The Avengers Corgi full restoration Bentley and Lotus Elan no. GS40. Die-cast models.

This series had a different title in each country. In 1966, Corgi released its gift set based on the crime series The Avengers. The models were also sold individually in boxes not dedicated to the series, but this set had much better sales than the individual models. It resulted from my fascination with the series. The set was produced until 1969. It was equipped with figures of Emma Peel and John Steed. I recreated this gift set number 40. I used the perfect color scheme for the cars used in the company series. Corgi sold the Bentley in red or green as a set, while the Lotus Elan was always available in white. My Lotus is a metallic blue color, identical to the one used in the series. As an interesting fact, the car used in the filming was sold in 2023 for over £164,000. I also made a copy of the beautiful packaging, which was perfectly designed by the toy manufacturer, along with a presentation display. Thank you for watching the video, I publish car repair videos on Tuesdays and Saturdays. You can turn on subtitles in your language with commentary on the activity - press the letter C on your keyboard or three dots on your mobile phone.

[@markrigg7038]

Ama zing work , love the Bentley, Steed and Mrs Peel can fight crime again in these Beuties , well done Paul 👍👍👍

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much Mark

[@septiccalling8341]

What a treat! Absolutely beautiful and very nicely done..... 👏🏻👍🏻👌🏻

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@martindaredare]

Excellent restoration Paul looking really smart great moulding of the figures ,all the best Martin

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much Martin

[@tomtodhunter1776]

Lovely restoration. I've always been a fan of the Avengers. I was lucky enough to see Mrs Peel's Lotus Elan at a car museum many years ago.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@castrogrilo9032]

Thank you for reminding us of the Avengers. A lot of work for a great restoration

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much Castro

[@paulosilva3350]

I love that series, the original avengers. Wonderful work.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@Glammazon]

Thank you so much, Paul, for doing what l asked you to do months ago and restoring some Avengers models from the 1960s.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@jamescasey1696]

This is wonderful! I fell in love with Mrs Peel ( Dianna Rigg) when I was 10! ❤ Loved the Avengers series. This is absolutely FANTASTIC I love your work.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much James

[@marekm2561]

Sobotnie przedpołudnie , ja wyspany , za oknem mgła , kufel grzanego piwa i Twoje Czary! A jeszcze przypomnienie jednej z moich dawnych Miłości - Emmy Peel! Dzięki Pawle i pozdrawiam! 👽🖖🍺 Oglądałem ten serial jako "Rewolwer i Melonik"

[@PaulRestorer]

Ja też , ale tytuły w róznych krajach były inne, Pozdrowienia z Krakowa

[@thorstenhulser5008]

​@@PaulRestorer In germany it was called "Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone"

[@that_thing_I_do]

Mrs. Emma Peel and John Steed thank you for this. Simon Templar also appreciated the work you did on his Volvo.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@orsacchiotto15279]

Another fabulous restoration, well done Paul

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@ArmouryTerrain]

This one was before even my time, but you did a great job bringing these back to life,

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@janwillemhoepman7539]

Well done Paul. Emma and John would be proud 👍

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you so much Jan

[@pietrocecconetv-tecmaniac6540]

Bellissime!😊 Guardavo sempre il telefilm ❤

[@2ahdcat]

I never saw The Avengers but these cars look great 👍

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@bubygorgocoleccionablesarg8368]

Fantastyczna renowacja, jak zwykle doskonała robota, gratulacje!!

[@PaulRestorer]

Muchas gracias Amigo

[@kentbrockman8837]

I love series 4 and 5 , Steed and Peel were great.

[@PaulRestorer]

Cool

[@scorch33]

Excellent work as always. Great paint job. I daresay you captured the likeness of Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg perfectly.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@Baskingshark]

Excellent work. There are actually two Lotus Elans used in the series, both driven by Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. She was in the show for two seasons. In her first season which was black and white, she drove a white Elan numberplate HNK999C and in the second season, which was in colour, she drove the blue Elan, SJH499D.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@charlessilverfox906]

Beautifully done yur vids are addictive because of how u make yur own parts and pieces from scratch as well as the boxes u put these gems in and what a classic television series back in the day I remember watching a few of these episodes as a kid when I was grounded from going outside, Lol but even then I learned to enjoy keep working and I’ll keep watching and sharing. ✌️😎🇨🇦😎👍

[@PaulRestorer]

thank you very much

[@Cadadadry]

That TV show was broadcasted in french as "Chapeau Melon et Bottes de Cuir". Very successfull for long years...

