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Blue 1967.5 Datsun 2000 Roadster with a white 55 roundel, parked on a dirt road in the California hills

The Hot Wheels Datsun

A 1967.5 Datsun 2000 Roadster, one of the low-windshield cars built in a nine-month window before US safety rules changed the body for good. In 2024 Hot Wheels turned this exact car into a die-cast, produced for the guests of one dinner and never sold in a store.

It lives in Pennsylvania now. If you found this page by scanning the QR code next to the car, hello.

Photo: Cars & Bids listing, July 2026

Avants Seattle on how Matt Gabe's Datsun became a Hot Wheels.
The real car and its 1:64 die-cast on the same dirt road
One car, two scales. Photo: Cars & Bids listing, July 2026
The storyA little yellow car, a Mattel parking lot, and a near miss at auction. The carWhy a 1967.5 matters, what's under the hood, and the joke on the license plate. ShowsWhere it's been since it got here. Newest first. The collectionThe plate, the die-casts, the dinner sets.