I had that car myself. As a guy whose mom bought him Matchbox cars at the druggist's over 50 years ago, I can only say how lovely it was to watch you breathe new life into original components that I did not know a person could salvage. Wonderful. Thank you.
I do not even know how I came here (since I am not really interested in matchbox cars). BUT the video was a joy to watch and you clearly see all the humor and effort put into it. keep it up! GREAT content!
I've never collected micro cars, nor do I know anything about restoration, but I find your videos absolutely mesmerizing. Keep up the great work, mate....!!!
This is so AWESOME!!! My older brother used to collect these cars. They were so cool when we were kids because they were actually metal with rubber wheels. They were works of art. I wish I could find him a nice complete collection again. His were destroyed in a house fire.
Thank you for the re-upload. Somehow I got you’re videos recommended and I love them. I don’t have anything with cars for that matter, but the restoration part continues to fascinate me.
Can't believe I spent 19:00 min watching this, but as matchbox owner like every boy was, couldn't avoid watching it. Put a smile on my face for the day...
As a safety and quality manager I do applaud you for using safety devices most of the time but will gently fuss at you for not wearing gloves more often when using any kind of paint stripper. Great job as usual and more entertaining than the other Matchbox restorers on UA-cam. I have plenty of old Matchbox vehicles and you have given me the encouragement to try restoring them. Keep up the good work and greetings from Sugar Land, Texas USA (the sweetest town in the Lone Star state).
Have just recently dug out a collection of Lesney Matchbox vehicles when someone on Instagram suggested I take a look at your channel. They were 100% right, learning a lot while enjoying your commentary. Thanks Marty from Monty
I tried painting the headlights on this particular car. The ridge lines for the headlights aren't great and I ended up with silver paint all over the place even though I used a micro brush. The original didn't have them, so I just decided to do what Marty did here and spray the lot.
@@Scottie_S Thanks, 'cause I was also wondering about doing something with the headlights. I still think the bumpers would have looked good. I also think Marty should have foregone the metallic paint. I thought another thin coat of the high gloss would have looked way better. The clear windows was unusual, and came out unreal after polishing. While he was polishing that with the q-tip the thought occurred to me that maybe Marty ought to see if his wife has any manicurist's nail buffing cream. Possibly that and a chamois buffer would work pretty well.
@@TheRealDrJoey Well, the metallic fleck was in the gloss, so he was going to get that one way or the other. I didn't mind the look of it. Also, considering what Marty appropriates from his wife, your suggestion is spot on!
Marty, this was excellent! I had this little car as a kid. So great to see it brought back to its former glory! Best styled car in history, the etype. Great vid... Thanks!
I was born in 62 & by chance have 2 suit cases full of these loved Corgi & Dinky boys toys & Husky & Triang ….. this might be a nice pension fund top up. Will research this over weekend. Nicely put together film. Great result.
I discovered these videos a few weeks ago and I must say, they are excellent. I've never had an interest in restoring Matchbox models but Marty's Matchbox Makeovers have me fascinated in the process. His vocal delivery, editing and the occasional whimsical insert are marvellous. I find watching them surprisingly relaxing. A great experience. Keep it up, Marty. They're neat! As a 60+ year old, I remember when these models came out and must have played with a quite few of them. So much nostalgia.
First of your videos I have seen. I had a matchbox car identical to this as a young boy in the 60's, though my memory is that it was green. I played with that car until it fell apart. I also raced an E type on highway 9 in Massachusetts in 1981 on my Honda motorcycle in the night. I did not see much besides his tail lights. One of my favorite cars ever. Truly iconic. Thank you for bringing so many memories back!
Fantastic vid chap. Who would have thought you could get such a great finish out of aerosol cans. Your the master, keep up the great work. Cheers from the UK. 🇬🇧
Wow, what memories. As a little kid in the 60's, I was obsessed with my Matchbox vehicles and would drag them around in a shopping bag wherever I went. This channel is a delight.
