Tonka Truck RC Conversion - Turning a Rusty Tonka Into an RC Rock Crawler
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- This rusty Tonka has been given a new lease on life with a restoration and R/C conversion! Scroll down to see all of the parts and tools used in this restoration.
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I loved this! I had this same one as a kid. Last week when we were cleaning out my mom's house I spotted it in the dumpster I had rented, my soulless sister had tossed it out! Needless to say I rescued it. :)
Thats awesome
You sir are a BAD MAN. This was like watching the 1st episode of Pimp My Tonka. Supreme work this episode. 💪🏾💯
Thank you! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Maybe someone should start a channel just for that. I'd subscribe.
WOW!!!!! what a restoration. Really nice Tonka Rock Crawler!!!!.
Glad you enjoyed it
From trash to treasure, nicely done, sir.
Tune the suspension and she'll ride perfect.
Out standing ! lopsided up sided, who cares nice to watch a artist at work. Bravo.
Oh my goodness folks, now THAT'S how you do not only a restoration, but making it motorized!! Awesome episode Tim, one of the best I've seen and I watch a number of restoration videos. Great color for the new Tonka and so many of your craftsmanship skills and creativity were on full display. I look forward as always to your next project and you and yours stay healthy and safe. Cheers from this old retired coot living in Tennessee.💖 👍 😷 🍻 👀 ✌
That was quite the conversion. My brother had that toy when he was a kid, and he likes RC cars. He would love this.
I used to roll my GI Joe down a really steep hill in one of these. His head came off once lol.
Paint is awesome! Turned out unbelievable! Thanks...
That's one of the coolest videos I've ever seen.
Sand-Blasting is so satisfying!
That was an awesome conversion. It was great to see this toy restored and repirposed even better than before! Excellent work!
Great job, the paint job like magic.... Chop the top, bigger shocks.... This is a winner...
Pure bloody genius. You get the best of two worlds. The scale and size of the wheels are so close to the original Tonka wheels. Need more of this but with another iconic Tonka truck. Brilliant idea, thanks for sharing.
Nice build. I was very happy to see that you added a driver.
Your skills know no bounds, awesome job there converting from push drive to electric drive. I really don’t have anything else to say, you are brilliant what more can I say. Cheers mate.
Thanks 👍
Had one of these as a kid. I'd sit on it and scoot down the driveway. Such a strong toy.
Thanks for watching! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
The Fractured Blue is a WINNER! What a GREAT JOB you did on this one.
This was one of my favorite toys.
Great Job! I love it. I had one of these and it came with a jack and a spare tire. My G.I. Joes were always fixing flats. LOL. I also had a Ford F-150 RC truck that I painted dark blue and painted the rims black. So your project reminded me of two of my favorite toys as a kid. Thank You. :-)
I have this truck. I’m 46 and received it as a kid. Mine is in better condition, but needs an overhaul. I put a lot of miles on that truck! It’s in our basement and our 7 year old son plays with it.
I had this exact car as a kid.. the kittens hated me.. cause they were 'race car drivers'.. lol.
I had one too. Lol at the kitties!
Mine were test dummies and stunt kitties.
Yes............I had issues as a kid, but am an animal lover to the core.
I had one too. Brings back some memories of scooting around sitting on it. Makes me miss the 80's even more. :(
My brother and I each had one, I loved 'working' on it changing the tires. Now I do the same thing on my Jeep every weekend (although not quite for the same reason!)
@@shanerountree3623 let's just hope you're not letting the kittens drive as I did ... lol.
I bet the people at Tonka never thought that their toys could be modified to operate with R/C equipment. Looks real nice.
I'm sure old Duke enjoys 'driving' his new ride around your property.
That was my favourite toy in the late 70s early 80s. I still owned it up until about three years ago, it was in mint condition and I had all the accessories for. Sadly we moved and I couldn't bring it with us so I had to throw it out. I really appreciated your video giving that toy a new life. Well done.
This is wold's best restoring
Sand blasting the hood was incredibly satisfying.
Lol, I was going to say the same thing. 🖖🏻
Yep, I gotta agree; satisfying.
I should have kept the Tonka dump truck I had as a kid! This RC conversion is cool!
I really like your choice of interior color. I would have gone the easy route and blacked it out. But, you picked a great color. It's really close. Love the build.
DAM! YOU BROUGHT LIFE INTO THAT OLD RUST BUCKET!!! Excellent!! That sandblasted is the highlight. 😄😄😄😄
I went into this video looking for a reason to cut it up. I finish the video amazed, and respectful of your craftsmanship. Great video!
Brilliant! It was just amazing. The dude looked happy! I know I was.
Omg that tonka truck bring back so many memories or my child hood that was my favorite toy truck ever I loved the truck
I liked that you put a little driver in there! Otherwise it would have been a huge missed opportunity 😂
The remodel turned out really great!
Thanks for watching! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Far and away my favorite piece of your work. This is nothing short of awesome. And by the way, get a chuckle out of the kids cheering for the sandblaster every time. Great work dude
Awesome paint job. Is it just me or is the finished product sitting on a tilt/angle?
"Nah, it's just cos you're only wearing one shoe". ~ Happy Gilmore
Yeah, seems to list to the right.
@@AngryTurds haha, good one!
He need a 3 link setup or a "twist bar" don't remember the eng word for it. All regular cars have it. This is a normal behavior of heavy rc cars but are easy to get rid of
@@joseflindbom7680 I think you mean a torsion bar
One of the best job of yours work. Amazing restoration and good RC conversion.
