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| | 'The Beverly Hillbillies' and Buick? - PreWarBuick.com |
 | | That opening vignette showed them arriving in Southern California: "they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly; Hills, that is." The Clampetts continued to drive it around town, this unapologetic symbol of their strong-willed independence and immunity to social pressures or the scorn of snobbish neighbors. |
 | | Co-starring in The Beverly Hillbillies, along with the truck, were Max Baer as Jethro, Irene Ryan as Granny Clampett, and Donna Douglas as Elly May. The show was created and produced by Paul Henning. |
 | | On May 6, 1976, the "Beverly Hillbillies" truck was donated to the Ralph Foster Museum, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri, by Paul Henning, the producer of the TV show. |
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