There was a show, many years ago, called, "my Mother the car"

What was the car on that show? I seem to remember a a boxy form.

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Bill Fisher

'86 560SL (186K) - Now a 'classic' : Registered as an Historic Vehicle
02 E430 in the stable
'14 LS460 (Lexus)
- - - - -
'95 E420 (198K) found a new home
'99 E320 (80K) (gave it's life for me as we hit a bumper)
'95 E420 (231K) Sold to a happy buyer, new to Mercedes
'90 300E (65K) Sold to an Mercedes Lover
'92 190E (215K) - retired to the salvage yard
'93 500SEL (214K) - Moved to another family, still runs like a young pup

The boxy car I'm thinking of was on Bewitched - the aunt's car.

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Thanks for the help
Bill Fisher

'86 560SL (186K) - Now a 'classic' : Registered as an Historic Vehicle
02 E430 in the stable
'14 LS460 (Lexus)
- - - - -
'95 E420 (198K) found a new home
'99 E320 (80K) (gave it's life for me as we hit a bumper)
'95 E420 (231K) Sold to a happy buyer, new to Mercedes
'90 300E (65K) Sold to an Mercedes Lover
'92 190E (215K) - retired to the salvage yard
'93 500SEL (214K) - Moved to another family, still runs like a young pup

"My Mother the Car" was a 1928 Porter.

On "Bewitched", I thought Aunt Clara always "popped" in. I didn't realize she drove a car...

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

didn't dr.bombay drive a rambler? or was that gladys kravitz?

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Unless I am mistaken, that 1928 Porter was a special, purpose-built car for that TV show. There was no Porter car manufactured in 1928, or any other year, IIRC.

Does anyone have a copy of the prewar version of the Standard Catalog of American Cars?
That is the definitive source. Want to sell your copy??

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

for what it's worth, wiki says:

The car used in the show was an amalgam of different cars. "Mother" was built by Barris Kustom Industries and was powered by a 283 cubic inch (4.6 L) Chevrolet V8 and Powerglide automatic transmission. The carnation red body with white top was created from parts of a Model T, a Maxwell, a Hudson and a Chevrolet. Mother's hood, radiator shell and "Porter" radiator script were custom made. The design was anachronistic in many ways, with features from vehicles of the early 1920s and even the 1910s.
In order to create the illusion that the car was driverless whenever "Mother" drove it, a second car with its floorboards removed was used. The driver could then be placed out of sight and could drive the stunt car with the aid of mirrors. "Mother" number one, the stunt car, is currently on display at Tennessee's Star Cars Museum. Number two is in the hands of private collector David Bodnar of Edmonton, Alberta. The Porter wore a genuine yellow-on-black California license plate with the number PZR 317 throughout the show's run, a sequence that would have been current in 1965.

not exactly a well-engineered masterpiece

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."