Actor Michael Madsen (Species), well known as Rudy in the remake of The Getaway, used to own a Chevelle 396 in real life (from 20 Questions: Michael Madsen, courtesy of Playboy Enterprises, April, 1996). He drove a 1972 and 1966 Chevelle in a couple of movies (Dead Connection and The Sender).

If anyone had seen a Dukes of Hazzard rerun on TNN, Luke Duke drove a 1968 Chevelle Malibu hardtop with a tunnel-ram 454 motor in Episode 49 (Duke vs. Duke), which raced against the General Lee.  The green Chevelle hardtop (a movie car) used in this episode was later reused in the DOH episodes Miss Tri-County and Welcome Back, Bo and Luke.

There was a music video by Darryl and Don Ellis (1991), in which a 1968 Chevelle ragtop is used as a picture car.

Trisha Yearwood's music video for the 1992 song "Wrong Side of Memphis" (the first release from the album Hearts in Armor) had a 1969 Pontiac Tempest Custom S ragtop used as the picture car.

Country superstar Lorrie Morgan drove a 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme ragtop in the music video "Watch Me" (1992).  The Cutlass has a mismatched rim on the LF; the other rims are Olds SSII (SSIII) rims.  The music video features actor Rick Rossovich as her husband.  Check out Lorrie in a black catsuit (a la Jeri Ryan)!  It might be a forgone conclusion that Lorrie Morgan might have breast implants, since she was 32 when this music video was filmed.  Current pics reveal that she has a pierced navel and possibly, a bOOb job.

Country star Terri Clark drove a 1972 GTO ragtop in the music video "Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me" (1996).

Jo Dee Messina drove a red 1967 GTO in one of her music videos (Bye Bye), and the "picture" car had a glue-on windshield mirror.  The windsheld mirror sequence was recycled several times in the music video.

There was an A&E documentary about the biography of the Long Dynasty (Gov. Huey Long), in which his son, Russell, campaigned in 1965 for a seat in Congress. A 1965 El Camino is seen as a campaign vehicle.

A Tales From the Crypt episode, which aired in 1992, had Brad Pitt as a drag racer, and he drives a Corvette Yellow 1969 Chevelle SS 396. The Chevelle crashes in the final scene (he races a 1957 Chevrolet), and the crashed car had doors from a 1968 Chevelle hardtop (a spoof, possibly a clunker car as the stunt vehicle!).

A TV commercial for the ultra Gain challenge had a scene with a dog behind a fence, and a 1968 Chevelle is seen under a carport.

In a couple of National Geographic issues (May 1983, p. 603), a 1969 Chevelle 300 Deluxe hardtop is seen, along with a mid 70s Malibu Classic. Both cars are thrashed and vandalized on 6th Street in Brooklyn. The December 1969 issue (with Apollo 11) had an ad for the 1970 Chevelle SS on the last page.

On a recent episode of Dateline NBC, there was a segment about the Atlanta Child Murderer, in which one of Wayne Williams' family members vehicles was a 1970 Chevelle station wagon. There was a picture shot of the interior, which looked thrashed and decrepit.

The seventh episode of 240-Robert (a TV series like today's Baywatch), which aired on October 15, 1979, had two doped-up kids driving a yellow 1971 Chevelle hardtop, which crashes into a gas station (shades of Christine).   The car is incinerated after the 240 team pulls out the two doped-up kids.

I have seen part of an episode of the current FOX TV show "That 70's Show", in which a 1968-72 El Camino was featured.

Dr. Dre's music video for the song "Let it Ride" {from the album "The Chronic"} (in which he drives a black 1964 Impala lowrider) had 2 A-bodies featured, and they include a 1970-72 Cutlass Supreme (which is a lowrider) and a 1971 Chevelle hardtop (used in a scene in which someone is carjacked).

The box of the CD-ROM game Grand Theft Auto (available at your computer software outlet) features a Saturn Yellow 1970 Buick GSX on the front of the box.

There is a stunt team that shows up at automotive daredevil shows, in which two 1971/72 Chevelle hardtops are launched on a ramp, and crashes head-on.  I do not know the stunt team that does this, but remember seeing this at the Houston Astrodome when I was little, when the Thrill Show and Destruction Derby was a hit.  I have heard a news report that one of the stunt drivers that performed this stunt (a sacrilege to classic Chevelles and A-cars) was killed, when one of the cars collided with the roof, instead of the front end.

