corgi toys restoration of a Hillman hunter no/302 1969/72.
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- restoration of corgis Hillman Hillman hunter Australian safari car .
this is a longer video then normal lots of parts .
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1968. London to Sydney Rally winner. Excellent job again Martin.
Thanks for the information my friend you learn something new every day 😀
Take care john
LOVELY RESTO MARTIN , THE BLACK STRIPS ON THE GLASS ARE THE ROLL BARS .
Thanks for the information Robert I was wondering what it was.
All the best martin
A very extensive project. Beautiful painting. End result wow !!!! Best wishes
Thanks Paul means alot my friend.
All the best Martin 👍
Great transformation from what you started with,good job done
Thank you!
astonishing how much complication they built into these gorgeous toys!! lovely job
Hi Philip, yes thay can be very complicated at times ,must have been hard work on the factory floor when these came down the line.
All the best Martin 👍
Great resto Martin do have this car in my collection had it for many years
Thats great Neil, its a smart looking car .
All the best martin 👍
Hi Martin.....that was a superb job. Talk about a long haul - but the results are amazing. Beautiful car well handled 👏👏👏👏
Thanks Mike ,yep a lot of bits ,need another one now to make a normal one 😀.
Great job on the Hillman hunter rally car. When I was 18 learning to drive my cousin used to let me drive her brand new Hillman Hunter what a great car to drive when you were young brings back many great times.
You were lucky Tony getting to drive a new one ,thay certainly are a nice car ,thanks for sharing that I appreciate it 👍
That has a lot of detail for a small model. You did a fantastic job to restore it, to it's previous glory. My old dad used to do a lot of miniature stuff. He made a simple tool out of a cocktail stick (toothpick) with a ball of bee's wax on the end. He used that for picking up jewels and small parts to put them into position. You might find it better than tweezers.
That sounds like a plan jester, I have a wax placement pencil for photo etch ,but it's not great for the jewelled head light .
Better find me some bees 😃.
Best wishes martin
Complicated but well done mate...another great one Martin...love it...🇨🇦
Thanks Curtis i hope you are well my friend 👍
I remember my older brother having one and me stealing it as I was more into cars than he , great restoration 👌😉
Thanks David that's cool glad you liked it, all the best Martin
Lots of work ,but fantastic result as usual !
Cheers Jan it was fun , I hope you are well my friend.
Great restoration Martin did fast forward today was keen to see end result lol
No problem Michael I glad you liked it.
All the best Martin 👍
Hi Martin, just watched this one (in real time, all the way!), what a transformation!, if I'd seen the original on a flea market it wouldn't have got a second look, great job, take care, Stewart.
Thanks Stewart, once you got the paint of it wasn't so bad ,the thing was it was mostly complete and had good glass ,witch saved me a few quid and saved the model .
All the best martin
Nice restore Martin, father had an orange hunter and a green estate version. Good memories.
Thanks very much thay were a great car back then ,thanks for your support my friend.
All the best martin
Excellent restoration Sir. I have just started to restore and convert a Corgi Hillman Hunter to a standard car which I will respray gold, to match the very first car I owned. Thank you for your video
Very nice I hope it comes out nice and yes that's a good idea I had one for a while great car
All the best martin
@@martindaredare Thank you Martin. All the best.
He'll of a restoration Martin , but you did a phenomenal job. 👏 looks the business
Cheers Jerry, it was an interesting one to do ,thanks for your continued support my friend its much appreciated 👍
Brilliant job 👍🏻
Thanks Alan much appreciated my friend 👍
Knew about this casting but never actually seen one....it's going on the list. Another great restoration Martin. 👍
Thanks Derrick, go for it ,I hope you find one .
All the best Martin 👍
I'd really like to see the painting being done. Very nice job.
Hi Stuart, I will do a video shortly 😀
All the best martin 👍
looks brilliant well done mate
Thanks Mike iam happy you liked it and thanks for your continued support my friend 👍
Great resto,, I have the complete set mint in box with the kangkaroo ........
Very nice 👌 I will keep looking for one for mine 😀
All the best Martin 👍
Very nice job mate. Fiddly job to put it back together....Cheers Martin
Thanks Juan ,glad you liked it 👍
belle opération de chirurgie plastique ,bravo!
