Hot Wheels Redline Restoration : 1967 Custom Firebird

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[@DiecastShowCustoms]

*Turned out awesome in my opinion, it survived 50 years let's see how far it makes it now*

[@lonnyjaw]

Great job guy! I had a red Custom Firebird back then. I'm still kicking myself after 40 years have passed that I gave my collection away like an idiot. BUT, I am in the process of getting them back again slowly but surely!

[@jaredcoel8325]

Firebird is one of my personal favorites

[@charliejames1981]

Just when I'm about to call it a night here goes a blue beauty from you.

[@willm5032]

ME TOO, 16 HOURS LATER.

[@HTHonda420]

And here I am 3:13 in the morning wide awake watching your videos love the work keep it up!

[@steven2212]

Nice, almost hypnotic pace. Well done.

[@revzillo]

That blue really pops, I'd love to see that on a C2 Stingray or 67 Pontiac GTO, But it looks great on this firebird, great job 👍👍👍

[@louloop9137]

Cool as always.😎👍 A white background, white colored rotating circle and more lighting would pop the toys more 😎👌🔥🏎️🚗

[@kathyflorcruz552]

I'm happy its come this far too.

[@RiverasHotWheels]

Seeing past the small imperfections on the casting itself this thing came out sweet man. The windshield looks brand new!!! Missed some tail light details. Excellent work as usual. Good video 👍🏽

[@WheelsNThangs]

Thank you! Yeah, I totally forgot the tails were painted originally. I painted them after the fact but didn't want to film again. Takes too much time :)

[@Jsellers1965]

I think itlooks awesome. I saw the rear wheel looked a bit odd but its looking good. I used the screw driver handle for the tap. I had to drill it out but it worked great.

[@kingtriplebbb5347]

Wow, that's Bad !!! Whoa , beautiful , you are the Man,👍

[@keithperry8098]

Nice restore👍

[@darthhull85]

I’ve been watching a lot of these videos lately and I really like your finished product with this specific paint over the other channels. Maybe they go too thin? You’re just end up looking very nice and new

[@WheelsNThangs]

Thank you! Some don't turn out that way though :)

[@Iskelderon]

Great job! Only change I would have made is to mask off the windshield to give it a purple frame to blend in with the chassis.

[@tuxpowerpc]

I love this restoration. What I am curious about is why you do not use any body filler to take care of the deep divots for all the hard work you put into these cars? There is another gentlemen I came across who does similar restorations and he uses fillers which make a huge difference. Thanks for your great content!

[@WheelsNThangs]

I don'[t use filler with the Spectraflame paint because it would show through the paint. This type of paint is pretty transparent and show every tiny detail. Primer isn't an option because it will change the color.

[@williamgreen9307]

Awesome video dude thanks it looks awesome your good at what you do

[@RC4X4]

On the base, have you ever tried a fine glass shot? It would make them look nice.

[@WheelsNThangs]

Hmm. Never have. I'll have to check it out!

[@bobbydixon257]

Looks really nice...👍

[@BCBell]

Looks fantastic! 👍

[@coffeecarsandmorewithdanny5749]

The markers that you use: are they the oil-based markers? Water-based?

[@WheelsNThangs]

Water based amzn.to/2iwENgJ

[@smm2k13]

Awesome job!

[@1984buickboy]

Looks good

[@DJNIAPO]

Out of curiosity, what becomes of these restorations? Do you sell them, display them?

[@WheelsNThangs]

Usually give them to my little guy..

[@moefugger2045]

And can you use sandpaper to get rid of decals

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Good job.

[@inthelionsden6335]

She's a beauty.

[@Tybearius]

why didn't you fill in those divots with solder?

[@JandrorsCustom]

Que padre restauración saludos

[@johnnyjp5780]

GREAT!!!!!!!!! job......do you sell these?........if so..... how much for this firebird?.......i'm having my real one restored.... thanx :)

[@WheelsNThangs]

I usually don’t sell because the pricing would be too high.

[@LTDan-hu5fq]

Have you ever considered doing body repair to correct the flaws?

[@WheelsNThangs]

Not with Spectraflame paint, it would show through.

[@brianclark17]

Why not use body filler to fill the divots and to straighten metal on the body?

[@WheelsNThangs]

Not with this particular paint as it shows through.

[@brianclark17]

WheelsNThangs I understand! I honestly never knew you could buy parts for these, or even gave it a thought to restore them. I have about 1,000 in my collection of old cars , and some could use restored! I came across your channel lookin at fishin videos, lol. Great work! I subbed and watched a bunch of your vids.

[@WheelsNThangs]

Thank you Brian!

[@abelgutierrezcucuecha2632]

Sería genial qué los rines fueran personalizados de pendiendo cada carrito

[@jeeptjxwrangler1088]

Have you ever used automotive putty for dings and scratches?

[@WheelsNThangs]

Yeah but with this style paint you can't.

[@jeeptjxwrangler1088]

WheelsNThangs gotcha!

