Matchbox 22c Pontiac G.P. Sports Coupé - Full Restoration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- Fifth episode of the Matchbox Restoration series.
22c Pontiac G.P. Sports Coupé
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enjoyed your viddy. thanks for intro the fibre pen - that's easier then electro plating I guess. maybe a bit more thinner or something to glass out the paint. you are a doer and that is a blessing to us all.
RammYou2 Thanks! 😉
I enjoy watching you learn the process of these restorations. You’re very gracious about asking and taking advice from different followers. I look forward to more videos as your hobby and channel grow.
Thanks, Chris. This post means a lot to me as I'm currently struggling a bit with my paint finish (as I did on this model). I hope everyone keeps giving me some constructive feedback so I can improve my restorations. Thanks again, this gave me some motivation to tackle the issues I'm having.
One of my very favourite Matchbox cars when I was growing up. Great to see it here just as I remember it.
Cool! It is a great looking casting!
Flippn awesome! Your the first person that I know of to show how to make the axle tool! Thank you!!!
Haha, you're welcome! :) I don't know if everyone is making the tool this way, but this was the best thing I could think of. Have a nice day!
@@MatchboxRestoration I saved this vidio and I appreciate it. A treat to anyone restoring or customising 1/64 scale. Final someone shares the secret! Thank you once again!
Nice job! It looks like the real deal. I have a few of these from one that needs a resto, to one that is mint in the box. It's a great casting.
Cool! I have only a handful of models that are in good condition. I leave them as they are. 😇
Great restoration mate. One of my favourite matchbox cars.
Thanks, Brian!
I'd like to add that I'm starting out and can't paint well at all yet so I just keep stripping off and playing with nail polish and poster paints. Hahahhaha. Looks like the "before" picture. Thanks again, Paul
Beautiful job...I have a lot of these in bad shape that I cannot wait to restore 😊👍👍👍
Cool! Can’t wait to see them!
@@MatchboxRestoration I am going to start on one this evening hopefully 😁
#5 in the books and a nice job as well. Kudos to you.
I see some orange peel though. A good polishing before the clear coat would give it that finer appearance.
Thanks, Scott! 😊
Yes, I see what you mean. I’m going to look into this. I noticed it too while filming the finished result. Thanks for the heads up!
@@MatchboxRestoration Yes, I noticed the orange peel as well. Not bad but it is noticeable because the rest of your restoration is so good. But it's all part of learning.
Just a note that you may actually be able to address. The small tab forward of the dash board is actually the "front suspension". Properly and gently bent downward and the front end will sit a skosh higher than it does now. This is how Lesney first envishioned the car as most full sized sedans did sit slightly nose high. The rear also has a small bit of suspension however the rear trailer hook pinched between the body and base plate do not allow for much movement.
Ive considered glueing a small spring between the hood and front interior tab to keep the "suspension" pliable. Something to consider.
This is one of my grail old time matchbox cars. I have one that was crushed when I found it. I keep it to use in a junkyard dio.
As usual your job is on point. Nice work!
Thanks for this great advice! A lot of details like this are overlooked because I’m just starting out. Every advice I get is very valuable to me. Thank you for taking the time to write this down!
@@MatchboxRestoration glad I can be of help. I just noticed this by taking apart the S n S Ambulance. I noticed the tab watching your video.
Some of the original Lesneys actually have separate plastic springs such as the Rolls Royce Silver Cloud. Those tend to snap from being brittle.
Anyhow...keep up the great work!
I am enjoying seeing how your techniques and tools are getting better and better.
Thanks! I know there are still things that need improvement, but I figured it only gets better by practicing and the advice I get here. :)
Marty's wife's toothbrush gets around a bit.
As long as it's just the toothbrush, I don't think he'll mind! LOL!
Costs us all a fortune on shipping costs, but worth it! :D
No... That must be Marty's toothbrush. His wife's is pink and white!! I hope she got a years supply for Xmas.... She hasn't been able to brush her teeth for months.
Well, as long as you’ll keep it clean.
