My 8 yr old and I enjoy watching Diecast repairs and restorations. This morning she asked if we could repair a hot wheel or matchbox, and have our own shop with TH-cam channel :) That Lotus is beautiful and I am sure she would flip over it. Thank you for the chance to win, and for sharing your talent with us.
Seriously going down memory lane with this, as a little kid my next door neighbour had a black one of these permanently parked in his garage and I'd forgotten how cool it was even semi dismantled. Thank you for the great job and the memories
This is a very special car to me - it was the last present I recall my Dad giving me as a kid. No deaths just departed - but as a Dad now I realise what it means to be there for one's kids.
Love your videos. I had dozens of Corgi Cars growing up - Batmobile, Man From Uncle, olds Toronado, Buick Riveria, etc. - and they were all stolen by a mover when my parents bought a new house in 1975. Wining this restored car would kick off collecting again 45 years later!
My 6year old Son and I watch your videos. We have a pretty nice collection of matchbox cars and such. We are going to start restoring some of our old beaters. Great videos. Keep up the good work.
Ironically many say that LOTUS is an acronym for Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious.... certainly was in the case of the respray! Quality work as always Rob. Hats off and fingers crossed for the win!?!?! The black and gold JPS version still beckons me but if I win this is going under lock and key 🔐 😉👍
Congratulations on 30K from the USA! Anyone should be honored to have that in their collection, especially considering the occasion. Another great one done and dusted!
Another great resto sir. I remember having a Corgi Mazda pickup as a kid - fun and rugged. If you feel like shipping that Lotus to Canada, be my guest. :) Keep On Keepin' On!
Love your work. Love your craftsmanship. Just to have a piece that you have redone would be an honor. If not, good luck to the chosen one. Thanks for the great videos. Keep it up.
That turned out excellent the colour is shmick - it looks just like a bought one. The extra detailing gave it just enough bling without going overboard. I would be proud to put your Lotus with my meagre collection. 👍
Reminds me of my first car (1991)..... NO! it wasn't a Lotus! However, whilst working on my first car (an Austin miniMetro) at my Dad's lock up garage with a mate, we discovered that the garage next door was unlocked & in it was a Lotus Elite with the keys in the ignition!!!! After much debate, (after sitting in it) we decided it was best left well alone! I'd love this as a reminder of that!
I love the restoration! The Lotus have always been my favorite super-car, thank you James Bond! One day, the heavens will bless me with a classic English Racing Green Espirit.
Love the larger scale vehicles Sir...the Blue looks great...one of the other restorers is using "sequins" of different colors as lights...they look good...this size car would look nice with them...Its easy to see how your confidence has grown in the past months....
That final paint looks exactly like the original! Also the marbling on the first try looked quite interesting... would be interesting on another vehicle.
WOW!! Another incredible job from Matchbox Garage!! Rob, congrats on 30k subs, that's quite an accomplishment in today's TH-cam. The paint colour was a perfect choice for this model. As I am gathering up the supplies and tools to try these "Resto+"s, I would love to have it as an inspiration piece. Your vids are top notch, and the voice overs are always great. Anyone can see the amount of work and love you have put into this. Fantastic job, as always, keep it up!!
30k congrats. You deserve them all. Lovely Corgi with lotsa cool bits. The paintjob, finally, turned out very nice. Very clean restore and the wheels look great too. Another deluxe ride.
Love the minty freshness of the blue paint. So shiny! Detailing it brings it to a new level of awesomeness. Too bad the windscreen was transparent yellow and not a transparent grey color. 30,000 subs means your doing something right Rob. Cheers!
The Lotus Elise, perfect for time trials on narrow roads with its favorable overseer (at low speeds), and the forgotten Lotus Elite! Thanks for bringing in a rare car, man! :-)
I like a lot of these 1/36 Corgi cars and also body shape of this car. You chose good colours. Those original wheels are just perfect and it isn't easy to find right size and style replacement wheels for this size cars. Happy you took off that trailer hitch. Great job again 😎
I must agree with the other comments, the color of the car was unique, but being a purist in some ways, I would have liked to see the stickers or painted on the bumpers. But it did come out clean and green. Thanks for sharing this video and keep them coming in
I really like this size vehicle for the refurbs... As I am getting older, my eyes are going, so it's more up my alley these larger models. I've been considering doing these and would love to have this as an example.
