I bought a '78 bandit Trans Am in 1978. I was 22 at the time. Saw the movie at drive-in theater in that car. When the movie ended and I slowly cruised outta there, people were cheering and honking their horns. I felt like Burt Reynolds, if only for moment. The man's a legend and so is the car. The man that bought the car from me is selling it back to me next month. Completely restored. I got goosebumps just thinking about owning it again.
@magiccheeseball3 жыл бұрын
Do you have it now?
@reginalddentry73383 жыл бұрын
Did you pay a slightly higher price this time , you don’t have to answer. I had a 70 mustang I wanted to get back and I watched a Lincoln continental rear end and total my baby .
@PeterSmith-ls7ut3 жыл бұрын
@@magiccheeseball what do you think ? Lol
@magiccheeseball3 жыл бұрын
@@PeterSmith-ls7ut dout he has it but i know people that still have muscle cars they had as far back as high school so you never know..i wish i had some of mine i see them selling for high amounts
@cycl0nnus2 жыл бұрын
update????
@ericthomas17244 жыл бұрын
I was born in 71 and i have the fondest memories of laughing my ass off to Burt’s movies with my Dad. Burt will always have a place in my heart.
@KingCornflakes3 жыл бұрын
Smokey and the Bandit - I love this movie, still have the VHS today. Also Sheriff Buford T. Justice will always have a place in my heart.
@jasonsprague38607 жыл бұрын
Smokey and the Bandit is my favorite movie hands down...Burt Reynolds Sally Field Jackie Gleason Jerry Reed Mike Henry Pat McCormick and Paul Williams..just incredible actors.. ALL of them...my dream car is this exact car 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Black & Gold 6.6L...R.I.P. Jackie Gleason Jerry Reed and Pat McCormick!
@Kevin-tn1hp4 ай бұрын
RIP Burt Reynolds too now
@HawkeyeW177623 күн бұрын
It was such a a great cast
@wickednine28866 жыл бұрын
Burt Reynolds was the man in the days. So sad to see his Time is up RIP my friend
@SongWhisperer5 жыл бұрын
Did Burt Reynolds die ?
@patriknilsson70985 жыл бұрын
@@SongWhisperer he past away rest in peace burt reynolds
@PaulSavop8 жыл бұрын
Two American Icons - The Man and The Car.
@marioiacolucci6 жыл бұрын
Savop what happens to the car after it gets sold where does it go from the auction?
@stenny19705 жыл бұрын
Mario Iacolucci John Staluppi is who bought the car. He has a Car Museum in West Palm Beach Florida. The people that buys cars have the cars delivered to where you live or want them sent. John is 1 of the Top Car buyers at Barrett Jackson. John also has had several mega yachts built for himself. He names them after the James Bond 007 Movies.
@keithzimmerman13545 жыл бұрын
I don't think you are getting the man but yes The car
@davidodell87815 жыл бұрын
You know Burt Reynolds did his own stunts for most of his career so by this time and age I'm sure he was constantly in pain. Burt was part of the Golden era of Hollywood the best days of Hollywood...RIP Burt.
@TopSecretVid2 жыл бұрын
James Garner did his own stunts as well..He was in so much pain that its one of the reasons why the Rockford Files show ended.
@annaritaranalli17912 жыл бұрын
Reynolds as his other colleagues had many injuries because as know it 's very hard to do stuntman and especially dangerous
@tommydub12813 жыл бұрын
Coolest car ever. I was 6 years old when the movie came out. I always told myself that one day I would get one. When I was 29 years old, I made my dream a reality. I am 48 now and I still have it. I love that car.
@bensutherland68715 жыл бұрын
Smokey and the Bandit was the best movie ever made it was popular when it came out over 40 year's ago and is still popular my 9 year old son just watched it and absolutely loved it, Beautiful car RIP Burt
@calebproductions59704 жыл бұрын
This car is just light years in beauty ahead of every other car.even in the movies.what a beauty
@dennisholst4322 Жыл бұрын
They didn't have torque like a Vette had in the sixties those 455s were Sow engines it was more fun to hear the bitch yell and scream before it blew up
@dennisholst4322 Жыл бұрын
Engineers of those probably had ugly wives
@Bradygoodz6 жыл бұрын
Most bad ass iconic car in America’s history period
@headon4345 жыл бұрын
NorthTexasFarming I agree but i love the 71 72 chevelles way better
@larryspivey51464 жыл бұрын
WRONG.!!!!THE Batmobile.!!!!!!!!
