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1977 Pontiac Firebird Tribute to Rockford Files
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The Terminator 3 Hearse Reported by Jim Suva One of the most memorably roles for Arnold Schwarzenegger is that of the Terminator. He has starred in the first three Terminator movies as well as the latest Terminator: Dark Fate. This is a story about the Cadillac Hearse used in Terminator...
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Rockford Files Firebird on Jay Leno's Garage
Be sure to check out next week’s episode of Jay Leno’s Garage! Mike Rowe and Jay take James Garner’s Rockford Files Firebird out for a spin! Wednesday July 8th on CNBC, 10 pm Eastern. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/07/02/former-dirty-jobs-host-mike-rowe-and-jay-leno-admire-the-1978-pontiac-firebird.html?fbclid=IwAR2yX9wNUwoYwgr339su8H1ewLO0Zj4RtK0_TrZYgouEjs-rr4X7OoWH868
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Terrific video. Beautiful car. I have a 78 that would be fun to paint Rockford Firebird gold (even though it will never be anything as authentic or as gorgeous as yours). I'm sure you've been asked a 100 times, but in a 2009 post the color is noted as Light Topaz. Elsewhere it's referred to as Buckskin including in your great video. All over the Internet it's referred to as "Sierra Gold" even though it seems there was only Colonial Gold, Denver Gold in 74, Copper Mist in 75, Buckskin in 76, Buckskin Metallic 77, Solar Gold in 78. I realize production painted the cars season to season to be consistent, but what's your advice for the most recognizable/authentic Rockford Files Firebird gold. Thanks Jim. And keep up the great work.
Posted by: IrishOutlaw | 08/10/2020 at 01:46 AM
Buckskin is the closest color that GM had in the 70's and is my Firebirds factory color. The Light Topaz/Sierra Gold is the correct color for a Rockford Firebird. Sierra Gold was a 1965 Cadillac color by GM. The LT Topaz color that I have on this blog has all the paint codes to make this Rockford Color. These codes were made by using actual paint samples from two screen used Rockford Files Firebird. Lt Toppaz and sierra Gold are the same color. Thank you for the kind words.
Posted by: Jim Suva and The Suva Files | 08/10/2020 at 07:59 AM
Jim, thanks so much for clearing this up at last with such a thorough answer. (Before asking you, I paid Angel 20 bucks and he came up with nothin'.).
Posted by: IrishOutlaw | 08/12/2020 at 01:52 AM