Burt Reynolds or James Bond? 1976 Pontiac Trans Am or 1962 Aston Martin DB4? | The Appraiser - Ep. 2
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- Опубліковано 13 січ 2022
- On this episode of The Appraiser, Colin appraises a 50th Anniversary Pontiac Trans-Am that’s never been restored and an Aston Martin DB4 that has been fully restored and looks like it. So yes, while the Bandit didn't drive a 1976 Trans-Am (it was a 1977) and James Bond didn't drive a DB4 (it was a DB5) we feel things are close enough to make this a Bandit vs. Bond showdown. Or Coors vs. Martini, if it's 5 o'clock where you are right now. In any event you can't get much different than these two rides, well, other than both share their own (loose) connection to two of the best problem eliminators in movie history.
So watch along as Colin digs in to arrive at a value for both cars and shares them with us- and the owners. Will they think he’s too low or too high? Do you? Sound off in the comments section!
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Hi Everybody- thanks for watching E2 of The Appraiser! I'm excited to have it here and hope you all enjoy it.
Just to clarify- the Bond vs Bandit thing is us having some fun and taking a bit of liberty as mentioned in this video description that is posted above:
"On this episode of The Appraiser, Colin appraises a 50th Anniversary Pontiac Trans-Am that's never been restored and an Aston Martin DB4 that has been *fully* restored and looks like it. So yes, while the Bandit didn't drive a 1976 Trans-Am (it was a 1977) and James Bond didn't drive a DB4 (it was a DB5) we feel things are close enough to make this a Bandit vs. Bond showdown. Or Coors vs. Martini, if it's 5 o'clock where you are right now. In any event you can't get much different than these two rides, well, other than both share their own (loose) connection to two of the best problem eliminators in movie history."
Keep the comments coming, and remember to come on back for new episodes right here every Friday...well, until we run out and need to shoot some more that is!
-Colin
Great work Colin
Nice review. I have a similar original condition 1976 LE Trans Am, 455 4spd, (no Hurst hatches). It has similar factory flaws - fingerprints in the paint and the pinstripe decal on the chin spoiler is upside down. Original exhaust with the same black exhaust tips which a TA "expert" told me never made it to production. Car was shown at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals a few years back. Hagerty had a difficult time valuing it back when I got it in 2007 as there was nothing like it in their database.
Relax.I think most people know what you meant. I myself have bad days and I guess I may give people a hard time about the small stuff, but when other people do it I realize how annoying it must be
Enjoying the series very much thank you
Beautiful Trans Am... Black cars look so gorgeous.
I own a couple of 71 LT1 Corvettes - a 2 owner TOP FLIGHT Brandshatch survivor and the only Black LT1 Corvette built - verified by the NCRS C3 team leader - have 20 letters back and forth with Chevrolet regarding the paint and the strike in fall of 1970.
I am enjoying this new series. Thank you Hagerty for putting out quality content. More Jason Cammisa pretty please with sugar on top(edit:Pulp Fiction reference)
Yes! More Cammisa
From an experienced detailer I can say with 90% surety that the handprint is likely sunscreen. That's what it does to paint. I can just picture someone just having applied it one gorgeous day at the beach and then leaning on the car with their greasy sunscreen hands. The higher the SPF, the worse it is.
I had a 76 Trans Am in high school, most fun I’ve ever had with a car.
U lived the dream
Two very different, but absolutely stunning, cars. Thank you for this new series, greatly enjoying these.
This channel just keeps getting better. This series is awesome!
Those are both amazing machines. But I absolutely love the Trans Am. It was amazing.
This is a fun new Hagerty channel. "No bullshit" is always refreshing in the special interest car world, and Collin is leading the charge. Can't wait for more of these
Thank you!
This channel rocks! Wow! Everything I've seen on this channel is amazing! Thank you You so much!
My first car, at 16, was a '77 Bandit Trans-Am. Everything you've ever read or heard about that car, the good and the bad, is true... and glorious.
The Trans Am for the originality, Top Pick. 😎👍🇨🇦
so, I have a 1973 Volvo 1800ES at almost the same unrestored condition as that pontiac. great condition, not worn seats, everything original, factory AC, 4 speed with overdrive. works flawlessly and I love that car.
Wow. More episodes ASAP. Great quality camera work and presentation. More More More.
