Matchbox Series No 22 Pontiac G.P Sports Coupe - Restoration Video
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ม.ค. 2025
- Today I transform this crushed piece of trash into something magnificent... or at least I think so. This is now my favorite car and build and I very much hope you enjoy it!
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This was an amazing restoration.
That was a serious basket case. Amazing you were able to restore it at all. You never think about how delicate some of these toys are, and yet they can survive plenty of play...normally. Cheers, Timo.
Just incredible! An absolute miracle restoration. To think that probably got raked and battered in a "3 for 50p, spares only" box for decades!
Id take the whole box!
An absolute beauty of a vehicle. The fact that you were able to work through so many issues through the restoration and end up with a car that looks like it just came out of its box is incredible. Well done.
When I was in high school (late 70s), my friend Izzy drove this car. The real one. Fun car. Good times.
Incredible.... You breathed fresh life into a proper knackered old one. Fantastic resto Rob 👍🏻
Thanks mate
What is "knackered?"
@@CraigCaldwell-ln5zf wrecked, broken etc.
Brilliant restoration
That came out incredible
What a great restoration well done Rob
Well done Rob! Once I saw the car split in half, I panicked! However, you undoubtedly pulled it off! Way to go mate!
I nearly cried mate
I must say this has got to be your best work to date. That car was destined for the scrap bin but in the end you'd have never known it was in multiple pieces at one time
That was the first time I thought you wouldn't be able to restore a car without turning it into a full custom. You did a superb job with this car. It really did look beyond repair. Great work!
Wow. You really brought this back. Great to see the video as this was one of my very favourite Matchbox cars when I was a boy. Fantastic to know that someone has the knowledge and interest to bring it back to life. Thank you.
Wheeler dealer you!!!! Awsome resto job!!!!!
Has to be 1 of the biggest transformations I have seen. Good job
Pulled off a real miracle on that one. Turned out very nice. I'm really amazed how shiny the pain is without having a clear coat on it. Thumbs up.
--Dave
That is some powerful caustic soda! At 6:20, not only does the paint slough off of the car pieces, but the entire bottle vaporized, only to reappear.
I'm not sure exactly why . . . but I found this video enthralling from start to glorious finish! Pure restoration poetry. Thank you for posting.
One of my favorites too. Beautiful work!
Great work , well done .
Proper Pontiac restoration!!
Who would dislike something so satisfying
Me
Thank-you, Sir for sharing the resto. Great job and it really brought me back to better times. Simpler times. 🥋
Thanks for watching Sensei
Nice job. Red is perfect.
Good work. I was really surprised how good the metal looked after you stripped the paint and cleaned it up. Great job on fixing the broken parts.
Quite the heavy resto. Pretty neat. Congratz.
Now that was a full-on proper restoration. Awesome!!
You are the miracle worker! Came out great! Love the color!
What an awesome result, a miraculous transformation from the original condition, well done!!!.
It's alive - you brought that car back from the dead - great job!
Wow. Unbelievable results. In my opinion it's your best restoration to date.
Very nice job.
Brilliant restoration.....10/10
Awesome effort.
Great repair Rob, and your favourite so far. Thanks for uploading
Beautiful restoration, I like the way you painted the headlights and grill.
Very relaxing and enjoyable to watch the repairs. Amazing something so small can be restored to such a great level. I'd have liked to have seen the complete roof restoration, mindful it was so badly damaged, but understand your mention of getting the work done and fixing the camera also. I'll be looking at other restorations shortly. Thank you.
Finally, another UNPRETENTIOUS Matchbox restoration channel! Subscribed in minutes, time to binge-watch! Thanks.
Thanks David. I wonder who you think is pretentious 🤔
@@MatchboxGarage : Not going to hang myself answering this one... I'm sure you understand the concept of recrimination? LOL
Saw the initial state of the car, and I thought, "that poor thing is toast." Then I saw the end result and it turned out fantastic! Great job!
nice job Rob
Well rob that went from junk to a gem.
Well done
All the best.
That was an awesome job, and I love that despite all the work you had to do to save the body, and this model was saved rather than restored, the base was untouched to maintain a degree of originality.
Very impressive!
Awesome job!!
Very solid work on a not so solid car. The end result is amazing.
An amazing job straightening to body, and putting it back in one piece. Very nice work.
You certainly take on some thoroughly thrashed projects but manage to bring them back to fine condition. Great work!
Well thats what restoration is all about, brilliantly done and the final result looks great.
That was quite a project Rob, it turned out great!
i was gobsmacked by that good job
Robs chop shop!, a great restoration. It looked like some kid tried to jam it under a door and failed. Look forward to your next one but I need to check back through your list I think I missed one.
nice job rob
This must be one of your best Rob, a great job well done and thanks for sharing this with us
My first car was a ‘64 GP; quite a blast to drive. Excellent work!
