1953 Tonka COE Tow Truck Restoration Metalcraft
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ต.ค. 2020
- I purchased this 1953 Tonka COE (Cab Over Engine) Tow Truck off eBay September of 2020. I had been looking for one of these for awhile and finally found one in the perfect shape for a restoration. Overall it was in great shape and only missing the chain. The crank mechanism was broken and someone had soldered some parts onto it. Otherwise, the truck had it's normal dents and dings. Overall a great little restoration project of an original MetalCraft Tonka Toy.
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Total Restoration Cost:
Purchase Price $227.90 (eBay)
Box Decal $8.00 (TK-016 www.gasolinealleytoys.com/)
Door Decal $5.00 (TK-001A www.gasolinealleytoys.com/)
Boom Parts $12.00 (TKP-063 www.gasolinealleytoys.com/)
Black Handle $.58 (TKP-148B www.gasolinealleytoys.com/)
Tow Chain $8.00 (TKP-036 www.gasolinealleytoys.com/)
Blue Powder $24.62 (Super Durable Wet Black powderbuythepound.com)
Red Powder $20.05 (Red Barron powderbuythepound.com)
Silver Powder $21.86 (Bonded & Extruded Chrome powderbuythepound.com)
Powder Primer $17.59 (KL Primer powderbuythepound.com)
Brass Tubes $12.00 (Local Hardware Store)
Total Restoration Cost: $357.60
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The sheep make me so happy at the beginning of each video. So excited to see another restoration! I want to give it a try to give my kids some sturdy toys that aren’t plastic.
A new row truck especially for towing your older vehicles! Fantastic! Love the curious cat at the end.
Thanks for watching! I'm excited to use this one in the next video! Beaker (My kittens name) is a world class inspector, this one passed, lets hope I get this lucky next time.
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@@ChipChannelRestorations Does the Kitten give it the old Catscan?
As I see your Collection grow, I realized; I watched just about everyone get made over!
Thank you again for sharing your adventures!
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Great job as usual. Love how you brought the rims to a mirror finish. Attention to details like that take your restorations to a different level than most other restorations on TH-cam. Your collection is amazing.
They're SO beautiful when you breathe all that new life into them!
Beautiful job on the wheels. And those black plugs on the shafts, instead of the crimping, is a clever fix. Thanks for sharing your work. Surprised a three eyed sheep hasn't appeared yet. You know, the lead paint and all.
So many of us kids had these and they were given away stored carelessly or left outdoors.My stuff was taken care of. Years ago in the 50s my mom bought me a beautiful Walgreens semi .It was white with dark blue stripes and I had it for years until it was given away. I really enjoy seeing these restorations.
It's good to see how much pride you put into each one you do.. It's a rare thing in the world today.. Excellent work my friend.. Thank You..
Toys always look brand-spankin' new by the time you're done!
I wonder how the guy putting that toy together for the first time would have felt to know that 67 years later it would still be around, in decent shape, and being restored for another lifetime.
That's a great thought....I imagine he or she would react with great surprise at the incredible restoration and the cost/value increase of such an otherwise insignificant object over the years.
Some Person . Well I was born in the same year, and it makes me want to buy one for myself.
More likely a woman.
I don't know 😕 I'd say possibly like the Guy on an Automobile Assembly Line seeing Cars He'd built in the 1960s being restored..
I love how you brought it in with the white "ambulance".😊
The work is hard , but when you look at the clean car I think it's a lot of fun.
Excellent job, Chip. A 67 year old truck is brand new again, thanks to you.
Always a pleasure to watch your restoration on Sunday, thanks for sharing and see you next Sunday 😉👍
And right at the end, the supervisor gives your work the once over to make sure it’s good to release to the public... LOL!
It's not 🚫 the first 🥇 time I ever get to see, a toy tow truck 🚒 get restored.
Adoro ver o capricho e cuidado com que são realizados seus trabalhos. O resultado é sempre muito satisfatório. Meus cumprimentos, do Brasil!👍🇧🇷
Challenge for you!
I love watching you restore these old 50s metal toys. Especially how you get the bumpers and wheel hubs to shine like mirrors... but can you get the entire toy to shine like a mirror???
You could always paint it once you've done the challenge.
Hey Chip
She is a thing of Beauty
Everything pops on her
Absolutely one of my Favourites
Take care🙂
The shine on those wheels makes them look like the old deep dish mag wheels. Great job!
You know it's hard to believe how far Tonka has come. They actually started out making gardening tools during WWII, and in 1946 there was a bunch of surplus sheet steel leftover, so they came up with the idea of making kids toys (a steam shovel and crane at first) using the surplus 20 gauge steel. They were originally Mound Metalcraft, but came up with the name Tonka from their location in Minnetonka, MN. the name Tonka didn't officially change until 1955 when they found the toys were more popular and took over the factory. Pretty cool.
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@@stashyboy1 You're partly right, it is on wikipedia but I actually got that info from Toy Collectors price guide.
These 50s trucks have such a flare I love them
They really are pretty cool! So simple, yet such a higher quality than today's toys.
...and 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑟!
More vintage the more i love it!!
What a cheerfull little breakdown COE. You got me hooked
That little truck is so cute
Beautiful restoration. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much!
Love to see your restoration on a real COE seeing that you are pretty much a COE Specialist! Keep 'em comin'!👊
You do Absolutely fantastic work.I'm very inspired by you to do the same for myself I hope one day.I grew up fully same toys it's amazing to see these tonkas restored.
I'm very much appreciate all of the very of the detailed listings of everything you do and the products you use. I find that even more inspiring.
Your video productions are excellent and super enjoyable. Please keep them coming. Thank you John M
Adorable little tow truck
Would love to see you do a “hot rod” style vehicle! I absolutely love watching your restorations!
