Matchbox Series No 22 Pontiac G.P Sports Coupe - Restoration Video
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Today I transform this crushed piece of trash into something magnificent... or at least I think so. This is now my favorite car and build and I very much hope you enjoy it!
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This was an amazing restoration.
That was a serious basket case. Amazing you were able to restore it at all. You never think about how delicate some of these toys are, and yet they can survive plenty of play...normally. Cheers, Timo.
An absolute beauty of a vehicle. The fact that you were able to work through so many issues through the restoration and end up with a car that looks like it just came out of its box is incredible. Well done.
When I was in high school (late 70s), my friend Izzy drove this car. The real one. Fun car. Good times.
Finally, another UNPRETENTIOUS Matchbox restoration channel! Subscribed in minutes, time to binge-watch! Thanks.
Thanks David. I wonder who you think is pretentious 🤔
@@MatchboxGarage : Not going to hang myself answering this one... I'm sure you understand the concept of recrimination? LOL
Just incredible! An absolute miracle restoration. To think that probably got raked and battered in a "3 for 50p, spares only" box for decades!
Id take the whole box!
You saved this diecast model. You achieved a great effect. Regards 🙂
This was a "Holy Grail" Matchbox car that I did not actually see until the early 1980s, although a 1977 or so catalog listed it by name as the previous occupant of spot 22, and a grade school friend had described the model that he had seen at a garage sale.....I would have LOVED this car as a little kid, but was older than play age when I first bought it.....Great to see that this "write off" by the insurance company has been given an appropriately new lease on life! The 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix is a true classic!
I love old Pontiacs. Bonneville, Grand Prix, Catalina.....some of the best looking cars ever made
Good work. I was really surprised how good the metal looked after you stripped the paint and cleaned it up. Great job on fixing the broken parts.
Has to be 1 of the biggest transformations I have seen. Good job
It's alive - you brought that car back from the dead - great job!
When I turned 16 in 1975.
My Uncle gave me my grandmother's 64 Pontiac Grand Prix.
It was in his back yard with tall grass around it.
He said if you can get to crank up.
It's yours.
Replaced battery and starting fluid.
I was a car owner. 👍😎
Awesome mate
I must say this has got to be your best work to date. That car was destined for the scrap bin but in the end you'd have never known it was in multiple pieces at one time
Very solid work on a not so solid car. The end result is amazing.
nice resto of a 1964 pontiac gran prix. one of the first of what would later be called personal luxury cars.
That was the first time I thought you wouldn't be able to restore a car without turning it into a full custom. You did a superb job with this car. It really did look beyond repair. Great work!
Pulled off a real miracle on that one. Turned out very nice. I'm really amazed how shiny the pain is without having a clear coat on it. Thumbs up.
--Dave
I'm not sure exactly why . . . but I found this video enthralling from start to glorious finish! Pure restoration poetry. Thank you for posting.
Incredible.... You breathed fresh life into a proper knackered old one. Fantastic resto Rob 👍🏻
Thanks mate
What is "knackered?"
@@CraigCaldwell-ln5zf wrecked, broken etc.
Wow. You really brought this back. Great to see the video as this was one of my very favourite Matchbox cars when I was a boy. Fantastic to know that someone has the knowledge and interest to bring it back to life. Thank you.
What an awesome result, a miraculous transformation from the original condition, well done!!!.
Salvaged from demolition! Great job! 🚗💖👍😁
Thank-you, Sir for sharing the resto. Great job and it really brought me back to better times. Simpler times. 🥋
Thanks for watching Sensei
Well done!!
i am amazed the quality of your work and car.
Now that was a full-on proper restoration. Awesome!!
A beautiful Pontiac Grand Prix. These cars were loaded with luxury and power for the middle-aged guy who refused to grow up.
@ I once had a 1965 Potiac 2+2 convertible. It had a 421cubic inch engine with a 4spd manual transmission. I wish I could post a pic. Have a great day.
It may not be perfect, but its perfect to you . that all that matters . I love it ! Nice job .
Who would dislike something so satisfying
Me
Well done Rob! Once I saw the car split in half, I panicked! However, you undoubtedly pulled it off! Way to go mate!
I nearly cried mate
Excellent restoration looks great
One of my favorites too. Beautiful work!
Brilliant restoration
If I would have even tried such a restoration... the car would be more flat as I don't have that dedication! Marty fixed a "flat" car... so did you! I can't imagine you can ever get mad at something or someone! Such calmness... Well done! I wish youtube would do away with the dislike button!
Yeah I am a laid back person
That came out incredible
Proper Pontiac restoration!!
Awesome job my friend. that was some great craftsman'ship
Nice job. Red is perfect.
What a great restoration well done Rob
Brilliant restoration.....10/10
Saw the initial state of the car, and I thought, "that poor thing is toast." Then I saw the end result and it turned out fantastic! Great job!
