In a message dated 3/10/05 1:19:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Dieselslave@WMCONNECT.COM writes:

> The famous Magnum PI van looked like an air cooled--not having the second
> lower grill on the front.  Magnum(Tom Selleck) drove it to pick up a package
> at
> the airport. nice paintjob!
>
>

its actually supposed to be a '84..  but, as with any TV or movie series,
they have duplicate vehicles.. so they may had a '83 aircooled as a duplicate..
most of time during the series they showed TC  (the black guy) driving a '84
7 pass as the Island Hoppers van..
fwiw, one of the originals turned up on ebay a few yrs ago in atlanta...
no bids..
  i wonder where it is now..

chris