If the name of the car Ted is selling sounds familiar - nine years after the release of this film, the Dodge division of Chrysler came out with its Coronet model in 1949. It was in production until 1959, and was brought back in 1965 until 1976.
According to the AFI Catalog entry for this picture, this film was to be the first in a series detailing the adventures of the Thomas family. No other films were made.
This film's initial telecasts took place in Los Angeles Monday 23 September 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), followed by Philadelphia Wednesday 16 October 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6) and by San Francisco Tuesday 14 January 1958 on KGO (Channel 7). It first aired in New York City 5 December 1960 on WCBS (Channel 2).
The AFI Catalog lists (with character names) Cy Kendall (Arnold),
Bert Roach (Bert Crouch) and Joe Yule (Mr. Alberts) in the cast, but they were not seen in the movie. The Motion Picture Guide (by Nash and Ross, Cinebooks, Inc., Chicago 1985) also lists Henry O'Neill as a cast member, but he was not seen in the film either.