[@PaulRestorer]

en Pologne, cette série s'intitulait The Gun and the Bowler

[@stevenjones19-m8i]

Hello Paul,nice cars from the Avengers film,there was alot of parts for that Bentley.the results are stunning.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much Steven

[@robertdragoff6909]

This was one of my favorite TV shows I watched growing up….
It would have been amazing if Steed in his Bentley crossed paths with James Bond in his Bentley!
You did a great job restoring these two cars….
And I liked the Steed and Peel figures…

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@johnmurphy4915]

Another fantastic job, Paul, from a great early T.V series, keep up the Brilliant work it's great to see, all the best to you and your family.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much John

[@johnlong3214]

"Mrs Peel . . . . . .We're needed".👍

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you so much John

[@joramamodellbau3987]

Eine Kultserie und zwei toll restaurierte Modelle, die nun zwei edle Stücke sind. Perfekt und sicherlich Schätzchen für die Sammlergemeinde. Gruß, Joachim
Kultowa seria i dwa pięknie odrestaurowane modele, które teraz stanowią dwa szlachetne egzemplarze. Idealny i na pewno skarb dla społeczności kolekcjonerów.
Pozdrawiam, Joachim

[@PaulRestorer]

Vielen Dank Joachim

[@paul-sparky-sparr4160]

"The Avengers" (lub "Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone" w niemieckiej telewizji) Kto nie pamięta Emmy Peel (Diana Rigg) i Johna Steeda (Patrick Mc Nee)?
Byli tylko częścią całej serii, ale są i pozostają najbardziej rozpoznawalnymi postaciami 😁
Nie zdawałem sobie sprawy, że Corgi wyprodukowało ten zestaw. (Nigdy nie przestajesz się uczyć... 🤣)
Świetne modele (zwłaszcza bardzo szczegółowy Bentley)
Świetna robota, Paul, jestem zachwycony 🤩
Oczywiście oba kciuki w górę za to 👍🏼 👍🏼
Wielkie dzięki za udostępnienie (i w tym miejscu specjalne podziękowania dla nieznanych przyjaciół, których pożyczki często umożliwiają realizację projektów) 🙏🏼
Życzę miłego weekendu i trzymaj się zdrowo. Tak trzymaj, przyjacielu 👍🏼😉
Pozdrowienia od zwariowanego na punkcie odlewów Paula z Morza Północnego.
😎👍🏼🇵🇱✌🏼🇩🇪👍🏼🤠
"The Avengers" (or "Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone" in German TV) Who doesn't remember Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) and John Steed (Patrick Mc Nee)?
They were only part of the complete series, but they are and remain the most recognisable characters 😁
I didn't realise Corgi had produced this set. (You never stop learning... 🤣)
Great models (especially the, very detailed, Bentley)
Excellent work, Paul, I'm thrilled 🤩
Clearly, both thumbs up for this 👍🏼 👍🏼
Many a thanks for sharing (and at this point a special thank you to the unknown friends whose loans often make your projects possible in the first place) 🙏🏼
Have a great weekend to you and your family and stay safe and sound. Keep up the good work, mate 👍🏼😉
Greetings from die-cast-crazy Paul on the North Sea.
😎👍🏼🇵🇱✌🏼🇩🇪👍🏼🤠
"The Avengers" (oder "Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone" im deutschen TV) Wer erinnert sich nicht an Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) und John Steed (Patrick Mc Nee) ?
Sie waren nur ein Teil der kompletten Serie, aber sie sind und bleiben die bekanntesten Figuren 😁
Ich wusste gar nicht, daß Corgi dieses Set produziert hat. (Man lernt nie aus... 🤣)
Tolle Modelle (ganz besonders der, sehr detaillierte, Bentley)
Exzellente Arbeit, Paul, ich bin begeistert 🤩
Ganz klar, beide Daumen hoch dafür 👍🏼 👍🏼
Vielen Dank fürs teilen (und an dieser Stelle auch ein spezielles Dankeschön an die, unbekannten, Freunde, deren Leihgaben deine Projekte oft erst ermöglichen) 🙏🏼
Dir und Deiner Familie ein schönes Wochenende und bleibt gesund und munter. Mach weiter so, mein Freund 👍🏼😉
Gruß vom Die-cast-verrückten Paul an der Nordsee.
😎👍🏼🇵🇱✌🏼🇩🇪👍🏼🤠

