1968 Hot Wheels
US - Custom Camaro (6208) - [1968-1969]
US - Custom Camaro (6208) - [1968-1969]
US Menu
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1st US Prototype of any casting - Mike Otte
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Zamac w/Black Int
Mike Otte -
Zamac w/Black Int
Dean Foyle -
Zamac Unspun
Frank S.
The father of all US Castings to come, possibly built in 1967.
This 1st stage, which copied the HK Casting, resembles the HK more then the final US one.
Design updated with features for the US consumer market, such as no door/trunk lines.
Inside is a proto Black HK Interior, with HK one piece axles using XH4 protoype wheels. -
Prototype - 1968 - 1st US Hot Wheel
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Mike Otte -
Todd Reynolds -
Unknown -
Craig - 16 -
Scott Leitheiser - 19 -
Rod Burton - 4 -
Frank Alexander -
Private - 9 -
Unknown - 10 -
Joe Astengo - 13 -
Unknown - 14 -
Larry Wood - 2
WE's were tests of a modified Interior/Glass in preparing the replacement next generation Heavy Chevy.
Painted White Enamel to assist in evaluating the fit of the new parts once assembled.
By the middle of 1969, the end of the Custom Camaro run approached as Mattel started early to prepare the tooling for the next gen Camaro, the Spoilers Heavy Chevy, all while the Custom Camaro was still in production. They modified the existing tooling for the interior and glass allowing a larger rear wheel to fit by removing two tabs sticking down from the interior into the inside of the rear wheel wells.
The new interior/glass combination is also slightly longer compared to the standard Custom Camaro.
Cars are rough around the edges never receiving the full de-flashing and polishing appllied to production cars.
Many bases tend to be tarnished as they usually did not receive the extra Zinc plating.
No production numbers are available, but it was common to create 100 or 200 for this type of testing.
Clear GlassBlue GlassBlack Enamel over White EnamelOthers with cars:
Dean, Patrick(17), Toni STorti(18), Woody Itson -
Prototype - 1969 Mid-Run - WE Camaro
(WE) White Enamel with production bases
(WE) White Enamel with production bases
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Mike Otte -
Mike Otte - 3 -
Mike Otte - 25 -
David Lawrence/MO -
Mike Otte -
Mike Otte -
Mike Otte - 12 -
Japanese Collector/Sid Belzber/Arthur Thomas?
Prototypes for the new plastic wheel strip design to hold both wheel axles in a single strip.
Very late run cars are the 1st prototypes to switch from Hub wheels to new Capped wheels to be used in 1970.
A circular ring (center of the base) is where an internal attachment post has been added for the plastic wheel strip.
The retired Tabbed Base Camaro chassis were modified to create these test cars.
Tests were done with both Medium and Large Capped Rears.
Large Capped Rear WheelsMedium Capped Rear WheelsFunny CarInfo -
Prototype - 1969/70 Late-Run - Leaf Spring Camaro
Prototype for Capped Wheels and Plastic Wheel Strips
Prototype for Capped Wheels and Plastic Wheel Strips
Only two complete cars are known of the 1st USA casting created.
Both chassis were never Zinc Flash plated
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