Transforming A Budget Pontiac Into the ICONIC Bandit Trans Am! | Roadworthy Rescues

Derek heads down south to Alabama in search of a Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am replica. Instead, he finds a Pontiac Trans Am that's the wrong year, wrong color, has the wrong engine, and has clearly been in a wreck. Undeterred, Derek sets out to convert it into a Firebird worthy of Burt himself!

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[MotorTrendWatch]

A Trans Am Transformation!
What do you think of the replica Bandit Trans Am?

[ViceGripGarage]

This was a fun build for me!! I love how it turned out!

[rajm.]

I love watching old school mechanics at work. It's like magic and I love to see old cars come back alive. Thanks gents.

[kevinbrand]

A guy put a big smile on my face with this installment! Nice result.

[tobysure]

I like how the car was freshly decorated with leaves in the opening shots. So realistic.

[OlRider]

5 of these over the years...Love these birds...Ya can beat these like a red head, d step child and they STILL run...FANTASTIC...

[shannonschneider]

The satin black and the glossy stickers actually work really nicely together and the rim and tyre package is spot on, wouldn't say no to that for a daily driver

[mikeadams]

The '79 isn't bad for making a Bandit tribute car, because the Trans Am in Smokey and the Bandit II was a 1980 Turbo Firebird.

[DanoFSmith-yctg]

That car was for sure planted in the woods, and had leaves thrown on it.

The Grass isn't long around the car, and all the tires have air in them. Plus the car is way too clean for it to have been in the bush for long.

[Cave_Monkeys]

Did you guys throw all the leaves and sticks on the car before filming this 😆 🤣

[Walking_Death]

Amazing, I park a car in my yard for a month and there's a big dead patch in the grass... This has been sitting for years and the grass under it is lush and green.

[threefiftyone]

The good old " chuck some leaves on it and push it into the grass revival "

[markkeller]

"Honey Hush", best words ever spoken. RIP Jerry Reed.

[Bacn]

Absolutely incredible. A car thats been "sitting" in the "woods" for "years" just fires up and runs. Throw some nitrous on it. And done even go thru the motor one bit. Simply amazing.

[Stang]

Man that thing took a beating especially after sitting and looking the way it did. Nice work glad to see it got a second chance instead of becoming a pile of rust or crushed.

[dutchdaniels]

Big thanks to whoever for mowing the grass under the car all those years. Classic story of youtuber we all love, has street cred tarnished by the corp suits great ideas.

[plstewaf]

Good job throwing those leaves and wood chunks on the car before filming!!! LOL

[wefwefwef.]

Great episode, but as people have mentioned that car was for sure planted in those woods for the show, your avarage petrolhead has been around cars that have spent time in a bush and that wasnt one of em 😂

[JimRJ]

That Trans Am looks so good for a fast job 👍👍

[sampson]

What a glorious piece of machinery ! Even a guy like Derrick could love thet thing