MATCHBOX Restoration No. 43c Pony Trailer 1968 & No. 64b MG 1100 1966
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- This is a special video, why?, because it is four makeovers in one. The Pony trailer and MG 1100 models were donated by some of my subscribers, as were the two plastic horses which came with the original model.
This video has been heavily cut and edited. Originally there was over two hours of footage which showcased over 10 hours of work! It is a shame that so much information ended up on the 'cutting room floor', but if it hadn't happened then this video would be too long to watch!
I do hope that when you watch these videos you appreciate the time taken to make it look easy. Thanks for watching, Marty.
Footnote: After viewing the finished video I noticed that the trailer at the beginning had hairline cracks at the rear of the base. This explains how I came to break it, I originally thought that I had just been heavy handed.
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This is what my Saturday's is all about. The wife and kids out of the house and just myself at home with a cup of tea watching Marty.
How sad are we?? - Ha! Ha! Thanks for watching!!!
lol...in my case it is coffee
some of the best pleasures are the guilty ones.
KEvron
Sunday morning here. Perfect timing
@@MartysMatchboxMakeovers
Dear Sir! I am looking forward to your work, most of these matchbox I have had! Keep up the good work! An enthusiastic viewer of Hungary.
Marty, I love your videos! You do such a fantastic job with the restorations and I LOVE how you've added the part where you are inspecting the car and trailer in the beginning of the video! So much fun to see the spruced up vehicles in a scene as though they were life size. Keep on making these videos, I'll keep on watching them!
WOW! - Thanks Sue, what an amazing complimentary thing to say, I certainly intend to keep making videos for the foreseeable future! ;)
Kevin the Koala is an absolute superstar! Can we have more of him please? The restorations are very entertaining as well. Its great to see some of the toys of my youth being brought back to life.
Kevin cracks me up.
Me too.
Please excuse my language...why in the f#ck would you thumbs down this video?? Poor miserable sacks of shit who project their perpetual inadequacy on others, what a sad lot. Excellent video Marty, thank you.
WOW! - Thanks for the supportive comment!
@@MartysMatchboxMakeovers Thank you for the excellent content, you are a great restorer and I find your videos to be very relaxing with the right touch of humor. Cheers Marty.
@@TheRoadhammer379 NEW TO THE CHANNEL . WELL SAID!! NOT HEARD THE SAYING SACK OF SHIT FOR A WHILE..😁😁
Your videos are so much more than just matchbox restorations, this is real entertainment. I really like what you doing, please keep going.
Awesome. My Dad had an Austin 1100. I still have my horsebox trailer in the loft and one of the horses. My horsebox was always hooked up to one of my Matchbox Landrover safaris. (Which I still have)
Addendum. Just looked in the loft. It is STILL hooked up to one of the landrovers. Along with my DAF car transporter and a few Capris amongst others.
My dad's first new car was a 1100 or a 1300, I forget which it was, he first knew problems were developing when me mum put her heel through the floor pan and going over a bump caused a great chunk of rusty paint to fall off one of the sills, further investigations by Bristol Street Motors who he bought it from saw great holes in the arches, under the wings, the metal under the windscreen pillar had rotted off and BSM had to condemn it, trading it for a nearly new Triumph Herald which had head gasket problems, he then got another new Herald 13/60 which ate clutches so in 1972 he gave up on British Leyland, bought a brand new metallic turquise 1725GL Hillman Hunter and it lasted him on the original clutch, original head gasket for nigh on 25 years, towing caravans to and from Scotland, he traded it in much to me mums disgust for a Cortina MKV estate and the manager who did the trade owned it well into the early 2000s.
