70 Jack Rabbit Special

1970 Hot Wheels
z US - JRS - Jack Rabbit Special (6421) z

US Casting Menu - Cars
1970	Cars	Bodies	Bases	Misc	HK

Type 1 - Early Run
Cream Interior	Body	A	Painted Blue Stripe
	Engine	A	No Rear Deck Support Post
	Interior	A	No supports
	Glass	A	Clear
	Base	A	Left Justified
Trunk is hard to open as the back edge of the trunk rubs on the interior. Difficult to find.

Cream Interior	No Engine Variation Seems the factory assembled it without an engine.

Type 2 - Early Run
x Cream Interior	x Black Interior	Body	A	Painted Blue Stripe
		Engine	B	Rear Deck Support Post
		Interior	A	No supports
		Glass	A	Clear
		Base	A	Left Justified USA

x Cream Interior	x Black Interior	Body	A	Painted Blue Stripe
		Engine	B	Rear Deck Support Post
		Interior	A	No supports
		Glass	A	Clear
		Base	B	Centered USA
The engines interior support post was added to properly support the rear deck of the interior so that the trunk could be opened easily. Difficult to find.

Type 3 - Middle Run
Cream Interior	Black Interior	Body	A	Painted Blue Stripe
		Engine	B	Rear Deck Support Post
		Interior	C	Short supports
		Glass	A	Clear
		Base	A	Left Justified USA

x Cream Interior	x Black Interior	Body	A	Painted Blue Stripe
		Engine	B	Rear Deck Support Post
		Interior	C	Short supports
		Glass	A	Clear
		Base	B	Centered USA
Trunk opens easily now due to the addition of interior Front and Rear supports. These are the Clear Glass with Left Justified USA on the base. These are the common majority of the JRS's out there.

Type 4 - Jack In The Box Special
Baggie		Body	A	Painted Blue Stripe
		Engine	B	Rear Deck Support Post
		Interior	C	Short support
		Glass	A	Clear Glass
		Base	AB	Left and Centered USA
Black Interior	Stickers	Created for a Jack-In-The-Box promotion. Came with both base types A & B Believed to be only black interiors for the promotion.
Black Interior	Stickers	Click here to ID Fake/Reproductions

Type 5 - Middle Run - Smoked Glass
x Cream Interior	Black Interior	Body	A	Painted Blue Stripe
		Engine	B	Rear Deck Support Post
		Interior	C	Short support
		Glass	B	Smoked
		Base	B	Centered
Smoked Glass with Centered USA on the base. Hard to find.

Type 6 - Late Run - Blue Glass
x Cream Interior	Black Interior	Body	B	Sticker Blue Stripe
		Engine	B	Rear Deck Support Post
		Interior	C
		Glass	C	Blue Glass
		Base	B	Tabbed
Blue Glass with tabbed base. Very Difficult to find.

Summary

Casting change and progression matrix

Ver	Body	Engine	Interior	Glass	Base		Run
1	A	A	A	A	A	Clear Glass, Cream Int	Early
2	A	B	A	A	A	Corrected Trunk	Early
3	A	B	C	A	AB	Mainstream	Mid
4	A	B	C	A	AB	Jack In The Box Special	Mid
5	A	B	C	B	B	Smoked Glass	Mid
6	B	B	C	C	C	Blue Glass, Sticker Stripe	Late

Epitaph
The tooling for this casting went on to become the Honk Kong issued Jack Rabbit Special
Hong Kong Jack Rabbit Special

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