Slowly, David decided maybe he'd be be er off trying to preserve it a bit. Having kept it more or less
completely stock, the years had definitely taken their toll. It was restored in 2004, including new paint and
body parts, and re-machined wheels. "But it s ll has the original 8-track in it," he brags. Nowadays, he takes
it on the road to the Smokey and the Bandit runs in the United States every year since 2009, for a few other
car shows, and the occasional family vaca on. "It's star ng to get old, though," David sighs. But he's got no
inten on of selling it, which has given a few of his family members some dis nctly Hollywood ideas. "I think
I have contracts out on me by all my nieces and nephews right now," he laughs.
" What we have here is a total
respect for the car!"
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