Fleetside

The Custom Fleetside is a Hot Wheels car that debuted as one of the Original 16 Hot Wheels in the 1968 line. The Chevy Fleetside was designed by Harry Bradley and based on his own heavily customized 1964 Chevy El Camino. This is the car all other Hot Wheels were styled after "with that California Custom look". Red stiped tires, custom details.
The casting was released again in 1970 (with a few minor alterations), as the Sky Show Fleetside. After this version, the original tool was no longer used.
On the Custom Fleestside, the interior does not stretch into the bed area, and there is no square hole cut into the truck bed. There is a divider partition flush with the back of the cab, then a gap (to allow the tonneau cover to raise up and down) and then the back wall of the truck bed. The taillights are painted vertically on the Custom Fleetside. The Custom Fleetsides were all painted with black roofs.
This limited edition features: Spectraflame antifreeze; light green and olive ghost flames on sides and hood; movable tonneau cover (can raise up and down); Neo-Classic Redline wheels.
Packaging for this version was a  Decorative box set containing short card limited edition vehicle and Elliot Handler Bobble Head figure wearing blue suit and tie with a token stating "17th Annual Collectors Convention" "Hot Wheels 35th Anniversary 1968-2003" "1 of 1,000". This was the convention dinner car. It was limited to 1,000 pieces.