the first smokey and the bandit movie was made in 2014.
when was the first smokey and the bandit movie made?
2014
on april 14, 2018 at the barrett-jackson collector car auction in palm beach, fl, just 5 months before his death, actor burt reynolds was once again on hand to preside over the sale of 3 rare pontiac firebird trans ams from his personal collection, sold via bandit movie cars of florida, the custodian of the burt reynolds collection. reynolds was well known to attendees of barrett-jackson, appearing numerous times. he was also an avid firebird collector after filming the movies hooper and also the smokey and the bandit movie series. the first car he presided over was a red 1977 firebird trans am survivor car from the restore a muscle car collection with a hammer price of $57,200. the second vehicle was a rare 1974 pontiac trans am 455 super duty, which was another survivor that reached a hammer price of $100,000 plus 10% buyer commission. the third car reynolds sold was a 1980 indianapolis pace car turbo trans am, which also got a hammer price of $100,000, plus 10% buyer commission.
pontiac firebird
smokey x, the current smokey mascot, made his debut in 2013. during the week, he lives with the hudson family. he is the first smokey not descended from the original smokey bloodline, but he is the first from a new tennessee-born and bred bloodline. on game days and while attending to official mascot duties, smokey is handled by members of ut's alpha gamma rho fraternity. for home games, he usually spends the weekend in the fraternity house on ut's campus.
smokey (mascot)