In this video I will try and clean up a Hot wheels 1968 Custom Mustang. Upon failing that I will restore the car and attempt to keep as much of the original car as possible.
I’d say keep the original wheels because of that Mat red around the wheel. It looks heart warming to keep the aesthetic of the original wheels with that mango orange. I definitely can see how the chromes would look great but I’d have to say simply for the collectors aesthetic to keep the original. Hope this helps! I love your videos man :3
I really like the orange that you chose for this Custom Mustang. It turned out great. I hope to some day get my hand on one of these Custom Mustangs, as I am a collector of anything Ford Mustang.
IVE GOT NEWS FOR BAREMETALHW, I and im sure most of your subscribers arnt bored with nothing more than you going through and customizing/renewing hotwheels,each video is similar but not the same,i still get just as big of a buzz seeing the old rust buckets transformed into a thing of beauty,it never gets old for me SO MAKE MORE!!! 2 A WEEK WOULD BE JUST ENOUGH OF A FIX FOR ME
Polly g think about how long it would take to do a complete restoration and edit a video for it. I'm sure this guy has a life outside of RU-vid and he cant dedicate his full time to this. It's understandable. As long as we get a couple a month I'm fine with that.
I think fans and subscribers have developed a bad habit of making demands and feeling entitled to new content. Let our friend share his restorations as often as he wants!
that was in really good condition! nice find!! I think I would've left it in its original condition, even if it has those decals. the Mustang does look awesome now!! since it's got its plating, it looks as good as it did in '68
Restoring is an art form. Keeping an item as close to the original is what helps it maintain it's value. Changing the paint scheme may have done damage to the value, changing the wheels may make it worth less than you paid for it. Or like my uncle used to say.... An item is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. So, does it really matter. I say it does. Love your video's.
I think you did a grand job of restoring the original wheels so I vote keep :) Outstanding work as always, it looks stunning in that orange spectraflame!
Great video man! thanks for all the hard work you put into these, we appreciate every one! personally I'd say keep the original wheels. the new wheels i feel would look marginally better but the originality outweighs the improvement.
beautiful job! I had an idea about removing stickers like that in the future. back when I was still actively building model cars, often times I might get a project that was covered in decals, stickers, or both. if I wanted to strip the paint off the car, it wasn't a big deal. if I couldn't do so without harming the car, and wanted the stickers gone my other option was to sand and risk damaging details. I was then turned on to a trick. if you take regular household mayonnaise, spread it on and around the sticker then let it sit, the oils in the mayonnaise should weaken the sticker making it easy to take off without harming the car or paint. when I was first told about that trick, I was very skeptical, but it really does work.
Very nice video and restoration. Original colour liked me a lot but this new one looks awesome, even cooler than the original one. I love your work mate, you always do very cool and nice things and you teach us a lot of tricks. Thanks for sharing !!
Yeah, normally I'm all for replacing or upgrading the wheels, but for some reason this particular car speaks to me and says it wants to keep its originals. This is one of the very few times I've felt keeping the originals is better aesthetics than new/upgrades.
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That US Aqua was really cool and I would have probably kept as it was however I am not a highly talented airbrush artist. US Aqua is usually brighter and lighter than HK Aqua which is generally much deeper and darker. You always do amazing work and no matter which camp one is in whether leaning more towards saving as many in original paint and as good condition as possible, or leaning towards restoring, your work is top shelf and I am sure it displays incredibly. I hope one day I can put one of your pieces proudly into my collection . Oh man keep the original wheels for sure.
Keep the original wheels it looks amazing ... I had a Dodge Challenger 1968 with an open hood and I did restore it and recolored it black and red line and I painted the engine silver now it looks amazing ..❤️❤️ with the original wheels I just added shrink wrap [ shrinken ] on top of the wheel to renew it ...
In my view, restores and customs are more a work of art, separate from originals, so it is about display look. I think the repop wheels give the car a completely clean finish. Great work as usual sir, I do like the orange spectra. We do not get Testors spectraflame paint in Australia and it can't be imported here as far as I am aware, perhaps House of Kolor might have an equivalent in Oz. Thank you and keep up the stellar work mate.
Keep original for sure! They look in great shape. Also for OCDs sake I think you should clean up the old leftover paint inside the car a bit more just to give it a better factory fresh look inside and out! Good work!
Keep the original wheels, they have been there for over half of a century. To put that into perspective, Vietnam was raging when those wheels were put on. Your touched up wheels look great, the car is even more original this way. Keep the wheels.
That looks pretty cool. I actually have a mustang on Need for Speed Payback that’s about that same color so I might be biased. 😜😂 awesome video once again! About to watch the suspension video now.
probably the only 29 year old that gets excited about new video upload of someone restoring toy cars... cant believe you at 169k subs.. i was here since 11k
Keep the original wheels, if their only flaw is "not as shiny as new". I get the appeal of having new ones on a car with a new paint job, but these do look like the best original wheels I've seen on your restorations, and I think they're worth leaving be, at least for a while more.
Good restoration. The hood is still a bit of a different shade. I probably would have painted the hood in chrome to even out the color. Keeping the original wheels is always a smart idea but since it is a custom resto, new wheels would work nicely.
Love the orange finish. Beautiful result. I say swap out those wheels with some new reproduction redlines. This is a sensitive decision I know but at this point it’ll look fully restored with new redlines. Good work and good video as always man 👍🏽
The best way to polish the body including the bumpers is using a buffer on a table grinder with Mothers Polish in a small can. You wouldn't believe how the bumpers look like polished chrome
