

How much did burt reynolds smokey and the bandit car in the movie#
Kohn was driving the same car Reynolds drove in the movie for the stunt. It’s a stunt that had never been done before in the region, according to event organizers. Stunt driver, Raymond Kohn, recreated one of the most iconic car stunts from the movie, Smokey and the Bandit. Did Burt Reynolds do any driving in Smokey and the Bandit?

Cora was owned by Bill and Cindy Morris of Elephant Encounter. Did they use a real elephant in Smokey and the Bandit 2?Ĭharlotte, the Asian elephant in Smokey and the Bandit II, was portrayed by an elephant named Cora. Today, she spends her days at the Topeka Zoo with an African elephant named Tembo. Cora played “Charlotte” in “Smokey and the Bandit II” in 1980. A 1977 model that served as a promotional car for the movie sold for $550,000 at Barrett-Jackson’s 2016 Scottsdale auction.Ĭora is 62 years old, but when she was much younger she starred alongside legendary actors Burt Reynolds and Sally Field. How much did the Smokey and the Bandit car sell for?īurt Reynolds’ personal 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am sold for $317,500 at Julien’s two-day Reynolds estate auction in Beverly Hills over the weekend. This sounds legit: Q: Does anyone know if the Trans AM and the truck used in the film are still around? A: The original “Bandit” Trans am is kept at The Performace Car Museum, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. What happened to the truck in Smokey and the Bandit? To protect the good name of their company, they lobbied all the transport officials east of the Mississippi to not issue alcohol permits to loads of Coors. Because Coors is a very light beer and it wasn’t pasteurized in the 1970s, it was as perishable as milk is.