[@PaulRestorer]

Hallo Paul. Ich sehe, dass Sie ein ausgezeichnetes Gedächtnis haben. Während ich dieses Projekt machte, musste ich mich weiterbilden, weil ich mich nicht an die Namen der Schauspieler erinnern konnte. Grüße aus Krakau auch an deine Frau

[@paul-sparky-sparr4160]

@@PaulRestorer Cóż... Moja żona lubi ten serial i miała te imiona "pod ręką" 👩🏻‍🦰
Inni pytają "Google", ja pytam "Jule" (tak ma na imię moja żona 🤣)
😎👍🏼🇵🇱🍻🇩🇪👍🏼🤠

[@shanethompson2915]

Wonderful work on the cars and figures.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you so much

[@joeholloway1386]

Nice restorations, details and paint jobs 👌 👍

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much Joe

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

Great work as always .
WOW . 2 for one .
Mint cars !!!
Your finish is amazing.
Mike
SOO KOOOLLLLL .

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much. Mike

[@pietrocecconetv-tecmaniac6540]

Bravo Paul, un' altro ottimo lavoro

[@PaulRestorer]

Grazie mille

[@geryc.6602]

Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir 🎬, l'une des séries cultes 🏆 de mon enfance !
Superbe travail ✨ comme d'habitude, cher Paul 🎩, merci de me distraire 😍 et de me faire rêver 🇬🇧!
Prenez soin de vous et à bientôt 🍾🥂! 💜

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@moedasmais]

Excelente trabalho meu amigo, parabéns! 👏👏👏👍

[@PaulRestorer]

Muito obrigado

[@texasdiecastcustoms]

That is such a cool restoration Paul. I absolutely love it!

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@stevie007]

Excellent stuff as normal 👌👌

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@pascald8020]

Superbe restauration, Paul. C'est toute mon enfance, cette série. 🤩👍

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@steppoify]

What a beautiful outcome!❤ The Bentley was much more complicated than I realized! Quite a few parts and both figures to fabricate, but you glide through their processes very patiently and methodically. Very good!! ❤❤

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@Classic70s80s90s]

Nota Máxima Meu Amigo Excelente Trabalho...

[@PaulRestorer]

Muito obrigado

[@jimmyg.comicguy9777]

Hi Paul! Outstanding! 👍

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much Jim

[@eueddeedeilsonsantos6876]

Ótima restauração, Paul.

[@PaulRestorer]

Muchas gracias

[@ouestminiatures5212]

Bonjour Paul
Superbe restoration 🖒🖒🖒🖒

[@PaulRestorer]

Merci beaucoup

[@markrobinson8865]

Great job Paul 👍🏻

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@ajivins1]

In the 70's, Dinky did Purdey's TR7 from The New Avengers. Later in early 2000's Corgi re-released the Bentley in correct racing green but also did two New Avengers cars, Steed's Range Rover and Gambit's Jaguar, both with figures.

[@PaulRestorer]

Cool

[@areasevenpro]

About time you assembled the Avengers.

[@PaulRestorer]

cool

[@shiloallard9790]

Amazing job as always man.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@jerrybailey5797]

Fantastic Avengers set Paul, great custom restoration 👍

[@luizcarlosdias3690]

Pail, mais um belo trabalho. Obrigado por compartilhar.

