Very impressive work. I remember these, Tonka's answer to "Mad Max/The Road Warrior" If I remember right a figure that looked like Lord Humgous came with some of the trucks. "To survive, you gotta drive....Steel Monsterrrs." That was their commercial slogan. Only saw it once or twice, but it was memorable. Thanks for posting.
This type of very intricate work requires someone who is very detail oriented, careful, and patient. This vehicle would make a great display piece in an office or study. This is extremely high level restoration. Bravo!
Absolutely LOVE the fact you have preserved the history of the kids that painted ‘Destroyer’ on the side ; and made it better , carried on their theme of an ‘end of days’ vehicle. My favourite resto ever - well done.
Oh my god!!!! I completely forgot about those!!! Tonka's Steel Monsters. I had the Blaster and the Bomber... Oh man!! I missed those!! My neighbor had other 3!!! I didn't realize I recognized this until you constructed the roof armor... Thank you for bringing back wonderful memories!!!!
I had this truck as a kid, it was awesome! It was a pleasure watching you bring this old thing back to life. Probably one of the best resto vids I've seen. Came out better than when it was new.
I knew there were supposed to be guns on the Destroyer!!! Mine never had them and I got it new as a kid.... Nice work! (Mine does not need restoration, but can use the guns... 😂)
I'm watching some old videos of your restorations AR and the half track is looking great. I really liked your attention to detail by adding rivets to the driver's canopy, I wouldn't have thought of that. Another great video AR.
Thought it was a normal truck for minings and carrying loads or some sort of a bulldozer,but damn! When you put it all together it was actually a killing machine! Awesome!
That's a hell of a thing. I have some of the action figures Tonka made, but none of the vehicles. I have just ordered one from ebay. Great restoration! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍👍
This is truly a magnificent restoration. But not only that. Refurbishing/repairing the cargo box is marvelous. Manufacturing the armored cabin yourself is fine piece of work. Then reproducing the camouflage stripes and the name "destroyer" is top notch.
Fantastic! I have one of these in a box in the garage, that is only missing the guns and one of the treads. Amazing to see your resto on one that was that far gone. A tip for cutting the plastic, get a variable temperature hot knife. It's easier to make clean straight cuts without all the grinding. But wear a respirator some plastics such as ABS give off toxic fumes when melting.
@@jhonsiders6077 when I get around to fixing it up I will definitely do that, thanks for the heads up. I'm a GI Joe Fan/Collector and I snag stuff at Goodwill all the time for customizing or repair if it can fit Joes in it. I think I paid like $5 for it 2 or 3 years ago and it's just been sitting in a box waiting for repair
👍👍Thank you so much for your compliment! You know the rivets of the this truck there were lot different from the ones I've restored before, there were several different sizes of rivets and it's not easy to find.
Que buen trabajo de restauración de un gran camión de guerra 👏 👌 se queda excelente de 10 muy bueno 👏 me ha gustado 👍 m gusta mucho tus restauraciones. Saludos 🤗
La marca Tonka es excelente, en mi infancia por los años '70 tuve un camión grúa que era casi indestructibe que hasta ahora no recuerdo cual fué su destino pero ojalá que la tuviese en la actualidad para restaurarla, colocarla de adorno y conservarla hasta quien sabe si a eternidad. Saludos y gracias por traerme tan gratos recuerdos.
excellent work! the most impressive part has to be the writings, wow! building the plastic cabin shows great dedication. this piece must be quite rare, and I had totally forgotten about it. honestly, I miss Tonkas, they re a part of America s history. they should have included figures waaay before this era. I was surprised that you found the guns and figure. it s funny how many toys act as prototypes of concepts. a half track dump truck for instance, quite cool! if I get my money, I ll be on the look out for a 50s piece for sure. they still look awesome as classic deco. as other comments, I agree that looking at you work is relaxing and satisfying. if you get bored, maybe picking a common piece could be funny converted as a mad Max 100% your artistic flair creation. keeping the rust and holes, adding spikes and chains. you have my total confidence, lol. good work!
