lot of work! Strangely, I remember many of these episodes, especially the car accident and Oliver.

[@delano62]

Adam 12 had cool cars too.

[@FatSal619]

Marcia !marcia !marcia ! 🤠

[@leonb2637]

Many shows of the 1960's and 1970's had cars and light trucks provided for use in them by the 'big 3' for low or no cost as product placement for marketing purposes. Looking at that video, it reminds me of about the same age of the young women in it. For sure their hairstyles, outfits were common for the time.

[@TheSchmed]

3:15 nice sweater meat Marcia. 3:26 what ? A prostate exam ? 7:12 Marrone ! Carol got a wide load there, and “I like it !”

[@markthompson9056]

Mr. Brady drove the Oscar Meyer " Weinermobile " and was often rear ended.

[@orbitty1354]

69 satellite, my first car. It was gold, too 😅

[@tommurphy4307]

they were popular- we still see some barn/field finds out in the desert. body parts are expensive and you pretty much have to join a club to get leads on original parts. same with older datsun Z and 510 body parts. looking for a '68 510 2-door sedan- any condition.

[@aaronmcallister-rv7uo]

The Brady Bunch has a nice car collection all the old cars you mean bro they are very hard to find California known for the Classic Whips. That’s what I’m talking about the Brady Bunch memories of the 70s and 80s.

[@Kinann]

0:12 Marcia Marcia Marcia...

[@clarkgriswald9909]

The interesting thing about the blue 1971 Barracuda convert is, it appeared in the following season with the taillight panel and grill changed out to 1972 pieces, making it a "1972 Barracuda convertible," which was a car Plymouth never made. They did the same thing with the Challenger convertibles on Mod Squad.

[@tommurphy4307]

always liked the late 60's cudas better. got my eye on a '69 barracuda savage 340, fastback, aluminum heads and 4-speed. the guy wants a grip for it- but i'll keep pestering. he won't trade me for my '68 fastback 383-S (4-sp w/factory hurst) for some reason- worth about the same. gotta be his girl wants the $$$$.

[@georgiasmith64]

(I only remember the vista cruiser the Foremans owned, one could cruise the vista according to Red 😀!)

[@steveperelli3602]

I love the cars I love the word barracuda. It’s like the heart song and the fish and a car. 🚗

[@bobski7032]

🤔

[@bobsebring2819]

they always drove boats in that show with the exception of the Plymouth Baracuda

[@jvu5106]

awesome video. I first thought it was Mike Brady/Robert Reed narrating this video, your voices are very similar.

[@goosubux]

I always thought Jan was cuter than Marcia.

[@randywatts6969]

Surprising to see Imogene Coca on one episode

[@louisborselio8608]

Doug Simpson was the first on screen Spiderman

[@maxwellspeedwell2585]

Marsha was too young, and Mrs. Brady was too old but I watched it anyway. Oh Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!

[@tommurphy4307]

you wanted alice and was jealous of sam.....right?

[@plymouths99]

Mike is example of P-whipped looks like.😂

[@henryarn]

Id love to have that bel Air !

[@philspear73]

Exiting that Fury out the passenger side??? Bizarre 🤣

[@lotwizzard1748]

ah yes i remember marshas driving test episode🍆

[@57buickcentury]

2:41 That's Maureen McCormick's actual birthdate (August 5, 1956) on Marcia's license.

[@mikegarrens5286]

Greg, didn't Eddie try to steal your playbook also

[@johnnyringo9759]

I never trusted Doug Simpson with Marcia. He only had one thing on his mind!!!

[@Clyde-2055]

Most teen boys that watched the show had that same thing on their mind as ole Doug Simpson …

[@tommurphy4307]

her mom? maybe alice? she wasn'r really gay

[@johnnyringo9759]

Jan was LGBT before it was trendy!!!

[@erickort1987]

marcia brady was hot AF back then

[@micronut6082]

That convertible barracuda today is worth close to a million dollars in that condition.

[@impalaman9707]

I thought it was kinda selfish that Mr. Brady got to drive the Barracuda convertible to work every day, whilst Greg had to drive the family wagon to school. Mr. Brady could make the argument that he was the boss of the family and making the money, so he deserves it