Nick Winter

I've deceided to retract from this build and just build Jimmy's and Rocky's GM's on my own.

Yep Ed

So far I'm the only one done. But Mustang3.8 Is catching up real fast. Anyway my car is a Revell 1969 Dodge super bee done factory stock 1969 Dodge Superbee A12 (six pack car). It has factory green paint and I wired it and added seat belts, got a set of factory correct steel wheels with correct chrome dust cap and lug nuts, rather than the un accurate Mopar rallye wheels included with the kit. Here's a link to the On The Workbench section of this community build. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.p...mp;#entry204289

Ok guys here's how we will have this work When You finish your model notify me by PM and you'll be added to the finished list. And I'll direct you to the under glass section for our build. here's the link to that topic. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22557

Ok here's my back round on "The Rockford Files", It starred James Garner as James "Jim or Jimmy" Scott Rockford — An easygoing low-budget private eye who works by his own code — and, of course, for $200 a day (plus expenses). and Noah Beery, Jr. as Joseph "Rocky" Rockford – Jim's father, a retired truck driver. aswell as Joe Santos as Sgt. Dennis Becker — Jim's friend in the LAPD (promoted to Lieutenant in season 5) and Stuart Margolin as Evelyn "Angel" Martin – Jim's former cellmate / con artist friend Gretchen Corbett as Elizabeth "Beth" Davenport – Jim's lawyer / girlfriend (seasons 1–4) What made The Rockford Files a huge success was in the stories told each week. After a while many of the synopses sound familiar, but it was always the unique way the story was told and the characters in the story that made for a long run television series. With 1970?s Los Angeles as the background, the stories had enough grittiness to make you believe these events were happening, and just enough action and sexual innuendo to make it past the network censors. "The Rockford Files" was the original Must See TV, back in the days when NBC was the perennially distant third network. Winner of five Emmys, including Best Actor (Garner), and Best Dramatic Series (1978) When it came to private eyes - at least, the ones on movies and TV - Jim Rockford (James Garner) stood out like a slow curve in a world of fast balls. Oh, he might have looked a little like Jack Lord, and dressed the same as Mike Connors, but he sure didn't act like any other gumshoe we'd ever seen. When Rockford threw a punch, he was more likely to inflict damage on himself. He rarely carried a gun (he didn't have a permit), and never fired it whenever he did ("I just point it," he explained in one episode). Our man Jimbo hated trouble, wasn't above quitting a case if it got too rough, and had no problem telling you why ("Damned right, I'm scared!") But he did like money - he charged $200 a day, plus expenses, so he'd hang in there no matter what if he could smell a fat check down the road. "I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it," he once said. "Other than that, I'm open to just about anything." September 13, 1974-July 25, 1980 No hard-boiled mean streets for Jimbo. He lived in a house trailer by the sun-dappled shores of Malibu and had a beat-up answering machine instead of a sultry secretary. He liked to tool around in the Southern California sunlight in his Pontiac and had his own small printing press in the rear seat to print up a business card for whatever identity he felt the moment required. Rockford's inclination was to talk his way out of trouble instead of meeting it with fists flying. Hardly a lonely knight errant, he accumulated some of the most fascinating-- and troublesome-- friends and acquaintances ever to come down the beach. The show's original gimmick set up Rockford as an ex-con (five years served for a crime he didn't commit) who would only take on cases which were already closed by the police. That faded away after the early episodes, and The Rockford Files quickly developed and nurtured some of the most unforgettable supporting characters in television history. They in turn did more than their share to keep the hero in hot water. While Rockford's penchant for a wisecrack ("Does your mother know what you do for a living?" he asked one thug in a classic TV moment) led to some of his problems, most of them he ultimately owed to friends and family. From the beginning there was Rocky, Jim's old man, a semi-retired truck driver forever spouting empty dictums and hovering worriedly around his son. His presence alone took Rockford out of the basic PI setting and the various scrapes he managed to get into provided the impetus for several episodes. Attorney Beth Davenport provided a recurring love interest for the first four seasons, as well as serving as a conduit for many cases Rockford would have run screaming from had she not been there to cajole him. Beth was introduced in the program's second episode, "The Dark and Bloody Ground" (Sept. 20, 1974), Sergeant (later Lieutenant) Dennis Becker was the requisite police contact, but he was not exactly the traditional friendly nemesis usually found