@robertcampion53114 жыл бұрын
Love the 77 bird but love the general too!
@chautauquawash74704 ай бұрын
Nah ! General way better
@kgc.tanto89024 жыл бұрын
That is one of the most beautiful, badass cars I've ever seen. The GTO Judge & the 1977 Pontiac Trans- Am. I wish I had one.
@louieflash71903 жыл бұрын
Never give up the dream.
@zguyeeman39427 жыл бұрын
nothing is more kick ass than burt reynolds in a black bird.
@billbobaggins8015 жыл бұрын
You are missed Burt, I still see you pulling back that Bear Archery bow in Deliverance. A master piece of a movie. I watched Smokey And The Bandit,,,, thank you for story and run in life. We all watched you.....I am sure your east bound and down in Trans-Am.
@thebacdoc64648 ай бұрын
Bill, I remember that scene in that 🎬! Deliverance, was a disgusting movie, watching those back yard hillbillies ( white trash) with three teeth in their mouths each, try to rape and sexually humiliate those other two full grown men. But came out with that Bow & Arrow and saved the day. Re: Smokey and the Bandit, he is a legend, and so is the car. The 77 Y82 SE TA loaded with all the bells and whistles and the 78 Y88( golden edition) with gold velour, are by far, my top two favorite Trans Ams, followed by the 89 TTA indy pace car, followed by the 81 Nascar Edition TTA, indy pace car. The Nascar TA came with red Recardo seats, with red carpeting, and black door panels. Both the 80 and 81 TTA came with beautiful oyster white paint to. To bad those TTA's, couldn't get out of their own way...lol😂
@vinloy234 жыл бұрын
The 1977-1981 Trans Am SE in black & gold is one of the top 50 cars in history.
@TheFARM20193 жыл бұрын
I finally found the original movie a few weeks back and played it for my wife... she loved every minute of it and i drank coors beer in his memory
@SHOKona-wp4vr7 жыл бұрын
Would take that over a Ferrari. Ahhhh childhood memories.
@robertpoudrette44836 жыл бұрын
I'd have as much fun watching one of these go than I would a ferrari or lambo.
@waynep11785 жыл бұрын
me too
@christopherpayne35305 жыл бұрын
That was my first car because of him
@johnseggler47535 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@neilreid90055 жыл бұрын
Had a chance to own one exactly like that back in the day but was racing motocross and kept my van instead. Every time I see one of these, I think back to that day. Frankly it wasn't much of a performance beast and it was poorly designed from a mechanical perspective for maintenance, but what a beauty.
@olsmokey52564 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful, beautiful car man. One of my all time favorite cars
@annaritaranalli17912 жыл бұрын
Mine too
@BrooklynRival77186 жыл бұрын
Burt Reynolds is a legend
@jaydaug20087 жыл бұрын
That paint looks like glasssssssss..so beautiful
@MI72KE Жыл бұрын
Burt Reynolds and his Trans Am... It is more than cult, it is a life philosophie! In fact, it is more than just a movie... Still and always we'll be with you Burt...
@jamesbennett3205 жыл бұрын
The most iconic in the world! Rip Burt
@fixit4u737 жыл бұрын
Somebody got a million dollar car for half price. The most iconic muscle car/ panty-dropper ever. Period.
@Tweekend275 жыл бұрын
I would debate that. The 2000 ‘Eleanor’ is probably more iconic and went for $1,000,000.
@mr.c4934 жыл бұрын
Iconic and beautiful cause of the Movie, performance wise it was not very fast. Cool car though.
@EtoTheKay4 жыл бұрын
Million dollar car?! That car ain't worth the $500k it sold for!!
