Also, the 1960 model was only used in the first episode. As the show came out in the fall of 1960 Chevrolet wanted to promote the latest corvette which by that time was a 1961 model. Every year the latest corvette was supplied.
It was never explained how the boys ( well Todd) afforded it tho.
Sorry Nassau, I deleted my post above yours saying that Tod & Buz never drove a red Corvette in the Route 66 TV show. Then again, might be people at Nationals with actual Route 66 coloured cars?
"The show was never filmed in color, so no one ever saw a red Corvette on Route 66. Still, most people assume (and want to believe) that the car Tod and Buz cruised in was a Roman Red Corvette convertible. There never was a red Corvette in the show…and there was a reason.
Because the show was in black and white, and to light the scenes properly when the guys were in the car, the Corvette’s color had to be neutral and not reflect too much light. It had to work with the film crew’s lighting scheme.
Here’s what George Maharis (Buz) said: “It was light blue in the pilot and early episodes, and then it was beige for the run of the series….When they used the beige Corvette, that color absorbed more light and cast less reflection.”
The color for the pilot and early episodes was most likely Horizon Blue. Afterward, the color was Fawn Beige, and finally Saddle Tan on the last Corvette in the show."
