1970's Tonka T9 Bulldozer (Restoration)

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Hi everyone! This is my first restore of anything significant, and the first time editing anything. I picked the Dozer up at a yard sale. I thought it would be fun to restore it for my 8 Y/O Grandson. This is NOT a "perfect" restoration by any means, just restored to the point it won't give my Grandson Tetanus! I have limited equipment and experience restoring things, and this was a great learning experience for me. It was more work then i expected! LOL!
If you would like to follow my progress, please Subscribe, as i have other projects in the works.
At least swing by from time to time and see if i have lost a finger, or set myself on fire!
Any advice on the restoring or the editing would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.

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@kwpowell0412 5 лет назад

There's only one thing better than finding an old Tonka at a yard sale, rummage sale, thrift store, etc... and that's watching a kid who has never owned such a well built toy, drive it in the dirt for the first time! What a great way to get your grandson outdoors to get some dirt under his nails! Good job and thanks for sharing.

@maseratim11rko7 10 месяцев назад

I watched mesmerised as I had this exact T9 dozer in 1974 as a kid in Boston. I had to leave it there when my family moved to the UK in 1975. To this day it’s my favourite toy ever and I have a photo of me with it that I treasure. ThNk you for the video. Took me back to happy times 🙏😊

@staceytjarks5820 4 года назад

Great job!!! It's nice to see a man getting a little assistance from his Dad. Don't pay any attention to people that have to spew negative criticism. Those type of people can't appreciate doing something for the enjoyment of doing it.

@markeholbrook 5 лет назад

That Tonka metal is thicker than what's on new cars. Great job!

@EHCreative 5 лет назад

This brought back memories. I had the exact one as a kid...

@shaneellasdaicastrestorati3675 5 лет назад

I had one of those when I was a kid I can still remember waking up on Christmas morning, best day ever! Nice work looks great

@youtellme18 5 лет назад

That is brilliant. Important we start giving old toys new life.

@eds1994fatboy 5 лет назад

Years ago a friend of mine Bill did this to an older Tonka dumptruck.He was so proud of the job he did...…..gave it to his nephew for a gift of some sort.The kid left it out in the driveway and it got smooshed at night by his mom.Boy you talk about mad and frustrated Bill was......Great job sir...!!

@ShainAndrews 5 лет назад

I had two of those myself. Lost one when it got backed over by a semi. Took me a lot of years to finally exceed its load capacity.

@prettynoose8497 5 лет назад

Unsettling watching all this work done the long and hard way. Sandblast & powdercoat will make life much easier

@bigmikeh5827 5 лет назад

This was one bad azz bulldozer to a kid in the 70s. Loved mine! Thank you for the memories

@tootall5559 5 лет назад

So long as a toy can be played with as intended, it's a good restoration.I don't restore them to sit on a shelf.Once I'm done, I find kids to give them to.

@USSPROMO 5 лет назад

Before i clicked on your video I popped a popcorn bag in the microwave grabbed a can of soda sat down prepared everything and before I hit play my wife walks by looks at my set up then shook her head and walked away I hit play...watching your videos is the best entertainment I can have since my teen days...what amazes me is how do you remember what pieces go where...I lost track after you took off the tires but it was fun til the end. I got some popcorn left so I’m watching your next videos....

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

Ahhh...love the smell of freshly popped popcorn, with butter!

@zpt-pi2zr 5 лет назад

You really did an amazing job and a fabulous gift for your grandson. Keep making videos because you really show how to be able to do awsome work with house tools. Thank you for your dedicated work. Simply awsome!!!

@TheArkDoc 5 лет назад

Very cool. I got that bulldozer when I was about 8 (more than 4 decades ago). My dad still has it, and all of my other Tonka Toys, in his shed.

@cflinger1979 5 лет назад

I love these tonka restorations. I remember having a whole set of these construction toys and they were well played with. I wish my parents would have kept them all so I could restore them.

@sut2910 5 лет назад

Thanks for sharing. Nice job. Every kid should get a chance to play with a Tonka, especially the metal ones. It is a right of passage.

@MaxStax1 5 лет назад

That turned out nice, ready for many new sandbox and dirt pile construction jobs. I still remember my Tonka road grader I received for Christmas one year back in the 60's. We lived in a really rural area with all dirt and gravel roads so it was always fun to see a real road grader drive by.

@rudyflores9395 5 лет назад

don't be scared of the task at hand enjoy the restore and don't listen to any negative feed back. I started and i am hooked

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

Yes Sir!

@withone5 4 года назад

I have this dozer, my grandfather kept it in his garage over 40 years, he gave it back to me on my 49th birthday last year. It has not been restored but oh the memories of playing with in his garden when I was a kid.

@jamessanders5397 5 лет назад

Took me back to my childhood. I had that one and the big truck, and the loader that the truck had to drive through. Nice work and patients to finish it and bring it back.

