JDHOLTZ34 yea i wanted realism when my hotwheels were in an 'accident' - i found this large rock and borrowed dads hammer...had so many made a junkyard in this dirt pile we had growing up. funny thing is 40 years later my folks are still digging up my cars i burried so long ago just doing yard work.
I know, they look fantastic. There's a guy that lives near me that has one, but it looks in terrible shape, with the interior torn apart, and probably no engine. I would love to see it restored, but I don't think that's happening anytime soon.
More Redline Restoration Please! (ps, maybe add a before and after picture next to each other at the end, so we can truly enjoy your hard work! Keep it up man!)
It never ceases to amaze me that something that was probably made back then that sold for a dollar or so could be worth so much today. $30 seems like a lot to me, but not up against what you're telling me that one in Nice condition would cost. And I like the fact that you brought it back from the grave. Nice job!
Lol My brothers always smashed their hotwheels. Then they'd make a "Demolition Derby" pile out of them. It's amazing to me to see ANY Hotwheel make it past all this time at all, especially the original ones. Amazing. That car is like what? $250 to $500 in value? Crazy! Very beautiful restoration!
My own Hot Wheels project is something I always wanted to make but have never been rich enough to fund: an Automotive Museum! I plan on making mine out of boxes that I have painted up as the interior spaces of a large museum and using Velcro to stick the cars to the floor where they will be displayed (so the viewer can still pick them up and look at the details). I bought numerous new cars over the past few years, but figured my own childhood collection was far too beat up for much of the exhibit; now the techniques you describe may help a few of them come back to glory and find a place in the Collection. And now I won't feel I have to buy a pristine late 70's/early 80's Hot Bird (Pontiac Trans Am) like I had when I was a kid. I can fix one instead! Great job!
I like your approach on how you restore cars. You look at it with solid perspective and don’t go over the top with your expectations. This hobby is supposed to be fun and relive stress. I learned so much from this video. Thanks.
Loved the restoration! You should open a tiny car garage!🤣😂🤣 Hot Wheels are my favorite. I can’t even begin to tell you how many I have picked up through the years! I scored a Nitty Gritty Kitty 1967 metallic red line. Nice tires and black interior. Not a scratch on it perfect . Low mileage.😄
May 1968 i walked around the corner in Woolworths toy aisle and saw one of the highlights of my life, the new hot wheels were finally here in NB Canada after the commercial being on tv for months. My friend had had gotten two in Bangor Maine a month earlier and I don't know any one who still has theirs but me. My 48 early redlines are in pretty good shape, my red Mustang is identical but with a rod runner crack in the back window. Beautiful resto job on yours.
Super, super nice!! I'm into restores also because of the high prices and rarity of the high end castings. I purchase them for my own collection, with no intent of selling them, so, value means nothing to be. I really enjoy your tutorials/videos!! Please keep them coming...
That Mustang looks amazing. Still have my copper one from my childhood. windshield is scratched and one of the hood pins are broken but everything is there. The paint, however, is gone. It was bad enough that I sanded it off long ago. Love to give this a try. Thank you for the videos
I love your videos I really like the pragmatic way you approach the repairs. The hot glue is the perfect answer and make total sense. Sitting on your shelf it will look stunning and what few times you open the hood the hot glue will work just fine. The best part of watching your videos is now I don’t have to buy a hot wheel and do all this work myself. Looking forward to your next video.
Today I went to a few antique stores and completely scored! I got a Red Baron in really good condition for 18 dollars and then I got a Heavy Chevy with a number 5 for $9.50 The last hotwheel I got was the purple dragster from 1975 for 12 dollars. I forgot the name of the dragster. Today was a great day! :)
i'm glad someone is doing this because now i know how to restore my 1987 944 matchbox and redo it how i like, found it for 50 cents at a thrift store beaten and abused
i don't like cars. i don't like hot wheels. i don't like restoration. yet here i am binge watching every episode you have. they are so therapeutic haha
Amazing to look back at your older posts and see how your skills and techniques have developed. Love the channel and great to see some excellent restorations.
My dad and I just found an orange turbofire in a box full of old model truck parts. It seems to be in pretty good condition, but we are going to restore it. We found the website that you use for new reproduction parts, and will try to get what we need. It is missing 1 wheel, needs the others replaced, has bent axles, needs a new windshield, may have some oxidation, and probably needs a new coat of spectroflame. Hopefully it comes out good for our first restoration!
Right, Something about them that’s soothing. Others have excited with upbeat voices and music. These are very low tone and professional, one of my favorites.
