I think you need to start doing a suspension 'bounce' test on the Majorette cars. I recall from extensive testing as a kid that the suspension is far superior to anything offered by Matchbox or Corgi and allowed for realistic 'body roll' when acting out car chases etc!! Keep up the good work!
It is a great colour, yes. I had quite a few Matchbox when I was a boy - over fifty years ago. It wasn't until I saw some in a charity shop I realised how small they really were.
Nice job indeed, you should have kept the you yellow headlights as this thing was a french one - 75 on the license plate means Paris. Nevertheless good job.
Great color and great restoration. In France front lights were yellow in these days. Therefore painting them in chrome does not meet the original. But it looks nice. Maybe you could have made something with the number plates as well. I think they were black with white numbers.
Nice choice Rob old boy, I am going to guess that I could search the net far and wide and would NOT find another Simca restoration. The color match is spot on and very well applied.
Great job as always. I love the car, I had one exactly like this one and I have Lost it in the river in 1979... I still regret it because I have never found another majorette Simca again. The color is sweet. The only thing I don't like it's headlights. I would leave them alone with just a wee polish.
Another 100% paint removal. Like Matchbox and Corgi, being British, did the odd British subjects, Majorette took on French cars and did that better than anyone else.
Very nice Rob, very nice. Certainly matched the original colour wise and I like the chromed headlights, although in France I do believe yellowed headlights are or were a thing,
Very beautiful job!!! The chrome headlights do look nice, although it is my personal opinion that the yellow polished look would have given more definition to the front. Love your work.
@@MatchboxGarage You might check out a technique called bolt jewling,. It is a series of circular marks, in rows, cut with a wire wheel. Its hard, but if done well looks very nice.
Beautiful, beautiful I say! Great work Rob. I LOVE those Majorette from the 70s and 80s - they are the best era of Majorette IMO. They have so many great little details on the body and the suspension is superior to other brands. But the more modern ones from the 90s and up, they don’t have the same feel and quality IMO. Although I will say that Majorette has stepped up in recent years, but the modern ones can’t compete with the 70s and 80s Majorette
Yeah it's off to you man another fantastic rebuild I remember as a kid when we went to Italy My Uncle had a SIM card and we picked us up at the airport in Milan with that car identical to that and it was the same color blue I still remember to this day and it's a mirror of fact I think I have a little car made by police steel the Italian manufacturer well done my friend
Police steel ? I know you meant Polistil. 🙂 I think the only other toymaker who replicate this Simca in that scale is Guisval. But I'm interested if someone has a Polistil Simca 1100 to show.😍
I had never seen nor heard of that particular casting before, but it is definitely an interesting looking one. :) Great work on making it all shiny again! :)
Rob, another fantastic swishy swish transformation. Looks better than the original. I just recently redid a majorette mustang SVO. It was blue but I painted it red orange like ford had it. I wish I could send you some pics. Ever since I saw your channel I decided to take up the hobby of diecast restorations. I find it fun and relaxing. Looking forward to more of your channel.
What a beauty, very nice paintjob, think those wheels are best choice for this casting. 😀 Love these old metal-base Majorettes, quality toy cars. I have Editions Atlas (repro Dinky) Simca 1100, those Simcas are funky looking little cars 😀
Wow. It turned out super Nice.!! I guess older cars like this,looks great in candy collours. What about å candy on that Rover/morgan? You got,that Green car with red bonnet.
100%💯 paint removal - woohoo!!👍 Let me guess Rob; the "TI" is TURBO INJECTION - right?😁 Excellent paint match -looks fantastic. I was thinking about the headlights. Someone already mentioned that a lot of these would have yellow headlights. Would a wee drop of clear yellow, on top of the silver, give her that continental look? Just a thought.😁 Cheers for now, Dougie.
Bonjour Rob 😁 Interesting choice with this Majorette Simca 1100 TI. It's good when an old toycar with a special body is choose for resto or custom. I also like the choice of the paint, very similar to the original. How do you find a paint so identical ? 🤔 I also try on my customs cars the silver paint on clear plastic headlights but, after review the job, I think it would be better to paint the interior side of the headlights with a chrome paint like Molotov markers.