When I was growing up in Portland Oregon, I had that exact Jaguar XKE from Matchbox in 1962. I was about 6 years old then and it was my first Matchbox toy. I started to collect them after that but eventually switched to Hot Wheels like the rest of the kids. Vance, the older kid next door, had a white Shelby Mustang from Matchbox that you could turn the front wheels with. Very cool at the time. He eventually got Hot Wheels as well and his collection was always the best. Vance never left that house. He became a backyard mechanic and started collecting real cars. Whenever I would google our house, there was Vance's house surrounded by cars. A year or two ago, I went to Portland to visit Vance along with my dad and two brothers but sadly, his widow told us he had passed away three years before. I realized then that knowing that Vance was still living there next to our old house had been a source of comfort over the years. It was like I could always return home. But with Vance gone, there's only strangers living in the neighborhood now and what our whole family always considered as 'home' is gone with a sure finality. Don't put off revisiting old friends. They're gone too soon sometimes. R.I.P. Vance.
I'm not sure if you're an undiscovered genius or totally mental (both are offered as an absolute compliment). Either way, that was the best distraction from watching free speech, democracy and the whole of the western world collapse before my eyes I've had for ages. Unfortunately I pissed myself whilst watching and need to go have a shower.
Can i give you a tip? quit watching all that shit,i decided to quit doing that 4 months ago,man its like being reborn,no more politics in this home and any worries of any kind, i only watch local news and whats going on in my hometown, i figure if something happens somewhere else there is nothing i can do about it since I'm not in charge,best thing Ive ever done, PERIOD.
@@dntlss Unfortunately it is in my country and the worst of it is in my city, London. You have to know what's going on everywhere else to see what's likely to be heading your way, like the Paris riots and, thanks to our government and the people that control them, it's coming fast. I'll be out of this country for good as soon as I can put enough in the bank to pay for a safe exit. Where to go? that's why I need to know what's going on everywhere else, no sense jumping out of the frying pan blind and I'm only going to do this once. However, I take your point and as soon as I land somewhere else I'll be throwing the phone in the bin and pretending it never happened. I'm 62, lived in/around London all my life. It used to be awesome but now it's beyond saving so leaving isn't easy and it's real sad but there it is. So, thanks for the thought, I'm looking forward to doing the same.
I like that advice. I have decided we can do nothing to save the world. Even the local paper has the same rubbish year@@dntlss after year (just change the names of the youths, drunks, shoplifters, wife beaters and flashers). :(
I have the same Matchbox Jaguar for about 55 years, one of the few left from my youth. It looks like yours before restauring. Maybe I Will restaur it one day. I now know how to do it.👍❤️
This car...my brother had one when I was a kid. I fell in love with this car then. Thank you for making this. I was born 5 years before you, also from Canada.
This particular model was my first matchbox car as a kid and ended up roofless with no paint and tyres. Have since managed to get 5 more for the collection and 4 need restoration and I hope to get them up to your standard Marty. Gonna invest in one of your polishing machines if you could let me know the details. Finally were they miniatures of you and Mrs Marty in the end cameo back in the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is quite obviously a labor of love by a man with fine attention to detail. A truly wholesome & entertaining segment from start to finish. Thank you for the show!
Love your restoration of these old toys. I can’t tell you how many of those cars are buried in mother’s back yard. My Dad left a good size section of back yard dirt. He planted no grass there. We played back there for hours with toy soldiers and Matchbox Cars, Hot Wheels and knock off versions back in the 60’s. Great Videos.
We’re the same age. I use to have a big wheel case for all my hot wheel cars and a cool race track that had a battery operate spinner that kept the cars moving along the track. Those were the days.
My god Marty 😊 This was my first Matchbox car - with the Major Pack Guy Warrior Transporter - this were 2 of my christmas gifts 1965, at the age of 3 years. Thanks mum❤, and R.I.P. Several years ago I bought this model mint boxed. The E Type is my dream car, cause it's so expensive. 😢 And my favourite car is the Ford Capri Mk 3. I ❤ this car.
As a 1/43 scale collector, i was invited to a private house in England a few months ago. The lady of the house showed me her late husband's collection of over 14,000 ...yes---14,000 Matchbox brand only collection. And every model still had its box. Apparently, the collector received a matchbox for his 3rd birthday and then the little guy was hooked. Boxes and all. All in all it took 61 years to amass . Matchbox also made him a special 50th Birthday Box with a VW Combi in it. The combi is from stock. the box --PRICELESS!
