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Type: 1 - Kidney Bean
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    Lime (Antifreeze)
    Green Interior
    HK Deep Dish Wheels
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    Lime (Antifreeze)
    Green Interior
    US Semi Deep Dish Wheels

  • Body	A	Tall Firewall, No Trans
    Hood	A
    Interior	A	HK Drk-Green, Black Steering Wheel
    Glass	A	HK Blue
    Chassis	A	Kidney Bean
    Wheels Front	U1-S H1-S	U1-S - Small Chrome Semi-Deep Dish H1-S - Small Silver Deep Dish
    Wheels Rear	U1-M H1-M	U1-M - Medium Chrome Semi-Deep Dish H1-M - Medium Silver Deep Dish
    Rarity	Rare	Couple dozen known, most are not in the best condition
    BP

  Very 1st USA Hot Wheels casting put into production.
  Hybrid of US and Hong Kong (Interior/Glass) parts.
  Cars with HK Deep Dish wheels were slightly earlier than those with US Semi-Deep Dish wheels.

Type: 2 - Kidney Bean
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    Lime (Antifreeze)
    Green Interior

  • Body	B	Beveled Tall Firewall, No Trans
    Hood	A
    Interior	A	HK Drk-Green, Black Steering Wheel
    Glass	A	HK Blue
    Chassis	A	Kidney Bean
    Wheels Front	U1-S	U1-S - Small Chrome Semi-Deep Dish
    Wheels Rear	U1-M	U1-M - Medium Chrome Semi-Deep Dish
    Rarity	Rare	T2s rarer than the T1s
    BP

  Small body change under the engine and added beveling at base of firewall.
  Hybrid of US and Hong Kong (Interior/Glass) parts.

Type: 3 - Early Run - Hybrid
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    Lime (Antifreeze)
    Green Interior

  • Body	B	Beveled Tall Firewall, No Trans
    Hood	B	some A's
    Interior	A	HK Drk-Green, Black Steering Wheel
    Glass	A	HK Blue
    Chassis	B	Tabbed - body color tail
    Wheels Front	U1-S	U1-S - Small Chrome Semi-Deep Dish
    Wheels Rear	U1-M	U1-M - Medium Chrome Semi-Deep Dish
    Rarity	HTF	most have leading edge roof wear
    BP

  Tabbed Base Chassis introduced. Hoods also changed.
  Hybrid of US and Hong Kong (Interior/Glass) parts.

Type: 4 - Early Run - Small Console
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    Lime (Antifreeze)
    Green Interior

  • Body	B	Beveled Tall Firewall, No Trans
    Hood	B
    Interior	B	Small console, No Seat Flaps
    Glass	B	US Clear
    Chassis	C	Tabbed - body color tail
    Wheels Front	U1-S	U1-S - Small Chrome Semi-Deep Dish
    Wheels Rear	U1-M	U1-M - Medium Chrome Semi-Deep Dish
    Rarity	VRare
    BP

  The 1st Cadmaro entirely of all US parts.
  New all US Interior/Glass combination introduced.

Type: 5 - Early Run - Small Console - Short Firewall
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    Lime (Antifreeze)
    Green Interior
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    Lime
    Green Interior

  • Body	C	Short Firewall, No Trans
    Hood	B
    Interior	B	Small console, No Seat Flaps
    Glass	B	US Clear
    Chassis	C	Tabbed - body color tail
    Wheels Front	U2-S	U2-S - Small Chrome - Common U1-S Small Semi-Deep Dish - Occasional
    Wheels Rear	U1-M U2-M	U1-M - Medium Chrome Semi-Deep Dish U2-M - Medium Chrome Wheels
    Rarity	VHTF
    BP

  This version lowered the height of the engine firewall area.

Type: 6 - Early Run - Small Console w/Flaps - Short Firewall
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    Blue
    Blue Interior
  • 
    Blue
    Parchment Interior
  • 
    Blue
    Dark Interior

  • Body	C	Short Firewall, No Trans
    Hood	B
    Interior	C	Small console with Seat Flaps
    Glass	B	US Clear
    Chassis	C	Tabbed - body color tail
    Wheels Front	U2-S	U2-S - Small Chrome
    Wheels Rear
    Rarity	VRare	All three are Very Rare
    BP

  A revised interior with Seat Flaps covering the Rear Wheel openings.

