He said he wanted to see what people thoughts were. I see cool stuff. Some stories of his work on Hot Wheels. I think he will be paying more stories with Pat. Here is the link. https://patganahl.com/2021/03/08/larry-woods-hot-wheels/ Also more cool stuff here. https://patganahl.com/
I found the article very interesting, informative ‼️ Made me look through the hot wheels my sons had, now my grandsons stash.... what great renditions of real cars .... ‼️ Look forward to more stories .....
Pat's stories and old photos are excellent. Larry's additions are cool, my 14 year old knows who Larry is through Hot Wheels cars. That story links through to the Hot Wheels Deuce story which is awesome too, I never knew that Larry painted the flames on the original roadster. This is another great outlet to keep the early days alive in a different format from the HAMB.
Larry Woods was from Wethersfield, Connecticut. He was a member of the C.A.R.B.S. car club in Hartford, Connecticut. I remember his 1935-36 Ford coupe that had the rear of the body modified to look similar to a 1961-62 Corvette rear body. This was back in the early 1960's. I had just gotten out of the US Army in May 1961, and moved to East Hartford, Connecticut, and I occasionally would hang around at their clubhouse on Morris Street in Hartford's south end.
Apologies if this has been posted, but I went to the post office today to buy stamps ( traditional, ain't I?). Bought Hot Wheels stamps. If you've seen this, stop reading, plus my pic taking ****s on my phone. I thought they were cool as hell. The lady at the PO always asks if I have a preference for which stamps I buy. I always say no, it's a stamp, who cares? Today she said well, we've got a lot of these.
Sorry miss-type on my phone, "meant getting more Stories with Pat" either way follow Pat here https://patganahl.com/
I LOVE HOT WHEELS!!!!! I've been dealing (selling) Hot Wheels for years and have made 10s of thousands dollars. I'm sure a lot of you are not aware that the collector market for Hot Wheels is friggin' NUTS...especially the 1968-1974 "redlines" with the red whitewalls. Some of these early Hot Wheels can bring $5000+. Check and see if any of your old Hot Wheels survived...you may be surprised at their value! A funny Larry Wood story. When he originally did the drawing for the Rambling Wrecker, he included his phone number on the truck. The first production run in 1974 had the telephone number on the side of its bed. Later versions omitted this number after Larry got hundreds of calls from kids and adults alike.
I’ve got the purple mercury and cadzilla in 1/24 scale. Bought them when they came out maybe 20+ years ago
If I bought these my kid would steal them all.... He's an absolute hot wheels fanatic. Which is nice. Most kids ask for big expensive toys nowadays. What does my kid want for Christmas? Hot wheels. Hell yeah.... Lol
I follow all of Pat's blogs! I wouldn't miss it! As for Hot Wheels, I've got a collection of sorts. I can't really display them as I have a Grandson that would adopt all or any I have. So if I buy him one, I buy 2, one for each of us and mine get stashed.... lol Also if I had any of value, I'd be the guy that would have to pay someone to take them, that's my luck.
Went down to La Brea Blvd to the Peterson Museum a few years ago and on their Marquee was; Now On Display Exhibit of Largest Car Manufacturer in the World. Well as you would have it the display was about Hot Wheels It showed some of the early detailed models that were much larger than the finished product. They were then traced and duplicated with a pantograph as their smaller production version so as to maintain the detail. Bet none of them have ever experienced a recall....
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