Burt Reynolds had the opportunity to spend some quality time with the second prototype Burt Reynolds Edition Trans Am in Los Angeles recently. This was the first time Burt actually had the chance to drive his namesake car, and the first time he'd seen a completed Ban III level car in the flesh. Of course, the DIY network was there to chronicle everything - they will be including much of the footage they shot in their Celebrity Rides: Burt Builds a Bandit series.

According the Bandit, he was extremely impressed with the performance of the car, and how easy it was to live with for a vehicle making more than 600 horsepower. It was all we could do to keep him from jumping something! We've got lots of shots of Burt with the Ban III on our BRE TA web site. View them here.