This was one of the first toy cars I had around 1966. I lost it in the play ground...and that haunted me for 30 years until I bought and restored a real e-type ( and painted it in red metallic)....after a while I was cured and sold the car with some loss of money...But...I got it out of my system.
I loved my pre-1970 matchbox collection, but I didn't go out and buy full-sized cars to match. However, I noticed, years later, that a few of my 'grown-up' cars were surprising duplicates of some of the models in my collection, year and make. I wonder...(if only I had a full-sized #24 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow!)
Hi, you should stay a little longer by watching at that shiny model. Perhaps for an hour, after you can go as the "MASKED MATCHBOX HERO" ! Very nice car and a fine makeover ! Greetings and⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!
Nice job. The rejuvenation of the windscreen was particularly impressive. The next level of detail could have been to mask the lights, grille and bumpers for different colo(u)rs.
I'm a car person, well into my adulthood. I no longer play with toy cars (shame on me). I absolutely love these little restoration projects and usually anxious to see the final product. Have you ever thought of creating a town for these little car people to live in? Maybe a car dealership from the era in-which the car existed in. Keep doing the things you like to do! We love it!
I had one of these in the 1960's and that is exactly what I did soon after I got it. It was my favorite Matchbox car. It also got pretty worn out over the years. I wish I still had it! :(
I agree, I use this on pinball play fields that are very dirty, then wax. But they are red for a heavy polish and blue for light. Can be found at a plastics shop.
Your video popped up in my feed and I figured I'd give it a try. Honestly I never thought I'd be interested in watching someone refinish a matchbox car, but I was definitely wrong. Really cool video, thanks for making it.
@@connierosario9474 I did a lot of aluminum casting and I made green sand from kitty litter...used my blender to grind it to a fine powder.......polished up the blades too! It would work on these models as well..... If someone is doing this without any special tools, an old pickle jar filled with beach sand, fill it half full, put the body in, cap it, turn it on its side and roll it back and forth across the table for an hour......buffs right up!
I still have the very same car from when I was a kid. Now I have a boy of my own, we are fixing up some of my old stuff. We painted ours green, used cd scratch out on the windshield, can't remember how we cleaned up the wheels. Wish I could post pics, it's beautiful again!
Marty, couldn’t stop myself laughing out loud, missus gave me a funny look!, couldn’t tell her I was watching match box car restoration! the polishing sketch was sooooo funny. Utter bollo’hs and so Aussie & *possibly’ British humour. Especially the square patch around the eyes.... genius. You are so good at this mate keep it up.. even at the cost of me getting dodgy looks from the missus.... thanks mate. Hangdarkt UK ps. Goes without saying another excellent renovation. 👍
Back in the 70's an old girlfriend said she was getting me a lotus europa for my birthday.Figured i'd have to marry her for that.It was a matchbox.No longer have the girlfriend but still got the lotus!!!!!!
From 2 years ago, and I have gone back to see it. Beautiful casting, fun video and dazzling restoration :) I hope you, and Julie are doing well, Marty 🤞 I think of you, from time to time, and want to thank you, both, and your camera helper, for all the entertainment and kindness towards your fans!
My Mum and Nan used to work at Lesneys. Every week one of them would bring me home a new car. Ended up with a couple of hundred of them that were kept in a blue plastic boxes with individual compartments. when we ended up moving from England to Australia, I had to give them all away because we couldn't afford to bring them with me.
I have no interest in matchbox cars, restorations or Aussies.... yet here I am watching these videos like mad and now subscribing.... WHAT BLACK MAGIC IS THIS MARTY?!!!
Why Marty Why? Why do I like the videos so much? I spent my childhood placing these dinky cars (that's what we called them in Canada) behind the tires of my dad's truck and now I watch you restore them. Strange world.
This is not a hobby. This is what passion looks like. Thanks for sharing this, Mr Marty.
I had that car myself. As a guy whose mom bought him Matchbox cars at the druggist's over 50 years ago, I can only say how lovely it was to watch you breathe new life into original components that I did not know a person could salvage. Wonderful. Thank you.