Awesome job my friend. that was some great craftsman'ship
I love that you stuck with it and made it work. Great job!
Just watched the vid,,really nice to see this car resurrected,,,great inspiration,,I owned a later pontiac GTO 1970 that raced at Santa Pod it was white with red n blue Judge stripes and known as the Widow maker,, the engine was built by a company called Mainly Mopar,,was the only American car I owned but for that summer of 1990 was my dream,,,keep the vid's coming,,Thanx for a great vid,have an Awesome week,
i am amazed the quality of your work and car.
Great job mate, the fix looks awesome. Well done. From personal experience when your airbrush hasn't got a good flow stop and clean it before painting the car because it can sometimes splurge out and ruin the paintjob and you have to strip it all again!
Looks great.
Excellent restoration looks great
Great resto Rob, makes an awesome display car, one of the most popular models in all its guises. It's a transition model running from 1965 to 1971 in its superfast guise of purple at the end.
Beautiful restoration.
This was a "Holy Grail" Matchbox car that I did not actually see until the early 1980s, although a 1977 or so catalog listed it by name as the previous occupant of spot 22, and a grade school friend had described the model that he had seen at a garage sale.....I would have LOVED this car as a little kid, but was older than play age when I first bought it.....Great to see that this "write off" by the insurance company has been given an appropriately new lease on life! The 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix is a true classic!
Great restoration mate! Look forward to the next video!
Enjoy your TH-cam channel. Great job on the restore. I have a lot of cars from my childhood including my first one a Maserati
You did an amazing job on it I love it 🤩🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍👍
Good job. I like working on the damaged ones too. More of a challenge. I have a few that were in a "fiery crash" on my HO train table when I was kid. One is restored. A Jaguar E-type. It was fun to do.
those new a pillars fit in perfectly! most amazing job!!!
Give a new meaning to chop cut and rebuild well done very well done
What a transformation,to how it was,im amazed how it turned out, needed a bit of work,and the marker made it more detailed,a very tidy model car.
Ahhhhh!!!! You are the Master...good job..
Wow that was a challenge,and you mastered it, im very impressed!!
Yes, best job ever!
A beautiful Pontiac Grand Prix. These cars were loaded with luxury and power for the middle-aged guy who refused to grow up.
@ I once had a 1965 Potiac 2+2 convertible. It had a 421cubic inch engine with a 4spd manual transmission. I wish I could post a pic. Have a great day.
If I would have even tried such a restoration... the car would be more flat as I don't have that dedication! Marty fixed a "flat" car... so did you! I can't imagine you can ever get mad at something or someone! Such calmness... Well done! I wish youtube would do away with the dislike button!
Yeah I am a laid back person
It may not be perfect, but its perfect to you . that all that matters . I love it ! Nice job .
looks great
This car was a challenge but you pulled it off.😁
Very well done! This Grand Prix Coupe gave you quite a few challenges! I can't see where the car split in half, and I wouldn't have known that had I not watched the entire video! I'm gobsmacked!
It has a tow hitch yea you did brought that tiny car back from how you got it. Thank you for sharing your video I enjoyed watching IT 👍
Absolutley amazing.Well done indeed.
Seriously impressive bit of work there Rob. You da man!
Really nice restoration, from what it was to that, outstanding!....Bill
Wow. Fantastic!
I love old Pontiacs. Bonneville, Grand Prix, Catalina.....some of the best looking cars ever made
Well done!!
amazing! I can't believe you did the impossible!
You saved this diecast model. You achieved a great effect. Regards 🙂
Awesome recovery and restoration. Great job.
Hands down! You really brought that car back to life! Posca markers ! The best!👍👍👍
Just Wow... that was not a restoration, that was a resurrection!
Very nice save on this one!
Mi auto! Así era el matchbox que más quería cuando niño. Que bueno es volver a ver uno de estos restaurado.
👍👍🇨🇱
My car! This was the matchbox that I loved the most as a child. It's good to see one of these restored again.
Brilliant transformation there!
Great job man! Looks awesome! Looking forward to seeing what you do next
This tured out super nice
Awesome work very interesting to watch
Dude,you nailed it perfectly! Pontiac fans (like me) all over the USA would say Excellent job! I cringe every Time you throw heat to that diecast. I just carefully work mine with punches and a small hammer on a small block of wood. That should be a 1966 or 67 Pontiac Grand Prix hence GP. They were bigger than a Lemans, yet Smaller than a Catalina . Usually like a 326 big block v8 I think I'm a little rusty on my pre 1970 Pontiac info.Again, Great job.
@pinche pendejo Thanks for the correction. I'm a little rusty on my pre 1970 Pontiac info. Haha
The Grand Prix would have had the 389, with the 421 as an option.
@@jayhimes5016 Thank you ,I'm a little rusty on my pre 1970 Pontiac info
What a transformation!