Thanks, Yeah, I hope so; been negotiating with UA-cam for the last few days and finally managed to get my monetization back like just a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again 😉
What I found interesting is that Rockford’s mobile home was temporarily parked in the parking lot of a seaside restaurant near the beach during the filming of the show.
I loved Rockford Files. The cars, the trailer, the dad, Gretchen Corbet and the J-turns. Well the whole series. It was fun to watch the cars switch years during a trip.
@@marko7843 True. Her name means 'pearl'. Certainly a fitting moniker. She was fine. She just came across as a very nice person. Another person that seemed genuinely nice was Mariette Hartley. She only appeared once on The Rockford Files, but did a lot of Polaroid commercials with Garner. Many people thought they were married, so much so she had a T-shirt made up that said, I am not James Garner's wife. Thanks for the reply.
LOVE ROCKFISH AS ISAAC HAYS CALLS HIM IN 2 OF THE SHOWS THAT HE APPEARED IN ..JIM GARNER WAS A KOOL DUDE ... I OWN THE 6 YR. DVD SERIES THATS AVAILABLE & IM WATCHING ONE NOW ..GO ROCKY !!!
@@CarStarz42 The Rockford Firebirds looked ten times better than those others. They were very elegant, understated, and classy, while the General Lee and Starsky and Hutch car were overdone and gaudy looking. The '68-'70 Charger was a beautiful car in stock form, but the '75 and '76 Torinos were actually not very good looking at all. The last good looking Torino was the 1972 model.
I always thought the Firebird was a cut above the Camaro. I recognize this is just personal taste. I detest the way GM dealt with many of the Pontiac Dealers. Very disrespectful considering many of the dealers were selling lots of cars. Again an opinion based on knowing a couple of dealership owners. Good people treated badly!
It's worth mentioning James Garner was a veteran of Westerns. The car chases in The Rockford Files are unique because the cars could be swapped for horses and they would still make sense. The show was (and is) successful because of Garner's experience and creative input.
MY DAD BOUGHT A 75 FIREBIRD IN 76 , I GOT TO DRIVE IT IN 79 WHEN I GOT MY LICENSE AT 16 , THOSE CARS COULD HANDLE AND EVEN THOUGH THE HORSEPOWER WAS NOT MUSCLE CAR STANDARD , THEY WERE VERY TORQUEY !!! THE 400 W / A TURBO 400 WAS A SOLID COMBINATION FOR THE TIME !!!
When I was in the USAF I went to LA for training and had to go to Universal Studios because I’m a movie buff. When we were on the tram on the back lot there was a car hauler filled with gold firebirds for the Rockford Files. Those were good days.
I saw an article in a magazine about this many many years ago and Garner was in Grand Prix was a professional race car driver also and a really really good one and the article stated that he got formula 400 Firebirds with the WS6 suspension and then had them repainted the same color gold, and the cosmetics in the hood removed and basically backdated the car to us to sprayer down dated or down option the car to look like an spree, but it was really formula 400 made to look like an spree so it performed a lot better and handled way better for all the driving in the shows
Great to see you back (although I did follow you over to Rumble)! It's interesting for me, as a kid I always liked the Trans Am more (still do) but the appreciation for a "Rockford style" Firebird has grown considerably for me. Same with the 79 Trans Am reface. I didn't care for it then, but especially on the Turbo TAs, it looks good now. Anyhow - thank you as always ~ Chuck
Thanks Chuck, yeah Rumble is a good place, but it just doesn't cut it income wise to be worth it at present anyways. However, any new videos I put out here I guess I'll put up on Rumble too, no reason not too I suppose 😉
Well, you're actually wrong about the model-year range... The show debuted in 1974 and NEVER had the pre-1973 bumperless front ends. They basically went from the straight-center-column grill, to the tapered "bird-beak-center" grill and at the end actually refitted the last models with that same grill because Jim & I both hated the "vacuum-nozzle-grills" used!
I often wonder why car manufacturers don’t reproduce classic models exactly, as they would sell like hot cakes. Who wouldn’t want a bandit style trans am?