100% yeeeeees! I had a metallic green one as a child... Always quite liked the real thing oddly.... Wasnt the Matra Rancho based on these? Think they were a 4x4 look but still had simca fwd mechanicals 😂
Nice job. But to crome the Headlights was a fault. Every french car in this period of time had yellow headlights or at least yellow lightbulbs. That used to be french law until the 1980's. And it was not allowed in germany to drive a french car with yellow lights. They had to be clear. As far as i can see your casting is an lhd car. So yellow headlights are the correct ones. It's not to criticise your fabulous work. It is just an information. Or better a lesson in french automobil history. 😉👍👍👍
I had a blue one of these when I was a child. Can anyone tell me what the hole in the middle of the base on Majorette die casts were for? That's something I have always wondered what it is for.
@@thierrymilan2039 it was a twofold use for the cut-outs in the base. As well as clipping them into the box, the cut-outs were later used to clip models into a moving road system (a bit like a train set you could attach your Majorette models to). Can’t remember what it was called, but I once saw this system displayed in Hamleys in the ‘80s. Some of the extras for the moving road system lived on for longer as Majorette accessories - I had a number of clip together pavement sections and road signs in the late ‘80s.
@@thierrymilan2039 a hatchtback is something in between a sedan and a stationwagon. most sporty one was the ti way before vw came with the golf and the golf gti
@@bentandre5524 Ok thanks. I knew for the hatchback, not the hothatch 🙂 I found another pretender to be the first hothatch : the '71 BMW 1600/2000 ! Touring
love it when the "different" castings get done. ie camaros stangs etc. that's y I voted for the pacer. ugly car lol. but would be cool to see it customized. never seen or heard of this car but it turned out cool
I always liked Majorette cars. They were among my favourites as a kid!
Absolutely Magnificent! Great detailing.
Looks superb Rob! Amazing transformation. You are exactly right regarding the color and wheels
Great job mate!
I think you need to start doing a suspension 'bounce' test on the Majorette cars. I recall from extensive testing as a kid that the suspension is far superior to anything offered by Matchbox or Corgi and allowed for realistic 'body roll' when acting out car chases etc!! Keep up the good work!
Every word true!
I’ve got three of these to restore, one of them in this colour. You have inspired me to get on with at least one of them.
The caustic is a revelation! I’ve been using stripper for ages but the caustic is 100% better, thanks for the great vids.
Always good to see a 100% paint removal🤘
I still have one of these upstairs with the rest of my collection
Nice work bringing her back!
Pretty Simca model, very good resto job. I agree those Majorette suspension system were fantastic 👍🌟
Nice restoration and paint job 👍👍
Awesome work and paint
Lovely restoration!
Car looks amazing.
I loved this restoration, you did a good job ! 👍
Once again . Great work .
AWESOMENESS .
Blue has a little sparkle in it , just enough .
👍👍👍👍👍
All great finish .
It is a great colour, yes. I had quite a few Matchbox when I was a boy - over fifty years ago. It wasn't until I saw some in a charity shop I realised how small they really were.
Nicely done.
Beautiful job
Fantastic job
Nice job indeed, you should have kept the you yellow headlights as this thing was a french one - 75 on the license plate means Paris. Nevertheless good job.
Awesome! Majorettes are great.
It looks better than new, I like it !
awesome job rob
Great color and great restoration. In France front lights were yellow in these days. Therefore painting them in chrome does not meet the original. But it looks nice. Maybe you could have made something with the number plates as well. I think they were black with white numbers.
I learned to drive in a Simca 1100 van.Body like tissue paper and rattled like a money box. Still love the metallic blue and green these came in.
Nice choice Rob old boy, I am going to guess that I could search the net far and wide and would NOT find another Simca restoration. The color match is spot on and very well applied.
Nice restoration
Very nice restoration 👍
So glad you are back lol. Great work/video as always sir.
Great job Rob and I have one that I found at an antique store
Very nice 👍 work so cool 👍 Lee
Congrats on the 100%.
Looks great!!
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Nice restoration 👍👍👍❤️❤️Love your work so much.......keep safe we've got problems spreading down under
Thank you Rob….
Good job rob. 👍👍👍👍
Love the blue color of it, 100% paint removal.
Nice one Rob!
Sharp restoration job!
