Description[]
Whatta Drag is a Hot Wheels casting that debuted in the 1998 Hot Wheels line. Designed by Phil Riehlman, Whatta Drag heavily modified the BMW Isetta 3-wheel bubble-car and turned it into a V8-powered dragster. In 2005, Bruce Weiner of the Weiner Microcar Museum commissioned John Eversley of Evermoor Engineering LTD in Winder, GA to build a working, life-size version of this car, using a 1959 Isetta, a supercharged Chevy Big Block V8 and a massive single rear wheel; conceived by Bruce and a Hot Wheels model as the blueprint.
Versions[]
The Whatta Drag has come out in the following versions:
Col # | Year | Series | Color | Tampo | Base Color / Type |
Window Color | Interior Color | Wheel Type | Toy # | Country | Notes | Photo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
673 | 1998 | 1998 First Editions 36/40 |
Metallic Dark Red | Purple, Yellow, Green scallops | Unpainted / Metal |
Orange tint | Chrome | 3SP | 18856 | Malaysia | ||
1044 | 1999 | Crazy Classics III 5-Pack & Mainline | Black | White, Red, Yellow "6" Hot Wheels Logo | Unpainted / Metal |
Red tint | Chrome | 5SP | 18856 | Malaysia | ||
1044 | 1999 | Mainline | Black | White, Red, Yellow Hot Wheels Logo "6" front and top |
Unpainted / Metal |
Red tint | Gold Chrome |
5DOT | 22412 | Malaysia | ||
213 | 2000 | Mainline | Orange | White, Red, Yellow "6" Hot Wheels Logo | Unpainted / Metal |
Black tint | Chrome | 5SP | 29268 | Malaysia | ||
145 | 2002 | Mainline | Yellow | Silver, Yellow & Black "12" | Unpainted / Metal |
Clear | Chrome | 3SP | 55030 | Malaysia | ||
163 | 2004 | Roll Patrol | Black | White & blue graphics, "Police Sector Patrol" | Black Metalflake / Metal |
Blue Tint | Chrome | 5SP | B3756 | Thailand | ||
147/180 | 2007 | All Stars | Black | Red, white & black HW logo | Grey / Metal |
Red | Chrome | 5DOT | L3100 | Malaysia | ||
147/180 | 2007 | All Stars | Yellow | Red, white & black HW logo | Grey / Metal |
Red | Chrome | 5SP | L3100 | Malaysia | ||
2012 | Hot Wheels Boulevard: Underdogs | Matte Red & White | White scallop paint, number 59 | Unpainted / Metal |
Clear | Chrome | MC5 & White Wall MD | W4628 | Malaysia | Base Code(s): E25 |