[@juanalcala5822]

Mi color favorito 😍

[@cristianodummel316]

Gostaria de ter um igual!

[@michaelphillips7750]

Use bondo on the pitting.

[@WheelsNThangs]

The paint is transparent shows through.

[@jordanayala6575]

Do you have a p.o box I bought my son a box full of cars at a garage sell and I have a lot of the redline era hot wheels he stoped playing with them I can send them to you

[@WheelsNThangs]

Sure, shoot me a message on here or email [e-mail]

[@AnnaAnnaYes]

Time to go to Hobby Lobby??

[@antonio-tt7js]

👏👏👏👏👏👍👍

[@jdtattoo3234]

He ido a comprar y he robafo un kindergueno y gomita guena

[@supercheekykiwi]

They are always bloody red lines

[@kevincardenas2636]

Comentario 9 lml Quedo súper

[@dbs777229f]

Repo wheels are just ugly. Didn't the tails have red paint on original?

[@WheelsNThangs]

I believe they were painted originally.

[@THE_HW_MASTERS]

awesome restoration as Always!!! ;)

[@leokimvideo]

Be very careful, I am now getting toy modification videos demonotized and failing manual review. It seems KZbin are on the rampage or I'm the unluckiest producer on the site. My Dremil doesn't go that slow!

[@WheelsNThangs]

Yikes!

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

This video had no ads: is it actually monetized? u-tyub is turning into a totalitarian monster!

[@michaelhall736]

I don't know why they'd go after these considering these are the most harmless videos on KZbin and don't break any guidelines.

[@friendlyneighborhoodtrampo5081]

I feel as though you matched the color perfectly! Plus those dents may look bad in ones eyes, but I see them as how this car has survived 50 years

[@kirasiohotwheelsracing6191]

That's amazing. Could watch these all day.

[@robertabraham7793]

Your videos are really amazing and very inspirational, thank you for restoring such beautiful cars!

[@deepkumarumradiya9791]

Sir I have seen lots of your restrostion videos they are pretty good & I know that after restrostion these Hot wheels are given to a four year old but I would really love to see a full 100% DETAIL Hot wheel RESTROSTION VIDEO

[@easyontheeyes78]

Still a pretty car

[@michaellorenzen7410]

haha just found your videos a couple of hours ago this is like watching a Bob Ross painting show getting all my old cars out to play

[@WheelsNThangs]

Happy little trees!

[@strange-universe]

as a kid it was great to be able to have these toys of one's favorite cars. The condition prior to the restorations is a testament as to how much playability they have.

[@saschagoretzki5504]

Ok got it. Its a Floor Care.....found it on the Web. 😉😎

[@saschagoretzki5504]

Hello buddy, I'm from German and was asking myself what is this "Futer Shine"? Could you explain it a little bit for me? Thank you!

[@WrenB111]

Liquid floor wax

[@dhuff1958]

I heard you mention another channel and motorcycle parts. Do you do full size restorations too? I would love to check out your other channel

[@WheelsNThangs]

I do but I haven't done one in awhile. A mini bike was the most recent but I usually deal with motocross bikes. If you look back a few years ago I've had a few complete builds. kzbin.info

[@rostig01]

I think it turned out great and I still like the blue. Would like to see you do orange if that's an option.

[@ACTIVEGAMER298]

Well I’m up at 130 AM, might as well stay up for a tad longer

[@evilwarcow]

This car looks much like a car that I restored and gave a stupid amount of horse power in Car Mechanic Simulator.

[@The97randomkid]

You've really inspired me to want to restore a Redline Hot Wheels. I found a pretty cheap Custom Firebird online. Did you use the medium size wheels for the back and the small ones for the front? So many options on the Hot Wheels Redline Shop website.

[@svtbird9613]

The car as a whole is awesome, you do some great work. Most of these cars when you get them look ready for the trash and you bring them back to life. Great job!

[@WheelsNThangs]

Thank you!

[@matchboxmark8191]

Always look forward to your videos! You are one of the best!

[@Prettybabymo]

I have the same exact car in my hand right now in the same condition. But missing a tire😑

[@jimmysjamin1]

Goodness gracious when I was a kid growing up back in the day the abuse we dealt out on these poor cars ! we all had our speciality torture for the poor car, mine was to crack it with my Louisville slugger across to the other side of the river and go retrieve it, and if you didn't make it then oh well you lost your car. I didn't loose many but your firebird made most of my hot wheels look like broken down pieces of diecast minus windshield glass of any kind lol

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

I'm not much of a craftsman and will probably never do a Hot Wheels restoration but I love watching vids like this. (Hoping some of your skill will rub off on my plastic modelling and airbrushing techniques!)

[@WheelsNThangs]

Thank you, I appreciate it!

[@joseromeroallio445]

Cada restaurador/renovador tiene su toque particular. El suyo es evidentemente la calidad del uso de la lija y el pulido y la fina terminación de la pintura. Un hermoso trabajo: gracias por compartirlo con nosotros.