Thanks very much its appreciated
Very good restoration. We use to have a lot of Hillman Hunters in Jamaica. They were mainly used as taxi and for drag racing. Well done
Thanks glad you liked it 👍
There we're a nice comfortable car iam not surprised there were used as taxis.
All the best Martin 👍
I really like this build!! I love the old rally cars, so great restoration Martin!
Thanks Shuan it was a good one to do a bit fiddly but we got it done .
Take care and all the best Martin 👍
@@martindaredare thank you for sharing Martin!
I had no idea that there were different Take Off jack mechanisms! I had a look at the Mini Marcos (though I have not finished it), but I wonder why they were not all the same? Too many decals: I'd have given up on that frustration! And an incredibly random sticker displacement. I thought I'd sent you a full set of the Hunter Minilites: I'll have a rake around and see if there are any more in the parts bin. Really nice job: I'd be delighted with that result!
I drove Hunters, Minxes, Sceptres, Alpines, Rapiers and Vogues from time to time - great gearbox: crisp, for its day. And the Rapier H120 could give a hot Capri a run for its money!
Thanks Fraser, yeah there was a lot of stickers, I was running out of room.
There was a full set of minilites but unfortunately they were to smaller diameter and looked wrong 😕
I remember those days were you could buy the old classics for next to nothing ideal for going to work and back blanket over the engine on frosty nights 🌙.
Thanks for watching and I will see you next week.
Beautiful restoration as always Martin, a bit fiddly and a recipe for a bit of bad language I’d say 😉😁 also a lot of decals and stickers to put on which you did with absolute ease, can’t say it would happen like that for me if I ever get to do one of these lol!
Anyway great job, you turned this model from a rough old toy back into a thing of real beauty, I always liked these Hillman Hunters when I was younger and to think they were everywhere on the roads, now you’d be lucky to see one at all!!
Take care, all the best, Nick.
Thanks nick , yes this one was a bit of a mission, the red plastic guard was a pain had to fetal that a bit to get it to fit right , hopefully I can get another one and make it into a normal version.
All the best Martin 👍
one i'm after , had it as a kid and my brother had a real one .. great job
Thanks Paul ,there's a few on the market but lots of bits missing and expensive.
Take care my friend
Lots of work and time , but the car came out great .
SOOO KOOOOOLLLL. Mike Espo .
Thanks Mike glad you liked it and thanks for watching its really appreciated 😊
Thanks Martin for your highly detailed narrations through out the video. Really enjoyed this resto. Great casting. Not seen it before. Excellent finish. Love it
Cheers Steve much appreciated, iam pleased its of some use to you 👍.
And thanks for your continued support my friend
Great job done Martin always liked the Hillman hunter a fast car in its day, Brilliant resto 👍👏
Thanks Paul its much appreciated my friend 😀
Well, this was cool. From one video into the next. 🙂
O yes my friend glad you liked it
Highly detailed video martin, well worth spending time watching it. Very much appreciated mate. Yet another brilliant resto. Thanks for taking the time to make these Highly enjoyable uploads.
Thanks very much for the kind words my friend, its really appreciated, Alltwen best martin
Great restoration Martin, the colour's and decals look great. That was one hell of a fiddly model. Great tip about the suspension wires.
As always take care,
Jeff
Thanks Jeff I I appreciate that my friend
It was a bit fiddly more so in front of the camera 🤣🤣👍
Hi Martin, sometimes I get carried away with detailing and forgot about the camera. Then people have a two minute clip of my hand.
You did a great job as usual.
Jeff
😄😄 been there done that
Looks great. Very nice restoration Martin. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Charlie for watching, much appreciated my friend
Take care Martin
G day Martin I always watch till the end can't get enough. Wow ye old Hillman Hunter it turned out great my wife's uncle has a white one he lives in Perth Western Australia we went for a visit a few years ago and he drove us around sight seeing in it. He loves his old cars he has an old Saab as well he took the gear box apart and when he was finished he had 2 spare bolts left over he never did find out where those bolts were supposed to go lol. beautiful old cars probably worth something now days. Stay safe mate.👍
Thanks Geoff ,glad you liked it ,iam going to try and get another one but do it as a normal car .
