For Mattel employees in El Segundo, California, daily meetings are a fact of life. It's not unusual for them to be at the "Tower" (the main building) for one meeting, then rush to the Design Center a half-mile away for the next. It couldn't happen without the team of dedicated drivers that runs the Mattel shuttle buses, and we give these professionals their props with the HWC Haul Of Flame!
Mr. Hot Wheels himself, Larry Wood, designed the Haul Of Flame, a suped-up version of the real shuttles employees depend on everyday to get their jobs done. And by suped-up, we mean seriously modified! Larry took the current shuttle, blew out the engine, added a drag racing-type exhaust, then, to finish it all off, gave it wheels that would make the Mattel Shuttle at home on any track, anywhere!
Once the design was complete, it was dressed for duty in gloss white and Spectraflame blue finish, proudly displaying the Mattel logo, the Hot Wheels logo, and a flame deco — all rolling on Neo-Classics Redline wheels with a bent-axle suspension.