They quite often do, but only for a limited time like anything else that has brief, but immense popularity, like the factory Bandit edition Trans-Ams and factory Starsky and Hutch edition Torinos 😉
Hollywood don't make shows like this anymore. I'm in process of watching all the Rockwood Files by buying my ROKO device for $40. I'm watching season one from 1974... and love seeing the old cars and looking at how nice Southern CA was back in the 70's before the crowds came.
I recall reading somewhere not long ago that James Garner would often take the cars home and drive them on the road as a personal vehicle outside of series filming. I can't seem to find the article again as I just kind of stumbled over it but I thought it was really cool as someone took his picture with the car and it wasn't on set or during a shoot but James just doing everyday errands like we all do with his onscreen car.
Cool accurate presentation!! I've seen a presentation on why this great car was used on the show!! He said the front end steering geometry was perfect for all the stunts they where trying to accomplished on this vehicle choice!!! For price!!! 👍🙂💙🙏🏼
PS my statement didn't actually come out correct I saw a presentation with Mr James Garner talking about why this car was used size and steering geometry!!!
Jim Rockford wouldn't carry a gun because he thought that would get him shot, but he got pistol-whipped in every episode. That is a concussion in every episode, all one hundred and twenty-three of them.
Great video. Always loved the cleaner look of base Firebirds over Trans Ams. No shaker,no chicken,and no non functional extras. Tho I do like the Formula hood quite a bit. Has this channel done Ponch's Formula from CHiPS?
Yeah, I tried that famous “J-Turn” with my Pontiac Sunbird…cost me $500 back then to have someone reweld the suspension mounts I ripped out trying it on a dry parking lot.
@@CarStarz42 The 1976-1980 Sunbirds (along with their cousins - Monza, Firenza) were notorious for having weak welds in the suspension. There actually was a shop in my area that specialized in fixing them - that's why it was actually pretty cheap. Of course I was an idiot kid and tried to do it again, but only on a slick asphalt parking lot - not on concrete pavement.
Haha, I always got a kick out of how they would switch to different model Firebirds, one with 4 square headlights and the other with 2 round headlights. I never understood why they did that. But I didn't care because I loved that show, just recently been binge watching from episode one forward on Roku, they have them all.
'Say jim, where is your firebird i haven't seen it for over a week.' That's one thing our hard working p.i. wishes his car is available as being severely underpaid does really hurt his job ( i don't think bad guys like him at all 😅) anyway my friend, you did incredible job on this video ( p.s.i somehow forgot to add comment a month ago 😂) so with that i go so see you later bye now.
my aunt had a rusted blue 77 firebird for 45 years and she decided to sell it or put it in a junk yard probably 5 years ago here in california it needed alot of restoring she wasn't able to afford it
Can anyone tell me the goldish looking car that's partly out of shot at 9:36 in please as it looks remarkably like a Simca 1100 but I don't think that they were sold in the US?
Hmm, looks quite similar to an 1100, but it's not as there are some differences, like the different window frames, side markers and gas door, so it's something else, just not sure what exactly. Maybe some Datsun model perhaps?
Howdy. Yeah, had to delete some videos the other day, so putting them back up as I've been negotiating with UA-cam for the last few days and finally managed to get my monetization back like just a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again.
Obviously not as I have of a video covering that "Firebird" on here too; Pony and muscle cars just got so "watered down" in the 80s and 90s that they really didn't even deserve the same badging as their far superior predecessor models IMHO
Lol, double reruns more like, lol. However, I did fix a lot of things that were incorrect in the original video on this one though, so it's worth a re-watch 😉
They should've kept the 74 nose, and the 455 4 speed. When they go changing things around too much, they lose the appeal of the vehicle. Instead of adding a bunch of emmissions crap and reducing displacement, they could've switched over to using alcohol fuel on all vehicles.
That would have been cooler indeed, but then again companies always want to place their current models first, so I get it; a "business decision" for sure.
@@CarStarz42 Disagree. This is why electric options have become such a... viable option. Why would any doofus build a 600 lb engine to be so weak? And why would any doofus buy a car with this? It's dumb. A 600 lb engine ought to take you from 0-60 in 3 seconds.
