1977 Bandit Trans Am, Custom Models, Movie Information and we're building a real semi trailer! Help us!
Many thanks to everyone who supported this project. We are glad to announce the trailer is finished and toured on the Bandit Run 2009, in memory of Jerry Reed. There are pictures of the finished trailer below. You can see the trailer hooked up to a Kenworth for the entire run. Here is a short video of the run:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D__5ufu0Lac
Also please watch the last video, number 12 below.
Video 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNf1eWr02-I
Video 2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8BdDx_Ltrk
Video 3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6JkuOaJrH4
Video 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQfd70yGqvc
Video 5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyzLOI6Y1Qk
Video 6http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haBUpe1fljE
Video 7http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1J1jGQvP3Y
Video 8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In7-WMF2id8
Video 9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-RFQ_QJ9gM
Video 10 test run http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_jNj74NSlA
Video 11 test run part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOT41bjMMn8
Video 12 In honor of Jerry Reed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srg_m_Cmwo0
If you have any information on what happened to the movie truck, please email me .
The finished trailer is sitting at
Newnan, GA
Exit 47 on Interstate 85. Drive toward downtown Newnan. Wlofman's is located near a big blue and white water tank.
Donations: A real tribute to Jerry Reed. We are doing this for the love of the first movie, the love of Trans Ams and now especially for the Snowman, Jerry Reed. As Jerry stated in a TV documentary, he is most proud of the years he served his country in the military.. He spent the last two years of his life raising money for military families. This trailer will be used to continue what he started, supporting the families of our voluntary armed forces. Snowman: Well , for your information. . that ain’t never been done before. . . Bandit: You gotta quit thinking so negative son. . .Of course we can make it. . . We ain’t never not made it yet, have we?? Thank you for your support and God Bless, Tyler Hambrick
Please send me all your contact information.
thambrick@numail.org c/o Snowman's truck
paypal
Check or money orders to
Tyler Hambrick
c/o S/B truck
78 Brookstone Park
Newnan, Georgia 30265
Currently we using www.woundedwarriorproject.com to send funds for our veterans in honor of Jerry Reed. The event number is 308932. On their website you can click on the DONATE dogtag and you can donate on online. Please be sure at the bottom on the form to use the project number and Jerry Reed. You can directly mail a donation to
Wounded Warrior Project
PO Box 758517
Topeka, KS 66675-8517
If anyone has a mid-seventies or early eighties Kenworth for sale, please contact me. ESPECIALLY if you are in the Atlanta area. Also, we might need some help pulling the trailer to events. I'm sure there are truckers who would consider it an honor to pull Snowman's trailer.
I have a large wooden plague with many empty places for names. Anyone donating $100 or more will be on that plague which will stay in the truck. Any company which helps with parts / services or makes a large donation will be listed on an advertizing board that will be displayed with the truck. Just imagine the TV and magazine coverage it will bring!! This truck will bring national attention.
Here is a list of very interested parties who are aware of this project:
Hal Needham, Director of S/B
Mark Mansbridge, Art Director of S/B .
I sell 1/32, 1/87 and a 1/64 display models. Contact me for details.
Snowman T-shirts are available also with a $25 donation per shirt for the real truck. Shipping in the US is $5.45. Outside of the US, please contact me for shipping costs. Sizes are 3X, 2X, X, L, M, S. You can use the link below to proceed to the checkout.
update 5/25/2009. We are currently OUT of T-shirts. We are processing a new design and will post the update very soon.
Remember from the movie:
On 3/10/2007 I talked with Bill Stewart at McKinney Leasing in California. This firm leased two trailers to Universal for the making of Smokey and the Bandit II. After the movie both were returned. One trailer caught fire and burned up. The other one was stripped down and sold in 1993.
On 2/7/2008 I had the pleasure of talking with Mark Mansbridge, who was the Art Director of the movie Smokey and the Bandit. He gave me some very interesting information. He had a Universal Studio illustrator produce the small bandit stagecoach scene in water colors. By using the small original as a guide, the print was then painted on the trailer by the Universal's scenic artists. He does not know what ever became of the original movie trailer. He owned the original water color print and kept it for years. A Texas hurricane destroyed it. He gave me some other leads and I will update ASAP. Another friend told me the original watercolor painting was used in another movie. The painting was over the saloon in the movie The Villian. Below is a cropped screen shot from the movie.
Jerry Reed's family is current on our trailer progress. Greg sent them copies of the trailer restoration sign and the Jerry Reed memorial for the rear doors. Needless to say, we were the ones blown away by his daughter's email:
Subject: Jerry Reed Memorial
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Hi Greg,
I am Jerry Reed's daughter, Lottie. Our family received the beautiful posters and information about the trailer and memorial to daddy, and we are absolutely blown away. Words cannot express how much we appreciate what you, Tyler, and Kerin are doing, not only to honor daddy, but also to honor our veterans. We would absolutely love to see the trailer w hen it is finished. Please keep us updated, and if there is anything we can do to help please let us know. From the bottom of our hearts we thank you. Take care, and God bless.
Sincerely,
Lottie
