Hot Wheels I'd like to see
or rather my mom would

The Ford Pinto Wagon
Where's the mid 70's Ford Pinto Wagon in the Hot Wheels line-up? Forget the high-polish paint job and the tampos. Give us the wagon with the bent antenna, the fake wood paneling on the sides that is torn and scuffed, and a good size dent in the front that causes the hood to buckle up slightly. Rides a little wobbly, with a distinct lilt to the left. Student university parking decals are on the windows along with some Horse Club membership decal left over from the previous owner. The passenger side mirror is held on with duct tape.

The Frankenstein BMW 1800
My mom and dad used to have a BMW 1800 way back in 1976. And after that they had a 1600. The 1800, they say, was the greatest car. Navy blue. Brought back by a serviceman from Germany. They loved it. The engine sounded like something they'd never heard before. It was a great boxy little car. It rode so nicely. It was the Frankenstein BMW eventually. As parts wore out they had to search cross-country for replacements as hardly anyone knew about Bimmers yet. It had a jeep ignition because the other one had gone bad. They had to get a new turn signal thingy made specially for it. Parts from car graveyards across the American continent rebuilt that little 1800 bit by bit. Then one day they put it into the shop to have something pretty simple done on it. The next thing they knew the car repair place was shut down and the car was not there because it was said to have been stolen, but my parents suspect the guy sold it. Years and years later the police contacted my parents. The engine had been found in Florida in a 2002 body, confiscated from a drug dealer. That's the story of my parents' BMW 1800. (The 1600 they sold when they could no longer afford to keep it repaired.) So, my parents would like to see a Hot Wheels Frankenstein BMW 1800 vintage early '60s, made of parts scavenged from everywhere. The muffler should be rigged so that when you go over a speed bump it falls off (you could hear the car coming for a mile). The door should be tied shut with rope because it was broken. The steering wheel should pop off in your hands like it would sometimes do. The clutch should lift right up out of the floor. When my mom thinks of that car she still gets goosepimply and feels kind of funny like she's in love or eaten lots and lots of chocolate.

More on the the BMW 1600 here and view a BMW 1600-2 here.