Great job as always. I love the car, I had one exactly like this one and I have Lost it in the river in 1979... I still regret it because I have never found another majorette Simca again. The color is sweet. The only thing I don't like it's headlights. I would leave them alone with just a wee polish.
I kinda late but what a great job as always Rob!
I love that color!
Very nice job sir 👍
Another 100% paint removal. Like Matchbox and Corgi, being British, did the odd British subjects, Majorette took on French cars and did that better than anyone else.
Very nice Rob, very nice. Certainly matched the original colour wise and I like the chromed headlights, although in France I do believe yellowed headlights are or were a thing,
Yes, yellow headlights were a thing on French cars of that era!
Gorgeous!!
I agree, it looks so much better.
Very beautiful job!!! The chrome headlights do look nice, although it is my personal opinion that the yellow polished look would have given more definition to the front. Love your work.
Might want to try a polishing bob as opposed to the wire wheel. That way you won't end up with swirl marks on the roof and hood. Looks great.
I actually like the polishing marks
@@MatchboxGarage You might check out a technique called bolt jewling,. It is a series of circular marks, in rows, cut with a wire wheel. Its hard, but if done well looks very nice.
Beautiful, beautiful I say! Great work Rob. I LOVE those Majorette from the 70s and 80s - they are the best era of Majorette IMO. They have so many great little details on the body and the suspension is superior to other brands. But the more modern ones from the 90s and up, they don’t have the same feel and quality IMO. Although I will say that Majorette has stepped up in recent years, but the modern ones can’t compete with the 70s and 80s Majorette
That's because Majorette cars from the 90s onwards were made in Thailand, whereas prior to then they were made in France.
"I think you'll agree..." Yes 100% paint removal. Nice job Rob. The colour came out great. Nice detail work too.
Yeah it's off to you man another fantastic rebuild I remember as a kid when we went to Italy My Uncle had a SIM card and we picked us up at the airport in Milan with that car identical to that and it was the same color blue I still remember to this day and it's a mirror of fact I think I have a little car made by police steel the Italian manufacturer well done my friend
I have visited Italy twice, beautiful country
Police steel ? I know you meant Polistil. 🙂 I think the only other toymaker who replicate this Simca in that scale is Guisval. But I'm interested if someone has a Polistil Simca 1100 to show.😍
I had never seen nor heard of that particular casting before, but it is definitely an interesting looking one. :) Great work on making it all shiny again! :)
The paint job is fantastic, well done!
This came out real nice, I enjoy a good little oddball casting, this was a great choice to fix up.
I have the exact same model im working on just now, i don't have the fancy spray paint stuff and cleaning agents, but im having a great time.
That's awesome love that colour can't wait for the next episode 👍
think the window section was made yellow because french cars like lhis simca had yellow headlights
Hi Rob, keeping the same colour works well on this car, difference between before and after is brilliant.
100% Thumbs up, lovely blue
Rob, another fantastic swishy swish transformation. Looks better than the original. I just recently redid a majorette mustang SVO. It was blue but I painted it red orange like ford had it. I wish I could send you some pics. Ever since I saw your channel I decided to take up the hobby of diecast restorations. I find it fun and relaxing. Looking forward to more of your channel.
I have one in green colour I got it since 1980 still with me .
What a beauty, very nice paintjob, think those wheels are best choice for this casting. 😀
Love these old metal-base Majorettes, quality toy cars.
I have Editions Atlas (repro Dinky) Simca 1100, those Simcas are funky looking little cars 😀
Wow. It turned out super Nice.!!
I guess older cars like this,looks great in candy collours.
What about å candy on that Rover/morgan? You got,that Green car with red bonnet.
She's a real beauty. Not your "Everyday car" ;)
100%💯 paint removal - woohoo!!👍
Let me guess Rob; the "TI" is TURBO INJECTION - right?😁
Excellent paint match -looks fantastic.
I was thinking about the headlights. Someone already mentioned that a lot of these would have yellow headlights. Would a wee drop of clear yellow, on top of the silver, give her that continental look? Just a thought.😁
Cheers for now,
Dougie.
It appears, from the evidence of Majorette, that as in real cars, so in diecast ones: the French imitate no one, and no one imitates the French. :)
I agree, Majorette had realistic suspension, Matchbox second. 100% paint removal!
