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Burt Reynolds' last 'Bandit' Trans Am sold for $317,500
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| June 18, 2018
| Gary Gastelu | Fox News
Posted on 06/18/2019 4:18:41 PM PDT by ETL
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Burt Reynolds [1979] Trans Am Up For Sale. Its not the famous movie car, but it was personally
owned by the famous actor
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06/18/2019 4:18:41 PM PDT
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ETL
Actor Burt Reynolds attends a screening of "The Bandit" during the 2016 SXSW Music,
Film + Interactive Festival at Paramount Theatre on March 12, 2016 in Austin, Texas
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06/18/2019 4:18:57 PM PDT
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ETL
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06/18/2019 4:19:47 PM PDT
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ETL
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06/18/2019 4:27:54 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
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This reminds me of an auction of Burt Reynold's personal property about 5 years ago. I happened to be a friend of James Best's and told him about it, since he and Burt were good friends. I happened to mention Burt's Arvo Ojala gun belt because Jimmie was in so many westerns and was an incredible marksman. He was also a quick draw. We were at a wild west film festival in the late 90s and Jimmie could still draw and hit a target in .44 seconds... in his 70's! Jimmie immediately said something to the effect of "Hey! That's mine! Burt borrowed it and never gave it back." Sure enough, I looked on the Julien's auction site and the description says it was marked "James Best". LMAO.
https://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/146/lot/60190/BURT-REYNOLDS-ARVO-OJALA-JAMES-BEST-GUN-BELT-AND-HOLSTER
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06/18/2019 4:36:52 PM PDT
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grateful
To: ETL
“When I get home I’m gonna punch your momma in the mouth. There is no way, NO WAY, you could’ve come from mah loins!”
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06/18/2019 4:48:08 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(Virtue signalling is no virtue)
To: ETL
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06/18/2019 4:50:26 PM PDT
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Rio
To: ETL
East bound and down; Loaded up
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06/18/2019 4:51:20 PM PDT
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no-to-illegals
(Liberals, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
To: ETL
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posted on
06/18/2019 4:56:09 PM PDT
by
Bratch
(IF YOU HAVE SELFISH IGNORANT CITIZENS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SELFISH IGNORANT LEADERS-George Carlin)
To: Bratch; no-to-illegals; Rio; Impala64ssa; grateful; conservative98
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06/18/2019 5:04:17 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
My stepfather had one of
Those,
Yes he would throw me the
Keys every once in a while.
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06/18/2019 5:04:46 PM PDT
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Big Red Badger
(Despised by the Despicable!)
To: ETL
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06/18/2019 5:06:06 PM PDT
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no-to-illegals
(Liberals, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to facil and die)
To: Bratch; no-to-illegals; Rio; Impala64ssa; grateful; conservative98; Big Red Badger; All
Please check out those 2 old Dodge Challenger commercials I linked to above. I’d like to know what you think of them.
Thanks! :)
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06/18/2019 5:21:14 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: grateful
Burt was in pathetic financial condition the last two decades of his life. He did this kind of endorsement of the "authentic Smokey and the Bandit Trans-Am" auction several times in his last few years. Each time he looked more and more feeble and less and less convincing.
In the early 80's when he made Sharkey's Machine in Atlanta, he tried to launch a production studio there. He needed city cooperation - TIF financing or something - and they didn't go for it. He certainly had the right idea, but was about 30 years early.
I recall seeing City Heat - a not so well executed film with Burt and Clint. Assumed to be a guaranteed hit with those two, it underperformed. More importantly it was the downfall of Reynolds after he was injured in a fight sequence, causing a TMJ injury which led to pain medication addiction. Everything seemed to be downhill from there. I always found it interesting that at the time of that film Eastwood and Reynolds were on par as film stars, and afterwards Reynolds hit the skids and never did much of note. Eastwood honed the saw and became a fine director and acted in a number of successful films, and continues to direct to this day. What divergent paths.
To: Wally_Kalbacken
Your right his career was never the same. He had a sort of comeback with that TV show “Evening Shade” but I never really liked it much. He ended up doing a lot crap, direct to video, etc. just to get a paycheck.
It’s shame that he did not manage his finances better than he did, probably was stolen from, given bad investments, etc. If he had just stuck to blue chips and bonds he would have been fine.
To: All
He is missed. I grew up on the Bandit movies, and in a ‘78 Trans-Am (white, without the screamin’ eagle) that I got to drive before my father had to sell it. I can drive a manual, but I kept stalling because I couldn’t reach the clutch.. Not in combat boots which give me another 3 inches of height. My toes barely reached. I was swimming in that driver’s seat.
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06/18/2019 7:29:58 PM PDT
by
Tacrolimus1mg
(Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
To: ETL
I suspect at least one of the creators of “Smokey and the Bandit” was a Dodge Challenger aficionado.
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posted on
06/18/2019 7:40:45 PM PDT
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Bratch
(IF YOU HAVE SELFISH IGNORANT CITIZENS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SELFISH IGNORANT LEADERS-George Carlin)
To: ETL
To: ETL
I need a car...
Speedy car...
Speedier 'n' that.
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06/18/2019 8:24:52 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(One side has guns and training. Other side's primary concern is 'gender identity'. Who's gonna win?)
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