Second-gen Pontiac Trans Am, notably the 1977 model from Smokey and the Bandit, remains iconic in car culture. Classic car enthusiast Derek gives a 1979 Trans Am a makeover with a powerful Pontiac ...

A team specializing in car revivals found this 1977 Pontiac Trans Am that looked like a Bandit at a pull-a-part junkyard in Birmingham, Alabama. They could not just leave it there and walk away.

The third-gen Firebird Trans Am got quicker and more evil-looking ... was purchased soon after I shot this photo (I arrived at the junkyard just moments after the car went out into the yard ...