@fastmachines500r83 жыл бұрын
@@EtoTheKay youre a dumbfuck
@-007-23 жыл бұрын
If it was the actual screen used hero car, or Burt's actual car, than a million for sure! This is just a promo car. Never saw screen time. It's basically a regular TA that Universal owned, and toured around, and that's it. It has a universal sticker and some memorabilia. I'd say $40k for the signed hat, jacket, and promo material and $250,000 (at MOST) for the car. Someone got swept up in the excitement and overpaid.
@daynevickers10793 жыл бұрын
I forgot just how gorgeous the T/A was...I especially loved the dash with the machined aluminum. We miss you, Burt!
@ACDC4LIFE5 жыл бұрын
👍🏽As a kid looking inside & seeing that (( RAINBOW )) dash in the sun !!! R.I.P. good buddy.
@vannjunkin80413 жыл бұрын
Time I did NOT wish to see, was Burt passing. Love you Burt, you're the reason I show off today..
@chrismanning17464 жыл бұрын
Loved this movie as a kid especially the big rigs I became a truck driver in my early ,20s now I'm 49
@boataxe46054 жыл бұрын
Here’s another movie for you, ‘Convoy’, you’ll be spanking it by end.
@3597wolf10 ай бұрын
I had the Bandit Trans Am Hurst edition mint. I had to sell it many years ago to pay off college debt. I’ve regretted it ever since. Absolutely the coolest car ever built imo. I will have you again some day old friend.
@charlottebarnes67614 жыл бұрын
He's WONDERFUL and miss him he's the MAN
@doobsnack4 жыл бұрын
I had one of these.. it was a manual 4 speed though with the 400 big block 4 brrl.. god I miss that car. Good times
@markdrouin80945 жыл бұрын
Thought it would go higher especially with Burt sitting in it. What a great movie star Burt was love to watch his movies my favorite Sharkys machine.
@davidodell87815 жыл бұрын
Yeah me to Sharky's Machine and stick
@caseylee42664 жыл бұрын
Gator, WW and the Dixie dance Kings
@coldwinter57104 жыл бұрын
I started to put down my favorites of Burts...then got to about a list of 10, and could keep going...too many! He was a good man...and he is missed!
@-007-23 жыл бұрын
it's a promo car. universal owned it and that's it. If it was actually used in the movie, then we'd be talking.
@Carlos-nq7up5 жыл бұрын
They should have brought back the Trans Am.
@ppkaizen7944 жыл бұрын
It's back
@brockholder9024 жыл бұрын
PP Kaizen pontiac doesn’t even exist anymore ??
@602liljr4 жыл бұрын
@@brockholder902 theres a company called trans am depot that converts Camaros into trans am and even works on the engines too
@brockholder9024 жыл бұрын
BubblegumPimp ohh true i think i remember seeing that actually
@magiccheeseball3 жыл бұрын
@meth_lungs true but they are all GMs so basically the same
@dennistaft78683 жыл бұрын
I can't believe that as a child we watched the movie on tv, not cable tv, for free. Now I have Amazon Prime and they want you to pay to watch it all these years later.
@DDay-vv9ec4 жыл бұрын
Child of the 70s,God I miss the 70s.
@reginalddentry73385 жыл бұрын
What about Fred. He’s one hellacious watch dog
@charger196913 жыл бұрын
He’s a tremendous asset.
@sauluribe70823 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the most memorable car of the 70's. Even the basic Firebird popularized by James Garner in the Rockford Files.
@garlandremingtoniii13384 жыл бұрын
Me and my little brother went to see Smokey & The Bandit 9 times. Same amount of times we went to see BILLY JACK. It is so sad that both these great men are dead now Tom Laughlin and Burt Reynolds. When both of them died I cried I cried for not only them but for me and everybody else I knew on a personal level first, because with every day of all of us, our name moves one more notch up the list to the day we die. Closer and closer we get.
@Dougarony5 жыл бұрын
RIP Burt, The Bandit lives on in so many of us, even if the Trans Am stopped being made.
@andreaszerb23823 жыл бұрын
We Miss you so much Burt Reynolds . R . I . P . 🙏🙏 Fance from Germany !!!! .