I had corgi juniors when i was little from the batmobile to mighty trucks... but would like this one especially as you have done ripper paint on it!! 👍
I would love this one. It is among my favourite cars too. Your videos make my day better. You videos are clear and say to understand and you done some amazing recoveries for Restoration I think it was aTaxi that looked beyond repair and you made it look terrific All of them look great
I have the red version of this and liked the tow bar design as unlike other brands, it seemed to stand up better to being played with so whilst not true to life, it did many miles pulling my corgi caravan and being a Lotus it didn't hold the traffic up.
I had two of those when I was kid. one was metallic green and the other was red. I think they're in my parents' garage somewhere now. Would love to see you do more of these Corgi's in that scale.
Brilliant job Rob, the final colour really suits the car! I might have said it before but you're not the only restorer who has had dramas mixing Tamiya solid and metallic colours together, no idea why that is but the results were pretty much the same. Maybe a better idea would be to used a silver base coat with a tinted clear colour over it, worth trying it at some point anyway.
Rob, for starters a big congratulations on 30k subs! I remember when you only had 50 or so subs; It's been a journey. Love to see that you did a larger scale diecast. We don't get to see many restorations of these on youtube. Like everyone I'd love to add this to my collection since the larger scale cars are more my passion. Regardless, keep up the great work. 60k subs is right around the corner!!
Hi Rob,what a awesome restored model,I remember having one of these when I was younger,to win this would take me back to that year,it looks so original it seems brand new.
Looks great mate. It's funny cause the spotty thing happened to me once but I was using acrylics.... I still don't know till this day but it never happened again...
Rob you smashed that out the park, looks mint. Colour looks perfect goes nice with the original deep dish wheels and final little details. Enjoy watching your videos of an evening thanks for keeping me entertained. That one would look fantastic in my small collection on the shelf in my lounge. Keep up the good work.
Yeah the Corgi with the plastic bottoms are a pain in the ass I had a couple problems when I was doing a 143rd scale like that I think it would be a wonderful addition to my collection one wonderful job
I love watching your videos and would love to add one of your restorations to my collection. I recently took a White Triumph Spitfire Die Cast with tan interior and did a complete color change to Red with Black to march my Fathers spitfire. It turned out amazing and he loved it. I also build scale models.
Very beautiful, you had a fighter on your hands but in the end it submitted to you. Good luck to everyone it will make an awesome addition to anyone’s collection. 🔥🤘🏻
Hi Rob, congratulations on the 30K subscribers. Keep up the good work. Once again this model turned out great. Very nice and clean looking Elite. I reckon this one is now prettier than it was on the day it was first unboxed.
Looks awesome, Rob! Reminds me a lot of a similar full-sized Lotus that I nearly bought to restore for myself. I decided to keep my 70's muscle car and restore it, though. It was a rough decision. Lol. Keep up the great work and the great videos!
very clean, the blue-green came out well once you were able to fix it, i like that much better than the silver, and except for the tires it looks almost brand new~
Hi Rob! First of all, great job on the lotus. I’m an aspiring customizer myself with a handful of wheel swaps and one full custom under my belt. I would love and be honored I win this lotus and give it a place of honor in my small but growing collection. Even if I don’t win I just want to encourage you to keep making the awesome videos. I always look forward to watching you and diecast resurrection and I even stop work to watch you guys if I get a notification. 👍🏽
Beautiful old Lotus. I would love to win this one, as I only ever had one Corgi. My dad always gave me Hot Wheels. Not that I ever complained, but I like the larger size of this one.
This came out pretty great. I have one of these models at home in dark blue. It's too bad that you couldn't get the rear tail lights back in some how, either via new vinyl or paint, it looses a little. But like everything else you do, this is wonderful work! I should send you all of my old corgis to do (there are not that many).
The paint did turn out very nice. It's a beautiful car design and I think anyone would be happy to have this car in their collection. 😀 Just one little thing. Have you ever thought of painting the inside of the doors the interior color? Just a thought. 😀
Recently subscribed to you about a month or so ago, didn't know restoring matchbox or mini scale cars was a thing, love the videos sir. Keep it up!!! I'll be watchin!!
Well, after watching the thing, I feel like I would personally prefer the details to be painted in, but no details is definitely better than the stickers. That being said, the rest of it is awesome. The paint is one of those colours which you don't see these days, so well selected. Nice glossy finish too. Nothing to say about the details, you're a master at those. So, in summary, no different from always - brilliant and unique work. You're in a league of your own with this resto+ thing.
Rob. Well done dude. Absolutely nailed it. Could do with number plates and lights, but hey much better than it was.
Thanks Steve. Glad you liked it mate and hope you don't mind me giving it away for my 30k subscribers special.
I don't mind what you do with them buddy, brilliant outcome. Keep up the good work.
