Hot Wheels announced the winners of the 2021 Tour of Legends: it is a Volvo P1800 1969 gasser owned by UK based Lee Johnstone. Crafted from a bare shell, the V8-powered burner will join the toy maker’s 1/24 scale model portfolio by the end of 2022.
Designers and key figures in the automotive industry chose the P1800 after considering contestants from 11 countries on five continents. List of finalists also included At 1991 Porsche 911 turned into a Baja race car, a 1969 Dodge Charger fitted with extra-wide tires and powered by a Richard Petty V8 engine tuned to 740 horsepower and a year 1968 Mercedes-Benz 250S is known as High Class riding on a frame derived from 1984 Chevrolet S-10. Substantial skill and uniqueness go into each build, but Johnstone’s hot bar stands out above the rest.
“NS Volvo Ted Wu, vice president and head of global vehicle design at Mattel, says Gasser is a great expression of authenticity, creativity and most importantly, a spirit of gallantry.
Johnstone explains that his P1800 is more than just a rusty shell that has gone too far to restore when he bought it. Instead of scrapping it, he decided to build it into an air intake powered by a 454 cubic inch V8 taken from Chevrolet bin and turbocharger units to develop around 600 hp. Equipment with twin four-barreled carburetors and nicknamed “Ain’t no Saint,” it was said to run 10.01 miles a second quarter at 133 mph. Johnstone regularly races the P1800 in the UK with the help of his three daughters and his wife, Sue.
Hot Wheels is slated to release the P1800 in late 2022, Automatic log learned from a spokesperson. Turning a car into a toy is a surprisingly lengthy and painstaking process, which involves gathering lots of photos, converting them into sketches (and if necessary, adjusting some of the proportions to better suit the environment). scale 1/64), created a 3D digital model using a software called Freeform, and tested the car.
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