Has anyone else besides myself wanted a 1977 Black Firebird Trans Am because of this movie?
It has been my dream car.
The closest I have gotten is I once almost got a hold of a 1978 Carmel colored Firebird, but upon closer inspection, the car was beat, and the interior needed a ton of work. The car was a rust bucket.
When I was a kid, a high schooler across the street from me got the one from the 2nd movie. His parents bought it for him...how nice.
Truthfully I love the front from the first car, but the tail lights from the 2nd car. Don't like anything about the 3rd lol.
Oh, also like the wheels (honeycomb) better from the first one too.
You're mistaken. The front of the second one was much better and they have the same type taillights.
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We must have went to the same high school because I also knew a kid whose parents bought him a trans am from the 2nd movie
shareOnly about a million other teenage boys in the south in 1977.
I was one of 'em.
I had the privilege of owning a 1978 blue W72 Trans Am with a Hurst shifter and a Muncie "rock crusher" trans; ordered it with the hi-perf WS6 400 ci option. Loved that car!😍
shareMy parents bought a '77 Trans Am that was almost identical to the one in the movie. That Summer we went to see S&TB at the drive-in in that Trans-Am. My brother and I felt like the coolest kids in the world .
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It forced me to hot rod this here 1977 Z-28. http://www.tias.com/11382/PictPage/1922712887.html
It looked totally stock and could smoke all the big block TA's. Never needed fourth. Do I love the movie? Hell yes! It sure sounded like one of the big block Chevy race motors with headers. Those ones with the solid lifters.
I had one that I restored in 2003. It was an exact replica of the 1977 Tran Am used in the movie. They were extremely popular when I was in high school but I can't tell you how many times friends of mine had their T-Tops stolen. They were the best muscle car of that era but I have always been partial to the mid to late 60s muscle cars myself.
I sold the TA in 2013 and bought a 66 GTO I finished restoring in 2015. I also have a 1970 Mustang Mach I that has about tripled in value since it was restored.
I really love both cars but I kind of wish I would have kept the TA. It was fun to drive and very recognized. I can't tell you how many times people would ask me about it or ask to take pictures.
Long live Bandit and the classic TA!
Check out the 2016 Limited Edition Trans Am Bandit One replica here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2_FPuHbEtE
Only 77 made and all are signed by the Bandit himself!!
I was 14 when this movie came out and I really wanted a Trans Am. I never ended up getting one, but when I was 20 I got a 1981 Camaro with a 305, 4-barrell. What a sweet car - I wished I still had it.
shareYeah, I did back then. I was in high school in the eighties, and I still wanted a Trans Am because of this movie. Of course, I have learned, since I have grown up, that late-seventies cars didn't make enough horsepower to pull a sick whore off a toilet (thanks to government-mandated emissions controls and fuel efficiency standards). A late-sixties muscle car would run rings around one of these things. Over time, I've also soured a bit on the garish, Carter-era "disco chicken" sticker kit.
The car still has a bit of cool factor, and it's largely down to this movie. When I was a teenager in the eighties, I really wanted one of these. Now? I'd much rather have a first-gen Mustang or Camaro, or maybe a 1968 Mercury Cougar, or a 1970 Dodge Challenger -- or a 1963 Studebaker Avanti, which I actually do own. The Stude may not have ever been a main character in a Hollywood blockbuster, but it made more horsepower than a late-seventies Trans Am and, I think, looks better, and it's certainly more unique.