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Since my hobby desk is still in boxes in the garage I thought I'd find another way to amuse myself while I'm trying to get it back together. While cruising the web this game occurred to me.

What follows are pics of license plates from famouse movie cars. Some are real easy and others may take a little research. See how many you can name and feel free to add more. This could be fun and entertaining or it may just die out. Lol

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California "SPIRIT" , ,

There was a show in the '70s called "The Magician" starring Bill Bixby [before the Hulk] He was a magician that went around solving crimes. He has a white Vette he sometimes carried from city to city in the back of his private plane. It had "SPIRIT" plates.

I put a link in below.

Is that the show you're thinking of Mike?

http://en.wikipedia....cian_(TV_series)

You are exactly correct on that one. Still remaining is the other license plate of a MUCH more successful show and in what ways are they connected?

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I have no idea on that one Mike. Did the show also star Bill Bixby or was it on the same network maybe?

Getting warm Steve. Hint: The connection is they were the same network and their pilot episodes ran back to back as a Movie of the Week double feature. More than that, the first show segued into the other show so there was a bit of plot crossover. I don't recall which series pilot ran first.

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853 OKG is Jim Rockford's plate.

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And that completes the connection. When The Magician and Rockford Files premiered, there were only three commercial networks, so the launch of a new show was an even bigger deal than it is now. They were promoted together and launched consecutively to each other with a slight plot crossover. I was pretty stoked to watch them and as a ten year old, I really thought The Magician, with the vigilante entertainer using theatrical magic and slight of hand to bag criminals then jet off in his private Boeing jetliner to escape would be the TV hit.

Rockford I thought was just another PI show on the heals of Mannix. But then, at that age, I didn't know the popularity of James Garner either.

EDIT: Hmm my (unreliable) source has 853 OKG as Rockford's dad's truck.

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It seem's Tarantino paid homage to McQueen, in Death Proof.... With Texas issued plates?!

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Cheers Dan

I ne'er even noticed that ! Ha ! Apparently , that's the case . Stands to reason , as "Death Proof" was based upon the story of a madman stunt driver ( McQueen performed *many* of his own stunts ; but it was Hickman whom truly was a Stuntman !)

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