@@Elephant65 Well young person, at the time it was really the only thing they could to both meet new regulations that were forced upon them and be able to stay in business, they just had to make what they had meet new requirements. Also, both batteries and electric motors were very different back then to what is available today, so that kind of "conversation", would not have been feasible and even if it were, they would preform way worse with the electric tech of the the day of course no one would of bought it anyways. It was a very different time than today friend 😉
There are not 10 interesting parts in a late 70’s Firebird. I defy you to find 10 fascinating facts. 2:08 look at that “sports” car bounce around a turn..🤣
7:55 the paint on that restoration doesn't look right. It's like a mirror. Or maybe they painted it right but the lights in there are so overpowered they make everything look shiny, because shiny cars are worth more.
Great to see you back. 👍👍🇨🇦
Thanks, Yeah, I hope so; been negotiating with UA-cam for the last few days and finally managed to get my monetization back like just a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again 😉
@@CarStarz42glad your back 👍🏻
@@johnchurch4705 Thanks, very glad to be able to be back 🙂
James Garner was the man.
Yes, I agree
@@THROTTLEPOWERRIP James Garner.
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@@arcanondrum6543 Lol, ok. 😉
What I found interesting is that Rockford’s mobile home was temporarily parked in the parking lot of a seaside restaurant near the beach during the filming of the show.
Best actor, show and car, ever. Period
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I loved Rockford Files. The cars, the trailer, the dad, Gretchen Corbet and the J-turns. Well the whole series. It was fun to watch the cars switch years during a trip.
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@@Colorado_Native Seriously, was there ever a girl who did NOT deserve the moniker 'Gretchen' more than Beth?!? 😁
@@marko7843 True. Her name means 'pearl'. Certainly a fitting moniker. She was fine. She just came across as a very nice person. Another person that seemed genuinely nice was Mariette Hartley. She only appeared once on The Rockford Files, but did a lot of Polaroid commercials with Garner. Many people thought they were married, so much so she had a T-shirt made up that said, I am not James Garner's wife. Thanks for the reply.
All great points that I loved about the show. But I loved the relationship he had with his dad.
LOVE ROCKFISH AS ISAAC HAYS CALLS HIM IN 2 OF THE SHOWS THAT HE APPEARED IN ..JIM GARNER WAS A KOOL DUDE ... I OWN THE 6 YR. DVD SERIES THATS AVAILABLE & IM WATCHING ONE NOW ..GO ROCKY !!!
Just watched this entire series. My 9 and 10 year old watched it with me. They (and I) loved it
It's a great one indeed 😉👍
One of the greatest cars on TV. Goes with the General Lee and the Starsky and Hutch Torino.
Indeed 😉👍
@@CarStarz42 The Rockford Firebirds looked ten times better than those others. They were very elegant, understated, and classy, while the General Lee and Starsky and Hutch car were overdone and gaudy looking. The '68-'70 Charger was a beautiful car in stock form, but the '75 and '76 Torinos were actually not very good looking at all. The last good looking Torino was the 1972 model.
@@geraldscott4302 😉👍
Hey Rockfish.............best PI show ever
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I luv doing Rockford turns👍🤠🌵
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Me2👍🏾😎🤳👉🚣♂️
I always thought the Firebird was a cut above the Camaro. I recognize this is just personal taste. I detest the way GM dealt with many of the Pontiac Dealers. Very disrespectful considering many of the dealers were selling lots of cars. Again an opinion based on knowing a couple of dealership owners. Good people treated badly!
Yeah, I suppose.
It's worth mentioning James Garner was a veteran of Westerns. The car chases in The Rockford Files are unique because the cars could be swapped for horses and they would still make sense. The show was (and is) successful because of Garner's experience and creative input.
Indeed 😉👍
Nice video > One of the Best episodes is when Rockford and his Firebird embarrassed a Souped Vette by out handling him 🏁🏆😎
Thanks and indeed 😉👍
MY DAD BOUGHT A 75 FIREBIRD IN 76 , I GOT TO DRIVE IT IN 79 WHEN I GOT MY LICENSE AT 16 , THOSE CARS COULD HANDLE AND EVEN THOUGH THE HORSEPOWER WAS NOT MUSCLE CAR STANDARD , THEY WERE VERY TORQUEY !!! THE 400 W / A TURBO 400 WAS A SOLID COMBINATION FOR THE TIME !!!
Nice, a great experience indeed 😉👍
3 & 4th generations are my favorite…. Probably because I’m a kid of the 80’s.
