ROUTE 66 featured smart and gritty storylines penned by Academy Award winner Stirling Siliphant, which made the show stand out as it followed two buddies cutting across the states in their signature Corvette. By tackling difficult subject matter for the day--such as race, class, and politics--the show captured the free-spiritedness and tumultuousness that were the hallmarks of the 1960s. The last 15 episodes of the third season feature Glenn Corbett as Lincoln Case, the new traveling buddy of Tod Stiles (Martin Milner).