When I first started watching the series I found it comical seeing this giant man try to fit in an Italian sports car.

But now I'm on season 4 and suddenly I realize it doesn't look so bad anymore. Did they switch the car model, or modify it by removing the seat or something? Maybe I've just gotten used to it.

Holy smokes. Diving back in on the Amazon hi def. This is such a good/hard core show.

And more specifically how many watched it when it aired back in the 80s?

i saw this as a kid and really liked it. imagine if Magnum was a jewel thief in WW2 London... and its got Bob Hoskins as "Higgins"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087589

Dont look at the dogs......

They are still in business....wonder if they can do it again

No later than season 5. 1985 or earlier. Probably season 3 or 4, but it could be earlier.

I just remember the shot of Magnum wielding a flamethrower and setting things on fire. There was a shot of him through the flames as he blasted us. We saw him through the flames and heat haze.

Anyone remember this episode?

ETA: Maybe I'm misremembering the episode. But was there an episode where Magnum was in a fire and we saw him through the flames? Maybe there was no flamethrower, but there was a fire, and we saw him through flames?

Hi, I'm looking for the shorts Magnum wears. I found a few similar ones by Polo Ralph Lauren; they also have a black logo/text on the back right, above the pocket, but the lettering is shorter, and I can't find any shorts with open pockets in the front. Does anyone know of any brands from the 1980s/1990s that had this logo on the back?

I'm a bit of a newcomer to the show. I've watched a handful of random episodes so far, the most recent being Death and Taxes. Could anyone recommend any similar episodes? I enjoyed the darker thriller vibe it had going on. Thank you.

Just enjoying the view

Was this where Agatha Chumley lived?

2 weeks vacation planned to Oahu, are there any Magnum PI spots on the island worth visiting?

One of the Ferrari 308 cars used in the original / real Tom Selleck

"Magnum P.I." TV show is up for auction in America (no doubt they would

be happy to ship it elsewhere, for an extra fee)...

Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari 308 Could Be Yours,

Though You'll Still Have To Grow The 'Stache Yourself

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The opening credits of "Magnum P.I." featured Tom Selleck peeling out

in a Ferrari 308 GTS. It's probably one of the images that made many

non-car people aware of Ferrari in the 1980s ("Miami Vice" being the

other). It's not every day you get the chance to own a car this

famous, but Barrett-Jackson is putting Magnum's car up for auction.

Technically, it belonged to the unseen show character Robin Masters,

voiced by the legendary Orson Wells, but he gave Thomas Magnum free

reign to drive it like a maniac on his private investigator side gigs

for reasons that only make sense in '80s action show logic.

This isn't just any Ferrari 308 GTS that some show fan made to look

like Magnum's Ferrari, either. This is one of the cars used in the

actual show, authenticated by Ferrari historian Marcel Massini and

F-Register. We don't know for sure if this is the actual car from the

opening credit scene, but there's a chance, as it was used in the

pilot episode that shot came from as well as the early part of the

first season. Most TV and movie cars lead a hard life, but with so

little screen use, this car avoided the grizzly fate of most Pontiac

Trans Ams from "Knight Rider" and hundreds of Dodge Chargers from

"The Dukes of Hazzard."

All show, some go

Some cars are highly modified for screen use, but the only

modification this Ferrari received was seat alterations so that Tom

Selleck, at six-feet, four-inches tall, could fit inside. According

to Magnum Mania, this involved removing padding from the seats so

Selleck would sit lower in the car, as well as moving the driver's

seat as far as possible from the steering wheel. Miata track day

enthusiasts are likely quite familiar with these mods. Hagerty says

the seats have been returned to original condition, but the auction

listing does not confirm this.

This 308 GTS has a 2.9-liter quad-cam V8 engine, four Weber

carburetors (cars used later in the series were fuel injected), and

electronic ignition, making around 240 horsepower. That was a lot for

its time. My Subaru WRX made more power, but didn't look nearly as

good doing it. These cars are reportedly not terrible to drive, and

they do have the iconic Ferrari gated shifter.

None of that really matters, though. This is Magnum's Ferrari. It

could be your Ferrari. It's going up for sale at Barrett-Jackson's

Palm Beach, Florida auction, which runs from April 16 through 18.

While we've seen these cars sell for between $58,500 and $67,500,

Hagerty says a Magnum 308 GTB sold for $115,000 last year, so be

prepared to grow a huge mustache and pay a premium for the privilege.

Has anyone seen this lately? I remember liking it when I was a kid and I just watched the last 15 minutes of an episode. I know it’s a Steven J. Cannell production, but damn man. It feels like a Magnum episode. Both Rick and Mac are in it, as well as the blond kid that died in the pilot Magnum episode. If you come across it, give it a shot.