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Hot Wheels are so cool.

SteveSS

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I bought a few 1970 Chevelle SS Station wagons so I could paint them like my white 1971 SS Station Wagon. You know how HW are disassembled so after the interior was out I could see there was something in he back. Looking REAL close it's a supercharger a manifold, a belt, a tension arm and three pulleys.

Cool.
 
Well, I have some pictures...otherwise people will lose interest...

Customs made for me by others as gifts......
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A few of my own - these were for a "Bare-azzed" contest....
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Full opener.....
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Themed set......
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Rat Fink contest....(I am by no means an expert at this stuff)
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Started this about 10 years ago....not got very far...
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Another car I put together too fast - used the wrong masking tape....

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St Patrick's Day contest...
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Van-tasy Island contest....
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A Christmas 'Swap' contest....
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The year earlier....
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Another random few...
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Cross between a Bone Shaker and a Camaro...I called it "Bone Marrow"
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Team Competition....
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I don't have any of the ones I had back in the 70's but I have some newer ones.
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Those are just a couple!
 
You got this one, right idrive?

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Its funny, they advertise it as 74, yet it has a 73 hood! LOL
 
That one looks like a new release.

IIRC release II had a bright red one.
 
I need to downsize my collection to my few hundred favourites. :lol:
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Who else here has one of these...?
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These are so rare, they are not even listed as variations...( I have both variations on this theme plus the other regular issues)
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I need to downsize my collection to my few hundred favourites. :lol:
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Who else here has one of these...?
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These are so rare, they are not even listed as variations...( I have both variations on this theme plus the other regular issues)
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Damn that a real collection...
nice & organized too... :thumbsup:

I have a 6 y/o boy that live next to me I buy him Hot-Wheels
& tracks stuff, carry case, etc. every B-day or Christmas or Easter
I can go over & race "or play with them anytime", still :carrot:too

I bought him some cheapo drag race track set up from Tractor Supply
spring loaded, that pushes the cars out, gate at the end that drops down
& a winner flag to show who wins, it wasn't Hot Wheels, it was some other
obscure brand, but still fun as hell too
best $10 I ever spent, he plays drag racing every chance he gets...
He'll be a car nut/gearhead for sure...
His dad & his older sister 9-10 get down & play too...

Living vicariously through his little boy,
I'm just an older kid, much older :poke:
I use to paint up my Hot Wheels as a kid
I gave them all away, to my nephew some almost 40 years ago now...

I do have a few bigger die-casts, not Hot-Wheels F/C's & Dragsters,
but they are mostly stored in org. boxes
in my closet, not out on display, I use to have them on display in my old house
I do still have a Hot Wheels Oakland Raiders collector semi truck & trailer set,
I'll have to pull out...

I'm like kid in the check out isles of the grocery store,
I buy a Hot Wheels on impulse, for kid gifts a lot...

I should start my own collection...
 
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A couple more.....(my camera sucks for small pics...)

A pair of '58 Belveders, a '57 300C in satin black, and a '57 Custom Royal Lancer D500

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