I have been watching all of the (ORIGINAL)Magnum PIs......I am up to Season 7..Episode #6...About a psycho killer taunting Magnum over the phone...Only two really cool things in this episode; #1) Genesis song "Mama" plays throughout the episode, and #2) at the very beginning, the psycho gets out of his car.....Obviously a Fiero GT....Only the driver's side visible for a second or so......
(By the way..How anyone could think they could make this show work WITHOUT Tom Selleck is beyond me...(For those who don't know, they wanted to make the show about a handsome guy who drives a fast car, gets all the women and NEVER makes a mistake- but SELLECK told them "No way!....Have the guy be a regular Joe who makes mistakes" and that is why the show was successful......I didn't have any interest in watching it when it first came out, but was sick one time and sitting on the couch, bored, so I watched an episode- and was hooked!)
Yeah.......I can't post pics here...what would make you think I could do a screen capture.......?
Here ya go:
GT or SE?
There's a brief shot of the steering wheel as well.
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I'm the original owner of a white ' 84 2M4 purchased Dec 10, 1983 from Pontiac. Always garaged, no rust, 4-wheel drifts are fun!
I was a Magnum fan from the start. The show owes a lot to the Rockford files. Much was based on that show. Select even was on Rockford several times as Lance White a detective that was perfect.
When Selleck was offered Magnum he said he would not do it unless the part was flawed like a Jim Rockford.
They had tried to have Jim on the show but a pending law suit prevented it.
Just to note Rockford was also based on the western Maverick.
All three are some of my favorite shows.
My favorite on Magnum was Higgins. “Oh My God!” Still makes me laugh. Hard to believe John Hillerman really was from a Texas.
The episode still gives me the creeps on how the bad guy quoted the butcher the baker and the candle stick maker as a clue.
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Just going by the wheels.... I'd have to say not a GT. Of course, the wheels could've been swapped.
Even after being around Fieros for over 20 years, for whatever reason it never sank in that the factory wheels on an '85 GT look the same as the regular base model 14" wheels... and not like the 15" wheels found on '86-'88 GTs. (Yes, I know the front '88 wheels have a different width/offset. )
Hyper- everything you said is right on....I really Like "The Rockford Files" because James Garner reminds me of my Father....And then I watched another (Magnum) episode....and another Fiero sighting......"Little girl who?" which is possibly Magnum's daughter....A silver base Fiero next to the Ferrari (Parked).....
My Favorite Fiero sighting is "How I met Your Mother" Because it is in a number of episodes....But it just amazes me that people will drive a car and not have ANY idea how to fix ANYTHING on it, so that when it finally "Dies" they have to.....bury it. I have replaced an engine (2.8 to 3.4), a trans (4 spd to 5 spd), both front and rear subframes....the only body parts still stock are the 2 front fenders, just replaced the whole driver's door......I know I am an exception, but come on people...Try to have some mechanical ability (Texting and drinking is fun, but really doesn't earn you any money- or SAVE you any)...
Oh, and Rwdplz.....Yep, you had it way back then.......Sorry...I'm just a rerun......
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Originally posted by cvxjet: I have replaced an engine (2.8 to 3.4), a trans (4 spd to 5 spd), both front and rear subframes....the only body parts still stock are the 2 front fenders, just replaced the whole driver's door......I know I am an exception, but come on people...Try to have some mechanical ability (Texting and drinking is fun, but really doesn't earn you any money- or SAVE you any)...
Hey Buddy, We all have our particular skills... I'll post all your pictures for a year if you replace my cracked exhaust headers with my stock manifolds!
I know I am an exception, but come on people...Try to have some mechanical ability
I dunno, this might be similar to insisting that everyone have some musical ability. I don't think it works that way. Everyone is different, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. My mom could figure out most anything mechanical, but couldn't carry a tune. My dad could hear a song once, and then play it beautifully on the piano. Yet, he couldn't replace the cap on a tube of toothpaste without cross-threading it. They're both long gone, but I continue to appreciate what came naturally to each of them.
Hey!!!! I can play guitar....I actually could EARN a living with my guitar......Stand on a street corner playing....Guy walks up and hands me a $20...."You like my playing?"....."NO! Please stop- just stop..." I could make quite a bit of money- until someone decided to......."Fix" the problem......(Luckily, I can run fast!)
I just don't get how they just gave up on the Fiero like...."It's unfixable".......Yes, rusted to death, or caught fire and burned to nothing.....But the engine and trany are so easily replaced...Maybe not "YOU"(Marshal on HIMYM)....But if you have enough money to buy another car, you have enough to pay to have a new engine installed.
A while back I finished watching Rockford Files. I've seen I think 2 seasons of Magnum PI so far. It seemed really fitting that there should be a tie-in between the shows, given that Magnum started pretty shortly after Rockford ended, and Selleck had been on Rockford. But I guess the legal disputes with Garner are what stopped that from happening.
The very last episode of Rockford that was filmed (but not the last episode aired) was actually in Hawaii. And if I remember correctly Selleck was in that episode, but he was playing the ridiculous character he had been given on a couple older episodes of Rockford. He wasn't playing Magnum - too bad.
One of the Rockford season 5 episodes had a unique car in it. At first glance it looked like an ordinary 2nd-gen Firebird.. until it drove past. According to the internet, this car was modified by Pininfarina for GM and is the only one that exists. A guest star character on Rockford Files was driving around in this thing like it was no big deal. The show never said a word about it.