My 8 yr old and I enjoy watching Diecast repairs and restorations. This morning she asked if we could repair a hot wheel or matchbox, and have our own shop with TH-cam channel :)
That Lotus is beautiful and I am sure she would flip over it. Thank you for the chance to win, and for sharing your talent with us.
Seriously going down memory lane with this, as a little kid my next door neighbour had a black one of these permanently parked in his garage and I'd forgotten how cool it was even semi dismantled. Thank you for the great job and the memories
This is a very special car to me - it was the last present I recall my Dad giving me as a kid. No deaths just departed - but as a Dad now I realise what it means to be there for one's kids.
I come here to escape the craziness of the world and soothe my mind watching you do your craft like a master.
Thank you!
The Elite was such a cool car. Lovely resto Rob. Noticed you didn't do the black roof either but it looks better without.
Yeah I wasn't a fan of the black roof
Love your videos. I had dozens of Corgi Cars growing up - Batmobile, Man From Uncle, olds Toronado, Buick Riveria, etc. - and they were all stolen by a mover when my parents bought a new house in 1975. Wining this restored car would kick off collecting again 45 years later!
My 6year old Son and I watch your videos. We have a pretty nice collection of matchbox cars and such. We are going to start restoring some of our old beaters.
Great videos. Keep up the good work.
I believe this is one of your best paint jobs, nice gloss, not much orange peel. Love it!!!
Ironically many say that LOTUS is an acronym for Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious.... certainly was in the case of the respray! Quality work as always Rob. Hats off and fingers crossed for the win!?!?! The black and gold JPS version still beckons me but if I win this is going under lock and key 🔐 😉👍
Congratulations on 30K from the USA!
Anyone should be honored to have that in their collection, especially considering the occasion.
Another great one done and dusted!
Another great resto sir. I remember having a Corgi Mazda pickup as a kid - fun and rugged. If you feel like shipping that Lotus to Canada, be my guest. :) Keep On Keepin' On!
The number of vehicles from different manufactures you've done recently...wow! Very, very impressive work.
I've never seen a Lotus in real life nor had a Model of one. Your makeover came out gorgeous, I guess 3 times is a charm.
Love your work. Love your craftsmanship. Just to have a piece that you have redone would be an honor. If not, good luck to the chosen one. Thanks for the great videos. Keep it up.
The Corgi cars were always the coolest cars around. I was lucky to have some. This was a great restoration. Good job Rob.
Dale Robertson Late 70’s and Early 80’s Corgi 1:36 ruled!!
@@def90cars with out a doubt. They had some of the best cars.
That turned out excellent the colour is shmick - it looks just like a bought one. The extra detailing gave it just enough bling without going overboard. I would be proud to put your Lotus with my meagre collection. 👍
Fantastic job. This came out awesome. This would give my room a good pop of color.
Reminds me of my first car (1991)..... NO! it wasn't a Lotus! However, whilst working on my first car (an Austin miniMetro) at my Dad's lock up garage with a mate, we discovered that the garage next door was unlocked & in it was a Lotus Elite with the keys in the ignition!!!! After much debate, (after sitting in it) we decided it was best left well alone! I'd love this as a reminder of that!
It would be amazing to have something so caringly restored/customized. You do amazing work.
I liked it very much. It took me to my childhood when I was very much fond of these car models. Thanks for refreshing my childhood memories
Wow. Magnificent!
I love the restoration! The Lotus have always been my favorite super-car, thank you James Bond! One day, the heavens will bless me with a classic English Racing Green Espirit.
I'm a fan of 1:64-ish scale. I don't have room for the larger models but I can see where larger model=more detail. Thanks for all of the great videos!
i love ur work , and how u explain things to us , it feels ur taking time to expain it all to us and u make it feel personal
I do try to make it is if I am talking to you as an individual not necessarily a whole group of people
I love that casting. The lines are crisp. What you did with it made it outstanding.
Excellent job. 🚗💨
Congratulations on 30,000 plus subs. I would be proud to display any of your restorations on my shelf. Keep up the great work buddy.
This is my favorite car that you have done. Beautiful craftsmanship!
Stunning final finish the model just looks like new and will last a few more years where ever it ends up....well done .....
Good job! Car looks good as new.
Love the larger scale vehicles Sir...the Blue looks great...one of the other restorers is using "sequins" of different colors as lights...they look good...this size car would look nice with them...Its easy to see how your confidence has grown in the past months....
That final paint looks exactly like the original! Also the marbling on the first try looked quite interesting... would be interesting on another vehicle.
