The first year of Hot Wheels
featured 16 models in many colors of paint called "Spectraflame". Finding the
original 16 Hot Wheels in the original packages or in barely touched
condition is very hard to do, especially the models called "Customs" like the Custom Mustang and
Custom Cougar. The cars that are hardest to find were never
included in the Shell Gas Station giveaways and were discontinued
sooner. The models
that were included in giveaways and made for several years are the
ones you will see more of in your search for 1968 Hot Wheels.
All 16 models
were made in the
USA and Hong Kong
and will have either 1967 or 1968 on the
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