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Amazing work and skills . Thank you for sharing .

 

I love watching his videos. They've definitely given me some tips on resurrecting some of my old Tonka toys.

 

Wasn’t this a journal post like a year ago?

still very cool though

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=45378

Joey....scooped ya’ on this one.

I do enjoy following that guy on YouTube

 

that was fun to watch... I'm guessing they may make some restoration parts for these ?
new caps and white wall inserts... I restored a Thimble Drome about ten years ago.. they made some repop parts
for them.. hand brake lever, exhaust pipes.. decal sets.. was a fun project

 

If they do I haven’t found them. I’ve seen a lot of people 3D printing whatever they need though

 

Previous post of this video.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-relaxation-of-restoration.1199261

Enjoyed watching it again.

Phil

 

So cool!!!! Great skills and technique.

 

That tow truck was very cool, too. I started to ponder something like this as R/C to rescue wrecks around a yard..

 

One lucky dude. If I tried that those stupid little tabs that hold it together and the fenders on would have broken off the first time I tried to unbend them.

 

Wow! This guy has a TON more than me of patience. He did a super great job.
A few months ago Mrs Rocky and I stopped by a garage sale and I found an old Wyandotte little steel car. Both front and rear wheel wells were skirted and had little wooden wheels [3 wheels] hiding behind the skirts. It was red and all scratched up but no rust. I got it for 5 bucks and looked it up online to find several for sale.....owners were asking from $75 to $90 but I didn't see any of them sold so what the hell.....I'll do it the way I want.
I soaked it in a vinegar bath, cut out the wheelwells with tin snips and painted it a beautiful shade of brown. I mixed up some JB weld, coated the wheels/tires of a 1/25th model kit and cemented the tires directly to the inside of the car's body. Painted the grill and headlights silver and presto! Done. The ugly little thing sits on my entertainment center.

 

Jay -

A couple of weeks ago, I forwarded the 'Rescue and Restore' videos on the X-Wing & Millennium Falcon restorations to my (20 year old) son ... suggesting that should he stop sitting in front of his computer screen and start restoring some of his (circa 1978) Star Wars toy collection.

He in turn, asked me if I had watched the 'Rescue and Restore' video on the Nylint Roadster restoration as he knew I had one as a child:

Me proudly posing with my 4th Birthday gifts​

I, of course, had already watched it (several times) ... and was reminded that I had recently posted it in your March 18, 2014 TJJ Blog entitled Nylint Hot Rods.

 

Really good restoration. Of course a traditionalist would have used lead instead of JB Weld.

 

Oh good. I feel less weird for loving this guy’s videos.