Description of Abbreviations Used on this Website:

Brands
HW = Hot Wheels
MB = Matchbox
JL = Johnny Lightning
RC = Racing Champions

Wheels (HW)
NOTE: for more detailed information, see Tomart's Guide to Hot Wheels for those abbreviations.
b = black hubs
bw = Basic Blackwall
c = chrome hubs (typically assumed)
ct = Construction Tires
dw = Directional (Triblade/Sawblade)
gc = grey chrome hubs
gd = gold hubs
gn = green hubs
gw = Goldwall
gyg = Goodyear rubber tires, grey hubs
gyw = Goodyear rubber tires, white hubs
ho5 = 5 hole
hoc = Hot Ones, chrome hubs
lw = Lace wheeled
o = orange hubs
p = pink hubs
rsw = Redline
sp3 = 3 spoke
sp5 = 5 spoke
sp7 = 7 spoke
sp7ww = 7 spoke wheels with white wall tires
uh = Ultrahot
w = white hubs
ww = Whitewall
y = yellow hubs
/l = yellow lettering on tires
/w = white lettering on tires

Wheels (MB)
5s = current 5 spoke wheels
SF = Superfast (if not specified, '90s SF is usually assumed)

Other abbreviations
dk. = dark
fluor. = fluorescent
lt. = light
met. = metallic
mf. = metalflake
w/ = with

If anything is not covered here, please let me know and I will put it on here.

This list was last modified on 25 Aug. 1998.

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