- #What year was the trans am in smokey and the bandit 1 professional#
- #What year was the trans am in smokey and the bandit 1 free#
It's a blank canvas if someone even wanted to custom paint the Birds and Stripes on it. Even without the decals this is the best of both scenariosit's an all origina, no rust ever clean Oklahoma Car that's also beenupgraded with a more durable modern day base/clear urethane paint that is so new there is not a single stone /road chip on any part of this car including any of the spoilers. Since I started this project last year I found and bought my true dream car a 1968 GTO Convertible so even though I never planned on selling my Bandit TA I now need to or put in storage and wait till Spring toput the decals back on itand still end up selling. The original paint is still on the underside of trunk and on the doors and fenders jamb, the identification decals on left door are the untouched originals. The extreme high gloss clear and no decals is the only way you can tell its not the original paint. I went into a detailed description to show that this was not your simple repaint to flip a car, this was to going to be my car for many more years of car shows and cruises so I took the time to make sure it was done righ, was clean and not look like a repaint. While I had the front and back glass moldings off I stripped and repainted them semi flat black as well as the old school original 3 piece back window louvers I painted them semi gloss bac, yes there is a difference you can see a nice contrast between body, moldings and louvers. I then took it back and they did the final Cut and buff to the mirror like finish you can clearly see. I had them paint all the spoilers correctly with the flex additive and I put the car back together replacing new all the spoiler seals, NOS power antenn, both new GM outer window sweep moldings and new GM all the gaskets for the door handle, lock cylinders and mirrors.
#What year was the trans am in smokey and the bandit 1 professional#
After I was sure it was laser straight I had a professional shop do the final paint and clear (photo). I put two coats of black base on i, block sanded and repeated one more time. I primed and blocked the body a few times. I fixed the minor dings and dent, sanded off the old decals and stripes except for the hood I had to strip it to get the bird gone (photo). Not wanting sloppy paint build up on edges and overspray I took off every removable part from the body that would hinder a clean paint job including all the spoilers.
#What year was the trans am in smokey and the bandit 1 free#
The body was and is 100 % rust free and other than a few door dings and a little dent on the right side 1/4 panel (photo) it needed very little body filler work. The photo with the decals still on it were at a car show during the summer of 2013 before I started the tear dow, it still showed very well. To me it's important to show and tell the condition that this car was in before repainting it.
It was a20 foote, blaming years of buffing the paint was thinning to the point of seeing factory primer and the decals were fading and cracking. I bought the car April 2011 and for the first 3 summers I drove it to many car shows and cruises. The interior still looks very nice even the dash is in perfect condition. Other than the new recent ( few months ago ) exterior paint this is an original unmolested 83K miles Oklahoma Car. This is a true survivor numbers matching car with the factory invoice from 1981 delivered to Vinita Okla. Another interesting factoid is 1981 was also the first and only year that NADA included a Bandit SpecialEdition. 1981 was the first and only year that Burt Renolds advertised for Pontiac with a Y84 Trans Amand was also the last year for a PontiacV/8.
Even though Pontiac didn't produce a RPO for the Smokey and Bandit SE the Y84 was nicknamed the BanditSE because it was a replica to the Black/Gold TTop Trans Am in Smokey and the Bandit II Movie. This is one of 3050 Y84 T Top Black / Gold Bandit SETrans Ams built in 1981. Up for Auction is my 1981 Pontiac 4.9 Turbo Trans Am Bandit SE.
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