Hot Wheels

[Colin1230]

This is a really cool thread kilo charlie , brings back many childhood memories.
Yeah, I collected Hot Wheels and Match Box cars as a kid. They were very affordable to buy on a kids allowance, still are. My collection has been handed down to the grand kids but we still have a couple dozen in the toy box.not sure what's there anymore. But anyway, great thread!

 

[chopsaw]

still have a couple dozen in the toy box.not sure what's there anymore.

Well go look . Lol .

 

[cutplug]

Me too . Been a long time since I've been in the box .
Here's a couple pics I have on here .
Some of the Hot Wheels that survived the fire crackers .
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I have the motorcycle here somewhere . Must be with the Red Baron .
This is matchbox .
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Is that blue car an Oso Griffo are something similar? I have the same one but no
trailer.

 

[zwiller]

I collect a few things and had many as a kid but did not catch the bug to collect them. That said I had a serious phase about a year ago watching YT videos of a guy restoring them. It was mesmerizing and addictive.

 

[kilo charlie]

This is a really cool thread kilo charlie , brings back many childhood memories.
Yeah, I collected Hot Wheels and Match Box cars as a kid. They were very affordable to buy on a kids allowance, still are. My collection has been handed down to the grand kids but we still have a couple dozen in the toy box.not sure what's there anymore. But anyway, great thread!

Thank you! And I second chopsaw motion to go look!

 

[kilo charlie]

I collect a few things and had many as a kid but did not catch the bug to collect them. That said I had a serious phase about a year ago watching YT videos of a guy restoring them. It was mesmerizing and addictive.

Restoring or customizing them is a big deal these days. I've customized a few already but need to come up with a better space for that to do more.

Here's a couple that I transformed.

 

[chopsaw]

Is that blue car an Oso Griffo are something similar? I have the same one but no
trailer.

Yup . It has a Honda motorcycle that goes with it . Looks like I'm gonna waste most of my day looking for it .
Here's a pic of the bottom . Might not post right , but you can still read it .

Here's a couple that I transformed.

Damn . Those are cool . I have an old fire truck I spray bombed blue when I was 10 . Lol .

 

[zwiller]

Restoring or customizing them is a big deal these days. I've customized a few already but need to come up with a better space for that to do more.

Here's a couple that I transformed.

Nice job! That actually crazy because I would do a similar job giving the ugly truck the classic orange Chevy look.

You guys might like this... Was taught some basic electrical stuff from my Dad at an early age so I would hack stuff. One of the coolest things I did was wiring a toy train transformer to a tyco track. We'd put the straight sections together and make a ramp and launch the cars. LOL

 

[kilo charlie]

Thank you!

I just acquired a van that was made in England... a first for me actually. It's a TV Repair van with an actual roll up door in the rear. Inside are 3 tiny TVs. Super surprised they stayed with the vehicle all these years!

 

[kilo charlie]

Nice job! That actually crazy because I would do a similar job giving the ugly truck the classic orange Chevy look.

You guys might like this... Was taught some basic electrical stuff from my Dad at an early age so I would hack stuff. One of the coolest things I did was wiring a toy train transformer to a tyco track. We'd put the straight sections together and make a ramp and launch the cars. LOL

Thank you!

The Omaha Orange on the truck is a factory color.

The Tacoma was changed to the closest color of Inferno that I could find to match my actual Tacoma haha!

 

[yankee2bbq]

Me too . Been a long time since I've been in the box .
Here's a couple pics I have on here .
Some of the Hot Wheels that survived the fire crackers .
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I have the motorcycle here somewhere . Must be with the Red Baron .
This is matchbox .
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Funny you mentioned to this. I remember putting firecrackers in some hot wheel cars thinking they would blow up……NOPE! They were made to last back then!!!

 

[kilo charlie]

Just needed bigger firecrackers! Haha

Way more metal used years ago

 

[zwiller]

The Tacoma was changed to the closest color of Inferno that I could find to match my actual Tacoma haha!

I could tell you were aiming for factory look. Time to get out the airbrush and bust open a Duplicolor pen LOL That dude I would watch had this neat little powder coating rig made from an old toaster oven.

 

[kilo charlie]

I could tell you were aiming for factory look. Time to get out the airbrush and bust open a Duplicolor pen LOL That dude I would watch had this neat little powder coating rig made from an old toaster oven.

That's the problem with pearl colors.. never going to match!

Perhaps soon I will work on a few more!

 

[chopsaw]

acquired a van that was made in England

That's cool . I used to have a Matchbox site that listed all the info by wheels and decals . Tells you what year . Looks like that one lists and sells for a decent price .

 

[cutplug]

Yup . It has a Honda motorcycle that goes with it . Looks like I'm gonna waste most of my day looking for it .
Here's a pic of the bottom . Might not post right , but you can still read it .
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Damn . Those are cool . I have an old fire truck I spray bombed blue when I was 10 . Lol .

ISO ..lt has been a few years! Thanks for the pic!

 

[kilo charlie]

That's cool . I used to have a Matchbox site that listed all the info by wheels and decals . Tells you what year . Looks like that one lists and sells for a decent price .

Thank you for the information!

 

[cutplug]

Restoring or customizing them is a big deal these days. I've customized a few already but need to come up with a better space for that to do more.

Here's a couple that I transformed.

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Very nice work!

 

[chopsaw]

Radio Rentals in cream series 1 - 75 . Looks like 1968 .

 

[6GRILLZNTN]

My Dad and I collected Matchbox, Hot wheels, Corgi, and Pocket cars when I was a kid. We have around three hundred stored in printers trays. Here are the Matchbox "Models of Yesteryear" on my mantle.