@IanAMartin @catsalad they wanted to put him in a Pontiac Trans Am, and he said naw, it wouldn't fit the character, so he got a plain Firebird. The clock on the dash was probably not in alphabetic order.

@the_turtle @catsalad It seems odd that a Firebird and a Trans Am would be seen as different personality types, but being alive at that point I can reassure myself (and anyone else who might care) that they really were.

@IanAMartin @catsalad i think it was mostly that James Garner saw the character as more of a working stiff and the Trans Am upgrade would cost the character a lot more than the character would spend, particularly if they went whole hog and got the 455 High Output engine and all. Kinda like if they gave Columbo a Lancia instead of that gray old Peugeot 403 that looked like it leaked.