By Bo Durban
Originally Posted on Facebook: 01/07/2022

"THE BANDIT IS HERE!"...advertisement from August, 1977. Note the movie came out May 27, 1977.

It is interesting they put the VIN in the ad. It is not like a potential buyer could do much with it back then without the internet...

2W87K7N243620

2W87 - Trans Am

• K - 403ci 185hp Oldsmobile engine
• 7 - 1977 model year
• N - Norwood, Ohio assembly plant
• 243620 - Sequential unit number (starting at 100001) (https://news.classicindustries.com/trans-am-firebird-vin...)

1977 prices based on options listed:

• $5,456 - Base price Trans Am
• $478 - Air Conditioning
• $108 - Power Windows
• $57 - Tilt wheel
• Auto, PS, PB were standard equipment
• $221 - Destination charge (shipping)

That would be $6,320

At $6,388, I doubt it was a Special Edition. Or even a T-Top car... The Special Edition package with t-tops would have added $1,143

To fill out the remaining $68 was probabaly the power lock option.