Burt Reynolds Trans Am 2016
Burt Reynolds' personal Pontiac Trans Am sells for US$317,500
Apparently, Burt had more than a few of these, with the latest auctioned off this weekend netting some serious bank
Another one of Burt Reynolds' personal Pontiac Trans Am Smokey and the Bandit replicas sold at a Julien's auction over the weekend for US$317,500.
According to Hagerty , the connection to the late actor has a serious effect on the value of Bandit replicas (even if they're the wrong year, like this one).
A 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with a 220-horsepower 400-cubic-inch V8 has an average value of US$61,400 in top-flight concours condition, while one in excellent condition is worth US$44,900.
That means the star power of it being Burt's own '79 'Bird more than quadrupled anything resembling a reasonable price for the car. A more-accurate '78 Trans Am also owned by Reynolds sold for US$192,500 last October .
Burt Reynolds passed away last September, leaving behind tons on memorabilia and cars from his glory days. In 2016, a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am that was used to promote the original Smokey and the Bandit film sold for US$550,000, and was even driven on stage by Reynolds himself.
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This particular car is a 1979 model, which isn't totally correct for the movie but is still cool. It was created by Bandit Movie Cars for Reynolds and his business partner, Gene Kennedy, to take on the "Bandit Run," an event that gathers lovers of the original film together to drive their Trans Ams on the same journey Burt takes in the original film.
The car has also been taken on several cross-country trips that celebrated the 40th anniversary of the film, but despite this, it still has only 70,000 original miles on the clock.
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Source: https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/burt-reynolds-personal-pontiac-trans-am-sells-for-us317500
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