RIP Burt Reynolds

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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    I agree I didn’t expect this one. Looked good for his age.
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  • gmcman
    gmcman Posts: 1,807
    RIP sir. There's always some quote or personality trait from the Smokey and the Bandit series that myself and some friends always share.

    Very glad to have grown up during that era, even being a kid.
    halo wrote: »
    Very sad indeed. 10-4 good buddy, over and out.

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    Cool car, BTW. A friend of mine owned one. Note the smaller "Hurst" t-tops on the Bandit edition.

    "The Special Edition Package, sometimes referred to as the Bandit package, consisted of a gold bird decal on the hood, gold pinstriping, German-style T/A lettering and twin gold front grilles. Also, all Trans Ams with the Special Edition package were painted black and came with 15 x 7 snowflake wheels with gold inserts. Interior-wise, all Special Editions had gold engine-turned dash bezels and gold-accented steering wheels. The Special Edition package had option code Y81 without T-tops and Y82 with Hurst T-tops.

    Drivers wanting a little more oomph could opt for the W72 Handling Package. This got you a version of the Pontiac 400 V8 with 200 horsepower, 325 lb-ft of torque and an 8.0:1 compression ratio. Buyers also had a choice between a 4-speed manual transmission and a Hydra-Matic automatic transmission. This package got you 20 more horsepower over the Trans Am's standard 400 V8. That might not sound like much, but remember, this was 1977, and drivers were happy to get any performance car with 200 or more horsepower."

    I still have my high school car, 1978 T/A, black with black cloth interior....needs a lot of body work but really makes me want to start tearing into it now...kids have taken priority to the car though.

    Only big difference from the 77' was the first year of the WS6 suspension. Which offered larger sway bars and 15x8 wheels, mine is also the W72 with the Hurst leak machines.. lol.

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  • Mikey081057
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    ken brydson wrote: »
    Rip Bandit...

    My exact words when I saw this

    He was in a comedy movie called "The End" where he was diagnosed with a terminal disease and was trying to cope with his destiny.

    He was speaking to his shrink and he summed up death as:

    "Death is laying on your back with dirt on your face holding your breath forever"

    He was in some very funny movies and loved him in the original "Longest Yard" and played the star incarcerated QB Paul Crewe then came back 31 years later to be in the remake as the old guy Nate

    He and Jerry Reed and Jackie Gleason can now be Eastbound and Down for eternity!

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  • obieone
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    This is what I'll miss :'(

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  • erniejade
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    FestYboy wrote: »
    Don't forget Cannonball Run I and II, and The Best Little W House in Texas...

    RIP and thanks for the laughs

    I started thinking about cannonball run 2 ... then i tried to think how many of them from that movie are still alive and got a bit depressed.
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  • codycatalist
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    RIP
    Just a dude doing dude-ly things

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  • erniejade
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    I should add. Theres not many left.
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  • Dabutcher
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    Great fun movies. RIP. Made all black TA’s bad ash for sure! If you had one back then. You really had it going on. My friend Wayne had one and it was such a fun car. T tops and black velvet interior and some Journey jamming on the Pioneer Supertuner with Jensen Triaxials times four. Fun times. Peace. D
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  • halo
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    erniejade wrote: »
    FestYboy wrote: »
    Don't forget Cannonball Run I and II, and The Best Little W House in Texas...

    RIP and thanks for the laughs

    I started thinking about cannonball run 2 ... then i tried to think how many of them from that movie are still alive and got a bit depressed.

    Ya. But so many good memories!

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  • warren
    warren Posts: 756
    R.I.P. He was a great entertainer!
    Some final words,
    "If you keep banging your head against the wall,
    you're going to have headaches."
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  • txcoastal1
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    Adrienne Boobeau was hot
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  • halo
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    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Adrienne Boobeau was hot

    So was Farrah Fawcett!!! :)

    Oh man, @erniejade, you're so right. We lost so many of these amazing actors :(
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  • charley95
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    tonyb wrote: »
    Always made me laugh. Bought my first "new" car after the Bandit movie came out. Wonder if they'll bury him next to Jackie Gleeson....hmm. RIP brother, thanks for the memories.