Yeah, it's more popular than Chuck Norris
Good job.Improving all the time.
That’s my goal! Thanks 😊
Something surprising about this old casting:
The panel gaps on the doors are very narrow and precise all around, the suspension is truly scale for this car.
ziet er weer prachtig uit hoor ga zo door de beste wensen voor 2019 en dat we nog veel van je werk mogen zien
Dank je! Ook voor jou de beste wensen!
I am glad to see the clean wheels with the rough tread. The contrast gives it a more "real" appearance. Please keep the videos coming, they're really nicely done!
I hope it passes the MOT 😂 Thanks for the kind words!
Another good job slightly spoiled by the paint finish, but seeing all the helpful comments below, I'm sure that you will take them onboard.
I will 😉
That's a great pick for Resto, but then again I'm impartial to opening doors. Looks awesome. I would go lighter with paint coats, but bro, it's great for what it was
Thanks for the advice on the paint job. I’ll look into it and do better next time! 😉
@@MatchboxRestoration sometimes it's easier to thin the paint a little and put extra coat on; save you a lot of time, so you shouldn't have to sand between coats either. Hope it helped.
I might also add that you don't strive for "better-than-new-look" on the restauration.
Beautifully executed, sir.
Paint could definitely have benefited form some sanding but what I would have really liked to have seen is some new wider superfast alloy wheels to make it a proper muscle car.
I like to keep these in “regular wheel” condition, that’s just a personal choice. I’m looking into the paint finish. It does need some extra attention.
Great video but that paint job turned out pretty rough. Definitely needs a good wetsand to smooth it out. Orange peel all over. Thanks for the new video. It was well done.
Yes, I hear a lot of people mentioning it. I’ll look into it and try to do better next time!
The video is good. The shots are sharp and the music has a good level. I am not going to say anything on the paint job. It is all a learning process I guess.
Another nice restoration. I used to own one of those, the actual car not the Matchbox. Although I owned the Matchbox as well. And now it seems I do again. I just bought one of these yesterday and will restore it . . . if it can find me!
Thanks! :) Looking forward to your version of this model.
Hey you fellas, one question for you (both): I know it's restoring and not changing, but have you ever consider changing the wheels for a *slightly* newer ones? I keep seeing nice models like this one and they look hot.. until you look at the wheels, I mean, not the Matchbox Superfast wheels, but a little bigger ones... (I'm gonna go asking the same in Marty's Hot Beverages Pub now😊)
@@micuentaparaforosycosas3484 I have a project that I want to do just that. It will be down the road a bit.
@@TimeRider Thanks for your kind answer TR, will be waiting the vid! 👍👀
Mi cuenta para foros y cosas I don’t know if they even fit... 😳
I love the original as well as the new (2022?) casting of this car.
Happy to see a new channel that restores Matchboxes like they're supposed to be restored. Top work. Keep 'em coming!
Groeten uit Tollembeek.
Thanks Roderik! Everyone does it their way. Glad you like it!
Lovely work. Can I suggest a simple fixture to cut your screws safely. Get a thin piece of metal 2.5mm to 3mm drill a d tap it to suit your screws. Screw in the screw into the plate tightly. Now you can safely grind down or cut the screw to size. When you unscrew it from the fixture it should remove any light burrs. 😎👍
Great advice! Thank you! 😉👍
I love how careful you are. You did a great job!❤
Thanks! 😊
Very nice job. You’re striving to improve and it shows. 👍
Thanks! Exactly what I’m trying to do. It takes practice to improve. The advice I get here is very valuable!
This was one of my favorites when I was younger, nice job!
Wow!...those hubs came out great! Way to go Santa! That's a really neat casting...love the front detail.
Thanks! I didn’t know if I should leave the middle part of the grille untouched or not. But it turned out nice. Santa is the best 🎅🏻
I’m thinking the same. Do whatever you want with them. I like to have a certain idea and go for it. Everyone has their on view on it.
Nice Pontiac!!!
Thanks, Sean!
