HOT TOPICS; A Conversation with Hot Wheels' Larry Wood.(Revs)(Interview)

Byline: Roger Hart Larry Wood is the chief designer and innovator of Hot Wheels, a job he has had since the early 1970s and which has made him the most prolific car designer on the planet. More of Wood's cars have been built than any other car designer's. A graduate of Art Center College in Pasadena, California, he was hired by the Ford Motor Company and moved to Detroit. After designing "door handles and wheel covers,'' Wood decided he missed the warm California climate and left Ford for a job in the aerospace industry, working on the interior of Lockheed's L1011 passenger ...