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When I was in the USAF I went to LA for training and had to go to Universal Studios because I’m a movie buff. When we were on the tram on the back lot there was a car hauler filled with gold firebirds for the Rockford Files. Those were good days.
Very cool indeed 😉👍
There is a 3D print company called Canuck 3D that is developing the correct 74 front nose, and rear taillights and bumper for the 70 kit
Cool 😉👍
On my dream garage wish list, along with Rocky’s pickup
Nice, yeah I love that truck too 😉👍
I saw an article in a magazine about this many many years ago and Garner was in Grand Prix was a professional race car driver also and a really really good one and the article stated that he got formula 400 Firebirds with the WS6 suspension and then had them repainted the same color gold, and the cosmetics in the hood removed and basically backdated the car to us to sprayer down dated or down option the car to look like an spree, but it was really formula 400 made to look like an spree so it performed a lot better and handled way better for all the driving in the shows
😉👍
Great to see you back (although I did follow you over to Rumble)! It's interesting for me, as a kid I always liked the Trans Am more (still do) but the appreciation for a "Rockford style" Firebird has grown considerably for me. Same with the 79 Trans Am reface. I didn't care for it then, but especially on the Turbo TAs, it looks good now. Anyhow - thank you as always ~ Chuck
Thanks Chuck, yeah Rumble is a good place, but it just doesn't cut it income wise to be worth it at present anyways. However, any new videos I put out here I guess I'll put up on Rumble too, no reason not too I suppose 😉
The Rockford Files, cool show!
Indeed! 😉👍
I still love it.
@@maplemanz 😉👍
Thanks you. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA
Glad you enjoyed it 😉👍
Well, you're actually wrong about the model-year range...
The show debuted in 1974 and NEVER had the pre-1973 bumperless front ends. They basically went from the straight-center-column grill, to the tapered "bird-beak-center" grill and at the end actually refitted the last models with that same grill because Jim & I both hated the "vacuum-nozzle-grills" used!
Ok then.
Hell yeah loved the show amd mostly all firebird models 👌
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I often wonder why car manufacturers don’t reproduce classic models exactly, as they would sell like hot cakes. Who wouldn’t want a bandit style trans am?
They quite often do, but only for a limited time like anything else that has brief, but immense popularity, like the factory Bandit edition Trans-Ams and factory Starsky and Hutch edition Torinos 😉
I learned to drive and do stunts by watching Rockford and Starsky and Hutch
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@@AndrewLoukidis-jr2bp Totally, Dude! I always loved scaring my passengers with the "Rockford Reverse U-turn"... 😆
Such a shame this car goes under the radar for TV show cars… Looks as cool as the Duke, Knight and Starsky ones
Indeed.
3 screen used cars a 76 77 and 78 are currently owned by a friend of mine the 77 is the sound car and nearly done with its restoration
Nice, those are certainly quite valuable 😉👍
Loved this show
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Hollywood don't make shows like this anymore. I'm in process of watching all the Rockwood Files by buying my ROKO device for $40. I'm watching season one from 1974... and love seeing the old cars and looking at how nice Southern CA was back in the 70's before the crowds came.
Indeed 😉👍
I recall reading somewhere not long ago that James Garner would often take the cars home and drive them on the road as a personal vehicle outside of series filming. I can't seem to find the article again as I just kind of stumbled over it but I thought it was really cool as someone took his picture with the car and it wasn't on set or during a shoot but James just doing everyday errands like we all do with his onscreen car.
😉👍
Cool accurate presentation!! I've seen a presentation on why this great car was used on the show!! He said the front end steering geometry was perfect for all the stunts they where trying to accomplished on this vehicle choice!!! For price!!! 👍🙂💙🙏🏼
PS my statement didn't actually come out correct I saw a presentation with Mr James Garner talking about why this car was used size and steering geometry!!!
Cool
Cool and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍
love the rockford files one of my favorites seen it many times i have the complete dvd set of the series i love the rockford pontiac firebird
Nice 😉👍
@@CarStarz42 yes
@@ericlevitt30 Yep, I love it too 🙂👍
@@CarStarz42 nice
If I’m not mistaken Garner invented the back up, spin and turn around move. He did the majority of his car stunts
Not sure about that, but he sure preformed it often anyway 😉
I love the 79-81 T/A body style.
