The Jeep Hot Rod, inspired by the Willys MB, was the beginning of a basic tooling that would see use well into the mid 2000s by Matchbox as a mail delivery vehicle (inspired by the Jeep Dispatcher), military Jeep, rock crawler, and finally CJ-3B Jeep during its lifetime of more than 35 years.
Versions
The Jeep Hot Rod has come out in the following versions:
Col # | Year | Series | Color | Sticker | Base Color/Type | Window Color | Interior Color | Wheel Type | Toy # | Country | Notes | Photo |
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MB2 | 1972 | 1-75 | Pink | None | Lime Green / Metal | N/A | Cream, Yellow or White | England | JEEP HOT ROD on base. | |||
MB2 | 1972 | 1-75 | Pink | None | White / Metal | N/A | Cream | England | JEEP HOT ROD on base. | |||
MB2 | 1-75 | Red | None | Lime Green / Metal | N/A | Cream | England | JEEP HOT ROD on base. | ||||
MB2 | 1-75 | Red | None | White / Metal | N/A | Cream | England | JEEP HOT ROD on base. | ||||
TP-11 | Twin Packs | Olive | White star | Black / Metal | N/A | Black | Black
Black |
England | Casting hood, JEEP HOT ROD or JEEP on base. |