Having just receiving my two commission cars from Rob in the mail yesterday; I can honestly say that anyone who wins these 2000 likes cars won't be disappointed. The video doesn't do justice the spectacular job that Rob does to these castings.
Two jobs ago, the college I worked for had several ' 83 Fairmonts in their vehicle fleet. To me, they just seemed like everyday basic transportation. You brought that casting back to life ..
Hi Rob. We have watched all your videos, with great interest, over and over again! My autistic 10 year old son is obsessed with both mk1 escorts, as I am, and with your channel. We both look forward to the next video! We would love to see you do a mk1 escort restoration video. My sons favourite quote is “footlong hotdog jar”!! 😂😂A mention in a video would really make his day mate! Regards. Mark and Bailey Morgan.
Awesome job with this car. The black paint looks great and the little extra details like the painted roll bar and lights really kick it up a notch. The wheel swap looks so much better than the originals.
First Fairmont that I’ve seen being restored. Nice job as always. Reading through some of the comments, I have to say there are a lot of knowledgeable people out there leaving great comments.
I love it. Reminds me of the real automobile that my friend had in 1989. Very similar paint and wheels, but the grille was left stock. When I saw this car, I could hear his loud exhaust.
It really came out nicely. I had a friend in high school with a baby blue 2-door Fairmont, and my wife used to have a 4-door Fairmont. Reasonably nice cars, really.
Yeah, dating myself here as well... I remember that the coupe was a semi departure from the boxy design of the sedan, the formal coupe (there was one with a vertical rear window and a landau roof), and the wagon. I think this car's main competitor at the time was the Chrysler Le Baron which had a similar design in their coupe.
I used to own a 1981 Ford Futura. Basically the same car. I love this body style. Never new they had a matchbox or hot wheels one. That turned out beautiful..
The Ford Fairmont Futura is a somewhat rare car these days and commonly used for drag cars. They do share the same fox body as the mustang making them easily modified. You finished this model just as I would a life size Futura. Well done...
Hi Rob,this is a awesome model,in black it looks mean,the details and those chrome wheels it pops with the paint work,the yellow harness and roll cage in yellow is a nice touch.
The Fairmont was the first car Ford built on the Fox body platform. My oldest nephew owned the Mercury version of this car the Zephyr. His was the 4 door though. I had this Hot Wheels when I was a kid. I remember when the gold centered wheels first came out. It looks amazing in black.
Nice job , tip ! after masking , paint a coat of your base color -in this case white, then only white creeps under tape let dry fully then spray other color, result will be super clean and sharp,
The past few customs you've done got me to subscribe, your wheel choices and finished results are brilliant! This one in particular sold me, keep doing what you do!!!
I absolutely love this car. My first car was a 1982 fairmont in high school. I drove it into the ground. I sold it to my brother for $2000 with 163000 miles on it. I would cherish this in my collection and more than happy to assist in the shipping. Exciting.
Fairmont followed the Maverick and was the predecessor to the Tempo and was an important step stone in the Fox body platform for Ford. I owned a '79 Black 2-door Fairmont with a white interior.
Very nice. These cars were everywhere in the States back in the late 70's and 80's. Ford offered them with 4,6and V8 engines. As others have said they shared many parts with the mustang.
My first car was an 81 Fairmont, but a 4-door. The slurry color was pretty much the color of my car. Your black one looks so much better. The Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr were the same car with one exception: the Zephyr's tail light lenses had horizontal separations, the Fairmont's were vertical.
Another great custom! I love how you brought this beat down racer back to the track. I was saddened that the white and gold/yellow paint was not satisfactory to you because all black cars loose a lot of detail. I love the choice of wheels, it gives it a great stance. Your headlight and taillight treatment always makes these previously drab models pop, I just wish this was another color other than black. *Side note: great idea spraying the base black, it hides the overly enormous wheel arches and too large of a gap between the fender and the tires!! Bravo sir Bravo!
That bronze-like color @9:00 is so eerily close to the color of my '88 T-Bird that I had back in '93. Loved that car - interior was SO comfortable, but the V-6 was crap. Great job on the Fairmont!
Beautiful job!!! On a side note, if you paint that bottle in the interior red it’s a fire extinguisher. However, if you paint it blue, it’s a nitrous bottle!!!
Great job as always. As far as the subject matter, I agree about taking a plain auto and sprucing it up a bit. Having worked in law-enforcement during the eighties I was not willing to give-up my Plymouth Fury police package (360 c.i. V-8) For the Fairmont. The were powered by a series of V-6's up to 300 c.i. . Over time of course, I did and I survived it.
This is really nice. Good color choice. I agree, there is something about these body styles that is still special compared to recent and current car body styles. Sleeper look.
That looks pretty sweet in black. And I like the slightly yellow tint to the glass. It makes it looks kinda 'occult' in a way I can't quite put my finger on. Well done!
