Pontiac’s corporate parent ordered the engine phased out of production during the ’78 model year. That decision would ... a direct descendant of the famed black-and-gold “Smokey and the Bandit” Trans ...

After purchasing the car from the estate, he contracted Kennedy and the crew at Bandit Movie Cars to restore and modify ...

especially since it was a 1977 Trans Am that Burt Reynolds made so famous in Smokey and the Bandit. There weren't many changes from '78 to '79. The body is identical while the open split grill is ...

It was this Pontiac Trans Am LE—or more specifically, a photo of it—that convinced Reynolds and director Hal Needham that this would be a good buddy for Bandit. After seeing the car in the ...

Where there's smoke there's the flaming Kammback These two Kammback's rose like a phoenix from the ashes of a '78 Firebird Trans Am. They even ... movie "Smokey & The Bandit" would have been ...

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 ...

The enduring appeal of the Smokey and the Bandit films starring Burt Reynolds means the beaky 1977-78 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is never short of buyers. Naturally, most people gravitate towards ...

The most obvious change to the 1973 Trans Am had been the optional ... The Smokey and the Bandit connection has resulted in prices of the ’77-78 Trans Ams, particularly the rare Y82 special ...

The 1977 Firebird Trans Am once owned by Burt Reynolds was sold at auction Saturday for $495,000 at a sale held by Barrett-Jackson. The car was not used in the filming of "Smokey and the Bandit ...