Type: 7 - Early Run - Large Console - No Trans
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    Blue
    Parchment Interior
  • 
    Blue
    Dark Interior
  • 
    Blue - Antifreeze Tail
    Parchment Interior
  • 
    Red
    Parchment Interior
  • 
    Red
    Parchment Interior

  • Body	C	Short Firewall, No Trans
    Hood	B
    Interior	D	Large Console
    Glass	B	US Clear
    Chassis	C	Tabbed - body color tail
    Wheels Front	U3-S	U3-S - Small Chrome big Hub, no finish Center Cap U1-S - Ocassionally
    Wheels Rear
    Rarity	HTF VHTF	Blues are HTF Reds are VHTF
    BP

  A revised interior with a larger Center Console.
  The large console provided a bigger flap to hold the dashboard in place on assembly.
  The Blue with Antifreeze Tail Car is the only one known

Type: 8 - Early Run - Large Console - Small Trans
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    Blue/Parchment
    Updated
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    Blue/Dark
    Updated
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    Red/Parchment
  • 
    Red/Dark
    Updated
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    Red/Dark
    Small Console, w/flaps

  • Body	D	Short Firewall, w/Small Trans
    Hood	C & D	B's have been seen
    Interior	D	Large Console
    Glass	B	US Clear
    Chassis	D	Tabbed - body color tail
    Wheels Front	U3-S	U3-S - Small Chrome big Hub, no finish Center Cap U1-S - Ocassionally
    Wheels Rear
    Rarity	Uncommon
    BP

  Added a small transmission between the engine and firewall.
  Dark Interiors are much more difficult then Parchment ones.
  On the pegs by 02-Sep-1968
  The T8 & T9 cars make up the majority of the Early Run Cars
  Are there AF cars of this type?

Type: 9 - Early Run - Large Console - Large Trans
Painted Tail - Black Roof
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    Antifreeze (E)
    Parchment Interior
  • 
    Antifreeze (G)
    Dark Interior
  • 
    Blue (G)
    Parchment Interior
  • 
    Blue (G)
    Dark Interior
  • 
    Red (E)
    Parchment Interior
  • 
    Red (E)
    Dark Interior
  • 
    Red
    Green Interior
    Small Console, No flaps
  Painted Tail - Painted Roof
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    Antifreeze (G)
    Dark Interior

  • Body	E & G	Short Firewall, w/Large Trans E's and G's are evenly split
    Hood	C & D	B's have been seen
    Interior	D	Large Console
    Glass	B	US Clear
    Chassis	D	Tabbed - body color tail
    Wheels Front	U4-S	U3-S - Small Chrome big Hub, Chrome Center Cap
    Wheels Rear
    Rarity	Uncommon
    BP

  This version has a bigger transmission
  Dark Interiors are much more difficult then Parchment ones.
  On the pegs by 02-Sep-1968
  All Antifreeze tabbed base Camaro is the only one known.
  The T8 & T9 cars make up the majority of the Early Run Cars

Type: 10 - Middle Run - TM Cars
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    Red
    Green Interior
    Small Console, No flaps

  • Body	F	Short Firewall, w/Large Trans
    Hood	D
    Interior	D	Small console, No seat Flaps
    Glass	B	US Clear
    Chassis	E	TM - body color taill
    Wheels Front
    Wheels Rear
    Rarity	VRare
    BP

  Earliest car to carry the newly created base without tabs.
  The previous single tabbed base tooling was discarded and replaced by two brand new tools.

Type: 11 - Middle Run - TM Cars
Painted Tail - Black Roof
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    Antifreeze-Parchment
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    Antifreeze-Dark
    Updated
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    Antifreeze-Green
    Small Console, no flaps
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    Blue-Parchment
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    Blue-Dark
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    Blue-Green
    Small Console, no flaps
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    Red-Parchment
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    Red-Dark
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    Red-Green
    Small Console, no flaps
  Painted Tail - Painted Roof
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    Antifreeze-Parchment
  • 
    Antifreeze-Dark
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    Blue-Parchment
  • 
    Blue-Dark
  Black Tail - Painted Roof
  • 
    Antifreeze-Parchment
  • 
    Antifreeze-Dark
  • 
    Blue-Parchment
  • 
    Blue-Dark
  • 
    Red-Parchment
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    Red-Dark
  Black Tail - Black Roof
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    Antifreeze-Green
    Small Console, no flaps
  • 
    Blue-Parchment
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    Blue-Dark
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    Lime-Parchment
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    Lime-Dark
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    Lime-Green
    Small Console, no flaps
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    Red-Parchment
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    Red-Dark
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    Red-Green
    Small Console, no flaps

  • Body	G	Short Firewall, w/Large Trans
    Hood	D
    Interior	D	Several Colors
    Glass	B	US Clear
    Chassis	E	TM
    Wheels Front
    Wheels Rear
    Rarity	Uncommon
    BP

  This version saw an entirely new base created as a result of the earlier experiments.
  The last version of Custom Camaro to have body color painted rear tail panels.

