Chevrolet Nomad - Pop Culture

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In the '70's TV show "Starsky and Hutch", in one episode they chased an orange '55 Nomad. Starsky correctly referred to it as a Nomad on the show, instead of "station wagon".

In contrast, numerous times the '55 Nomad was the vehicle driven by Jill Taylor (Patricia Richardson) on the sitcom Home Improvement, the Nomad was referred to as the "station wagon", although Tim Allen desired to and did correctly refer to it as "the Nomad" in at least two other episodes. In one episode Tim Allen destroys a 2-dr Handyman Wagon painted to look like the Nomad in the series. The Nomad was never damaged.

A Turqoise '57 Chevrolet Nomad was driven by MacGyver in the episode "Harry's Will" in the sixth season.

3 separate Nomads were used in the 1989 movie, "Dead Poets Society;" One 1955 and two 1956 Nomads.

In the 2010 movie, "Flipped," the primary family car was a 1957 Nomad.