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Rocker B. J. ◊ 2006-01-17 20:12	1977
qwerty_86 ◊ 2006-05-27 06:40	trucker wrote Sheriff Buford T. Justice's vehicle. Sum 1 should have pictures of this Smokey Bear gettin' teared apart. LOL, then you wouldn't be able to recognize the car.
truckface ◊ 2006-06-01 13:59	It looses the roof, a door, the muffler, another door and the right front wheel.
andre1969 ◊ 2006-06-16 20:16	At one point early on, the right rear quarter panel comes off of the car, but they're inconsistent about this, as they used several different '77 LeManses in this movie. In the scene where Buford tries to pass the Snowman, clips his rig, loses control, and get smacked in the side, it does some minor damage to the LeMans. Then in a later scene the rear quarter panel has black primer paint on it. And then in other shots it seems to be fine. And then by the time the car loses its roof, that rear quarter panel is totally gone. Also, the damage to the front of the car appears inconsistent in some cases. For instance, when he rear-ends Sherriff Brandford's car and pushes him off the bridge, it buckles the hood and smashes some of the trim up front. But then in later scenes, sometimes the front of the car is fine, and sometimes it has varying degrees of damage.
trucker ◊ 2006-07-03 02:27	There is also a couple of Lemans Georgia State Vehicles.
trucker ◊ 2006-07-06 01:19	There is also a LeMans as an Alabama State Trooper who was trying to apprehend the Bandit when "Eastbound and Down" music was playing.
antp ◊ 2006-07-10 21:49	additionnal picture sent by trucker: -- Last edit: 2006-07-10 21:49:50
shabanga69 ◊ 2006-08-30 00:19	i love this movie
Q-Ball ◊ 2007-11-02 01:09	What moel is the car that gets fooled when the bandit hides behind the truck convoy?
Buc84 ◊ 2007-11-02 01:52	Q-Ball wrote What moel is the car that gets fooled when the bandit hides behind the truck convoy? It was a 1977 Pontiac Le Mans,"made up" as Alabama State Trooper's car....Lived there in '77(And I saw it the first time at a Drive-In in Huntsville!)and all the "real" 'Bama Trooper cars were big Fords at the time,though the Huntsville P.D. -DID- have Pontiacs(76's & 77's)like these!!
mister car from 971 ◊ 2008-01-04 02:42	And where are the pics of the sheriff Buford T. Justice's squad car who being destroyed during the movie?
Seth ◊ 2008-01-27 01:17	The man who played Buford T. Justice died of cancer.
firebird86 ◊ 2008-01-27 03:36	That was Jackie Gleason , He died in June 24 1987 at his Inverarry home outside Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
mister car from 971 ◊ 2008-03-03 08:25	Hey guys, don't you think that's amazing to destroy a car from 1977 in a '77 movie? They should choose an older LeMans in order to destroy it all-movie long!
jettalover ◊ 2008-03-04 03:42	Pontiac was probably spending a lot of money on product placement with all the new Pontiacs in this film.
Diesel Jim ◊ 2008-04-01 02:49	On a side note, there is a local garage in town that stores wrecked vehicles while they wait on the insurance claims adjustors. Just the other day, they brought in a light blue 1977 Pontiac LeMans in MINT condition, other than the fact it had just been rolled. I felt bad for that car. But right away, it reminded me of the police cars in SATB. In fact, the light blue was almost the exact same shade as the light blue used on the cop cars later on in the movie.
andre1969 ◊ 2008-04-16 18:15	Pontiac supplied 5 brand-new cars for "Smokey and the Bandit". I've heard it was three Trans Ams and two LeManses, but I've also heard it the other way around. If you notice though, there are never any more than two LeManses on the screen at any one time. I'm convinced that they just used the same two over and over again, constantly repainting them different colors to represent the police cars from different states, and slapping them back together after they were wrecked. For instance, notice that Buford's car is brown with a blue interior...that's kind of a strange color combination! It's been awhile since I've seen the movie, but I seem to recall that when the doors were opened, or when that one door got knocked off, that you could see white in the doorjambs of Buford's LeMans.
TheBandit77TransAm ◊ 2009-04-14 14:02	jettalover wrote Pontiac was probably spending a lot of money on product placement with all the new Pontiacs in this film. nope not one bit!! they took parts off of the destroyed cars and re-fabricated them into new parts; so there was no need to buy more cars. And even if they had to, the movie was THE biggest hit of 1977, except star wars, which was a fictional movie with good graphics and lots of space things....of course it was a hit. Smokey and the Bandit was all realistic and non fictional, and it still was a big hit that brought a lot of money to Hal Needham and the actors, to pay Pontiac back. I still think its more entertaining than Star Wars.
