What was the make and model of the truck used on Lassie?
Not a question you ask most women! The cars and trucks were provided by Chrysler, at least through the Timmy and later episodes; if you look at the credits it has a notation mentioning this. So the cars are Chryslers; pretty sure the trucks are Dodges, since Chrysler owns Dodge and I don’t believe Chrysler itself ever had a truck division. I have never seen a model name on any of them; maybe someone else has seen an ID. UPDATE: Alfred Gruhler sent me an informative e-mail about the cars in the Jeff episodes they were not Chryslers. He says “[T]the Miller’s car is a 1949 Ford while Gramps’ pickup is a 1941 Ford.” Of other interest from Alfred: “The Miller’s phone is manufactured by the ‘Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co.’ of Chicago. Kellogg manufactured phones for the independent (non Bell System) phone companies.” Dustin Carpenter adds this information about Ruth’s sedan: “Ruth’s sedan is a 57 Dodge Coronet. You can read the chrome script CORONET above the passenger front wheel opening
Not a question you ask most women! The cars and trucks were provided by Chrysler, at least through the Timmy and later episodes; if you look at the credits it has a notation mentioning this. So the cars are Chryslers; pretty sure the trucks are Dodges, since Chrysler owns Dodge and I don’t believe Chrysler itself ever had a truck division. I have never seen a model name on any of them; maybe someone else has seen an ID. UPDATE: Alfred Gruhler sent me an informative e-mail about the cars in the Jeff episodes they were not Chryslers. He says “[T]the Miller’s car is a 1949 Ford while Gramps’ pickup is a 1941 Ford.” Of other interest from Alfred: “The Miller’s phone is manufactured by the ‘Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co.’ of Chicago. Kellogg manufactured phones for the independent (non Bell System) phone companies.” Dustin Carpenter adds this information about Ruth’s sedan: “Ruth’s sedan is a 57 Dodge Coronet. You can read the chrome script CORONET above the passenger front wheel opening