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Had to do a reupload, had some corruption issues. Hope you all had a lovely Valentines day!
thanks, I think it was because of the chassis, it got so bright that it burned the movie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm just going to pretend like that first upload didn't break my heart when there was no final reveal.
Nice 😁😁 🇳🇮🇨🇪
I watched the other video , welding helmet bit was hilarious, nice one Marty , keep em coming.
excellent work! I'm glad when you upload a new video. I thank you so. Greetings from Santiago. Chile.
This is good therapy. You are like the Bob Ross of Match Box restorations... Now lets paint that friendly Jaguar a happy color..
At 66, I am still building plastic models. I just did a 1/25 1967 Olds 442, using this same Tamiya Bright Mica Red paint. A very nice color!
I do not even know how I came here (since I am not really interested in matchbox cars). BUT the video was a joy to watch and you clearly see all the humor and effort put into it. keep it up! GREAT content!
I've never collected micro cars, nor do I know anything about restoration, but I find your videos absolutely mesmerizing. Keep up the great work, mate....!!!
Cool Etrigan pic.
It would be much better without the annoying background noise.
I dont know how I stumbled upon this video but it has been extremely satisfying to watch.
These type of videos show that grown up men are kids inside and that is good.🚙🚗🚐🚛🚚
This is so AWESOME!!! My older brother used to collect these cars. They were so cool when we were kids because they were actually metal with rubber wheels. They were works of art. I wish I could find him a nice complete collection again. His were destroyed in a house fire.
“i’ve invented this machine’ 😂😂😂
A coffee maker that glows... :-)...
What machone loon?
Thank you for the re-upload. Somehow I got you’re videos recommended and I love them. I don’t have anything with cars for that matter, but the restoration part continues to fascinate me.
It makes complete sense that Marty's Matchbox Makeovers
would prefer 3m tape.
Nice Jaguar restoration!
Well picked up! I wondered why he said "MMM".
Can't believe I spent 19:00 min watching this, but as matchbox owner like every boy was, couldn't avoid watching it. Put a smile on my face for the day...
I appreciate the fact that you've done this without the airbrush etc. to show it doesn't take that many tools to do a restoration.
As a safety and quality manager I do applaud you for using safety devices most of the time but will gently fuss at you for not wearing gloves more often when using any kind of paint stripper. Great job as usual and more entertaining than the other Matchbox restorers on UA-cam. I have plenty of old Matchbox vehicles and you have given me the encouragement to try restoring them. Keep up the good work and greetings from Sugar Land, Texas USA (the sweetest town in the Lone Star state).
Hello and welcome to a new episode of why did youtube take me here and why am I enjoying watching this.
Great results from a rattle can ! Lovely little model. Thanks for sharing.
Top notch !!😊
Have just recently dug out a collection of Lesney Matchbox vehicles when someone on Instagram suggested I take a look at your channel. They were 100% right, learning a lot while enjoying your commentary. Thanks Marty from Monty
Great job Marty. Shame about the burnt face. Surprised you didn't paint the front headlights & grille. I am sure this will inspire many to have a go.👍
I tried painting the headlights on this particular car. The ridge lines for the headlights aren't great and I ended up with silver paint all over the place even though I used a micro brush. The original didn't have them, so I just decided to do what Marty did here and spray the lot.
@@Scottie_S Thanks, 'cause I was also wondering about doing something with the headlights. I still think the bumpers would have looked good. I also think Marty should have foregone the metallic paint. I thought another thin coat of the high gloss would have looked way better. The clear windows was unusual, and came out unreal after polishing. While he was polishing that with the q-tip the thought occurred to me that maybe Marty ought to see if his wife has any manicurist's nail buffing cream. Possibly that and a chamois buffer would work pretty well.
@@TheRealDrJoey Well, the metallic fleck was in the gloss, so he was going to get that one way or the other. I didn't mind the look of it. Also, considering what Marty appropriates from his wife, your suggestion is spot on!
Hi Marty, your videos are an absolute joy to watch. Thanks for all you do!
Marty, this was excellent! I had this little car as a kid. So great to see it brought back to its former glory! Best styled car in history, the etype. Great vid... Thanks!
