Fire Truck Pedal Car Restoration

This children’s pedal car was made in the 1960’s.
It was made by Murray and was called a flat face Fire Truck. The body shape was modeled after the Ford Fairlane (my first car handed down by Grandma).
It’s missing its wooden ladders, the ignition key, the hood light, and padded seat.
This car has had some good usage and now it’s time to bring it back to its original condition, for a new generation of kids to enjoy.
This car weighs over 35 pounds - it’s a sturdy metal machine. There's even a back step for kids to ride on and push off from.
Key Moments:
00:00 A 1960's Murray Flat Face Pedal Car
01:02 Disasssembly
02:56 Wheel removal
05:07 Sandblasting parts
06:12 Powder coating
09:00 Re-mounting tires
09:34 Attempted metal plating
10:14 Angle grinding car body
11:25 Pounding out dents
11:41 Applying body filler (Bondo)
12:10 Automotive spray paint and clear coat
13:45 Buffing metal grille
14:34 Cricut cutting vinyl decals; transfer tape
16:37 Reassembly of body
20:14 Design, 3D printing and assembly of hood lamp
22:54 Final product - before and after views, road test
Techniques shown in this video:
Soldering
Powder coating
Spray gun painting
Angle grinding / Paint removal
Bead blasting
Metal body work and filler
CAD (computer aided design) (Autodesk Fusion 360)
3D printing
Decal creation and transfer (Cricut die cutting)
Buffing and polishing metal

[@MrAndyBearJr]

I had a Ford Fairlane pedal car my parents bought for me at a Western Auto Hardware Store when I was about four or five years old. Same design as this, minus the fire engine accoutrements. It was a mint green color. They had eight mm home movies of me pedaling around in that car. I was one happy camper! 😃 Rode around in it so much my dad had to replace the tires. He mounted the new ones by heating them in near boiling water to make them pliable enough to mount. We ended up donating it to our church nursery when I outgrew it. I am sixty-two now.

[@jackwood8307]

Great job!👍

[@ronwolff5973]

I had that very same car , it also had ladders and a bell on the hood I’m 63 years old now

[@billclement2660]

Ditto, still have bugs Bunny but no firetruck, wore the pintle bearings out

[@BOMReviews]

Awesome, did you have a light too? If so, do you recall what it looked like?

[@shawnataylor7998]

Beautiful job!

[@wazzazone]

Great effort well done.

[@jfrankcarr]

I had one of those when I was a kid. I got it on Christmas when I was about 3 years old. (Yes, I'm ancient.)

[@BOMReviews]

Lol, we used to have a whole parkway chalked out - fun times.

[@VenoxVixen]

I have one that needs redoing would you be willing to do another one?

[@lunagutierrez]

Increíble restauración buen trabajo😍

[@greggabel7238]

It looks like a Plymouth!

[@MASI_forging]

Nice restoration 😍😍

[@BOMReviews]

Thank you very much!

[@pofrof4910]

I don't know. There are a couple of suspicious things. 🔎

[@zoraidaarguinzoni3366]

Saludos, hermoso. Dios le bendiga

[@BOMReviews]

Agradezco que te hayas tomado el tiempo de dejar vibraciones positivas.

[@zoraidaarguinzoni3366]

Hola, siempre, soy cristiana. Dios le continué bendiciendo

[@larryvandewege4458]

He should have made the headlights to work, as he made a flashing red light.

[@BOMReviews]

I definitely thought about it. But this restoration had already stretched on for almost 2 years due to some "life interruptions."

[@bigmoneylove_27]

First love ur videos ❤

[@BOMReviews]

Glad you like them!

[@georgemartinezjr]

What did you use to luberciate all moving parts with

[@joelcazares4852]

Where do you buy the replacement tires

[@gingerfox5605]

Почему именно пудра? Это самый удобный способ окрашивания?

[@BOMReviews]

Порошковая окраска была нанесена на нижнюю часть механики, колпаки, рули и держатели лестниц, потому что порошок более долговечен, чем краска, а эта игрушка предназначена для использования. Спасибо!

[@gingerfox5605]

@@BOMReviews Спасибо за ответ♥️

[@dankamosna2870]

Kopa kvalitnej renovatorskej prace, az na tu pripravu karoserie pod lak a tym padom nekvalitna konecna povrchova uprava ...

[@donovan543]

"promosm" 💦

[@rickreeve1246]

bad body clean up show when putting on decal should have bead blasted left many grinder marks

[@parafernauta7297]

Estragou o carrinho.

[@H4rleyBoy]

Camera far to close to the subject matter for me.

[@waynethacker7145]

Bad paint job

[@webtoedman]

Not easy to do a good job on panels that were made as cheaply as possible. Full size vehicle panels back in the '50s/'60s needed a lot of massaging before painting.