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| 914xr75 |
 Apr 7 2020, 08:03 PM
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Jimbo would have been 92 today. Just finished the episode where he featured Lawyer Beth Davenport's 914. Because he owned the production company that produced the show, he handpicked every car that appeared. Happy birthday Mr. Garner.
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| bkrantz |
Apr 7 2022, 08:25 PM
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A true classic.
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| billh1963 |
Apr 8 2022, 12:40 PM
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QUOTE(bkrantz @ Apr 7 2022, 10:25 PM)  A true classic. And a "man's man" James Garner Shortly after his father's marriage to Wilma broke up, his father moved to Los Angeles, leaving Garner and his brothers in Norman. After working at several jobs he disliked, Garner worked as a merchant mariner in the United States Merchant Marine at age 16 near the end of World War II. He liked the work and his shipmates, but he suffered from chronic seasickness.[10] Garner enlisted in the California Army National Guard, serving his first 7 months in California. Then, during the Korean War, he went to Korea for 14 months as a rifleman in the 5th Regimental Combat Team, then part of the 24th Infantry Division. He was wounded twice: first in the face and hand by shrapnel from a mortar round, and second in the buttocks from friendly fire from U.S. fighter jets as he dived into a foxhole. Garner received the Purple Heart in Korea for the first wound. He qualified for a second Purple Heart (eligibility requirement: "As the result of friendly fire while actively engaging the enemy"), but he did not actually receive it until 1983, 32 years after the event.[14][17][18][19] |
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914xr75 Happy Birthday James Garner! Apr 7 2020, 08:03 PM
windforfun Very cool!!! Apr 7 2020, 08:08 PM Coondog RE: Happy Birthday James Garner! Apr 7 2020, 08:26 PM windforfun The 914 is truly a very unique car. It was first ... Apr 7 2020, 08:35 PM billh1963 I think it's cool to remember when everyone co... Apr 8 2020, 06:57 AM 914xr75 Happy Heavenly birthday Jimbo! Apr 7 2022, 07:35 AM slowrodent James Garner was waaaay cool. :shades2: Apr 7 2022, 07:44 AM MCShack James Scott Bumgarner was from my original hometow... Apr 7 2022, 01:21 PM Bullethead Another great actor who was also a serious racer..... Apr 7 2022, 05:51 PM BeatNavy I listened to the Rockford Files theme song the ot... Apr 7 2022, 06:51 PM dhuckabay He was great in Victor Victoria, one very funny mo... Apr 7 2022, 08:18 PM wonkipop h b J G.
my dad's favourite tv show.
we are t... Apr 7 2022, 09:18 PM
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my dad's favourite tv show.
we are ... Apr 8 2022, 07:26 PM wonkipop
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my dad's favourite tv show.
we are... Apr 8 2022, 07:46 PM TomE One of my favorite shows. Apr 8 2022, 11:54 AM |
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