1970 Hot Wheels
HK - Dump Truck (6453) - [1970-1971]

HK Casting Menu - Bodies
1970 Intro Cars Bodies Chassis Misc

The following Body was created to be shared among several castings
  • Created for the 6452-Cement Mixer and shared on 6453-Dump Truck, 6018-Fuel Tanker and 6192-Waste Wagon

Type Click Photo to Enlarge HK Cement Mixer - Bodies
Items in Red show changes from previous version
Prototype
0 No Bed Support

Part # 6452-0500
  • Revision Letter: None
  • Top: Rear Bed Support: None
  • Tail center: Wide
  • Part number location: Under the front of Cab
  • Tool #: ?

  • Has sofar only been seen on the Brass Prototype
Compare 0 & A versions
Early Run
A1

Triangle Bed Support

Part # 6452-0500
  • Revision Letter: None
  • Top: Rear Bed Support: Triangle corners
  • Cab front lower tabs: Two small ones
  • Tail center: Narrowed
  • Part number location: Under the front of Cab
  • Tool #: ?

  • The small support tabs where dramatically increased in size and rounded off
  • These wwere likely used on the prototypes and some of the earliest runs of production. They are very hard to find
  • ??? The second tool may have been first introduced with the next version ???
A2

Compare A & B versions
Production - Main Run
B1

Oval Bed Support

Part # 6452-0500
  • Revision Letter: None
  • Top: Rear Bed Support: Large Half Oval
  • Cab front lower tabs: Two small ones
  • Tail center: Narrowed
  • Part number location: Under the front of Cab
  • Tool #: ?

  • The small support tabs where dramatically increased in size and rounded off
  • These account for the vast majority of bodies used.
B2

Compare B & C versions
Late Run
C1

Notched Oval Bed Support

Part # 6452-0500
  • Revision Letter: None
  • Top: Rear Bed Support: Notched Half Oval
  • Cab front lower tabs: Two small ones
  • Tail center: Narrowed
  • Part number location: Under the front of Cab
  • Tool #: ?

  • The larger rounded support tabs had square corners notched into them to support some new type of insert
C2

Compare C & D versions
D1

Notched Oval Bed Support

Part # 6452-0500
  • Revision Letter: None
  • Top: Rear Bed Support: Notched Half Oval
  • Cab front lower tabs: Ground off after painting
  • Tail center: Narrowed
  • Part number location: Under the front of Cab
  • Tool #: ?

  • These have the front two tabs under the Cab Lip filed off before assembly.
  • Apparently some type of fit problem with maybe the new chassis?
D2

Compare D & E versions
E1

Large Front Tabs

Part # 6452-0500
  • Revision Letter: None
  • Top: Rear Bed Support: Notched Half Oval
  • Cab front lower tabs: Two Large Tabs
  • Tail center: Narrowed
  • Part number location: Under the front of Cab
  • Tool #: ?

  • The front two Tabs under the Cab Lip have been made much larger
D2


HK Cement Mixer - Common Body Details
All
  • Part and Tool # are located on the underside of the rear deck behind the cab/spin post.
  • Bodies came from two Tools, while there are several differences on all sides, to tell them apart from the outside it's easiest to flip them over and look at circles (ejector pin marks) on the underside of the front of the cab:
Tool #1 - Hong Kong
  • Left Ejector Pin Circle: All the way on the left.
  • There are also some differences in the shapes of the 3 squares on either side of the bodies.
Tool #2 - Hong Kong
  • Left Ejector Pin Circle: Spaced the same as the one on the right
  • ??? still need to determine if both of these bodies were used until the end of the run.

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