![]() One labeled Cheetah on the base could be worth in the neighborhood of $10,000, according to Zarnock. Cheetah and Python examples made there have smaller front wheels, blue-tinted windows and greater detail on the base and in the interior. There were some minor differences in the way the wheels were made and the way the rivets were made, but otherwise, the two models are almost the same. This is because almost all of the Magirus-Deutz Cranes were known to be silver with a crane arm tinted orange. 10.00 Vintage Corgi Juniors Whizzwheels The Futura Loose 10 Guelph Vintage Corgi Juniors Whizzwheels The Futura Loose Made in Great Britain 10 5. and Hong Kong, while the Cheetahs were produced just in Hong Kong. This strange little matchbox is worth up to twelve thousand dollars. Matchbox 1962 Mercedes Benz 220 SE Vintage Race Car blue Markham / York Region Mint card, may consider trades. Are matches collectible The matches, themselves, are almost always removed by the. Hot Wheels manufactured Pythons in both the U.S. The most expensive matchbook is the Charles Lindbergh one, valued at 6,000. ![]() One of the first 16 Hot Wheels cars ever produced, it mimicked a custom “ Dream Rod” designed and built in 1963 by Bill Cushenberry for Car Craft magazine that creatively Frankenstein’d used parts from a ’60 Pontiac, ’53 Studebaker and a ’61 Corvair, among others.Ī handful of early versions of the toy, mostly red, were produced with the Cheetah name stamped on the base-until it was discovered that General Motors engineer-designer Bill Thomas had claimed that name for his “Cobra Killer” race car. The so-called “Cheetah” Base Python also earns its place in the pantheon of rare, high-value Hot Wheels because of a naming snafu. (Credit: Mattel Inc.) 1968 ‘Cheetah’ Base Python (Hong Kong) With very few of these cars around today, Zarnock values them at upward of $4,000, loose (not in the blister pack). Values shown are for complete but empty covers, with the striker surface intact. According to Hot Wheels collector, historian and appraiser Mike Zarnock, they were also available through a cereal mail-in and by sending in Proof-of-Purchase points from the backs of U.K. 125.00 62.50 37.50 1965 California Angels Matchbook Covers These 1-1/2. Shaver was a driver on the first Hot Wheels-sponsored drag-racing team in the U.K., and the specialty-packaged Ed Shaver AMX cars (which included a sheet of decals matching those on his dragster) were distributed at race events. But in terms of rarity, the most valuable by far is the slightly later blue “Ed Shaver” version. For the sporty 1969 die-cast Hot Wheels version, most (like the one above) trade for hundreds of dollars, with hard-to-find colors like salmon and antifreeze fetching on the higher end. Its movement is of the highest quality, making it nothing short of a bargain. The real AMX street car was a short-lived two-seater produced by AMC that, like most muscle cars, stuffed a high-powered engine into a midsize frame. Price £1775 GB Pounds Longines art deco steel, Leeds dial, 1936 With the most wonderful oversize art deco articulated lugs, this spectacular vintage Longines oozes charm and period 1930s style. (Credit: Mattel Inc.) 1970 Ed Shaver Custom AMX
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