@@dodgydruid Sounds like your dad bought other peoples unlooked after heaps of crap without checking them over first. Chunks of rust dont just fall off of new or looked after cars overnight and it takes a long time for rust to get like that so the car must have been a rusty heap underneath when he bought it and he never ckecked it in the first place before buying and the garage selling it must have known it was like that when selling it. Triumph Heralds never had head gasket problems so the only way that car could have had problems was the lacck of coolant and maintenance and they never had problems with clutches either so maybe trying to tow too heavy weights for the power etc of the car. I NEVER had any problems with the BL cars I owned but then again I inspected the cars I bought first and then I regularly maintained my cars myself so that they were exellent and reliable cars.
@@dodgydruid the Hunter was a great car. My Dad owned one for a couple of years. However he was a dyed in the wool Cortina man at heart. The Hunter was sold and he got a Daytona yellow Cortina MK3 2.0GT estate. A brilliant car and the first car I ever drove.
Sometimes cars are stored awaiting shipping to dealerships. Mostly outside. If a car has been stored in a damp environment for a couple of years then rot will set in. If the anti corrosion system in place is not very good (and no one can deny that BL had QC issues, especially in the later years) then the car is going to be the proverbial lemon.
On saying that the only BL cars I had were minis. One of which was a dog of wolfhound proportions. The other wasn't too bad a car.
@@dodgydruid Back in the late 70s I worked for a small repair shop in Calgary (Canada) repairing the British lot. We used to kid around a lot and we kept poking fun at the electrical troubles older BLMC products had in store for us:
"Why do the Brits drink warm beer?" - "They have Lucas fridges". or
"Lucas - the greatest name in darkness".
Be that as it may with older British cars - they had character and I do miss my old 1100.
Morty!
Double whammy, Marty! Two great restorations… but wait, squared because of four models restored! Four models and still only one like button...
Life is cruel!
I am pleased with how the donation came out. The hat-tip at the end was a nice gesture, thank you!
Thanks Eric, as I said, with out you this makeover would not have happened!!
Chances are someone has pointed this out but just in case you have a catch phase perfect for merch: "I'm happy with that!"
Awesome work as always Marty! Greetings from the other side of the planet (Greece here)!
Ευχαριστώ πολύ. Χαίρομαι που σας αρέσει αυτό που βλέπετε!
Efcharistó polý. Chaíromai pou sas arései aftó pou vlépete!
M.M.M is better than the rest!
Thanks for your support Man-Ung Yi!
You say the glue worked in about five seconds. Is that imperial or metric seconds?
Lol 😂
bugler75 l
Better than new, and thanks for turning the repetitive music down, the videos are much better for it..great job!
Great stuff as always. The cars colour is very similar to java green. A period british leyland option. My 1979 mini 1000 is that colour. Well it will be when its repainted and not rust coloured anymore
I spotted that little fuzzy rascal Kevin, I bet it was him who took a huge dump in the trailer to make it pong LOL, nice job Marty. I did an auction earlier in the week of a diecast model Cortina for charity, it netted £150 for the local hospice, as that say 'Bonza', and the real car is going to be there at the handover
Do you want one of these sets to auction off??
Fantastic restorations Marty. 👏
It would be interesting to know if there any former employees of Matchbox/Lesney watching these and what they think of people restoring them all these years later.
I agree Raymond, if there is anyone out there that worked for Matchbox then, please, let us know!!!
Lets see what the newspaper says today
It would have take more time, but a two tone on the horse trailer would have really looked sharp!
Good job! They both looked like new.
Just a thought , you might want to try on a junk wind screen how well that clear glue would work to fix deep gashes in the plastic. It could fill them and not require removing so much of the material.
Great idea about the glue ,I shall be experimenting with this i feel!
I had a real car windshield repaired in a very similar way once. It worked great, except that the car reeked of superglue for days. :)
@@ZGryphon , I doubt this cars occupants would notice the odor. 😂
you have come a long way since the first makeover. You have inspired me to try my hand at restorations
It would make me so happy if I have inspired you to take up this hobby! - Good luck!
Finally a new Restauration Video 😁. Keep up the great work
Hope it was worth the wait, PCF!
@@MartysMatchboxMakeovers Yes, as always, it was.