I remember when my mom had a couple of these cars while I was growing up. A black with red interior and a powder blue with a dark blue interior. Really loved those things. Great job buddy I would love to own this one.
That was fords version of the fairmont futura sport coupe. Production was only about four years beginning in 1979. It was a very popular body style to (post) production customize. Great restoration project.
Good morning Rob. Well, it's still morning here anyways. Fantastic job as usual. Yeah, that cougar came out pretty cool. 98.6 percent paint removed. Yeah that first color was kind of funky. It would probably work on something else. Yeah the car looks very clean and very fast. Have a great week. See you on the next one.
This Fairmont reminds me of an 87-88 Monte Carlo SS a little bit. I'd love to see you work some magic on a Monte if you can get one! Great job, keep up the great work!
One of the nicer HotWheels castings; I like the ones they did of "real" cars. The black was a good choice Rob. Using a variety of "percentage estimation" software, my calculations for the paint removal produced the following results: *quite a lot* of the red came off. Hope this helps.👍 Cheers for now, Dougie.
Nice casting, never seen a Fairmont in a diecast. The car is based of the Mustang, remember as a teenager seeing a 2 door with a 4 speed manual transmission...cool.
Nice one Rob you can imagine this car, like in Street Outlaws, trawling the streets and boulevards waiting for a unsuspecting driver of a Porsche or Lamborgini , take it to a back road for a drag race and watch it leave them in a plume of Blackmore smoke 😄👍
It is funny. I have this car in my matchbox carrying case. It is number 27 Fireball Jr. and I think it came with a track set. I like your take on it. You are a true artist Rob on 1/64 scale. Good job
I have this car it is a Hot Wheels Hot Ones. Had a #27 and racing stickers on the doors and was a stock racer. I like the finished product gloss black and sporty rims...good job
i have one of these cars im planning on upgrading. i use kleen strip myself and wash off in cold water. works quite well really..great job on this car!
I always thought the Fairmont would make a cool little hot rod, my father in law actually had one with the anemic 6 cylinder of the day. I also worked with a fellow who had a Mercury Zephyr that had a little V-8, he had mag wheels, headers, 4 BBL is was a very nice little hot rod! I did a resto on the Hot Wheels Fairmont and it turned out very nice, I also have purchased (2) other Fairmont basket cases that I will turn into hot rods.
Having just receiving my two commission cars from Rob in the mail yesterday; I can honestly say that anyone who wins these 2000 likes cars won't be disappointed. The video doesn't do justice the spectacular job that Rob does to these castings.
Thanks mate 😎👍🏼💪🏼 I was wondering if they arrived. Glad you like them 😀
Two jobs ago, the college I worked for had several ' 83 Fairmonts in their vehicle fleet. To me, they just seemed like everyday basic transportation.
You brought that casting back to life ..
Hi Rob. We have watched all your videos, with great interest, over and over again! My autistic 10 year old son is obsessed with both mk1 escorts, as I am, and with your channel. We both look forward to the next video! We would love to see you do a mk1 escort restoration video. My sons favourite quote is “footlong hotdog jar”!! 😂😂A mention in a video would really make his day mate! Regards. Mark and Bailey Morgan.
Awesome job with this car. The black paint looks great and the little extra details like the painted roll bar and lights really kick it up a notch. The wheel swap looks so much better than the originals.
Bought a brand new one in 1978, I now own another 1981, the car you have there is Ford Fairmont Future. They were a beautiful car in real life.
She looks SINISTER in Black!!.. Looks like a great quarter mile TERROR!!.. Nice transformation!!
First Fairmont that I’ve seen being restored. Nice job as always. Reading through some of the comments, I have to say there are a lot of knowledgeable people out there leaving great comments.
I love it. Reminds me of the real automobile that my friend had in 1989. Very similar paint and wheels, but the grille was left stock. When I saw this car, I could hear his loud exhaust.
That black looks great with those yellowed windows. The rims are perfect. Great job.
It really came out nicely. I had a friend in high school with a baby blue 2-door Fairmont, and my wife used to have a 4-door Fairmont. Reasonably nice cars, really.
That thing looks like a Saturday night special. Go out hunting for the big money flashy cars and then leave them in the dust. Looks really good Rob.
Looks great! These were loved by the high schoolers that had a clue and didn't have Mustang money.
I may date myself, but I remember the Fairmont when they first came out new, and they looked great as the two door version. You did great
Yeah, dating myself here as well... I remember that the coupe was a semi departure from the boxy design of the sedan, the formal coupe (there was one with a vertical rear window and a landau roof), and the wagon. I think this car's main competitor at the time was the Chrysler Le Baron which had a similar design in their coupe.
