Who’s Got A Hot Wheels of Their Car?

[Burd]

Who has a die cast or hot wheels of their car?
One w/ chicken on the hood, one with mags and no bird.

[70 copo]

Not a Hot wheels, but JL did a limited collectible in the tin of my Wife's 1982 Camaro.

Rumor has it that they are going to release one of my 1987 too.

[GMC_Typhoon]

I daily drove an amusement park type ride for 10 years.That was my Hot Wheels.

[67since67]

Auto World is releasing a 1/18th of my convert later this month....

[big gear head]

I have Jonny Lightning cars of my '67 SS Chevelle, '72 SS Chevelle and my '69 Camaro. They're not actually my cars, but they look just like them.

[Keith Seymore]

I have a Johnny Lightning of my GTO.

It is actually my car, and the packaging uses a pic taken during a magazine photoshoot.

K


http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/000_4193.jpg~original
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/000_4196.jpg~original

[flyingn]

They made a 1/18th and 1/64th of our Judge. They are making one now of our Torino due out in April.

[PeteLeathersac]

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Not my car but I did pick up this '64 'Velle at the Dollar store today.
Goofy Shelby looking graphics but cool for the dough, still hooked on H:headbang:t-Wheels for 5:burnout:+ years.
:beers:
~ Pete

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[Burd]

I remember my first Hot Wheels, I never stopped likin them. Cleaning out my moms house, I found my hit wheels case in the attic, it was empty. I was bummed. Luckily they repop a few, I got the faves again, chaparral, splitting image, and silhouette, I haven’t found the Deora yet, it’s a ‘Camino with 2 surf boards on the back, I picked up a COPO, who doesn’t like a COPO. lol

[169indy]

A Tacoma Chevelle friend has a Mini even with His Name on it.
Cool

[Burd]

That’s cool how do you do that

[Burd]

A bud Jim, RIP, always put a model of his 62 GP on his Aircleaner, one day I forget where we were but he shuts his hood. :stupid:

[Keith Seymore]

That’s cool how do you do that

I think you are asking 169Indy, but in my case Jeff Koch (the guy writing the article on our car) also worked for Johnny Lightning and made the connection.

To be completely honest I was disappointed he didn't call Dad out by name when I first saw the packaging. I'm not sure why they didn't, but still kinda cool (I think).

K

[markinnaples]

Kind of

[Keith Seymore]

This is a little random but too good to pass up.

We got these little 1/64 scale Ertl '65 GTOs, which are kind of generic, but for some reason have an obvious gray tool box in the trunk.

The connection is that we would flat tow the GTO with the towbar and with Dad's gray Craftsman tool box in the trunk of the car, for ballast (it drops the tail of the towed vehicle, improving the caster, thereby making it tow better).

When we got to the track we would weigh in for our class with the towbar and these huge logging safety chains still installed, full of fuel, the toolbox in the trunk and me (all 45 lbs or so) standing on the scale. Then when we got back to the pits all that extra weight would come flying out of the car for eliminations.

This little Ertl GTO has always reminded me of that.

K

[455HO POST]

JL just did one of my '72 GTO from MCACN last year.Way Cool!

[Burd]

Kind of

Pretty cool. They do thing similar on Woodward, I think it was 3 backdrops that was set up, one was the Susie Q, is was packed but I wish I would have done it, I bussed tables back in 9th grade at the Q.

[markinnaples]

The Hot Wheels Legends Tour was a pretty cool show to be invited to. There were a lot of crazy vehicles there as they use the shows to select what model Hot Wheels to make next, and select one from each show that goes to the final show where the selection is made.
I had lost a valve just before this show, so while I drove into the show, I had to keep turning it off and starting it up in the line because I kept smoking out the poor people in the VW bus behind us in line who were super nice.

[Burd]

I remember Hot Wheels at the auto show, maybe this was it, I can’t remember. They did make a hot wheels version of the new camaro.
A bud back in Chevy gave me a set of badges off a car, I still have them.

[169indy]

That’s cool how do you do that

I got a message from Chris (Owner of the Green Chevelle & Jonny Lighting Likeness)

"Johnny Lightning had a contest called “your car is the star” series. You sent in a pick of your car and if you were picked as a winner they made your car. There were 6 cars in the series. That’s pretty much it."


Jim

[169indy]

Not sure if this is straying to far from your OP question but,,,(Hot WHeels Cool)

Buy here is my Original Hot Wheels Trash Can I got as a Kid, It has had a Tough Life with Dents, and Paint splatter from Decades of Model Railroading and Model Airplane and Cars- Funny still has the department store label $1.34 or so, Still works fine. Dig the 80's: Garage Shag-Carpet also, Makes it hard to roll the creeper but soft on the back Ha

Jim

[Burd]

Hot wheels is hot wheels. Nice.

