Two wealthy Texans want the beer for a celebration in Atlanta and are prepared to pay handsomely for. Burt Reynolds stars as the high-flyin', wise-crackin' Bandit whose daring hijinx during an illegal cross-country beer run brings on the wrath of an inept Southern sheriff. And as the pursuer, may I say you're the. In Smokey and the Bandit, Bo Darville, also known as 'The Bandit' (Burt Reynolds), and his truck driving pal Cledus (Jerry Reed) take on the job of transporting a lorry load of Coors beer across state lines from Texarkana into Atlanta, Georgia. You must be part coon dog, 'cause I've been chased by the best of them, and son, you make 'em look like they're all runnin' in slow motion. Julien’s estimated the Trans Am would sell for around $80,000, and the starting bid was a mere $30,000. Bandit : Before I tell you where I am, Sheriff, there's just one thing I wanna say. A throwback to a time when movies were about muscle cars, twangy music, giant mustaches, and illegally smuggling beer – the perfect mix of desire that let Burt Reynolds be a mainstay in pop-culture for so long. Seeing the car invokes a lot of nostalgia for Smokey and the Bandit fans. That 1977 Pontiac Trans Am took a beating during the filming of Smokey and The Bandit Confirming the authenticity of the vehicle, and proof for whoever bought it that they really spent almost half a million dollars on a car owned by Burt Reynolds, is a gold plaque denoting that the car was in fact owned by Bandit himself.
In images posted by Julien’s Auction house, the venue that hosted the auction, it’s clear that the classic legendary Pontiac was kept in relatively good condition by Reynolds, at least that’s how it looks to my completely untrained eye. Not much is actually known about the classic car car, other than the fact that Reynolds himself held onto it for all these years. Among the other items selling for insane amounts because Burt Reynolds happened to touch them were a jacket from Stroker Ace which sold for over $9,000, his football helmet from The Longest Yard going for $20,000, and a canoe (A CANOE) from Deliverance made $17,500. The 1977 Pontiac Trans Am that Burt Reynolds drove during his time as Bandit in the late-’70s comedy Smokey and the Bandit sold for an astonishing $480,000 in Vegas over the weekend.