Many do, each to their own 😉👍
me to all us high school kids wanted one for our first car at 16
Jim Rockford wouldn't carry a gun because he thought that would get him shot, but he got pistol-whipped in every episode. That is a concussion in every episode, all one hundred and twenty-three of them.
Lol, indeed. He "used his head" often, lol 😉
i thought he was on parole as well
Well, he took it out of the cookie jar a few times.
OK I’m off my rocker.
I do remember one of the intoduction answering machine being being the army looking for his issue pistol
Great video. Always loved the cleaner look of base Firebirds over Trans Ams. No shaker,no chicken,and no non functional extras. Tho I do like the Formula hood quite a bit. Has this channel done Ponch's Formula from CHiPS?
Thanks and Indeed 😉👍 Not yet, but I do have it on my large to do list already and may be looking into that one within the next few weeks.
Awesome show.
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U need to do the mutt cuts van from dumb and dumber!
Yep, it's been on my to do list since the beginning, but will get to it eventually.
@@arcanondrum6543 Lol, cool.
I learned all of my driving tricks from watching the Rockford Files
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Yeah, I tried that famous “J-Turn” with my Pontiac Sunbird…cost me $500 back then to have someone reweld the suspension mounts I ripped out trying it on a dry parking lot.
Dang, never heard of that happening unless something like a curb or something was hit that is.
@@CarStarz42 The 1976-1980 Sunbirds (along with their cousins - Monza, Firenza) were notorious for having weak welds in the suspension. There actually was a shop in my area that specialized in fixing them - that's why it was actually pretty cheap. Of course I was an idiot kid and tried to do it again, but only on a slick asphalt parking lot - not on concrete pavement.
@@cheapme1850 Ah, lol, ok😉
Haha, I always got a kick out of how they would switch to different model Firebirds, one with 4 square headlights and the other with 2 round headlights. I never understood why they did that. But I didn't care because I loved that show, just recently been binge watching from episode one forward on Roku, they have them all.
Indeed and a common kind of thing done in shows to save both time and money being the real purpose 😉
Great vid!!!!!!!!!! 🤜🤛
Thanks. Yeah, since I had to rework it a bit anyways, I made several corrections to it since the first version 😉👍
@@CarStarz42 👍👍
One of my favorite James Garner movies is Marlowe where Bruce Lee famously destroys his office
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Third Gen Firebirds were popular as well, don't you remember Knight Rider TV show?
Indeed, not in the same league as earlier gen birds IMHO, but here you go if you like KITT ... ua-cam.com/video/sxhoWESa5ZA/v-deo.html
Im a big fan of the 74-75 Rockford Firebirds. flat hoods were the best.
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That gold with the white walls is fire..bird
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Welcome back, guys.
Thanks much and it's still just me, a one man show here 😉
🏆Very cool 🍀 long time no see 👀✌️
Indeed and thanks friend 😉👍
Cool dude!
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My favorite car as a kid was Burt Reynolds trans am
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'Say jim, where is your firebird i haven't seen it for over a week.' That's one thing our hard working p.i. wishes his car is available as being severely underpaid does really hurt his job ( i don't think bad guys like him at all 😅) anyway my friend, you did incredible job on this video ( p.s.i somehow forgot to add comment a month ago 😂) so with that i go so see you later bye now.
Lol, indeed. No worries and thanks much 😉👍
@CarStarz42 you too buddy.
Ca also had the old 403, Pontiac did not smog test the 400 in CA so not permitted.
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I watched that just for the cars!
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Nice 😀
Glad you enjoyed it 😉👍
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my aunt had a rusted blue 77 firebird for 45 years and she decided to sell it or put it in a junk yard probably 5 years ago here in california it needed alot of restoring she wasn't able to afford it
Bummer
@@CarStarz42 yes
@@arcanondrum6543 it was time for her to part ways with the firebird
I expected to hear about Jim's Firebirds. Then it's switched to Burt's.
Guess you didn't pay too much attention to the car in the show if you think that 😉...
We called the J turn the wheel whip!
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Can anyone tell me the goldish looking car that's partly out of shot at 9:36 in please as it looks remarkably like a Simca 1100 but I don't think that they were sold in the US?
