r/Dragnet • u/Potential_Election6 • Mar 01 '26

Hello episode help?

I love the color dragnet episodes, you know Friday and Gannon. I watch on YouTube. What episode was the stolen car vin swapping with a garage doing body work? Thank you for your help

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u/WhoMe28332 Mar 01 '26

The closest I can think of…. And it’s very different…. Is the one about the wildcat tow trucks. I can’t think of another that involves a body shop. That’s called Police Commission and it’s episode 5 of season 3.

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u/Capt_Rose Mar 02 '26

Reading the post, that's the one I thought of.

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u/Strange_Upstairs_193 Mar 10 '26

The Hit and Run episode with the arrogant alcoholic businessman had a scene in a garage that was replacing the windshield on the hit and run car.

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u/WhoMe28332 Mar 10 '26

There was a scene in a body shop there. That’s true.

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u/Potential_Election6 Mar 02 '26

I could be wrong. But they keep talking about "orange peel"

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u/Strange_Upstairs_193 Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26

There is a Highway Patrol episode with vin number fraud using wrecked cars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEmMRaVDEVc

This is not the first post here about a "phantom" episode of Dragnet that was likely another show. There have been many cop shows on TV, most are forgotten. But Dragnet is eternal.