TheBandit77TransAm ◊ 2009-04-14 14:04	andre1969 wrote Pontiac supplied 5 brand-new cars for "Smokey and the Bandit". I've heard it was three Trans Ams and two LeManses, but I've also heard it the other way around. If you notice though, there are never any more than two LeManses on the screen at any one time. I'm convinced that they just used the same two over and over again, constantly repainting them different colors to represent the police cars from different states, and slapping them back together after they were wrecked. For instance, notice that Buford's car is brown with a blue interior...that's kind of a strange color combination! It's been awhile since I've seen the movie, but I seem to recall that when the doors were opened, or when that one door got knocked off, that you could see white in the doorjambs of Buford's LeMans. They only used 2 LeMans but one was Bufords car and actually in one seen you can see his interior is a creamyish brown color, and in the other scenes its blue. So they used one LeMans for the cop car chasing bandit on the highway, and the other for Buford, and there were 3 T/As and 3 LeMans.
TheBandit77TransAm ◊ 2009-04-14 14:05	andre1969 wrote Pontiac supplied 5 brand-new cars for "Smokey and the Bandit". I've heard it was three Trans Ams and two LeManses, but I've also heard it the other way around. If you notice though, there are never any more than two LeManses on the screen at any one time. I'm convinced that they just used the same two over and over again, constantly repainting them different colors to represent the police cars from different states, and slapping them back together after they were wrecked. For instance, notice that Buford's car is brown with a blue interior...that's kind of a strange color combination! It's been awhile since I've seen the movie, but I seem to recall that when the doors were opened, or when that one door got knocked off, that you could see white in the doorjambs of Buford's LeMans. sorry i accidentally said 2 LeMans there were 3 of both.
ban-1 ◊ 2009-08-01 08:52	To whom was Justice reffering to when he sed "duck or your gonna be talkin outa your a**" in the seen the seen were the car gets deheaded
ChooCV ◊ 2009-09-19 02:21	Junior, who else?
4x4 23 ◊ 2009-11-19 23:28	thebandit1977transam, there was 2 buford cars, and I believe 4 Bandit Trans am's, because I watched a interview on this guy that was on youtube.com, and he was the person that took behind the scene photo's, from what I hear Pontiac gaves them 6 cars, 4 Trans Am's & 2 LeMans, this movie started filming in late summer of '76 and ended filiming in late fall of '76, so most of the vieachle's in this movie were either '76 or '77 models, the 2 buford cars were 2 left over cars I REPAT THE 2 BUFORD CARS USED IN THE MOVIE WERE LEFT OVERS FROM THE '76 MODEL CARS! but, alothough buford's 2 cars were '76 models all of Bandit's Trans Ams were '77's Bandit had a total of 4 Tran Am's one was put on a flat bed and rigged up for the Camera's & interrior shots the other car was used for the stunt man! & the other 2 cars that were used in the bridge jump & mail box hit Scenes we 2 stunt cars to wreck up & were both damaged after filmign those 2 scene's, the other car was stunt car & what ever was damaged on that car they would steal off of the 2 other cars that were pretty much damaged! both cars were scrapped after filming! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV20JzvPqDQ&NR=1 "Part 1" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM1NHmb_bUQ&feature=related "Part 2" -- Last edit: 2009-11-19 23:38:54
BM ◊ 2009-12-01 00:15	yes 4x4 23, the year of this car should be re-confirmed to the year 1976, he is very much correct the 2 car's in the movie where lefter overs from 1976 both the cars used as buford's cars were 1976's
truckface ◊ 2012-09-10 18:33	Link to a real life Georgia State Police Lemans: Link to "copcardotcom.fotki.com" . Although authentic, i must say it`s a very effeminate paint scheme for a police car
Game-oholic 94 ◊ 2012-10-01 02:09	Why NOT give this car 5 stars? It's been through a lot of crashes, and it has been "chasing" the Bandit throughout the film.
wheeler2170 ◊ 2013-06-22 06:07	Did the Mississippi Highway Patrol use this vehicle? beacause there's a continuity error during the film. -- Last edit: 2013-06-23 13:35:01
wheeler2170 ◊ 2013-06-22 06:11	trucker wrote There is also a LeMans as an Alabama State Trooper who was trying to apprehend the Bandit when "Eastbound and Down" music was playing. not to mention an Arkansas State Trooper vehicle who tried to get him, but failed to do so.
wheeler2170 ◊ 2013-06-22 06:13	truckface wrote It looses the roof, a door, the muffler, another door and the right front wheel. and had a jammed horn...