Great to hear there are still some on the road 😀
Have a great weekend my friend
Nice resto Martin! Another well made Corgi, seems like the models with the lift off wheels had a better finish, similarly with the Mini Marcos . Have been waiting a while to see one of these done, so thanks again Martin! Keep safe see you next time 🙂👍🚙
Great mick I hope this helps you when it comes to it
Thanks for your kind comments its much appreciated
Hi Martin another nice job done on that one just one thing your Chrysler sticker on the toolbox looking at the car from the rear .the left-hand side of the sticker needs to be at the bottom so have two points on the bottom and one point on the top sorry to point that out to you . Looking forward to next week's one stay safe
Ralph Cooling
Cheers Ralph I will have a look at that 😀 you have a keen eye my friend.
Thanks for mentioning it i appreciate that
Very. Sweet 😊. As. Always. Brother 😁. I. My. Self. Do. Not. Need. All. The. Decals. My. Little. Brane. No. No. Very. Nice 👍. Again. Lee
Cheers Lee 🍻 I hope you are well my friend 😀
Man I don't think I ever seen that many parts on any Corgi! Wow talk about fiddly that one takes the cake my friend! Beautiful job Martin as usual!
Thanks Scott, there certainly was a lot of parts in such a smaller casting.
Had to be careful not to lose any .
Best wishes Martin
Wow havent seen one of these castings for a long time, wicked results Martin, loved it very much thankyou Rgds KC 🇦🇺🙂😎👍🇦🇺
Cheers KC, glad you liked it ,looking for another one to do as a normal car 🚗 😀
Thanks for your continued support my friend 👍
@@martindaredare my pleasure thankyou you also for your support really appreciate it cheers KC 🇦🇺😎✌👊👍🇦🇺
Beautiful restoration Martin!
Thanks Ron its much appreciated my friend 😀
Nice one!
Thank you for that its much appreciated
Another enjoyable restoration video, Martin. I remember my dad had a Hillman Minx, a similar model to the Hunter. Thanks for your interesting, and light hearted, commentary and for taking the time to explain the intricate details of how you remove and replace various parts. That's very helpful to those of us who are still learning. Looking forward again to your next video, take care, keep safe, and very best wishes. Peter.
Hi Peter , iam glad its helpful to you it makes it all worth while for me .
Thanks for your continued support my friend 👍
I love the rally cars. So many parts on this one! The reassembly of just the suspension alone took patience and brains, Martin. Glad you've got both! Very, very nice end result. Impressive work today. Took me two sittings to go through it all, as I never rush through your videos, but well worth every moment. Keep safe and be well! From Switzerland - Andrew 👊
Thanks for your kind words always great to hear from you 👍
Yes this one was a long one but there was a lot of useful information in there for the beginners.
I was thinking of you earlier i am bidding on a 1/18 scale porsche 1963 with damaged paint work. All the best Martin 👍
@@martindaredareYes, it was very instructional - one of the strengths of your channel! I hope you get the Porsche and put up a video, Martin. I'll be tuned in to see, as always!
Hi Martin what an amazing job all that work just shows the effort all you restorers go to for us to watch. It all looked good quality on this model, especially the glass and the seats. Best wishes from Ian & family.
Cheers Ian ,I was lucky with the parts all being there especially the window unit, the decals were of good quality aswell 👌 I will look for another on so I can do a standard build with it 😀
Have a good Sunday regards to the family 👪
I have this very same model in original blue, all intact including toolbox, spare wheels and kangaroo too
That's excellent news well worth keeping
Nice restoration and informative video. Well done indeed.
Thanks Alan for that i appreciate it 👍
Just managed to get one of these off eBay for £18 in decent nick with just the roof spare wheel missing. It was a toss up between buying the Hillman or the Corgi Golden Jacks Corvette Stingray and unfortunately I got outbid on the stingray at £15... Anyway I have never restored a diecast car before but after seeing your awesome video I am confident enough to give it a try haha. Yours turned out brilliant by the way, you’re very talented at what you do!
Well iam pleased your giving it ago ,take your time and all will be fine .
I have the golden Jack's vett but it needs a new roof window making .
