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SEMA 2009: Breaker, breaker, we got ourselves a Bandit

Last year in Las Vegas, graphic designer Kevin Morgan showed off the first Trans Am rebody of the new Camaro at SEMA 2008. This year he is back with T/A version 2.0 for SEMA 2009. While the original "Phoenix" T/A 1.0 had the Bandit color combo we know and love, a few of the details were off in making it a true '77-'78 Trans Am redo. For this year's show he's rectified that situation with a new quad-headlight front fascia and a few other changes that bring it more in line with the uber Firebirds we remember from our misspent youths. Slip ... Read more →

VIDEO: Reborn Trans Am makes fire-breathing entrance in Dayton Jeremy Korzeniewski

Few Pontiac models will be missed by as many people as the Trans Am. From its humble origins in 1969 as an option package on the two-year-old Firebird platform through the Super Duty days and the ...

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

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 ...

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 2 years ago on Autoblog

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, don't be alarmed. That's when the 2007 Rolling Roadshow Tour Burt-a-Thon begins in Atlanta, Georgia ...

VIDEO: Year One Bandit T/A in action! - UPDATED with latest version 2 years ago on Autoblog

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 full-fledged late 1970s lovefest coming on soon. Not that it'd be any worse than the resurgence of 1980s pop ...

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 ...

Hot Rod wants your help selecting its next project car 2 years ago on Autoblog

We certainly wouldn't claim that the only measure of a gearhead is the number of projects in his or her garage, but certainly it's a useful metric. By that standard, Hot Rod's David Freiburger definitely deserves his post as editor-in-chief, but even he has found himself with more cars than time ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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