wheeler2170 ◊ 2013-06-23 13:36	Choocv wrote Junior, who else? Daddy, the top came off. No s**t
wheeler2170 ◊ 2013-06-23 13:37	Jammed horn scene from the film. What the hell is this, a drive-in movie?! honks 3 times, but indirectly jams the horn" Get off of there, you schnauzer's dk! proceeds along the side of the road, but gets halted by an Alabama State Trooper, who kicks the side of the cruiser, 'fixing' the horn* How do, Officer? My name's... I don't care if your name's Broderick Crawford. Don't you know you can't drive a piece of shit like that on the highway? I'll thank you not to use that kind of language in my presence. Never mind that crap. What the hell is this? This is evidence. Evidence? Well, I don't care what it is. You can't drive this piece of shit on my highway. I'm tellin' you for the last time. I happen to have my young son in the car, and I don't wanna hear that kinda language. Look, I'm askin' you one single, goddamn... Hold it! Hold it! Don't you ever, ever raise your voice to me! Do you know who you're talkin' to? I happen to be Buford T. Justice, a distinguished officer of over 30 years' seniority! One of the most highly-respected law enforcement agents in the United States of America. That vehicle happens to be evidence, valuable evidence, that's going to convict a maniac that I've been tryin' to apprehend and that I have been in high-speed pursuit of for 700 miles! He is wanted for a Mann Act, kidnappin', and the attempted murder of over 20 brother officers. Sir, I'm sorry. I had no idea. It never occurred to me. Well, please, sir, you proceed immediately. And, well, sir, I... I hope you'll accept my apologies for my profanity. Apology accepted. Now... **** off (a truck horn was blaring when Sheriff Justice was saying that line) -- Last edit: 2013-06-23 13:58:42
wheeler2170 ◊ 2013-08-11 05:11	truckface wrote It looses the roof, a door, the muffler, another door and the right front wheel. The moment when the car loses it's roof.
dragstrip_2010 ◊ 2013-08-26 22:25	this 1977 pontiac lemans was demolish and everything was gone like whole of body of the vehicle
blue_thunder ◊ 2014-02-09 18:07	The "Texas bubblegum machine"
Brian2170 ◊ 2014-06-01 10:40	blue_thunder wrote The "Texas bubblegum machine" I assume it gained it's nickname due to the cruiser's Federal Signal Twin Beacon Ray lightbar... -- Last edit: 2014-06-01 15:55:07 (Ford_Guy)
Ford_Guy ◊ 2014-06-01 15:55	Next time, please don't quote all of the pictures.
Brian2170 ◊ 2014-06-02 01:44	What happened, daddy? Get back in the goddamn car. Lol, Buford's cruiser on top of a civvie LeMans...
no-a ◊ 2016-05-24 21:33	-- Last edit: 2016-05-24 21:42:09 (night cub)
stpaulcarguy ◊ 2016-05-26 00:56	Iv never seen a brown squad car in the history of the state of texas or any counties there in. if i had to hinder a guess id say this color was chosen as a homage to "White Lightning" 1973 thoughts or comments anyone?
michigancarguy ◊ 2018-01-01 01:31	The LeMans sedans were supposed to be the police package versions which Pontiac called the Enforcer. The one that got trashed as the result of Sheriff Buford T. Justice Chasing the Bandit from Texarkana to Atlanta was the most famous 1977 LeMans Enforcer of them all.
train68 ◊ 2018-09-07 07:06	Game-oholic 94 wrote Why NOT give this car 5 stars? It's been through a lot of crashes, and it has been "chasing" the Bandit throughout the film. Just because it's used a lot, it doesn't mean it's part of the movie.
pierrro ◊ 2018-11-29 01:14	wheeler2170 wrote Jammed horn scene from the film. that's going to convict a maniac that I've been tryin' to apprehend and that I have been in high-speed pursuit of for 700 miles! Now... **** off (a truck horn was blaring when Sheriff Justice was saying that line) True dialog. Problem, one inconsistency of this cult movie : geography. If Sherrif Justice had been in pursuit of Burt Reynolds for 700 miles, they would have already arrived in South Atlanta, destination of the cargo. Texarkana (Texas)-Lakewood Heights (Georgia) : no more than 680 mi. -- Last edit: 2019-01-28 10:05:05
Nick Rynearson ◊ 2021-07-07 07:04	stpaulcarguy wrote Iv never seen a brown squad car in the history of the state of texas or any counties there in. if i had to hinder a guess id say this color was chosen as a homage to "White Lightning" 1973 thoughts or comments anyone? No brown squad cars were a thing, not really any more since brown isn't a popular color anymore, but some counties did use brown police cars, just like white police cars
blk95ta ◊ 2022-06-07 21:51	In the state of Indiana, all county police cars are 2 tone brown and tan.
SixtiesSwing ◊ 2023-12-18 05:45	I am wondering if this is actually a '76 Lemans with a '77 grille. I say that for two reasons. I was curious what the color was, and nothing matches to the '77 model year paint chart, whereas '76 had "Durango Bronze" as a choice, which is what I suspect is the color. Furthermore, and this would need to be verfied, I recently read that the Trans Am was a '76 with a '77 front clip. I want to say it is because the '76 was the last model year for the Pontiac 455 engine. And I suppose supplying last years models in freshened form would be slightly less expensive than providing one of the latest models? The 1977 models probably weren't even ready to supply the production when filming began in August '76 and wrapping around December. All this would need to be corroborated. Even the late Hal Needham made a mistake when he was discussing the filming of "Smokey and the Bandit". He referred to the Lemans cars supplied by Pontiac as "Bonnevilles", though perhaps he misspoke thinking of the B-Ville in the second film. That being said, I'd leave the model year as '77 for both this and the Trans Am as that is what they are made out to be.

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