on PI shows. Becker periodically got into unfortunate situations of his own from which Rockford had to extricate him. The most notable of these was "The Becker Connection" (Feb. 11, 1977), wherein Becker was set up as the fall guy for the theft of confiscated heroin from a police evidence room. The show's writers used Rockford's prison background to introduce several ex-cons he had known in prison as catalysts for stories. Isaac Hayes, for example, appeared three times as tough-talking Gandolph Fitch, who never could get Rockford's name right. The undisputed pick of that particular litter was Jim's ex-cellmate, Angel Martin. Angel was not half as clever as he thought he was and never met a crazy scheme he didn't embrace. The character eventually became a semi-regular cast member, appearing in more than 30 episodes after his debut in "Counter Gambit" (Jan. 24, 1975). Many of the best shows centered around an unwitting and often befuddled Rockford caught up in one of Angel's get rich schemes and having to extricate himself before getting shot. Another notable recurring guest was prostitute Rita Capkovic, who came to Rockford for help three times. Actress Rita Moreno won an Emmy for the character's first appearance, "The Paper Palace" (Jan. 20, 1978). Also, a goodly number of fellow private eyes, each one of them stranger than the last, kept crossing Rockford's path. As Maverick had done for the classic western, The Rockford Files regularly turned and twisted the conventions of the PI story back upon themselves to point up some of the absurdities behind the genre's assumptions. These guest investigators were ideal for just that purpose. The most prominent of this bunch was Richie Brockelman, played by Dennis Dugan. Brockelman was an eager novice investigator and the character actually took over the Rockford time slot for his own five-episode series in the spring of 1978. That show wasn't strictly a Rockford spin-off, however, since Richie was first introduced in a 1976 two-hour movie. His first appearance on The Rockford Files, "The House on Willis Avenue" (Feb. 1978), was primarily intended to build an audience for the Richie Brockelman, Private Eye series. Obviously, that didn't work out, but Brockelman returned for a second appearance, "Never Send a Boy King To Do a Man's Job" (March 3, 1979). Among the other PIs who visited the show was Lance White, rich, elegant, and flawless, a walking cliche who drove Rockford crazy. White debuted in "White on White and Nearly Perfect" (Oct. 20, 1978) and made a comeback in "Nice Guys Finish Dead" (Nov. 16, 1979). This latter show, set at a private eyes' awards dinner, is one of the funniest Rockfords ever. The relatively unknown actor who did such a fine comic turn as White proved to have a future in the TV PI business-- his name was Tom Selleck. CAST Jim Rockford ...........................................James Garner Joseph "Rocky" Rockford....................... Noah Beery Jr. Detective Dennis Becker ..............................Joe Santos Beth Davenport(1974-1978).................. Gretchen Corbett Evelyn "Angel" Martin............................. Stuart Margolin John Cooper (1978-1979)............................. Bo Hopkins Lieutenant Alex Diehl (1974-1976) .................Tom Atkins Lieutenant Doug Chapman (1976-1980)..........James Luisi Lance White (1979-1980) ............................Tom Selleck PRODUCERS Meta Rosenberg, Stephen J. Cannell, Chas. Floyd Johnson, Juanita Bartlett, David Chase PROGRAMMING HISTORY 114 Episodes NBC September 1974-May 1977 Friday 9:00-10:00 June 1977 Friday 8:30-9:30 July 1977-January 1979 Friday 9:00-10:00 February 1979-March 1979 Saturday 10:00-11:00 April 1979-December 1979 Friday 9:00-10:00 March 1980-April 1980 Thursday 10:00-11:00 June 1980-July 1980 Friday 9:00-10:00

As Mr .T would say "Watcha talkin' 'bout Fool" I would consider them detectives of sorts, after all they allways solved crimes and such. Cool, nice back round.

Who you calling kid ok, let me know if you need a Pickup any time soon, I've got close to 30-35 builts in my cabinet that need built.

that makes two of us i'm running one and just entered 2 vehicles in another.

Thanks. Nice. Thank you, if you need anything or a have a question drop me a line. I know which that is.

I know that's why I got picture of it.

lol. well I asked the cop and explained and he said sure and opened her up for me. Well I like Mopars and well there were a few. it was in the parking lot so was the '71 olds cutlass supreme covertible. cool.

just practice. yep, hey atleast your at home I was walking around drooling and foaming at the mouth people musta thought I had raibbies.

could I enter jim rockford firebird even though It has been started? Also could I enter Jim's dad's truck.

hope my pictures help if your wondering what a car/truck/ tractor is ask me i have them written down.

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Ok I went to the Hastings Ontario Antique car and tractor show so I thought I'd post the pictures here for you guys. ok here's the pictures i would list the years and such but there's a lot of pics pic's continued in next post