[L78M22Rag]

It’s not the Hot Wheels brand, but close enough for Jeannie and me....

[Calix Lee]

It’s not the Hot Wheels brand, but close enough for Jeannie and me....

This is so cool, atleast they have the same color.

[randy27]

Auto World is releasing a 1/18th of my convert later this month....
Sweet! Guess my uncle would like that. I'm gonna show them tomorrow after we finished installing the brake kit and nitto ridge grappler (https://4wheelonline.com/nitto-ridge-grappler-tires.305266.0) tires on his Wrangler.

[70 copo]

I still have my Hot Wheels Watch that I got when I was 4 years old. Time flies!

[Mr. Chevy]

70 Nova

[racer67x]

I went a step further..lol
here's my Nova leading the pack down the straightaway. :)
https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FBVxqHH0. jpg%3F1
https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FVcbGyD0. jpg%3F2

[Burd]

Sometimes you gotta make your own combo, I worked at a Display shop that did the Auto Shows so we had all kinds of perks, I took apart a hot wheels that had a black interior, took the interior and my Qt can of PPG GM #62 dark camel tan and had it sprayed. Lol

[169indy]

Sometimes you gotta make your own combo, I worked at a Display shop that did the Auto Shows so we had all kinds of perks, I took apart a hot wheels that had a black interior, took the interior and my Qt can of PPG GM #62 dark camel tan and had it sprayed. Lol

True Words!,
So Order a Car (Model) 1:87, 1:64, 1:24, 1:25 etc in the closest configuration you can from existing stock. Disassemble and Paint Decal as needed. Not to over the top but just get it close.

Here is a White 68Z I disassembled, Painted the interior and added a textured V top to match my 1:1 car in the garage. I just did not want to put the effort into a Flat Hood, I need to source a similar model harvest a Flat hood and paint it.

Jim

[Burd]

Now all you need is a Cover for your model, lmao

[67rs/ss]

I have these Johnny lightning ones I purchased a while back that I give out to kids at car shows.

[randy27]

Lucky kids receiving those nice collectibles!

[69M22Z]

I have these Johnny lightning ones I purchased a while back that I give out to kids at car shows.

Very cool

[Burd]

Now that’s cool.

[Woj]

Pretty close.

[m22mike]

Phil
Your 300 looks great, don't think I have seen it outside :drool:

Mike

[67since67]

Auto World is releasing a 1/18th of my convert later this month....

Received it yesterday :smile:

[Keith Seymore]

Received it yesterday :smile:

That's a nice display case.

Did you make that, or buy it?

K

[67since67]

Thanks Keith, it is a nice case. It was originally a furniture store item.
My brother used to have a collection of several hundred vintage farm toys, mostly 1/25 scale tractors. (That's a big deal in this part of the country). When he downsized I got a couple of his cases.

Bill W

[big gear head]

That's some nice detail on the FM car.

[Xplantdad]

Holly got a Hot Wheels "Larry Wood Shelby Daytona car from Tracey Smith at Shelby (she used to work at Mattel). We got to meet Larry Wood (Mr. Hot Wheels) as well.


He's had a bunch of cars...and has made Hot Wheels of most every one of them :) This is a quick read....



https://www.fuelcurve.com/hot-wheels-designer-larry-wood/


Here's the Hot Wheels Holly got...




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[SBR]

I have this exact car with a manual trans, it even has the optional performance intake which increases the power from 755 to 772HP. Sorry for the tilted pic, I wish I knew how to fix it.

[dykstra]

:3gears:

[Burd]

Saw this at the grocery store, it’s upside down. Check out the video. https://youtu.be/5qLJeC1OxdU

[Wakepowell]

ACME / GMP did a 1/18 scale model of my Judge a few years ago. It was started under GMP's ownership and during the production their name changed to Acme

[hiperf406]

https://www.yenko.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=187809&stc=1&d=1613860060











I actually have 2 different sizes of my car in my color scheme, interior wrong color which I have to rectify shortly. The smaller actually has green interior like my car already. I also have a larger model but it is Orange I want to paint it green also but don' know what to do with the stripes.

[njsteve]

I sold the actual car back in 2013 but still have a couple of these:

[olredalert]

----Like that, Steve. Are they still out there?.....Bill S

[bashton]

To date we have had over 50 actual from the show cars duplicated from MCACN in the Johnny Lightning 1/64th scale and about 40 in the Auto World 1/18th scale series.

We have another batch of six in the Johnny Lightning MCACN Muscle Car series and two additional 2-packs due in March, along with a steady flow of 1/18's coming with 1-2 new releases nearly every month. Both are ongoing series, so bring your car to MCACN and it may be the next!

Bashton

[njsteve]

----Like that, Steve. Are they still out there?.....Bill S

The small run of 1/18 scale Chargerss sold out quickly back in 2011. I havent seen any for sale since. I don't really have a need for more than one anymore.