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1974 Pontiac Firebird Esprit 
Ep. 1.19Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin: 
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◊ 2007-02-02 00:26 |
That looks an awfull lot like Rockford's old Firebird from the 74 season. Does anyone know if Starsky & Hutch and the Rockford Files were produced by the same people? |
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◊ 2007-08-30 13:20 |
1974-1975 firebird esprit |
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◊ 2008-06-07 21:39 |
'74. No wraparound back window. |
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◊ 2013-08-07 18:50 |
That is definitely one of the Rockford Firebirds. Looks to have a few scuffs. A little dent on the front of the right front fender and missing the passenger sport mirror. -- Last edit: 2013-08-07 18:51:59 |
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◊ 2014-06-18 03:40 |
I remember one episode of Rockford it went over a cliff... then next show had another.. wonder how many they beat the hell out of! |
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◊ 2022-12-10 16:07 |
I believe The Rockford Files was Universal Television and Jim Garner's own Cherokee Productions with the show broadcast on NBC, while Starsky & Hutch was Paramount and Aaron Spelling's company broadcast on ABC. But despite all those differences, I can't imagine this not being an "ex" Rockford files car!!! The keen eyes of other users note the typical Rockford wear to this car (the missing passenger mirror on a late-model car!), and how Rockford always had the current model year through 1978. I'd guess that the props masters and car wranglers of both productions had similar sources and contacts for use of vehicles...its probably easier / less paperwork to hire a car that has been in film work than to go through whatever procedures to obtain a car from the manufacturer, rent a car from the public, etc. On the Rockford pages, there is a listing for Kojak's Buick Century....both the shows were Universal productions. Spelling always used Ford cars for the new vehicles, and of course Pontiac and GMC supplied cars to Rockford. I'm guessing that even in the early years of Rockford, Pontiac just gave them the vehicles for promotional purposes rather than loaning them out. Pontiac marketing did a great job at product placement in the 1960s and especially 1970s, first with "I Dream of Jeannie", and even better with Rockford and Smokey and the Bandit. |
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