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Originally posted by cvxjet: I just don't get how they just gave up on the Fiero like...."It's unfixable".......Yes, rusted to death, or caught fire and burned to nothing.....But the engine and trany are so easily replaced...Maybe not "YOU"(Marshal on HIMYM)....But if you have enough money to buy another car, you have enough to pay to have a new engine installed.
I missed who "they" is - but you're describing something that kills me here in California. I used to live in IL, where rust murders cars. Despite that, there was a pretty strong culture of keeping old cars running (in the 90s anyway). Out here, rust is hardly an issue, but people are highly inclined to throw them away instead of getting them fixed. You can walk around a CA junkyard and find countless nice old cars that make you shake your head as to why they were junked. Overly pedantic emissions rules and the state's version of "cash for clunkers" also plays a part, by keeping cheap cars out of the hands of people who would like to legitimately buy them, fix them, and use them. There's an awful lot of waste out there, and in a low-rust climate, it can be frustrating to see.
Older cars are more serviceable than newer ones, so as the older cars disappear, the owners lose their opportunity to develop this skill. The price of professional repairs from shops on newer cars won't get any cheaper either. Many people get excited about a new car with 500hp hiding in a black box that says "Do Not Open". I'd rather have 100hp in a car that I can understand, learn, and maintain myself. It's a much more rewarding experience IMO. Financially, I think getting an older car professionally repaired is often a better investment than buying a new car payment, but people like the predictability of monthly payments. Some people in my family are like that.
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I was referring to "How I met Your Mother" where Marshall had to say goodbye to the Fiero he had owned since he was 16 (owned at least 10 years) because it broke down.....I believe the mechanic said something about it needing $3000 to fix...which in my opinion would cover a engine/trany swap....
My neighbor's son just bought a 1965 Dart 270(He also has a small dog)....pretty good shape, blue in color....So I went to see my Dr. on Thursday, and when I came out, there is a mid-60s Dart 270, blue, with 2 dogs in it in the parking lot.....I noticed a white-painted roof......Get home, and the kids car is still home, with a blue roof.....Talk to him and he stated that just recently he had seen one exactly like his- including the blue roof....That means there are >>THREE<< mid-60s Dart 270s runnin' 'round San Leandro.....unbelievable! (Or, they are multiplying!!!)
Oh, and Pontiac built a few show/concept cars over the years with that Kamm-back roof-line added onto firebirds.....Some had it so the side windows opened for access....Appears that they did it to at least a 1977-78, then the 79-81, then a 3rd gen....and then someone did some after market conversions for the 4th gen Firebirds, "Hurst hauler"......
The last time a stranger got into a conversation with me about my Fiero, he expressed surprise that it "still" runs. I think some people think of cars as having a definite lifespan, and that when they get old they're destined to be a "lemon". They really just need to be caught up on repairs and then they can be reliable again. Admittedly, this is more difficult when you rely on a mechanic, who might not be thorough about investigating anything beyond the immediate complaint.
The most expensive things that can go wrong on a car are engines and transmissions, but those last a very long time if they aren't abused or neglected. Transmissions might be a mixed bag, but iron headed pushrod engines are very robust things.
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That means there are >>THREE<< mid-60s Dart 270s runnin' 'round San Leandro.....unbelievable! (Or, they are multiplying!!!)
That's weird, and awesome, but then there's a potential downside: When you have a distinctive vehicle, you probably don't want to get a bad reputation with the local populace, or especially with the police. That's something I try to remind myself of living in a rural area, but it's probably not as much of an issue in a real city. If one of the 3 Dart drivers is a jackass, hopefully they don't bring disrepute on the others.
I think there are 2 actively driven Fieros around me - mine and another that's the same color. I don't think the other guy is a troublemaker though. As long as the County Sheriff guys aren't hassling me when they catch me driving 5-over, then I guess I'm not in their bad graces.
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Oh, and Pontiac built a few show/concept cars over the years with that Kamm-back roof-line added onto firebirds.....Some had it so the side windows opened for access....Appears that they did it to at least a 1977-78, then the 79-81, then a 3rd gen....and then someone did some after market conversions for the 4th gen Firebirds, "Hurst hauler"......
It looks goofy to me, but I guess it was a bit of a trendy idea in the 70s. I remember some 70s Lamborghini that Jay Leno showed with a rear end like that.
One of the Rockford season 5 episodes had a unique car in it. At first glance it looked like an ordinary 2nd-gen Firebird.. until it drove past.
That's especially interesting because Rockford never had a Firebird with the new '79+ (or was it '78+?) front fascia; supposedly James Garner didn't like the look. So one sneaked in anyway!
A couple months ago, we were talking here about one of the 90s-era Rockford reunion shows which had a Fiero in it.
Yes Jim did not like the 79 so they kept the old cars after upgrading in the previous years.
The paint on those cars were modified to better show in the camera.
They just sold one of the cars recently. It had the mic wiring still in it and labeled. Several of the cars are still around.
The truck is still owned by the guy who bought it from the show and it is still original.
I have the whole series and both movie DVD’s. I worried they were not going to make the second movie DVD but they finally did.
The Rockford or the bootleg turn Jim did often on the show was taught to him by Curtis Turner the NASCAR driver and ex shine runner. He taught him that in the field behind the back straight at Charlotte speedway.
I got to meet Jim Twice at Indy car races. Once at Indy and at Mid Ohio. Nice guy.
As for Fieros in shows. I have seen them everywhere.
The only one that gets missed often is the 1990 in back to the future 2 . I still see some surprised by it.
They're both long gone, but I continue to appreciate what came naturally to each of them.