Several T.J. Hooker episodes featured classic A-cars, like Blind Justice (Tony Burton is a hitman driving a 1972 Chevelle 4-door sedan), Too Late for Love (a 1972 Cutlass and a 1965 LeMans convertible are seen, and the LeMans was used in a drive-by shooting), and Night Vigil (the scene in which Hooker, Romano, and Corrigan arrest an African-American male and a female accomplice), and in the parking lot scene, a couple of Chevelle hardtops, a 1972 and a 1968, are seen.  The 1968 hardtop is a beater, with a crooked front bumper, and the 1972 hardtop is seen, parked next to a tri-year Pontiac Firebird (1967-69 vintage).

The TV series "Top Cops" (shown on CBS-TV between 1990 and 1993) featured a re-enactment of a high-speed pursuit, and a couple of Canadian A-cars were seen, which include a 1964 and 1968 Beaumont.  The 1968 Beaumont used was a hardtop, and the cop featured in the story was standing in front of a 1968 Chevrolet Bel Air and a 1964 Beaumont.

Tracy Byrd's music video for "Holding Heaven" (which aired in 1993) featured a 1970 Chevelle SS as one of the picture cars.

A music video that aired on CMT or TNN featured a Billy Ray Cyrus song, and a 1970 Chevelle SS is seen as the picture car.  The song appears on a NASCAR country album (1995).

An ad in the August 1998 issue of FHM Magazine (which has Jeri Ryan on the cover, wearing a Victoria's Secret push-up bra) featured a 1972 Chevelle SS hardtop.

A music video for Randy Travis' "An Old Pair of Shoes" (released in June 1993) featured a 1968 or 1969 Chevelle station wagon in one scene.  The music video was filmed in Hawaii.

The short-lived syndicated TV show "Land's End" featured a 1967 GTO ragtop as the picture car.

A commercial for Philips Magnavox featured a 1967 GTO ragtop, in which the guy takes his date and pulls up in his driveway.  He switches on a TV set, and the movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is seen.

A 1970 GTO hardtop was seen in a Magnum P.I. episode, where a chase occurs on a rooftop of a Honolulu-area parking garage.  The GTO rams a Disco-Era Lincoln Continental Mark IV during the chase scene.

Lee Roy Parnell's music video for the song "On The Road" (1993) featured a black 1969 Chevelle SS 396 in one scene.

Ben Affleck* owns a 1970 Chevelle ragtop, which is stated in the opening lines of the December 1999 issue of Playboy, for the monthly Playboy Interview (Playboy Interview:  Ben Affleck, courtesy of Playboy Enterprises, December 1999).  He is no stranger to 1970 Chevelles; a 1970 Chevelle SS 454 (LS5) was featured in Dazed and Confused.  In the film Good Will Hunting (1997)*, there is a scene in the diner, where he spoke about his uncle, and a Chevelle (inknown year) was referenced.  (8/15/00 update:  a pic of his Chevelle was seen in a People Magazine article titled "50 Most Eligible Bachelors.")
*Best Original Screenplay Oscar, 1998; award also won by Matt Damon

A commercial for Gateway 2000 computers (12/9/99) featured a 1964 GTO ragtop.

Country music veteran Vern Gosdin has a 1972 Chevelle SS convertible, stashed in a barn on his property.  I recall seeing the front end of his ragtop on the TV show Crook and Chase (a TNN news/talk show that relates to country and western music) back in 1993.

In the fourth segment of the film Four Rooms, the sequence directed by Quentin Tarantino had a reference to a 1964 Chevelle ragtop.  The Chevelle is the same car used in the movie Pulp Fiction.  Also, a Honda Civic (this does not belong here on an A-car page) is also referenced, and the Civic was seen in both Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown.  In real life, the red 1964 Chevelle ragtop is Quentin Tarantino's car (from "20 Questions, Quentin Tarantino," Playboy Enterprises, November 1994, #3, p. 133), and the car is in storage.

The short-lived TV series "The Idiot Box" (which aired on MTV in early 1991) which stars Alex Winter (of Bill and Ted's fame) featured a 1969 Pontiac GTO or LeMans in one episode.  In this particular scene, Alex Winter is in the trunk of the GTO, beaten and left for dead.