[@jeffreyplummer6626]

Can you fix a car up for people who can’t do stuff like this?. Anyway to get your address to send you a toy car to fix up for me?. I’d love to have you fix up a toy car for me?.

[@tims-whims]

If you used the tumbler correctly with walnut media the bottom will polish up like new. You dont fill it enough for it to work correctly.

[@vincentdarsch6429]

Never realized how much different the Hong Kong's version is from the American version.

[@tgmotoman1]

Hope you are doing well, you sound a little down. I like your video. I find them interesting.

[@thehotwheelshunter]

Awesome videos but where do you get the spectraflame paint or is it the testors paint that there was a link for

[@WheelsNThangs]

I get the SpectraFlame from the redlineshop.

[@Framed_Niner]

It looks PERFECT!!!

[@theinterfaithshepherd9075]

I enjoyed this video very much. Thank you for making it. :) I'm curious why you decided not to take the extra steps to do body work on the pits and wheel well with bondo, and or a small welder? Not a critique, just a question.

[@WheelsNThangs]

The paint is transparent so I can't use filler and you can only sand so much :(

[@easylarry1]

It does look great

[@davielocker6031]

i like the resto but i like its original staite its in too if it still rolls an all original

[@Kaos116]

I love the videos! I do have a question. Why do you not try to fill in the imperfections. I know nothing about restoring Hot Wheels so the answer may be simple.

[@WheelsNThangs]

Thank you! Unfortunately the spectraflame paint is transparent and would show through.

[@bobwilliams6809]

What was the chemical that you dipped the windshield in?

[@RJDCR]

kool...A wish I had.....thanx

[@tristansmallface1570]

Like this vid👍

[@mrmopar5]

What about the red strip painted on for the tail lights?

[@Asytra]

On a scale of 1-10, How satisfied do you feel when you "pop it apart" to start working on it? c:

[@WheelsNThangs]

Sometimes only a 1. lol

[@boerharms2209]

my favourite redline casting... you did a great job! looks great!!

[@KITTYDESTROYEROFWOLRDS]

Would love to know if u do newer production of cars

[@RoboZombie44]

Can you do Shelby Mustang GT 500

[@Shade_tree_garage01]

To RECHROMED rims try Molotow chrome pens! They’re fantastic!

[@WheelsNThangs]

I use them often and they are!

[@breaks_n_stuff4049]

Decent.

[@RalphLemmarOMago]

cost of one hotwheels is only $2 in our country 😂

[@MayorgasHotWheelsWorkshop]

Excellent job 👏

[@craigmanning2439]

Does he have a pac-man of some sort in his basement?

[@bradheavener4200]

Coulda put a little bondo in those dents lol

[@BigSkyModelWorkshop]

Short of using putty and then chrome paint as a base, can't ask for much better than that! Looks good!

[@agwbcfjc2]

Excellent results. Thumbs up.

[@SC-mq1eh]

A cool car, that came out pretty cool!

[@thetwojohns6236]

On the manufacturing flaws you pointed out, the divots and such, would it be possible to use some solder to fill it then sand down to true?

[@WheelsNThangs]

Solder doesn't seem to really stick to the zinc. I've also melted some cars with it...

[@thetwojohns6236]

@@WheelsNThangs thanks for answering. I've never done anything like this but always interested to learn new things. 👍

[@michaelphillips7750]

Use lead to fill in the divits.

[@gbandz5995]

My papa has a real 1968 firebird

[@damianosavraammisaelidis9727]

Mate. It turned out really well? Mate. It's perfect. I personally like these small imperfections. It gives a certain quality. Keep up the great work. I love your videos. I am a youtube "surfer" and crushing on your videos made me a maniac of seeing all your work. Peace and respect from a Greek Canadian. 👌👌👌👍👍

[@WheelsNThangs]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!

[@MoragTong_]

As I am sure you know, a dark color will show every ding in the sheet metal. Also...no bondo/filler for those divots? Obviously there is a point of diminishing returns on your efforts., but real world "body work" could go a long way in making that car look even better. Love the car...had a '68 vert 400 4spd car when I was 19. I'm 46 now and doubt I could afford one, lol.

[@WheelsNThangs]

Unfortunately the spectraflame paint is transparent so it would should any bondo, primer, etc...

[@moefugger2045]

What size drill bits do you use

[@adamcboyd]

You should look at the electropolishing process baremetalHW uses. Super quick and easy and it will led you down the path of plating your own stuff. Even if i you do that already, the electropolishing is awesome.

[@WheelsNThangs]

I’ve used the process a few times but never show it on film. I will show it on some future videos.

[@GMO--ge4ir]

Some interior details woulda been nice. Couldn't you have filled the imperfections with some kinda putty or something? And,obviously,the tail lights. But it's beautiful!

[@WheelsNThangs]

Original didn't have any details. Unfortunately this type of paint is transparent so putty would show through. Thanks!