I was still laughing at the 8 track joke when you made the Fuzzbuster comment. Love this show.
Really really like this new series ! Great job Colin...looking forward to th he next one
I know where there is a '76 50th car with 35 original miles. Yes, 35. Love it, one of my favorites.
Fun fact: Many of the Trans Ams in "Smokey and the Bandit" were actually '76 models fitted with '77 front ends, since most of the movie was filmed in the summer of 1976 before the '77 models were released to the public. Apparently, the studio made a special deal with GM to purchase the '77 front end assemblies which of course included the new elastomeric housing, grille inserts, and four square headlights, and this was done before any of these parts were available through dealerships.
He should run those fingerprints on the paint find out which factory worker is responsible for that LOL
I'm sure that didn't happen at the factory
I have an original paint 76 trans am and it has fingerprints in the paint and one of the pinstripe decals was applied upside down.
@@MrBlaze256 thank you for your input there buddy
The 1970's and early 80's were the worst for GM build quality. I had a 1975 Camaro I order special from the factory and when it was delivered it had a about a one foot diameter paint blemish in the roof and the gas gage didn't work and the ashtray was the wrong color. After those defects were corrected at the dealer about 300 miles later the front wheel bearing failed and on inspection it was never greased at the factory and being a four speed car the factory shifter would lock the transmission in two gears ( usually first & reverse ) on a regular basis. Another thing tat was annoying was the factory installed Goodyear white letter steel belt radials all failed ( the rubber split with the steel belts showing ) at less than 5000 miles because they weren't guaranteed above 80 mph.
I bought a 77 Trans Am when it was only a couple years old .The paint on the driver door was already cracking and had to be repainted
That had to make you sick.
Life is too short to drive cars stock, but keeping all the original parts to bring it back to stock is priceless
I can understand that thinking for the Trans Am, but there’s very little aftermarket for the Aston (if there is even any).
The actual movie car in Smokey and The Bandit was actually a 1976 model with pre-production '77 trim. 😉
Trans am all the way, my grandma had an orange 76 trans am .
Somehow I missed episode one. I have watch both episodes now and I love it.
I love this show
Give me that Trans Am. I would do some very very fun things with it!!
OMG that Aston is absolutely gorgeous!
What a great Aston! And right on the money about GM quality in the 70’s.
Dad had a TA when we were born, but of course mom made him get rid of it for a family truckster. It was literally the wagon from Vacation, wood paneling and everything. Got dropped off at school in that baby until my early teens.
A black 76 SE T/A 4 speed is/was my dream car, I have a blue with white interior 75 455 4 speed car which I absolutely love but there is something about that black and gold.....must be cause I was an 80s kid.😎
( I think I’m right in saying) that the James Bond Aston was a DB5? Although very similar, of course. Great video. 👍
@phil tucker you are correct, the DB5 has a different front end with the laid back headlights, among other things
Yup, read description
In the books he drives a DB3 in the movies a DB5.
@@williammarshall8265 yes, very good point.
@@williammarshall8265 you learn something new everyday 😉 I didn’t know they made books about James Bond.
Excellent show and channel... DB4 Series 4!!!
The Trans Am in the first Smokey and the Bandit was a 1977 model, not 1976. But this one’s worth a lot more dough. 😄 Great show!
Actually the movie cars were 76s with the front end modeled to look likeba 77. And the movie car had the huge 455 which was not available in 77 as that year only had 400.
@@Arayig1982
Absolutely correct.
Great new series 👍🏻👍🏻
That gas tank filler behind the tag reminds me of my dads Gran Torino back in the 70's ... oh the memories
Some GMH also had the filler behind the number plate (tag) here in Australia. It’s quite fun getting young blokes to try and find it.
I would like an episode where you go over all the cars on the lift behind you in these episodes. Since the movie Smokey and the Bandit helped sell so many Trans Ams for Pontiac the head of Pontiac told Burt Reynolds that he never needed to buy another car ever again as long as it was a Pontiac. A few years later the head of Pontiac left and since he didn't have it in writing he said he only ever got one free car.