 

----------------- Construction Zone starts here !!!
 

 

Type 12 - Middle Run
Black Roof
z Red Dark Interior
Painted Roof
z Green Dark Interior
Body F Short Firewall Hood     Interior   Dark Glass   US Clear Base F r - tm Tail   All cars have Black Tails
Introduction of the r-tm base All cars have Black tails from here on out. This starts a process where parts use was mixed and matched and not all parts were mated together in the chronological order they were created in. When these mis-matches arise, documentation priority order is given to Body, Base, then others.

 

Type 13 - Middle Run - Fat Firewall
TM base
Black Roof
z Blue Dark Interior
r-tm base
Black Roof
Blue Dark Interior	z Red Dark Interior
Painted Roof
Green Dark Interior
Body G Short Fat Firewall Hood     Interior   Dark Glass   US Clear Base E & F TM  &  r-tm Tail   All cars have Black Tails
Short Fat Firewalled cars

 

Type 14 - Middle Run
TM base
Black Tail - Painted Roof
z Green White Interior	Green Dark Interior
	z Orange Dark Interior
z Purple White Interior	Purple Dark Interior
	Rose Dark Interior
r-tm base
Black Tail - Painted Roof
	+ Aqua Dark Interior
+ Brown Cream Interior	+ Brown Dark Interior
z Green White Interior	z Green Dark Interior
+ Gold (Pale) Cream Interior
	z Orange Dark Interior
	+ Pink (Creamy) Dark Interior
z Purple White Interior	z Purple Dark Interior
	z Rose Dark Interior
Body H Medium Firewall Hood D   Interior D Dark Glass B US Clear Base E & F TM  &  r-tm
This version saw new car body colors added into the lineup. Firewall shortened and raised

 

Summary
Matrix shows how the Casting changed and progressed.
Ver Body Hood Interior Glass Base Date Run 1 A A A A A Kidney Bean 68 Early 2 B A A A A Kidney Bean 68 Early 3 B B,A A A B Hybrid 68 Early 4 B B B B C No Trans - Small console no Flaps 68 Early 5 C B B B C No Trans - Small console no Flaps 68 Early 6 C B C B C No Trans - Small console w/Flaps 68 Early -7 B B D B C No Trans - Large console 68 Early 8 C C,D D B D Small Trans 8/68 Early 9 D,F C,D D B D Large Trans 68 Early 10 E D D B E Short Firewall Mid Mid 11 F D D B E TM Cars Mid Mid                   12 F       F short fwall - r/tm base cars Mid Mid 13 G       E, F Fat Firewall Mid Mid 14 H       E, F Medium Firewall Mid Mid                   10 F D D B F Fat Firewall Mid Mid 11 G D D B E Medium Firewall Mid Mid 12 G F Late Late 13 G G Late Late 14 G H Late Late
Part usage did not stay strictly in chronological order.  Mattel used up parts as they found them, many times leaving newer parts mated with older parts.  This is seen a lot in the late run cars.

Construction Zone starts here !!!

Type 11 - Late Run
x	x	x
x	Purple Dark interior	x
Body D Medium Firewall Hood D   Interior D Mucho Glass B US Clear Base F Big R
Big R- no/tm- all med Fwall: green-dark af painted roof-dark light blue painted roof-cream

 

Type 12 - Late Run
x	x	x
x	x	x
Body D Medium Firewall Hood D   Interior D Heavy Chevy Glass C Clear & Blue Heavy Chevy Base G Big R & tm
Big R/tm all med Fwall: olive-dark purple(doubleshot)-dark painted roof, light or windex blue(a true ice)-dark painted roof light blue-cream green-cream orange-cream aqua marine(that bright Bahammas or tropical waters looking aqua)-dark rose-cream rose-dark Gold(that darker honey gold)-cream brown-cream- HC interior-us glass purple-cream- HC int and glass-D hood

 

Type 13 - Late Run
x	x	x
x	x	x
Body D Medium Firewall Hood D   Interior D Heavy Chevy Glass C Clear & Blue Heavy Chevy Base G Little r & tm Date 69 On the pegs by 15-Feb-1969
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