I am very glad reading your comment, what is so wonderful! although I am not born in America but i like the 50s Tonka toys as yours. Thank you so much for your compliment and encourage! and I think I should have more 50s Tonkas as my projects!👍👍🎉🎉🍻😄
That's so cool 😎,I love half-tracks,especially when they have a couple of. 50 caliber machine guns mounted in a back & a flame thrower mounted in the back of them & it would've looked badass if you would've painted it black for Zombie attacks
That high-pitched, shrill screeching from the drills isn’t quite the ASMR experience I’m craving, as a rule… But your work is nice and I respect your methods. 🙂 Jus' sayin'…
I am officially blown away by this true restoration! I would not have known what bumper pieces were missing. And the big load of body restoration made my head hurt!
Yes, I like and will do it, but it’s not easy to find out the suitable monsters series for restoration, I am already looking for it. Thank you for your compliment and comment!!!👍👍🎉🍻
After reading your message, I just know the CLR rust remover, I must use it next time, thank you so much for the useful info and your support as always!!!👍👍🎉🌹
Most toy restoration videos are of much older items, so it was great to see something that I remembered (even though I did not have this particular toy). I also love the fabrication of replacement parts such as the cab and some of the front grill. Excellent work!
I like it,something different would seem to be not a common tonka toy.your killing it as always.just keep doing what your thinking 🤔 and what you gonna be doing.impressive restoration 👍👍👍😎😎😎
Another ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐restoration! This one was quite different from the others I have seen so far. There were a lot of parts, with a mix of metal and plastic. I'm sure this one took a lot longer than most, especially when you had to fill in the pitted metal, or fabricate replacement parts that had unintentional holes through the metal. You did a fantastic job!
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I didn't realise until the end that the lettering was on the original toy. I thought a child had painted it, as we often used to do in those days.
I am impressed that you have kept and respected the old metal by gluing on and fortifying with new plating. Excellent solution and great work!
Thank you very much! Cheers!🍻👍👍🎉🎉👏👏😄
Very impressive work. I remember these, Tonka's answer to "Mad Max/The Road Warrior" If I remember right a figure that looked like Lord Humgous came with some of the trucks. "To survive, you gotta drive....Steel Monsterrrs." That was their commercial slogan. Only saw it once or twice, but it was memorable. Thanks for posting.
This type of very intricate work requires someone who is very detail oriented, careful, and patient. This vehicle would make a great display piece in an office or study. This is extremely high level restoration. Bravo!
It’s my pleasure and thank you so much for your wonderful comment!!!👍👍👍🎉🎉🎉🍻😄
Oh boy. This brings back memories of my childhood. I had a whole collection of Tonkas. They were well made and built. Fun time those days.
Absolutely LOVE the fact you have preserved the history of the kids that painted ‘Destroyer’ on the side ; and made it better , carried on their theme of an ‘end of days’ vehicle. My favourite resto ever - well done.
Glad you like it. Thank you so much for your wonderful comment!!!👍👍🎉🎉🍻😄
If I remember right, the truck came from Tonka with "Destroyer" already painted on.
@@bustyrandit Yes, it's "Destroyer" , one of the Monster Steel series.
I’ve never seen this one before
Your repair videos are so relaxing to watch, they might as well be ASMR webcasts!
Thank you so much for your compliment!!!👍👍🎉🍻😄
I've seen 100 Tonka restorations if I've seen one and this is the hardest I've seen anyone work on one. Wow!
My first time watching your video. Awesome restoration. You put forth a lot of effort to make this come out perfect. I enjoyed what I saw.
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you so much for your compliment and comment!🎉🎉👏👏👍👍
who are you you brought back many great toys in my years
Love the videos. This APC restoration really takes me back to my days as a 31C, Combat Medic, in the USA back in the 1970's. Keep up the good work.
Very cool! Thank you for your sharing!!!
