Custom Fleetside

Description[]

The Custom Fleetside is a Hot Wheels car that debuted as one of the Original 16 Hot Wheels in the 1968 line. The Chevy Fleetside was designed by Harry Bradley and based on his own heavily customized 1964 Chevy El Camino. This is the car all other Hot Wheels were styled after "with that California Custom look". Red stiped tires, custom details.

Early Hong Kong bases were painted the same color as the main body under the tail of the car.

The Cars were packaged with a Collector's Button.

The casting was released again in 1970 (with a few minor alterations), as the Sky Show Fleetside. After this version, the original tool was no longer used.

On the Custom Fleestside, the interior does not stretch into the bed area, and there is no square hole cut into the truck bed. There is a divider partition flush with the back of the cab, then a gap (to allow the tonneau cover to raise up and down) and then the back wall of the truck bed. The taillights are painted vertically on the Custom Fleetside. The Custom Fleetsides were all painted with black roofs.

In 2003, the Custom Fleetside tool was recreated and released at the 17th Annual Hot Wheels Collectors Convention.

Sky Show Fleetside Description
The Sky Show Fleetside was a car issued as part of the Sky Show boxed sets, along with the Sky Show Deora. The Sky Show Fleetside had an orange ramp that replaced the bed cover, that launched either a helicopter or plane. It came in the "Sky Show" or the "Flyin' Circus" sets only.

It is decorated with white checkered-flag stickers on the doors on both sides saying "Sky Show ". The same base/chassis is used for both the Sky Show Fleetside and the Custom Fleetside. There is no diffrence between the bases, they both read "Custom Fleetside".

The cosmetic difference between the Sky Show Fleetside and the normal Custom Fleetside is in the truck bed design. On the Sky Show Fleetside, the interior shelf/dashboard of the cab behind the seats extends from the cab, past the roof pillars, and into the box area a few millimeters. It looks like a small shelf when the ramp is removed. There is also a small square hole cut into the Sky Show Fleetside's cargo bed under the ramp, right against the rear of the cab. Another clue to the Sky Show Fleetside, is the taillights are painted horizontally onto the top side of the base, towards the upper part of the tailgate. Sky Show Fleetsides never had black-painted roofs.

On the Custom Fleestside, the interior does not stretch into the bed area, and there is no square hole cut into the truck bed. There is a divider partition flush with the back of the cab, then a gap (to allow the tonneau cover to raise up and down) and then the back wall of the truck bed. The taillights are painted vertically on the Custom Fleetside. The Custom Fleetsides were all painted with black roofs.

Hong Kong Versions[]

The Custom Fleetside has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:

Colors are descending in rarity from common to rare.

Year	Series	Color	Base Color / Type	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Country	Notes / Variations
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Purple	Unpainted / Metal	Blue Tint		RL	Hong Kong
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Orange	Unpainted / Metal	Blue Tint		RL	Hong Kong	Most common colour
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Aqua	Unpainted / Metal	Blue Tint		RL	Hong Kong
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Green	Unpainted / Metal	Blue Tint		RL	Hong Kong
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Copper	Unpainted / Metal	Blue Tint	Black	RL	Hong Kong
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Blue	Unpainted / Metal	Blue Tint		RL	Hong Kong
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Red	Unpainted / Metal	Blue Tint		RL	Hong Kong

USA Versions[]

The Custom Fleetside has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:

Colors are descending in rarity from common to rare.

Year	Series	Color	Base Color / Type	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Country	Notes / Variations
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Purple	Unpainted / Metal	Clear		RL	US
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Orange	Unpainted / Metal	Clear		RL	US
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Aqua	Unpainted / Metal	Clear		RL	US
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Green	Unpainted / Metal	Clear		RL	US
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Red	Unpainted / Metal	Clear		RL	US
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Gold	Unpainted / Metal	Clear		RL	US
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Antifreeze	Unpainted / Metal	Clear		RL	US
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Blue	Unpainted / Metal	Clear		RL	US
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Lime Green	Unpainted / Metal	Clear		RL	US
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Copper	Unpainted / Metal	Clear		RL	US
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Light Blue	Unpainted / Metal	Clear		RL	US
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Brown	Unpainted / Metal	Clear		RL	US
1970	Sky Show	Spectraflame Orange	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Black	RL	USA	Named Sky Show Fleetside
1970	Sky Show	Spectraflame Aqua	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Black	RL	USA	Named Sky Show Fleetside
1970	Sky Show	Spectraflame Lt. Apple Green	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Black	RL	USA	Named Sky Show Fleetside
1970	Sky Show	Spectraflame Green	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Black	RL	USA	Named Sky Show Fleetside
1970	Sky Show	Spectraflame Red	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Black	RL	USA	Named Sky Show Fleetside
1970	Sky Show	Spectraflame Yellow	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Black	RL	USA	Named Sky Show Fleetside
1970	Sky Show	Spectraflame Blue	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Black	RL	USA	Named Sky Show Fleetside
1970	Sky Show	Spectraflame Magenta	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Black	RL	USA	Named Sky Show Fleetside
1970	Sky Show	Spectraflame Gold	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Black	RL	USA	Named Sky Show Fleetside
1970	Sky Show	Spectraflame Purple	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Black	RL	USA	Named Sky Show Fleetside
1970	Sky Show	Spectraflame Hot Pink	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Black	RL	USA	Named Sky Show Fleetside

Retooled Versions[]

Year	Series	Color	Tampo	Base Color / Type	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Toy #	Country	Notes / Variations
2003	17th Annual Collectors Convention 4/5	Spectraflame Pink	White, light pink, & pink flames on sides & hood, Convention logo on bed cover, painted taillights	Chrome / Metal	Clear	Black	NCRL	B9890	China	10,000 produced
2003	17th Annual Collectors Convention Dinner Car	Spectraflame Blue					NCRL
2003	Special Release	Spectraflame Antifreeze	Lime green flames	Chrome / Metal	Clear	Black	NCRL	C4706	China	Came in a box with an Elliot Handler Bobble Head
2004	HWC.com 3 - Real Riders 3/6	Spectraflame Black	Yellow, orange, red, & blue flames on sides & hood, "MPRTETR" on rear California license plate, painted taillights	Chrome / Metal	Clear	Black	RR5SP	C6041	China	10,500 produced
2011	Original 16	Spectraflame Purple	Black Grille, Tail Lights, Black Roof	Chrome / Metal	Blue tint	Black	NCRL
2013	HWC.com Special Releases	Spectraflame Yellow	"SKY SHOW" on black and white checkered tampo on sides	Chrome / Metal	Clear	White	NCRL	Y0463	China	Named Sky Show Custom Fleetside 3,000 produced Production code(s): F13 WA
2018	HWC.com Original 16 Display	Spectraflame Dark Green	Black Grille, Tail Lights, Black Roof			Black	NCRL	FNC23		Opening Tonneau Cover
2022	RLC Exclusive	Spectraflame Party Pink	Gloss white roof & tonneau cover; painted taillights	Chrome / Metal	Blue tint	White	NCRL	HGK70	China	Production code(s): 1382EAA

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