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Ira Bailey Gilford is a former Hot Wheels designer who worked at Mattel from 1967 to 1970. He is most known for designing a large number of the 1969 cars, The Spoilers, the The Heavys and most notably, the Twin Mill, Hot Wheels's first original design.

Prior to working for Mattel, Gilford worked for the Chrysler Corporation. Gilford was recommended to the position by his friend Harry Bradley, Hot Wheels's first designer. Gilford left Mattel around 1970. He currently works as an independent contractor in the digital arts field and a painter.

1/64 Scale[]

Year Casting Name Debut Series First Edition # Toy Number Photo
1968 Custom Volkswagen Sweet Sixteen 6220
Customvolkswagen
1969 Brabham Repco F1 1969 Hot Wheels: Grand Prix 6264
Brabhamrepco
1969 Chaparral 2G 1969 Hot Wheels: Grand Prix 6256
Chapparal
1969 Classic '31 Ford Woody 1969 Hot Wheels 6251
Fordwoody
1969 Classic '32 Ford Vicky 1969 Hot Wheels 6250
Fordvicky
1969 Classic '36 Ford Coupe 1969 Hot Wheels 6253
Fordcoupe
1969 Classic '57 T-Bird 1969 Hot Wheels 6252
Classictbird
1969 Custom AMX 1969 Hot Wheels 6267
Customamx
1969 Custom Charger 1969 Hot Wheels 6268
Customcharger
1969 Custom Continental Mark III 1969 Hot Wheels 6266
Customcontinentalmark
1969 Custom Police Cruiser 1969 Hot Wheels 6269
Custompolice
1969 Ford Mark IV 1969 Hot Wheels: Grand Prix 6257
Fordmarkiv
1969 Indy Eagle 1969 Hot Wheels: Grand Prix 6263
Indyeagle
1969 Lola GT70 1969 Hot Wheels: Grand Prix 6254
Lolagt
1969 Lotus Turbine 1969 Hot Wheels: Grand Prix 6262
Lotusturbine
1969 Maserati Mistral 1969 Hot Wheels 6277
Maseratimistral
1969 McLaren M6A 1969 Hot Wheels: Grand Prix 6255
Mclarenmga
1969 Mercedes-Benz 280SL 1969 Hot Wheels 6275
Mercedesbenz280sl
1969 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow 1969 Hot Wheels 6276
Rollsroycesilvershadow
1969 Shelby Turbine 1969 Hot Wheels: Grand Prix 6265
Shelbyturbine
1969 Splittin' Image 1969 Hot Wheels 6261
Splittinimage
1969 Torero 1969 Hot Wheels 6260
Torero
1969 Turbofire 1969 Hot Wheels 6259
Turbofire
1969 Twin Mill 1969 Hot Wheels 6258
Twinmill
1969 Volkswagen Beach Bomb 1969 Hot Wheels 6274
Blue beach bomb
1970 Ambulance 1970 Hot Wheels: The Heavyweights 6451
Ambulance1970
1970 Carabo 1970 Hot Wheels 6420
Carabo
1970 Cement Mixer 1970 Hot Wheels: The Heavyweights 6452
Cementmixer1970
1970 Classic Nomad 1970 Hot Wheels 6404
Classicnomad 1b
1970 Dump Truck 1970 Hot Wheels: The Heavyweights 6453
1970dumptruck
1970 Ferrari 312P 1970 Hot Wheels: Grand Prix 6417
Ferrari312p
1970 Fire Engine 1970 Hot Wheels: The Heavyweights 6454
Fireengine
1970 Heavy Chevy 1970 Hot Wheels: Spoilers 6408
Heavychevy
1970 King 'Kuda 1970 Hot Wheels: Spoilers 6190
Kingkuda
1970 Light My Firebird 1970 Hot Wheels: Spoilers 6412
Lightmyfirebird
1970 Mantis 1970 Hot Wheels 6423
100 3117
1970 Moving Van 1970 Hot Wheels: The Heavyweights 6455
MovingVanAquaGreyTrailerDarkInterior
1970 Nitty Gritty Kitty 1970 Hot Wheels: Spoilers 6405
Nittygrittykitty
1970 Porsche 917 1970 Hot Wheels: Grand Prix 6416
Porsche917
1970 Power Pad 1970 Hot Wheels 6459
Powerpad
1970 Swingin' Wing 1970 Hot Wheels 6422
Swinginwing
1970 TNT-Bird 1970 Hot Wheels: Spoilers 6407
Tntbird
1970 Tow Truck 1970 Hot Wheels: The Heavyweights 6450
Towtruck1970
1971 Boss Hoss 1971 Hot Wheels: Spoilers 6499
Bosshoss
1971 Fuel Tanker 1971 Hot Wheels: The Heavyweights 6018
Fueltanker
1971 Racer Rig 1971 Hot Wheels: The Heavyweights 6194
Racerrig
1971 Scooper 1971 Hot Wheels: The Heavyweights 6193
Scooper
1971 Snorkel 1971 Hot Wheels: The Heavyweights 6020
Snorkel
1971 Sugar Caddy 1971 Hot Wheels: Spoilers 6418
Sugarcaddy
1971 Team Trailer 1971 Hot Wheels: The Heavyweights 6019
Teamtrailer
1971 Waste Wagon 1971 Hot Wheels: The Heavyweights 6192
Wastewagon
2004 Exhausted 2004 First Editions: Fatbax 85/100 C2732
FE Pink Exhausted
2006 Billboard Truck RLC Exclusive L3530
Billboard red
2006 Racing Truck RLC sELECTIONs K3373
2006rlcracetruckselections
2007 Ramp Truck HWC Series 6 L2096
RampTruck RLC realrider
2008 Vending Truck RLC Rewards Car L8704
Vending Truck - 08 RLC Rewards

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