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Hot Wheels COPO Corvette

This yellow and black 1969 Central Office Production Order (COPO) Corvette in Hot Wheels’ 1:64 scale Circuit Legends series is the latest version of this impressive sports car, having first appeared in about 2011. I believe that the model represents a real car, a 1969 L88 Corvette Convertible 427cu in, which was one of only 216 L88s built specifically for racing. The car is unique, as it also had a specially ordered Muncie M22 Rock Crusher four-speed transmission,

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