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BRAIN TEASER....  Tonight I am going to keep you scratching your heads attempting to remember this brain teaser.............. EVEN WORSE no answers will show up until tomorrow when I post the correct response since so many see a comment and don't take the time to post their own..... NOW YOU WANT TO SHOW THAT YOU KNOW THE CORRECT ANSWER YOU NEED TO GET OFF YOUR RUMP AND FILL IN THE BLANK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.  Each episode began with the image of Rockford's answering machine, and the opening title sequence was accompanied by someone leaving Rockford a message. The messages were unrelated to the episodes. They were a humorous device that invited the viewer to return to the quirky, down on his luck world of Jim Rockford. The messages had to do with creditors, deadbeat , or were just oddball vignettes.  The Rockford Files starring James Garner aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974, and January 10, 1980, and has remained in syndication to the present day. Garner portrayed Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford. JIM ROCKFORD DROVE A SPECIAL KIND OF CAR.... WHAT WAS IT? |
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Pontiac Firebird Formula bonus answer the color was gold the formula was the step above the base firebird but nothing close to the Trans Am version made Famous in the first 2 Smokey and Movies
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Rockford drove a gold Pontiac Firebird. In the earliest episodes, I think it was a 1976 model.
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and the bandit movies
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I believe it was a Pontiac Firebird Esprit. I used to watch the show all the time . James Garner was great in everything he did 
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Pontiac Fire bird if I recall correctly
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1/30/2015 9:49 am |
Starting with the 1974 model year, Rockford would get a new model-year Firebird Esprit each year throughout the series, though they have identical "copper mist" color with a corresponding upgraded interior (and, occasionally, sharp-eyed car connoisseurs would spot the different model year cars used in various chase scenes that differed from those in an actual episode, especially in later seasons). Although the series ran until early 1980, no Firebird was used past the 1978 model year as Garner reportedly was displeased with the restyled front end of the 1979 and later Firebird models and as such did not wish them featured on the show (although an answering machine message in one episode in the final season indicated his car was 1979 Firebird). Familiar to viewers was Jim Rockford's gold Pontiac Firebird Esprit car. One oft-recurring element of the show was the famous "Jim Rockford turn-around" (also known as a J-turn or "Rockford", commonly employed as an evasive driving technique taught to Secret Service agents driving for the President of the United States).[10][11] When evading a tail or when otherwise cornered, Rockford would shift into reverse, speed up backwards in a straight line, sharply turn his wheels causing the front end to swing around; Jim always matched his steering to his speed allowing him to spin his car around 180 degrees and then quickly shift into forward gear, speeding off to escape while maintaining a straight course. James Garner claimed in a Season One DVD interview that he performed this stunt for the duration of the series. The car's license was 853 OKG, although the license in some early episodes displayed the number 835 OKG. Garner writes in his autobiography, The Garner Files, that he believes that the letters OKG stands for "Oklahoma Garner" but that he does not know the origin of the numbers 853. The number was last assigned to a look-alike Firebird driven in and around the city of Riverside, California.[citation needed] As of April 5, 2013 the California DMV shows no record on file for license plate 853 OKG.[citation needed]
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No No No your all wrong he drove this 1921 Oldsmobile Truck  [image]
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