Great resto Rob, makes an awesome display car, one of the most popular models in all its guises. It's a transition model running from 1965 to 1971 in its superfast guise of purple at the end.
Well rob that went from junk to a gem.
Well done
All the best.
Wheeler dealer you!!!! Awsome resto job!!!!!
Wow. Unbelievable results. In my opinion it's your best restoration to date.
Mi auto! Así era el matchbox que más quería cuando niño. Que bueno es volver a ver uno de estos restaurado.
👍👍🇨🇱
My car! This was the matchbox that I loved the most as a child. It's good to see one of these restored again.
That is a very nice little car .
This must be one of your best Rob, a great job well done and thanks for sharing this with us
Amazing Job. Well done
You are the miracle worker! Came out great! Love the color!
Very nice save on this one!
That was an awesome job, and I love that despite all the work you had to do to save the body, and this model was saved rather than restored, the base was untouched to maintain a degree of originality.
i was gobsmacked by that good job
I find that sometimes when I'm having airbrush issues such as yours that if I cover the output end of the airbrush with a finger and then push the button down and back at the same time what happens is air bubbles back through the paint pot and this often clears the problem. Brilliant refurb too.
Quite the heavy resto. Pretty neat. Congratz.
You did an amazing job on it I love it 🤩🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍👍
Great work , well done .
Beautiful job
Excellent work
Hands down! You really brought that car back to life! Posca markers ! The best!👍👍👍
Fantastic Work 👍👍👍
Amazing fix on that roof
Well thats what restoration is all about, brilliantly done and the final result looks great.
Great repair Rob, and your favourite so far. Thanks for uploading
Beautiful restoration, I like the way you painted the headlights and grill.
Great job. I suscribed. I´m matchbox collector. Greetings from Buenos Aires
Awesome work very interesting to watch
My first car was a ‘64 GP; quite a blast to drive. Excellent work!
Robs chop shop!, a great restoration. It looked like some kid tried to jam it under a door and failed. Look forward to your next one but I need to check back through your list I think I missed one.
Grand Prix was the answer for the wife who not let you by the GTO. They rode smooth as glass and you could get on it and she lay them down....nice work..
In high school, a friend of mine had a '64 Grand Prix, chicolate metal flake, original hub caps, tan interior, which was factory. Beautiful car! I had a '65 GTO with a 389, six pack with mechanical secondaries!
This car was a challenge but you pulled it off.😁
AWESOME RESTO
That is some powerful caustic soda! At 6:20, not only does the paint slough off of the car pieces, but the entire bottle vaporized, only to reappear.
What a transformation,to how it was,im amazed how it turned out, needed a bit of work,and the marker made it more detailed,a very tidy model car.
Amazing Rob! One of the best restorations. Keep up the great work dude 😁
I left my "open door car" on the train when I was four or five (1967)...just bought one on eBay WITH the box😄
Came out great from what it was.
Bloody nice job
The world's first tiny cut and shut coming right up folks lol 😂😂😂but nice job all the same mate 👍👍👍👍👍
Just Wow... that was not a restoration, that was a resurrection!
It has a tow hitch yea you did brought that tiny car back from how you got it. Thank you for sharing your video I enjoyed watching IT 👍
Glad you kept going with the restoration, rather than giving up, well done. P.S. what I thought was a Pyrex beaker was from Ikea and it fell apart alas I had a door from a Mercury away from a broken shell, don't ask me why and now I have lost it. Must find a better beaker. Caustic soda all over the work bench, extra spare wheel for my Humber and wet clothing and boots.
I hope you didn't burn yourself mate. I use a hot dog jar it's around a foot long
Very nice vidéos restoration 😀
That was quite a project Rob, it turned out great!
Awesome effort.
Yes, best job ever!
Give a new meaning to chop cut and rebuild well done very well done
Very nice job.
Very impressive!
Great job mate, the fix looks awesome. Well done. From personal experience when your airbrush hasn't got a good flow stop and clean it before painting the car because it can sometimes splurge out and ruin the paintjob and you have to strip it all again!
Very relaxing and enjoyable to watch the repairs. Amazing something so small can be restored to such a great level. I'd have liked to have seen the complete roof restoration, mindful it was so badly damaged, but understand your mention of getting the work done and fixing the camera also. I'll be looking at other restorations shortly. Thank you.
Great job, you'd never know how crushed it was to start when you see the end result.
Great Work
An amazing job straightening to body, and putting it back in one piece. Very nice work.
Wow that was a challenge,and you mastered it, im very impressed!!
From what you had to where it is now . I think you've done a perfect restoration on that Pontiac GP. Really nice job 👍
Awesome job!!
Nice! Great job!👍
Enjoyed watching that mate, I’ve got a box of dinky and corgi toys stored in the roof of my house that have been there since I was 14 yo. They were given to me by my sisters boyfriend at the time who was in a motorcycle gang here in Australia 🇦🇺 🇬🇧✊