Oh my god!!!! I completely forgot about those!!! Tonka's Steel Monsters. I had the Blaster and the Bomber... Oh man!! I missed those!! My neighbor had other 3!!! I didn't realize I recognized this until you constructed the roof armor... Thank you for bringing back wonderful memories!!!!
That’s so cool that you having these monsters, thank you very for the wonderful comment!!!👍👍🎉🍻😄
I had this truck as a kid, it was awesome!
It was a pleasure watching you bring this old thing back to life. Probably one of the best resto vids I've seen. Came out better than when it was new.
My pleasure! Thank you so much!👍👍👍🎉🎉🎉🍻😄
Great resto! Looks better than new! Very nice indeed.
Thank you so much!!!👍👍🎉😄
Фантасика.Браво.Супер.
Откуда берете эти старые машины.их у вас сотни.
Thank you!!! Most old cars I bought at eBay, and others come from Facebook’s marketplace and toys groups
I knew there were supposed to be guns on the Destroyer!!! Mine never had them and I got it new as a kid.... Nice work! (Mine does not need restoration, but can use the guns... 😂)
Thank you for sharing!!!👏👏👍👍🎉🎉
New Used. LoL
Nice work, curiously relaxing.
Glad you enjoyed it! 👍🎉Thank you!!!👍🎉
Que buenos talentos de restauracion tonka de la persona dios lo bendiga cost.rica
My pleasure! Thank you so much!🎉🎉👏👏👍👍🙏
I'm watching some old videos of your restorations AR and the half track is looking great. I really liked your attention to detail by adding rivets to the driver's canopy, I wouldn't have thought of that. Another great video AR.
Glad you like it! Thank you so much for your compliment and wonderful comment!!!👏👏🎉🎉👍👍😄
Thought it was a normal truck for minings and carrying loads or some sort of a bulldozer,but damn! When you put it all together it was actually a killing machine! Awesome!
NICE job dude!! Oh yeah, don't forget.....action figure sold separately....
Yes the action figure come from other toy, thank you for the compliment and comment!👍👍🎉🍻
That's a hell of a thing. I have some of the action figures Tonka made, but none of the vehicles. I have just ordered one from ebay. Great restoration! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍👍
That’s so cool! It should be very match with Tonka vehicles!🚗👍🎉🍻😄
MAGNIFIQUE TRAVAIL DE RESTORATION ET DE CREATION
Thank you ! Cheers!🍻👍👍👏👏😄
watching that rust just being blown away is so satisfying....
Thank you so much!👍👍👏👏🎉🎉
This is truly a magnificent restoration. But not only that.
Refurbishing/repairing the cargo box is marvelous. Manufacturing the armored cabin yourself is fine piece of work. Then reproducing the camouflage stripes and the name "destroyer" is top notch.
In a day of getting this or that, immediately, gets old. Now this is detailed patience and skill! Oddly satisfying!
I have one of those still in my attic from the toys I use to play with as a kid
That’s cool and enjoy!👍👍🎉😄
Well done. Thank you
Thank you too!👍👍🎉🎉
Awesome job on restoration. From trash to treasure for sure.
👍👍Thank you for your compliment and wonderful comment!!!👍🎉😄👍
Fantastic! I have one of these in a box in the garage, that is only missing the guns and one of the treads. Amazing to see your resto on one that was that far gone. A tip for cutting the plastic, get a variable temperature hot knife. It's easier to make clean straight cuts without all the grinding. But wear a respirator some plastics such as ABS give off toxic fumes when melting.
Thank you so much for your tip for the plastic cutting, it was almost the first time to me, I've cut plastic very rarely. 👍👍🎉🍻😊
Check out a reproduction track for the standard size tonka dozer it’s the same one .
@@jhonsiders6077 when I get around to fixing it up I will definitely do that, thanks for the heads up. I'm a GI Joe Fan/Collector and I snag stuff at Goodwill all the time for customizing or repair if it can fit Joes in it. I think I paid like $5 for it 2 or 3 years ago and it's just been sitting in a box waiting for repair
@@Tanner3D they have like 3 track sizes for Tonka toys take yours and count the humps VS what the seller has Ebay is full of reproduction parts .
