1998 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Bright Red ERT7831 1/1/1998 C 1998 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Black ERT7832 1/1/1998 C

I just found some info. In 1/1/1998 they released a 1:18 T-top version of the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am in Black and one in Red.

If anyone knows more or has some to sell or trade let me know. Im flippin out here as I never knew this. This is a must have for me.

I had no idea about this either. I wanna know too. I have the purple one, and my bro has the rust-colored one. Now I'm curious.

^v^

a few years back,www.diecastmuscle used to have these listed as "out of stock" on their site. a little over a year ago they completely removed the listing from their site. i thought they were just a release that never happened. if they are out there, their production #'s has to be very very low. i did all kinds of internet searches and checked e.bay daily with the hope of finding one. i couldn't even find a pic of one. it would be nice if someone had a contact from someone on the inside of rc2 to get more info on these. you would think these would sell like mad. :confused:

Purple? Rust color? Please explain more.

Purple? Rust color? Please explain more.
red and black only.

DarkestLove states of a purple one and a rust color one?

Purple? Rust color? Please explain more.

if i remember correctly those colors were on the 95?? T/A's that Ertl came out with

if i remember correctly those colors were on the 95?? T/A's that Ertl came out with
that is correct
the part # are
ERT7831 (red)
ERT7832 (black)
these were supposed to have been issued in january of 1998 which seems to be odd considering that the car only came out a few months prior. it also seems odd that they are using the early 4th gen casting for their most recent releases. i think if the 98 style was ever produced, we would be seeing different color variations in the latest releases instead of the older style.

you can find out the info on them here

http://www.diecast.org/diecast98/html/asp/list_reviews/xq/ASP/manufacturer.Ertl/classification.American+Muscle/searchScale./sort1./sort2./sort3./step.650/qx/reviewresults.htm
for some reason, they are showing the 98 as still being a current run instead of discontinued. :confused:

if i remember correctly those colors were on the 95?? T/A's that Ertl came out with
I just checked. My purple one is a '96.

^v^

I didn't want to say this earlier until i was able to make sure. But I confirmed it with my wife. About 2 years ago when I started looking for 1998-2002 Black Trans Am WS6 models on ebay. I came across a 1:18 scale T-top Red Trans Am. It was in a large box, only showing the body, and the rest of the kit was not visiable in the box. It was a diecast model kit that needed to be assembled. (I didn't get it b/c at first I was only going to collect black, b/c my real car is black, but then decided recently I wanted to collect all colors)

I asked my wife about it and she remembered it too b/c I was trying my hardest after that to find one in Black. I also remember it was selling for alot.

bbbummppp!