https://signalscv.com/2019/10/hot-wheels-legends-mattel-hosts-final-leg-of-car-show-tour-in-santa-clarita/ Hot Wheels Legends: Mattel hosts final leg of car show tour in Santa Clarita October 19, 2019 Caleb Lunetta
[image https://signalscv.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/101919_Hotwheels_DW_04-800x523.jpg An electric powered 1966 shortened Volkswagen van on display at The Hot Wheels Legends Tour held at the Walmart Supercenter in Santa Clarita on Saturday, October 19, 2019. Dan Watson/The Signal ] Hoping to make their lifetime dream a reality, hundreds of car owners from around the country showed off their custom cars at the Hot Wheels Legends Tour in Santa Clarita Saturday. The event, which featured everything from retrofitted VolksWagen vans to cars made in the likeness of Darth Vader, was the final leg in the car show tour hosted by Mattel. The 15 finalists will go on to attend the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) 2019 championship in Las Vegas, where one car is expected to be inducted into the Hot Wheels Garage of Legends and made into an actual Mattel die-cast toy car. The event held throughout the morning in the WalMart parking lot on Carl Boyer Drive, saw an estimated 4,000 people in attendance with 325 cars being showcased. In attendance and helping with the judging was Larry Wood, the senior designer for Hot Wheels for 50 years. The event, Wood said, was special for him because a number of people that participated in or attended the tour across the country told him their fascination with cars had begun when they started playing the cars Wood had designed over the years. “They played with my cars back when they were kids,” said Wood. “That’s the biggest thing because that’s 50 years worth of cars.” ... An electric powered 1966 shortened Volkswagen van on display at The Hot Wheels Legends Tour held at the Walmart Supercenter in Santa Clarita on Saturday, October 19, 2019. Dan Watson/The Signal ... One such person, Steve Jasik, has been around modeled cars and car collectors his whole life, he said, and he attends the events to see people receive joy from seeing his cars. “It’s a one-off, custom car,” said Jesik. “VolksWagen is already an iconic piece … so to see something that’s this extent of customization is just fun.” Jesik’s vehicle on display Saturday was a shortened 1966 Volkswagen van complete with a Nissan Leaf electric engine, Porsche wheels and all leather interior ... “It’s every kids dream to just go see Hot Wheels cars, and as an adult, I have a car that I built from the ground up,” Jon Dias, one of the Hot Wheels contestants. “And to come to Hot Wheels and maybe become an actual toy is a big goal of mine. I created that and then that company created my car.” The overall winner whose car will be made into a collectible Hot Wheels toy will be announced at the 2019 SEMA Championship taking place from Nov. 5-8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. [© signalscv.com] + https://www.miragenews.com/smart-pack-electric-car-research-deal/ Smart pack electric car research deal October 18, 2019 Flinders’ R&D ... will support the manufacture of ACE-EV smart pack electric vehicles ... could soon be largely manufactured and constructed in Australia with local components and ingenuity ... ACE-EV, a German and Taiwanese backed start-up which recently launched its small, modern electric van in Australia ... https://news.flinders.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/rsz_pg70fs3g.jpg For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