WOW!! Another incredible job from Matchbox Garage!! Rob, congrats on 30k subs, that's quite an accomplishment in today's TH-cam. The paint colour was a perfect choice for this model. As I am gathering up the supplies and tools to try these "Resto+"s, I would love to have it as an inspiration piece. Your vids are top notch, and the voice overs are always great. Anyone can see the amount of work and love you have put into this. Fantastic job, as always, keep it up!!
30k congrats. You deserve them all. Lovely Corgi with lotsa cool bits. The paintjob, finally, turned out very nice. Very clean restore and the wheels look great too. Another deluxe ride.
WOW!!!!!! You brought new life into that lotus and I love that color too you do fantastic work.
Super nice! This one takes me back to my childhood. Would have been one of my favorites.
Love the minty freshness of the blue paint. So shiny! Detailing it brings it to a new level of awesomeness. Too bad the windscreen was transparent
yellow and not a transparent grey color. 30,000 subs means your doing something right Rob. Cheers!
The paint finish is really good, a lot of other resto channels tend to have very orange pealey finishes but that looks great!
Tribute to perseverance here. The result looks very eye-catching. Thanks.
The Lotus Elise, perfect for time trials on narrow roads with its favorable overseer (at low speeds), and the forgotten Lotus Elite! Thanks for bringing in a rare car, man! :-)
Perfect paint job and a good restoration overall. I liked the detailing, door handles etc. Thanks for sharing once more
I like a lot of these 1/36 Corgi cars and also body shape of this car.
You chose good colours.
Those original wheels are just perfect and it isn't easy to find right size and style replacement wheels for this size cars.
Happy you took off that trailer hitch.
Great job again 😎
I must agree with the other comments, the color of the car was unique, but being a purist in some ways, I would have liked to see the stickers or painted on the bumpers. But it did come out clean and green. Thanks for sharing this video and keep them coming in
I really like this size vehicle for the refurbs... As I am getting older, my eyes are going, so it's more up my alley these larger models. I've been considering doing these and would love to have this as an example.
As always, the detail is the key. Nailed the colour. Very nice restored job. Your videos Rock. It's always exciting to see your posts.
I had corgi juniors when i was little from the batmobile to mighty trucks... but would like this one especially as you have done ripper paint on it!! 👍
I would love this one. It is among my favourite cars too. Your videos make my day better. You videos are clear and say to understand and you done some amazing recoveries for Restoration I think it was aTaxi that looked beyond repair and you made it look terrific All of them look great
I have the red version of this and liked the tow bar design as unlike other brands, it seemed to stand up better to being played with so whilst not true to life, it did many miles pulling my corgi caravan and being a Lotus it didn't hold the traffic up.
I had two of those when I was kid. one was metallic green and the other was red. I think they're in my parents' garage somewhere now.
Would love to see you do more of these Corgi's in that scale.
I imagine whomever won this is displaying it proudly!!
A beautiful colour choice, looks fantastic with the cleaned up windows.
love the model and the size and the restoration you did. I'd like to display it on my work desk and expose my coworkers to your craft. 😎
This car is one of my favorite rest's you've done. Like the enamel paint job
Brilliant job Rob, the final colour really suits the car! I might have said it before but you're not the only restorer who has had dramas mixing Tamiya solid and metallic colours together, no idea why that is but the results were pretty much the same. Maybe a better idea would be to used a silver base coat with a tinted clear colour over it, worth trying it at some point anyway.
Paint turned out great in the end. But the round lotus badge in the bonnet is usually yellow/green than silver.
Rob, for starters a big congratulations on 30k subs! I remember when you only had 50 or so subs; It's been a journey. Love to see that you did a larger scale diecast. We don't get to see many restorations of these on youtube. Like everyone I'd love to add this to my collection since the larger scale cars are more my passion. Regardless, keep up the great work. 60k subs is right around the corner!!
I liked the stickers. They seemed to be in good condition.
Hi Rob,what a awesome restored model,I remember having one of these when I was younger,to win this would take me back to that year,it looks so original it seems brand new.
I love this shape. Super 70s style. I'd really love this so fingers crossed. Love your work as always.
The car is beautiful!!! Beautiful color!!
Looks great mate. It's funny cause the spotty thing happened to me once but I was using acrylics.... I still don't know till this day but it never happened again...
I had this in the Johnny Player Special edition as a kid. I have got a replacement and still love this car mine as a kid wore out from play
It is the most honorable end for a toy. :)
Never my favorite Lotus, but yours looks great. That color is incredible.
Rob you smashed that out the park, looks mint. Colour looks perfect goes nice with the original deep dish wheels and final little details. Enjoy watching your videos of an evening thanks for keeping me entertained. That one would look fantastic in my small collection on the shelf in my lounge. Keep up the good work.
