That looks awesome. You should make a new updated version of a complete redline restoration how-to since your audience has grown much larger. Since it is been so long since you first made the video, you can show all the new techniques you have learned since then like zinc plating, electropolishing, etc. , and maybe some alternatives for those who don’t have the tools, that way new viewers won’t have to ask so many questions, and I won’t heave to hear why you clip the wheels off rather than pull them off every time😂
Love ur phrasing, anunciation, word structure as in sentence formation. Love ur customs and restores and the great dialogue. It's been a while, we missed u.... customizer to customizer CHEERS-well done!!!!
I honestly can’t put my finger on it, but I feel this resto has been your best one to date. Everything about it just turned out so right, and the engine transplant worked great.
Wonderful job on an iconic car. Just enough flash removal to make the car presentable. The paint and the engines look great. Seems like it is always to long between your videos. You are definitely one of the best, thank you for sharing all of your tricks and techniques.
Twin Mill always a fave. As a kid i remember being genuinely delighted when this and other new models were introduced, thank you for giving them shiny new lives😃 It's an endless task, taking detail to perfection, but smoothing the seams and edges of these beauties makes them look great. You're really not fooling anyone once the pins are drilled away and repro wheels put on.
Beautiful restoration, and I will agree with you about the engines, they look pretty close to the old ones, love learning how to restore cars, 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘🦘From the land down under
Hi baremetalHW, Good day to you, This Redline Restoration: Hot Wheels 1969 Twin Mill turned out AWESOME! The engine swap was a great. Take care, wishing the very best, and hope you have a creative fun week. Thank you for sharing your time, talents, ideas, and Super Excellent Fun Videos. Peace & Joy
It's always a treat to watch someone else do precise, exacting work. Because of your channel, I subscribed to all the other toy restoration channels. I can't get enough restoration action! Competing offerings lack the quiet competence and purity of this channel, however. BaremetalHW videos are almost hypnotic.
I've been waiting for another copy to complete my resto. I thought I had one, but it turns out its a treasure hunt car.... so ya.... that ones not coming out of the package. Great job too!
Yes! Another baremetalHW video! You’re easily one of my favourite youtubers and I look forward to each and every upload. This car turned out brilliant as usual, great job .
Great build, man. Loved the way you retro-fitted the newer engines. I’m sure the customer will be stoked when he gets it back for his collection. I real beauty.
I have those same two! The black with red flames was a 2009 release though. The 1969 date on the bottom is a copyright. There should be an alpha numeric code though, A being 2008, B is 2009, etc., and the number being the week in the year. That being said, I repainted mine black with a dark blue racing stripe, made a crash bar with rally lights, repainted the wheels, and added a lift. The old windshield was bad, so I made one. Completely screwed any collectability.
I think the oldest HW I have is a Mazda MX-5. I looked it up on the wiki and it shows it was made in 1995. It's the dark red one. It's in fair condition for its age. The paint is chipped a lot on the front bumper, but other than that it's still an okay car.
Last Christmas I got a twin mill originally from 1969 it was never even touched it was shiny and it looked brand new and it was 50 years old! It is black with red flames!
At last! A classic Red Line restoration video! Great and hypnotic as always. From watching virtually all your videos I felt that I had to have some Hot Wheels in my studio. Got some at one of those indoor non-stop garage sale places, no sign of any real Red Lines though.
Cameras use UV reflection to focus. The UV can be detected by the camera, and it alters the received frequency of some colours. Tiffin make a "Hot mirror" filter than can help. An easy way to see this effect is to point a remote control from a TV at the lens and watch the signal pulse come out of the UV LED on the front of the remote. Love the videos btw.
While you mostly do "concourse" restorations intentionally, it is occasionally nice to see this "retromod" style with the flashing removal, polishing, fancy engines, etc.
I think this turned out great! I Enjoy your style of restoration, where you try to keep as much of it as original as possible, using the old parts and keeping minor imperfections, where a lot of restoration channels replace a lot of the older bits (looking at you, knife restoration videos). Keep up the great work!
