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Firebird Funny Car (1982)

1982Mainline1982 - 2002Larry Wood
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This casting is a representation of a funny car with a second-generation Pontiac Firebird body. This casting was named Side-Splitter for its 1995 release, a name which would also be used for its successor for some releases. This release is also notable for having a highly valuable misprinted card (271 instead of 277) of which around only 12 examples are known to exist.

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This casting is a representation of a funny car with a second-generation Pontiac Firebird body. This casting was named Side-Splitter for its 1995 release, a name which would also be used for its successor for some releases. This release is also notable for having a highly valuable misprinted card (271 instead of 277) of which around only 12 examples are known to exist.

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1982 Prototype for a promotion that was never released
Owned reference recreation for variation checkpoint 1.
...more info (Randy Leffingwell)
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Probably the same Prototype found in a June / August 1996 Newslette article
Owned reference recreation for variation checkpoint 3.
Prototype Card #1
Owned reference recreation for variation checkpoint 4.
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