Houston Chronicle by Dug Begley Oct. 30, 2019
Houston car kings, each from different worlds, vie to see if their hot wheels can be a real Hot Wheels
Jeff Kurtz and Ron Fehring would likely never meet if it wasn’t for their cars, and a chance to become part of a toy dynasty.
They orbit in the different worlds, and the vehicles that brought them together . Kurtz, 31, in Richmond with a job in Angleton. Fehring, almost 70, running his family’s business in Baytown. Kurtz entering the drift scene and modifying the 2002 Honda S2000 that ferried him to high school and the technical school in Spring where he honed his mechanic skills. Fehring following through on preserving his brother’s 1972 Chevy Luv — which sat in storage about as long as Kurtz has been alive.
For both, it’s been a long journey to the same place: a chance of winning a national competition and having their prized rides immortalized as a Hot Wheels. Yes, the little metal cars.
“This has global distribution,†said Scott Shaffstall, a spokesman for Mattel, which makes Hot Wheels. “We’re talking tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands.â€
The cars are sold in more than 150 countries.
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Ron Fehring poses in front of his Love Truck, a converted 1972 Chevy LUV on Oct. 28, 2019, in Baytown.