Send me a photograph when your done .
Email is in the about section on my channel
Yeah I’ll take some before and after pics whenever I get around to doing it and email you. Keep up the brilliant work Martin 👍🏻
Hello Martin great restoration as always. Great paint work great detail. .hope you and your family are keeping well regards Glyn
Cheers Glyn thanks for those kind words its much appreciated my friend 😀
Great restoration Martin, great detailing as always. This represents the Hillman Hunter that won the London to Sydney rally. I do believe those wheels are minilites a common alloy wheel at the time, before wolfraces became popular, remember them?...Look forward to the next one, take care....
MR P, I remember the wolf race wheels and the hot car magazine and all the stick on bits forest arches for the mk1 escort ground hog front end for your mini, and cheap vinyl Centre consoles.
All the best Martin 👍
Awesome Martin ,I love it .excellent work as usual
Thanks laz much appreciated my friend 😀
Hi Martin the jewel is for the front on the grill 😊
Thanks Anthony good call ,sorted now I appreciate my friend
Lovely restoration Martin never seen so many decals on one car.
looks amazing I always enjoy your videos keep them coming take care 👍👍
Cheers Adrian yeah there was a lot and not much room 🙄 but worth it .
Thanks for your continued support my friend take care
Settled in with the snacks to watch you do your magic! Great projects keep the vids coming , greetings from Canada
Thanks Tanis , its good to here from you and thanks for your support my friend 👍
Very nice detail in that casting, quite a lot of work to do. All worth while Martin, it's looking terrific. That Ford Monza blue is my favorite blue!
Thanks Ady iam glad you liked it ,the blue is a great colour.
Thanks for your continued support my friend 👍
Mooi gedaan
Thanks very much its really appreciated 👍
Very good restoration Martin, enjoyed every minute of it, boy it had lots of parts to contend with for sure. Take care & stay safe my friend. 😎👍👍👍🚘🚗
Thanks Jeff there certainly was a lot ,its not until you lay them out you realise how many there are. Thanks for watching my friend.
All the best Martin 👍
thats beautifull
Thanks very much my friend 😀
Lots of bits there Martin looks great mate stay safe
Cheers Brian yeah certainly was looks cool though 👍
Fantastic work and a great result in the end. Can I ask when you put the rivets in is that super glue you use?
Hi Adam, thanks very much,yes it is super glue you don't need much .
All the best martin
the dark strips on the glass are to represent the roll bars
Thanks Rob 😊 now I know didn't think of that .
Thanks for your continued support my friend 👍
Lovely model, Winner of the London to Sydney Rally driven I think by Andrew Cowan. Sad that it was such a mess when you started.
Thanks Michael glad you liked it.
And thanks for the information.
Best wishes to you and your family
8:00 The Black plastic thing is an anti roll bar Martin !
Cheers Bob cause it is i must have had a senior moment 🤣🤣🤣
Sorry small correction; the black plastic thing is a roll bar or part of a roll cage (an anti-roll bar is a suspension component). Sorry to be a pedant.
I am glad that it was not me trying to re-assemble all the components - its next rally might have been the 'Tour through the shed window'.
London to Sydney marathon car,Martin.
Cheers for that now I got it 👍 thanks my friend
Great resto ive got 4 of these ive got the transfers and front bull bar to restore mine ive just havnt got round to doing these watch bobs restoration corner on u tube he restored one of these
Thanks Andrew, you will enjoy doing this one . Yes bob watched mine before he did his witch made me feel good .
All the best martin 👍
Great restauration again. Respect your work!
Did we have Hillmans in Europe? I have never seen one.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
Hi bert thanks for those kind words its much appreciated 👍
I would say thay did have them in Europe maybe not many interesting to find out .
Thanks for your support my friend its really appreciated
The light that came with the front grill is a spot light that was mounted central on the front crash bars
Thanks Roland, I original thought it was a spare for the back.
Thanks again for watching my friend
Good resto mate.I had a mint one which i eventuaĺly sold for £200! Looking at doing a resto on another,after seeing your vid.👍
Nice one have fun with it 👍
Not actually got one,as yet,but i'll be scouring ebay for a good one.Or at least a reasonable one.Think Flowers is still doing mail order.Look forward to your next resto.👍
Hi Martin, great job you do there. I am on process of doing a similar restoration. I have a scrap corgi mustang that happens to have the same lights that the hillman got ( tiny diamonds).