Half Track the part tank part truck mash together. This vehicle I personally like.
It’s very cool vehicle, thank you!!!👍👍🎉
When you started on the cockpit, I was wondering, "Is it a dump truck, or the goddamn Batmobile?" Turns out to be a little of both....
Very nice work.
It is very special and unique, total difference with other Tonkas... Thank you for the comment!!! 👍👍👍
Strange-looking half-track and don't mind remember them having lunch looking like that
Thank you very much for your great comment!👍👍🎉😄
Awesome work cleaning it up and keeping its personality! Any kid would be stoked to play with it :)
Thank you very much!👍👍🎉🎉😄
Using the right tubular rivets was the icing on the perfect cake! Nice work.
👍👍Thank you so much for your compliment! You know the rivets of the this truck there were lot different from the ones I've restored before, there were several different sizes of rivets and it's not easy to find.
@@ar_restoration I know, took me a while to find ones for mine and the tool was even more difficult to find.
Too Cool! ❤
Thank you so much!🎉🎉🎉👍👍👍
Great video on the tear down, and rebuild.
Thank you so much!!!👍👍🎉🍻
Wow, such a gentle touch. 🙂
Thank you so much!!!
Excellent job 👍👍
Thank you!!!👏👏🎉🎉👍👍
Que buen trabajo de restauración de un gran camión de guerra 👏 👌 se queda excelente de 10 muy bueno 👏 me ha gustado 👍 m gusta mucho tus restauraciones. Saludos 🤗
Wow, thank you so much for your wonderful comment!!!🤩👏👏🎉🎉👍👍🍻😄
I had one of these!!! So cool to see it restored.
It’s great and unique tonka, thank you!!!👍👍🎉🍻
Excellent work! Looks like this project was quite a lot of work, but you pulled it off wonderfully!
👍👍Thank you so much for your compliment and wonderful comment!!! 👍👍🎉🍻
La marca Tonka es excelente, en mi infancia por los años '70 tuve un camión grúa que era casi indestructibe que hasta ahora no recuerdo cual fué su destino pero ojalá que la tuviese en la actualidad para restaurarla, colocarla de adorno y conservarla hasta quien sabe si a eternidad. Saludos y gracias por traerme tan gratos recuerdos.
Enjoy the restoration! Thank you so much for your wonderful comment!!!👍👍🎉🍻😊
excellent work!
the most impressive part has to be the writings, wow!
building the plastic cabin shows great dedication.
this piece must be quite rare, and I had totally forgotten about it.
honestly, I miss Tonkas, they re a part of America s history.
they should have included figures waaay before this era.
I was surprised that you found the guns and figure.
it s funny how many toys act as prototypes of concepts.
a half track dump truck for instance, quite cool!
if I get my money, I ll be on the look out for a 50s piece for sure.
they still look awesome as classic deco.
as other comments, I agree that looking at you work is relaxing and satisfying.
if you get bored, maybe picking a common piece could be funny
converted as a mad Max 100% your artistic flair creation.
keeping the rust and holes, adding spikes and chains.
you have my total confidence, lol.
good work!
I am very glad reading your comment, what is so wonderful! although I am not born in America but i like the 50s Tonka toys as yours. Thank you so much for your compliment and encourage! and I think I should have more 50s Tonkas as my projects!👍👍🎉🎉🍻😄
@@ar_restoration understandable, as they are true gems, kudos to you bro!
Well Done ? NO! Very Well Done!!
