Workhorses is a line of Hot Wheels that ran from 1980 to 1989. They were usually construction equipment vehicles or heavy trucks. Most of them had big construction tires and were painted yellow, but there were always exceptions to this rule. These castings are sometimes still reissued, with new colors, but not under the Workhorses nomenclature.
Versions
Vehicles in the Workhorses line include:
Col # | Year | Vehicle Name | Color | Tampo | Base Color | Window Color | Interior Color | Wheel Type | Toy # | Country | Notes / Variations | Photo |
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1171 | 1980 | CAT Dump Truck | Yellow | No tampos | Unpainted / Metal | No Windows | Black | Yellow CT | Malaysia | Raised C777 on side | ||
1171 | 1980 | CAT Dump Truck | Yellow | Unpainted / Metal | No Windows | Black | Yellow CT | Raised C777 on side | ||||
1172 | 1980 | CAT Bulldozer | Yellow | Yellow / Plastic | No Windows | Yellow | Special Black Rubber treads | Hong Kong | Blade moved up and down | |||
1172 | 1980 | CAT Bulldozer | Yellow | Yellow / Plastic | No Windows | Yellow | Special Black Rubber treads | Malaysia | Blade moved up and down | |||
1173 | 1980 | CAT Wheel Loader | Yellow | Yellow / Plastic | No Windows | Black | Yellow CT | |||||
1173 | 1980 | CAT Wheel Loader | Yellow | No tampos | Yellow / Plastic | No Windows | Black | Yellow CT | Malaysia | |||
1168 | 1980 | CAT Forklift | Yellow w/Black plastic cage | Black and White "Cv80" on sides | Unpainted / Metal | No Windows | Black | BW | Hong Kong | |||
1980 | Peterbilt Cement Mixer | |||||||||||
1169 | 1985 | Peterbilt Cement Mixer | Red with White Plastic mixer | No tampos | Unpainted / Metal | Blue | Black | BW | Malaysia | |||
1980 | Hiway Hauler | |||||||||||
9549 | 1985 | Hiway Hauler | White | Hot Wheels Racing tampos on sides | Unpainted / Metal | Smoke | Black | BW | Malaysia | |||
2548 | 1986 | Hiway Hauler | White | Black, Red and Blue "Masters of the Universe" tampos on sides | Unpainted / Metal | Smoke | Black | BW | Malaysia | |||
4969 | 1991 | Hiway Hauler | Blue | Red "Goodyear" tampos on sides | Unpainted / Metal | Blue tint | Black | BW | Malaysia | International Boxed Line only | ||
1981 | Peterbilt Tank Truck | California Construction Company tampos | ||||||||||
2547 | 1986 | Peterbilt Tank Truck | Hot Wheels Railroad tampos | Unpainted / Metal | BW | |||||||
2800 | 1989 | Peterbilt Tank Truck | Yellow with Unpainted Metal tank | Shell Tampos on tank | Unpainted / Metal | Smoke | Black | BW | Malaysia | File:Peterbuilt Tank Truck - 5638ef.jpg | ||
1699 | 1981 | Airport Rescue | Yellow | Red and Black tampos | Unpainted / Metal | Smoke | Black | BW | Hong Kong | Black Plastic water cannons on top | ||
1982 | Airport Rescue | |||||||||||
1982 | Ford Dump Truck | Green w/Grey Plastic Dump Box | White, Yellow and Black "Sunset Trucking" tampos | Unpainted / Metal | Clear | Chrome | BW | 3253 | Hong Kong | |||
1982 | Ford Dump Truck | Green w/Grey Plastic Dump Box | White, Yellow and Black "Sunset Trucking" tampos | Unpainted / Metal | Clear | Chrome | BW | 3253 | Malaysia | |||
1982 | Construction Crane | |||||||||||
1982 | Construction Crane | |||||||||||
#11 | 2003 | Fire Eater | Red | "51" and Shield on sides w/Black and Yellow tampos | Chrome / Plastic | Blue tint | Clear Blue | RL | 9640 | Hong Kong | 1977 Flying Colors #11 | |
#11 | 2003 | Fire Eater | Red | "51" and Shield on sides w/Black and Yellow tampos | Chrome / Plastic | Blue tint | Clear Blue | BW | 9640 | Hong Kong | 1977 Flying Colors #11 | |
048 | 2008 | Fire Eater | Yellow | "Engine 52" on top, "Fire-Eater" w/Black and Silver tampos | Chrome / Plastic | Clear | Gray | 5SP | M6814 | Malaysia | 2008 All Stars | File:All Stars Fire Eater - 6365b.JPG |
