And let's not forget the Rockford Firebirds. It always seemed that in each episode Rockford’s car would sustain some damage during the obligatory car chase. So it is no surprise that eighteen cars were consumed over the six years the series was on the screen. There is a cadre of keen movie car collectors and enthusiasts in the USA who believe they have tracked down most of them. Garner kept one car when the series closed in 1979/80. In the mid-eighties he was said to have sold it to a TV station and then it ended up at a charity auction .It was won by the proverbial little old lady. It’s been through a few hands since then, so the story goes.