Hmm, looks quite similar to an 1100, but it's not as there are some differences, like the different window frames, side markers and gas door, so it's something else, just not sure what exactly. Maybe some Datsun model perhaps?
I believe what you have there is a 1967 Subaru 1000 Super Deluxe 4-door Sedan. Thank you google image search…😎
The tough, intelligent, decent hardworking guy who was hired muscle, and took many a beat down, but never worked for the bad guys.
Indeed 😉👍
my mom had one of these - she sold it to one of the neighbor kids when she was pregnant with my little sister and bought a station wagon / =
Cool 😉👍
Why are you reuploading old videos? Just curious.
Howdy. Yeah, had to delete some videos the other day, so putting them back up as I've been negotiating with UA-cam for the last few days and finally managed to get my monetization back like just a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again.
@@CarStarz42 Ah I see.
I know I saw a Berlinetta Camaro in at least one episode.
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It's called "The Rockfish".
That's another popular term for it indeed 😉👍
Interesting
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do YOU forgetting that the FIREBIRDS lived on with KITTS KNIGHT RIDER?
Obviously not as I have of a video covering that "Firebird" on here too; Pony and muscle cars just got so "watered down" in the 80s and 90s that they really didn't even deserve the same badging as their far superior predecessor models IMHO
His autobiography says its Oklahoma Guy
Ok
My folks got me a 74 red esprit for hs graduation 76 it was a decent car but not a ta which I yearned for.
Cool, you're a lucky one indeed 👍
Double feature
Lol, double reruns more like, lol. However, I did fix a lot of things that were incorrect in the original video on this one though, so it's worth a re-watch 😉
They should've kept the 74 nose, and the 455 4 speed. When they go changing things around too much, they lose the appeal of the vehicle. Instead of adding a bunch of emmissions crap and reducing displacement, they could've switched over to using alcohol fuel on all vehicles.
That would have been cooler indeed, but then again companies always want to place their current models first, so I get it; a "business decision" for sure.
Did he ever drive a Camaro in the early days??
On this show at least, it was always a Firebird.
@@CarStarz42 My brother argued with me years ago that he used a Camaro in series one... I'll sicken him with this🤣🤣.
Very interesting video..
@@Team-fabulous Lol, yeah a lot of people thought that, but they were definitely all firebirds for sure 😉
What about nightrider?
Covered that one about a year ago here... ua-cam.com/video/sxhoWESa5ZA/v-deo.html
That was my first car! Well 1979 Camaro same 💩 brown color.
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it was the coolest car until the smoky and the bandit T/A
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Imagine 440 CIs and only 220 HP. Why bother? What an absolute waste of time and gas.
It was a different time for sure, but at least the big engines of the era still had gobs of torque to play with 😉
@@CarStarz42 Disagree. This is why electric options have become such a... viable option.
Why would any doofus build a 600 lb engine to be so weak? And why would any doofus buy a car with this? It's dumb.
A 600 lb engine ought to take you from 0-60 in 3 seconds.
@@Elephant65 Well young person, at the time it was really the only thing they could to both meet new regulations that were forced upon them and be able to stay in business, they just had to make what they had meet new requirements. Also, both batteries and electric motors were very different back then to what is available today, so that kind of "conversation", would not have been feasible and even if it were, they would preform way worse with the electric tech of the the day of course no one would of bought it anyways. It was a very different time than today friend 😉
What ever happen to rocky truck
It's on my to do list also as I love the look of that truck, so we'll find out eventually 😉
And never put on the seatbelt
Lol, yeah wasn't really a priority for him.
the '79 nose was far better but it didn't fit the look of the car in the show.
Opinions certainly vary on that point 😉
@@CarStarz42 I owned a '79.
I would own a 70-74 or a 79.
75-78 are not the best years.
1971 is the best.
I had a 74 formula 400…what a piece of crap
They can get that way over time if not kept up I suppose
There are not 10 interesting parts in a late 70’s Firebird. I defy you to find 10 fascinating facts.
2:08 look at that “sports” car bounce around a turn..🤣
opinions vary.
7:55 the paint on that restoration doesn't look right. It's like a mirror.
Or maybe they painted it right but the lights in there are so overpowered they make everything look shiny, because shiny cars are worth more.
Too bright indeed.