1965 Chevelle 300 sedans were available with the RPO codes B07, BY2, J56, and U11, known as the police package.  (1973 and later police package Chevrolets were known as the 9C1, which was first used with the Chevelle, and later became the SPO code after 1976 for the police package.)  The Chevelle replaced the Chevy II (1963/64) as the compact police car.  (Compact police cars would surface again in 1974, when the LASD tested the Chevrolet Nova for EVOC use.) Most of the time, the cars were used for undercover duty, as well as for administrators (e.g. chief of police, assistant chief, superintendent, et.al.).  Unknowingly, the Olds F85 also had a police option.  1965 was the first year when Chevrolet marketed a mid-size vehicle for law enforcement use (Ford and Chrysler marketed police package compacts), but unfortunately, the police package wasn't available for the 1966 model year.  Back in 1965, the engine options ranged from a 230 six cylinder to a 283 small block.

The police package was reintroduced in 1969, with the Chevelle 300 Deluxe sedan, and a 396 (RPO L35) was the top of the line powerplant in a mid-size A-car.  The 1969 (includes 1970-72) Chevelle police option was the first time that a big block was under the hood of a 4-door Chevelle, before RPO LS3 was a reality.  RPO LS3 is the 402 big block, often referred to as the 400 by Chevelle enthusiasts.  Engine options ranged from a 230 six cylinder to a 396, and if the police option package was powered with a 350 or 396, RPO F41 was standard equipment, as well as front discs and a 12-bolt axle.  To this day, no production figures are available for the B07 Chevelle.

An A-body ragtop (unknown year) is seen in People Magazine (2/14/00), with Britney Spears behind the wheel.  She is also on the cover.

The former Joske's store chain (now Dillard's in Houston, TX) used to have a section of the store labeled "The 442 Shop."  Sorry, the clothing line does not have pictures of the Oldsmobile 442 printed on the merchandise.  I have browsed old newsreels from Houston Chronicle ads of the mid-1970s.

Several Jack In The Box commercials featured a red 1971 GTO convertible, early on in the "Jack's Back" campaign.

In the 5/00 issue of National Geographic (p. 117), a 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix is seen, with a caved-in roof, due to the heat from the Mt. St. Helens volcanic eruption in 1980.  The pic of the Grand Prix is near Meta Lake, and the original owners were gold prospectors.

A TV commercial for Castrol Super Clean Tire Glass (5/13/00) featured a blue 1971 Chevelle SS ragtop with Z28 rims.  The LH rim ends up with a sunbather.

There was a music video with Eddie Money (well known for the hit "Take Me Home Tonight") that featured two 1977 Malibu Classics as lowriders.  A drag race is depicted in this music video.

Texas death row inmate Carl Wayne Buntion, who killed Houston Police officer James Irby in 1990, was a passenger in a 1973 or 1974 Pontiac LeMans coupe (driven by ?Davenport), with Cragar rims.  The car was seen when the Houston-area news stations (KPRC-TV 2, KTRK-TV 13 {ABC 13}, FOX 26, and KHOU 11) played back the shocking footage on TV.

A music video for Dwight Yoakam's song "Long White Cadillac" (1989) featured a 1973 Cutlass, which was a junked vehicle, and overturned.

Dr. Dre's music video for the hit single "Nothin' But a G Thang" featured a 1976 Monte Carlo, and the Monte Carlo is a lowrider.

In the opening credits of the short-lived TV series "Lobo" (late 1970s/early 1980s), a 1976/77 Malibu Classic is seen in the opening credits.

During the L.A. Riots of 1992 (after 4 LAPD cops were acquitted of assault and battery on motorist Rodney King), a 1973 Buick Century is seen spinning out of control at the intersection of Florence and Normandy Streets in South Central L.A.  The Century is wrecked in a head-on collision after evading rioters.

The album cover of Eminem's "Slim Shady" CD featured a 1975 Monte Carlo on the cover.

A Valvoline commercial that recently aired had a 1970 Chevelle SS hardtop seen.