That's a great job! I've restore one of those myself, but mine was in a much rougher shape. It had no windows, no doors and both front posts were cracked. I made new doors and windows for it and changed the color to metallic red, the color I had avaliable at the time. I'll soon make a video showing it along with some other diecast cars I've either restored or customized.
Sounds like a real challenging restoration! Looking forward to it!
@@MatchboxRestorationit was, but somehow I've managed to ressurect it!
Used to actually own this real car. Fun restore. Great job.
Must have been nice to drive in! Thanks for the kind words!
Great work! You & Marty are the best!
Great Job! Paint looks a bit rough...but overall I would score this one a B+
Thanks! I’m working in getting the paint job in better condition. Thanks for the feedback 😉
I am sorry but the paint doesn't look fine to me.....🙁
I agree... A wet sand before the clear and another after the clear followed up with a polish would have been great.
You’re both right. I honestly didn’t notice it until people started commenting about it. I got some work to do to improve 😇
Maybe in addition to something negative to say, you can add a suggestion that can help him.
@@chickapey Yeah you're right
The orange peel look... Maybe it's the airbrush setting?
When i first started painting diecast cars, I used to get paint result like this - rough surfaces even after clear. I was spraying too thin coats and from too far; the paint particles were half dry before they reach the surface. Now I make every coat a wet coat. Meaning the car must look like it is completely wet. This solved my surface issues and the cars shiny and reflect light amazing now.
Thanks Arvin! Great advice!
Well done.
Thank you, Dean!
Great work on the drill press for the axels; would have put more primer into the paint to thin the coat out, came out looking to thick; perhaps a clear coat would even that out. Good job overall.
Pontiac looks awesome.
It does! I'm happy with the result :)
What a difference! Great job.
Thanks man!
Nice Job
Thanks 😉
That came out nice 🙂
Thanks Jennifer!
Matchbox Restoration You’re welcome sweetie
Sweet resto.. ;)
Thank you!
If you paint your doors laying down The colour Will not be exact because your car is level and your doors are laying down you’re shooting your paint downward and you are painting your car level The paint direction won’t be the same I hope this makes sense as gravity will pull your paint different ways that’s why a painter painting cars doors standing up instead of laying down I hope this makes sense good luck in the future you are doing an amazing job and I love your videos
Thanks for the advice. Makes total sense. I’ll look into it!
Nice restauration, the result is beautiful👌
Peace ✌️
Thanks! :)
I've been enjoying watching these restoration videos
Nice to hear, Jason! More coming up soon 😇
Excellent restoration, well done.
Thank you, Steven!
Looks good!! Like someone else said a bit of orange peel. Wet sand it and hit it with clear.
Thanks, Martin! I will look into that!
Great work bro
Thanks 👍😎
Love your vids. You and Marty's matchbox makeovers are my favorite channels. Keep up the awesome work
Wow, Thanks for the kind words! Stay tuned for more 😉
Super! Looks great.
Thanks, Jeff!
Was the roof of the car white? If not it sure would look goo with it. You are doing a fantastic job. Keep up the great work.
It looks like it was repainted in some different colors before I bought it. Thanks!
Well done! It looks awesome!
Thank you!
A lot of people saying the paint needs sanding, and you could improve it that way, but I think the problem was with the spraying and that's what you need to practice. If the paint is too thick or sprayed from too great a distance, the droplets will be almost dry by the time they hit the car and won't form a smooth layer (the orange peel effect that people are talking about is often more of a chemical problem).
Valid point, Rob! I’m currently looking into this. I hope to prevent it from happening in the first place. There’s also a better compressor in the mail so I can regulate a steadier (and stronger) airflow. Thanks for the advice!
Glad to see Father Christmas brought you a drill press. Good to see how you adapted the bolt heads to use to form the axles domed heads. Don't think I've seen this casting before. Looking forward forward to your next vid...have a happy New Year.
I’ve been good and he knew it 🎅🏻 I’ll keep the videos coming 😉 Best wishes for you too!
echt leuke video..ga door..
Bedankt Maarten!