@jean-pierrecharbit5934 5 лет назад

That's it, we now know how everything started! Beautiful passion that all great children admire ...

@aadi7294 5 лет назад

You are a one good artist sir...Lucky grand children's to have a loving grandpa like you..Your patience is really appreciated sir

@banditone5220 5 лет назад

Hands-down the most durable Tonka dozer ever made absolutely taking incredible abuse and still look good

@bgdavenport 5 лет назад

For future projects invest in a media blaster and powder coating system. They're really not all that expensive and you can use a household oven to cook the powder.

@talk2kev 5 лет назад

Awesome Job your grandson should love it. 100% better than the plastic junk they make today.

@morrismckinnon6047 5 лет назад

I had one of these in the 80's and it was in that same rusty state even back then. They took a beating the old Tonka toys.

@jackjacke4654 5 лет назад

Gotta say, that has some real play time on it! Geesh! Built like an actual dozer...

@elysabethpoodle6234 5 лет назад

Yep she's been pushed through the dirt a few times that ol girl. Same toys and time from my childhood.

@emhjr6339 5 лет назад

Good job! And finally, someone that actually knows how to use a rattle can properly.

@paullayden 5 лет назад

nice job i'am sure your grandson will have lots of fun with his new tractor

@aaliyahify 3 года назад

You and your dad working on the truck for your grandson is so wholesome.

@larrybensley9410 5 лет назад

I had the same dozer when I was a kid and someone stole it wow I can't believe someone still has one that Christmas that was all I wanted I wish I could find one again

@jamessommer6077 5 лет назад

I think you did a great job considering the limited of tools to do this project and you've done it because you wanted to please your grandson and I could probably see the gleam on his face when he got it from you,great job.

@americantu 4 года назад

Wow, without a sand blaster, powder painter or a 3D printer, this is an amazing restoration. Thank you so much. Gives me hope. All I have are screwdrivers, pliers and determination.

@RustyShepherd 4 года назад

Armando Cantu All u need is a few hand tools and a lot of will and determination. Go for it!

@oleksiidereza3309 5 лет назад

Don't be nervous, nervous Rusty Shepherd! You're doing the right thing. Not make Sharp motions and everything works out.

@michaelbatts5655 5 лет назад

Your grandson is so lucky! What a great restore and a great gift! Wow......just......Wow!!

@davidhaney1394 5 лет назад

great result , you`ll get better and better the more you do , if you want to make life a lot easier , get a sand blaster , best thing I ever bought !!

@scroungasworkshop4663 5 лет назад

Good resto but I think the best part is the bit you may not have considered, the fact that one day your grandson will appreciate having a video of his grandfather and great grandfather working together to restore a toy for him. That’s truely priceless. Well done. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

I hadn’t thought of that! Thank you for enlightening me Sir.

@stevemcevoy6185 5 лет назад

Nice job looks great brings back memories playing in sloppy mud and rocks. with the good old tonka toys not made like that anymore.

@iamrichrocker 5 лет назад

Rusty..i know your grandson was happy, but i bet you were just as happy and proud of what you did, and learned..good stuff..

@limaalphasixtynine4209 5 лет назад

Great that you got your pops in the video too... a very original way for restoration videos. 👍🏻

@Maciste982 5 лет назад

This little tractor is fantastic, good job!!!

@jaydragontalents 5 лет назад

Me and my siblings had Tonka dumptruvks as a kid and have it a way to our cousin because we grew out of it. Brings back memories.

@earlharman2040 5 лет назад

Darn good job, it will live on for years.

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

Update...I got a sandblasting setup from Harbor Freight! 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

@scottgm321 5 лет назад

I was just watching this for the first time and thought, this guy is doing this so he can convince his wife that he needs a sandblaster. LOL It worked. I need one too.

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

Powder coat system next! 😎

@rongigear8740 5 лет назад

Great job! In twenty years your son can refurbish it again for his grandson.

@davet.4945 5 лет назад

"Tonka Tough" used to be very true! I never knew one to break when I was a kid in the 60's!

@fixrite11 5 лет назад

That was a very nice thing you did for your grandson. I could pick this apart BUT your heart is in the right place and you will learn lots from doing more of these projects. Keep em coming and thanks for sharing. Hope your grandson appreciates the time and effort you put into this project.

@m-athevine3969 5 лет назад

I just found this exact model on the border of the street, waiting to go to the dump yard. Luckily, I took it home and will restore it like you did, to give it to my son! These toys are timeless. Thanks for the video man!