Sorry for all the comments but damn bro... beautiful... and the fracturd blue is mind blowing ...
I used to have one of these trucks when I was younger
That fractured blue was awesome
Modern painting techniqes are awesome :) greetings from Poland :)
Man I wish I still had my Tonka dump truck ide have you pimp it out too fantastic work
Excellent job and the paint looked amazing.
Fantastic job!! Great to see you take a different strategy!! 💯👍👍
I had me one of these when I was a kid use to sit on top rode it around everywhere they were well built
Lol me too
I had to watch this. I had that exact Tonka when I was a kid.
This is what all i wants and dreamed about to do with toy cars when i was a kid. Tune them so you can drive them like this😻😻.
Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely love that New color you choose !!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the driver has passed out in that first driving scene 🤣
Also nice work.
I think these old trucks look better with the wear and tear on them though.
Lets call it patina 👍
Ok, you just did that to have your own fun! And man does it look like it!
Loved the paint! Great choice! Great work again!!
After a long day doing Army stuff, watching this is therapeutic.
Congratulations for your beautiful project. 👏👏👏👏
loved it. I had one of those old trucks in the 70s always hated it when the wheels feel off.
There’s something satisfying about sand or media blasting a rusty piece of metal back to like new! Awesome mod there. Only complaint I got I’d have left the interior tan as it would have really made the truck pop!
Except for the slight suspension lean, in a word... WOW!!!
Only half way done with this video, but man you got perfection stills doing this.
That sand blasting is so cool
Nice Restoration; I had that toy truck when I was a kid!
Never saw that before on all the videos I've watched of all the people who's remaking cars. I've never seen one do that. Turned it in for a while. Taka truck or whatever you want to call it into NRC racing car. That was pretty cool that was pretty cool
Krásně jste ho zmodernizoval.
I had that Tonka as a boy in the 70’s.
Great job, time well spent. Keep supplying us with great videos.👌
Thanks, will do!
Fantastic engineering. As usual a top notch job.
Big ass truck, amazing job with paint.
As a kid I always wanted one of these trucks
Great to see Duke again!
Wow that thing is huge! Or maybe it just looks that way because I watched these out of order and saw the tiny truck video first 😄😄😄
I had a red one of these trucks as a kid, my brother had one too in blue. We played so much with those trucks.
Thanks for watching! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Awsome job love the RC effect the possibilities with this was endless
Thanks for watching! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@TRGRESTORATIONS your so welcome
Great work on this reservation. It turned out great. Put it on a mantle.
Had one of those growing up. Forgotten about it until you turned the tabs to remove the wheels.
Very cool and that paint job is spectacular.
Coolest refurb ever. Looks alot better lifted up. Had a little bit of a gangster lean to the right.
Bad Ass!! Very cool transformation/restoration.
Even complete with Tonka's version of SGT Slaughter!
Duke wants some details on his new sweet ride. Nothing garish, just some outdoorsy looking stripes.
I’ll never understand why they paint the inside of sand blasters...
probably rust protection during shipping maybe
@@Thelegend-gt5lb oh were talking about sandblaster how it is painted inside
@The legend 27 I know it’s powder coat, good thick coat on it. But the thing is designed to remove things like paint.
That’s so it looks nice when you’re buying one
Sales gimmick
Awesome work & restoration! Looks super Bad Ass!!!👍👍
Absolutely delightful. Super job.
Thank you very much!
Good god I had that! Was my favorite toy ever! Wow!! Memories!
Coolest thing I’ve seen today.
I like your oven for powder coating that is great idea.
One of the BEST restorations I've ever seen, man!!
Great working!!
Congratulations and all my admiration from Sevilla (Spain).
👏😎
Fantastic powder coat
You are a genius.
This project turned out awesome Tim! This is one of My favorites. I absolutely loved the paint job and the sandblasting was smooth as hell too! Great job Man!!!
Nice work freind its perfecto
.. from Italy.. Amazing paint trasformation 👍
Beautiful conversion!
I had a Tonka CJ-7 as a kid, it was light blue with a white interior and had the roll bar, instead of t-top hardtop. Great resto-mod!
Big Jim never had a better upgrade!
That's some serious skills brother!
Pimp my Tonka! nice job.
😍😍😍👏👏👏
I still have this one. In its original condition with all the parts...I believe I got it for Christmas in 1978.
So do I!. I got it in 1981.
Same here! I even have the spare tire and jack that it came with!
Nack Dibby do you have the gas can and the cargo rack,too.?
@@TheVineyardFarmhouse The gas can is at my dads house but no cargo rack! Bummer!
Unfortunately no! I dont remember the cargo rack but the gas can didnt make it through the first year of four wheeling.....40 years ago!!!! LOL! I might try to craft another one out of styrene one day!
The tonka jeep looks like it has been through a apocalypse
Extraordinario felicitaciones 👏👏👏👏👌👍💪
Super job. Nice color choice.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!
I've been wanting to see someone do that to an old toy! That is so COOL! Love the color as well!
Awesome Job!
That was just so cool!!!!! Would love to have that.!!
És carro vai ficar muito bonito mesmo parabéns 👏 para você mesmo vai ficar muito bonito mesmo
Awesome my friend.Great job!!!
You transformed an old rusty toy car into modern 4x4, it's like Monster Garage, cool !