Looks good. You might want to give the body a light sanding before you paint, and you could polish it as well. Then after the paint has cured, give it another polishing. You can also polish it after the clear coat has fully cured, too. That'll get rid of the orange peel and rough looking texture. Still, it looks much better than what you started with!
Thanks! I’ll take this good advice to my next restorations!
Nice job,,,Enjoying seeing and learning from your work,,I'm using rattle cans but would luv to progress onto airbrushing,,,Thanx for a great vid,have an Awesome day,,,
Thanks :) I'm still learning new things every time I restore one of these models. I'm still new to airbrush myself and a couple of people here give me great advice. Have a nice day too :)
Matchbox Restoration ,,,Cheers,there's some great channels on TH-cam,,,see your from S/A there's a local chap who has a S/A Can/Am here in UK it's called a Firenza/Magnum with a slant 4 engine,,,I had the 1.8 litre model circa 1974 but see you guys had the V8's,,,,all good stuff,,,
I cant wait until my airbrush comes in
Very nice! I'm impressed with your work.
Thanks Aaron!
Awesome. I just received one of these but the roof is caved in ☹️. Maybe I can fix it
Always hard to modify big dents in these castings. I broke off some parts already while trying to get them back into shape.
I got some decent results by gently heating the part I wanted to bend with a lighter.
Wow ,I had one!!
The model or the real car?
@@MatchboxRestoration The Model.The Real one was a 74!
Great result and I love that deep red colour. Congrats on the drill press, being good all year was worth it in the end! lol
Shame about the full price Christmas lunch though!
Thanks Pete! Christmas dinner was still good 😇 I’ll be good in 2019 as well 😁
The car came out looking a lot better than it did, but the paint job could have been smoother. It had just a bit more pitting than I like to see.
Thanks! I’m looking into improving the finish of the paint job. I learned a lot from this mistake 😇
Thank you for sharing, excellent restoration, take care as always from South Africa
Love the new drill press too. Happy new year to you and your family xx
Thanks, Val! I'm very happy with the drill press :) Best wishes for you and your family too! :)
Thank you, you are most welcome.....love watching your videos.....where are you based?
By the way, what type of drill press did you get? Please show us what it looks like, hubby really wants one too, it’s nearly his birthday
It’s a Einhell bt-bd 401. You can check the drill press in a video I posted on the community tab on my TH-cam channel. Happy holidays!
Matchbox Restoration thank you so much. Found it 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks lovely job 👍
My grandpa owns a real rambler ambassador 1969 and they are pretty similar at least compared to this miniature model
Awesome, must be a cool car to drive in!
Nice restoration 👍
Thank you, Jerry!
We need LESNEY (as a brand for die-cast cars) back.
What was that pen. I think you said a fiber pen. I havnt heard of such a thing what is that?
You find it if you look for "fibre pen". It's typically used to clean electric contacts, but works for this purpose too.
fiberglass scratch brush
No hammer! Yesssss
Don’t you miss the excitement? 😁
QUESTION:When air brushing aren't you supposed to keep the tool more horizontal?
I do think that’s a better practice than what I’m doing. This is my fifth/sixth restoration so I’m still learning something new every day.
Still a good job
Nice video! Subscribed!
Thanks!
Great video thanks. Happy. Holidays looks great :-)
Depends what you were going for here, I would have spent some time on the casting, sanding smooth, this would have given you a better paint job. But if the factory were happy with it perhaps so were you.
👍👍👍
Thank you, Alfredo! 😊
Would have done some wet sand and polish paint looks too grainy. But car looks decent
Yes, I’m looking into it now. I’ll try to avoid the grainy look in the first place 😅
Beautiful casting... American Muscle Car 👍
I like the colour but the surface seems to have suffered somewhere during the process 😣
I’m looking into the finish. I hope to do better next time! 😅
Your drill press and axle flange reformation is wonderful. You used drilled out screws for this?
Thanks, I'm pretty happy with the result too! Yes, I used drilled out bolts with large heads for easy of use.
@@MatchboxRestoration Ah, got it. I like the larger size of bolt heads for this purpose.