Yet another great restoration, baremetal! You had me a little worried as I hadn't seen or heard from you for over a week. Good to see you're still well and keep up the good work!
The paint came out very nice but I think there has to be a slight difference in the engines as the pipes on the newer ones have a tendency to stick out on the sides. It could be a micrometer level difference in the lower body or engine, but it's still there somewhat if you'll agree. Thanks for the work, it's always great!
Great job! Those modern reproductions seem like a great source of replacement parts, I've seen several other restorers on youtube use the windows and other parts from new cars to restore their classics from the 60's and 70's.
I saw the full size Twin Mill a guy made on a Chasing Classic Cars tv show on Motortrend, literally the next day I found the new one at the grocery store, I couldn't believe it, l think it is a very cool car, just the tiny engines let it down a bit but I still love it.
The modern twin mill engines have tail pipes that are not as thick as the original and the valve covers are smaller, wow!!! Can't believe you that that was a good idea lol
M8 restoring and refurbishing are not counterfeiting. You are not a 3rd party with no license. You are an independent repair and as long as you state this IS a restored product then you just did maintenance. Otherwise I still love your work.
Sorry I did not mean to attach the hobby to counterfeiting directly. I just wanted to show that we have the same goals as far as the finished product. I don't feel that we are doing is counterfeiting at all... unless, as you mentioned, ill intent gets involved.
@@baremetalHW I just commented it because a lot of (Apple) representatives bring up the argument that repair is a way of counterfeiting. What you and many others like you do is conservation of history. Without hobbyist like you, I would never think about getting into any form of the repair business. I am an IT repair guy for the locals and I got into this business because something clicked while I was watching your videos. As a hobby, I repair vintage electronics because I realized how much history they have for the owners. For that, I should thank you to be in the right place at the right time. Cheers ^^.
Looks like the exhaust is a touch different on the new engines (sticks out from the body a smidge further) but honestly I think it looks amazing! Great work as always.
I rotate the processes in and out to keep things interesting... so after not seeing "the bath" for awhile I will show it again in future videos. If I put everything in every video the format would stagnate over a few videos.
Awesome restoration job and I love that rose colour. I have an old Beatnik Bandit in this colour and you're right, your camera's colour system makes it look too purple/pink. Ingenious replacement with the engines too, though it seems like the replacement exhausts stick out a bit compared to the originals. Just a side note at 7:48 to 8:00, the letter/number manufacturing code is clearly visible stamped on the base of the newer Twin Mill - 3rd week of 2018. It's usually pretty easy to tell when any given car was made since 2008.
I believe the rose is much more pink because of the brighter polished finish before painting. I’m the one who sent this one in and I’ve compared it to a couple of original rose cars and it’s just a little brighter than it’s peers
I do need to correct you on the statement at 7:40 on the manufactures dates starting in 2008, Mattel began using base codes for Hot Wheels vehicles. The base code can be used to identify when an individual vehicle was actually manufactured in the Hot Wheels factory. The L03 on the blue twin mill means it was made in 2019 in the 3rd week. Also the years mean the car was first copy right in 1969, a re tool in 2011, and in 2014 the new one that was released in 2019 as a t-hunt has an 18 for it's new plastic base.
Excellent restoration. I think you made the right choice in this case to replace the engines, I agree the chrome paint pen fell short. I am curious though, had you wanted to restore the old engines, I would have been interested to see how would you have done it? Thanks for another great project!
Really great work and honestly one of your best finishes I’ve seen yet. I was wondering what could be done about the engines when I sent the car in, and honestly I think the engine transplant was the best option. Thank you so much!
Screw cutters. No, those are called flush cut pliers that are used primarily by electronics hobbyists to cut component material on the bottom side of circuit boards after soldering. The issue I see with the engine swap is that the newer style molds have the exhaust tips flaring out from the body whereas the original, the exhaust pipes were flush against the body channel. Otherwise, that's an awesome looking model.
I'd love to see a Hot wheels HW prototype 12 be restored as it was one of my favorite childhood hotwheels I wish mattel would bring back the HW prototype 12 model someday