On the one hand you've got the Bandit, a good ol' boy that managed to snag Sally Fields. On the other hand you've got James Bond, a British spy - who by the time 1977 had rolled around, had enjoyed a bevy of gorgeous women ranging from Ursula Andress to Barbara Bach. A 1977 Pontiac Trans Am ('76 close enough) and an Aston Martin DB5 (DB4 close enough) were perfect vehicle choices for these two characters. (With all due respect to the always adorable flying nun.)
Those DB4’s are gorgeous. I’m guessing they will be million dollar cars someday
I feel blessed to have never been jaded enough to spend 100K on a car and be disappointed.
Both of the cars on this episode were gorgeous. I wouldn’t buy either as I have no interest but that doesn’t mean someone else won’t be. (:
2 of my favorite cars (Im 46 yo 😜, so u can imagine why), amazing video, ty guys
Not my preffered year for the Trans Am but that said this one is beautiful and so is the Aston Martin.
I was at Barrett-Jackson last week when The Bandit sold for 500k. Crazy.
bond is super cool but I fell in love with those honeycomb wheels when I was a kid
wtf is this channel, its soo good!
great new show!
The Trans Am is cool and all, but if I was offered any Pontiac Firebird based on a TV or movie character, it would have to be a 1974 Gold Esprit model just like the one Jim Rockford originally drove. Of course there'd have to be a suit bag included to keep the sport coat clean when not in use.
Would you please more time explicitly discussing your process when evaluating the cars. Fascinating show. Thank you.
💢ALL MAN BOTH THOSE CARS ARE LEGENDARY😎
That DB4 Superleggera though hmmm hmmm!
The opening statement is true, car's made in America in the 70 were junk straight from the factory, and that pretty much stayed that way until yesterday. Having said that, the bird is pretty cool for what it is.
After 73 when they started emissions is when they went to junk.
Any chance you could ever explain how much porsche 911 either 996 or higher mile 997 i could buy for 30 to 35 k . Manual hardtop . I would sure apprciate what i could find in my budget . Thanks
Neither Burt Reynolds or James Bond drove these models.
Exactly my thought as well
Saludos desde Argentina
Another good show Mr. Droopy Dog.
Cool video. I prefer the Trans Am, you can not beat that V8 burble.
While i can appreciate the original, unrestored car that is damn near pristine, all i can feel is sadness knowing that it was barely used for its intended purpose... To drive it. Its just wasted potential. Again, impressive but oh so sad.
I'm British but I pick the trans am every time. I was 6 when I saw smokey and the bandit. Always wanted to show off like that character
The db4 is such a beautiful machine
Oh the Aston Martin DB4 all day long over the Fir-bird.
For sure, DB4 by a country mile or ten, it’s in a different class. Not that the Trans Am isn’t cool although I’d prefer an earlier model and no flying chicken decal.
What would I pay? I was thinking between $50 & $60K for the Trans Am. Never dreamed it was a $100K car. I embarrassed to even say what I was thinking on the Aston Martin. I had it at $250K I would have never dreamed it was worth 3 quarters of a million. Makes me wonder what my 72 VW Karmann Ghia convertible is worth restored???
I paid 8000 last year for the same thing just different color. Just as nice as this one
Owning something like that would feel like walking around with nitroglycerin in a teacup on a saucer. Just a constant fear of disaster.
Well, for the Trans Am it would be anyway given how original it is. With the Aston, probably less so--it's been restored and it's worth so much that insurance would pay to restore it even if it was a charred hunk of metal.
Everything is relative. If you have something unique and special to you then it's your "DB4". I own a '91 NSX and I'm a bit nervous when driving it.
Might have been a 76 thing, but 77 the window trim was chrome not black. My 77 SE hurst t-top blk/blk was anyhow!
Amazing paint on the trans
That handprint is from someone after the car was delivered and they had brake fluid or someone like that on their hands and it wasn't cleaned off fast enough.
It has to be the DB4. The Trans Am needs to be a 1977, the 1976 model doesn't look as good.
Agreed
finger print on the paint?? that something hahaha
3:38 Original belts is actually something looked at and is a plus? They've got to be dried out and brittle. I thought maintenance items wouldn't be a factor.
People are dumb
More please
God that Aston is gorgeous.
Love both cars but the TRANS AM is my 🏆🏆
When people don't drive old Ferraris, that sucks. When people don't drive a 455 cu in Pontiac making 200 hp, I'm like yeah, I wouldn't drive it either.
