in addition to the handle bar variations, the sides/rears have minor variations. plus a few more ready for the road :)
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7003/hondaarora18sfrearfs9.jpg
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/9263/hondarora18abnj5.jpg

A fine accurate casting of a 1970s honda motorcycle, which looks great on the cards with what looks like a 71 Plymouth GTX to me -what a shame lesney only put this on the card artwork and not inside the blister :o

that would have been nice issued as a real model. any more you can think of that were on blisters but not in metal?
not a matchbox, but still cool. :)
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9770/hotwheelbikelg5.jpg

Hotwheels cards from after redline era upto late 1980s are not common anymore but have great artwork.My only examples of pre 1990s HW cards all come from that excellent 1997 anniversary boxed sets containing one model from each year.As a child Lesney,Husky,Corgi Juniors +Rockets, Playart, Majorette and Hotwheels were all in the stores where i was taken so i collect them all if there is a childhood connection.I have just sold the rarest and most valuable car in my collection because the money will buy me so much more fun than this one creamy pink caddy can give me.These are the best of my 25 odd redlines,and sit well alongside transitional SF and Corgi Rockets
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/SMS369/2007-03Mar168.jpg

Not a blister, but a box....this would have been awesome.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/SteveCameron/DSC01638.jpg


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/SteveCameron/DSC03396.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/SteveCameron/DSC03392.jpg

Very nice indeed.

yes, very nice guys. :thumbsup: i don’t have much for hot wheels except for the few i acquired over the years. i really liked the greyhound bus, was it late 70’s or early 80’s? it would have been so nice to have had a matchbox king greyhound bus in the 60’s or 70’s.

the hondarora was also prone to damage in the blister. there was always someone ready to make the next rare variation. :)
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/9183/hondarorasf18brokentf8.jpg
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/3648/hondarorosf18boxkn7.jpg