Here's the scoop the the 1961 police car debate. I own a 1961 Ford Galaxie and have spent a fortune in making it perfect. A couple of summers ago my wife and I went to the Smokie Mountains. In downtown Gatlinsburg, there is a Car Museum. Inside the car museum they have a 1961 Ford Fairlaine that they say was used on the set. First off the car was painted in gloss black and white. All of the cars used on the set of TAGS were painted in a dull white and black, so as not to interfere with camera shots. Secondly, the police car in the museum had a bubble window, and fairlaine emblems. When I realized this I thought they must be wrong and this car couldn't have been used on TAGS!!!! I thought I knew right away that this was not the correct car used on TAGS because I was certain it was a galaxie like all of the other years used on the show. So I like most of you, have always thought that TAGS only used Galaxies. I went home and started watching tags episodes, to my dismay, it was indeed true that they used a 1961 Fairlaine. The 1961 Galaxies and Fairlaines are identical in body style!!!!! But the only difference is that the Fairlaines had rear BUBBLE WINDOWS........so the car used in the 1961 season is indeed without a doubt a fairlaine. I love my 1961 galaxie and have spent over $25,000 restoring it. Most people don't know the difference! I have only run into a handful of people who have realized this. They were car nutts and knew every little detail about fords. Just this past fall my wife and I were fortunate enough to drive Richard O. Linke and his wife Bettina in the Ohio University Homecoming Parade. Mr. Linke was the grand marshall of the parade and we got to drive him. It was indeed an honor. For those of you who don't know who he is, he was Andy Griffith's personal manager and executive producer of TAGS. He also managed Jim Nabors, Maggie Peterson, and Ken Berry, all stars from our favorite show. Mr. Linke was so impressed with my car and even stated it was one of the finest he had ever seen and was a true replica. My galaxie replica even slipped by his keen eye! I hope this clears things up about the patrol car debate! Gomer Says Hey from Ohio! Tony Farley **************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://www.dell.com/co ntent/products/features.aspx/laptops_great_deals?c=us%26cs=19%26l=en%26s=d hs%26~ck=anavml) _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
