Smokey and the Bandit episodes of the series. Needham saw an advertisement for the soon-to-be-released 1977 Pontiac Trans Am and knew right away that would be the Bandit's car, or, as Needham referred to it, a character in the movie. He contacted Pontiac and an agreement was made that four 1977 Trans Ams and two Pontiac LeMans 4-door sedans would be provided for the movie. The Trans Ams were actually 1976-model cars with 1977 front ends. (From 1970 to 1976, both the Firebird/Trans Am and Chevrolet Camaro had two round headlights, and in 1977, the Firebird/Trans Am was changed to four rectangular headlights, while
Carey Loftin also considered one of the most impressive car chases in film history. Loftin has also mentioned before that the hardest stunts to do during his whole was during the final scene in "White Line Fever" (1975) with the main characters truck, Loftin was the only hired stuntman for main characters truck in "White Line Fever" and also did some driving scenes in "White Line Fever" which later got him more iconic stuntman role for the main characters trucks in "The Great Smokey Roadblock" (1977), "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977), "Steel Cowboy" (1978), "High Ballin"' (1978), "Smokey and the Bandit II"