Matchbox Series No 22 Pontiac G.P Sports Coupe - Restoration Video 

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That was a serious basket case. Amazing you were able to restore it at all. You never think about how delicate some of these toys are, and yet they can survive plenty of play...normally. Cheers, Timo.

When I was in high school (late 70s), my friend Izzy drove this car. The real one. Fun car. Good times.

An absolute beauty of a vehicle. The fact that you were able to work through so many issues through the restoration and end up with a car that looks like it just came out of its box is incredible. Well done.

It's alive - you brought that car back from the dead - great job!

Has to be 1 of the biggest transformations I have seen. Good job

A beautiful Pontiac Grand Prix. These cars were loaded with luxury and power for the middle-aged guy who refused to grow up.

This was a "Holy Grail" Matchbox car that I did not actually see until the early 1980s, although a 1977 or so catalog listed it by name as the previous occupant of spot 22, and a grade school friend had described the model that he had seen at a garage sale.....I would have LOVED this car as a little kid, but was older than play age when I first bought it.....Great to see that this "write off" by the insurance company has been given an appropriately new lease on life! The 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix is a true classic!

I must say this has got to be your best work to date. That car was destined for the scrap bin but in the end you'd have never known it was in multiple pieces at one time

Good work. I was really surprised how good the metal looked after you stripped the paint and cleaned it up. Great job on fixing the broken parts.

Incredible.... You breathed fresh life into a proper knackered old one. Fantastic resto Rob 👍🏻

That was the first time I thought you wouldn't be able to restore a car without turning it into a full custom. You did a superb job with this car. It really did look beyond repair. Great work!

Now that was a full-on proper restoration. Awesome!!

I love old Pontiacs. Bonneville, Grand Prix, Catalina.....some of the best looking cars ever made

Well rob that went from junk to a gem. Well done All the best.

Pulled off a real miracle on that one. Turned out very nice. I'm really amazed how shiny the pain is without having a clear coat on it. Thumbs up. --Dave

Who would dislike something so satisfying

I'm not sure exactly why . . . but I found this video enthralling from start to glorious finish! Pure restoration poetry. Thank you for posting.

When I turned 16 in 1975. My Uncle gave me my grandmother's 64 Pontiac Grand Prix. It was in his back yard with tall grass around it. He said if you can get to crank up. It's yours. Replaced battery and starting fluid. I was a car owner. 👍😎

What an awesome result, a miraculous transformation from the original condition, well done!!!.

Finally, another UNPRETENTIOUS Matchbox restoration channel! Subscribed in minutes, time to binge-watch! Thanks.

You saved this diecast model. You achieved a great effect. Regards 🙂

Just incredible! An absolute miracle restoration. To think that probably got raked and battered in a "3 for 50p, spares only" box for decades!

Well done Rob! Once I saw the car split in half, I panicked! However, you undoubtedly pulled it off! Way to go mate!

Thank-you, Sir for sharing the resto. Great job and it really brought me back to better times. Simpler times. 🥋

Mi auto! Así era el matchbox que más quería cuando niño. Que bueno es volver a ver uno de estos restaurado. 👍👍🇨🇱 My car! This was the matchbox that I loved the most as a child. It's good to see one of these restored again.

Wow. You really brought this back. Great to see the video as this was one of my very favourite Matchbox cars when I was a boy. Fantastic to know that someone has the knowledge and interest to bring it back to life. Thank you.

One of my favorites too. Beautiful work!

What a great restoration well done Rob

Saw the initial state of the car, and I thought, "that poor thing is toast." Then I saw the end result and it turned out fantastic! Great job!

Great resto Rob, makes an awesome display car, one of the most popular models in all its guises. It's a transition model running from 1965 to 1971 in its superfast guise of purple at the end.

My first car was a ‘64 GP; quite a blast to drive. Excellent work!

This must be one of your best Rob, a great job well done and thanks for sharing this with us

Robs chop shop!, a great restoration. It looked like some kid tried to jam it under a door and failed. Look forward to your next one but I need to check back through your list I think I missed one.

Very solid work on a not so solid car. The end result is amazing.

Salvaged from demolition! Great job! 🚗💖👍😁

Wow. Unbelievable results. In my opinion it's your best restoration to date.

Amazing Rob! One of the best restorations. Keep up the great work dude 😁

You are the miracle worker! Came out great! Love the color!

That was an awesome job, and I love that despite all the work you had to do to save the body, and this model was saved rather than restored, the base was untouched to maintain a degree of originality.

Great job, you'd never know how crushed it was to start when you see the end result.

Hands down! You really brought that car back to life! Posca markers ! The best!👍👍👍

nice resto of a 1964 pontiac gran prix. one of the first of what would later be called personal luxury cars.

Great job mate, the fix looks awesome. Well done. From personal experience when your airbrush hasn't got a good flow stop and clean it before painting the car because it can sometimes splurge out and ruin the paintjob and you have to strip it all again!

Well done!!