I was born in 62 & by chance have 2 suit cases full of these loved Corgi & Dinky boys toys & Husky & Triang ….. this might be a nice pension fund top up. Will research this over weekend. Nicely put together film. Great result.
Accidentally clicked on it but stayed until the end. Love it and glad that i clicked on it I have learnt so many things from you. Thank you
That was oddly therapeutic and satisfying to watch. Thank you.
I discovered these videos a few weeks ago and I must say, they are excellent. I've never had an interest in restoring Matchbox models but Marty's Matchbox Makeovers have me fascinated in the process. His vocal delivery, editing and the occasional whimsical insert are marvellous. I find watching them surprisingly relaxing. A great experience. Keep it up, Marty. They're neat! As a 60+ year old, I remember when these models came out and must have played with a quite few of them. So much nostalgia.
When the first video stopped prematurely the first thought I had was, "I'm not happy with that."
First of your videos I have seen. I had a matchbox car identical to this as a young boy in the 60's, though my memory is that it was green. I played with that car until it fell apart. I also raced an E type on highway 9 in Massachusetts in 1981 on my Honda motorcycle in the night. I did not see much besides his tail lights. One of my favorite cars ever. Truly iconic. Thank you for bringing so many memories back!
Thank you for the light hearted comedy in the video. It made a dreary day much better.
I own one of these models..... Had a bronze color originally, but I changed it to a British Racing green color... Thanks to WNT's inspiration.
I never laughed so hard as when Marty put this body shell into the Marty's Miracle Machine. This restoration turned out GREAT Marty - good job!
Fantastic vid chap. Who would have thought you could get such a great finish out of aerosol cans. Your the master, keep up the great work. Cheers from the UK. 🇬🇧
To: Jon,
🔵 It sounds to me very much like a vintage Nokia ringtone of some sort!
Wow, what memories. As a little kid in the 60's, I was obsessed with my Matchbox vehicles and would drag them around in a shopping bag wherever I went. This channel is a delight.
When I was growing up in Portland Oregon, I had that exact Jaguar XKE from Matchbox in 1962. I was about 6 years old then and it was my first Matchbox toy. I started to collect them after that but eventually switched to Hot Wheels like the rest of the kids.
Vance, the older kid next door, had a white Shelby Mustang from Matchbox that you could turn the front wheels with. Very cool at the time. He eventually got Hot Wheels as well and his collection was always the best.
Vance never left that house. He became a backyard mechanic and started collecting real cars. Whenever I would google our house, there was Vance's house surrounded by cars.
A year or two ago, I went to Portland to visit Vance along with my dad and two brothers but sadly, his widow told us he had passed away three years before.
I realized then that knowing that Vance was still living there next to our old house had been a source of comfort over the years. It was like I could always return home.
But with Vance gone, there's only strangers living in the neighborhood now and what our whole family always considered as 'home' is gone with a sure finality.
Don't put off revisiting old friends. They're gone too soon sometimes.
R.I.P. Vance.
Another great video Marty. I look forward to your videos every week. Cheers from Tennessee.
Bristol city ;)
@@ChocManus not quite. Just north of Nashville.
Another good job sir. And I am referring to keeping a straight face for so long after the welding mask removal.
The car looked nice too 😀
Only in Australia can a Donkey rob a bank mate
We got plenty of asses robbing banks in the USA.
You should take a look here in Chile, everybody tries to rob everything 😆😅😁😄
Probably why he uses it in his spray booth
There's nothing useful in there anyway
😁😁😁
I'm just wondering if it was the Wonky Donkey?😂
Well that's something I don't see everyday......frankly, I've never seen this before in my life. I liked it.....I really liked it. Thanks Marty
Nice, thanks for the laughs on this awesome restoration.
Awesome makeover Marty! This is my fav Jaguar ever! And as always the video was very entertaining! Good job!
I have used diamond grade paper in my manual polisher, but your special machine process looks like a real time saver !
I do feel 2 sporks of methylethylcasetone may have better though Ichiban? 👍
the 40 year old virgin
If only we had seen the results of the magic polishing machine.