Hola Marty buen vídeo. Dejame un like si te gustó GRACIAS 😁🖒
The Pony Trailer almost has a sunroof, never seen that before, lucky ponies. Well done to both you and Kevin, got to be your best makeover yet.
Brilliant, love the work you put into these videos and models. Thanks.
Pity the 1100 car could pull the skin of a rice pudding in real life.
Second such comment - must be true!!
Awesome video Marty, Had my heart op Thursday, so convalescing at home watching Makeover vids. Had an 1100 when I was 18 and I'm not so sure it would be able to pull a double axle horse box, but they look tremendous together, busy resto and four great results. 'Top Job Fella'
Thanks so much for taking the time to post. I am very pleased to hear that my videos may be taking away some of your pain and taking your mind off of your problems if only for 20 minutes at a time!
Well done repressurising the Hydrolastic suspension on the 1100!
Great video Mate! Maybe try dipping plastic in very hot near boiling water, straitened out, and finish with an ice bath. Might be safer, albeit no where near as romantic, as Marty’s candle method. Excellent work as always.
Thanks Danny, I also like the idea of 'Marty's candle method'. Got a certain ring to it! ;)
I run a tear ... This was my favorite, I loved it, the day I lost it I cried all night,I had a strange fascination for it. Hug from Argentina
Jorge there are usually a few on ebay
To this day, the dog still doesn’t wear its seatbelt.
Kind of appropriate that the tow hook on the MG was in good shape; it's one of the relatively few '60s Matchbox cars I can think of that really had any business having one. I mean, an E-type Jag with a tow hitch? :)
How could anyone give this a dislike? It’s perfect. Thanks Marty!
Thanks Sleepingdogish.
Any actual 1100s still out there will have been lovingly restored. Mine sadly disintegrated, anti-corrosion technology being decades away still. Nice to see the Matchbox versions still being collected and brought back to vibrant life, though. The 1100 was lovely to drive and a best seller for years. ADO16 (from Austin Drawing Office) came in Morris, MG, Riley, Wolseley and Vanden Plas variants, too. Late-model "1300" versions had twin SU carbs - and some real poke!
I had an Austin Maxi that looked very similar to this car.
My uncle had one in the 70s. In the states they were called the Austin America.
Excellent job with the candle. Excellent job overall.
Glad to see your hand healed. Cork was it?
These vids are sooooo soothing. We actually had the Morris version of the 1100 back in the 60's. I think the Austin had better features - maybe more upmarket?.
The morris version wad kinda the base, the MG & Woolsey versions were more luxury
Well that’s my Saturday complete a Cup Of Tea and Marty doing a restoration, BTW Marty that glue looks really good I might have to invest in some of that, Here’s looking forward to your next video all the best from the U.K..
Thanks Lance! - I am so glad to hear that you look forward to my Saturday videos!
I wonder if you could actually pull a horse trailer and horses with an 1100 MG?. Here in the states it requires a 650 hp Super Diesel. Lol.
Marty did a engine transplant .... that part of what he had to edit out....lol
This brings back memories of our 1967 summer in England. We had a Morris 1100 at our disposal and it was taxed hauling the 5 of us around. Pull a horse trailer? I wonder if it could?! My youngest sister was a toddler or we would not have fit. My Father figured out how to drive it and on the left side of the road on his own, my Mother needed lessons. "Gear down Madam!"
Happy memories Bob!
Great work, as always, Marty! I **really** like the horses that were sent to you! Now you have two gorgeous horses AND a way to transport them! (hahahaha...)
Thanks Donna, yes, the horses look brand new! - They finish off the model perfectly!!
Another great video Marty! UM,......could we have more photos of Elyse? LEGS!
When polishing...Cut the head off of one end of the cotton swabs and run it in your electric drill for more "buffing" RPM's...Thanks, I enjoyed every moment of your video including the "lifesize" intro!
This one is your best yet. I love the MG 1100.
