Hot Wheels Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Hot Wheels Wiki

Note: For the Race Car, see Mustang Cobra.


Description[]

A former Corgi casting that made a very short run as a Hot Wheels Vehicle before being retired. The Casting features a trailer hitch and opening rear hatch. This is known as the "Ford Mustang Turbo Cobra 79". During it's time as a Corgi casting, which started in 1981,this casting was called "Ford Mustang Cobra" same as the Hot Wheels version.

In 1979, the 'Turbo' variation of the Cobra Mustang was equipped with a 2.3 Litre Overhead Cam (OHC) engine and was introduced in October 1978. The 1997 release of this casting features a black racing stripe tampo with '5.0 MUSTANG' in large text. Comically, the casting lacks the raised centre of the bonnet/hood to accommodate for such an engine size. However, the casting features the grille design from the 'Turbo 79' 5.0 Mustang.

Versions[]

This Hot Wheels vehicle has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:

Col # Year Series Color Tampo Base Color
/
Type
Window Color Interior Color Wheel Type Toy # Country Notes Photo
1996 FAO Schwarz Gold Series III Black Yellow HW logo on front windshield Black
/
Plastic
Clear Light Brown Gold 5SP 16020 China FAOMustang
623 1997 Mainline Metallic Pink Black Hood, "5.0 Mustang" Yellow stripe at bottom Black
/
Plastic
Clear Black LW 95540 China MustangCobraCorgi PinkLW
623 1997 Mainline Metallic Pink Black Hood, "5.0 Mustang" Yellow stripe at bottom Black
/
Plastic
Clear Black 5SP 95540 China 623a
1997 Backpack 5-Pack Metallic Silver Red HW logo on front windshield Black
/
Plastic
Clear Black 5SP China Mustang Cobra corgi

See also[]

Gallery[]

Advertisement