# An iconic automobile šŸ˜ **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** ford\ **Created:** [March 23, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582 "2025-03-23T00:30:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/1 "2025-03-23T00:30:33Z")
Do you remember the _Family Truckster_, from the old _National Lampoon Vacation_ movie? Well, I saw it today. Or, more likely, I saw a replica, which was parked at a rest stop on the NJ Turnpike. Aside from being surprised at this sight, I was also surprised that so few people seemed to notice itsā€¦ uniqueā€¦ styling. Most of the forum members can probably tell that it began life as a 1979 Ford Country Squire. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/5/c50ca07971b2882755cee61df6d4f3d7e6fac970.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/5/c5409464d611c56b83b2ce30bcf579647dad8ee6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/2 "2025-03-23T01:24:44Z")
That was a great movie ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/3 "2025-03-23T01:54:13Z")
Well that really brings me backā€¦to the time I had one (not really tho). But I didnā€™t order it. It was supposed to be the Super Sport Wagon in Antarctic Blue. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/1/8116eb6aed6e3b086d2d43ec84f272ae9a812cac.jpeg "National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) - Clark's New Car Scene (1/10) | Movieclips") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi9SA4fgAB0) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/4 "2025-03-23T02:14:34Z")
You have to be a person of a certain age to catch the reference to the Sport Family Trucksterā€¦ A bit like seeing a black and white 74 Dodge Monaco with a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch V8 plant, cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks made before catalytic convertors so it runs on regular gasā€¦ 106 miles from Chicago, with a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, its dark, driven by guys wearing sunglasses ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/5 "2025-03-23T14:04:56Z")
And black suits. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/6 "2025-03-23T14:06:33Z")
Mystery Machine replicas are popular. Thereā€™s one in a driveway near me. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/7 "2025-03-23T15:37:00Z")
A buddy has a friend that built his own Batmobileā€¦ the 1960s version. And then built Batmanā€™s Tumbler Batmobile. He also has his home office configured as Bruce Wayneā€™s from the 60ā€™s TV show complete with a closet with bat-poles! A serious fan ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/8 "2025-03-24T02:01:58Z")
Actually our local chamber of commerce has a very similar vehicle that is parked in their lot and used for special occasions . They seem to think it is great fun but Iā€™ve never quite understood the connection. Kinda thought it was dumb.. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/9 "2025-03-24T03:28:29Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Kinda thought it was dumb.. The whole Vacation series was dumb. Dumb humor. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/10 "2025-03-24T13:19:32Z")
Dumb humor has been around forever. Laurel and Hardy, Abbott an Costello, Burns and Allen, to name a few. George Burns used to say that heā€™d set up Gracie, stand back, and watch the show. Iā€™m not a high fan of Chevy Chase, maybe itā€™s just that Iā€™m older now. Iā€™m not as fond as I used to be of Lucille Ball and the Marx Brothers. My all time favorite comedy routine is dumb humor: Curly and the Clam. Curly Howardā€™s skills as an actor actually make you believe heā€™s dumber than a clam. I still laugh out loud when I see it. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/11 "2025-03-24T13:29:41Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Iā€™m not a high fan of Chevy Chase Neither are any of the actors and actresses who ever talked about having worked with him. They all reported that he was an inconsiderate, self-centered jerk. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/12 "2025-03-24T14:11:13Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Abbott an Costello, While a lot of the comedy was dumb slap-stickā€¦Their ā€œWhoā€™s On Firstā€ routine is LEGONDARY. Been copied and performed by many comedians. Is considered by many as the best comic routine EVER. It plays non-stop at the Baseball Hall of Fame. It stands up today. Iā€™ve seen kids today who laugh hysterically at it. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/13 "2025-03-24T14:31:56Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > Their ā€œWhoā€™s On Firstā€ routine is LEGONDARY. +1 Even though (as a kid) I thought that Abbbott & Costelloā€™s usual shtick was pretty dumb, Iā€™ve always thought that their ā€œWhoā€™s on Firstā€ routine was very good. And, just to keep this car-related, here is a pic of Lou Costello sitting in his Playboy car, circa 1949. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/3/f3efdd6b130de06d2fcd9088deb53e0aa4b21688.jpeg) For those who are too young to recall the brief hey-day of the Playboy car: [Playboy Automobile Company - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_Automobile_Company) ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/14 "2025-03-24T15:09:40Z")
I was a fan of Jack Benny. I listened to the Jack Benny show on the radio before our family got a television in 1954. We then watched the Jack Benny show on television. I particularly liked the scenes with his Maxwell automobile. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/15 "2025-03-24T15:11:30Z")
The sputtering sounds from his Maxwell were done by Mel Blanc. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/16 "2025-03-24T16:46:43Z")
Red skelton was a favorite when I was a kid. My dad and I used to watch without fail and thought he was hilarious. 30 years later though I didnā€™t think he was that funny. I guess we change. I even really liked Steve Allen. I think in fairness though the current class posing as comedians are truly unfunnny. Maybe itā€™s th3 class of writers. I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/17 "2025-03-24T16:58:42Z")
I think humor is subjective And I also think peopleā€™s perceptions change over time Iā€™m a big fan of classic movies . . . and the humor is often the part that just doesnā€™t work in 2025 ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/18 "2025-03-24T17:53:49Z")
> [@bing](#): > > the current class posing as comedians are truly unfunnny. There have always been acts that I didnā€™t like. Of the newer comedians, Jeff Foxworthy is very funny. His You Might be a Redneck one liners are terrific. The more I listened the more I saw myself in his jokes. After hearing his routines several times, Iā€™ve decided that in addition to us all being bozos on this bus weā€™re all rednecks too. Oh, and Steve Allen is one of my all time favorites. I used to rush home from school to watch his variety show in the late afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/19 "2025-03-24T18:33:58Z")
Iā€™ll have to add that I think the Babylon bee is truly funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582/20 "2025-03-24T19:43:03Z")
Ron ā€œTater Saladā€ White. The funniest of the Redneck Comedy Tour, IMHO. Best storyteller, best timing of any comic working today. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-iconic-automobile/199582.md?page=2)