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Larry Wood

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In the 1970s Howard Rees was tired of designing cars. He wanted to work on the Major Matt Mason action figure toy line-up. Rees had a good friend by the name of Larry Wood. They had worked together at Ford designing cars. When Wood found out about Hot Wheels at a party Rees was holding, Rees offered Wood the job of designing Hot Wheels. Wood agreed, and by the end of the week, Larry Wood was working at Mattel. His first design would be the Tri-Baby. After 40 years, Larry still works for Hot Wheels.

Some Trivia

Larry Wood has created some of the most well-known and unique Hot Wheels cars, including the '49 Merc, the Boyd Coddington collector set and the Ramblin' Wrecker (which originally featured Wood's phone number on its license plate). The head of the Hot Wheels division is Larry Wood. He has been with Mattel/Hot Wheels team since 1967. He's originally from General Motors. His nickname is Mr. Hot Wheels, and he is said to be retiring in a few years. His initials have been featured on some 2009 cars, such as the '41 Pickup and Hiway Hauler. Each one bears the name "Elwood". Elwood is identical to L.Wood in pronunciation. Larry Wood has made a new car series, Larry's Garage. This series features many of his popular designs, such as Dairy Delivery, Metrorail Nash Metropolitan and the infamous Bone Shaker. The car, Cabbin' Fever, bears a close resemblance to Larry Wood's truck.


Contents


1970-1979 1/64 Scale

Year Casting Name Debut Series Collector # Toy Number Photo
1970 Mongoose Funny Car 1970 Hot Wheels 6410
1971 Bye Focal 1971 Hot Wheels 6187
1971 Bugeye 1971 Hot Wheels 5178
1971 Classic Cord 1971 Hot Wheels
1971 Grass Hopper 1971 Hot Wheels 6461
1971 Ice 'T' 1971 Hot Wheels 6184
1971 Jet Threat 1971 Hot Wheels 6179
1971 Mongoose II 1971 Hot Wheels 5954
1971 Mongoose Rail Dragster 1971 Hot Wheels 5952
1971 Mutt Mobile 1971 Hot Wheels 6185
1971 The Hood 1971 Hot Wheels 6175
1972 Funny Money 1972 Hot Wheels 6005
1972 Mercedes-Benz C-111 1972 Hot Wheels 6169
1973 Buzz Off 1973 Hot Wheels 6976
1973 Double Header 1973 Hot Wheels 5880
1973 Hiway Robber 1973 Hot Wheels 6979
1973 Mongoose 1973 Hot Wheels 6970
1974 Baja Bruiser 1974 Hot Wheels 8258
1974 Breakaway Bucket 1974 Hot Wheels 8263
1975 Aeroflash Flying Colors 8272
1975 American Victory 1975 Hot Wheels 7662
1975 Backwoods Bomb 1975 Hot Wheels 7670
1975 Chevy Monza 2+2 1975 Hot Wheels 7671
1975 Chief's Special 1975 Hot Wheels 7665
1975 Emergency Squad 1975 Hot Wheels 7650
1975 Gremlin Grinder 1975 Hot Wheels 7652
1975 Gun Slinger 1975 Hot Wheels 7664
1975 Monte Carlo Stocker 1975 Hot Wheels 7660
1975 Mustang Stocker 1975 Hot Wheels 7644
1976 American Hauler 1976 Hot Wheels 9118
1976 American Tipper 1976 Hot Wheels 9089
1976 Aw Shoot 1976 Hot Wheels 9243
1976 Cool One 1976 Hot Wheels 9120
1976 Formula 5000 1976 Hot Wheels 9119
1976 Gun Bucket 1976 Hot Wheels 9090
1976 Inferno 1976 Hot Wheels 9186
1976 Jet Threat II 1976 Hot Wheels 8235
1976 Lowdown 1976 Hot Wheels 9185
1976 Maxi Taxi 1976 Hot Wheels 9184
1977 GMC Motorhome Truckin' Machines 6-pack 9645
1978 '57 T-Bird Flying Colors 2013
1978 A OK Flying Colors 2016
1978 Baja Breaker Flying Colors 2022
1978 Highway Patrol Flying Colors 2019
1978 Hot Bird Flying Colors 2014
1978 Jaguar XJS Flying Colors 2012
1978 Lickety Six Flying Colors 2017
1978 Packin' Pacer Flying Colors 2015
1978 Race Bait 308 Flying Colors 2021
1978 Science Friction Flying Colors 2018
1979 Auburn 852 Oldies But Goodies 2505
1979 Bywayman Speedway Specials 2509
1979 Flatout 442 Speedway Specials 2506
1979 Vetty Funny Drag Strippers 2508