Yeah the Corgi with the plastic bottoms are a pain in the ass I had a couple problems when I was doing a 143rd scale like that I think it would be a wonderful addition to my collection one wonderful job
I love watching your videos and would love to add one of your restorations to my collection. I recently took a White Triumph Spitfire Die Cast with tan interior and did a complete color change to Red with Black to march my Fathers spitfire. It turned out amazing and he loved it. I also build scale models.
Can see why it was one of your favorites, I have never seen one like it.
I love your technique of fine detail.
The whole car is fantastic!
Beautiful car! The rear of the car resembles an AMC Gremlin. Great paint work!
It looks amazing, your patience and craft are aces
Very beautiful, you had a fighter on your hands but in the end it submitted to you.
Good luck to everyone it will make an awesome addition to anyone’s collection.
🔥🤘🏻
Hi Rob, congratulations on the 30K subscribers. Keep up the good work.
Once again this model turned out great. Very nice and clean looking Elite.
I reckon this one is now prettier than it was on the day it was first unboxed.
Looks awesome, Rob! Reminds me a lot of a similar full-sized Lotus that I nearly bought to restore for myself. I decided to keep my 70's muscle car and restore it, though. It was a rough decision. Lol. Keep up the great work and the great videos!
Congrats on 30K mate, flying along. You'll be catching Marty in no time...!
Having a QTR of the king suits me 😎
I love these 70-80´s corgi , excellent job Rob 🙂👍👍
looks great. I agree head and tail lights would have made a good touch
Really good job.
Perfect paintjob ,looks so glossy
Cleaned up right nice it did, I would lost it and chucked the casting and paints out the window when the second time the paint messed up. lol
very clean, the blue-green came out well once you were able to fix it, i like that much better than the silver, and except for the tires it looks almost brand new~
Hi Rob! First of all, great job on the lotus. I’m an aspiring customizer myself with a handful of wheel swaps and one full custom under my belt. I would love and be honored I win this lotus and give it a place of honor in my small but growing collection.
Even if I don’t win I just want to encourage you to keep making the awesome videos. I always look forward to watching you and diecast resurrection and I even stop work to watch you guys if I get a notification. 👍🏽
Nicely done, I like the final color, the lights being blacked out looks good overall all I'd change would be I'd do the black top again
Beautiful old Lotus. I would love to win this one, as I only ever had one Corgi. My dad always gave me Hot Wheels. Not that I ever complained, but I like the larger size of this one.
I've never seen a Lotus like that!!! Awesome resto
Love the color. And the extra details really set it off. Great job!
This came out pretty great. I have one of these models at home in dark blue. It's too bad that you couldn't get the rear tail lights back in some how, either via new vinyl or paint, it looses a little. But like everything else you do, this is wonderful work! I should send you all of my old corgis to do (there are not that many).
Loved the tires and rims when I first saw them. The color on the finished car is really nice.
Great work!
I had one as a child back in the 70s.
I think it was red.
Wow! Incredible restoration. Thanks for posting
One of my favourite cars, after the Esprit, and Lambo Miura. 👍
Love this and how much your cars have come on since the start ! I'd love to have it next to my shelf of half finished projects to spur me on !
That green is perfect for this model. What a nifty ride! 🚜🛵🚙🛣🤠
Kevin Noel Olson Looks like Testors Turquoise Metallic
The paint did turn out very nice. It's a beautiful car design and I think anyone would be happy to have this car in their collection. 😀 Just one little thing. Have you ever thought of painting the inside of the doors the interior color? Just a thought. 😀
I keep forgetting to do it 😆
Recently subscribed to you about a month or so ago, didn't know restoring matchbox or mini scale cars was a thing, love the videos sir. Keep it up!!! I'll be watchin!!
OMG remember having one like that as a child. Love the color, but a pity you left the rear lights out.
Well done 👍🏼
Great restoration of the Lotus Rob, well done!....Bill
I would love to win this car, a one of a kind prize released the year I was born and recently restored.A beautiful job!
Brilliant !!! Only found your channel a few weeks back but already hooked. Fine work.
Good luck everybody
Well, after watching the thing, I feel like I would personally prefer the details to be painted in, but no details is definitely better than the stickers. That being said, the rest of it is awesome. The paint is one of those colours which you don't see these days, so well selected. Nice glossy finish too. Nothing to say about the details, you're a master at those. So, in summary, no different from always - brilliant and unique work. You're in a league of your own with this resto+ thing.
Love the model, color, wheels, size and yellow windows!