Description
Loose Hot Wheels – Pearl Passion – Purple Checkered Flag Hot Rod
First production date: Released 1995.
Casting number: Toy/casting number 13279 (also listed as Collector #292 on carded releases).
Designer: Designed from the Purple Passion/Passion family attributed to Larry Wood.
Sets it has come in: Issued as part of the 1995 Pearl Driver Series (Pearl Driver 2/4) and sold in single-card blister and multi-car Pearl Driver set releases.
Collectors notes: Features a pearl lavender/purple finish with whitewall tire variants and multiple tampo/sub-variants; common Malaysia production base; sought after in mint-on-card Pearl Driver packaging and whitewall/tire-variation examples command higher collector interest.
Estimated eBay value based on sold listings: Typical sold prices range from about $3–$25, with individual sold listings showing examples at approximately $14.95 and lower-value loose/sold examples near $2–$6 depending on condition and variant.
General information about the casting: The Pearl Passion is a pearl-finish version of the Passion/Purple Passion casting (a Mercury/’49–’51 custom–style body) produced at 1/64 scale in diecast metal; marketed as a collector-themed pearl series release in the mid-1990s with several carded subvariants and wheel/tire differences
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