Well, well here am, if my wife knew... But it is what it is...I have been in and out of the hot wheel scene, it seems all my life...Ask my dear mother and wife, not to mention the kids... So it is good to see that I am not along in my little love of hot wheels... The only thing is I have a tendency to give them to the children of family and friends, for I do remember the fun and sense they gave me as a child... At the moment I do have a small collection that I would be hard press to give away, the child does remains, I guess in all of us... So now I am happy to go on and keep up with my hot little cars, no matter how much my dear old wife nags me not too... Here's to you and your love of them too, you make them look new... For that I thank you... Look forward to the next video...Thank you................JRC
No doubt, I wish I kept mine. Just assumed there was nothing that could be done with wrecked old Hot Wheels so I let children take them when they would visit...:(
I happened upon your video, and i want to thank you soo much. You brought me back to my youth instantly as i remember having the 68 mustang hot wheels car. I remember my Dad bringing me home a surprise after work. I think i might just start collecting hot wheels cars. :)
That came out really good. I’m currently gathering the things I’ll need to start restoring some hot wheels myself. Been binge watching these resto videos , great job.
Excellent. Really good work in the restoration. Interesting video; pace is excellent. I have this exact same car, it was the first Hot Wheels car I got back in the 1960's as a kid - it's always been my favorite and of all my cars it's the only one that's shown wear like in your first part of this video. Mine doesn't have oxidation though, but regardless it was SO interesting to see yours "reclaimed" so to speak. I love it! Thank you for posting!
Man.. I love watching these videos!! I've kind of seen your knowledge, and qbility improve from your earlier videos. Youre doing great and remain one of my favorites.
I have an aqua Custom Mustang that is the nicest i have ever seen, I got it from the original owner who apart from opening it in 68, put it right into a case and never took it out, the paint and body are as perfect as they get. I have a few other really nice RL's but i don't think i would ever part with that one.
Love what your doing. My only suggestion is to talk with some finishers about how your paint jobs could be improved. Wet sand the metal work, prime and paint with airbrush, filling any and all small chips or dents with a white fill stick which can be purchased at most painters supply and equipments companies. It looks like a small white crayon, melt fill stick with lighter to soften stick, use wet dry sand paper to remove excess and reprime before painting, your car should look perfect in primer and then and only then, apply the paint. Your thinking, that's way to much paint and primer and it's going to fill the lines and details of the car, but, not if you thin out the paint and primer and use an airbrush. What do you have to loose? Keep up the good work.
Thanks Joseph, that is some great suggestions!! For these vintage cars I attempt to recreate what Mattel made. They would cast the cars and then plate them with chrome. Then they would paint them with transparent paint. The metal under the paint would reflect light through the paint giving a unique effect unlike regular paint. If I used primers they would cover the metal and mess up this effect would they not?
baremetalHW Yes, primer would kill the spectraflame effect. Staying true to the original product means no primer, metal polishing and spectraflame paint. Anything different will (IMHO) lower the price of a restored redline. One thing hobbyists seem to forget is that these cars came with small factory quality "defects" from the pack. I was born in 1965 and remember clearly playing, destroying and trading them. There is a sort of hard to describe point where you have to decide whether to file away that factory "defect" or leave it alone, as it is part of the original product and give the car its authentic feel. I like how Baremetal restores his cars, as he seems to be aware of this balance.
@@baremetalHW I like your thinking and how each car shows an Era of time and how you try to reflect that in your craftsmanship! I respect what Joseph McMurray is saying, but I like yours and Mister Miracle's perspective as it reflects that of my own. Keep up the great work and great teaching and for keeping this Hobby so much alive!
For future reference, you can make it so that solder goes only where you want by using heat resistant sealant (it comes in a tube like bathroom silicone, but also in tube form. alternatively RTV gasket material is also very good for this) to shape the new area. I did this for an old tube Philips radio which had suffered the effects of a thunder storm. The entire trace for the antenna had been cauterized (word used with purpose) off the board. So i made a new path using this sealant, and then soldered over spray on self etching primer, then spray on copper (thick coat). It came out perfectly made and at a glance, nobody will ever be able to figure out that the antenna trace was once gone completely off. Same thing for this car (or others) dam your work area, then pour the molten solder in. You can even form the sealant over another mold, and then transfer it to the damaged area and do something like a mini pour, tho, that's orders of magnitude more complicated.
Dangit you got me sanding down hot-wheels again... The last one i did was a hong kong corvette and i had it all sanded and ready to paint but I made a rookie mistake because the paint I was using needed to be primered before painting it I didn’t know this and I ended up ruining the car im doing a c6 z06 corvette now so im hoping I don’t mess up this one. Wish me luck lol.
Dam USD $30 for a beaten up Hotwheels I guess if you told someone that wasn't a collector that you paid that money for a beaten up toy they would think you are insane. I guess that is how supply and demand works.
