1970 Hot Wheels
US - JRS - Jack Rabbit Special (6421) - [1970-xx]
US - JRS - Jack Rabbit Special (6421) - [1970-xx]
| Type 1 - Early Run | |||
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 Cream Interior |
Body | A | Painted Blue Stripe |
| Engine | A | No Rear Deck Support Post | |
| Interior | A | No supports | |
| Glass | A | Clear | |
| Base | A | Left Justified | |
| Trunk is hard to open as the back edge of the trunk
rubs on the interior. Difficult to find. |
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 Cream Interior |
No Engine Variation Seems the factory assembled it without an engine. |
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| Type 3 - Middle Run | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cream Interior |
 Black Interior |
Body | A | Painted Blue Stripe |
| Engine | B | Rear Deck Support Post | ||
| Interior | C | Short supports | ||
| Glass | A | Clear | ||
| Base | A | Left Justified USA | ||
| x Cream Interior |
x Black Interior |
Body | A | Painted Blue Stripe |
| Engine | B | Rear Deck Support Post | ||
| Interior | C | Short supports | ||
| Glass | A | Clear | ||
| Base | B | Centered USA | ||
| Trunk
opens easily now due to the addition of interior Front and Rear supports. These are the Clear Glass with Left Justified USA on the base. These are the common majority of the JRS's out there. |
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| Type 4 - Jack In The Box Special | ||||
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 Baggie |
Body | A | Painted Blue Stripe | |
| Engine | B | Rear Deck Support Post | ||
| Interior | C | Short support | ||
| Glass | A | Clear Glass | ||
| Base | AB | Left and Centered USA | ||
 Black Interior |
 Stickers |
Created for a Jack-In-The-Box promotion. Came with both base types A & B Believed to be only black interiors for the promotion. |
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| Click here to ID Fake/Reproductions | ||||
| Type 5 - Middle Run - Smoked Glass | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x Cream Interior |
 Black Interior |
Body | A | Painted Blue Stripe |
| Engine | B | Rear Deck Support Post | ||
| Interior | C | Short support | ||
| Glass | B | Smoked | ||
| Base | B | Centered | ||
|
Smoked Glass with Centered USA on the base. Hard to find. |
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| Type 6 - Late Run - Blue Glass | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x Cream Interior |
 Black Interior |
Body | B | Sticker Blue Stripe |
| Engine | B | Rear Deck Support Post | ||
| Interior | C | |||
| Glass | C | Blue Glass | ||
| Base | B | Tabbed | ||
| Blue
Glass with tabbed base. Very Difficult to find. |
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| Epitaph |
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| The tooling for this casting went on to become the Honk Kong issued Jack Rabbit Special |
| Hong Kong Jack Rabbit Special |
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