1977/78 Pontiac Firebird Esprit Last ever seen Rockford Files

If anyone has details on what ever happened to this car please post here. This is dated April 20th, 1999 when it first aired titled 'If It Bleeds... It Leads'. This is the last time this car was ever on TV. I know the first version of this car was an Esprit in 1974. Among Rockford fans the 1977-1978 Firebird Esprit is the most popular used on the show. I personally owned a 1979 Esprit which I regret selling in 1982.
The below web site gets into some more details:
http://www.oldcarmemories.com/content...
http://jimsuva.typepad.com/blog/

There is a 1 second scene where the car is seen from the front that I didn't have but you can see the entire episode on utube 240i clarity at :   • Видео