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Car of the Day : September 17, 2014; Ideal '81 Pontiac Firebird
Topic Started: Sep 17 2014, 02:47 AM (685 Views)
Dean-o-mite
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Today's car of the day is Ideal's 1981 Pontiac Firebird T-Top.


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The Pontiac Firebird is an automobile which was built by the Pontiac division of General Motors between 1967 and 2002. The Firebird was introduced the same year as the automaker's platform-sharing model, the Chevrolet Camaro. This coincided with the release of the 1967 Mercury Cougar, which shared its platform with another pony car, the Ford Mustang. The vehicles were powered by various four-cylinder, six-cylinder, and V8 engines sourced from several GM divisions. While primarily Pontiac-powered until 1977, Firebirds were built with several different engines from nearly every GM division until 1982 when GM began to discontinue engines it felt were unneeded and either spread successful designs from individual divisions among all divisions or use new engines of corporate architecture.



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The "Slam Shifters" series from Ideal were a key-car launcher type toy car, which used a button kids would "slam" to launch the car. The gaping hole at the rear of each casting is where the car attached to the launcher. The series debuted in 1982 (from what I can find online about the company and series), so I labeled this Firebird as a 1981. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong and there is a detail or two showing this to be a '79 or '80.


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A distinctive, slant-nose facelift occurred in 1977, redone somewhat in 1979. From 1977 to 1981, the Firebird used four square headlamps, while the Camaro continued to retain the two round headlights that had previously been shared by both Second Generation designs. The 1977 Trans-Am Special Edition became famous after being featured in Smokey and the Bandit. Later on the 1980 Turbo model was used for Smokey and the Bandit II.



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pjedsel
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I remember the slam shifters - fun little toys to shoot across the floor and watch the cat chase. :petkitty: This is a pretty nice looking Pontiac - another of those brands that is pretty well gone from the diecast scene.
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
You know, as far as it being a Pontiac, it looks pretty good, but the wheels and the detail painting....
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Found my first Slam Shifter today. The Nomad in Yellow and amazingly the lights still work!
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