Mustang lights are definitively donors but they are somehow pressed inside the lamp hole, with no access. I was wondering how to get them out without damaging it. Not sure if you have done it before. Looking for an advice. Regards.
Tricky one this , you can get them out it's not always successful though.
You get a sharp pointed knife and clear around it and then try a prize it out some come out easy some dont ,if it starts to crumble stop .and see if you can drill a hole in the body work from behind the lights , and then push out from behind.
Some jewels are in a separate little cup.
You can buy replacement jewels or you can get plastic sticky back ones in long strips from art shops .
It's a bit hot and miss but unfortunately it's a pain .
Best of luck with it ,let me know how you get on .
Best wishes martin
winner of London to Sydney Marathon
Thanks Philip good to know 👍 I appreciate your input
I think the black thing in the window piece is supposed to be a roll bar... but you may have been told that already!
Cheers Jimmy, you are right my friend it is a roll bar ,
All the best martin 👍
Incidentally Martin, your rivet fitting/pillar drilling is excellent. What’s the secret.?
😄😄 practice, I have buggered up a lot myself still do from time to time .
Just take it nice and slow and don't let the drill bit get to hot keep drawing it out and clean the bit .
All the best Martin 👍
That was pretty rough before you started. It looks great now.
Thanks les yeah it was a bit rough there was a lot of thick paint on there in places.
But it makes it all the more pleasing when its all done .
Have a good Sunday les .
That black bar in the window is a roll cage
Thanks Gazza ,for the information, It's much appreciated my friend
Nice job Martin are the wheels and axels the same as the mini marcos 😊
No iam not sure the Marcus might be slightly smaller, I will check and see and get back to you
Hi Martin the mini Marcos golden jack wheels and axels are the same as all the golden jack wheels the only thing is the thickness of the tyres but thanks for looking keep them videos coming while I eat my porridge for breakfast
For anybody not making a video, take a series of photographs before and after removing each part👍
Thats good advice my friend thanks
All the best martin 👍
My grandad had a hillman Hunter estate ,he didn’t buy car mats my Nan made him some out of off cuts from there new front room carpet hehehehe ,miss them nothing like Nan and grandad he was my hero .you had funny looks looking for a kangaroo ,I went into a pet shop and said” love you have any blues tits “she said “ no ,we’ve got central heating “
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nice one , you can't beat grand parents i miss mine too even though thay have been gone a long time now .
All the best Martin 👍
Cheers Martin ,yes before that he had a mk 1 cortina same style of mats hehehehe ,I thing was I followed him into Royal Mail. He retired I started in 84 he done a drive called the HOC when I went driving I was the last driver at W6 to do that duty ,he was the image of Brian Moore the football commentator 😊
Good job. Hope you never get CRS (Can't Remember SHit)
I ,hope not ,mind you it feels like it sometimes, thanks Edward glad you liked it.
All the best martin 👍
HELP!!!
Witch years did they make the looseble tires construktion? Im trying to find a gold 911-912 Porsche my brother had...Same wheels as this one..
Hi K2 thay made the removable wheels cars from 1968/1970 after that thay were discontinued
Hope this helps. .
@@martindaredare Thanks! Never found a trace of that porsche... I need one now tho!😀
Came out great. Looked remarkably complete considering the condition it was in. Hope to find one of these myself, but they always go for mental money.
Thanks Paul it wasn't that bad ,I was pleased it had the tool box lid save me trying to make one
Looking forward to your next video my friend 😀
Okay then.
Thanks ivor
You could have put lights in when chassis is on🤔
Good idea 💡
you will have to adopt an octopus to help reassembly martin, and i hope you find a kangaroo soon lol
😄😄 yes Chris it feels like that sometimes, thanks for watching its really appreciated 😊 👍
@@martindaredare You should be able to get a kangaroo from Ebay. I'm sure there are some on just now.
I know it’s right but that bull bar looks totally out of place, think I might have painted it black
Yes I would say you are right on that score .