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Stick’s Redline Garage: The Classic Cord
The Classic Cord was one Redline that eluded me for over 10 years of collecting. Up until recently, the Cord and the Olds 442 were the only 2 cars I didn’t have in my collection. Fortunately, that changed this past March when fellow collector Scott Jones offered me a fine Magenta piece from his personal [...]
Stick’s Redline Garage: The Twin Mill
When you think back on your childhood and playing with Hot Wheels there are a few models that could possibly define that era. We all had the Splittin’ Image, Turbo Fire and the Twin Mill in our black wheel carry case. The Twin Mill really stands out as a true fantasy car, and its always [...]
Stick’s Redline Garage: The Mod Quad
The Mod Quad has to be one of the most unusual designed concept cars of the Hot Wheels Redline era. The casting was designed by Howard Rees was issued in 1970 and 1971. At first glance one wonders what this casting resembles. It’s look certainly takes cues from the Rod & Custom dream car show [...]
Stick’s Redline Garage: The Tri Baby
In 2009, Larry Wood officially announced his retirement after 40 years with Mattel and what better way to pay tribute to a designer that has brought us so many cool casting then to feature the Tri Baby. The Tri Baby was the first “concept car” Larry produced for Mattel. This casting was released in 1970 [...]
Stick’s Redline Garage: The ‘57 T-Bird
The Classic 57 T-Bird had a body built for speed, and it’s factory styling was ahead of its time. It’s 2-seat roadster style made it an instant Hot Rod sensation as well as a customizer’s dream. The racers loved the “little birds” as well. They could pull out the factory small block V-8 and install [...]
Stick’s Redline Garage: The Hot Heap
The Hot Heap could quite possibly be one of the coolest castings Mattel has ever built, and its history makes a very interesting story. Don Tognotti was one of the most successful Custom car show promoters of his time, but before that he built show cars. The Hot Heap was based on his 1964 modified [...]
Stick’s Redline Garage: The Whip Creamer
What is the Whip Creamer? Its a pure concept car designed by Paul Tam and looks like nothing we have ever seen. This 1970-1971 era release has to be one of the oddest looking designs to come out of the Mattel design center. Its just an off the wall concept, that some say is a [...]