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

M-A The Vine Sweet! Any needed parts can be found on eBay. Record the resto and post it Man! RS

@JohnJohnson-qg2ub 5 лет назад

Wow u really made my day seeing this video, I had every truck that came out! Got one every x-mas and B-Day.... this is the one I like the best!😀 thank u for this great video it really took me back in time when I use to have the whole yard dug up! God bless u and and keep up the nice work.👍👏👍

@Yankee_Redneck6698 4 года назад

I had this one too. Man of all my Tonka equipment? This thing was dang near indestructible. Great job!

@AgentDiego 5 лет назад

Dude! With that limited equipment you managed to do better than some other guys with much better equipment! Great job!

@ferretscoutcar 5 лет назад

Well said Agent Diego!

@jagc1969 5 лет назад

This video was a pleasure to see. You did a great job. Thanks for sharing this video.

@56clipper2 5 лет назад

Had one of these back when I was kid.dad bought it for my birthday and I was using it to push snow around in the driveway and had left it there.was told to come in to warm up and it got covered by snow.then dad came home and ran it over with the 81 Datsun king cab 4x4 pickup.up till then it took everything I put it through but just couldn't handle the wrath of the Datsun lol. Tonkas were built to last back then, not so much today

@0r1x 5 лет назад

Granddad & great Granddad fixing a toy as a present. And a video to remember it later. What a wonderful gift.

@jasongregg6630 5 лет назад

Aww..I had that toy.. thanks for the memory 😀

@patrickp4384 5 лет назад

Excellent work. Get yourself a sandblasting box,it will make this much easier. Also a hobby air brush. They make one that works off aerosol cans if you don't have a compressor. Makes the detailing a lot easier.

@orrozeta2183 5 лет назад

Il fascino di certi marchi (Tonka) è unico e irripetibile. Complimenti per il lavoro. Bravo!

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

orro zeta Grazie!

@jaz313det 5 лет назад

Good job. So nice to see what love really looks like! Things in life are so much more important then what they think of real life!

@johanjanssens4530 5 лет назад

A toy is intended to be played with ! As long as you can make a kid happy with it, you have done a good job and not wasted your time and effort. Once you see a child using a toy that you have restored, I am certain that that will be a great reward for you, having done something that makes sense and gives joy to someone. If you keep this up, you will be getting addicted to see a kid smiling from your work and it will be the best incentive for you and do more. There are so many children in this godforsaken world whohave to be happy with just some garbage finds to play with, so many parents that just do not care or are too poor. Sir, you are a good Samaritan ! May the Gods be with you.

@pietromosconi6398 5 лет назад

Mr. Restorer, I really admire u. Your passion for givin' ol' things a new life It's amazing and it amazes me. Wish u'll never stop this lovely activity. Thanks a lot for u to preserve every good old things givin' 'em a brand new aspect and a great new life. Form Italy, Pietro.

@melecioybarra5248 5 лет назад

Thats pride like what you did that is going to love it

@208miuwu 5 лет назад

Beautiful I had as a kid. Thank you for the memories

@Kapparie 5 лет назад

Nice job, considering the available tools I think you did very well. No kid could notice the difference between new and restored. 😎

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

Thank you! Yeah, only us “big” kids could probably tell :)

@j.aguilar8430 5 лет назад

Very good job, well done. I am glad Tonka equipment end up in the right hands. Remember have them for many years up my attic good decision selling it to you

@donaldswink6259 5 лет назад

Beautiful restoration. Next time you want to take rust off, get yourself a bucket and fill half with water and half with vinegar drop your rusty pieces into that solution and check on it every couple of days.I restored a very rusty nylint double hopper and let the cab and first trailer in that solution for 1 week and you would of never of known that truck had rust on it.

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

Good advice! I used electrolysis on the Dual boom wrecker in the other vid. Worked great!

@scottbourdon5423 5 лет назад

Really nice job! Nice to see the old toys still kickin

@chipper841 5 лет назад

Don't know what a sand blaster costs, but if you had one it would have saved you heaps of time and elbow grease! What a great job!👍👍

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

bugsychipr I have one now, and a powder coat system.

@chipper841 5 лет назад

@@RustyShepherd Awesome! Hated when Tonka trucks stopped making metal ones. Your work is so fine!

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

bugsychipr Much appreciated! Check out my Motor Grader restoration. I got to use the blaster and powder coat system. Let me know what you think. RS.

@SteveStoltz 4 года назад

I have had that exact dozer since I was a kid, It was my favorite of all my Tonka's. I cant say I've ever seen another one. It now resides in the Tonka graveyard in the attic of my garage waiting to be restored one day. .

@mechanicmike1236 5 лет назад

that’s awesome, my grandson is 3 and loves “playing in the dirt” he would love it. perfect or not it’s pretty darn cool!!

