| e seventies it seems that most shows were to | | | | Columbo and his beat up, old Peugeot? Well it can |
| an extent, known for the cars that the stars | | | | be categorized as a sports car technically, but it |
| drove in them as well as the stars themselves. | | | | sure didn’t look like one or act like one. |
| Some of the shows you will find listed here, the | | | | But Columbo and his Peugeot was a match made |
| cars in the shows were even known to receive | | | | in heaven with their unkempt appearance. Some |
| their own fan mail. The weekly hero of the action | | | | folks in Ohio ended up with the car after the |
| packed T.V. show was almost assuredly driving a | | | | show was cancelled but they revived it for the |
| fast and expensive sports car. Most people tend | | | | Columbo movie in the 80’s. |
| to think they used the same car in every episode | | | | 4. The golden Firebird Espirit of Detective |
| but usually there was a whole team of identical | | | | Rockford is another classic. James Garner played |
| cars that followed the stars through the series. | | | | Detective Rockford and always seemed to be |
| See how many of the following cars you can | | | | having financial troubles but he could always |
| remember from the seventies: | | | | afford to drive around in his signature Firebird. |
| 1. Gran Torino on Starsky and Hutch. | | | | 5. 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado from Mannix. |
| This was everyone’s favorite Muscle Car | | | | Another one of those great detective shows. Joe |
| it seemed, at least the most recognizable. | | | | Mannix was played by actor Mike Connors and it |
| The paint job (red with that big, white stripe) and | | | | was a very customized vehicle indeed and one |
| the style prompted Ford to add it to their line. | | | | that most people remember. Mannix had secret |
| Gran Torino enthusiasts still get together to show | | | | compartments all over the Toronado and it was a |
| off their rides to this day! | | | | little more high tech then many cars of its era. In |
| 2. Do you remember Dan Tanna and his 1957 | | | | later episodes Mannix had an array of cars at his |
| Thunderbird from Vegas? | | | | disposal but the 1966 Toronado seem to make |
| In this program Robert Urich played a cop in Las | | | | the most impact. |
| Vegas named Dan Tanna who just loved cruising | | | | Each one of these cars is memorialized by film. If |
| around the strip in his T-Bird. It was a bright and | | | | you asked anyone about the 70’s famous |
| shiny red and was actually two identical cars used | | | | cars undoubtedly they would mention one or |
| that they switched back and forth when taping | | | | more of these cars. Of course there were a lot |
| the show. The character started out with a | | | | of others but these five seem to be the most |
| corvette but ended up with his signature T-Bird | | | | likely to come up in a conversation about the era. |
| instead | | | | After all they certainly did seem to steal the |
| 3. Who can forget that bumbling detective | | | | show right out from under the human stars. |