In this Redline Restoration I restore a 1970 Hot Wheels Peeping Bomb. I also discuss some of the decisions I have to make before any car is restored. Dear RU-vid, Peeping "bomb" is the name of the car.
Honestly, it seems the lower value cars are cooler then the ones with higher value. This one looks really rad! And the paint job you gave it is definitely a step above what it was before.
One thing I have learned from painting full size cars (which I used to do), most people will notice imperfections when the painted body is all that is showing. As soon as you add everything else (glass, door handles, tires, bumpers etc.) they really don't notice the minor imperfections like you mentioned. The imperfections kinda hide in the overall product.
this is "we are our own worst critic" paradox I do stained glass work and my mistakes stand out to me like a piece of sharp glass under my fingernail. However one its all together and the light is shining I think I am the only person who would notice....unless I posted my work on youtube then 10000s of views would suddenly become experts and point them out to me.
There are solid arguments on both sides of collecting. To keep in as original shape as possible or to restore in some form or another. There are going to be haters no matter what so... Do what makes you happy.
Yep I agree. I can see if you are going to restore something that is pristine or only has a little bit of wear on it. But if something looks like it belongs in the trash I am not going to want it in my house so it is either throw it out or restore it. That is what I am doing with my pinball machine currently working on a LaserCue from 1984. :)
My goal with restoration is strictly personal satisfaction. It is one aspect of my overall Hot Wheels collecting hobby. To be honest, my restoration experience consists of taking two cars apart. One I messed up the posts pretty bad. The second came out reasonably OK, but only consisted of disassembly. repair of an axle, and reassembly. It's not perfect, but better than it was. More important is: I did it! It will be a long time before I undertake restoration of one of my Redlines. Will keep watching your videos in awe!
I think it looks Awesome! But like you said.. It's what you wanted and it's your customization and your vision of what you wanted.. That's the beauty of restoring and customizing your own cars.
Hey! Nice video. I'd be interested to hear how many people are in the same camp as me: here you've made a nice, short video that's easy to watch, but for me, part of the joy of watching this sort of thing is actually seeing things happen... not just seeing that things HAVE HAPPENED. So, I'd like to see the electropolishing setup, every time. And I'd like to see you go at it with the steel wool and polishing wheel, and the painting, etc. Maybe I'm in the minority, though. Still, thanks for making these videos so regularly.
The restored car is so much better looking the the original. I think it is worth it because you took a car in terrible shape and brought up to like new. Great job!
This one looked woeful at first, I thought the body would be much worse after the paint was off. It was still bad but you really cleaned it up. It looks fantastic and almost mint to me, regardless of dollar value. With the big base part coming up the side of the body, this could be a good car to do two-tone or a front-to-rear fade like the Twin Mill you recently did.
I enjoy watching your craftsmanship on this channel. I like the fact that there are some imperfections because that is what HW cars were meant to be, to be played with and to use your imagination.
Seen a few of your videos, hope to view all, for your time and work on this small scale is priceless. Extraordinary patience to detail a thing to behold at finished project. I appreciate your honesty about doing this out of a labor of love. As I too have done work similar or in other media. For own personal satisfaction is truly where the drive originates. But I must say, someday your works will one day indeed have value to them, because of your intense detail in labor. One day to become the Barrett Jackson of small scale workmanship to these cars. Thanks for sharing. Greatly appreciated! Encore!
Technically speaking, Barrett Jackson is an Auction organization, coincidentally I'm watching a re-run now, Minter is a restorer of cars (Thunderbirds if I recall.) He's the Minter of Hot Wheels.
Great, a new one...i love your videos. I am even looking in flea markets for restoration projects! Never thought this would be a hobby for me, but its so satisfying! Thanks exactly right with value, its what its worth to us...you cant put a price on the enjoyment in achieving this!
I happen to have that same color car right here, held it in my hand thru the whole video ;) i had absolutely NO IDEA the headlight covers opened! im missing one exhaust pipe ;( i thought the final results were excellent, pits and dings included. i agree with the value vs personal preference thing. i have found all of my redlines at the thrift store level. fixing to restore one special one very soon, using all the things ive learned from you and other youtubers and customizers ;)
I really enjoy these videos. Thanks for posting. Ever thought of doing a walk through of your collection. I'd really like to see them displayed together. Thanks.
wow this turned out hot af! you nearly sound sheepish about your effort man. what you ended up with from what you started with is nothing short of uber cool! please please keep it up man. thanks.
As always, I thoroughly enjoyed your video. One thing you said did amuse me though: "This car had most likely been improperly stored." ...um, you know its a toy right? I child probably played with it and would simple throw it into his or her toy box when done playing lol
When I was about 8 someone on the school playground was showing off the "peeping" headlights of his Spectraflame Peeping Bomb. I got a Flying Colors version later, and I was highly disappointed to find that they deleted that feature. I really coveted the Spectraflame Hot Wheels that other kids got from their older brothers because they were so much cooler.
Hey! I love your videos, and I have a suggestion which I think would be super neat. Do you think you could start showing the cars a little further out at some point during the video, so we would see what you'd actually see if it were on a shelf rather than the up close version.
I think I probably would have sanded off those mold lines from the rear of the exhausts, maybe even drilled them out a bit so they look like actual pipes. Nice job, though - 20 seconds in the electro-bath? Impressive. Do you ever reveal technical details of your "electropolishing" technique?
Another informative and enjoyable restoration. Thanks for sharing! The gold looks good. Kind of reminds me of the Spectraflame Yellow one I had as kid in 1970.
So, you peaked my interest in something about Michael Jackson turning into a car. So, I watched that scene/part. Cool car and such. Also did not know that Joe Peci co-starred with MJ himself. To the car and the restoration, I say you did a smashing good job on it. As far as restoration value in my book which you pointed out that it differs from everyone else is that you have added value to the car by making it look very nice and stunning and more or less took a junker and made it into a piece of gold. This is like what I seen you do with all your other restorations and such. You have such a great and powerful talent and I do hope that some day, a way or something will be found where you can start making the serous big bucks with this sort of thing. If I were to make an offer on this car, I would offer you about $300,000.00 minimum cost. But I'm not one of those Mr. Money people so yeah.
