Corgi Custom Restoration Rover 3500

[@MatchboxGarage]

Great video mate I bet the only video on KZbin restoring this old rover that deserve the attention that you gave it

[@wwkdiecastmore5647]

Nice restoration Danny!...Bill

[@JohnLothe]

Always a treat to see you take what is essentially junk and turn it into gold. This one came out looking showroom ready. I never knew it was so satisfying to watch someone restore old toy cars thanks for sharing.

[@andreasatlars4281]

That one, in blue was my first diecast toy car. Wish I could like this twice.

[@fumblebee4234]

Looks so much nicer. Well done.

[@thedieiscast9729]

Great detailing on the Rover. Can remember seeing them used by the taffic cops. Not a lot that they could not catch in the day. Very much like the pics showing the background really enhanced your work. Thanks for showing us. Appreciate your time and effort

[@chopstickpizza]

nice one Danny!

[@diecastdungeon8970]

Great job Danny !! Detail, detail, detail !! Super job once again ...

[@hideralmosawi1606]

A good restoring for this awesome old vintage diecast corgi 80s

[@bigcharliesmodelgarage296]

Great job Danny. Looks wonderful now

[@pedrodelacabra1855]

Uncle Sid had a silver one, in 70s England. Classy & futuristic car. Excellent job. The dioramas look sooo cool!

[@smilesfourmiles2714]

She cleaned up real nice 👍🏼🔥

[@udorechner6846]

Very nice customizing. The new color and the decalband around the body looks great, as do the new tires. Very good job.

[@ericmcginnis9413]

Looks great! Soooooo much better!

[@TheFokker03]

that is one top resto,Danny,even the wheels add to it.Well done.

[@davidsharman8176]

Wonderful restoration

[@vitesh89]

Great work on all your cars, they look better than new.

[@neilcummings9939]

another nice job. details and adding a rear window were nice touches

[@leorabanser2225]

Well done Danny

[@adamstonebridge3876]

Another great makeover there! As for the rear window some models had them some didn't

[@tredici72]

Top job mate! ...you turned this scruffy little low budget casting into a showpiece gem👍

[@gregorytalber2068]

Excellent job as always

[@tarestorations]

Looks real good !!

[@jacopor.grandis8848]

Congratulations : excellent colour and wheels choice!

[@deepjunkgarage]

Another back from the diecast graveyard ! Looks tons better and the wheels are a nice touch ! 🍻

[@newcomerjason7791]

Incredible restoration!!!!! nice job sir!!

[@martindaredare]

Came out great, those wheels hit the spot. All the best

[@padraigmcconnell7015]

Well done Danny. I enjoyed that video.

[@hodgeshotwheelsanddiecast5192]

American torque thrust wheels can make any weird foreign car look sexy. Lol.Great job fixing it up.

[@jaseegee9293]

Strange some foreign people think american cars look weird also some may say almost old fashioned looking!😊😊😊👍

[@hodgeshotwheelsanddiecast5192]

@@jaseegee9293 old fashioned is a good thing, besides there's no replacement for displacement. V8 raw horsepower, and dual exhaust is still where its at.😎

[@jaseegee9293]

@@hodgeshotwheelsanddiecast5192 I fear many would beg to differ with the world's oil resources running out and environmental pollution being a big issue these days the big engined cars days are very much numbered!😃👍

[@barryshackson4005]

Top job, looks great 👍👍

[@hestheMaster]

Nice job Danny!👍🏻👍🏻 Love your choice of wheels on the car and the paint looks very good too. That rear window in the rear hatch looks like it will fall out any second. Could find some clear parts glue to fill in the edges next time. Works wonders!😍

[@DannysDiecastDisasters]

It is actually glued to a couple of little tiny tabs with clear epoxy. It not wedged in there tho I find it usually ends up chipping the paint.

[@tommytippee5900]

Good stuff Danny.

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

Car came out great , i have never seen this casting before , but you did a great job with it , cool video . Mike Espo....

[@revzillo]

That looks great Danny, the wheels really suit that Rover SD1 . Great job 👍

[@steveherring6660]

nice job.

[@michaelmccue72]

Great work Danny, looks much improved!

[@ketoking9435]

Danny,Nice job,, I owned 2 of these in real life one was a 3500s the other a 3500 Vanden Plas ,nice cars,,,made me smile when I saw you receive this super car,,many cars used the same engine which was a copy of a Buick 215ci engine,,in a speed shop I'd sell spares for the engines,, Billet 390cfm carb,Crane214 cam and so much more,,,in Australia Leyland used a larger version of this engine in the P76 saloon,,,,cheers again,,,

[@joep4235]

fantastic !!!!