Grand Prix was the answer for the wife who not let you by the GTO. They rode smooth as glass and you could get on it and she lay them down....nice work..

Proper Pontiac restoration!!

Wow that was a challenge,and you mastered it, im very impressed!!

Well thats what restoration is all about, brilliantly done and the final result looks great.

From what you had to where it is now . I think you've done a perfect restoration on that Pontiac GP. Really nice job 👍

That came out incredible

What a transformation,to how it was,im amazed how it turned out, needed a bit of work,and the marker made it more detailed,a very tidy model car.

Great repair Rob, and your favourite so far. Thanks for uploading

Brilliant restoration

That is some powerful caustic soda! At 6:20, not only does the paint slough off of the car pieces, but the entire bottle vaporized, only to reappear.

Quite the heavy resto. Pretty neat. Congratz.

I actually had a 64 Pontiac Catalina (Bonneville and Grand Prix were the same) in 1:1 scale. Yours was in a lot better shape than mine was, there were rust holes near the rear deck I could fit my fist through on mine. Wish I could have saved it, too far gone rust wise for anyone to save. RIP old darksider Poncho.

Beautiful restoration, I like the way you painted the headlights and grill.

Your videos are great! You need your own show on The History Channel!!! Thanks for posting!

I love that you stuck with it and made it work. Great job!

i am amazed the quality of your work and car.

Just Wow... that was not a restoration, that was a resurrection!

Brilliant restoration.....10/10

Really enjoying the extra work that has to be done for these. You’re doing a great job!!

This car was a challenge but you pulled it off.😁

Excellent restoration looks great

If I would have even tried such a restoration... the car would be more flat as I don't have that dedication! Marty fixed a "flat" car... so did you! I can't imagine you can ever get mad at something or someone! Such calmness... Well done! I wish youtube would do away with the dislike button!

Great job man! Looks awesome! Looking forward to seeing what you do next

amazing! I can't believe you did the impossible!

I find that sometimes when I'm having airbrush issues such as yours that if I cover the output end of the airbrush with a finger and then push the button down and back at the same time what happens is air bubbles back through the paint pot and this often clears the problem. Brilliant refurb too.

The world's first tiny cut and shut coming right up folks lol 😂😂😂but nice job all the same mate 👍👍👍👍👍

Really nice restoration, from what it was to that, outstanding!....Bill

Awesome job my friend. that was some great craftsman'ship

That was quite a project Rob, it turned out great!

It may not be perfect, but its perfect to you . that all that matters . I love it ! Nice job .

I had one of these when I was a kid. It was my favorite. It came with a boat to pull on that trailer hitch.

An amazing job straightening to body, and putting it back in one piece. Very nice work.

You should of showed fixing the windscreen posts instead of skipping over that. I was the most interest in seeing that repair.

Give a new meaning to chop cut and rebuild well done very well done

Well done man! Great job. Thank u for sharing it.

You certainly take on some thoroughly thrashed projects but manage to bring them back to fine condition. Great work!

Wow ,is it realy the broken car? You are realy the Edd China of the toy cars :-). Best restoration job ever ,because it must be difficult to restore a broken car. Perfect paint job. The colour is awesome. This one i want have as a real car ;-).

AWESOME RESTO

Awesome restoration ! Bring em back from the dead !

Enjoyed watching that mate, I’ve got a box of dinky and corgi toys stored in the roof of my house that have been there since I was 14 yo. They were given to me by my sisters boyfriend at the time who was in a motorcycle gang here in Australia 🇦🇺 🇬🇧✊

It has a tow hitch yea you did brought that tiny car back from how you got it. Thank you for sharing your video I enjoyed watching IT 👍

So Very Pro restoration project... love it 😍

Nice job. Red is perfect.

This casting as well as the "Hot dog trailer" were my very first. I believe around 1963 or 64'. Many good times had selling dogs at the H.O. carnival. Very nice rehab as well as nice memory's, thank you sir.

Excellent work, Rob! Think few of us would ever consider resurrecting something that far gone.

Amazing Job. Well done

Wheeler dealer you!!!! Awsome resto job!!!!!

Great job Rob! The car came out brilliant considering what you started with. On another note, cheap pure bees wax candles might be the easiest source of bees wax.

those new a pillars fit in perfectly! most amazing job!!!

You did a real awesome Job !!! The Pontiac Looks like brand nèw and nobody will would ever believe that,that car was so broken when you startet with 👍 ...

Excellent Restoration Pontiac 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Very relaxing and enjoyable to watch the repairs. Amazing something so small can be restored to such a great level. I'd have liked to have seen the complete roof restoration, mindful it was so badly damaged, but understand your mention of getting the work done and fixing the camera also. I'll be looking at other restorations shortly. Thank you.

Seriously impressive bit of work there Rob. You da man!

i was gobsmacked by that good job

Very well done! This Grand Prix Coupe gave you quite a few challenges! I can't see where the car split in half, and I wouldn't have known that had I not watched the entire video! I'm gobsmacked!