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Crikey, I’m not going to live long enough to see all your cars/trucks restored!
Beautiful, just beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
You videos are very relaxing to watch. They always bring me back to a time when life was quite a bit more simple. As shown in the toys that you so painstaking
Repair and refurbish.
Thank you for your hard work and dedication and for creating content like this.
Absolutely Gorgeous. Love the blue color and those chrome wheels are sweet.
It turned out a beautiful truck. Great job. The colors are perfect..
I like the little bug just vibing in the background occasionally
Another great restoration. Love it.
One of these days we’re going to see a tumbleweed blowing across the opening video of the scrapyard. 😂
Cat scan done! This turned out so very nicely that it has a triple A grading. I love the shine on that paint, in fact we caught a wee glimpse of the restorer in one of the views. You have to have insurance on that collection for sure now. Are we going to see the green coupe getting a face lift on the next video? Always amazing and always surprising. I love the way the wheels turned out.
Thanks for the great work on restoring history.
Another fine job, though... I'm kind of interested in that US mail van I saw thee in your pile-up at the start.
Oh, that's purty!!!!👍
This truck look really cool, it's funny you have as many project vehicles as restored vehicles
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You have a very impressive collection of old toy vehicles and I love this little truck
Best part of the video... shining up those wheel rims.
I have never seen that model new but I would be willing to bet good money that with what you have done to this one makes it better than new! That Green Car at the end looks like a Chrysler Air Flow.
That is my guess for the green car.
Beautiful truck when it's no longer knackered , awesome job. PS the cat is cute too 😆
As always, a really nice restoration. Ready to display, or just play.
I see you had a little supervisor show up. :D
Yup, she is a very picky inspector! Thanks for watching!
I wish kids still played with these kinds of toys instead of them being hermetically sealed in some collectors’ cases. These kinds of toys used to bring a ton of joy to the kids who first owned them. Now all today’s kids want are cellphones, iPads, Nintendo switches, and the latest electronic gaming systems, that don’t even last anywhere near as long as these gorgeous old toys. They don’t know the joy of having to use your imagination to play with a sturdy, shiny new, metal truck that certainly lasts longer that any of today’s crappy electronics.
The wheels turned out great!!
Brilliant. Just keeps getting better.
Another great video!
Thanks again!
@@ChipChannelRestorations awsome work
Holy grail. As a kid open toy wreck it not knowing. If I could go back
Cute little truck 👌
Old toys are just the best...nicely done as usual.
Box fresh!👍
Nice job, love to see old toys come back to life. Keep those videos coming. Love your work!!!
Turned out awesome!
Beautiful, especially those hub caps 😸👌🏾
LOVE IT !! COOL !!
Very nice. Super cute tow truck.
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Number 1: I love your marble cat!
The beluga whale front of this tower is devine. It screams "I am a big, brawny beast that can handle anything!" You made it a work of art! Your hard work on the rims and tires really set this off! Red color for some reason was the one that used lead to bring out the brightness. So just beware of that fact.
Weird how in the 50s they were still using lead paint on these toys while most of the toys you restored that came from the 30s did not.
Thanks for watching! I'm not entirely sure if it has to do with color pigments or why the lead paint on some and not on others.
America didn't ban lead paint until the '70's
Really bright colors like bright white, yellow and very bright red used lead to make the colors so bright. These days they use titanium dioxide to make the colors bright but in those days it was lead. A few years ago there was a scandal where children’s painted toys from China had lead in the bright colors because it’s cheaper. To be clear it isn’t only those colors that had lead but those more commonly had lead.
Fantastic Restorations be nice to here you talk us though them I’ve watched most of them now my wife loves watching them too
That was cool!
Grew up on Tonka. I enjoy the videos. like the toy wrecker yard
Me: There's now way he's going to get THAT axle straight...
A few moments later - he gets axle straight
Me: Swallows words (with an added dash of mayo) and hangs head in shame...
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I 💘 the Rollback can't wait till you do it.
How cute is that small blue car..🤗♥️🚙🚒🚜🛺
The green car should be your next restoration A'
You could use some beeswax on the wooden pully to keep it from drying out and pitting? Well done!
Another great restoration.
Great work with weels!
The tow truck is so cute 😍😍😍😍😍.
Another excellent restoration.
I love the sandblasting part. It's very relaxing.
Great restoration as always!
Nothing but top notch phenomenal work.
Nice job on the wheels and tires!
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I'm the same age as that adorable lil Tonka, and could *really* use a restore like this myself from @Chip Channel Restorations. Another gorgeous job, Chip.
I am waiting when the restoration of this Wyadonte green Chrysler Airflow will be :P
There is a car in an antique store near me that is just begging to be restored. It is a 1920's-30's convertible, with a figurine of a driver in it. The seats are painted in plaid designs.
Excellent!
Very beautiful truck !!! Congratulations, this channel is so much fun, nostalgic and exciting !!! A true journey in the time machine ...
Beautiful work all the way around 👍 them wheels though , just a really outstanding job 😀
As always you do amazing work!
Looks great
Excelente restauración. Felicitaciones. Me gustaría de ser posible un vídeo en el que aparezcan los que tenes para restaurar en un futuro. Veo que tenes una gran colección. Saludos de Uruguay.
¡Gracias por ver! ¡Agradezco mucho tu apoyo!
Amazing!
Fantastic 👏👏👏
Great job nicely done.
The citristrip is great stuff!!
OK this is the 2nd video now that I feel cheated. The sandblasting is my favourite part!! I like it better when you show the whole thing being sandblasted it's what calms me
As usual, it is a beautiful restoration. Once again you have shown what a professional you are.
You have discipline, because I would not be able to restore that truck without airbrushing flames down the sides. :)
A beauty!!
Would love to see the flatbed restored