[@PaulRestorer]

Muito obrigado Luiz

[@szymonkrusz9442]

Pamiętam ten serial, polski tytuł to : "Rewolwer i melonik". Tym sportowym samochodem jeździła Emma Phill.

[@PaulRestorer]

super

[@janbotha571]

Really nice Paul. Great restoration 👌👍🤗☕

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@marccxxshammer6643]

Great work 👍🏼

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@Cleveland.Ironman]

Excellent Paul 🎊🎉🎆🎇🍾🥳

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you so much

[@robsretroengineering588]

Excellent Paul.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much John

[@Andrew-ib7us]

Top class restoration that box is an amazing replica

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much Andrew

[@adamdufait7890]

Wonderful 👍😊

[@BluesRunnerJFQ]

😍Emma Peel ♥♥♥🤣 👏👏👏

[@PaulRestorer]

Muchas Gracias Amigo

[@valborchardt3596]

Thank you Paul

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much Val

[@Collectorholic]

Awesome my friend!

[@adelestevens]

John Steed collected Bentley motor cars, and 5 of his collection were seen in the series.
This one looks like the 1929 4.5 litre.

[@PaulRestorer]

Cool

[@briansdiecastthailandstoth6747]

FANTASTIC PAUL I like that ❤ ❤

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much Brian

[@PGwyn-ze5qu]

Fantastic, would Love too have IT ❤

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@williamrudiger-pv8ut]

Beautiful! 👌

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@hinie11]

Wieder eine super Arbeit! Danke!❤👍🏻

[@PaulRestorer]

vielen Dank

[@hinie11]

@@PaulRestorer immer wieder gerne!

[@minasegazi4000]

I love the work, recreating the box is an amazing touch. However i gotta admit your spray booth gives me a anxiety attack. If i let mine get any dust i can kiss my paint job goodbye. Yours reminds me of the dunes of arakis and yet you still do flawless gloss.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@user-qf4hx5lb1x]

Well done ~~ very good !!

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@rudolfpircher3189]

Super Arbeit

[@PaulRestorer]

Vielen Dank

[@youtellme18]

Genius God bless your talent

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@te-cto]

Super 👍 👍👍

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@nicholassheffo5723]

When THE AVENGERS was in black and white, many did not know the colors of the cars anyhow and the Corgi set is based on the first black and white season down to the logo on the box.

[@PaulRestorer]

cool

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

I'm watching one here right now, aired in 1967 & it's in colour. It features the Elan & Bentley, but in 67, a lot of households didn't have (or could afford) colour television.
Lotus is still a legend of British motor history & they rarely made poor performance cars. The flaws were their reliability/durability.

[@nicholassheffo5723]

@@andrewphippsphillips1455 The U.S. got color TV in the later 1960s in the NTSC format, then color came to the PAL format in the U.K., et al. Lotus made great cars until the mid-19080s, when the founder died and the Esprit was turned into a Firebird Trans Am more or less by owners GM. They did add Lotus tech to the Corvette the way Toyota (who supplied engines to some 1980s Lotus models) did to the Celica Supra.

[@franciscobethencourt7546]

Espectacular.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you so much

[@frasermartin6728]

Nice one!

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much Martin

[@evan_kumar]

10:30 I didn’t know that!!!!

[@jankotze1959]

Brilliant my friend

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@louisgomez_2]

Beautifu la lotus et la Bentley Avengers chapeau melon et bottes de cuir 👍🤗👏

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much Louis

[@andreysever417]

Спасибо!

[@PaulRestorer]

Большое спасибо

[@Thierry787]

Magnifique restauration Paul

[@PaulRestorer]

Merci beaucoup

[@whiskynerd6950]

Servus Paul
Das sind echt coole Modelle 😀👍

[@PaulRestorer]

Vielen Dank Michael

[@luispinedo8566]

Eres un artista, Paul! 🥰🇪🇦

[@PaulRestorer]

Muchas gracias

[@peterkress4592]

Ausgezeichnete Arbeit 🇩🇪💯🤗👍👍

[@PaulRestorer]

Vielen Dank Peter

[@bernardodocampo58]

That's impressive

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you so much

[@rogermaisey285]

Beautifully done Paul. Just one question, is there a reason you chromed the headlights and radiator after you installed them back on the model. Thought it may have been easier to do them before hand that's all. Keep up the work though, inspires me to do some myself.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you so much

[@Artur-vh3nk]

Ha! Rewolwer i melonik, to było coś!