1980-1989 1/64 Scale

Year Casting Name Debut Series Collector # Toy Number Photo
1980 3-Window '34
1980 '63 Split Window Corvette Hi-Rakers
1981 '37 Bugatti 1981 Hot Wheels 1696
1981 Airport Rescue Workhorses 1699
1983 Long Shot 1983 Hot Wheels 3768
1983 Fiat Ritmo 1983 Hot Wheels 3287
1988 Alien Speed Fleet 5026
1989 '32 Ford Delivery 1989 Hot Wheels 7672

1990-1999 1/64 Scale

Year Casting Name Debut Series First Edition # Toy Number Photo
1990 Purple Passion 1990 Hot Wheels
1991 '59 Caddy 1991 Hot Wheels
1991 Buick Stocker 1991 Hot Wheels
1991 Ferrari 250 1991 Hot Wheels
1991 Ferrari 348 1991 Hot Wheels
1991 Ford Aerostar 1991 Hot Wheels
1992 '56 Flashsider 1992 Hot Wheels
1992 Aeroflash 1992 Hot Wheels
1992 Blimp 1992 Hot Wheels
1992 Bulldozer 1992 Hot Wheels
1992 Chevy Lumina 1992 Hot Wheels
1992 Flashfire 1992 Hot Wheels
1993 '63 Split Window Corvette 1993 Hot Wheels
1993 '93 Camaro 1993 Hot Wheels
1993 Ammo 1993 Hot Wheels
1993 Dodge Viper RT/10 1993 Hot Wheels
1993 Jaguar XJ220 1993 Hot Wheels
1993 Road Pirate 1993 Hot Wheels
1993 Swingfire 1993 Hot Wheels
1993 Treadator 1993 Hot Wheels
1993 Vector "Avtech" WX-3 1993 Hot Wheels
1994 Dragster 1994 Hot Wheels
1995 '58 Corvette 1995 Model Series aka First Editions
1995 Dodge Ram 1500 1995 Model Series aka First Editions
1995 Mercedes-Benz SL 1995 Model Series aka First Editions
1995 Power Rocket 1995 Model Series aka First Editions
1995 Side-Splitter 1995 Hot Wheels
1995 Speed Blaster 1995 Model Series aka First Editions
1995 Speed Shark 1995 Hot Wheels
1995 Speed-A-Saurus 1995 Model Series aka First Editions
1995 Spiderider 1995 Hot Wheels
1995 T-Bird Stocker 1995 Hot Wheels
1996 '82 Corvette Stingray 1996 Hot Wheels
1996 Chevy 1500 1996 First Editions
1996 Rail Rodder 1996 First Editions
1996 Street Cleaver 1996 First Editions
1997 '59 Chevy Impala 1997 First Editions
1997 Skullrider 1997 Hot Wheels

2000-2009 1/64 Scale

Year Casting Name Debut Series First Edition # Toy Number Photo
2006 Bone Shaker 2006 First Editions
2007 '66 Batmobile 2007 New Models 15/36
2007 Straight Pipes 2007 New Models 12/36
2008 Corvette Grand Sport 2008 New Models 8/40
2008 H2Go 2008 New Models 35/40

OTHER DESIGNS

Year Casting Name Debut Series First Edition # Toy Number Photo
1975 Motocross 1 1975 Hot Wheels 7668

Gallery

Larry (on left) at the 2009 23rd Hotwheels Collectors Convention in Los Angeles

Signed at the 2009 23rd Hotwheels Collectors Convention in Los Angeles

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