Yeah, thank you! Cheers!!!👍🎉🍻😄
That's so cool 😎,I love half-tracks,especially when they have a couple of. 50 caliber machine guns mounted in a back & a flame thrower mounted in the back of them & it would've looked badass if you would've painted it black for Zombie attacks
Yeah, It should be more cool! Thank you!👍👍👍
Beautiful restoration
Thank you very much!👍🎉🍻
A restauração ficou show. cagou no final com estes letreiro e pintura branca
Awesome restoration
That high-pitched, shrill screeching from the drills isn’t quite the ASMR experience I’m craving, as a rule…
But your work is nice and I respect your methods. 🙂 Jus' sayin'…
I love the v bug but this may top that one. Love the big truck!❤
Glad you like it! Thank you so much!🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👍👍👍
I wanted those as a kid but did not have them, forgot about these until I saw the video. Very cool, I guess I’ll be searching eBay now.
Three days ago there was the Destroyer for sell on eBay , which was very low prince only about $25-29 with free shipping, hopefully you got it. 👍👍🎉🍻😄
I had one of those when they they were new... damn but they were fun.
That was cool!👍👍👍👏👏👏
Классно 😎👍👍👍
Thank you!!!👍👍🎉
I am officially blown away by this true restoration! I would not have known what bumper pieces were missing. And the big load of body restoration made my head hurt!
Glad you like it and thank you very much for your compliment and wonderful comment!!!👍👍🎉🍻
Had one of these was perfect for GI Joe
Thank you!!!👍🎉🍻😄
That turned out bad ass. Great job
*_I have watched many of this kind videos but honestly this one was more perfect and in detail_*
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment!!!👍👍🎉🍻🤝😄
Excelent job!!! Congrats!! I own that Destroyer, and it is an excelent toy
This artist job! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you for your compliment!!!👍🎉🍻😊
Ton of work and looks brand new!
Thank you very much!!!👍👍🎉
Really nice 🙂,
Thank you!🎉🎉👏👏👍👍
Thank you! Cheers! 🍻😄🎉🎉👏👏👍👍
mom got that for me from sears, when I was a kid. it was my favorite toy. great job.
This toy is very cool and unique, I like this series that totally have 4 or 5 different styles, thank you!👍👍🎉
Awesome job! Looks fantastic!
Thank you for your compliment and comment!!!👍👍🎉🍻
Awesome job! One of my favorite toys as a kid! I still have it and the black Chevy pickup I think it was called Blaster!
Yes the Blaster is black pickup, it’s also very unique and cool, thank you so much!!!👍👍🎉🍻
Yes!!! Been waiting for
Someone with your talent to tackle a vehicle from this series!! Hope you consider doing another one
Yes, I like and will do it, but it’s not easy to find out the suitable monsters series for restoration, I am already looking for it. Thank you for your compliment and comment!!!👍👍🎉🍻
Oh I definitely understand that. I don’t know how these slipped my radar for so long.
@@darthprime4916 😊👍
Wow, this bought back memories, I had this and the black pickup truck one too, love to use these with my GI Joes back in the 80s, fantastic job.
👍👍🎉It’s my pleasure and that was so wonderful time playing those toys in 80s. Thank you for your compliment and wonderful comment!!!👍👍🎉🍻😄
GI Joes down sized in the '80's as action figures. Not the Male Child's dolls that involved changing uniform s
It's not bad at all, I liked how it was restored, but I would have painted it military green🤔😅🤩😍👍.
It’s good idea for painting military green, glad you like it and thank you!!!👍👍🎉👍
@@ar_restoration 💖👍
Amazing job!!! I wonder if CLR might have helped get the rust stains off the plastic parts… 🤔
After reading your message, I just know the CLR rust remover, I must use it next time, thank you so much for the useful info and your support as always!!!👍👍🎉🌹
As far something to clean the plastics, ask Chip, he works on Tonka & renovates them
@@karenstokes3283 Got it, thank you!👍🎉🌹
Vraiment un jeu de gars!
The teardown was intense.. another masterpiece my friend
👍👍Thank you for the comment!!!👍👍🎉
Super, skvělá práce
Thank you!👍🎉😊
Excellent job. Congratulation. Luiz Paulo - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil.
👍👍Thank you so much!!!
That's a lot of work but! I would love to have that toy.