@user-cv2pm2nw9uАй бұрын
Westworld, Scottsdale Arizona! I went to this place for Cactus Cup mountain bike race in 1996 ❤
@keithfaulk135411 ай бұрын
We love and truly miss you Burt !!❤
@doug90663 жыл бұрын
I was 10 when movie was in theaters which saw the movie, then when was available on VHS I bought the movie as the sequel & now for past several years have on dvd including the sequel.
@pleaseholdwhileiprocessyou15135 жыл бұрын
Two legends. Jackie Gleason made the movie though.
@jeremymccardle36965 жыл бұрын
they said he was off script most of the movie,,, just off the cuff and they kept the cameras going 😆
@kxngearner6984 жыл бұрын
Most ICONIC Trans Am Ever.....
@jamesm.14675 жыл бұрын
I think what would of been REALLY cool, is if it were both Burt Reynolds AND Sally Fields driving up in it, I just think that would of been more appropriate...but still cool as hell. I was a kid back when the Bandit movies came out...RIP Burt...🙏🙏🙏
@chrisfreand88003 жыл бұрын
i could not agree more with you. that would've been a show stopper indeed.
@mercedespernas6 жыл бұрын
This was one he had to sell the Bandit two years back. I bet he felt like he was loosing a baby. As long as that car exists and runs the Bandit and Burt's spirit will always exist. That car is as old as I am. My husband is two years older than the Bandit. Can't believe he's gone. May the Lord keep him. Great video to remember him by and his trusty steed. It was emotional to see this especially when your from is neck of the woods. Few miles from Lake Worth too.
@ingleringlet-snipps3rd4496 жыл бұрын
Some cars just look "right." This car looks "right."
@666mrjimbo5 жыл бұрын
Needs a 6 speed Tremec ! Then it will be done ! 666 OUT
@fast03vette4me5 жыл бұрын
damn I never came here expecting to drop tears, great great moment. R.I.P. Bandit
@IcelanderUSer4 жыл бұрын
In the summer of 1977 we drove from Florida to Colorado in a black and gold TA with a Uhaul behind it. One of those small uhaul boxes with wheels on. Never see them anymore. By the time we got to Colorado the rear springs were permanently messed up. So the car sat low in the back. That summer was great. We listened to Fleetwood Mac on the radio through every town we passed. No tape or 8 track. Just FM AM.
@northpole772 ай бұрын
One of favorite movies and car . Iconic for sure 🎬
@Musclman78TA16 жыл бұрын
I have a 78 blk and gold TA 4 speed T Top..and a 71 Formula 400..i enjoy driving my Formy more because its the real hot rod..YS block .30 Built butler performance 500 hp..RIP BURT..
@garymiller986911 ай бұрын
For the money for the glory and for the fun! Mostly for the money!
@michaelb.421123 ай бұрын
The most iconic movie car of all time. In the South, Smokey and the Bandit is a documentary.
@musiclover50233 жыл бұрын
This is ye olde América that I love, grew up in the UK watching Smokey and the bandit every saturday lol great tô ser This video
@tangentarc74774 жыл бұрын
Always first, never second best. It's that streak of black lightning called the Bandit Express.
@h.i.m36463 күн бұрын
Greatest American movie star with the greatest American car of all-time. Honey hush !!!
@spiceweasle39456 ай бұрын
Car truly does have a timeless beauty to it!!
@martinwenk55433 жыл бұрын
Pontiac Trans Am “Bandit“ 77er and the Turbo!Beautifuls Car EWER!!!I haved a Turbo 81 in Brown but By Kickdown was Turbo broken.
@chesterswingjr97964 жыл бұрын
When the CEO of Pontiac at that time died, the new CEO wouldn't give Burt one of these Trans-Ams he was promised by the one that died. He had to buy one. Greedy assholes, no wonder GM folded the Pontiac division!!! If it wasn't for this movie, this car would have been just another low horsepower, smogged up motor, decaled, disco ride, and all but forgotten from a collectibility standpoint. Burt, and the movie made this car iconic.
@jasonmckay44354 ай бұрын
Bert was a awesome man, we will miss him greatly. Smokey and the Bandit "Rocks"!
