1971 Hot Wheels
HK - Snake II Funny Car (5953)

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Type 1 - Early Run - Circle Pad

Green
Orange
Body A Recessed Lines - Open Exhaust Pipes
Hatch A Recessed Lines - Circle Pad
Interior A Black
Glass A Blue
Chassis A
Wheels Front
Wheels Rear
Rarity Rare
  • Has only been seen in a handfull of Orange and one Green
  • Many of the known cars have been found in the European Market

Type 2 - Early Run - Square Pad

Blue
Red
Red Enamel
Body A Recessed Lines - Open Exhaust Pipes
Hatch B Recessed Lines - Square Pad
Interior A Black
Glass A Blue
Chassis A
Wheels Front
Wheels Rear
Rarity HTF

Type 3 - Early


Blue
Green


Red
Red Enamel
Body A Recessed Lines - Open Exhaust Pipes
Hatch C Raised Lines
Interior A Black
Glass A Blue
Chassis A
Wheels Front
Wheels Rear
Rarity Varies Blue/Green/Red=Uncommon - Red Enamel=Hard to find
  • The recessed body lines on these are always clear and well defined.

Type 4 - Early


Aqua
Blue

Green

Orange
Red
Red Enamel
Body B Recessed Lines - Filled in Exhaust Pipes
Hatch C Raised Lines
Interior A Black
Glass A Blue
Chassis A
Wheels Front
Wheels Rear
Rarity Varies Red/Green=Common - others get more difficult reaching all the way to Rare for Orange
  • The recessed body lines on are sometimes well defined. In many cases you see them disappearing with some cars having them pretty close to gone.

Type 5 - Main

Aqua
Blue
Green


Red

Red Enamel
Body C Raised Lines - Filled in Exhaust Pipes
Hatch C Raised Lines
Interior A Black
Glass A Blue
Chassis A
Wheels Front
Wheels Rear
Rarity Varies Red/Green=Common - others get more difficult rwith Blue the hardest
  • The bodies were reworked to add raised feature lines where the previous recessed lines had littleral filled in/worn off.

Type 6 - Late - Capped Wheels
Body B - Recessed Body Lines

Red Enamel
Body C - Raised Body Lines

Aqua
Red Enamel
Body B C    Raised Lines - Filled in Exhaust Pipes
Hatch C Raised Lines
Interior A Black
Glass A Blue
Chassis A
Wheels Front Capped
Wheels Rear Capped
Rarity Varies All are very tuff with the Recessed Body line being very rare
  • The Recessed Body Line cars used leftover earlier bodies.

Type 7 - Late - Tabbed



Red Enamel
Body C Raised Lines - Filled in Exhaust Pipes
Hatch C Raised Lines
Interior A Black
Glass A Blue
Chassis B Tabbed - 4 at the wheels, 2 in the center
Wheels Front Capped
Wheels Rear Capped
Rarity Rare
  • This car is distinguished by the six Tabs on its base and its Capped Wheels

HK Snake II Funny Car - Summary
Casting change and progression matrix
Ver Body Hatch Interior Glass Chassis Run
1 A A A A A Recessed Body + Hatch Lines - Circle Pad Early
2 A B A A A Recessed Body + Hatch Lines - Square Pad Early
3 A C A A A Recessed Body Lines - Open Exhaust Pipes Early
4 B C A A A Recessed Body Lines - Filled in Exhaust Pipes Early
5 C C A A A Raised Body Lines - Filled in Exhaust Pipes Main
6 B C    C A A A Capped Wheels Late
7 C C A A B Tabbed Late
  The majority of cars are the Type 4 & 5 Cars.

HK Snake II Funny Car - Epitaph
The tooling for this casting was retired.

HK Snake II Funny Car - Acknowledgements
  • Greg Bishop for knowledge, most cars on this page and for being a truely dedicated MKIV collector.
  • Don Rowe for for his two clean and rare Orange MKIVs that are displayed on this page.

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