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Larry’s Garage Holiday Rods

By Russ Looker

For the 2009 holiday season Mattel produced a set of six “Larry’s Garage Hol-
iday Rods”, hand picked by Larry Wood. The blister cards picture snow on
the ground and in the sky, lighted Christmas trees, the Hot Wheels logo, the
wording “Larry’s Garage” and Larry Wood’s signature. On the back of the blister
cards Mattel wrote “We are celebrating the holidays by presenting even more
Larry’s Garage vehicles decorated in the spirit of the season”. These six vehicles,
all with Real Rider tires and were made in Malaysia. They are listed below:

#1 ‘56 Chevy - white and green with snowflake
tampo on the rear fenders and Larry Wood Real #3 ‘32 Ford Sedan Delivery - gold body with
Riders (rrlw). Value $3 - 6 maroon flames, maroon fenders and running #5 ‘69 Camaro - metal-flake silver with red
boards, and “Santa’s Delivery” on rear window stripes on sides, trunk, roof, and hood, and a
#2 ‘67 Pontiac GTO - silver with red flame tam- panels and Larry Wood Real Riders with redlines green Christmas wreath with red bow on the
po on sides, and Larry Wood Real Riders with (rrlwrl). Value $3 - 6 hood. and Larry Wood Real Riders (rrlw). Value
redlines (rrlwrl). Value $3 - 6 $3 - 6
#4 Bone Shaker - light blue with gold engine
and exhaust pipes. “Santa’s Delivery”, in red,
white, and green, on the doors and with gold
5-spoke Real Riders (rr5spgd). Value $5 - 10

#6 Dairy Delivery - purple body with white roof, blue stripes, white snow tampo and “North
Pole Delivery” on sides and with 5-spoke Real Riders (rr5sp). Value $5 - 10.

A New Wheel
This wheel is based on a fin racing rim with an areo cover. The purpose of the cover is to channel air in to cool
off the brakes. Used mostly in the 80s and early 90s. It was soon copied by manufacturers like Nissan and
Honda. There were also many after-market versions made. The Hot Wheels version makes its first appearance
in 2018 with the ’85 Honda City Turbo II. The wheel abbreviation for this wheel will be (ad) for Aero Disk.

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