Cheers Ben, thanks for watching!
Hello Marty love your videos keep them up and I love you brilliant editing
Thanks for loving! - Lots of editing in this one! - Two hours of footage, ten hours of work, edited into 25 mins!!!
Marty's Matchbox Makeovers wow that’s alot of work thanks for putting all this effort to make a perfect video
What a delight your videos are! You seem to "step up your game" restoration-wise & video-wise each time. Forgive my techno illiteracy! You say 2hrs of footage, 10 hrs of work edited to 25 minutes of video. I can video, I can restore or customize cars. I have no idea how to edit...what equipment is required, how to download or upload. So when you say 10 hrs of work, is that on the car or on editing the video? Either way, I rejoice in the results. God bless you richly for delighting all of us!
Hey, Marty, I used to own one of these in real life in Canada (well, actually an Austin 1100, which is identical aside from the grille)! What a fun car that was!
Best regards from Venlo, Holland,
Volker
Great post Volker, thanks for watching and commenting!
@@MartysMatchboxMakeovers People rarely read the video information just below the video and they should. From my own experience I do know the sheer amount of time in filming, cutting, syncing & sound editing and commenting a video of this length. This may seem superficial to the average watcher but it does take endless hours every week.
Merchandising, Amazon & Co. don't even begin to cover this.
As I read the comments here - you have become a household item to a global audience. My wife does not get this, my kids do not get this - but I really look forward to each new video. As do many others here - I'm sure.
Thanks Marty and keep it up. :-)
Best regards,
Volker
Another fine job Marty. Came up very well. The starbond glue looks great to use. Idea for the small detail. Gees check the time I am off to bed. Watching too many of your videos Marty 2:25am Brisbane.
Hahaha the headlines on your newspapers always crack me up Marty, some good old British/Australian humour. “3 Inch Dog Ate my Missus”
Strictly speaking, Tamiya acrylic is not water-based, it uses an alcohol solvent. Vallejo is water-based, you can tell the difference if you smell the two paints. But you can get away with thinning Tamiya acrylics with water and mixing with water-based acrylics but purest would say that you shouldn’t, that you should stick to the proper thinners. In fact many tamiya acrylic uses swear by the Tamiya lacquer thinner (which is similar, if not identical to cellulose thinners) when spraying Tamiya acrylics.
Matchbox/Mattel re-released the pony trailer a few years ago. Several things were wrong with it. (1): The door/ramp was sealed shut; (2): Although there were two variations, with different objects moulded on the floor of the trailer, (and here's the killer) neither featured models of ponies, either in the box, which now had stuff all over the floor, or as separate figures to stand next to the trailer. A rather pointless exercise, to my way of thinking. Did I buy either? Have a guess. Your restoration of car and trailer is superb, as always. They look better than new. Nice one.
This is not restoration. This is art! Great jop uncle Marty!
Thank you so much!!!! :)
I agree in my age i appreciate these little cars as tiny works of art
The way you layed out all the parts was a work of art in its self
John, I am so glad that you noticed the details included in this video. So many people don't comment on the subtle things that I do to try to present the process as professionally as possible.
I always wait to read the headers of the newspaper you use in your paint booth.
They are hilarious!!
In this video I was surprised when you said you were doing two at the same time. That was a very nice surprise!
Keep going on!!! Congrats.
Glad you liked it and thanks for posting!
AWESOME VID once again thank you for all the hard work you put in to entertain us and no lost points for glueing the horse trailer base we know sometimes its a necessary evil but they turned out great nonetheless
Thanks Byron!
First time poster long time viewer...... thanks for the calming and quite entertaining content you provide mate. You've got yourself some talent you have
I am a disabled person with nothing to do. do/ Every Sunday after tea I sit back and watch you restore old matchbox toys from ages ago. I am in a wheelchair and my hand skills are not as good as yours .I would like to start collecting but dont know where to start. I am also afeaid to touch anything because of my bad hand skills. I have one more question for you. Where do you get the newspaper headlines? You should be on tv Love your work
I really wanted footage from the moment you busted that piece on the float. A few choice expletives no doubt. On a serious note, a respirator mask would be advisable any time your using Polystrippa indoors... and eye protection is a must also as it can fling about from the paintbrush.
