Archive
Everything we've collected about this car, in one place, so it doesn't vanish when a listing expires or a video gets taken down: the auction photos and videos, the pickup and delivery footage, the convention material, and our own photos from every show. Full-resolution originals are one tap away from each thumbnail.
Photos 281
Video 46
- 01 exterior walkaround hardtop off.mp4
- 02 exterior walkaround hardtop on.mp4
- 03 interior walkaround.mp4
- 04 engine start 1.mp4
- 05 engine start 2.mp4
- Hatboro Cruise pt2 Aug 2026 - zlumlord (1080p, h264).MOV
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- datsun hotwheels.mp4
- matt gabe acty.MP4
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Articles and listings
Each article is summarized here and linked three ways: our own saved copy, the Wayback Machine snapshot, and the original. If the original goes away, the copy stays.
- How This Guy Scored the Ultimate Accessory to His Datsun Roadster: A Factory Hot Wheels
Profile of Matt Gabe and the car: how a Mattel employee's daily driver became a Hot Wheels convention dinner car, and the Cars & Bids sale that sent the car east with its die-cast.
- Real Datsun Fairlady 2000 goes on sale side by side with its toy replica
Short news piece on the auction, framed around the car and its 1:64 twin being offered together.
- Original auction listing: 157 photos and five videos
The listing itself: description, specs, seller Q&A, and the full photo and video set. The photos and videos are preserved above; the listing text and comments are only in the saved copy.
- 38th Annual Hot Wheels Collectors Convention
Community wiki page for the 2024 Los Angeles convention, including the dinner cars.
Listing photography from the Cars & Bids auction; convention die-cast studio images from the same listing; pickup and delivery photos by Formula Transport.