[@Winterchylde]

These were a very familiar sight on British roads in late 70s to early 80s and they were also known as the SD-1. Very impressive restoration, and that colour is a typical Rover one too... =)

[@pauljohansson7697]

Beautiful.

[@raverboyloki]

This came out great! I love the fact that you replaced the missing rear window. I have a few Corgi cars leftover from my youth including a model similar to this, however' that one has an opening hood with engine details and a more detailed interior. It might be either a 1:24 or 1:32 scale model. It's in decent shape, however the rear window on mine has since cracked :( Great work on these restorations!

[@TheSteamLocomotive]

Corgi Jrs are cheaply made; but, they are well detailed and still better than modern hot wheels and modern matchbox toys. You do great work Danny.

[@cutrockr-diecastracing2773]

A "good fix up!" Cheers

[@pokerclown7922]

Very nice

[@RJDCR]

kool , thanx...Wow...those wheels really made that build , along with your fine work,,,,neat one Robert

[@mrl2l]

Now I would love to have that 👍👍👍👍👍😎

[@LaziLowcollectables]

awesome job Danny ,just subbed you again ,seems like many of my subs not there ,cool work on the Rover mate

[@Tiger351]

Top job Danny, looks great in the period correct colour scheme! Corgi went downhill fast after the mid 70's and pretty much all the cars from about 75 on are paper thin castings with equally thin plastic bases unfortunately, even though they have a fairly good amount of detail. I really like the wheels you put on, probably 20 years ago now I saw a Rover SD1 featured in Street Machine magazine here in Aus with the same wheels, the car had a 5 L Holden V8 and T5 gearbox swapped into it.

[@azrifadli7900]

I like this Rover

[@madskillz3906]

Hey that's a Pontiac Sunbird Hatchback

[@railtrolley]

There was a four cylinder version of the GM Holden Torana in the 1970's, also available in a hatchback. It was called a Sunbird. GM sharing the names around.

[@westonward735]

You do a great job on the cars. I think if you soaked up the excess wash that you seem to think has to be on everyting. The cars would look a lot better. Just my thoughts.

[@nathancook1404]

Now that Suck that Corgi doesn't have Wiki of their own they should really get one if they want to people to look up their well detailed models of Corgi Toy Vehicles. Hot Wheels & Matchbox are doing it and they have some good info of the makes and Models of the Toy Vehicles they make.

[@DannysDiecastDisasters]

Yes theres a good Wiki for Majorette as well

[@silvermane9370]

Nice job. A couple of points, the black side stripe is too high, they were below that swage line iirc. It was fun to notice the normal steering wheel, the real one was a big blocky thing.

[@jamespotter3334]

Nice job on the Rover. Don’t know if you’re aware but corgi did also make these with a die cast base as well.

[@kevinmyers2237]

Nice job ✌🏿👌🏾🖖🏾🇬🇧

[@phantom2hell]

tomorrow i wait to arrive my first corgi models ! one of them is the rover 3500!!!! it is in good shape as i saw form the pictures.. and i guess i have to make the rear glass and details! now about the cast of the video it was in production between 1978-1983 in the corgi line!

[@mortenhenningsen940]

Dont think it has rear vindow . But the background fotos are just awesome!!! Made the car "real".

[@2ahdcat]

Jigginess :)

[@Neon-Covenanter]

Good afternoon.

[@chrismayer3919]

VERY admirable! people like you take crap-cars and turn them like new again

[@ianallen2]

Nice resto. The colour doesnt match, but hte wheels deffo do. Well done. I remember these SD1 (or SDI) and the hate they brought the rover group. They were the bain of the rover back in the day. The best rovers werethe P5b and the P6 series.

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

That's an SD1. I went to see Guns and Roses in one of those, in Manchester the first time they played the UK in about 1987.

[@lorddiosliving]

sd1?? talbot?'??

[@DannysDiecastDisasters]

I saw them live over here in 1993 along with Skid Row supporting.

[@lorddiosliving]

@@DannysDiecastDisasters YOU'RE A METAL JUNKIE

[@rodney1818]

What did you use for the back window I usually cut a piece out of a blister pack

[@DannysDiecastDisasters]

Clear styrene sheet. You might notice its not fitted too tightly because it tends to scratch the paint if you try to wedge it in there.

[@rodney1818]

I use blister pack cuz a it's free B cuz you can cut it a little bit bigger than you need it and usually have to try three or four times so it's not real efficient but I hit it with the heat gun until it you know rolls itself into place you got to find that sweet spot

[@SuperBadVideos]

I remember getting those particular cars in 5 packs from the 99¢ store for like $2.

