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The History and Design of HOT WHEELS are included in the Hall of Fame displays! TWIN MILLŪ shown here in full and collectable scales.

Main entrance to Hot Wheels Display with globe inscribed with - "The World's Coolest Car Company!" pTWIN MILLŪ Hot Wheels Displays with wall showcasing all Hot Wheels models. Wall inscription - "The World's Coolest Car Company!" pTWIN MILLŪ Hot Wheels Display front shot. Display includes both TWIN MILLŪs in full scale and Hot Wheels retail scale. p A closer look at the dual-engine intakes on the TWIN MILLŪ Hot Wheels Display. pCloser look at the TWIN MILLŪ in full scale. pRear look at the TWIN MILLŪ in full scale. Notice the TWIN MILLŪ California plate.p

Another Rear look at the TWIN MILLŪ in full scale. Notice the TWIN MILLŪ California plate. Display with globe inscribed with - "The World's Coolest Car Company!" pClose up of interior and the beautiful colors of TWIN MILLŪ. pTWIN MILLŪ script on sides of lower cowl. Close up of the TWIN MILLŪs that gave this Hot Wheel it's namesake. pA close look at the top of the two-piece mold that makes the small scale TWIN MILLŪ Hot Wheels retail car. pThis is an actual mold used to cast the metal body of a Hot Wheels® TWIN MILLŪ® car. Similar injection molds are used to forem the plastic interiors, windows, and wheels of Hot Wheels® cars. pA closer look at the the two-piece mold that makes the small scale TWIN MILL® Hot Wheels® retail car.p

Deora II® in full scale. Note the Hot Wheels® 1960's supersized package background display: "Daredevil Loop - Accessory Pak by Mattel 360° Drive-In Loop-The-Loop" pClose up of interior and the beautiful colors of Deora II®. pClose up of transverse mounted Super Charged Engine from the back of Deora II®. pClose up of custom surf boards mounted on rear engine cover from the back of Deora II®. pDeora II® in full scale side view. Again, the Hot Wheels® 1960's supersized package background display: "Daredevil Loop - Accessory Pak by Mattel 360° Drive-In Loop-The-Loop" reminds us As children and adults most all automotive enthusiasts have owned fleets of Hot Wheels® scale metal model cars. pA final view of the Deora II® before moving on to see more Hot Wheels® cars and displays.p

Don Prudhomme's The Snake II NHRA Top-Fuel Funny Car was one of a pair of real race cars sponsored by Mattel. They also were mfg and sold as scale model Hot Wheels® cars. pPictorial history of the Racing and Marketing rival of Don Prudhomme's The Snake II and Tom Mc EWEN 's The Mongoose II NHRA Top-Fuel Funny Cars. pDon Prudhomme's The Snake II and Tom Mc EWEN 's The Mongoose II NHRA Top-Fuel Funny Cars display. pTom Mc EWEN 's The Mongoose II NHRA Top-Fuel Funny Car was the other 1/2 of the pair of race cars sponsored by Mattel. They also were (are) mfg by Mattel® and sold as scale model Hot Wheels® cars.p

This is how the Hot Wheels® vehicles begin life - as one of the Artwork concept renditions illustrated on the display wall. pThese wooden bucks on display have this information tag: "In the early days of Hot Wheels® cars, new models were hand-carved from wood at 4 times the scale of the finished product. Castings were taken from these wooden patterns, and traced with a pantograph milling machine to produce a permanent die-cast mold in steel." pAlthough a blurry shot, I still included this image for the view of the vehicle patterns. This information tag reads: "In a later refinement to the wood pattern technique, epoxy shells were cast from the wooden carving. These epoxy shells included all of the parts of the finished toy, with all of their correct wall thickness, at 4:1 scale. The steel mold was still machined with a pantograph mill." pThis information tag reads: "Patterns are now carved from man-made materials, either by hand or machine, and the pattern is now 3 times product size. The machining of the steel mold is done with a combination of EDM (electronic discharge machining) and NC (numerically controlled) machines." pThis display shows the transition begining-to-end; from artistic rendering, to mock-up, mold, separate components, to the finished Hot Wheels® scale metal model cars. pA detailed mechanical drawing for the 69 Chevy Custom Hot Wheels® truck.p This information tag reads: "Some Hot Wheels® models are unmodified replicas of production vehicles. In such cases, digital files of the real vehicle may be adapted to directly machine the EDM electrode at the actual size of the mold. In these cases no large-scale pattern is made." pA detailed paint and decal color rendition for the 69 Chevy Custom Hot Wheels® truck.p

More examples of how the Hot Wheels® vehicles begin life - as one of the Artwork concept renditions illustrated on the display wall. pOne of the displays that includes the early days of Hot Wheels® cars as originally introduced in 1968. Did I mention that this Hot Wheels® Petersen Museum presentation is an awesome display? pThis display includes the various racing themes of Hot Wheels® vehicles. pThis wall display includes all of the Hot Wheels® vehicles that I could remember owning or seeing.p This display shows the various custom car themes of Hot Wheels® vehicles. pThe Pontiac GTO's popularity is highlighted in this Hot Wheels® vehicle display. pThis angle better shows Paul Zazarine's Pontiac GTO book in this Hot Wheels® vehicle display.p

Close-up of the Wally Parks display. pIn 1951, Parks founded the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA®), promoting organized drag racing as an alternative to street racing. Today, half a century later, the NHRA® is the largest motorsports organization in the world. At age 90, Parks' remains an active member of the NHRA® board of directors and the chairman of the Wally Parks NHRA® Motorsports Museum, at the Fairplex in Pomona, California. pThis Hot Wheels® display is a dedication to National Hot Rod Association - NHRA founder Wally Parks. pMany personal thanks to Wally Parks and the NHRA family for the dedication and the preservation of the World's Most Exciting Motorsport! from TachRev.com.p

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