@slickmic61135 жыл бұрын
My dream car 77 Trans Am I saw smoking and the Bandit 16 times when I was 13 years old at the movie theater!!!!!!!
@alecball684 жыл бұрын
Sure do miss you mr. Reynolds thank you for what you gave me rest in peace
@boomerrumor82526 жыл бұрын
My most sincere condolences to people that didn't own one of these cars when they were in their twenties. I had a 77, 79 and then an 87 GTA. I feel bad for people that have gone through life and never lived at all
@EtoTheKay4 жыл бұрын
Well damn, using your logic a life just isn't lived well till your drive one of these. Please. I love these TAs as much as the next guy, but there is TONS more to life and happiness than what car you've driven.
@Mrcfrickie3 жыл бұрын
Half a million, holy shnikies!! Image having that kind of money to buy this car for a collection...wow. I can remember working at a guys house and telling him I had a smokey and the bandit trans am then he took me out to his garage and he had one in mint shape. I'll never forget that. One of the most iconic cars next to thr General Lee and Kitt.
@williamjavier16537 жыл бұрын
One of a kind. Realy The Man.
@wood42784 жыл бұрын
I always thought Burt Reynolds was to cool growing up me growing up a car kid to a man that's why I had to own a couple in my life a Firebird Firehawk in '95 then a Trans Am Firehawk '02...wish I would've kept those cars love those t-tops and I had the 6-speed in both
@dead-or-a-lively50966 жыл бұрын
$500,000? Someone got caught up in the moment! lol
@MarioRodriguez-yd2qz4 жыл бұрын
Burt reynolds en sus tiempos cuantas peliculas realizo y ha sido muuy admirado por la gente dios le bendiga
@mlk4life7 жыл бұрын
he refuses to read whats on the card they insist he reads lmao...
@JorgeLuis-hz4bq5 жыл бұрын
Bonito carro y gran pelicula
@louieflash71903 жыл бұрын
Burt wasn't wearing his reading glasses. Someone should have given them a heads up.
@barroncrist5779 Жыл бұрын
Bought a ' 79 Bandit T/A brand new off the dealer's lot from Moody Pontiac in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. It was gorgeous but rarely removed the t-tops because it was so hot. The car cost $9,250.00.
@Darryl66366 жыл бұрын
The car,the jacket & the hat what a steal!!!!!!
@wendellwilson74443 жыл бұрын
You see, dreams can be bought! Rip Burt! And thank you! Frog ❤ Bandit....East bound and down, and they call him, The Bandit, always will!
@robertvalentin58466 жыл бұрын
Beautiful car back then those cars was popular in movie or someone had one . In the 70s cars was beautiful 77 t bird was nice 77 mercury cougar Ford Ltd Lincoln and Cadillac Oldsmobile Pontaic those years was great movie music I'll miss those years To bad it gone like all the great actor are gone too
@derrickthompson41464 жыл бұрын
That man to me was like my generation's answer to the Lone Ranger and Silver
@rosscohenderson16516 күн бұрын
In 1982 I paid 4k for my 1978 TA . Used , In excellent condition . 400 auto t/tops Gold imron paint .
@jadeharris796112 күн бұрын
Hal Lindsey actually did most all the stunts and wrote smokey and the bandit.he lived with burt at the time.
@cleorivas60984 жыл бұрын
Burt and a ‘77 is like JohnWayne and a western, Eastwood and a .44, Connery and a martini. It. Just. Belongs. Together.
@wingmanalive4 жыл бұрын
If I could have one I would. There are so many cars in the heavens.........
@billyturner964 ай бұрын
I was born in 1960 I was 18 years old I bought a 1978 special edition Bandit Trans Am mine had tan interior I love that car or should I still have it set timer I had so much fun in it picked up a half a lot of good-looking women good looking women
@toddpeters9007 Жыл бұрын
1 had a 1977 trans am 400, bought it new yellow , best car I ever owned no american car today can out handle it at high speed garenteed , had it clocked at 140 , I paid $7000 for it ...