FWI. That Super Glue Will Last Alot Longer If Ya Refrigerate it.
Hey Marty, greetings from Germany. It's always the highlight of boring saturdays to watch a new MMM video. I'm happy with that ;-)
Awesome, thanks for the feedback!
Great video as always. Also very glad to see no accidental injuries associated with this double (actually quadruple) restoration. Would have been great to see you ride one of the horses though.
Was in the mix but didn't eventuate!
Marty - you are turning out some superb productions - great filming and excellent results. Well done.
Look Fab I have the same car, sadly no trailer and im going to attempt a first time restoration on it, do you spray the underneath silver or just polish it, what make of chrome pen do you use Thanks Marty
I just subscribed to your channel and hello from New Hampshire usa.
Marty, is my Restoration Station brilliant as always 🚙🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Why is it on Mothers Day Im watching Marty? Coz this is another awesome video. Cheers Marty😀
Fantastic video Marty. Those vehicles look great. You do such good work and have amazing fans. I thoroughly enjoy every video. Thank y for making my day.
Thanks Marty! I’m happy with that.
Me too Lucas, I am very pleased with this vid.
Just love your vids. Thanks again
That was my favourite car when I was a kid. I always loved the little dog in the back. Nice job in bringing it back to life.
I also think it would be a good idea to make up a truck and trailer with mmm on them that way when you have the ones that are rubbish you can pull them in on a little trailer
I could see that working!
Works of art they are. I hope you do a exhibition one day when your Restored Collection is big enough.
I shall but am waiting a bit longer as I only have about 80 models at the moment.
Brilliant special effects 😂 love your channel, keep up the awesome work!
Thanks Max, I will!
Greetings from America. You're the best Marty.
Thanks Luke!
You definitely should make some "I'm happy with that" t-shirts! :)
I find it impossible to say “Marty’s Matchbox Makeovers” in anything but an Australian accent! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ha! Ha! - Great post Zedman 1!
Really did a awesome job on these. Enjoyed watching. Need to do a 80s matchbox monster truck
Closing in on 100k subs. Keep up the good work. It's been a great ride so far.
Can't come fast enough Chris. Hopefully soon!
Can anyone remember who made the chevy nomad style toy car with the dog in the back? I had a few a kid and can't find them online
There is nothing better here in upstate New York than having a first morning cup of coffee and a MMM video!!.. Your work gets better each video, Marty!!!
Thank you so much for commenting and also giving me a pat on the back. It makes me feel that it's all worth it!
Hi Marty. Why not paint the trim on one of the trailers? Might look mega!
Like the work and the kind of cartoon like or like it is real thing at the start. With the guy and car and trailer and the dog or whatever it was
Thank you for such a great entertainment! And Kevin was very cute being all over the place!
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!
Perfect restoration:)
THANKYOU!!!! :)
Lee-veye! It's Lee-veye! Not lev-e or levy! 😂😂
Poor Levi from Minnesota 😅
Yay, you did the doggy car! I saw that in an unboxing and I was really looking forward to it.
Very awesome job. They came out wonderful
Thanks Michael, I'm glad you enjoyed the vid and left a comment also!
Marty
Warm thanks from Cape Town, South Africa. Thank you for all the wonderful make over videos. It is just so great to watch you working and it seems like just so easy.... You are a true professional! Keep up the good work and thank you for bringing back boyhood memories from many moons ago.
