One of our club members who is the owner of HLS30 00008 has just had the honor of having his car officially released by Hot Wheels!

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Awesome!! I re-shared this on our Facebook page too. Where can I pick up a few of these hot wheels?

But aren't all of the early Hls30s basically the same? It's special to be selected in any case.

Im not sure there is a higher honor for being a car-guy.

What about being the car in a Playmate photo set?

Wavemix-

What's the story behind this, anyway? Was it a contest, or just a lucky coincidence? Do you have any details about the model car? Will it be the matchbox-type, or will it be more like a 1:10 scale diecast thing?

TomoHawk:

Link to the details is in the first post

Kurbycar32:

I agree, no higher honor! The owner (who is also one of our club board members) has been teasing us for about a month about a "surprise" announcement. I thought he was going to announce he found car 00007 but, I dare say that this is much cooler!

Hate to rain on your parade, but I thought # 13 was the lowest # Z out there. The first 12 were Nissan show cars and factory mules, IIRC. Bob Sharp had one of those that got the roof dented by a model at a car show. Please correct me if I'm in error.

There is a thread about #0002 here somewhere.

Hate to rain on your parade, but I thought # 13 was the lowest # Z out there. The first 12 were Nissan show cars and factory mules, IIRC. Bob Sharp had one of those that got the roof dented by a model at a car show. Please correct me if I'm in error.

2 of our club members own the lowest VIN HLS30s known to exist ( car 00006 and 00008). These have a very well documented race history and there is quite a bit of info on this site (and others) regarding both of these vehicles. Car 00007 is out there "somewhere".

There is a thread on this forum regarding car 00002 but there is some question as to what it really is (it appears to be a right hand drive model)

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/zcar-history-forum/18120-save-s30-0002-a.html

Too bad this model is a small one. I've been looking for a 1:10th scale diecast to finish my collection of significant sportscars.

Hate to rain on your parade, but I thought # 13 was the lowest # Z out there. The first 12 were Nissan show cars and factory mules, IIRC. Bob Sharp had one of those that got the roof dented by a model at a car show. Please correct me if I'm in error.

HLS30 00013 is the lowest VIN Datsun 240Z released for sale to the public, that we know of at this time. That is supported by some Factory Documents as well.

HLS30 00012 down to HLS30 00009 - are at this point MIA - so not accounted for. Rumor was that they went to Canada for extended cold weather testing...but who knows?

FWIW,

Carl B.