1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 10th Anniversary Edition
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am in Billy Madison, Movie, 1995
Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2006-08-02 18:44 |
This bit's quite funny, he arrives for his first day at high school in a muscle car, rock music blaring, as if he's in an 80s teen flick but he's a bit out of date, all the snotty 90s high schoolers just sneer at him. Still a nice car though, I really liked the one Daryl Hannah drove in Kill Bill Vol 2. -- Last edit: 2006-10-25 17:53:31 |
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explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-08-02 18:58 |
Ya, thats what happens to me when I drive my Tempo. It has vinyls, seat covers, a heavy-duty stereo system (made by Boston) and all these other accessories. And they act like: why? They all have Honda Accords and Toyota Camrys, and I have a Tempo. And, what else seems to shock them is that I don't act ashamed. Well, I don't really care what other people think. It is good to be unique, why have the same Accord, Maxima or Camry that every singly other person has? |
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◊ 2006-10-25 17:57 |
I've achived the other comments on this page, it's not that I'm trying to censor Explorer4x4, but because I started a discussion on the legal ages of driving in different countries, it was perfectly civilised but nothing to do with the film Billy Madison. |
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◊ 2009-07-02 22:03 |
that car use to be a 79 10th anniversery t/a look at the interior,looks like it got painted blk somewhere in time |
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◊ 2010-01-22 07:06 |
it was a 79 0th anniversery t/a my dad owned it he rented it to them for the movie i got pics of me next to it when i was 5 and ya some dumb ass did paint it black but it wasnt us |
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◊ 2010-01-22 07:07 |
oh and the stereo didnt work in it thay had to put a boom box in it to play that song |
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◊ 2013-02-13 04:47 |
There looks to be a red Fox Body Mustang in the background |
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◊ 2019-05-04 18:44 |
used a bit more in deleted scene , has TRANS AM script on the side![[Image: untitled.4488.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/13592/untitled.4488.jpg) -- Last edit: 2019-05-04 18:44:44 |
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◊ 2025-02-01 23:35 |
I never understood why Billy drives a 16 year old car in this movie. His father's a multi-millionaire - shouldn't he have a Porsche or something? That Firebird would have been old even when Billy was in high school. And how does he manage to get a parking spot right in front of the school? -- Last edit: 2025-02-03 03:35:46 |
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◊ 2025-08-14 01:40 |
No, he's 27, so would have been at high school a decade earlier in the mid-80s, this car wouldn't have been old then. The whole point of this scene is he's trying to be what would have been cool when he went to high school, but now, in the 90s, he's out of fashion. And here I am back on this page, 19 years after my last comment (about a film that is now 30 years old). Feels weird! -- Last edit: 2025-08-14 01:45:51 |
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◊ 2025-08-14 02:02 |
well... showing up in high school with a car is something that most can't afford anyway.. i would have been ok with having a Trans Am in my 90's high school days...  |
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◊ 2025-08-24 04:39 |
@G-MANN - Billy would have been a senior in high school around 1986. The car would have been 7 years old at this point, in other words, out of date (especially in the mind of a teenager, where an "old" phone is anything from last year). When I was in year 12 (or form 6 as we called it), in 1999, I viewed some cars from 1992 as old/outdated (for example, the Mercedes W201 and W124). -- Last edit: 2025-09-16 18:09:28 |
