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. :)
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.💖 👍 😷 🍻 👀 ✌
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!)
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. :-)
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
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 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.
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 👍
What a fantastic build! Your talent really shows through in this build. This is one of my all time favorite Tonkas and you've brought it to the next level!
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!!!
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.
From trash to treasure, nicely done, sir.
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.💖 👍 😷 🍻 👀 ✌
WOW!!!!! what a restoration. Really nice Tonka Rock Crawler!!!!.
Glad you enjoyed it
Out standing ! lopsided up sided, who cares nice to watch a artist at work. Bravo.
That was quite the conversion. My brother had that toy when he was a kid, and he likes RC cars. He would love this.
That was an awesome conversion. It was great to see this toy restored and repirposed even better than before! Excellent work!
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.
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...
The Fractured Blue is a WINNER! What a GREAT JOB you did on this one.
DAM! YOU BROUGHT LIFE INTO THAT OLD RUST BUCKET!!! Excellent!! That sandblasted is the highlight. 😄😄😄😄
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.
Tune the suspension and she'll ride perfect.
That's one of the coolest videos I've ever seen.
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!
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
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 👍
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.
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.
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. :-)
Sand blasting the hood was incredibly satisfying.
Lol, I was going to say the same thing. 🖖🏻
Yep, I gotta agree; satisfying.
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
Sand-Blasting is so satisfying!
Great job, the paint job like magic.... Chop the top, bigger shocks.... This is a winner...
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
After a long day doing Army stuff, watching this is therapeutic.
One of the best job of yours work. Amazing restoration and good RC conversion.
Had one of these as a kid. I'd sit on it and scoot down the driveway. Such a strong toy.
Thanks for watching! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
This was one of my favorite toys.
Brilliant! It was just amazing. The dude looked happy! I know I was.
I should have kept the Tonka dump truck I had as a kid! This RC conversion is cool!
Fantastic job!! Great to see you take a different strategy!! 💯👍👍
Excellent job and the paint looked amazing.
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.
This is wold's best restoring
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!!
This video made me happy. Just happy. Thank you.
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.
Great job, time well spent. Keep supplying us with great videos.👌
Thanks, will do!
Nice job! One of your best so far.
I vote for more RC conversions!
One of the BEST restorations I've ever seen, man!!
Great working!!
Congratulations and all my admiration from Sevilla (Spain).
👏😎
Sorry for all the comments but damn bro... beautiful... and the fracturd blue is mind blowing ...
Congratulations for your beautiful project. 👏👏👏👏
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! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Fantastic engineering. As usual a top notch job.
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.
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 👍
The tonka jeep looks like it has been through a apocalypse
Awesome work & restoration! Looks super Bad Ass!!!👍👍
Nice Restoration; I had that toy truck when I was a kid!
loved it. I had one of those old trucks in the 70s always hated it when the wheels feel off.
I had to watch this. I had that exact Tonka when I was a kid.
Man I wish I still had my Tonka dump truck ide have you pimp it out too fantastic work
Pimp my Tonka! nice job.
😍😍😍👏👏👏
Modern painting techniqes are awesome :) greetings from Poland :)
You transformed an old rusty toy car into modern 4x4, it's like Monster Garage, cool !
Big ass truck, amazing job with paint.
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😻😻.
What a fantastic build! Your talent really shows through in this build. This is one of my all time favorite Tonkas and you've brought it to the next level!
Thank you very much!
Bad Ass!! Very cool transformation/restoration.
Even complete with Tonka's version of SGT Slaughter!
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!!!
Krásně jste ho zmodernizoval.
Awsome job love the RC effect the possibilities with this was endless
Thanks for watching! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@TRGRESTORATIONS your so welcome
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!
I love the fact that you have created a new toy, with an old one 👌
Thanks for watching! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Fantastic job on the car ,and the R/C conversion !😀👍
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 😄😄😄
.. from Italy.. Amazing paint trasformation 👍
És carro vai ficar muito bonito mesmo parabéns 👏 para você mesmo vai ficar muito bonito mesmo
Very cool restauration man, i love this sandblasting part the most. Nice video. Pls continue.
Great work on this reservation. It turned out great. Put it on a mantle.
Omg that tonka truck bring back so many memories or my child hood that was my favorite toy truck ever I loved the truck
Cool man! Super conversion and nice paintjob!
Some kid’s gonna be awfully excited to try that out!
Astounding effort. Well done😃😃
I’ve been waiting for this one! I had one of those trucks when I was a kid! Conversion is super cool.
Thank you! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely love that New color you choose !!!!!!!!!!!!
That fractured blue was awesome
Extraordinario felicitaciones 👏👏👏👏👌👍💪
That's some serious skills brother!
Solid choice on the paint color. Looks awesome!
Coolest thing I’ve seen today.
Coolest refurb ever. Looks alot better lifted up. Had a little bit of a gangster lean to the right.
Great to see Duke again!
Your videos are more awesome everytime. 👍
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!
I used to have one of these trucks when I was younger
That sand blasting is so cool
Only half way done with this video, but man you got perfection stills doing this.
Woah! We had two of these during my childhood! Such a cool Tonka!
Great and cute restoration. AMAZING job bro!
and even a driver ✌️😎👍 excellent result
Absolutely delightful. Super job.
Thank you very much!
Superb restoration and project !😁🇨🇦
Super job. Nice color choice.
Wow you did an awesome job! Keep it up
I like your oven for powder coating that is great idea.
Awesome my friend.Great job!!!