[@PaulRestorer]

Dziękuję i pozdrawiam

[@leonardoserra1386]

Nossa ótima impessonade restauração espetacular parabém Paul

[@PaulRestorer]

Muito obriado Leonardo

[@brianartillery]

A lovely set - but I never worked out what the little umbrellas you got with it were for.

[@Cleveland.Ironman]

The umbrellas are John Steed’s hallmark as well as his bowler hat.

[@brianartillery]

@@Cleveland.Ironman I know - I used to be allowed to watch the show when I was a kid in the 1960's. You couldn't buy a sword umbrella toy, but I did have an 'Avengers' branded sword stick, that also squirted water. I believe that Steed's special umbrellas were made for real by a London shop called Swaine, Adeney, and Brigg, and you could buy them.
No, It was the three little brollies that were included in the set (which I had) that I always wondered about.

[@meeshker]

Guess the Elan model was originally an ESSO promotion

[@PaulRestorer]

cool

[@abbaskamel3285]

formidable ma prefere c est la bentley surtout la couleur super

[@PaulRestorer]

Merci beaucoup

[@user-cg3id4dy8j]

👍👍👍❣

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@user-rq2dx3kd2z]

I enjoyed the show too also on a black and white tv .. it was on PBS British shows were on alot avengers and the Saint

[@PaulRestorer]

cool

[@iconicshrubbery]

Cars looking great but Steed seems a bit too grey and my idol Emma needs a touch of the powder compact😉 Put a Tiger in Your Tank!

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@nelaton6068]

Belle restauration. Ce modèle coûtait cher à l'époque... Je ne l'ai pas eu 😢😢😢

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@notwocdivad]

Having done the ELAN before you could have done the Bentley and the LOTUS EUROPA of TARA KING? (Played by Linda Thorsen) Bothe the EUROPA and Ms THORSEN were very tasty!!!

[@PaulRestorer]

Cool

[@centrevezgaming4862]

The new avengers was also great show to close out the 70’s decades along with the professionals and Sweeney then the 80’s arrived with Miami Vice in the United States from 84 and Dempsey and Makepeace in 85 that also had an extensive merchandise following Cats Eyes with Lesley ash And late Jill Gasgoine .

[@PaulRestorer]

thank you very much

[@user-me3uc7ng7b]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@garagemslzv8465]

Tops

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you so much

[@tomekkudlaty]

U nas to chyba był tytuł rewolwer i melonik?

[@PaulRestorer]

Dokładnie, Pozdrowienia

[@kwidzynkolekcja568]

🙂

[@PaulRestorer]

Dziękuję serdecznie

[@andrewswatland4622]

Another outstanding job 👍🏻

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you so much Andrew

[@barrada001]

Very nice but the Lotus should be white

[@johnlong3214]

The lotus probably looked light grey on a black and white TV, but wasn't white. If you google the registration number it is actually listed as Powder Blue. Edit: I see that Corgi did actually make a set which featured a white Lotus and red Bentley 👍👍

[@barrada001]

Yes. Corgi painted it white

[@barrada001]

Thank you for the heart. Would you consider repainting the Lotus white?

[@peteralthoff6920]

Sweet Mrs. Peel, she married James Bond and killed Joffrey Baratheon.

[@PaulRestorer]

Cool

[@terrybeechener5992]

Don't want to rain on your parade,but the car colours are wrong.the Bentley should be red and the Lotus white! the box art is wrong to,showing the Bentley green.I had one of these,& the colours i've mentioned,are correct.Sorry,Paul,class resto otherwise.

[@PaulRestorer]

Thank you very much

[@vengeance1701]

Something tells me that Exxon sticker was not original....just a guess.

[@ajivins1]

It was, it's not the real Emma Peel issue. That was white for some reason just as Steed's Bentley was red!