@bryanblanton20464 ай бұрын
Too funny! My Dad is 68 years old. He's doing pretty well after a scare that he'd given us here recently and just spent a week in the hospital. Due to heart failure. He's been okay here in there. But, he raised me of 85 and my two older brothers of 80 and 81 and my sister of 1991 by him self. He always says his first brand new TransAm was before the movie ever showed and his first Brand new car was a Dodge Duster and a few years later he told my Uncles wife when they'd went out to eat one day and he'd seen an earlier 70's model TransAm that was white with the blue birds that he was going to have one of those one day and he actually ordered it in 1977. It was black and gold with the newer facial. His didn't have the leather interior though. He had the red cloth interior and in 1979 he drove the silver 10th anniversary off the showroom floor that he'd purchased for my mother. And in 1993 he drove an all black one off the showroom floor. The 79 was all I could remember though. It was bad ask! The 93 was absolutely beautiful! He sold it in 2000 with less than 45,000 miles on it for $14. Back in 2017 we got him a 1980 that's totally redone. It's just not the same. But, to go back and look at the silver 10th anniversary TransAm case folder or the manifold with all the options and the old papers that are all dingy and shows the price with all the options is just crazy. It's a pretty plastic cover that holds open and actually has all the stuff, options and a picture of the 79. Funny how times changed. He never liked the 82-92. But, I loved them all!
@michaelriebandt67545 ай бұрын
I was 10 years old we I saw Movie at drive-in I thought was coolest movie still do. Years later talking to my Father-in-law worked at G.M. said movie was out sales of Pontiac Trans-am were all time high.
@lukeskywalker18403 жыл бұрын
American Icons. Truly a part of Americana.
@rafaeltorres-melendez83944 жыл бұрын
Forma the exactamente momento I learned through the news on CNN about the passing away of Burt Reynolds, AKA Bo "Bandit" Darville, I promised to myself remembering him each time i see a golden and black Pontiac Trans- Am on the Riad again.
@billslattery473511 ай бұрын
This for all of bandits friends
@MyMy-nu9ul2 жыл бұрын
🏁⚡️ What a rush.. Thank you!🌬💋
@danielknoerchen6384Ай бұрын
Ich liebe dieses Auto seit meiner Kindheit. Wäre ich Millionär, würde glatt eine Mille bezahlen, daß ist er mir wert
@chrisangiolillo91444 ай бұрын
If this was a car actually used in the movie I could not imagine where it would go??
@frankschiavone45572 ай бұрын
I bought mine in 1979 , new it was 8, 700.00 came with T top. 6.6 liter suspension package and air. The only difference between this car and mine was the front bumper
@mikemendez71115 жыл бұрын
I wish I had money!!!! Great Video!!
@dadybig65225 жыл бұрын
Many peaple have a actor as their God
@kennigrimmelmann43645 жыл бұрын
I am a big fan of ,Bandit.
@randallhardin33185 ай бұрын
He is definitely the man,,hell yeah
@vannjunkin80413 жыл бұрын
I love to hear the phrase.. "it's a real Z code car" bona fide
@tompicker8284 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t mind having a black Trans Am like that in this video. Even though they only had Trans Am’s when tell me and Smokey and the bandit 1, smoking and the bandit 2 and smoking a bandit 3
@Jose-up8vp3 жыл бұрын
Burt Reynolds a legend
@jamesshedd7524 жыл бұрын
No way would I ever take that car out in public 500k Burt Reynolds signature series trans am .. that’s a museum peice. ..!!!!!!!we must protect. Stuff like this it a peice of American history ..
@hunterroudenis6026 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Burt Reynolds
@bigbodawg773 жыл бұрын
it was voted AMERICA's of all time favorite car as well as my fav car... 2;; the 69 charger DUKES OF HAZZARD...... MY FAVORITE movie to i was 11 thanks dad and my mom for taking us to see it he was my dads fav actor as well southern tradition
@vassa19725 жыл бұрын
Totally awesome RIP to Mr Burt Reynolds aka the bandit
@bruceyung703 жыл бұрын
I had small Mattel replica of this car and reddish orange colored Lamborghini countach they I adored growing up in 1980! I wish I had the replica toy cars still but it’s probably inside a dump or buried a foot under the ground.