Originally Posted by 68SportFury
Originally Posted by larrymopar360
The car used for Reed and Malloy's close-ups was towed by camera car. The car's windshield showed reflections of the camera and crew, so the car's windshield was removed. However, this led to the wind blowing Reed and Malloy's hair, so a shield was created to enclose the camera and front of the car.


The missing-windshield thing is really noticeable on some shows. The Beverly Hillbillies did it, too, with every car in every scene shot on a soundstage. Windshield out, windows down.

Adam-12 reused a lot of B-roll, and I think that may have been a factor in their continuing to use the '69 Belvedere for an extra year instead of a '70--they had a ton of footage with the '68, shot during season 1, and they reused that with the '69. You can see the '68 marker lights in a lot of the drive-by footage.


Check out the Danny Thomas show where they introduced Andy Taylor for the Andy Griffith show, a '59 Galaxy police car and a T-Bird convertible, no windscreens in either car. Really don't know why they're removed for this show. I do recall that all Andy's police cars seemed to have been sanded to remove the sheen. You'll see in the following video in the first 60 seconds if you're pressed for time.


'68 Fury Convertible
'69 300 Convertible
'15 Durango 5.7 Hemi
'16 300 S Hemi