In this video I will restore a 1980's Corvette Stingray. My Email address... Baremetalhw@gmail.com Want to send me cars? My PO Box... PO Box 1964 Red Oak Tx 75154
Dear Sir: Please let this model bask in the purple glory and resist the temptation to add decals. It looks better than the original in this condition, and your expertise in painting is shown off with this example. This is a classy restoration.
It may have been a previous repaint but I saw the orange wheel wells too...remember the grill was orange too, but originally the grill may have been black while the car original color was red. Its hard to tell because he doesnt focus a lot of time on when hes stripping the paint off it.
My grandfather turned me on to Hot Wheels when I was very young. Not the playing with them part, but the collecting them. He had a passion for all things car like no one I've ever known since. I'm 44 years old now & at last count I had just over 6ooo Hot Wheels still in their original packaging and roughly 2ooo open cars that I've collected over the past 3o years. I only collect the realistic models, and until the past 5 or 6 years even avoided cars with decals and whatnot. My son, who's 1o, is now finding the same love in the hobby as I did at around his age, & it makes me feel that much closer to my beloved and long passed 'Papa'. When he died, my grandma gave me what is now my most prized possession- the 133 of my Papa's Hot Wheels I grew up playing with. It's truly awesome to see there's people out there that breathe new life into these broken, battered, & abused cars I've seen so many times before & thought there was no hope left for. You do amazing work, & I hope you keep it up, because you've got an instant fanboy here!
I'm not interested in die-cast miniature cars, or restoration in any form. But your video's are so enjoyable to watch and your narration so clear I've found myself watching! No idea how I got here, but I'm glad. +1 sub.
In tool restoration, the importance of an ultrasonic machine can’t be overstated! I use all types of strange things for solvent, from IPA alcohol, mineral oil, brake fluid like you used in this video, all types of parts cleaners and homemade acids and things… Always trying to find something that will attack the unwanted layer while leaving everything else alone… And the agitation given by the ultrasonic cleaner will help it work under everything and loosen it. Even if it doesn’t dissolve the outer layer, something like a cooking oil or mineral oil can find voids, and work under the outer layer that wasn’t baked on or prepared properly. While leaving properly baked and prepared finishes in tact. Love your channel.
I wish I could get ahold of all my old Hot Wheels. I really loved them as a kid and had quite a collection. My mom claims to still have them somewhere. What a walk down memory lane it would be to actually see them again. Hopefully, she has them.
Nice Restoration And Customization of this Corvette, Have MANY Cars at home myself and hope to restore them when needed, Old Lesneys are the best, Love the channel♥️
This is a fantastic restoration on this Corvette Stingray, also I appreciate your detailed explanation on how to do the restoration from start to finish!
Not as good probably. Almost all of these colorchanging paints use gloss black as an undercoat. Trust me on this that the developers of such paints have done more than enough tests with them to be able to say how it works best .
hmm, may not stick... don't know. However I don't think the effect will work as well if it does stick. You could simply paint it over silver paint to get nearly the same effect, whatever that might be. it is basically a "candy" topcoat, so the base paint is going to effect it a lot. I've actually wanted to see the spectra flame paint applied over a car body that is black on the front, then the black fades all the way to white as it goes back, with no definite fade lines. Should make it look like it's going fast standing still.
All color shifting paint needs a black base coat, so just spraying this awesome type of paint would be a waste of your time if done on a bare metal or polished casting. I prefer gloss so it would stand out a lot more, but I use spray cans that I got from Amazon, just look up spray paint. Hope this helps as well.
I'm so glad I found your channel. It gave me the motivation to go through my collection of model cars,which were lying in a vanity bag for a while already and have been tossed out of the soft socks and beanies they were in twice already by my brother's kid when I was on holiday. Now I've arranged them on the top shelf of my bookshelf so they don't scratch and chip anymore. Some cars have had seen better days but they won't get worse now. So thank you.
I have lots of these old hot wheels and matchbox diecast cars and trucks. My son has them all now, some are in need of restoration, some are completely original. Great video.
This is so cool! Hot wheels were a large part of my childhood, I have literal hundreds. Years ago I once counted and I remember it was somewhere around 300-400. This makes me want to go back to the days where I'd play with them all day. This is surprisingly nostalgic
Absolutely wonderful!! Never did I expect to see my love for Hot Wheels mashed up with my love for vintage car restoration 💖💖💖 and on my favorite car, the Stingray, to boot!
Was from Hong Kong and randomly stumbled on this video, had absolutely no idea that we had produced hot wheels at all Thanks for letting me know my country's history great job btw, think i'm gonna subscribe
The transformation is amazing! I'm not a big fan of the new wheels but I am a big fan of the new paint. I thought it would be a restoration as was stated in the title. I love the videos. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
I love how it turned out. Especially loving the display base. I painted 25mm war gaming miniatures, and their bases years ago. This is definately something I'm interested in doing although all of my supplies, glue, materials are dried up and gone. Now to find my old hot wheel collection, or hope they were not thrown out. Needing a custom late 80s Camaro z28 pronto.
Gene Kelley ...Of all the Matchbox and Hot Wheels restorers on the scene on YT of late, BareMetal is still the king in my book re: skill level, knowledge and workmanship.
I wish you could have kept the blue and white color scheme. The kid who painted that was on to something. Corvettes always look better to me in brighter colors because they're so fast. But nice custom as always.
I have this same model in my collection of corvettes that i've hung on to. most in mint condition. This specific one was my favorite model. pure white with that bright blue windshield. love what you've done with this.
I happen to have a purple 1968 splittin image that needs a new home. The car belonged to my dad when he was little and he gave it to me a couple years ago.
The body style of that particular Corvette is that of a '74-'77, as it has no chrome rear bumper (last year in '73,) nor a bubbled rear window (first year in '78.) (bottom of car says '75, which may imply the model year)
(bottom of car says '75, which may imply the model year) I totally agree with you there and as you say the bubble rear window was first introduced in 78 ..I used to own a real 78 vette with the bubble window and now own a 77 vette with the flat rear window its pearl yellow but i think it would look cool in this colour
Hey man,I have a question.Can you PLEASE attempt to make on of the first generation CRX with the body kit into a stock first gen,you can probobaly do it,but it will be hard.