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Wow love the sleek black final product. The yellow from the roll cage coming through windows is nice
I used to own a 1981 Ford Futura. Basically the same car. I love this body style. Never new they had a matchbox or hot wheels one. That turned out beautiful..
The Ford Fairmont Futura is a somewhat rare car these days and commonly used for drag cars. They do share the same fox body as the mustang making them easily modified. You finished this model just as I would a life size Futura. Well done...
Hi Rob,this is a awesome model,in black it looks mean,the details and those chrome wheels it pops with the paint work,the yellow harness and roll cage in yellow is a nice touch.
I like how you painted the role bars yellow that shows them off COOL .
The Fairmont was the first car Ford built on the Fox body platform. My oldest nephew owned the Mercury version of this car the Zephyr. His was the 4 door though. I had this Hot Wheels when I was a kid. I remember when the gold centered wheels first came out. It looks amazing in black.
Nice job , tip ! after masking , paint a coat of your base color -in this case white, then only white creeps under tape let dry fully then spray other color, result will be super clean and sharp,
The past few customs you've done got me to subscribe, your wheel choices and finished results are brilliant! This one in particular sold me, keep doing what you do!!!
That Futura body was really nice. And those cars came in 4, 6 and 8 cylinder options.
I absolutely love this car. My first car was a 1982 fairmont in high school. I drove it into the ground. I sold it to my brother for $2000 with 163000 miles on it. I would cherish this in my collection and more than happy to assist in the shipping. Exciting.
The contrast of yellow and black on the roll cage looks really neat. Body looks great in black. Cheers mate
Fairmont followed the Maverick and was the predecessor to the Tempo and was an important step stone in the Fox body platform for Ford. I owned a '79 Black 2-door Fairmont with a white interior.
Very nice. These cars were everywhere in the States back in the late 70's and 80's. Ford offered them with 4,6and V8 engines. As others have said they shared many parts with the mustang.
Wow . Now that is awesome.
Paint is perfect .
Mike Espo .
Glad you went black with it.. Looks Perfect and Unique
My cousin had this car in this color this build took me back to my childhood
Hot looking car!!! Love the paint and detailing!! You'd have a lot of guys wanting to race you with that look!!! Beautiful!!!! 👍👍👍👍
My first car was an 81 Fairmont, but a 4-door. The slurry color was pretty much the color of my car. Your black one looks so much better. The Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr were the same car with one exception: the Zephyr's tail light lenses had horizontal separations, the Fairmont's were vertical.
My favorite kind of car, don't look like much until you put your foot down. Sleepers are the best.
I always liked this casting and you made it better than they could've from the beginning
I had a Fairmont Station Wagon. It had a 302 ci V8. A friend had this body style. It was called a Fairmont Futura. My parents had 2 Fairmont wagons.
Still have this one in red with racing decals. Very nice what you made out of it!
Another great custom! I love how you brought this beat down racer back to the track. I was saddened that the white and gold/yellow paint was not satisfactory to you because all black cars loose a lot of detail. I love the choice of wheels, it gives it a great stance. Your headlight and taillight treatment always makes these previously drab models pop, I just wish this was another color other than black. *Side note: great idea spraying the base black, it hides the overly enormous wheel arches and too large of a gap between the fender and the tires!! Bravo sir Bravo!
Wow! Nice job Rob. I absolutely love the car.
It turned out really awesome 👍👍😊
Easily one of my favorite HW models ever! Great job!
That bronze-like color @9:00 is so eerily close to the color of my '88 T-Bird that I had back in '93. Loved that car - interior was SO comfortable, but the V-6 was crap. Great job on the Fairmont!
Awesome! Looks like it’s right out of a “Men in Black” movie! Great job!
That looks so much better after you get done with it. Now it looks like something that can take on the 80's icon, the GNX
Those Ole Ford Fairmonts where my favorite cars between them and the fox body mustang.
That is one of my all time favorite casting. Looks amazing!!!!!
1981... One of the best years... 😉
Great job again. Well done.
Beautiful job!!! On a side note, if you paint that bottle in the interior red it’s a fire extinguisher. However, if you paint it blue, it’s a nitrous bottle!!!
I like your thinking
Great job as always. As far as the subject matter, I agree about taking a plain auto and sprucing it up a bit. Having worked in law-enforcement during the eighties I was not willing to give-up my Plymouth Fury police package (360 c.i. V-8) For the Fairmont. The were powered by a series of V-6's up to 300 c.i. . Over time of course, I did and I survived it.
I really like this casting. You did a great job with it.
This is really nice. Good color choice. I agree, there is something about these body styles that is still special compared to recent and current car body styles. Sleeper look.
One of my favorite castings from HW, Awesome resto.
That looks pretty sweet in black. And I like the slightly yellow tint to the glass. It makes it looks kinda 'occult' in a way I can't quite put my finger on. Well done!
