Sharkruiser

Sharkruiser is an original Hot Wheels design. It was originally one of the 1987 Speed Demons series, which consisted mostly of grotesque hot-rods styled after real or mythical animals. The plastic upper body fairly accurately reproduces the upper jaw, body (minus the tail) and dorsal and pectoral fins of a large shark, while the interior molding continues fore and aft to form the fish's huge teeth and the car's two massive V8 engines and tail-pipes. The car's base is a metal casting which extends to form the shark's lower jaw at the front and the tail at the rear. This unusual design means that certain versions actually have a tail and lower jaw that are a different color from the rest of the body. Unrealistically, the tail fin is horizontal, like that of a dolphin, rather than vertical like that of a real shark!