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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Been watching CHiPs on Prime
Posted by: JeffBowlsby Nov 4 2023, 09:55 PM
Quite a few 914s and other 70s cars on. Pretty cool.
Posted by: 914werke Nov 4 2023, 10:24 PM
& motorcycles 
Posted by: stownsen914 Nov 5 2023, 09:25 AM
Great show, I used to love watching it as a kid. 70s music too!
Posted by: TheCabinetmaker Nov 5 2023, 09:41 AM
Hot chicks on every episode! Oh yeah, 914s too!
Posted by: jhynesrockmtn Nov 5 2023, 06:05 PM
I have been watching older tv shows lately. Finished Adam 12 and Dragnet. Watching Barnaby Jones and The Six Million Dollar Man now. Lot's of shots of great vintage cars in all of them.
Posted by: rhodyguy Nov 5 2023, 07:49 PM
I preferred the Rockford Files.
Posted by: second wind Nov 5 2023, 09:36 PM
You guys are all wet.....Hawaii 5-0 is the best and they show five episodes in a row on Fridays here in LA....the skirts are so high it makes me crazy...plus the cars in the background...same with Adam 12 but Hawaii five 0 has all the leg a guy can handle....
All the best,
gg
Posted by: wonkipop Nov 6 2023, 03:38 AM
I preferred the Rockford Files.
i'm with you.
my father's favourite tv show.
sitting here in far off country australia in the late 1970s i was allowed to "sit up late" and watch the rockford files with him.
he got off on the answering machine start to every show.
i got off on beth's 914s (his lawyer chick) as a teenager.
got the car but not the rest of the whole deal.............
have not achieved my dream of living in a giant trailer on the beach in a car park next to a restaurant - with an answering machine.
and doing a burn out when i leave for work every morning.
Posted by: wonkipop Nov 6 2023, 03:43 AM
You guys are all wet.....Hawaii 5-0 is the best and they show five episodes in a row on Fridays here in LA....the skirts are so high it makes me crazy...plus the cars in the background...same with Adam 12 but Hawaii five 0 has all the leg a guy can handle....
All the best,
gg
oh yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkKiZ9VSD6U
Posted by: GregAmy Nov 6 2023, 06:56 AM
Y'all need to get a digital OTA antenna. I get some 75 channles here in central CT and the vast majority of these shows is broadcast OTA for free.
And then build a Plex server to record them. In my basement I have all the episodes recorded for:
CHiPS
Magnum, P.I.
The Love Boat
Gilligan's Island
Green Acres
The Rockford Files
Nature
Emergency!
Seinfeld
STTNG
The SixMillion Dollar Man
Wild Wild West (still catching up)
Welcome Back Kotter
Night Court
Battlestar Galactica
The American Experience
NOVA
WKRP in Cincinnatti
...and much more.
What am I going to do with these? No clue; there's no way that I have priority to watch all these again. But it's fun to grab a beer on occasion and just toss on a Wings or Magnum or Emergency and watch an episode and believe that I could live in someone's Hawai'i beach mansion for free https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15142347/ferrari-reinvents-manifest-destiny-pj-orourke-and-a-ferrari-308gts-archived-feature/ (don't think I could rock the shorts though...) - GA
(Link above to one of my all-time fav writers driving one of my all-time fav cars...nice connection...)
Posted by: rhodyguy Nov 6 2023, 08:00 AM
The ‘Love Boat’? 
A lot of careers crashed and burned in the 70s early 80s.
Posted by: jhynesrockmtn Nov 6 2023, 08:00 AM
I watched the original Magnum PI when it was on Prime. Great cars and scenery. I was surprised at how serious a few of the episodes got related to Vietnam, PTSD, etc.
Posted by: GregAmy Nov 6 2023, 08:19 AM
The ‘Love Boat’?
A lot of careers crashed and burned in the 70s early 80s.The parts I like about these old campy series are the cars plus the pre-career cameos. Many times I'm like, "hey, isn't that a young X...?" and check IMDB and yup, that's who it was.
I forgot Black Sheep Squadron (nee "Baa Baa Black Sheep"). I actually really like that one for the flying scenes. I had a buddy whose dad owned one of those Corsairs that flew in the series...loved that airplane (did you know that the real Greg Boyington had a cameo appearances in two eposidoes as a hard-nosed general...? Some of the s**t that gets stuck in my brain...) - GA
Posted by: Karl R Nov 6 2023, 05:25 PM
My business partner was friends with the guy the played the chubby CHiP who didn't ride a bike. He said ' I always dreamed of being in a successful TV show.....And to think, I could have dreamed of being in a GOOD TV show'!
