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1. #WHAT YEAR MODEL WAS THE TRANS AM IN SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT MOVIE#
2. #WHAT YEAR MODEL WAS THE TRANS AM IN SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT MODS#

(Year One also has stock-configuration fiberglass front and rear replacement fasciae.) The front and rear spoilers and wheel flares are mandatory for the proper look, but these have been flush-fit to the body to make them cleaner. This is just one lot of Julien Auctions sale of Reynolds memorabilia on December 11 and 12 at The Palms Casino Resort in. Year One is first and foremost a restoration and performance parts company, so most of these parts (except maybe the rear window) will soon be in its catalog. Trans Am Owned By Burt Reynolds,' and theres a Bandit logo on the door. Modern projector headlights from a Chevy truck have also been used, which required significant surgery to the headlight buckets.

#WHAT YEAR MODEL WAS THE TRANS AM IN SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT MOVIE#

as for the cars being the same, in the second movie that was a '81 turbo trans am with the 301. This carmaker had been selling an average of about 68,745 a year, but after the release of the movie, sales volumes doubled to over 117,108. The Smokey and The Bandit Trans Am sales volumes went up for two years following the movie's success. Would make more sense to do a Trans-Am conversion to a new camaro. He contacted Pontiac and an agreement was made that four 1977 Trans Ams and two Pontiac LeMans four-door sedans would be provided for the movie. they sped up the frame rate more than a few times in that film to make the cars appear faster as well. The ‘Smokey and The Bandit’ Trans Am got so many orders that the third-generation model was delayed. Yes, I’m in my 20s and everybody I’m friends with knows about Smokey and the Bandit. Needham saw an advertisement for the soon-to-be-released 1977 Pontiac Trans Am and knew right away that would be the Bandits car, or, as Needham referred to it, a character in the movie. The stock urethane front and rear fasciae that are so well known for warping and cracking have been redesigned and cast in fiberglass, with LED taillights in the back and relocated driving lights in the front. and canadian speedometers make them appear faster to us americans who don't realize the difference in the movie. It's real glass, not Lexan, and nowhere near cheap. The most aggressive is flush-mounted front and rear glass, which required Year One to have a brand-new, curved rear window created.

#WHAT YEAR MODEL WAS THE TRANS AM IN SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT MODS#

The body mods done to car number one are significant but subtle enough that you either need to be a real Trans Am buff or have a stock one nearby to compare it to.