Well, he started down the grade when he lost a gear. He hit them brakes, found he had no air.
8 seconds sound clip from the Smokey and the Bandit (1977) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:01:33 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Well, there's a truck-drivin' legend in the South today. A man called Bandit from Atlanta, Ga.
- Every gearjammer knows his name. They swear he got asphalt a-runnin' in his veins.
- A foot like lead and nerves like steel. He's gonna go to glory ridin' 18 wheels.
- Oh, boy. He left Atlanta back in '63 haulin' him a load up to Tennessee.
- He hit Mount Eeale in a drivin' rain so hard he couldn't even see the passin' lane.
- Well, he started down the grade when he lost a gear. He hit them brakes, found he had no air.
- A lot of folks seen him and they all say he had his head out the window yellin', Clear the way!
- Well, he got to the bottom safe and sound. Everybody asked Bandit how he made it down.
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