(WBBM NEWSRADIO) – A tricked-out promotional vehicle used by Slim Jim has been recovered in the Chicago area after the car was stolen in Los Angeles earlier this month.
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The Nissan Z known as “Fast Meat” has been located in west suburban Hillside with some of its promotional wrapping removed, Crains Chicago Business reports. It had gone missing while being moved from California to Florida for a professional wrestling video shoot.
A spokesperson says the auto theft was not some kind of publicity stunt. On Dec. 19, an executive with Conagra, Chicago-based parent company of the Slim Jim jerky brand, said, "We knew we had something special with our custom car, but had no idea it would be in such demand that someone would steal it.
Fast Meat had been emblazoned in orange and wrapped in Slim Jim graphics and featured snack-meat dispensers in the interior.
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