This toy is almost 90 years old and looks as if it had been buried in someone"s garage for many years. You have done a brilliant job to restore the vehicle to such a high standard. Congratulations! I Take My Hat Off to You - and a Thumbs Up from me!
Thanks, Think I was lucky with the tabs, But after sandblasting the metal was quite solid but pitted, these old toys were made with quite a thick gauge metal.
The rattle can finish, which I am NOT a fan of for these projects came out fantastic! Interesting model I've never seen before, great video man! Sign me up
Thanks for the sign up, unfortunately I only have a small workshop wouldn’t have room for powder coat set up as much as I would like one, maybe need to extend the workshop, but for now it’ll have to be the rattle can. Cheers
Your Bedford was made around 1938/9. This was the year that those wheels and tyres came out. There was only 100 sets made of 3” and 31/2 as on your tow truck. You are lucky in that they are in excellent condition normally the wheels rot out. I have a 1938/9 Bedford Tipper truck with the same wheels and tyres. Normally they are 2 discs with a thin rubber between them that were still used until 1957. They were red but if you was lucky you could get pale blue which were very rare.
Thanks for the comment . Always appreciate a bit more information on any projects, with regards to the wheels they were in great condition after cleaning. Cheers Rich
Thanks, I wanted to keep the restoration to the original paint job, However the cog and winding shaft were also painted red on the originals but I decided against this as I think they looked better silver.
Sure they did a moon buggy and some other smaller vehicles with friction drive unit in the 1970s, these were made in Japan and had a different look to the Tonka toys we all know, they were also smaller .
Anybody know a good restorer in Lancashire, have the same truck with a flat bed/ pickup ? Its all there and tyres are good but like this one on the video needs full pait job???
What a transformation! Guarantee it had lots of play, thanks for sharing your expertise. 👍🏼👍🏼
My pleasure, it was a enjoyable project 👍🏻
This toy is almost 90 years old and looks as if it had been buried in someone"s garage for many years. You have done a brilliant job to restore the vehicle to such a high standard. Congratulations! I Take My Hat Off to You - and a Thumbs Up from me!
Thanks for thumb up and kind words
Yes it was neglected old thing but was happy how it turned out.
What a wonderful job! She’s beautiful again!
Thanks for your comment, I’m happy with the result.
Love the red color and the attention to detail shown by a good restorer.cant wait to see other restoration😊😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the comment 👍
next restoration is in progress.
I like this truck. It definitely has a hot rod vibe about it!
Yea Good pimp my ride project - V8 - shortened slightly and some fat wheels 👍
Excellent restoration
Thanks Danny
Beautiful work.
Thank you! Cheers!
very nice work sir.loved your tow hook remake.
Many thanks, did think about buying a hook, then Thought let’s try making one.
Great job I love old trucks
Thanks
Wow! That looks fantastic, nice job!
Many thanks
Lovely restoration - thank you!
Thank you too!
Great video. My only suggestion would be to Armorall™ the tires. Cheers!
Thank you, and thanks for the tip👍
It would have looked well with polished tyres.
WOW.....Great job
Thanks Greg, hope you enjoyed it, I enjoyed restoring it was a good challenge. New videos coming soon,
All the Best
Very nice restoration but, I cannot believe that some of those tabs did not break on you. they looked so fragile. Great job!!!!!
Thanks, Think I was lucky with the tabs,
But after sandblasting the metal was quite solid but pitted, these old toys were made with quite a thick gauge metal.
The rattle can finish, which I am NOT a fan of for these projects came out fantastic! Interesting model I've never seen before, great video man! Sign me up
Thanks for the sign up, unfortunately I only have a small workshop wouldn’t have room for powder coat set up as much as I would like one, maybe need to extend the workshop, but for now it’ll have to be the rattle can.
Cheers
Nice job 👍
Thanks Rohit
beautiful Restoration
Thanks for the comment
Very cool 😎!
Thanks, I’m happy with the end result
Oh wow my family still has one of these done in red
These were built to last.
Thanks Rich
Great work dude.
Hey Thanks a lot,
comment appreciated
Cheers
Your Bedford was made around 1938/9. This was the year that those wheels and tyres came out. There was only 100 sets made of 3” and 31/2 as on your tow truck. You are lucky in that they are in excellent condition normally the wheels rot out. I have a 1938/9 Bedford Tipper truck with the same wheels and tyres. Normally they are 2 discs with a thin rubber between them that were still used until 1957. They were red but if you was lucky you could get pale blue which were very rare.
Thanks for the comment . Always appreciate a bit more information on any projects, with regards to the wheels they were in great condition after cleaning.
Cheers
Rich
Great job my friend...
Thank you, will have a look at your channel
Very good job!
Thanks
ficou otimo
Thank you
It's a nice restoration, but the running boards/fenders would have been better in black.
Thanks, I wanted to keep the restoration to the original paint job, However the cog and winding shaft were also painted red on the originals but I decided against this as I think they looked better silver.
Im no expert but maybe a exhaust fan might work to pull the dust into a container to dispose of later...❓
Thanks you’re right
At the time of the video it was a closed cabinet . have since modified it with an external dust extractor
Cheers 👍
Nice it from 1950
Thanks Pierre
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Many Thanks
Is there any Tonka model with some kind of a drive unit?
Sure they did a moon buggy and some other smaller vehicles with friction drive unit in the 1970s, these were made in Japan and had a different look to the Tonka toys we all know, they were also smaller .
Anybody know a good restorer in Lancashire, have the same truck with a flat bed/ pickup ? Its all there and tyres are good but like this one on the video needs full pait job???
Good luck with your search