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Burt Reynolds' own Bandit Trans Am to be auction in May

The black-and-gold Special Edition Pontiac Trans Am will forever hold a special place in the minds and hearts of Americans old enough to remember how little there was in the way of performance in the mid-to-late 1970s. Standing as a lone bastion of V8-powered adrenaline, the TA refused to give up its ties to the muscle car era, which otherwise died an inglorious death around 1973. Many point to the Smokey and the Bandit movie franchise for igniting sales of Pontiac's screaming chicken. In our minds, the star of the show was undoubtedly the ... Read more →

VIDEO: Fan-made Smokey and the Bandit 4 trailer Dan Roth

No, this isn't real. That said, there are some snippets in here that appear to have had some kind of budget when they were shot. We can't place where all these clips were sourced from, but ...

eBay Find of the Day: Trans Am SE signed by Burt Reynolds Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

Maximum Burt: celebrating the acme of manliness at the Burt-a-thon Jonathon Ramsey

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/movies/Maximum_Burt_celebrating_the_pinnacle_of_manliness_at_the_Burt_a_thon'; Guys, if you look a little more hairy and feel a bit more manly at 8:45 PM August 14, ...

VIDEO: Year One Bandit T/A in action! - UPDATED with latest version Dan Roth

UPDATE: Our friends at Year One graciously hooked us up with the latest version of this video - embedded after the jump. "Bandit you're reckless and you live much too hard..." We feel a ...

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Bandit Run offers T/A lovers a chance to be Burt for a day 2 years ago on Autoblog

Besides the obvious Smokey avoidance capabilities and river-jumping fun, you might be wondering what else you can do with your newly acquired YearOne Bandit T/A. Well, the good folks at YearOne, along with Restore A Muscle Car, Motortopia, and 78TA.com, have organized the first Bandit Run to ...

Breaker, Breaker: Year One recreates Bandit T/As 2 years ago on Autoblog

click the pic above to view a gallery of Year One Bandit Trans Ams var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Burt_Reynolds_and_the_Bandit_Trans_Am_reunite'; Every now and then when I'm hammering to make time on a road trip, this is what goes through my head: "East bound and down, loaded up ...

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Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too!

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