Since Joe's cars seemed to take almost as many hits
as he did we
figured it might be fun to run a dents and dings total.
This will be a work in progress so bear with us
The Roadster
Another Final Exit
"Knifed in the back" - tonneau
cover sliced up by baddies
looking for a stash - "Do you have any idea how much
that car cost?"
To Kill A Writer
The Roadster gets a bullet hole in
the passenger-side windshield. Then it has to squash a bad
guy against a tree...YUK!T
The Darts
A View Of Nowhere
Brakeline is cut and power-steering
fluid suctioned out of the Dart--Joe has to drive up a runaway
ramp to stop!
The Solid Gold Web
Rear tire is flattened by thugs in attempt
to make Joe's death look like an accident.
Merry-Go-Round For Murder
Car is shot...we forget where
Color Her Missing
Dart locked in garage with motor running.
Joe breaks right rear wing window to cut ropes on his wrists,
then crashes car through doors.
Walk With A Dead Man
Tire shot out
The 'Cudas
Time Out Of Mind
Driver's outside mirror shot out
Figures In A Landscape
Joe is forced to drain radiator and
drive 'Cuda to a standstill in desert. Plus it gets really
dirty!
Bang Bang, You're Dead
Joe purposely crashes car into trash
cans in order to sneak a peek at motel books
A Gathering Of Ghosts
Gas tank is punctured, phone cord is
cut
Days Beyond Recall
Cuda is heroic as Joe uses it to try
to stop car driven downhill by drugged man. Sustains damage
to front and back fenders and right side. Oh,
body man!
Cold Trail
Fired upon repeatedly in a downhill
chase, the 'Cuda is first grazed by a bullet just in front
of the left rear tire, then later we see it sustained a bullet
hole in the wheel well. (Oops!) Wheel is bent following bootlegger
turn. Oh, and the phone went dead!
Wine From These Grapes
Barracuda is shot up pretty bad as
it sits outside Joe's father's house--TV LAND's editors apparently
wanted to spare us the gruesome sight, however.
Cry Silence
'Cuda has gas tank punctured, but that
gets fixed really fast. Then it gets a bad hole in the
windshield on driver's side...a sniper shooting at Joe again.
And then it is stolen!
The Challenger
Mask For A Charade
Car takes three bullets in driver's side door, protecting
Joe. The airplane wasn't so noble--glad he had that
handy handkerchief! (Notice he didn't get shot in First
Class...)
The Camaro
Hardball
Well, Joe burns some rubber off the
tires...
(Say, folks,
if you'd like to know more about what happens to the
Roadster and Challenger and Camaro in MANNIX, come join us
in asking TV LAND and PARAMOUNT why they refuse to
let fans see most of the last two seasons and all of the first?)
Rental Cars
Fear I to Fall
Forced off an embankment and hits a rock
head on
60 to 0 in .2 seconds - OUCH!
Return to Summer Grove
White and Silver Plymouth
Barrel rolls over a cliff after brake
lines are cut -
could've been worse...could've been Dad's car.
Only One Death Per Customer
Dodge Charger Magnum
Dynamite stashed under the hood--whew,
that was close!
The Sound Of Murder
1968 creme-colored Dodge Charger
Joe is run off cliff--car rolls
and is totaled--with style!
Way To A Dusty Death
1956 Red Mercedes Convertible
Run off the road by a some young thugs
on motorcycles
and later burnt to a crisp in the parking lot of a topless
bar -
let's see Joe try to explain that one to the rental
agency!!
Red Jeep
Pushed over cliff by another jeep
- hopefully not from the
same rental agency as the Mercedes!!
Lost Sunday
Gray/green Monte Carlo
Bad cops smash right front fender
and quarter
panel in an attempt to frame Joe
Silent Target
Water pump breaks, leaving Joe stranded
in the desert
Borrowed Cars
Death Run
Bill's Jeep
Encounters some extra "ventilation"
courtesy of the
Earl "Sniper" body shop--then is found lifeless
at the bottom of a cliff.
Wine From These Grapes
Sheriff Cisco's Chevy
Plays chicken with a couple of bulldozers
- loses a headlight
Climb A Deadly Mountain
Plymouth Fury
Kick starts the car, drives though the
barn door and eventually crashes into a tree...gee, Joe, maybe
you should have cleaned the windshield first.
Race Cars
Death is the Fifth Gear
Totaled after smashing
into a wall and catching on fire
Alternate Modes of Transportation
Climb a Deadly Mountain
Twin Engine Piper
Crashes after engine
is struck by lightning
Innocent Bystanders
Edge Of The Knife
Dodge convertible rental in garage
Passenger seat back is stabbed with
a scalpel aimed at Joe!
The Crime That Wasn't
Two cars in parking garage are blown
up by a grenade aimed at Joe
The Glass Trap
Bad guys' car shot when Joe uses it
for cover
A Walk In the Shadows
powder blue Mustang convertible
Joe ducks behind it,
and the bad guy shoots a hole in the windshield
The Crimson Halo
A ton or two of cement misses Joe and
his client--car is flattened
Portrait Of A Hero
Joe uses that handy blue mustang
convertible again as a sniper aiming at him puts three slugs
through the windshield.
A grenade rolls under
the 'Cuda in a parking garage. Joe picks it up and tosses
it away, demolishing a nice gold Lincoln and damaging two
other cars!
