Lesney got some mileage out of this casting - it went on to become pretty much every Beetle release, such as the Volks-Dragon, Dragon Wheels, Flying Bug/Beetle and Sand Digger. I'm a big VW fan but I didn't realise until it was pointed out to me!
funky, it's a long time I've seen this casting with regular wheels... even the box to the old BP gas station shows the superfast one in brown. :) I also saw only one white superfast so far, and never a red one. those must be pretty rare by now. great work on rebumping the bumper. that car must have seen some bumpy rides...
Hi Jason great work again. I wonder if you ever thought of doing the resto to replicate the red version that is in Ramsay's price guide. I saw a couple of other pre pro models in collectors gazette. A mint green 44 rolls and a blue 67 VW 1600. Be interested to see if you would do those?
I may do at some point if I come across another beaten up casting but not likely any time soon as I’ve already tackled those castings. I do have some bits and pieces left over from my VW 1600 so perhaps I’ll give the blue version a go in the future.
Eventually, these diecast rescues are going to come up for sale. Will the seller be required full disclosure? Otherwise, how will the buyer prospect know the difference? How will the price of rescues affect, say, the value of a 75 year old original Hot Wheels?
There are easy tells for collectors. Paint colours are one way. Another is that I don’t fit a new rivet or reglue the bases on my restorations so it’s obvious. But there are certainly people out there who will attempt to profit on recreating rare and valuable variations. There’s some really good videos on UA-cam about counterfeit rarities that people have spent thousands on that turn out to be worthless, particularly Matchbox models. Great comment though!
when martys matchbox makeovers did this car he called it a romantic car. i replied that it wasnt so romantic, because it was adolf hitler who asked ferdinand porsche to make a car for the people...some viewers went nuts...
Some elements of the philosophy are correct, but I definitely wouldn’t say romantic! It was designed to be basic and utilitarian. Maybe it says something about Marty’s love life but who am I to say 😂
@@DieCastRestos no, marty is a good guy. a hippie perhaps...make love no war...but in europe we know about der fuerer standing next to that volkwagen prototype. i really got bad commands but i asked them to google it.
it's even more complicated. Porsche offered his construction to Tatra, but they already had a small-car project in the works, which looked a lot like the KdF-vehicle that was later constructed. Only Tatra never got it running before the war put a stop to many things. After the war Tatra started anew. Meanwhile, Adolf H. seemed to never have planned to provide a car for the people, because when production started, the war was already going, and none of the many civilians who spent their funds on a KdF got to see it, as they all went directly to the army units. romantic? maybe not. but I guess Marty referred to what was produced after the war, and mobilized many generations of people all over the world.
@@lotharrenz4621 didnt know or remember the tatra thing. but i do know that the germans could pay in advance for this vehicle. and yes, that money went directly to the war, cause all the iron went to the war industry. they never got their car though they prepaid parts of it. volkswagen was sewed after the war and had to refund people. ferdinand porsche and even louis renault went to prison after ww2, but these farmvehicle and car builders couldnt refuse der fuhrers request in germany and occupied france. strangely enough volkswagon became a hippy icon, make love not war...thats what marty was talking about i guess
@@bentandre5524 I read about it in a classic car magazine not so long ago, part of the reason was that there was a lawsuit by whoever holds the rights to the Tatra machinery, and it was to let VW acknowledge that Porsche was more than just inspired by a project that looked suspiciously like what later was known as the Beetle. (btw, that name came from the brits, Wolfsburg was within the british occupation zone, and they actually initialized building vehicles from what survived the bombs). some book highlighting the beetles' history shows the very odd calculation of the car's price tag, since Adolf wanted it priced for less than 1000RM. they used everything but any actual production costs to land at 990RM... meanwhile, same classic car mag told the story of how they found the last survivor of the VW38-pre-series prototypes in a remote spot in latvia... and no matter how geeky you are, there is always someone geekier: one guy here in germany actually not only had knowledge about these 38 cars' details, but also could help with missing parts. parts that included the KdF-logo they made for the car... so they restored this piece of history to back how it looked like when they began the test drivings across germany.
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This model was the first matchbox I restored, years ago. Thanks for the memory.
The most special and cool diecast restoration channel on YT! I got addicted on your videos!
Stunningly good fix on that bumper! You really made this one sing!
Beautiful restoration nice repair on the bumper Excellent well done 👍
Nice restoration, details and paint job 👌 👍
That bumper looks like it belongs, a nice repair. Overall it looks great. You do good work and I like your informative, commentary.
Another great restoration there my friend keep up the good work and God bless
Beautiful ! 😍 It's a classic !
