1973 Hot Wheels Sizzlers
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US Casting Menu - Bases
1973 Intro Cars Bodies Bases Misc

 

Type Click Photo for larger Picture Five versions of the US Base
Items in Red show what changed from the previous version
Early Run
A
Registered - Small R -
bulletOpen Suspension
bulletThick Suspension
bulletSmall circle "C" (for copyright) -
bulletRear alignment hole is round & open
bulletRevision A
bulletThe front "suspension" detail is open through to the body casting which made the outside vertical pieces subject to breakage and/or incomplete injection.
Middle Run
B
Registered - Big R -
bulletClosed Suspension
bulletThick Suspension
bulletBig circle "C" (for copyright) -
bulletRear alignment hole is round & open
bulletRevision B
Late Run
C x Registered - Big R
bulletClosed Suspension
bulletThin Front Suspension
bulletBig circle "C" (for copyright)
bulletRear alignment hole is square & closed
bulletEngine hole moved back toward firewall
D x Registered - Big R
bullet?
E x Registered - Big R
bullet?
 
Classic '32 Ford Vicky bases details
ALL
bulletOnly two tools were built from which all the bases came.  to tell them apart:
bulletTool #1 - - TM (Large M), Extra Mark in-between tail pipes
bulletTool #2 - - TM (Both letters same size), No Mark in-between tail pipes

Open Suspension - The front "suspension" detail is open through to the body casting which the outside vertical pieces subject to breakage and/or incomplete injection.

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