Custom Fleetside

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 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.

USA Versions

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

Notes: Clear windows, Flat base,

Colors are desending in rarity from common to rare.

Year	Series	Color	Base Color / Types	Window Color	Wheel Type	Country
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

Hong Kong Versions

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

Notes: Blue tinted windows, Chrome on wheels, 4 holes in base,

Colors are desending in rarity from common to rare.

Year	Series	Color	Base Color / Types	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Country
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Purple	Unpainted / Metal	Blue Tint		RL	Hong Kong
1968	Sweet Sixteen	Spectraflame Orange	Unpainted / Metal	Blue Tint		RL	Hong Kong
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

Original Gallery

2003 Retooled Description

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

2003 Retooled Versions

Year	Series	Color	Tampo	Base Color / Types	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Toy #	Country	Notes / Variations
2003	17^th Annual Collectors Convention	Spectraflame Pink
2003	17^th Annual Collectors Convention Dinner Car	Spectraflame Blue
2003	Special Release	Spectraflame Antifreez	Lime green flames	Chromed/Metal	Clear	Black	RL	C4706	China	Came in a box with an Elliot Handler Bobble Head
2004	HWC.com 3 - Real Riders	Black							Thailand
2011	Original 16	Spectraflame Purple
2018	HWC.com Original 16 Display	Spectraflame Dark Green	Black Grille, Tail Lights, Black Roof			Black	RL			Opening Tonneau Cover