Thank you all for the kind words! Quick note about the plow color because I'm getting a lot of comments. The plows on tonka trucks of this time always matched the color of the truck. This particular plow happened to be off an orange truck that is long gone. The yellow/green plow for this truck was missing so I'm combined the two to make the set.
As a little girl who thoroughly enjoyed playing with her Tonka trucks (mid 80’s) in my mom’s garden I do appreciate this video. I used to turn the hose on high and make a a raging river through her garden (flooded the plants) but my trucks loved smashing through the mud.
Now THAT is a restoration. It's clear that you didnt bury this in your garden a week ago, and I really appreciate it. Yours may very well be the ONLY REAL model car restoration channel on this platform 😂 and I mean that whole-heartedly, nice work man!
Outstanding workmanship with a end product that is excellent example of Tonka's long lasting appeal from a child's play toy to fond memories of having a good time playing with you reach adulthood.
I would absolutely love to be able to do this myself. I think it is so interesting and neat. I reckon it's just a matter of getting the tools and the expertise to do it.
Man havn't seen this one in years! Used to have one when I was a kid. Setting up roadblocks of trucks, dirt, rocks, sticks, ect... And ramming that plow truck into it. Wasn't much that truck couldn't go through. Good times 😎 There are two versions of this truck. A single axel and a dual axel. Both came in either yellow or orange and had two different plows. The split one shown here and a solid angle blade also. Very cool to see one in perfect condition. I'd ad some black pin stripes on the hood and dump bed.
Dude, you did a beautiful job on that restoration, no doubt... but I cried a little bit when you lost the patina, especially on the snow plow & the decal on the door.
Your restorations are amazing, this one for some reason got me thinking about all the old bulldozers and road graders that I see sitting along country roads and highways and if someone put the love in restoring them to their glory days.
Reminds me of what i had when i was a little boy!, awsome job on the restoration!. I think all the time when i was a very happy boy playing with my toys and my train set.
man - that one a cool Tonka toy. I have not come across this one but loved you bringing it back and appreciate you putting two separate trucks together.
Денис, у меня был точно такой в конце семидесятых, начале восьмидесятых, только красная кабина и синий кузов.Даже диски такие же, только хром, кстати до сих пор не заржавели. И сейчас лежит в сарае, правда разобранный. Мы его ЗиЛом называли.
So good to see a REAL restoration rather than a chemically ruined toy miraculously found in a bush on camera. Very satisfying, I would love for you to narrate. Subbed.
Wow! This is awesome! I'm not an expert by any means, but I bought a bottle of Metal Rescue to try and restore a cast iron muffin pan that I found out in the woods. The rust, even the thick stuff, came off with just soaking and using a stiff brush. You've probably used it before. I like to restore old tools and knives. This stuff just saved me alot of time with the grinder and sander! Great Video!
Wow. Another great metal truck resto! Will the new rivets rust, or are they some sort of stainless metal? Your videos are fascinating, and make is feel good inside. Thank you!
The V plow is the wrong blade for lime green dump, originally came with the straight blade plow, the v plow only came on big mike or orange state highway dumps, but will fit any tonka truck for restoration and customizing , good job
Looks great! Is some little boy going to be able to play with it now? I loved the road grader they made in the 70s. Many hours of fun for my son. Grew up to be a heavy equipment operator. Wonder if these toys had anything to do with that.
I installed decals for a living, I noticed in final photo, you reinstalled decal, because the one you installed on camera 12:11 was severely crooked! But you fixed it!
Finally someone with a actual rusted out truck who does a good job doing it and not some fake muddied up piece of crap diecast made to look 40 years old. Unfortunately I don't care for the greenish yellow paint. Maybe it's the lighting. But makes me want to puke
You’re done it again! Really nice. I’m looking at my state highway truck, which needs restoration, same vintage. It’s been sitting in it’s rusty state on the covered balcony for awhile now.
I wanted to personally say thank you for restoring that beautiful work of art I remember that time when toys were really truly made out of metal in to take something like that and then make it brand new again is really truly a religious experience thank you so much for the prince and the United States Aerospace Dynasty
You should get one of those lock picking vices with the wide jaws and big ball joint. Would make the work far easier when you're picking through the rivets.
Nicely done! I had one of these trucks 50 years ago. It was safety-orange in color, and was missing the plow. Always wondered what the front attachment was for.