Ichiban Moto I’ve been waiting for a new release of yours get busy man
@@blackspot5795 Ha ha
I'm not sure if you're an undiscovered genius or totally mental (both are offered as an absolute compliment). Either way, that was the best distraction from watching free speech, democracy and the whole of the western world collapse before my eyes I've had for ages. Unfortunately I pissed myself whilst watching and need to go have a shower.
Can i give you a tip? quit watching all that shit,i decided to quit doing that 4 months ago,man its like being reborn,no more politics in this home and any worries of any kind, i only watch local news and whats going on in my hometown, i figure if something happens somewhere else there is nothing i can do about it since I'm not in charge,best thing Ive ever done, PERIOD.
@@dntlss Unfortunately it is in my country and the worst of it is in my city, London. You have to know what's going on everywhere else to see what's likely to be heading your way, like the Paris riots and, thanks to our government and the people that control them, it's coming fast. I'll be out of this country for good as soon as I can put enough in the bank to pay for a safe exit. Where to go? that's why I need to know what's going on everywhere else, no sense jumping out of the frying pan blind and I'm only going to do this once. However, I take your point and as soon as I land somewhere else I'll be throwing the phone in the bin and pretending it never happened. I'm 62, lived in/around London all my life. It used to be awesome but now it's beyond saving so leaving isn't easy and it's real sad but there it is. So, thanks for the thought, I'm looking forward to doing the same.
@@martinjefferies666 I very highly recommend Bulgaria for you.
I like that advice. I have decided we can do nothing to save the world. Even the local paper has the same rubbish year@@dntlss after year (just change the names of the youths, drunks, shoplifters, wife beaters and flashers). :(
A breath of 'mentalated' fresh air!
I have the same Matchbox Jaguar for about 55 years, one of the few left from my youth. It looks like yours before restauring. Maybe I Will restaur it one day. I now know how to do it.👍❤️
This car...my brother had one when I was a kid. I fell in love with this car then. Thank you for making this.
I was born 5 years before you, also from Canada.
This particular model was my first matchbox car as a kid and ended up roofless with no paint and tyres. Have since managed to get 5 more for the collection and 4 need restoration and I hope to get them up to your standard Marty. Gonna invest in one of your polishing machines if you could let me know the details. Finally were they miniatures of you and Mrs Marty in the end cameo back in the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't forget Mrs. Marty's toohbrush ☺😊
Thanks for doing one for those without airbrushes yet. Pro move.
in this episode, marty turns the body of a toy car into light energy
Great see you again MARTY AND GREAT JOB MATCHBOX CARS 🚗
This is quite obviously a labor of love by a man with fine attention to detail. A truly wholesome & entertaining segment from start to finish. Thank you for the show!
I like the video before watching, because I know that it's gonna be good. =)
Jeeeee, he hecho lo mismo varias veces 😊
I do the same thing as well
Well done Marty you nailed it
For the windscreen you could use Polywatch. This is a polishing liquid for plexiglass watch crystal that would be great on a model's windscreen.
Still have mine! A gift from a very talented 6th-grade teacher, and friend of my parents. He passed in about 2015. Mine is red, and flawless!
Love your restoration of these old toys. I can’t tell you how many of those cars are buried in mother’s back yard. My Dad left a good size section of back yard dirt. He planted no grass there. We played back there for hours with toy soldiers and Matchbox Cars, Hot Wheels and knock off versions back in the 60’s. Great Videos.
We come for the makeovers but stay for the humor! I can’t imagine what your wife makes of all this!
We’re the same age. I use to have a big wheel case for all my hot wheel cars and a cool race track that had a battery operate spinner that kept the cars moving along the track. Those were the days.
Very interesting! Wish I’d kept all mine from childhood.
My god Marty 😊
This was my first Matchbox car - with the Major Pack Guy Warrior Transporter - this were 2 of my christmas gifts 1965, at the age of 3 years.
Thanks mum❤, and R.I.P.
Several years ago I bought this model mint boxed.
The E Type is my dream car, cause it's so expensive. 😢
And my favourite car is the Ford Capri Mk 3.
I ❤ this car.
