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P.J. O'Rourke Drives Cross-Country

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  1. LE06

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    The car O'Rourke was delivering to LA was for the Magnum PI pilot.
     
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  5. LE06

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    It was a carbureted car. He talked about two of them needing adjustment later in the article.
     
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    Perfect thanks.
     
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    ...and Tom Selleck is going 80 on January 29th, can you believe that?

    Rgds
     
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    I refuse to
     
  9. Dave Bertrand

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    I got my driver's license at 16 in the middle of that show's production. Yeah, I can believe it.
     
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    I love it. It's one of my favorite articles. You gotta love the 80's. The perfect mix of culture and tech.
     
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    He wasn't aware that the car was for a pilot TV show (the Magnum p.i pilot), he was under the impression that it was for a film titled: "Don't Eat The Snow In Hawaii" (which he thought was an odd title for a film - He found out later that it was actually the Magnum p.i pilot episode)
     
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    ((There's nary a gear in the box where the Ferrari will do 55 with pleasure, and the luggage space wouldn't make a good ice bucket...)

    Man, he was FUNNY! RIP, PJ.
     
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    That's a great article! You really get a sense of a different time.
    I didn't read it in 1980, but I do remember reading it later in the 1980s. Probably sometime after I turned 16 & Magnum P.I. was a hit on TV.
     
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    Ancient but still one of the best ever motoring stories written!
     
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    Most memorable part of the story for me? The $66 R.O. from a Ferrari Dealer! :p
    - Dave
     
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    lol, me too in 1984
     
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    It was one of three or four used in the pilot. There is a thread here that had a count on it from that episode.
     
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