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05-15-2014, 07:15 PM
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Magnum P.I. GMC Jimmy
Flipping around the TV today, it caught a couple minutes of a Magnum P.I. rerun that prominently showed a very cool 1980 GMC Jimmy. A little bit of googling, and it turns out it was featured in a couple of episodes that can be watched on Netflix.
Season 1 Episode 8 has the most Jimmy airtime, but Season 3 Episode 16 has some cool driving scenes. The Jimmy is clearly fully loaded. Some brief interior shots show it was an PW/PL rig with the speakers on the door panel. At first I thought it may have some Hickey accessories, but after some closer looks I think the push-bar and rear tire carrier were from other vendors. It did have a hidden winch, but more of the Ramsey style rather than Hickey. The most interesting thing to me was the graphics package. I have never seen anything like it before, so I don't think it was factory. But very nice nonetheless, and would look good today without being over-the-top 70's like the Desert Fox package. It would even be fairly easy to replicate with today's vinyl tech - it seems to be simply overlaid on the factory brown/cream two-tone. I'd like to try something like this but with a mid-70's woodgrain.
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05-15-2014, 07:51 PM
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Re: Magnum P.I. GMC Jimmy
Two separate sunroof panels? Don't remember seeing that before.
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05-15-2014, 09:54 PM
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Re: Magnum P.I. GMC Jimmy
I remember those sunroofs. They had a light in the middle.
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05-15-2014, 10:05 PM
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Re: Magnum P.I. GMC Jimmy
Its a sweet unit! I remember those sun roofs too, it was like having a T top but not quite as cool
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05-16-2014, 08:27 AM
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Re: Magnum P.I. GMC Jimmy
I remember watching Magnum P I and wishing he would drive...... the Jimmy more!
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05-16-2014, 12:37 PM
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Re: Magnum P.I. GMC Jimmy
I like those sunroofs! I might have to have that done to my 1980...
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