Posted by: rhodyguy Nov 6 2023, 08:49 PM
Posted by: Crudbud Mar 6 2024, 12:48 AM
My business partner was friends with the guy the played the chubby CHiP who didn't ride a bike. He said ' I always dreamed of being in a successful TV show.....And to think, I could have dreamed of being in a GOOD TV show'!
That would be Grossman.
Posted by: mb911 Mar 6 2024, 05:00 AM
Miami vice is probably my generation more so than chips
Posted by: mepstein Mar 6 2024, 05:59 AM
Miami vice is probably my generation more so than chips
I remember watching it in college before going out to parties on a Friday night.
Posted by: Freezin 914 Mar 6 2024, 05:59 AM
Miami vice is probably my generation more so than chips
I did watch Chips, magnum, etc but I remember watching a lot of Crocket and Tubs! Ha!
Posted by: majkos1 Mar 6 2024, 07:47 AM
Miami vice is probably my generation more so than chips
I did watch Chips, magnum, etc but I remember watching a lot of Crocket and Tubs! Ha!Same here!
Bonus for me is I can get 'em in Close Captions.
(I'm deaf/hard of hearing all my life,)
and miss A lot of what was said.
Posted by: 73-914 Mar 6 2024, 07:54 AM
I preferred the Rockford Files.
i'm with you.
my father's favourite tv show.
sitting here in far off country australia in the late 1970s i was allowed to "sit up late" and watch the rockford files with him.
he got off on the answering machine start to every show.
i got off on beth's 914s (his lawyer chick) as a teenager.
got the car but not the rest of the whole deal.............
have not achieved my dream of living in a giant trailer on the beach in a car park next to a restaurant - with an answering machine.
and doing a burn out when i leave for work every morning.
+ Rockford drove a hot car himself
Posted by: StarBear Mar 6 2024, 08:38 AM
Watched “Combat” with Vic Morrow as a child, “Maverick” later one, and “The Wild Wild West” with Robert Conrad at our frat house in college (no TVs in the dorms or apartments). No cars or short skirts, though.
Once we finish Hotel Portofino series, will check out Rockford Files. Wonder if Maverick is still available to view. 
Posted by: GregAmy Mar 6 2024, 11:37 AM
You'd be AMAZED at how many of these old TV shows are being broadcast daily on Over The Air (OTA) digital TV.
Maverick is broadcast on "Heroes & Icons" channel
The Wild, Wild West is on MeTV
The Rockford Files is on getTV
Emergency! is on COZI TV
CHiPs was on, I think, MeTV. Don't see it available right now
The Love Boat is on Catchy Comedy
...and much, much more. All available free with an antenna (and recordable via a Plex server and/or HDHomeRun.)
If if you're not really into that stuff...there's always Captain Jack Sparrow's favorite source for TV shows. They have it all, ready to binge.... - GA
Posted by: Osnabruck914 Mar 6 2024, 10:18 PM
I always thought Baa Baa Black Sheep was the most ridiculous WWII show ever made. All the girls looked like Farah Fawcett (nothing wrong with that of course, but hardly period accurate), and in all the combat scenes supposedly taking place in the Pacific Theater, the planes are obviously flying over the deserts of southern California. Just made it all unwatchable. Actually, I'm surprised the producers didn't try to jam in some "1943" model year 914s.
Osnabruck914
Posted by: StarBear Mar 9 2024, 12:12 PM
Complete seasons of Rockford Files and Maverick available on dvd from county library system. Free! Can watch at convenience. Starting with Season 1 of Rockford and the 3-part Maverick mini-series that begat the show. Should last until start of maintenance/driving season.
Wheeeee!
Posted by: StarBear Mar 27 2024, 09:58 AM
Been watching The Rockford Files while recuperating. Spotted not one, but TWO 914s in the opening sequence of the Aura Lee, Farewell episode (season 1, episode 15) at the 3:12 mark. Just a flash. 
Posted by: KELTY360 Mar 27 2024, 03:07 PM
Been watching The Rockford Files while recuperating. Spotted not one, but TWO 914s in the opening sequence of the Aura Lee, Farewell episode (season 1, episode 15) at the 3:12 mark. Just a flash.
Nice find. I had a Sunflower Yellow in '73 like the one pictured. I later had a '73 boat-tail Riviera like the one next to it (not proud of that one).
