[linden_gto]

Originally Posted by 77 Canamman

This was directed by PMD, due to liability reasons. Witnesses said that parts were stolen off the crushed heaps, so those parts still might exist to this day. It would be hard to prove that they were removed from said cars.

i understand the liability issues, but it's a shame some of the originals didn't make it past the crusher. i'm sure PMD had a representative at the yard making sure every car was crushed. it is interesting though that one of the main 'Bullit' cars was recently found in Mexico. maybe a real Bandit car will surface one day.

[Formulabruce]

Those decals were NOT on a '76 , so they got added by the film crews. Could be what I saw was promo cars and a a wreck of one . Universal "Bought" these cars. At a discount only because they made them look like a '77's They were all left over 76's. Oh well. its all history.

[mgarblik]

Great pics. Thanks for posting them all. Gleason really looks like he is having big fun filming.

[Formulabruce]

Gleason got to Ad-Lib a few scenes . on the spot!!

[rohrt]

cool stuff

[tigergto]

[QUOTE=Simple Man;5742518]Snowflakes all around....[/QUOTE.

Ahh the good old days. When someone said snowflakes they were talking about a wheel.

[77 Canamman]

more I found deep in the hard drive..

[77 Canamman]

More.

[77 Canamman]

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[flyingn]

we went to see it last night and before the movie they were posting trivia about the movie on the screen and this popped up.. hmmm wonder if its actually true. And the movie was just as funny today as it was 40 years ago!

[77 Canamman]

I don't know if all of the rest were stock, but I have been told for a long time that the bridge jump car was fitted with a Chevrolet stock car engine, since it needed to get up to high speed on a dirt surface quickly.

[77 Canamman]

[PAUL K]

Very cool! Thank you for posting!

[77 Canamman]

more..

[W72-Bandit]

These are great pics.....thanks!

[Wareagle]

Originally Posted by Formulabruce

This is because ALL the Birds were 1976 Model Trans Am's ( GASP!! I said it!)
I saw what looked like scrap heaps at Universal in 1978. There was also two or 3 promotional cars made. I think these were 77's. The original 4 were NOT Oldsmobile engine cars, even though they looked like it. I actually looked under the hood of 2 . One got a rocket for the bridge. had a roll cage in it .
in 85 there was a long row of '82's used in knight rider at the same location.

Cool info > All 1976 T/A'S were still powered by 400 & 455 Pontiac V8's just think if the SB T/A's were 1st sent to A Pontiac shop etc. to get hopped up - like this bran new 12 sec. 455 powered 1975 T/A built for Export by Motion Performance

[Drag Star Le Mans]

Great bunch of pics 77 Canamman. Sally Fields was a fox!

[77 Canamman]

Today is the 40th anniversary!

https://youtu.be/XqtjMtEkDhY?t=1m15s

[77 Canamman]

Originally Posted by mgarblik

Great pics. Thanks for posting them all. Gleason really looks like he is having big fun filming.

[se428bandit]

I actually know Ronnie Gay who is a state Trooper in the area i grew up in. He did stop me one day in my SE T/A and gave me a warning. Later that week I saw him at McDonalds and we talked abut the movie. The chevy engine that was put in the T/A that made the jump was out of Hal Needam Nascar team race car, so it wasn't a stock engine.
Also the T/As used in the movie were 1976 Trans Am, so they were 400 with a 2.56 gear, not the best combo for a bridge jump. If you notice, that is a 8 grand tach, it's from the movie when Sally says he was going 110.