As a 1/43 scale collector, i was invited to a private house in England a few months ago. The lady of the house showed me her late husband's collection of over 14,000 ...yes---14,000 Matchbox brand only collection. And every model still had its box. Apparently, the collector received a matchbox for his 3rd birthday and then the little guy was hooked. Boxes and all. All in all it took 61 years to amass . Matchbox also made him a special 50th Birthday Box with a VW Combi in it. The combi is from stock. the box --PRICELESS!
Looks great. Would be much sweeter though with a lot of chrome detailing on bumpers and trim. Tail lights and headlights were missed...
CHROME ON A JAGUAR? HOW GAUCHE!
WHAT?!? First time here and this is wonderful. New sub!!! 👏🤝👍
This was one of the first toy cars I had around 1966. I lost it in the play ground...and that haunted me for 30 years until I bought and restored a real e-type ( and painted it in red metallic)....after a while I was cured and sold the car with some loss of money...But...I got it out of my system.
I loved my pre-1970 matchbox collection, but I didn't go out and buy full-sized cars to match. However, I noticed, years later, that a few of my 'grown-up' cars were surprising duplicates of some of the models in my collection, year and make. I wonder...(if only I had a full-sized #24 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow!)
Great Job.
My autistic son AbAlutely Loves his Work...
46 croniagily, about 12 mentally..
Thnxxx for Sharing and Caring...
So much fun to see it coming back to life.
Thanks Sue, glad you liked it.
Hi, you should stay a little longer by watching at that shiny model. Perhaps for an hour, after you can go as the "MASKED MATCHBOX HERO" ! Very nice car and a fine makeover ! Greetings and⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!
Now that is a truly beautiful restoration mate.
Nice job. The rejuvenation of the windscreen was particularly impressive.
The next level of detail could have been to mask the lights, grille and bumpers for different colo(u)rs.
Or just paint over those areas.
I'm a car person, well into my adulthood. I no longer play with toy cars (shame on me). I absolutely love these little restoration projects and usually anxious to see the final product. Have you ever thought of creating a town for these little car people to live in? Maybe a car dealership from the era in-which the car existed in. Keep doing the things you like to do! We love it!
I admire your restraint in keeping it the original color. I couldn't have resisted going British Racing Green
Would be awesome if you also painted the detail parts, Headlights, door handles, bumpers, etc.
Not original. This is restoration.
I had one of these in the 1960's and that is exactly what I did soon after I got it. It was my favorite Matchbox car. It also got pretty worn out over the years. I wish I still had it! :(
For plastic polish, try Novus brand. Green first then the red. Then your dip. Works Great!!!!
I agree, I use this on pinball play fields that are very dirty, then wax. But they are red for a heavy polish and blue for light. Can be found at a plastics shop.
@@CaligoldBobWe use it on Beechcraft Brand new, factory made Bonanza and Baron at Beechcraft. What we use on the windows. Rods the polish King!!!
Vinegar ans baking soda works too.
É sempre um prazer assistir seus vídeos. Parabéns Marty!
Your video popped up in my feed and I figured I'd give it a try. Honestly I never thought I'd be interested in watching someone refinish a matchbox car, but I was definitely wrong. Really cool video, thanks for making it.
You have inspired me to start restoring the E Types I have in my collection!
Great video!
Steve 1963!🏁
"This is a no special tools makeover....I've invented this autopolisher"
A blender with stickers isn't a special tool. Lol
connie rosario ... it's an ice maker... you put cubed ice in the top and the two settings are coarse and fine ice shavings...
MrRex2U thanks, I couldn't really tell on the screen if blender, coffee machine, ice machine whatever but I knew it was Macgivered.
@@connierosario9474 I did a lot of aluminum casting and I made green sand from kitty litter...used my blender to grind it to a fine powder.......polished up the blades too! It would work on these models as well.....
If someone is doing this without any special tools, an old pickle jar filled with beach sand, fill it half full, put the body in, cap it, turn it on its side and roll it back and forth across the table for an hour......buffs right up!
For those of us who also handload, a brass tumbler with corncob media and a bit of metal polish should work.