@booper343 5 лет назад

LOVE it. Tonka makes the best toys ever

@EnriqueLopez-hb5jn 4 года назад

When you see how well constructed & how exact these toys were to the real thing, now these toys that I grew up with, were really strong, not like those plastic ones, that do not last long, the good thing is that there are people restoring these awesome toys, where back in the day you could get real cheap, but the quality of construction, attention to detail is what made them what they are today, 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

@scottgm321 5 лет назад

Great video. What a blessing to have Pops there to help and the pup to supervise. I wasn't laughing at you trying to get those caps off, just commiserating. Next toy to get is a Dremmel with some cutting discs to gently cut them off and not damage the axles.

@TMD4343 5 лет назад

I had one of those, 45 years ago! was one of my favorite toys

@yyhsgsv6577 5 лет назад

Hi please could u chat me on face book which is "younis alshrefy " I need ask u about this toy . Thanx appreciate mate

@Dragonballguy270 5 лет назад

I had that exact dozer as a kid, what memories

@huskyjerk 5 лет назад

Beauty ! I like the over-heated dog at the start too.

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

huskyjerk I was just throwing the ball for them. They love chasing the tennis 🎾

@michaelbaker4669 5 лет назад

Just and fyi for future if u superglue ur parts just after sprinkle baking powder soda onto it, it drys instant with 9x strength!! Im an aircraft engineer we use it to fill gaps on prop blades. Good vid

@chrisC052 5 лет назад

Great job! It goes to show your never to old for your dads help! Keep it up.

@wwmoggy 5 лет назад

My dad was eastern Ontario salesman for bray rivet and suppled Tonka Canada with Rivets up to they closed the Factory. us kids would get Tonka every Christmas fresh from the factory . I remember having this Bulldozer out in our Sandlot

@angtran1417 5 лет назад

Hardest grandpa ever :)) Congratulations sir.

@megamaxtixyt992 4 года назад

Sweet. Tonkas are Always nice... Great to see people restoring/fixing them up. 👍

@dougsullivan3564 5 лет назад

I had one of those as a kid and the dump truck too. Really brought back some good memories seeing you restore this.

@FERNANDOTADEUBRAUN 5 лет назад

Excellent work

@samuelallen3570 5 лет назад

For this being your first time, you did a very good job.

@cornovii3012 5 лет назад

I loved Tonka as a 70's child, strong enough to sit on and ride :-D

@editorodriguez6554 5 лет назад

ian 1971 I remember sitting in my Tonka truck and riding in it as a kid

@cornovii3012 5 лет назад

@@editorodriguez6554 The tipper truck wasn't very comfy to ride but it was fun haha

@editorodriguez6554 5 лет назад

@@cornovii3012 I had the Backhoe. I received it for Christmas of 83 or 84 from my Grandparents and I remember sitting on it and putting the lever to dog up dirt.

@petroscosk2282 5 лет назад

Goes to show, Tonka were built to last, i had a dump truck, that i remember sitting on, and go down bloody great hills, good job

@naarbin 5 лет назад

You came a loooong way since then. Nice job, too.

@lobobaltazar1322 5 лет назад

Love it.

@mglopez1 5 лет назад

Thank you Sir, great job!! You got a new subscriber.

@ianvicedomini2648 5 лет назад

Wow what a fantastic restoration. It looks amazing. Nice job mate

@victorparker9507 5 лет назад

Another awesome job! God has richly blessed you with a gift like no other. I enjoy the work you do.

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

Victor, Thank you for the compliment! This was my first resto. I’m on my fourth now. Please check out my other two that are posted. Cheers!

@luisvirgiliopenafiestas7454 5 лет назад

One piece very beatiful. Is a toy very special. One congratulation from Peru.

@stevenwithanS 5 лет назад

Turned out like new. Good job.

@martinburch2416 5 лет назад

A real good restoration. Well done

@henriqueoliveirajr1837 5 лет назад

Great job ! Congratulations ! 👍😊

@hulk7272 4 года назад

Now that's one beautiful dozer!!

@scottieb706 4 года назад

Very nice for your first. Mine was a Tonka dump truck from 70's. Two things ... I have also done the T9 and I painted the front plastic "grill" yellow. I have seen them black, too. I paint the rivets by spraying a bit of color on cardboard and use a small detail brush.

@snoopu2601 5 лет назад

Came out really nice took an old crusty toy fixed up to be around many more years gave it a second life.👍

@RustyShepherd 5 лет назад

Thanks! Check out the wrecker on my other vid. It was worse.

@snoopu2601 5 лет назад

@@RustyShepherd thanks I will !

@JayLand1973 3 года назад

This gonna worth so much more when r done! Priceless gift to your grandson. Knowing grandpa and Pop helped. Oh boy :-) with video to show him later on

@RaginEagle 5 лет назад

Awesome job!!!! Look forward to more!!!

@robertgoss4842 5 лет назад

First restoration? This is a superb piece of work. Incidentally, I still have my Tonka fire truck from my 8th birthday, 62 years ago May 11th. Keep up the fine work.