@gavin Honestly, that's what the up-top configuration looked like.... but NOT knowing anything about Porsches I wasn't sure, so I played it safe.  Thanks for the explanation & link!
Bandit passing through but taking a break notice the hat on the CB antenna.
Interesting fact about the car used in Smokey and the Bandit, Pontiac was updating the front end of the Pontiac Firebird for the 1977 model year but the movie was made before Pontiac started manufacturing these cars on the assembly line. So they sent the parts required to update the 1976 Trans Am to make it look like the 1977 model. There were four cars in all used for the movie, one was a promotion car and three were used in the movie, all three cars in the movie were damaged to the point they were striping parts off of the cars to keep one running. The final scene with the Trans Am in the move the car was no longer running and had to be pushed to get it up to speed for the final shot of the Trans Am. Also if you watch the movie the scene where the Bandit is being chased by the police officer at night in the town and the bandit pulls onto the grass next to a building the high beam headlights are on but the right high beam is not working. At the end of that shot the Bandit pulls forward and stops in front of the camera and looks right into the camera and smiles, Hal Needham wanted that shot in the movie. One thing actors are trained not to do is look directly into the camera and Burt Reynolds and others questioned Needham about doing that but Needham wanted it and it worked.Â
Smokey and the Bandit was the key to Pontiac Trans Am sales taking off and for many years the Trans Am outsold the Chevrolet Camaro counter part.Â
Bandit passing through but taking a break notice the hat on the CB antenna.
Interesting fact about the car used in Smokey and the Bandit, Pontiac was updating the front end of the Pontiac Firebird for the 1977 model year but the movie was made before Pontiac started manufacturing these cars on the assembly line. So they sent the parts required to update the 1976 Trans Am to make it look like the 1977 model. There were four cars in all used for the movie, one was a promotion car and three were used in the movie, all three cars in the movie were damaged to the point they were striping parts off of the cars to keep one running. The final scene with the Trans Am in the move the car was no longer running and had to be pushed to get it up to speed for the final shot of the Trans Am. Also if you watch the movie the scene where the Bandit is being chased by the police officer at night in the town and the bandit pulls onto the grass next to a building the high beam headlights are on but the right high beam is not working. At the end of that shot the Bandit pulls forward and stops in front of the camera and looks right into the camera and smiles, Hal Needham wanted that shot in the movie. One thing actors are trained not to do is look directly into the camera and Burt Reynolds and others questioned Needham about doing that but Needham wanted it and it worked.Â
Smokey and the Bandit was the key to Pontiac Trans Am sales taking off and for many years the Trans Am outsold the Chevrolet Camaro counter part.Â
@john3976 I can't believe I've never heard about that '77 upgrade until now. The other stories I've more or less known about but the upgraded '77 T/A makes perfect sense when you realize the movie was released in n May of 1977.
1967 Yenko 427 Camaro RS, this is a Supercar 1 release from Lane Exact Detail. The maroon paint is deep and rich with excellent metallic in it. I am surprised that this car is still on the Supercar 1 website and not sold out it is so well done and pleasing to look at.Â