I love your humor. You had me laughing out loud when 6ou lifted that mask
Thumbs up for "Mega Shine" special FX ^^
I still have the very same car from when I was a kid. Now I have a boy of my own, we are fixing up some of my old stuff.
We painted ours green, used cd scratch out on the windshield, can't remember how we cleaned up the wheels. Wish I could post pics, it's beautiful again!
Im 15 years old and because i saw your videos im now matchbox restorator and its very fun 😊
Found this video and it's great! Really like the restoration. Subscribed!
Good restorations, however I do think painting the bumpers, headlights and front grills are also important, it will have a great effect on the car!
i am subbing to this channel. cause ive always wanted to do this to some garage sale finds etc. THANK YOU
It is a great hobby.
Thank you for this video. I love and appreciate what you do. It's nice seeing our miniature models that we grew up with being revived again.
Hi Marty!! Hi Kevin!! Kevin, I sure hope you’re behaving & being good for your Dad, Marty!! We all love you both!! Excellent restoration!!
Marty, I think your madder than a bag of cats but this was a delightful video to watch, many thanks for the upload. :)
64 dislikes WTF. Obviously there are people here with no sense of humor.. great video Marty keep-em coming
Will do! - Thanks, Marty.
Like the finish product
And love ❤️ the end with the story 👍👍👍👍👍 I wander if the couple got married 👫
Her ladyship enjoys the old Bishop's finger too much.
You have shown that a patient heart and skilled hands can restore the weary into a thing of beauty. Thank-you.
OMG - what a great job!!!
Marty, couldn’t stop myself laughing out loud, missus gave me a funny look!, couldn’t tell her I was watching match box car restoration! the polishing sketch was sooooo funny. Utter bollo’hs and so Aussie & *possibly’ British humour. Especially the square patch around the eyes.... genius. You are so good at this mate keep it up.. even at the cost of me getting dodgy looks from the missus.... thanks mate. Hangdarkt UK ps. Goes without saying another excellent renovation. 👍
Back in the 70's an old girlfriend said she was getting me a lotus europa for my birthday.Figured i'd have to marry her for that.It was a matchbox.No longer have the girlfriend but still got the lotus!!!!!!
I have 2 of them that were given to me when I was younger and have loved the car ever si
I had a Europa TC for 12 years; I wish I had the Matchbox one too!
Dann that's a long time to keep that matchbox.
Not getting the Europa probably added years to your productive life. Consider whether that was a favor or not, I'd say.😃
@glenn miner - she is definitively and old girlfriend now...LOL. So you have the Lotus and can get a brand new girlfriend...:)
Please higlight bumper, front and rear lights
... and number plates too.
That's what I thought, at least paint the headlights and taillights on.
It depends how the original was done. They would probably have all been the same colour when leaving the factory.
@@MiataBRG The original was like that, but it was a more metallic, slightly more cherry coloured red.
The original is all red just like he painted it, just a slightly different red and slightly different paint.
From 2 years ago, and I have gone back to see it. Beautiful casting, fun video and dazzling restoration :)
I hope you, and Julie are doing well, Marty 🤞
I think of you, from time to time, and want to thank you, both, and your camera helper, for all the entertainment and kindness towards your fans!
My Mum and Nan used to work at Lesneys. Every week one of them would bring me home a new car. Ended up with a couple of hundred of them that were kept in a blue plastic boxes with individual compartments. when we ended up moving from England to Australia, I had to give them all away because we couldn't afford to bring them with me.
First time watching your channel.... just loved it!!! ☺ x
Jees, after seeing what happened during your polishing process, I've decided that I really have got to stop eating these mushrooms!! 🍄🍄 😵
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Anyone who uses the word “whilst” in everyday speech is ok with me!
"I stole someone's parking spot whilst slapping a baby with an orphan hand"
How about now? 😂
I whistle whilst i wank.
I have no interest in matchbox cars, restorations or Aussies.... yet here I am watching these videos like mad and now subscribing.... WHAT BLACK MAGIC IS THIS MARTY?!!!
Why Marty Why? Why do I like the videos so much? I spent my childhood placing these dinky cars (that's what we called them in Canada) behind the tires of my dad's truck and now I watch you restore them. Strange world.