1982 | Trash Truck | |||||||||||
3924 | 1983 | Thunder Roller | Yellow | "2" and Eagle tampos on sides | Chrome / Plastic | Smoke | Tan | BW | Hong Kong | |||
3924 | 1983 | Thunder Roller | ||||||||||
3924 | 1989 | Thunder Roller | ||||||||||
1983 | Rig Wrecker | |||||||||||
1983 | Rig Wrecker | |||||||||||
5905 | 1984 | OshKosh Snow Plow | Orange with Plastic top | Unpainted / Metal | No Windows | Orange | Orange CT | 42 | Malaysia | 1984 Hot Wheels Workhorses | ||
201 | 1995 | OshKosh Snow Plow | Orange with Plastic top | Unpainted / Metal | No Windows | Orange | Orange CT | Malaysia | Part of the main line for 1995 | |||
1984 | Phone Truck | "Mark's Phone Co." tampos | ||||||||||
1984 | Phone Truck | "Phone Company" tampos | ||||||||||
9550 | 1985 | Peterbilt Dump Truck | ||||||||||
4017 | 1989 | Peterbilt Dump Truck | ||||||||||
100 | 1996 | Peterbilt Dump Truck | Red with Red dump bed | No tampos | Unpainted / Metal | Clear | Black | 7SP | Malaysia | |||
1985 | Sheriff Patrol | Metallic Blue | 4 White door tampos | |||||||||
5904 | 1986 | Good Humor Truck | White | Good Humor and ice cream tampos on sides | Black / Plastic | Clear | Blue | BW | Malaysia | |||
136 or 057 | 2002 | Known as Ice Cream Truck or Grillionaire | Orange | "Saucy Sanders," "Come 'N Git It" Black, White and Pink tampos | Black / Plastic | Smoke | White | Gold 5SP | Malaysia | Part of the Wild Frontier Series #3 | ||
2537 | 1986 | Rescue Ranger | Green | "Forest Service" Yellow and Green tampos | Chrome / Plastic | Black | White Hub RR | Malaysia | 1986 Hot Wheels Real Riders | |||
2537 | 1986 | Rescue Ranger | Green | "Forest Service" Yellow and Green tampos | Chrome / Plastic | Black | White Hub RR | Malaysia | ||||
2537 | 1986 | Rescue Ranger | Green | "Forest Service" Yellow and Green tampos | Chrome / Plastic | Black | BW | Malaysia | ||||
4018 | 1986 | Ford Stake Bed Truck | Blue | "Sunset Trucking" tampos | BW | Originally released in the 1983 Hot Wheels Extras line | ||||||
237 | 1997 | Ford Stake Bed Truck | Red w/Yellow plastic stake bed | Red, Yellow and White "Rapid Delivery" tampos | Blue tint / Plastic | Blue tint | Chrome | 7SP | Malaysia | Part of the 1997 Hot Wheels line | ||
3715 | 1987 | CAT Earth Mover | Yellow | No tampos | Yellow / Painted | No Windows | Black | Yellow CT | Malaysia | |||
3853 | 1987 | CAT Road Roller | Yellow | "CB-614" tampo | Black / Plastic | No Windows | Black | Special vehicle-width rollers | 5 bars on safety rail | |||
3853 | 1987 | CAT Road Roller | Yellow | "CB-614" tampo | Black / Plastic | No Windows | Black | Special vehicle-width rollers | 3 bars on safety rail | |||
3853 | 1987 | CAT Road Roller | Yellow | no tampos | Black / Plastic | No Windows | Black | Special vehicle-width rollers | Malaysia | 3 bars on safety rail | ||
1988 | Flame Stopper | |||||||||||
1795 | 1989 | School Bus | Yellow | "School Bus" w/Wide Black tampos on sides | Black / Plastic | Clear | Black | BW | Malaysia | |||
1790 | 1989 | Big Rig | Black | Red, Blue and Orange tampos on sides | Black / Plastic | Solid Gray | None (? - Can't see to tell) | BW | Malaysia | |||
76 | 1995 | Kenworth Big Rig | Black | Red, Blue and Orange tampos on sides | Black / Plastic | Solid Gray | None (? - Can't see to tell) | 7SP | 1790 | Malaysia | File:7-Spoke Big Rig - 6632cf.jpg | |
2808 | 1989 | Delivery Truck | White | Wonder Bread tampos | Black / Plastic | Smoke | Black | BW | Malaysia | Also known as Letter Getter and Combat Medic | ||
1989 | Ambulance | White | "American Ambulance" tampos | Black / Plastic | Blue tint | White | BW | 1792 | Malaysia |