There is a Wonder Years episode that featured a red 1969 Chevelle SS with a fiberglass hood scoop.  (submitted by Mike Harris)

On the classic TV series Bewitched, Darrin drove a 1965 Chevelle SS ragtop.  (submitted by bigguy1740@***.com)

There is an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger (airdate:  6/26/99), that featured a Cranberry Red 1970 Chevelle hardtop, with a poor stripe job and a blacked-out grille. The car does not survive, when a parked car sideswipes it.  (submitted by Jim McAllister)

The TV show First Wave (shown on the Sci-Fi Channel), in which someone is in hot pursuit of an alien.  The alien drives a blue 1971 Chevelle hardtop with white stripes.  There is a drag race with an early 1970s Vette, and there is an interior shot of the Chevelle, which has a bench seat and a column shifter (submitted by Del Woodcock)

A medium green 1971 GMC Sprint SP hauls the band around during a music video by country singer Joe Diffie, titled: "There's Something Women Like About a Pickup Man" (circa 1993 or 1994). It appears to be a big-block with Cowl Induction. (posting courtesy of Dan Carr's El Camino Page, slightly altered)

In a recent episode of VIP, a 1971/72 Chevelle SS ragtop is seen as a picture car, driven by Pamela Anderson Lee.  (submitted by Mikael Enroth )

The music video for the song "Stay The Night" (from the album Chicago 17) by the music group Chicago featured a red 1968 442 ragtop.  The music video first aired in the summer of 1984.  The lead singer, Peter Cetera, ends up on the hood, after he lays his hands on the babe's posterior.  (submitted by Chvelle, posting re-edited from Chevelle Tech, and LTNGRODS@aol.com)

The upscale A-cars like the Malibu, Cutlass, Skylark, and LeMans are demanding a lot more these days, and the appraisal of the luxury models (unmodified and modified) is approaching the glass ceiling.  It's impossible to locate a good example for $2000, and $2000 these days is typical for a rust bucket.  Resale values are averaging @ $5000 and above.  Low mileage and unmodified A-cars, primarily the hardtop and convertible, are averaging near $10,000, and this does not exclude modified A-cars are selling at glass ceiling prices, whenever browsing the car corrals at a swap meet, or a classic vehicle auction.

The 1969-72 A-Specials (often referred to as the G-body by Pontiac), which include the Grand Prix and Monte Carlo, might not be aimed at the musclecar market, but serve as good project vehicles.  A word of warning:  these A-specials came with disc brakes as standard equipment, and when searching the wrecking yards, the disc assemblies often disappear first.

The 1973-77 generation has been deemed the "Forgotten Generation" (coined by Doc and Spiral's Chevelle Page).  This generation has been ignored, since there are no reproduction parts available, due to its low demand.  Often subjected to defenestration and ostracism, this generation has been shyed away from, since the styling cues are unconventional, and deemed illegitimate cousins to the older caste of 1964-72s.  These A-cars, like the 1975-79 X-car, are treated like AMC products.

The 1973-77 A-Specials (Buick Regal, Grand Prix, Cutlass Supreme, and Monte Carlo) are the favorites among lowriders and inner-city youths.  They might be stereotyped as "pimpmobiles", as an alternative to a Cadillac or Lincoln, along with their 1978-88 G-car cousins.

The San Francisco P.D. (which has been portrayed in films like What's Up, Doc, Dirty Harry, and the TV series "The Streets of San Francisco") used to order a fleet of 1973 Chevelle sedans as squad cars.  (Mopar squads were preferred by a majority of law enforcement agencies before 1978, instead of GM, FoMoCo, or AMCs.) These squads were retired during the late 1970s/early 1980s.  Even the USAF military police ordered 1973 Chevelles.  Other cities that used 1975-77 Chevelles as police cars included Dallas, TX, and Cleveland, OH.

1973-77 Chevelles used for law enforcement included the F41 package (front and rear sway bars, and options normally found in EVOC vehicles).  The code for a police package Chevelle was 9C1, which later became the SPO code for Chevrolet police package vehicles from 1976 to 1996, except the Nova (1976-78), and Camaro (1979*, 1991-present).  The Nova was often referred to as the B4 police option, while the Camaro is commonly known as the B4C.
*1979:  20 Camaro Z28s were built for experimental testing by the CHP.  These F-cars were test vehicles only, with amalgamated components from other Chevrolet police vehicles.

1977 might be the last year of the "true" mid-size A-bodies, since the newly-introduced B-cars in 1977 ended the reign.  The B-cars were smaller and lighter by 1000 pounds, due to the downsizing trend of the late 1970s, as a response to the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973/74.  The A-car looked redundant, and the repercussions from the Arab oil embargo led to the downsizing and deindustrializaion of Detroit.  The downsized B-cars were in production for another 19 years, until December 14, 1996, when the final B-car rolled off the assembly line at GM's Arlington, TX plant (now GM Truck Group).