While this is arguably the most iconic Firebird in history, here are some lesser-known facts about this epic movie car ...

After purchasing the car from the estate, he contracted Kennedy and the crew at Bandit Movie Cars to restore and modify Reynolds’ stock ’78 Trans Am to the pro-touring form you see it in today.

While McElroy never owned a Trans Am, his father, who worked at Ford, did own a 1971 Mustang Mach 1. “As a high school senior, that was about as awesome a car as I could drive,” McElroy said.

Without this '76 Trans Am, 'Smokey and the Bandit' might have featured a Dodge Charger. Search. News; Racing; Drives; ... The pair had been searching for one of the original Trans Ams from the movie.

General Motors can do this if they really wanted to.. limit it to a handful of cars and sell it as a 2018 Chevrolet Firebird Trans Am. Chevy could use the 2018 Camaro ZLI 1LE as their starting ...

Fans of movie car chases and vehicle stunts love the film "Smokey and the Bandit," so it's no wonder that people want a "Bandit Edition" of a Pontiac Trans Am.

Burt Reynolds’ Pontiac Trans Am from his hit film “Smokey and the Bandit” sold for for $450,000, exceeding the original estimate of $60,000-80,000.

The 1977 Trans Am SE (Special Edition) is similar to the one featured in the classic road comedy film "Smokey and the Bandit," although the cars used during filming were 1976 models modified to ...

burt-reynolds-trans-am-009-1-jpg Julien's Auctions Apparently, there’s still a lot of love out there for by Burt Reynolds and his famous role in Smokey and the Bandit – or at least for his car.

"Smokey and the Bandit" and Trans Am enthusiasts roughly recreate the famous Texarkana-to-Atlanta Coors beer run for the 40th Anniversary of the movie. And maybe the biggest fan of all, eighty-two ...

David Hershey, co-creator of the "Bandit Run," dons his red jacket like the one worn by Burt Reynolds in the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies as he steps out of his own Pontiac Trans Am at the ...

After purchasing the car from the estate, he contracted Kennedy and the crew at Bandit Movie Cars to restore and modify Reynolds’ stock ’78 Trans Am to the pro-touring form you see it in today ...