I like this and wish I could do same or better. New Hot Wheels have very glassy paint jobs. How to do so fine??? Also a Pontiac in Ferrari red kind of grates me. I need that on my Matchbox Ferrari not on Pontiac! Silvery light blue would be better. I had a GTO Pontiac 1966 that color. Thanks again from Thailand
Je maakt leuke video's, maar je kan beter zie shot 11.54 nog even wat blanke lak, en polijsten, komt ie 10x beter uit de verf. ( dit is opbouwende kritiek hoor) Keep up the good work. beste wensen voor 2019
Dank je! Je hebt gelijk hoor. Er zijn nog zaken die wat extra aandacht nodig hebben. Bedankt voor het advies! Ook voor jou m'n beste wensen! :)
What kind of pen did you use? "Fiber" Pen?
It’s a “fibre pen” which is used to clean electronic contacts. A couple of people told me it’s too abrassive, though...
I did also a Matchbox Restoration video but randomly in just 30 minutes, it is my first video. but yours looks really professional! Nice :-)
great job!
what's this fiber pen you use....please tell us more!
I was wondering too..and is it a "fiber" pen or a "filer" pen?
It's called a "Fibre Pen" or "Fibre-tip Pen". Just make sure you clean the model afterwards because the pen leaves a lot of small particles in the small corners.
@@myavo i think it's a Fiberglass Abrasive Cleaning Pencil
I see it has a tow hook. Does anyone know what trailer it came with? A speed boat perhaps, or maybe a camper (caravan).
It didn't come with any trailer. Some models just have the tow hook to use seperate trailers with.
You should try self tapping screws and wet sanding
Try thinning the paint a bit more and turning up the airbrush pressure up a bit.
Thanks for the advice! Much appreciated! 😊
I am a new subscriber to your channel and I find your presentation and your work very professional!
What was the tool and brand you were polishing the windshield with?
The tool is a Dremel polishing wheel, the liquid was Pledge Floor Polish. 😉
Good..
Thanks! 😉
Your welcome..😉
Marty Matchbox give him some credit
He was my inspiration to start this, contacted him and got started myself! Check my first video and the reference to him when paint stripping the model ;-)
Très bien. Les autres t'on parlé de la pelure d'orange, alors, j'en dis pas plus. Ton enclume pourra surement te servir si tu doit redresser un toit qui a été écrasé. Ta drill press, c'en est une que tu mets sur l'établis, ou une "pleine grandeur"?
Merci! Je vais essayer d’ameliorer la prochaine restoration. Le drill press est un Einhell bt-bd 401 😉
The Pontiac looks to be 1966 by tail lights I had one.
Must have been an amazing car to drive in :)
I had a mustard yellow one really nice color
It currently was s good runner had a 362 v8
You just need to improve you paintings, with better polishings, to make that metal shine!
Greetings from Brasil !!!
I think you should use an electropolish setup for removing oxidation and rust, look at baremetalhw videos for instructions, he also has a zink plating tutorial but you generally don't need that for matchbox.
I also saw this video, the guy uses a sonic cleaner to clean up the parts but most importantly restore the paint to it's original tint for color matching.
th-cam.com/video/AwdclmMffbY/w-d-xo.html
I’ll look into that. 😇 Thanks for te good advice!
your putting the paint on to dry try a little bit heavier of a coat practice makes perfect
I’ll try to do better next time. Thanks for the advice, Perry.
What is a fiber pen?
It’s a “fibre pen” which is used to clean electronic contacts. A couple of people told me it’s too abrassive, though...
it looks good, but you have some major orange peel going on. try wet sanding and polishing it out
I’m currently looking into the orange peeling, James. It didn’t got my attention until some people mentioned it here in the comment section. I hope to do better next time. I’ve found a couple tips and tricks to avoid it. 🍊
You know how hw has the treasure hunts and the supers does
Matchbox have anything like that I should be looking for? I’m fairly new to collecting and restorations
I don’t know what you are asking for, Timothy?
Dude stop drilling into your hand by putting the car in the vice , the cloth will protect the paint