I remember when my mom had a couple of these cars while I was growing up. A black with red interior and a powder blue with a dark blue interior. Really loved those things. Great job buddy I would love to own this one.
Nicely done, sir. Black definitely works on this car.
Great job and I would drive it every day and run Moonshine in it because it looks fast.
That was fords version of the fairmont futura sport coupe. Production was only about four years beginning in 1979. It was a very popular body style to (post) production customize. Great restoration project.
The Ford Fairmont shared the Mustang's Drivetrain/suspension.
The Mustang shared the Fairmonts suspension, it came out first.
A super shiny car indeed, my first thought of colour before you said was a pale green with a black stripe down the middle. Looks great in all black 👍
Good morning Rob. Well, it's still morning here anyways. Fantastic job as usual. Yeah, that cougar came out pretty cool. 98.6 percent paint removed. Yeah that first color was kind of funky. It would probably work on something else. Yeah the car looks very clean and very fast. Have a great week. See you on the next one.
Love the black with the yellow highlights inside, I only wish you had painted the fire extinguisher!
I was hoping that you would paint it black. Love it.
I thought the shade of"slurry brown" was quite close to a popular Ford color of the day, coupled with the tan vinyl top it really was very sharp.
When you had it painted the slurry brown, reminded me of my friends real life 2 door fairmont it was brown just like this one.
I have this car too. I can't wait to do it. Thank you for your work and inspiration.
This Fairmont reminds me of an 87-88 Monte Carlo SS a little bit. I'd love to see you work some magic on a Monte if you can get one! Great job, keep up the great work!
Awesome looking Fairmont, my mom had a 78 Fairmont wagon. It certainly was no 10 second car. 😀 That's ok we always used dad's car for racing anyway.
Easily 99.375% paint removed. Love the interior treatment. Black is stealthy but I might have gone with a dark red or maroon. Great job! Cheers.
Another great effort Rob! That car looks fantastic in black
Really like the interior detailing
One of the nicer HotWheels castings; I like the ones they did of "real" cars. The black was a good choice Rob. Using a variety of "percentage estimation" software, my calculations for the paint removal produced the following results: *quite a lot* of the red came off.
Hope this helps.👍
Cheers for now,
Dougie.
Fantastic. This one was my first matchbox. I was wonder will you ever work on one of them.Great job!!
Nice casting, never seen a Fairmont in a diecast. The car is based of the Mustang, remember as a teenager seeing a 2 door with a 4 speed manual transmission...cool.
Excellent job, great transformation!
Lovely menacing look to it. Very clean. Very cool.
Oh, it did come out nice, good work. Not over the top, just nice.
Nice one Rob you can imagine this car, like in Street Outlaws, trawling the streets and boulevards waiting for a unsuspecting driver of a Porsche or Lamborgini , take it to a back road for a drag race and watch it leave them in a plume of Blackmore smoke 😄👍
Another outstanding restoration as usual Rob
Beautiful!! Fairmonts are one of my favorite cars!
One of my favorites!!
Thanks for what you do.
It is funny. I have this car in my matchbox carrying case. It is number 27 Fireball Jr. and I think it came with a track set. I like your take on it. You are a true artist Rob on 1/64 scale. Good job
Very clean...smart...grand job! Especially just left black 😁👍
Nice build. The wheels really suit it.
Black was a perfect color for this beast, really love the wheels.
I love the rake on that one. Great job
it doesn’t look too bad in black. nice job
Looks great in glossy black, kinda reminds me of an '85 Oldsmobile 442.
I have this car it is a Hot Wheels Hot Ones. Had a #27 and racing stickers on the doors and was a stock racer. I like the finished product gloss black and sporty rims...good job
Sooooooooooo much better now. This one came out beautiful!
i have one of these cars im planning on upgrading. i use kleen strip myself and wash off in cold water. works quite well really..great job on this car!
Great video as always. Metallic purple would have made that car really pop.
Now that's a car I'd gladly own! Nice work!
Fantastic job. I like the way it turned out
Looks good Rob, the black makes the highlights really pop.
I always thought the Fairmont would make a cool little hot rod, my father in law actually had one with the anemic 6 cylinder of the day. I also worked with a fellow who had a Mercury Zephyr that had a little V-8, he had mag wheels, headers, 4 BBL is was a very nice little hot rod! I did a resto on the Hot Wheels Fairmont and it turned out very nice, I also have purchased (2) other Fairmont basket cases that I will turn into hot rods.
I LOVE how it looks. Keep these AWESOME vids coming.
Antoher car i have so many multiples of in my collection. Wonderful creation!!
Love this casting .... nice work for sure
Another fantastic restoration love your videos thank you
Wow; like the black color with passive rear wheels, god job again.)
I remember the slurry lol. Looks good sir.
One of my favorite castings