Matchbox Mania: Whiteletter Snakebite (Whitesnake?) Edition
So far, all my Matchbox cars have hailed from Italy (via Taiwan), but today’s contender is a hybrid in the primal automotive sense of the word. It’s a Hot Wheels Classic Cobra, devoid of any mention of the words AC or Shelby for reasons apparent to anyone who’s ever read the words “Carroll Shelby” and “lawsuit” in the same sentence. And despite the fact that it looks like it was once a star on the popular web series “Will it Blend?” this Cobra suffered only at my pudgy little hands, which apparently decided upon destroying all the paint. Let’s hope it wasn’t lead-based, although that would explain a few things.
It’s worth mentioning, however, that while it’s clear from the photo that the hood opens to reveal some kind of abstraction of what a 427 must look like to a Taiwanese die-cutter, they absolutely nailed the Goodyear whiteletters … made of actual rubber.
The other Whitesnake. Also, wearing more paint ... source: Sodahead.com
How cool is that? Why I singled this one out for particular abuse, I don’t rightly know.
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Also, believe it or not, but this particular Hot Wheel is still being made.
Thanks for the correction. This makes me wonder, did anyone ever make a diecast Hino Contessa???? And where was that made? Probably, ironically, in France.
Oddly enough, Tomica makes a Hino Contessa in their Limited Vintage line.
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I swoon, sir. I swoon.
Good. Now get the Hino Contessa into Forza 4.
Sick! Whitewalls on rubber! Sick, dude!
The guys in Whitesnake are angry because their session's being cut short by a bunch of highschoolers getting their senior pictures taken.
Hey, once bitten, twice shy, babe.
(yes I know it's Great White)
No, it's Ian Hunter
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Touché my good man, touché.
You know, that image would make a perfect setting for that "Yearbook Yourself" site.
You beat it like a big haired red headed step child.
80's Tawny Kitaen on the hood FTW.
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I've got this version stashed away in my folks' basement. Pretty sure it's in the same condition too:
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Yours almost looks like the "Underwater Bugatti"
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