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Old 11-07-2009, 08:49 PM
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About 4 days ago we purchased what we thought was a regular 2002 trans am, and today when the big rig got here with the car, to my suprise the t/a had some nhra badges, my question is, is this a real edition or just some "made up" one? Sorry for the noob question. Anyone else running these cars here?

BTW its black on black 6speed, ill try and get some pics later on.
Old 11-07-2009, 08:59 PM
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It's real, search it.

The NHRA package consists of the 6 speed Hurst shifter, Goodyear Eagle GSC's, 16 inch chrome wheels, a power steering cooler, and of course the badges.
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Sounds like a case of pure dimb luck. Had to be a nice little surprise. I gotta look it up because i didn't know about it myself.
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Its real, nothing crazy besides badges though.


from www.nhrata.com:
NHRA Special Edition Formula and Trans Am (2000-2002) was a commemorative edition to celebrate the NHRA's 50 year anniversary (in 2001), and Pontiac being a major sponsor of the NHRA for many years. In 2000 there was a total of 215 NHRA Firebirds produced, of which 97 were Formulas. In 2001 there were only 145 produced and in 2002 there were 535 produced. The total number produced is 895. The rarest are a few Trans Am Convertible NHRA SE models with approximately 15 of them. Basically the NHRA SE comes with PS cooler (which all '02 Trans Ams have now)and GSC's on 16". The autos came with 3.23's and 6 speeds came with the default 3.42. Nothing really that special except for the cool badges. You could only get NHRAs in white, black, pewter, or red. Also, when you ordered a Formula / Trans Am, you had a choice between the WS6 or NHRA package. It was either or, and they could not be combined. Pontiac has been the Official Car of the NHRA since Oldsmobile's departure as Official Car at the end of the 1995 Season. The NHRA option added $1,070 - $1,095 to the sticker price and included (but not limited to) the following: Hurst manual 6-speed (3.42 ratio) or automatic transmission (3.23 ratio), power-steering cooling, P245/50ZR16 performance tires, and NHRA-specific badges & keychain. The appeal of the 1SH option package (NHRA Special Edition) is parallel to the appeal of any "anniversary edition" car or "special pace car edition." It is a special designation to commemorate the NHRA drag racing series. The NHRA badges were made by Morgan Design Group.
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Cool. Good info man. Even if it is just badges, it would still be effen great to have one.
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black on black 02 M6 T/A according to the site theres only 41 of them... HTH
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it sure did took me for a suprise, especially now that i found out the quantity.

thanks for the replys.
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I have one too........it's a rare hardtop NHRA Edition Trans Am. Oh wait, I made it on my own.
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nice, lets see some pics!



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