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> Actor James Garner dies at 86, Pictures with 914s
Chris H.
post Jul 21 2014, 07:52 PM
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QUOTE(sbsix @ Jul 21 2014, 03:28 PM) *

My favorite actor of all time. Loved him in everything because he seemed so unaffected by fame & fortune. Rockford Files was great; I loved Noah Berry Jr, who played Rocky his dad, I was madly in love with the actress that played Beth Davenport and Garner's character was perfect....plus Angel, his sometime sidekick.

Back in the day, I used to hit the bar at Paradise Cove in Malibu where they filmed the scenes at his trailer, just in case he might be around. Sure will miss him.


Awesome memories.... Yeah he was one of the last of the old school "bad ass gentleman" types. Newman and Garner were always my favorites. Unassuming, nice car guys making a living doing movies. And they sorta liked 914's! Newman was a big engine conversion guy. I want that Volvo!

Rockford Files is the first "grown up show" I watched. When we heard that "phone ringing" intro coming out of the TV room we RAN IN THERE!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pOqQ_roJ_Y


Turn up the speakers and get ready for the nostalgia to smack you in the face...(if you're old enough). A little extended opener a fan assembled.

Godspeed James.
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post Jul 21 2014, 10:13 PM
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QUOTE(brant @ Jul 21 2014, 12:58 PM) *

those look like 3 different cars?

side stripes on one, not the others
74 style wheels on one, and what looks like maybe hubcaps on another?
black painted 74 rear bumper with tits on one, chrome bumper on the early car

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It probably took three 914s to do the one episode !

I can hear the director now "What ! another one died ? quick, some one find me another orange 914 !" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)


RIP my friend I loved watching the Rockford file as a kid ! Always great cars and chase scenes! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post Jul 22 2014, 12:30 AM
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QUOTE(rhodyguy @ Jul 21 2014, 08:19 AM) *

back in the day on the R.F., his in reverse 1/2 spin to going forward was all the rage. often times with not much success. 2 porsche quotes from the show.

"what do you think i am? some secretary in a mid engine porsche?"

jim's cute attorney as he takes off in her 914, "i hope he doesn't speed shift it into 2nd gear". sure enough, he barrels out of a parking lot with a fast push to 2nd with out nary a grind.

apparently he was a very accomplished semi pro on the track.

He formed and owned the A.I.R. racing team for a couple of years in the later 60s- yeah, he could probably drive too! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Jul 22 2014, 01:29 AM
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Another famous 914 guy Richie Ginther did all of the fancy footwork in the cockpit of the Gran Prix racer...piloted by James G.
Film editing cut the scenes between James behind the wheel and Richie's fancy footwork (filmed at Riverside Raceway) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) The "F1" cars were rebodied formula vee VW powered racers, with correct v8 soundtrack dubbed in, complete with faux V8s ( props) seen in the bodywork. Real F1 racers were no doubt used in the movie, James probably in the real one in pit scenes and orbiting the racetrack here and there.
Great stuff...no green screens back then (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jul 22 2014, 05:02 AM
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Another poor dumb uneducated okie who made it in the big-time. First class gentleman! Born Jim Baumgarner.
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post Jul 22 2014, 06:01 AM
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I loved his Rockford files series. They look a little dated now but still enjoy them.

His part in the Great Escape is really good, along with Steve McQueen.

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post Jul 22 2014, 05:59 PM
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....I dug the "western" he made called Sledge!GREAT story about Greed.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) (may he reach the golden gate's)
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post Jul 19 2021, 08:41 PM
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Remembering James Garner on the 7th anniversary of his passing. I'll probably watch a Rockford Files episode tonight to celebrate him.
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post Jul 19 2021, 09:43 PM
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Loved his Maverick character because he was such a fallible hero. He’d get beat up, snookered, lassooed…but end up slyly winning in the end. He could always pull off that ‘innocent gambler’s’ persona.
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post Jul 19 2021, 09:52 PM
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Korean War Vet too. Dang it. Another good one gone. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Jul 19 2021, 10:05 PM
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Yeah, just watched "Grand Prix" the other night again. His closing scene at Monza is one for the ages...
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post Jul 20 2021, 05:55 AM
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Loved his Maverick character because he was such a fallible hero. He’d get beat up, snookered, lassooed…but end up slyly winning in the end. He could always pull off that ‘innocent gambler’s’ persona.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Bret and Bart Maverick.
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post Jul 20 2021, 09:31 AM
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as a kid watching Rockford I have to say I loved that Firebird
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post Jul 20 2021, 10:36 AM
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as a kid watching Rockford I have to say I loved that Firebird


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My first car was a 69 Firebird, partially because Jim Rockford drove a Firebird.

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post Jul 20 2021, 02:52 PM
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I didn't want any more collector cars, but four years ago one popped up in Orange County California for $2,900. Couldn't pass it up.
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post Jul 20 2021, 05:01 PM
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QUOTE(SKL1 @ Jul 19 2021, 09:05 PM) *

Yeah, just watched "Grand Prix" the other night again. His closing scene at Monza is one for the ages...


I saw Grand Prix at the Hollywood Cinerama Dome; what a terrific racing movie.
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post Jul 20 2021, 05:59 PM
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After 7 years of runnin' on the "Big Track" with the Greatest, I bet yer givin' em a run . . .it was so like you to stop to see if you could help put out a fire . . . Gentlemen like you sure are missed, Jim.
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post Jul 20 2021, 09:50 PM
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QUOTE(914xr75 @ Jul 19 2021, 09:41 PM) *

Remembering James Garner on the 7th anniversary of his passing. I'll probably watch a Rockford Files episode tonight to celebrate him.


Thank you for posting this - it seems like just yesterday that Jim passed away. I have the complete Rockford Files set and they are just as much fun to watch today as when they were made. James Gardner left us something truly special.
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