Posted by: wonkipop Mar 27 2024, 05:22 PM
Been watching The Rockford Files while recuperating. Spotted not one, but TWO 914s in the opening sequence of the Aura Lee, Farewell episode (season 1, episode 15) at the 3:12 mark. Just a flash.
c
SO CAL. land of the 914.
i reckon 50% of the production line ended up there back then.
enjoy your recuperation mate.
i
Posted by: Shivers Mar 27 2024, 05:36 PM
Been watching The Rockford Files while recuperating. Spotted not one, but TWO 914s in the opening sequence of the Aura Lee, Farewell episode (season 1, episode 15) at the 3:12 mark. Just a flash.
Nice find. I had a Sunflower Yellow in '73 like the one pictured. I later had a '73 boat-tail Riviera like the one next to it (not proud of that one).
It’s not a clam shell Rivie but I thought they were kind of cool. Especially if they sit right. Be proud.
Had kind of a green hornet look
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Mar 27 2024, 06:34 PM
Watched “Combat” with Vic Morrow as a child, “Maverick” later one, and “The Wild Wild West” with Robert Conrad at our frat house in college (no TVs in the dorms or apartments). No cars or short skirts, though.
Once we finish Hotel Portofino series, will check out Rockford Files. Wonder if Maverick is still available to view.
Vic Morrow ('Combat actor Sgt. Saunders) connection to 914s; in 1982, his estate wound up selling his 1975 Palma Green metallic to Jack's Wholesale Div. auto sales; which was the Lot located in front of my shop at 9063 W. Washington Bl. Culver City, CA. They offered it to me for $5,500 and stated it had Celebrity status>> too much for it.
Though I did sort some problems out on the car for them !
I already had been driving my 1974, that I purchased 8 years prior from Downtown L.A. P+A. The salesman Heinz Brinkmann told me that he was a TV actor on the TV show 'Combat. He says that he was cast as a German soldier , and said depending on the episode...he appeared every 2nd or 4th week so none of the viewers would notice that he was eliminated in previous episodes
He also owned a very tasty German deli/ bakery on the Redondo Beach pier back then. I'm sure that Vic got a great Deal from Heinz on his '75 
Posted by: Txbentleyboy Mar 27 2024, 07:58 PM
I preferred the Rockford Files.
Posted by: VaccaRabite Mar 28 2024, 08:42 AM
Miami vice is probably my generation more so than chips
I did watch Chips, magnum, etc but I remember watching a lot of Crocket and Tubs! Ha!Same here.
I have been meaning to watch Miami Vice now as an adult. I suspect its pretty different from what I remember as a early teen.
Zach
Posted by: Quinn Moore Mar 28 2024, 06:22 PM
Y'all need to get a digital OTA antenna. I get some 75 channles here in central CT and the vast majority of these shows is broadcast OTA for free.
And then build a Plex server to record them. In my basement I have all the episodes recorded for:
CHiPS
Magnum, P.I.
The Love Boat
Gilligan's Island
Green Acres
The Rockford Files
Nature
Emergency!
Seinfeld
STTNG
The SixMillion Dollar Man
Wild Wild West (still catching up)
Welcome Back Kotter
Night Court
Battlestar Galactica
The American Experience
NOVA
WKRP in Cincinnatti
...and much more.
What am I going to do with these? No clue; there's no way that I have priority to watch all these again. But it's fun to grab a beer on occasion and just toss on a Wings or Magnum or Emergency and watch an episode and believe that I could live in someone's Hawai'i beach mansion for free https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15142347/ferrari-reinvents-manifest-destiny-pj-orourke-and-a-ferrari-308gts-archived-feature/ (don't think I could rock the shorts though...) - GA
(Link above to one of my all-time fav writers driving one of my all-time fav cars...nice connection...)
Pretty much my formative years.....I'll add a couple.
Fantasy Island
James at 15
James at 16
Growing up in Huntington Beach, CA....let's not forget Cal Worthington and his dog spot.
https://youtu.be/QOsLdT4slsk?feature=shared
Posted by: StarBear Apr 20 2024, 12:12 PM
Been watching first seasons of Rockford Files and Maverick on DVDs. Uninterrupted, free from library system.
Tried watching a Rockford Files episode on GET TV last night. Unbearable; chopped out key segments to allow more, longer commercials. Never quite sure what was going on. Unwatchable. 
Back to the DVDs!
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