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Have you tried using an end mill in a drill press to remove the mushroomed head of the rivet posts? I am curious to know if this works while preserving more of the car's metal. May require using a soft jaw vise to hold the car level.
I just want to let you know that my three year old daughter will drop pretty much anything she's doing to come watch these videos with me, and will pick them out of my feed as I scroll through. You have a big fan in both of us.
When I was a kid in rural Africa during the 1970's, we never saw American cars. One day, a blue Lincoln Continental Mark IV with a white vinyl top showed up at a nearby hotel. It was just like this model. I gawked at it for hours. I had never seen such a grand car before -- it was everything I imagined America to be. Thanks for the reminder.
Zack, I would love to see you do at least one 'fully detailed' custom. Take the time to redo the interior, add taillights, headlights, chrome grille, etc. I enjoy watching your work. Thanks for all your efforts! 👍🍻
There are a few of those on here. The thing is, when you do that it takes a lot of time. The reason he didn’t do that for this one is that he is working on bigger projects and wanted to get out a video to fill the gap of time.
I meant, a realistic custom, as in, not to original specs. More details than usual, if you get what I mean? Sorry if I wasn't as clear as I could have been..
@@paulbelanger7383 Or at least hit the taillights with a red sharpie and paint the interior a more likely color to be seen with blue paint and white vinyl top, either all-blue or white with blue dash and "carpets".
I have never restored a Hotwheels. I have not held a hot wheels since I was 6. Last week, because I watch your videos, I had a dream I was drilling and tapping mushroom posts on a HW restoration. Thanks baremetalHW.
Perhaps it's because I was born and raised in Washington State, but Tomicas seemed to be pretty commonly available here. When my younger sister and I were growing up in the late 70s/early 80s, "Santa" would bring us various Tomica "Pocket Cars" for Christmas, in addition to the Hot Wheels or Matchbox vehicles I typically got for my birthdays. Even as an adolescent, I was impressed with how closely the Tomica models resembled their real-life counterparts. Some of my favourite models of theirs (that I still have) are the Model T variants, and the 1937 Packard Coupé Roadster. Like others, I'll echo that it's appreciated to see some love shown for the other brands, besides the dominant one(s).
Wow!! That paint is great looking! I hope they sell it, I wouldn’t mind... I’ve used a testors enamal blue metal flake and it does not have the results I was hoping for - but this is exactly the ticket. And sometimes short and sweet is just the thing, nice restore 👍🙂
I had this car when I was 12. It was my favorite out of about 70 Tomica cars I had in my collection. Great restoration. Thanks for helping me to relive some wonderful memories.
I don't care at all about little cars, but I can't stop watching your videos. This is the one that might have turned me. Such good work. I swear to god if I end up dropping a ton of money on a new hobby I didn't want, I'LL BLAME YOU.
I like how the paint turned out and closely matches the original paint of the car. I also love Tomicas. My father started me collecting them when I was about 3. Today, at 35, I have about 450 of them in my collection.
That color is sharp! Another great restoration! No need to apologize for a shorter video either. Thank you for doing these very enjoyable and educational.
I like short videos like this in between the long projects. It breaks it up and allows for sometimes to do a quick view and move on. Also the blue paint is remarkable. I love the finished look, it has a modern paint feel to it
This is one of my favorite videos. I love the colossal Lincolns of that era and the colors remind me of some of the outrageous special edition models that were offered. Brilliant work as always.
I agree, I like the metallic flake, but I think it might be even better if it were a bit finer grain (or just less metallic maybe idk) and the color was closer to the original car's blue.
@@superfly2535 Similar here. It's a great paint however I think the flake is a bit too bright, and since there is a lot of flake in the paint it brightens the paint hue a shade or two. A bit more balance and it would have been spot on in terms of hue, I think.
Yes, it technically is a Lincoln But Lincolns ARE Ford. And the base says FORD CONTINENTAL I'm sure he knows that it's officially a Lincoln, but he's going by what the product physically says
@@kyleh3615 Seems that the model company didn't know the difference. It would be nice if this was an 'error' model and worth more because they got the name of the car wrong. It would be like calling a Chevy Corvette an Oldsmobile Corvette.
Although short,this video is concise and since we know how to take the car apart ,it concentrates mostly on prep and paint. Two of the most important steps in making it out of the box, showroom new. Thanks baremetalHW!
Well done. One of my favorite Tomy Pocket Cars castings. I bought five of them when I was a kid in the late 70's and used a Matchbox Superfast car carrier to haul them around. I kept them in my Matchbox car case and still have them today. I love that you can restore these cars.
We had this exact full-size car growing up. It was baby blue down with navy vinyl up. I used to play with my Hot Wheels cars inside of its vast interior. BOOM worlds collide! Thanks for the videos.
That mini-metal flake paint is beautiful. It actually resembles an exact factory Ford color shade that the Lincoln factory used. Very nice restoration job...
Beautiful job. As a kid of the 1970’s I had several of these continentals which were my favorite. Also. Lincoln offered a diamond fire blue paint in the 1974 Lincoln which u captured perfectly on this car. Thanks for the memories I love this car. Jeff.
That blue is amazing! I seem to have quite a lot of Tomica from the late 70's as I preferred the "suspension" on those cars over hotwheels as a kid. Good to see them getting some restoration love!
No need to apologise for shorter videos. Top quality as per usual. I've been following for a while now and I think that's one of your best looking restorations. I love that blue paint!
These old cars were so cool to ride in! In the front the seat was so spacious like a couch and inside it felt like a giant boat and they sort of just floated, like on the ocean. :D
Beautiful job, I must say you achieved justice for this car. I was a fan of the original Lincolns back in the day and I can honestly say this has been one of my favorites videos. Thanks for sharing I'm definitely a fan of yours.
I have this exact car in my project pile, same color and everything. Seeing how great yours turned out is making me consider bumping it up the priority list.
Wow, really love what you did -- and the paint. I like even these short videos, I get some satisfaction from watching the cars go from trashed back to beautiful.
Loved the video! Don't worry about the length. Great content and you took time to explain things in a condensed format. Looking forward to more great stuff!
My all time favorite small scale car is the Tomika Rolls Royce. My favorite car as a kid even though I bought hundreds of others. Eventually it was absolutely destroyed in a moving incident. Always liked the smaller more to scale wheels and the 'suspension' to them. Great vid
This sort of video is why I share your channel with people I know. Straightforward, well-explained restorations with stunning craftsmanship. Thank you for making this "stopgap" video! :-)
