My first series of Hot Wheels customs
Last of the Barn Finds series, this gorgeous 1936 Cord got some heavy weathering and a bit banged up. All 4 backs are the same in this series, all original logos and barcodes are intact. Oh, fun fact – the barcode for ALL of my cars is the same, which is from a 2007 Mystery …
JS0004 Barn Finds #4 of 4 – 1936 Cord Westchester Read More »
Other than the general quality of the print it looks like it would fit right in with the 2007 line of Hot Wheels Cars. Sometimes the cardboard I used (mostly from cereal boxes) was coated differently so the quality varied greatly between prints. The card was heavier cardboard (cereal box) and the front was a …
JS0003 Barn Finds #3 of 4 – 1947 Chevrolet Fleetline Read More »
Barn Finds was my first attempt at a Hot Wheels series. It was intended to represent how you might find a classic car today if it were stored poorly in a barn or field. I wish I had done more with the backs, but then again Hot Wheels wasn’t doing too much with the backs either …
JS0002 Barn Finds #2 of 4 – 1936 Auburn 852 Speedster Read More »
I started really collecting Hot Wheels in 2007. It was a wild-west situation. You could go into a Toys R Us, Rite-Aid, or occasionally Wal-Mart and find cars that were upwards of 5 years old. After some collecting I thought to make my own series called Barn Finds. The JS0001 is short for John Spangler …