Tricar X8 Casting Reference | Loose Hot Wheels
Tricar X8
The Tricar X8 is a Hot Wheels Original Model designed by Larry Wood. It is one of the few three-wheeled models. With its sleek and pointy body it is capable of reaching high speeds. The tail fin on the back provides stability when going top speed. The nose of the vehicle, the interior, the tail fin and the turbine exhaust are made of a rubbery plastic. This model is also one of the few models that uses the Micro Caster (MC1) wheel and was the first model to use this wheel.
Identify the casting first. Check the value board last.
Tricar X8 first appears in Mainline. The current catalog tracks it across 1980 – 1989. Designer credit is listed as Larry Wood. Check Description, Versions, Gallery before trusting a vague seller title.
- McDonald's
- Mail Away Hot Wheels
- Larry Wood Designs
- Three-wheeler
- Kellogg's Cereal Promos
- Unlicensed Hot Wheels
Use these checks before you trust a seller title or a fast marketplace guess.
- Match the title to Tricar X8 before reading price claims.
- Use 1980 – 1989 as the production-window check.
- Cross-check Description, Versions before calling the variation exact.
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