Matchbox can glide faster than Majorette 😄
Bonjour Rob 😁
Interesting choice with this Majorette Simca 1100 TI. It's good when an old toycar with a special body is choose for resto or custom. I also like the choice of the paint, very similar to the original. How do you find a paint so identical ? 🤔
I also try on my customs cars the silver paint on clear plastic headlights but, after review the job, I think it would be better to paint the interior side of the headlights with a chrome paint like Molotov markers.
You can see lines on the roof where you've sprayed.
Nope
@@MatchboxGarage look at the bit where you show each bit before assembly.
I bet you would still have it in collection if offered... Thought an amazing job was done...
100% yeeeeees! I had a metallic green one as a child... Always quite liked the real thing oddly.... Wasnt the Matra Rancho based on these? Think they were a 4x4 look but still had simca fwd mechanicals 😂
Yes, you're right, the Matra Rancho is based on the Simca 1100 and is one of the first crossover recreational vehicle.
That paint was well worth 999 coats! Have you considered using spectra paint like the original Hotwheels? It would look dynamite on a Dinky.
Great restoration on a super cute little hatchback. I’ll be looking for one for my collection now. #100PercentPaintRemoval
100% paint removal today 👍
Looks like another 100% paint removal your on a roll now . LOL
100%, yes !
I've got a green one of those
Nice work, it was even beter if you had fixed the frontside of te roof, it is presse down a bit.
100%!
Beau travail, mais , si majorette a fait les phares en plastique jaune , je trouve dommage de les peindre en gris métallisé...😉
Nice job. But to crome the Headlights was a fault. Every french car in this period of time had yellow headlights or at least yellow lightbulbs. That used to be french law until the 1980's. And it was not allowed in germany to drive a french car with yellow lights. They had to be clear. As far as i can see your casting is an lhd car. So yellow headlights are the correct ones. It's not to criticise your fabulous work. It is just an information. Or better a lesson in french automobil history. 😉👍👍👍
Merci
@@MatchboxGarage avec plaisir. 🤣
No, don't chrome the amber headlights!!! Now they've lost their charm!
I had a blue one of these when I was a child. Can anyone tell me what the hole in the middle of the base on Majorette die casts were for? That's something I have always wondered what it is for.
Hi Jani. The hole in the middle of the base is intented to fix the toycar into the base of the cristal boxes of the 70s.
@@thierrymilan2039 I remember the boxes. Thank you for the explanation Thierry!
@@thierrymilan2039 it was a twofold use for the cut-outs in the base. As well as clipping them into the box, the cut-outs were later used to clip models into a moving road system (a bit like a train set you could attach your Majorette models to). Can’t remember what it was called, but I once saw this system displayed in Hamleys in the ‘80s. Some of the extras for the moving road system lived on for longer as Majorette accessories - I had a number of clip together pavement sections and road signs in the late ‘80s.
100% with majorette being a French compony and simca also French its probably why corgi and matchbox don't have the models
What do you use for your ambient background sound?
Some UA-cam library junk
Hey Rob I wanna ask how the pandemic in UK is going. I will tell you that the Philippines pandemic is very bad this month, we are on heavy lockdown.
Things are almost back to normal here even though we have 1000s new cases daily
Simca. Majorette car ok
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first hothatch ever, majorette also did a black french policeversion
Wasn't it the '67 Renault 16 to be the first hothatch ?
@@thierrymilan2039 only if it has fuel injection
@@bentandre5524 Sorry but does "hothatch" mean a sportcar with a hatch ? Btw, the Simca 1100 TI was powered with 2 carburetors.🙂
@@thierrymilan2039 a hatchtback is something in between a sedan and a stationwagon. most sporty one was the ti way before vw came with the golf and the golf gti
@@bentandre5524
Ok thanks. I knew for the hatchback, not the hothatch 🙂
I found another pretender to be the first hothatch : the '71 BMW 1600/2000 ! Touring
100% 👍🏼
100%!!!!
100% 👍👍👍
love it when the "different" castings get done. ie camaros stangs etc. that's y I voted for the pacer. ugly car lol. but would be cool to see it customized. never seen or heard of this car but it turned out cool
Maybe next 😉
100%!! :-)
100%
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One of top 10 ugliest cars ever, the real thing that is. =)