Jacques Mostert
Marty nice upload the BMC British motor corporation 1100 back in 1970s these vehicles had a very comfortable ride as the early ones had hydroelastic suspension fitted, down fall was they leeked suspension fluid over time and you would see 1100 and 1300 models driving with one side dropped. The early morris and Austin mini models had this type of suspension fitted as did the early maxi but BMC dropped it for conventional shock and spring type that in my opinion made the ride a lot harder, nice vehicles but by ek they didnt half rust after a few years in the uk weather. (Regards from a uk pom) 😊
I had an Austin Maxi in the 80's they had that suspension and on a trip to Basingstoke one year it failed and I drove halfway there with the car tilted over to one side. Had to get the AA to tow me home back to Norwich to the nearest garage that could fix it up!
@@MartysMatchboxMakeovers yes marty they did suffer with suspension faults back in the day, they made the Austin morris 1100 1300 the 1500gt with a 1498cc engine and twin carburettors. The top of the range was the vander Plas model I remember BMC stopped production back in 1971. 😊
Brilliant, they came up so well. The silver pen you use really sets it off.
Thanks Simone, yes the silver worked really well it is a Molotov chrome ink pen I got off ebay.
@martysmmatchboxmakeovers Another perfect restoration. Just a trick I use for shallow rivets. There are tools out there that are specifically for cutting screws. I usually shorten all my screws just a bit just to be safe. Just a suggestion hope it helps. I know I prefer screws to glue.
Amazingly perfect restoration!
Thank you Grigorii, more to come, hopefully!
Your two horse trailers look better than the one I have that was never really played with because it belonged to my grandmother. She used it, and other Matchbox cars, as part of her Christmas decorations.
puppy seat-belts HaHa ...
you crack me up
🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Good to hear, another satisfied customer!
Thanks Marty! I use to own such a MG marketed in SA at the time as a Austin 1100. Had many problems with the fiber CV joints and sold the car... same as the Mini Minor at the time! Not knowing I sold a collectors car for nothing! I suppose there aint medication for stupidy! Maybe just swap the horse trailer with another model... There aint no way the 1100 can tow anything but the little bike trailer. Restore one of those for the MG. Awesome video! Thanks!
You are not alone with your comment about how weak this car was! - I didn't even think about it, I just thought that the two vehicles looked good together! - Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@MartysMatchboxMakeovers Marty, I towed a bike trailer behind my 1100 Fiat Uno. The MG can do and as the trailer wheel size is out of proportion to the bike wheels... That argument does not count anymore as some Austins came with 12" wheels low profile correcting the scale. The bike trailer behind a pick-up wouldn't work, but in the case of this model, it will be perfect.
Your green screen game is getting stronger 💪🏻💪🏻
Simply Amazing'
Lookin at the end with the spin of old vs new, looks like that back plate on the trailer was about to drop off anyway. You can see decent crack on it.
As kids my sister owned the horse box model and I had to ask permission to use it!. It annoyed her greatly when I placed the horses in less suitable vehicles... LOL
All horses secretly want to stand on a Lamborghini.
Congratulations for the fantastic job Marty!!!! Cheers from italy
Grazie mille. Mi fa piacere che ti piaccia quello che vedi!
Continua così, mi raccomando!!👍👍👍
Who thought Marty was going to get into trouble with the guillotine paper cutter?...
Psych.
Your editing skills have made your already great videos even better. Very nice work.
Thanks Dave, but I cannot take credit for the editing. I shoot the footage and then I have a son named Matthew, that works his magic on the footage that I supply . This one had over 2 hours of footage of ten hours work, and Matt cut it up to make this seamless, 25 minute, restoration video.
Marty and Matthew's Migod Matchbox Miraculous Makeovers.@@MartysMatchboxMakeovers
@@MartysMatchboxMakeovers You're both masters of your crafts.
Thank you for your work! I find it super relaxing to watch. Great job!
Love it great resto!
the M.G...it looks like a austin maxi..as well
Did you know the Austin Victoria was an 1100 with Triumph Dolomite bits welded on? Shame Matchbox didn't do a Dolomite as you could do a custom Vicky that would be pretty unique,