eBay Find of the Day: Trans Am SE signed by Burt Reynolds
Click on the image to see more high-res shots of this '78 SE Trans Am
Mid-to-late 70's Pontiac Trans Ams have really been picking up steam on the collector car market. While not nearly as powerful as their more muscular 1969-1974 forebears, the later TAs certainly have a unique and
For real Burt Reynolds aficionados, though, this fire-breathing Poncho offers something truly special: his signature on the dash. Not only that, Burt drove the vehicle around while he was in Georgia helping to develop Year One's Bandit Edition replica car and it has been on television numerous times. With all it has going for it, don't expect this car to come cheap. In fact, it's already past $46 grand with days still to go in the auction.
Gallery: 1978 SE Trans Am Auction
[Source: eBay Motors]
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SPG 10:45AM (5/04/2008)
I'm really glad to hear that these cars are finally getting some recognition on the collector car market.
I have seen so many destroyed for movies and TV alone in the past decade as finding cheap examples is generally easy to do.
As far as this Trans Am goes? Having a value added signature on the dash says one thing to me, hard to detail.
And I like a very clean interior.
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Nikola Dachev 11:47AM (5/04/2008)
that's truly unique. Too bad I can't afford to participate for this TA auction I'm a fan of US cars from that period and it's about my age.
-Nikola (http://www.zeraha.org)
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GM Boy 11:55AM (5/04/2008)
Oh man! All that for a little under $8K God I miss the old days!
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Azrael4h 12:17PM (5/04/2008)
Hey, I learned to drive from that movie, and Blues Brothers!
I'd love to have one, preferably blue with t tops. They might leak, but then it'd be a Sunday driver anyway; the tops would be on in a garage, not while I'm in it. I'll shove an LS1/6 speed combo in it though, for better fuel economy.
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LNDMN01 12:37PM (5/04/2008)
you can get your own bandit trans-am here:
http://www.yearone.com/yodnn/Home/tabid/54/Default.aspx
You can even customize it.
Stacey David did a segment on this car on "Gearz" (on the SPEED channel).
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Jerry 11:23AM (5/05/2008)
How about a gold "Rockford Files" edition?
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Ohso Clutch 3:48PM (5/04/2008)
I can in no way get across how much this car dominated my childhood. :)
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cowboy bob 5:31PM (5/04/2008)
Who is Burt Renolds? Is he like Carrol Shelby? Yeaaaahh, Riiiiight. These things should have had a turtle on the hood instead of a bird.
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havoc 5:42PM (5/04/2008)
oh man, in high school i had a 79 black and gold, with the tan velour interior... that was 1993
it had an old 455 swap with a q-junk and a bad th350, ws6, air shocks, and a screaming chicken on the hood.
i got 9 mpg, and went through BFG's like they were going out of style. spun a bearing, rebuilt and kept on truckin.
ahh, the good old days
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mr.ed 8:58PM (5/04/2008)
I'll bet you can get one of old Burt's autographed toupees for even less, and you can't run it out of oil. either.
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Benfolio 9:47PM (5/04/2008)
MAN I wish I had kept my '77 Goldenrod yellow (that's er, gold) Firebird Esprit.
305 Chevy V8, slow as puke, but MAN it was a sweet cruiser, and the chicks loved the black and white doeskin vinyl interior!
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Eric77TA 12:42PM (5/05/2008)
Was it goldenrod yellow or gold? Goldenrod yellow is a true yellow. Similar in color to the 2002 Collector's Edition TA.
Benfolio 9:50PM (5/04/2008)
By the way I'd expect with 12k on the odo the exhaust would be original, but it looks like someone wanted a little extra rumble.
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Rupert 10:54PM (5/04/2008)
I don't think you can get much more American than having a Hummer in your driveway and a Trans Am parked on the front lawn, right next to the couch and weight bench... also on the front lawn. No, just kidding, in all honesty that car is pretty sweet.
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LMBVette 10:27AM (5/05/2008)
Beautiful car and it looks very well maintained.
They should hold onto this car until the next Barrett-Jackson auction....with all the history, this car would fetch much more at the auction.
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mark 10:56AM (5/05/2008)
Can you tell me what car wasn't slow in the late de-tuned 70's and 80's? All the manufacturers had dogs in that era. So to sell the car the appearance was the key. For me this car was as hot as you could get.
Unfortunatly the government is mandating by cafe standards that these de-tuned days are about to return.
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DJ Frankee Cee 11:02AM (6/06/2008)
Pardon,...
I thought that Smokey & the Bandit
1 used a 1977 Trans Am?
Not a 1978.
Correcto?
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BigBlockLover 9:55PM (11/15/2008)
What a sweet car.
I know you can get stripe kits for this car as well at
Stencils and Stripes.He has stipe kits for just about everything.
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