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Local Stunt-Car Garage Making Life-Size Hot Wheels

January 9, 2015 / 11:38 PM PST / CBS LA

CHATSWORTH (CBSLA.com) — A local stunt-car garage is building life-size cars similar to Mattel's Hot Wheels cars that inspired generations of would-be drivers.

Billy Hammond's Action Vehicle Engineering in Chatsworth is contracted by Mattel, and many of the real-life Hot Wheels similar to the miniature models have broken world records.

"Who doesn't love Hot Wheels? I mean, life-size Hot Wheels. Who wouldn't love that?" Hammond said. "It's an honor. We've been playing with Hot Wheels all of our lives, and now it's a dream to build them for real-life size."

Many of the cars have been used in movies and commercials.

Those interested can even custom-order their own Hot Wheels model.

The company's latest creation? The Darth Vader Hot Wheels car, which took about two months to build.

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