Grateful Dead Volkswagen T1 Panel Bus

Grateful Dead "Volkswagen T1 Panel Bus" from the 2014 Hot Wheels Pop Culture series is metalflake gold and black, with "Grateful Dead" on the sides and roof, dancing bears, Steal Your Face skull and roses on the sides, lightning bolts on the roof, clear windows, black interior, on a unpainted Thailand base, with gold chrome white line Real Rider wheels

Dream Van XGW Panel from Grateful Dead Hot Wheels

"Dream Van XGW Panel" from 2014 Hot Wheels Pop Culture Grateful Dead series.

 Did you know? The origin of the bear was taken from the Bob Thomas album art. The back cover of History of the Grateful Dead, Vol 1 recorded in 1970 showed multi-colored marching bears. Bob's inspiration for the bear came from a printers block of a generic bear.

Grateful Dead Truck from 2014 Hot Wheels Pop Culture series

"Grateful Dead Truck" from 2014 Hot Wheels Pop Culture series

Did you know? The card and truck art is from "Steal Your Face" a double album released in 1976. The album was recorded live in concert at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom as part of the band's then-"farewell run". The cover art featured a grinning skull with a lightning bolt on the frontal bone designed by Owsley Stanley and rendered by Bob Thomas. The logo has since been identified as the "steal your face," or "stealie" logo