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The differences between the "6.6 Litre" and "T/A 6.6" , other than Oldsmobile 403 versus Pontiac 400 is that the latter wasn't available on cars with the dreaded California Emissions ; those were stuck with the "6.6 Litre" low-compression smog-hog .

Oddly , the Trans Ams with the real engine (the Pontiac 400) were built in the Van Nuys , Ca plant , but one couldn't buy one here !

Same goes for 4-speed models ...

*personally , I think that the 1977 - 1981 Firebird / T.A. was an ugly design . It's those yucky square headlamps and panel-length tail light / panel which "ruin" the flow of the rest of the otherwise gorgeous Pontiac F-Body*

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The 1977 Trans Am "Special Edition" model used in the movie traces back to a GM Design show car created for Bill Mitchell (VP of Design) for the 1974 GM Division Show Circuit. Bill liked the Lotus F1 race car "John Player Special" livery and used that Black and Gold paint scheme to create the car. Buford T. Justice was based on a real Florida Sherrif of the same name.

Just for fun...who knows the Bandit's real name? (No fair looking it up and don't say Burt Reynolds :P )

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Just for fun...who knows the Bandit's real name? (No fair looking it up and don't say Burt Reynolds :P )

Frog called him "Bo" at one point in the movie, but his actual name is Bo "Bandit" Darville in the screenplay copy I have.

I'll get pix of the tread pattern when I can get my camera charged back up.

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Allen got it. Bo "Bandit" Darville. :) From what i've heard, Reynolds had to talk Sally Field into taking the part of Carrie. She thought the part was too light. I now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion. :D

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WOW. I did not know this kit was available. I have seen the Revel/Monogram 78 model and had at first just assumed this was the same kit in the box. I've always wanted to build a Bandit, but have not been keen on working with the AMT kit (which is not as nice as this by a long way). Thanks for this review. I'll get my order in.

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I've just received the kit yesterday, the first thing I noticed when I pulled out the body is that the front windshield seems very low, as though it has a chopped top. I'm also not sure if the shape of the rocker panel is correct, the bulge is quite pronounced on the kit body.

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Looking at the pictures, it seems that the roof area between the T-Tops is too wide.

Did the '77 Trans Am look like this? I seem to remember the area between the T-Tops being narrower.

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Looking at the pictures, it seems that the roof area between the T-Tops is too wide.

Did the '77 Trans Am look like this? I seem to remember the area between the T-Tops being narrower.

Apparently there were two different types of t-tops used between '77 and '78. The Monogram, MPC, and Revell kits all differ in this detail.

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Apparently there were two different types of t-tops used between '77 and '78. The Monogram, MPC, and Revell kits all differ in this detail.

Yes, there were two styles of T-Tops offered on the Gen 2 cars, the wide bar tops were by Hurst, if I remember correctly, and the narrow bar tops I believe were GM Corporate.

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How does the body of this new Revell 'Bandit' Trans Am compare to the Monogram '78 kit and the MPC Blackbird Trans Am kits?

I think the MPC is either a '77 or '78 model year, but not sure.

The windshield area does look a bit shorter in the pictures of the new Revell 'Bandit' kit.

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Hows the body accuracy?

Terrible. Slab sided, and the roof is all wrong. Looks chopped and squashed. I have a real 77 to compare it to, and believe me, its bad. Your better off with the Warbird kit.

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Is the AMT Smokey & Bandit Pontiac Trans Am kit a re-issue of the MPC Blackbird kit?

When MPC and AMT were under the ERTL/RC2 brand it seems a lot of the old MPC kits were re-packeged with the AMT name.

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