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  1. Wolfgang5150

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    #101 Wolfgang5150, Jul 17, 2012
    I have it on my phone...send me a pm with your email address and I'll send it to yiu
     
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    #102 matumorales, Jul 17, 2012
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    This is the picture Wolfgang 5150 took at Universal Hollywood back in the 90s! Thank you, pal!

    Now, this looks a lot like the same car from the first posts, but take a look at those seats, they're tan! The overall shape is the same, just a different color... maybe those were just painted back in the days and faded/peeled over the years?
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  3. Wolfgang5150

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    #103 Wolfgang5150, Jul 17, 2012
    Actually taken in June 1990; wish I took an interior photo
     
  4. miketuason

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    #104 miketuason, Jul 17, 2012
    Is the license plate "Robin 1" suppose to be an Hawaii Plate?
     
  5. Dr Tommy Cosgrove

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    #105 Dr Tommy Cosgrove, Jul 17, 2012
    Of course.

    And as we all know, there was never one on the front of the car.
     
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    #106 matumorales, Jul 17, 2012
    Exactly!! It's weird that they, at Universal, displayed this particular car with the front license plate! I mean... they should know better! After all... they produced the whole series!!
     
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    #107 matumorales, Jul 18, 2012
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    Check out this website!

    http://www.historicalhobbies.com/grip/Magnum.htm

    Apparently it's from one of the camera-men that actually worked on Magnum P.I.! He states that "We had 3 Ferraris a Close up picture car, one to drive fast in long shots, and a VW with a fiberglass "Ferrari" body to do "stunt" work!"

    So, maybe this car was VW-powered?

    By the way, can someone dig into this?

    http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/1d14a2/

    Nelson's Garage Car & Motorcycle Museum claims to have one of the original 308s used in the series!
     
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    #108 Matto, Jul 18, 2012
    Great page, thanks for sharing it :)
     
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    #109 Palermofazio, Jul 31, 2012
    i had wrote larry manetti's website promoting his book,and his exact words were,"thanks for reading my book,and i sold the ferrari ,many years ago,best regards larry,
     
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    #110 matumorales, Feb 19, 2013
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    I was actually searching for wallpaper images for my laptop's desktop, when I came accross this!

    Seems like the same car, only with the seats painted tan and some weird "retention" system... primitive SRS? LOL!!!
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    #111 StephenCushing, Feb 20, 2013
    I found this on Youtube, this is where the chopper used in the series bites the dust.
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR_nQWH5TBM]Helicopter of the tv-series Magnum P.I. Crashed - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #112 matumorales, Feb 20, 2013
    So sad to see it end up like that!! It was truly like another cast member of the show...

    Back to the stunt car; last night, I was actually able to determine its use in one of my all time favorite Magnum P.I. episodes: "Summer School". It was definitely the stunt car being used in the chase with the Pontiac... only thing is that it was painted green! Come to think about it, that stunt car might have been repainted a whole bunch of times along the 8 years the series was on!

    The giveaways are: the tall weird shaped seats, the narrower rear end and the deep chin spoiler (which the green star car did not have). Also, it looks like the stunt car runs on smaller rims... maybe TRXs? The green 308 on that episode seems to ride on 16" wheels. One more thing, if you look at the "cul-de-sac spin" in slow motion, you can teil that the rear panel of the car is a bit distorted... the middle line on the side "turns" down at the back of the car.

    Anyways, it was fun spotting this and witnessing "movie magic", hehe.
     
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    #113 DennisForza, Feb 20, 2013
    After the show aired, there were a few 500s flying around the Islands with the Island Hoppers paint job, not sure which if any were actual birds from the show.
     
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    #114 M.James, Feb 20, 2013

    You may want to watch that episode again - there were TWO 308 QVs in that episode, one of them was Green, driven by Robin Masters' 'nephew'....
     
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    #115 Dr Tommy Cosgrove, Feb 20, 2013
    I saw that years ago on a "caught on tape" TV show. No mention of Magnum was ever made.

    I seriously doubt that chopper had any affiliation with the show. It was a private company that had an accident.
     
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    #116 matumorales, Feb 20, 2013
    There 2 308 QVs; Robin-1 and the green that Robin's nephew was driving. And then, there was the "stunt-car", that was painted green for that episode (at least, I assume it's the same "stunt-car" that was displayed at Universal Studios painted red... it really looks A LOT like it; same flaws and details!) ;-)
     
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    #117 Todd308TR, Feb 20, 2013
    I just got all 8 seasons on DVD, will watch while I'm deployed to Saudi Arabia. :)
     
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    #118 bvmay, Feb 22, 2013
    I can confirm that the 1985 "close-up" 308 was involved in a car accident about 12 years ago in Florida. It was owned by a friend of mine (had all the Universal paperwork included) who lived in SC. He and his wife were on vacation and a large SUV hit the front end after running a light. They were both fine but the car was not.

    The car was totaled by his insurance and he ended up with a Testerossa after it was all done.
     
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    #119 Matthias Urban, Apr 8, 2013
    Clear Choice Motors Colton, California is offering ZFFAA02A5C0040927 on eBay (item # 310647190344) and they are not sure, but they suspect that it might be possible by the documents they have on hand that #40927 was one of the cars used for the series Magnum PI.

    Leave this open for discussion

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  20. Dr Tommy Cosgrove

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    #120 Dr Tommy Cosgrove, Apr 8, 2013
    Not much to discuss, "...someone said that some original owner MAY have been the production studio and we are still waiting for proof...."

    I'll hold my breath.
     
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    #121 Rosso328, Apr 8, 2013
    Just took a read through this thread. Some cool history on the cars here, verified and otherwise. Some cool detective work, and some neat conjecture. Fun stuff.

    One thing I notice... With all of the pictures if the actual, genuine, real deal trust us on this cars displayed, no one pointed out that not a one of them seems to have a rear view mirror anywhere in sight. Usually that is a dead giveaway of a 'prop' car towed on a rig for location scenes.
     
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    #122 Rifledriver, Apr 8, 2013
    Matthias, one of the Magnum 85 308's was sold by FNA to a woman living in Reno NV at the time. If there is a record of that car registered to a woman in Nevada in the late 80's it could be the car.
     
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    #123 Nr1005, Dec 28, 2013
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    Hi,

    My name is Nick and I want to thank you because this comment helped me learn that my 308 GTS was the original used in the show. Only in season 1. I own car 28251. The car has been fully restored over the years and the interior has been switched to black. The rims have also been changed. I did not have anything to do with these changes. The steering wheel, shifter, and pedals are all original.
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    #124 Thomas Magnum, Dec 28, 2013
    Nick,

    According to Matthias, your interior should be black. Congratulations on having "The Car."

    Mark
     
  25. Dr Tommy Cosgrove

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    #125 Dr Tommy Cosgrove, Dec 28, 2013
    How did you find that out?

    I have the 1947-2007 book and 28251 isn't even in it - is there a later edition out now or did he post that info here on Fchat?

    I need to update my records :)
     
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