Hot Wheels blasts from the past| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

irish44j MegaDork
10/5/19 9:34 p.m.

We going through an old bin of stuff at today and found some old Hot Wheels cars. All are from about 1980.

A few of interest:

Scout "Racing" (will ahve to send this to Bill Caswell, I think)

Sweet Lotus

Until a few months ago when I accidentally met some guy via buying parts and he had TWO of these that he told me all about, I never knew this car even existed. But Hot Wheels apparently did.

Citation X-11

And a Rally Porsche in Martini-ish livery...

vwcorvette UltraDork
10/5/19 9:42 p.m.

In reply to irish44j :

Think I have that Porsche too.

irish44j MegaDork
10/5/19 9:49 p.m.

I'm guessing it was more popular than the Citation :)

TopNoodles Reader
10/5/19 10:17 p.m.

There used to be an empty lot across from Taco Bell where I would get lunch on work days. People would park their cars for sale on the lot and one time someone put a minty Citation X-11 there. People would pull in and walk around the car, probably never seen one before or surprised to see a real one.

m4ff3w UberDork
10/5/19 11:43 p.m.

irish44j said:
We going through an old bin of stuff at today and found some old Hot Wheels cars. All are from about 1980.

A few of interest:

Scout "Racing" (will ahve to send this to Bill Caswell, I think)

Sweet Lotus

stuart in mn MegaDork
10/6/19 12:38 a.m.

irish44j said:
Until a few months ago when I accidentally met some guy via buying parts and he had TWO of these that he told me all about, I never knew this car even existed. But Hot Wheels apparently did.

Citation X-11

I worked with a woman who bought a new X-11. It was a pretty dismal time for performance cars back then and it was actually one of the better ones available.

ebonyandivory PowerDork
10/6/19 7:27 a.m.

Cool cars! I was hoping to see a Cadillac Cimarron!

chandler PowerDork
10/6/19 7:32 a.m.

Hot wheels are getting better all the time!

1988RedT2 UltimaDork
10/6/19 8:01 a.m.

ebonyandivory said:
Cool cars! I was hoping to see a Cadillac Cimarron!

No joke, I used to work with an older gentleman who bought a Cimarron for his wife (he leased a new Coupe deVille every three years) and would go on about what a fine automobile it was. He was my boss, so I would just nod my head and smile.