I think it looks great! Thanks for sharing this.
Great work as ever
Good job! I've been looking for a regular wheel for so long!
Great job 👍
Great job Jason! Perfect! I haven't dropped by for a while!
Good to hear from you, Mark!
Well remodeled better painted than the original cast white.
Lesney got some mileage out of this casting - it went on to become pretty much every Beetle release, such as the Volks-Dragon, Dragon Wheels, Flying Bug/Beetle and Sand Digger.
I'm a big VW fan but I didn't realise until it was pointed out to me!
funky, it's a long time I've seen this casting with regular wheels... even the box to the old BP gas station shows the superfast one in brown. :) I also saw only one white superfast so far, and never a red one. those must be pretty rare by now.
great work on rebumping the bumper. that car must have seen some bumpy rides...
great job boyo xx
Matchbox restaurant 15D. Volkswagen. Beetle. 1500. Saloon
Hi Jason great work again. I wonder if you ever thought of doing the resto to replicate the red version that is in Ramsay's price guide. I saw a couple of other pre pro models in collectors gazette. A mint green 44 rolls and a blue 67 VW 1600. Be interested to see if you would do those?
I may do at some point if I come across another beaten up casting but not likely any time soon as I’ve already tackled those castings. I do have some bits and pieces left over from my VW 1600 so perhaps I’ll give the blue version a go in the future.
Eventually, these diecast rescues are going to come up for sale. Will the seller be required full disclosure? Otherwise, how will the buyer prospect know the difference? How will the price of rescues affect, say, the value of a 75 year old original Hot Wheels?
There are easy tells for collectors. Paint colours are one way. Another is that I don’t fit a new rivet or reglue the bases on my restorations so it’s obvious. But there are certainly people out there who will attempt to profit on recreating rare and valuable variations. There’s some really good videos on UA-cam about counterfeit rarities that people have spent thousands on that turn out to be worthless, particularly Matchbox models. Great comment though!
Either do it as "Herbie," or don't bother!
Matchbox. Restoration. VW. Beetle.
when martys matchbox makeovers did this car he called it a romantic car. i replied that it wasnt so romantic, because it was adolf hitler who asked ferdinand porsche to make a car for the people...some viewers went nuts...
Some elements of the philosophy are correct, but I definitely wouldn’t say romantic! It was designed to be basic and utilitarian. Maybe it says something about Marty’s love life but who am I to say 😂
@@DieCastRestos no, marty is a good guy. a hippie perhaps...make love no war...but in europe we know about der fuerer standing next to that volkwagen prototype. i really got bad commands but i asked them to google it.
it's even more complicated. Porsche offered his construction to Tatra, but they already had a small-car project in the works, which looked a lot like the KdF-vehicle that was later constructed. Only Tatra never got it running before the war put a stop to many things. After the war Tatra started anew.
Meanwhile, Adolf H. seemed to never have planned to provide a car for the people, because when production started, the war was already going, and none of the many civilians who spent their funds on a KdF got to see it, as they all went directly to the army units.
romantic? maybe not. but I guess Marty referred to what was produced after the war, and mobilized many generations of people all over the world.
@@lotharrenz4621 didnt know or remember the tatra thing. but i do know that the germans could pay in advance for this vehicle. and yes, that money went directly to the war, cause all the iron went to the war industry. they never got their car though they prepaid parts of it. volkswagen was sewed after the war and had to refund people. ferdinand porsche and even louis renault went to prison after ww2, but these farmvehicle and car builders couldnt refuse der fuhrers request in germany and occupied france. strangely enough volkswagon became a hippy icon, make love not war...thats what marty was talking about i guess
@@bentandre5524 I read about it in a classic car magazine not so long ago, part of the reason was that there was a lawsuit by whoever holds the rights to the Tatra machinery, and it was to let VW acknowledge that Porsche was more than just inspired by a project that looked suspiciously like what later was known as the Beetle. (btw, that name came from the brits, Wolfsburg was within the british occupation zone, and they actually initialized building vehicles from what survived the bombs).
some book highlighting the beetles' history shows the very odd calculation of the car's price tag, since Adolf wanted it priced for less than 1000RM. they used everything but any actual production costs to land at 990RM...
meanwhile, same classic car mag told the story of how they found the last survivor of the VW38-pre-series prototypes in a remote spot in latvia... and no matter how geeky you are, there is always someone geekier: one guy here in germany actually not only had knowledge about these 38 cars' details, but also could help with missing parts. parts that included the KdF-logo they made for the car... so they restored this piece of history to back how it looked like when they began the test drivings across germany.
The hitlermobile! Just kidding, good job 👍🏻