100k for the Trans Am? There’s no way I’d ever spend that kind of money for a 76 Pontiac TA
I wish that I kept that 71 formula firebird with the 400 hunnert an the 4 speed Grecian bronze
Not my thing but neat video.
The Pontiac is slow but you can fix with a hammer, the db4 will keep you looking cool as you wait for the tow truck…..would still want the Aston…
you forgot that the aston is also slow
@@sportfuryman But it's slow car fun :P
I live in America and while the DB is incredibly cool where I live in East Tennessee is all mountains and heat. For me it has to be the bandit
I like the vids your doing. However as a car freak and a painter and a paint tech rep some of that paint doesn't look factory. I see some panels and places are quite a lot of peel but others look like flat sanded and buffed lacquer. Seats look way to good to be ages even if cared for properly. Very nice piece but sus to me. Trunk jamb and under trunk is sooo glossy. Never mil gauged a classic like that but is 2.5 mil typical of a single stage finish? Or were they closer to 4-5 and it's from age and buffing. Thanks for vid. Not trying to attack or hate on you.
Hi, thanks for watching! The T/A is absolutely original factory paint, I metered every panel and also, like you, have been painting/ restoring cars for a while- 37 years actually. The camera tends to make things look different on the screen but I assure you the decals and paint are factory applied. And yes, typically factory single stage is around 2.5 mils on the exterior while the jambs are 1.0-1.5 on a lot of stuff from Detroit of the era. The interior is all original as well- remember this is a 14k mile car with full owner history that David has owned for 20 years and put on 5k of those miles. It's legit. Thanks again for the comment! -Colin
Give us a tour of the cars in the background?
C'mon now one is an ALL TIME CLASSIC the other is a Pontiac !
Trans Am all the way , for myself anyway thanks
I agree! TA!!!!!
I could feel the value of the Aston Martin slowly decrease as the owner drove away at the end
6:24 is that a Dodge Magnum in the background?
Lol, two different license plates on that DB4
TA all the way ..................... 👍👍👍
What's up with those honeycomb wheels, I swear I could push on the honeycomb and they would give like very hard rubber? I've never been able to find out anything about them, or anyone else that noticed it. Am I the only person that pushed on them?
honestly this show at WCCS would be cooler, but then again it is an active business.
I would much rather have the Aston Martin. I guess that may surprise people because when I was young I walked around wearing a white cowboy hat and boots.I think that we always want the things that were not common to us because they seem more exotic. I have seen more firebirds than I could ever even hope to count.
Wished they'd ask that guy, why 50 Trans Ams?
No contest, Aston Martin by a country mile if not ten. The Trans Am is certainly cool though but not in the same class.
Hal Needham is actually the one who wanted the Trans Am for Smokey and the Bandit. Burt Reynolds read the script and thought it was trash. The only reason he even did the movie was a personal favor to Hal...
BURT!!! HANDS DOWN. 👍🏼
Best thing about this video is that neither is the right film car😂
I'm curious if anyone else nailed the appraisal on the Trans Am? I surprised myself.
I didn't
Burt baby
Oh yea!!
Bo Darville or James Bond desshou?
"Factory air conditioning" "really cool" Not sure 70's GM A/C works well enough to deserve that description. ;)
Actually, oddly enough, that Harrison/ Frigidaire A/C running on R12 would blow ice cubes. A lot of other manufacturers used it as well as a result. For example Jaguar, Rolls, Bentley. It was indeed the gold standard in A/C.
@@colincomer4566 I guess all the 70s GM cars I've been in have needed re-gassing. Thanks for the info!
@@adotbeck good point. I should have said "when it was working" because it wasn't immune to the overlying GM issues of quality control of the day :)
First point I'm going to make is the bandit and Smokey and the bandit drove a 77 trans am not a 76 it had square quad headlights
It was actually a 76 with a 77 front end
The Bandit
Wrong year for the Firebird. The one from Smokey and the Bandit was after the car was redesigned to have D.O.T.D. mandated bumpers in ?1974?. This car is from that year, I think. The Aston is nice, and I like the color. But it is not silver like in the movie or in dark green, which is the international racing color for Britain.
they said this was "not a smokey"..this car was made a year before the movie...they stated this near the beginning of the video
In stock condition the Trans Am engine would be a snot pump with an output of less than 200hp.