It really is! That is a special and very cool truck! Thank you for the comment!!!👏👏🎉🎉👍👍
I had a dump truck a grader and a loader that survived, never had parts I could take apart lol! Ended up selling them to some collector
Excellent restoration and you did a masterful job doing it!!
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thank you so much for your compliment, wonderful comment and support as always!!!👍👍🎉🍻😄
Fantastic restoration job! I would have gone with dark grey and matt black and no graffiti, but that's not my call.
I was thinking about restoring the original appearance, but I will do more custom in the future, thank you so much for the comment!!!👍👍🎉🍻😄
Most toy restoration videos are of much older items, so it was great to see something that I remembered (even though I did not have this particular toy).
I also love the fabrication of replacement parts such as the cab and some of the front grill.
Excellent work!
This truck is very unique, I like it. Thank you so much for your compliment and wonderful comment as always!!! 👍👍🍻🎉😄
Truly outstanding my friend!! 😎✌️
Thank you so much!👍🎉👍🎉🍻😄
Reeaally glad I watched this one back. Excellent result dude. Great work on the cab 👏👏👏. New sub right here brother 👉👉👉. 😎
Thank you buddy! Thank you so much for your compliment and support!!!👍👍🎉👍🎉🍻😄
that's the kind of toy I dreamed of having when I was growing up in the 40's
The toy is different and really worth having it! Thank you!👍👍🎉🍻
Nice one ☝️
Thank you!!!👍👍🎉
If you want to restore, AND make tracks like that flexible again, get some 303 Aerospace Protectant and soak them in it. The longer the better.
I like it,something different would seem to be not a common tonka toy.your killing it as always.just keep doing what your thinking 🤔 and what you gonna be doing.impressive restoration 👍👍👍😎😎😎
The truck is very unique and very cool, I enjoyed to restore it. Thank you so much for your compliment and wonderful comment!!!👍👍🎉🍻
I like Halbkettenfahrzeuge.
Wow! Thank you!🔥🔥👍👍👍
Another ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐restoration! This one was quite different from the others I have seen so far. There were a lot of parts, with a mix of metal and plastic. I'm sure this one took a lot longer than most, especially when you had to fill in the pitted metal, or fabricate replacement parts that had unintentional holes through the metal. You did a fantastic job!
Yes, I spent more time to restore it, it’s very special and unique!! Thank you so much!!!👍👍🎉🎉🍻😄
Wow never seen anything like that. Great job
It’s very cool and unique. Thank you for your compliment and comment!👍🎉🍻
Was it part of a military tonka line?
@@billschipper1718 This is Destroyer, it’s one of the Tonka steel monster series
Now that's a frame off restoration! Wow. 💯 👌 😍
Thank you!!!👍🎉😄
Lindo parabéns
Thank you! Cheers!🍻😄🎉🎉👏👏👍👍
Very cool restoration. I love it. ~Kevin
Glad you love it! Thank you very much for your compliment!!!👍👍🎉🍻😄
This is my relaxation videos
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much!🎉🎉👏👏🍻😄
Mad Max- Beyond Tonkadome!
Thank you very much!!!👍👍🎉🍻
Sick!❤
Thank you!!!👍🎉👍🎉😄
Never seen this model Tonka truck. Also the chassis doesn't look like any other Tonka chassis I've seen in other videos.
Great job on that love your work
Thank you very for the compliment and comment!!!👍👍🎉😄
Beautiful work! I loved Steel Monsters when I was a kid. So glad to see one restored!
Where did you get the replacement guns???
Thank you so much! The gun come from another plastic toy, the original gun that you may find out on Ebay.
Muy bien.
Thank you!!!
Great platform to restore.
Thank you!!!👍👍🎉🍻
Excelente
Thank you!!!👍👍🎉🍻
Yet another model that Tonka made that I didn't know existed.
The Tonka produced a series called Steel Monsters, the Destroyer is of them👍👍🎉
@@ar_restoration Thank You.