[@octaviussludberry9016]

The UK police used these from around 1978 to the mid-80s for their pursuit cars. 3.5 litre Rover beasts.

[@octaviussludberry9016]

I forgot they were V8.

[@octaviussludberry9016]

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[@ptoughneighcoopernicus5042]

I wish you and Marty do a collab video hahaha your both similar even at Intro

[@pepperthekobold]

I suspect this model was made around the same time as the car itself. This particular Rover, known as the SD1 (short for Specialist Division 1, it was a big change from Rover's previous cars, such as the P4, P5 and P6) was available with a number of different engines, ranging from a 2 litre I4, three different I6s and the 3500, which was the (in)famous 3.5 litre aluminium block V8 that Rover obtained from Buick in the 60s. However, around the time this car was being produced, alongside the original Range Rover for example, Rover had all sorts of problems, from management down to labour strikes. Quality suffered. If you had a 'good one' or could afford to have issues addressed the 3500, particularly the later EFi models pushing 190hp, was a car that would take on the likes of BMW and Mercedes. It was very popular with British Police. However, they are famous for being badly made. The right car made by the wrong company.

[@l8tondillon-gray49]

Can something be missing if it was never there to begin with. An awful lot of the corgis with opening hatches didn't get a window great to see your replacement. If you have the casting matchbox did a lovely version with a sunroof to see them side by side

[@austingomez9630]

nice

[@anthonybollini3699]

Corgi, from 1980's are very cheap to compete with Asian products! Well done

[@hodgeshotwheelsanddiecast5192]

I remember how cheap those corgis looked as a kid, the only one we played with was the Starsky and Hutch Torino. And it sucked too with its cheap paper decal white hockey stripe .but in the mid/ late 70s detailed diecast was non existent .

[@DannysDiecastDisasters]

Now .. about that Starsky and Hutch one ... ;)

[@martindaredare]

Things breaking and falling of ,ha typical British Leyland.

[@markunger1098]

Had one of these as a Met Police car. Had Met police insignia and not just the generic jam sandwich livery.

[@lorddiosliving]

corghi had very nice compact european junior size toy cars to restore and costumize maybe someone in the future will have a vlog to restore this lines of diecast crs from 70's to 80's british trend that are so nice better than lesney

[@ljbrizzo]

great work. I have a cop car version if you want to have a go at it?

[@RandyDarkshade2]

They didn't come with a rear window. But nice restoration.

[@DannysDiecastDisasters]

Well i looked at a lot of photos, sopme had a rear window with lines on it. It definitely has little tabs for a window. I'm guess now that maybe the earlier ones had them and later one they made cheaper and ditched it.

[@losingmyfavoritegame8752]

Why is the rear window missing? Because it's rare!

[@carlkwasnjuk9518]

Pretty sure this did not have a rear window from original. A lot of Majorettes were like this as well.

[@MatchboxGarage]

How did someone dislike this video I don't understand 😕

[@DieCastRestos]

Another tidy job mate! Shame those bases are utter crap on the cheap old Corgis, so many good castings but made of spit and Kleenex

[@FuchsiaShocked]

I've got one of these. Annoys me that the door lines stand proud instead of being recessed, but that's corgi.

[@DannysDiecastDisasters]

Yes its not the best for applying decals to

[@jackshook3229]

Should try the real rider wheels

[@Matthew-hp1bb]

The front looks like a Ferrari 400i

[@reesecolvin533]

I think the car looks great but however in most of the vids I have watched you put a wash on every thing but other than that you do a good job

[@dalejweppler6273]

Wouldn't know it's a "cheapie" after the upgrades

[@milksheihk]

Not a fan of castings where the panel lines are raised ridges instead of grooves.

[@lrg3834]

Nice choice on the wheels. Love the interior, wheel and base detailing. However, find the body paint falls below your skill level, which is quite advanced. Did you hand paint the body instead of airbrushing it? Doesn't quite look as polished as your usual handiwork. Perhaps adding wax and polishing it would improve things; don't know, just a suggestion. (And no, did not give you a thumbs down. Have too much respect for your skill set to do that.)

[@ОлегКрасовский-э4ч]

А как вы заклепали назад днище к кузову?

[@ianhow100]

Older corgis were a lot better made with metal chassis'

[@gk6018]

What do you mean it’s a Rover? This is OBVIOUSLY a Ferrari Daytona 🙄🙄

[@MiamiMillionaire]

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