    Was it a TA? Would've killed for one back then.
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  • stretchl
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    If you guys haven’t seen Boogie Nights you haven’t seen Burt Reynolds act. And you’ve missed a scene that will leave you never hearing the song Sister Christian the same as before. Highly recommended.
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  • kevhed72
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    Some day I will own one of those Trans Ams...was my favorite car as a kid.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,904
    edited September 2018
    Don't forget the Cosmo spread.



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  • Viking64
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    stretchl wrote: »
    If you guys haven’t seen Boogie Nights you haven’t seen Burt Reynolds act. And you’ve missed a scene that will leave you never hearing the song Sister Christian the same as before. Highly recommended.

    Eddie Nash, the guy who Alfred Molina's character is based on, was quite a twisted individual. :p
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  • kevhed72
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    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    Don't forget the Cosmo spread.



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  • stretchl
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    Viking64 wrote: »
    Eddie Nash, the guy who Alfred Molina's character is based on, was quite a twisted individual. :p

    Indeed he is. That whole movie is twisted.
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  • Viking64
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    stretchl wrote: »

    Indeed he is. That whole movie is twisted.

    But Roller Girl, tho. :o
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  • pitdogg2
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    stretchl wrote: »
    If you guys haven’t seen Boogie Nights you haven’t seen Burt Reynolds act. And you’ve missed a scene that will leave you never hearing the song Sister Christian the same as before. Highly recommended.

    Boogie Nights was pretty good
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  • mrbigbluelight
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    Burt's true love was Dinah Shore. She wouldn't marry him because she was quite a bit older than him.
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  • tonyb
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    edited September 2018
    charley95 wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Always made me laugh. Bought my first "new" car after the Bandit movie came out. Wonder if they'll bury him next to Jackie Gleeson....hmm. RIP brother, thanks for the memories.

    Was it a TA? Would've killed for one back then.

    Indeed it was. Car was so cool back then. Then 1980 rolled around and they took the guts out of that car with a wimpy turbo.
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  • pitdogg2
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    edited September 2018
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    Burt's true love was Dinah Shore. She wouldn't marry him because she was quite a bit older than him.

    Yet she is still alive and in her upper 90's...
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  • Hermitism
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    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    Don't forget the Cosmo spread5hw3qvtdn2jm.jpg
    The Burt Reynolds Eclair. fjnsbqyr24lj.png


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  • FestYboy
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    tonyb wrote: »
    charley95 wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Always made me laugh. Bought my first "new" car after the Bandit movie came out. Wonder if they'll bury him next to Jackie Gleeson....hmm. RIP brother, thanks for the memories.

    Was it a TA? Would've killed for one back then.

    Indeed it was. Car was so cool back then. Then 1980 rolled around and they took the guts out of that car with a wimpy turbo.

    Umm whaaaa???? Ain't nuthin' wimpy about the turbo 3.8 there Tony, that engine is a beast.
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  • gmcman
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    FestYboy wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    charley95 wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Always made me laugh. Bought my first "new" car after the Bandit movie came out. Wonder if they'll bury him next to Jackie Gleeson....hmm. RIP brother, thanks for the memories.

    Was it a TA? Would've killed for one back then.

    Indeed it was. Car was so cool back then. Then 1980 rolled around and they took the guts out of that car with a wimpy turbo.

    Umm whaaaa???? Ain't nuthin' wimpy about the turbo 3.8 there Tony, that engine is a beast.

    I believe you're referring to the 1989 T/A. The 1980 was offered a 301 V8 turbo. Even if you wanted to crank up the boost, that engine had a puny crankshaft compared to the 400.
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