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Shep loved to travel and often spoke about
cars and driving down the Jersey Turnpike, being out in his
plane, or driving around New York on his motorcycle.
Note the photos, unless otherwise noted are
symbolic of vehicles he owned and are not the actual ones.
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Cars
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Shep's Cars
as mentioned on various shows.
Thanks to Rich B. for the info
6/6/63 Shep's Beard; Grinding
Valves
learned to drive on '37 Pontiac; 1st car a '33 Ford
Roadster, black
4/3/65 Great Generator Hunt
'37 Ford
2/25/66 Tell the Story Already
got new blue Ford after the Army
11/16/69 Clunker of All Time
another 1st car, light gray Ford
12/31/76 ?date Mill Mail Truck
GMC/Chevy panel truck, BLUE (says GREEN 12/31/68 ?date
12/31/76 ?date Pickle Color Paint Job
'49 Ford
3/23/65 NAB Convention
Peugeot 403
12/16/71 Used Cars
Hudson Hornet
3/30/77 Historyland
incident in a Crosley, though not his
7/29/66 Style
'31 Chevy Roadster Independence Cabriolet
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A photo of Shep's 1931
Chevrolet Independence taken by
Fred McDarrah, who also took the famous 'poster
shot' and it appeared in one of McDarrah's books, "Beatgeneration". |
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According to this add in
theSpring 1959 issue of the Evergreen Review Shep owned the
Gogomobile
pictured. |
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Rover 2000tc was a constant
sponsor during the 60's and Shep mentioned that he was
expecting delivery on one during one of his shows. |
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These 2 photos are from author
Eugene Bergmann. |
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The MG-TD. Several times Shep said he
owned one. In fact, on the
October 1971 show called "Devils, Blackout in the
Woods" - Shep talks about driving his to Upper Michigan
for a fishing trip, then, in the AM, being spooked by
the darkness during the day, driving back home. He says
he did this after he got out of the army, before getting
a job. However, that would have been 1944-1945, and the
MG-TD was only produced from 1949-1953, so he must have
had the TD during or after that period. I don't know
what color his was.
An earlier model of the MG (MG-TC) was
produced during 1945-1949, but Shep very specifically
said he'd had a TD model, and though they might look
similar to a novice, we MG-T series nuts easily tell the
difference, and so Shep, a car nut, would not have
made such a mistake. In fact, as the TC is the more
classic, more rugged model, he'd have been sure to say
TC if that's what he'd owned (In my tape of
Shep talking to S.J. Perelman, Perelman says he
owned a TC.)
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The Morgan (British -he
advertised them in the late 1950s/early 1960s) and actually
owned one. When he advertised it on the air he said one
could send for a Morgan brochure--and this black and white
image is from the very brochure Gene sent for and still
has! |
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Motorcycles
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According to one of the members
of the Red Onion Jazz Band, which performed in "Look
Charlie", Shep rode a "Cushman" You can see Shep on his
Cushman on the first page of the "Look Charlie"
program which Shel Silverstein drew. He is riding up the
lower leg of the letter "K" |
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Planes
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Shep owned a 1973 Grumman American AA-1A Yankee - FAA # N73JS and it is
still registered under his name with the FAA
It was registered April 5, 1973
In the late 60s he took
flying lessons
at Princeton Airport. His instructor was Bob Hall
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Bicycle
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Shep claims to have owned a green Elgin
bicycle as a kid. It was stolen
when he
went to the local A&P for bread and left it unattended out front. |
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