At one point, his last known address was a 1963 Volkswagen. As such, when his father died and left him $3.5 million, his family stepped in to keep him from receiving his inheritance. Ultimately, he was able to get his money, and (in season 5, episode 22) wound up buying the cabbies' favorite hangout, Mario's, and renaming it Jim's Mario's. Jim also received a cassette in his father's will. It contained Stevie Wonder singing "You Are the Sunshine of My Life".