MATCHBOX Restoration 8e Ford Mustang Fastback 1966

[@eskimo454]

The newspaper headlines are a favorite part of mine. Thanks.

[@wrbergner]

What a 'Classy' rebuilt of a classic Ford Mustang. Truly a work of art!!! Great job Marty!

[@TheSocialGamer]

This may be off topic. But I suffer from anxiety and depression. I love your restoration videos, they really do relax me and gives me an appreciation for the small things in life. Your videos are very helpful for relaxing me as well as being fun and light hearted content. What I'm saying is thank you very much... Your a legend.! Love and respect! 🤗

[@kyriakos7179]

Being there,know exactly what you mean.Had my mom in the hospital to treat her cancer and Marty's videos served me well those long hard hours.

[@andyc1139]

Same here. These videos are so good for grounding. Good old Marty - a legend!

[@leonardsmith1637]

I agree 100%. I always hang out for Marty's videos.

[@Patriot11111]

Sorry to say but "anxiety" is just what happens when truth is near. Instead or running to your usual escapes, sit still and quite and let the truth catch up. True peace and joy. Yes the truth hurts but it's worth it. Good luck

[@Patriot11111]

@Danny M keep looking

[@LymanPhillips]

I dont know how you resisted painting it red or giving it blue stripes. Marty, you're a man of integrity!

[@carlosallende2595]

It makes a big difference, having down to earth blokes engaging in a little innocent and constructive fun. Thank You for your time, the fun you have and that you give us. Bonza Marty!

[@kevind8446]

Fantastic restoration. Well done and keeping an old vehicle alive!

[@andrewwaterman9240]

Nice restoration of a model that kept throwing hurdles in your path. Your persistence, ingenuity, and continued good cheer paid off. You really should have painted it Bullitt-green, though.

[@westonward735]

To watch to build an amazing car then to watch your little comic bits is such a joy. Thank you Marty.

[@freythedutchie4278]

Really loved this one, my grandpa restored a 64-1/2 convertible and the Mustang will always have a place in my heart. Good on ya for bring this car back to glory (by the way, it appears to be a 65-66 as most people choose to ignore the 64-1/2 designation when making these cars into models) keep it easy and have a wonderful day

[@sherryroberts7716]

Marty, you are truly a gem!! I am addicted to these little restorations and have searched for and watched other makeovers. None are on your caliber! You are truly a perfectionist and your end product proves that! I LOVE watching your transformations!

[@stuntbloke3109]

Hi Marty, I dont know if you still look at old videos comments, but after watching your videos for a little while, I have decided to start customizing and restoring some old cars myself, teaching myself from your videos alone. Thank you for inspiring me😁😁😁

[@edparnell3009]

Just another day in the shop. Fix one thing then another pops up. Great job Marty. Looking forward to see another video.

[@tygrkhat4087]

Great work Marty! Yes, it took longer than expected, but the final result looks just like the one I've had for over 35 years, that's in very good condition. It was part of my grandmother's Christmas decorations and by the time I got it, it wasn't a toy to me, but a keepsake. In fact, you've restored quite a few of the Matchbox cars I got from Grandma; the Lomas Ambulance, the Greyhound bus, the Denver fire truck, and at least 11 other models. The Lomas Ambulance restoration was the first video of yours that I saw, and I was hooked.

[@iHutch5150]

I love your show! I get up early in the morning and enjoy watching your show because it's very relaxing before a hectic day at work. You truly are the Bob Ross of the Matchbox car painting world! Thanks, and keep up the good work!

[@gabrielolsson2033]

Thank you for sharing the journey with all the bumps in the road. I so understand the frustration, but you got there in the end and the result is grand! Ace show mr! Thank you, cheers!

[@bobbaleno4894]

its nice that you care enough about them to re do the paint instead of just letting it go.

[@ianduthie5155]

A great restoration Marty. I’m just about to do the same one. Same kind of condition. Covered in red and blue paint. I find that caustic soda cleans paint from plastic parts really well, without any damage to plastic parts. Love your restorations. Keep em coming. Cheers.

[@hypnodink]

Always enjoy your videos, Marty. As a Mustang guy, I thank you for sharing this restoration with us. It just so happens that it's a nice birthday gift to me. Cheers!

[@tomflyinghat9122]

Another stunning result Marty. You encountered just about every obstacle known to man and yet you pulled off a perfect restoration. Most impressive and I love the humour at the end.

[@garywiddowson7148]

Another great video, thanks. Good save on the suspension unit

[@MatchboxResurrection]

Great job Marty. Specially taking in consideration all the set backs...

[@glorfendell2967]

Boy Marty, Kevin is really getting out of hand! Loved the video. Nice recovery on the suspension bar. Rattle cans do strange things to plastic.

[@rudigerpinkenburg7050]

Hi Marty. Hello from Germany. Early afternoon over here, and i just enjoyed your new makeover. Good work! So much problems, but you made it and brought this 53year old Mustang back to life. Nice idea to keep the painting details more to the original. Imo it saves the charme and attraction of these old toys. You used plastic glue from Revell, a german company. They produce plastic scale model-kits. In my childhood days, middle of the 70's, i made a lot of them. Revell, Airfix and at least Matchbox. Thank you for another fantastic video. Keep up your good work.

[@Die-CastMetal]

Excellent work...! When my brother turned sixteen years old, he convinced my parents to purchase him an old beat up 66 fastback Mustang in the same off-white color. He worked on that car for two decades and raced it at many local tracks. I’ve been looking for this casting for him...someday.

[@JollyRogers79]

Hi Marty! Nice job & great video as usual 🤩 and Kevin strikes back! 😂😆😅 Thanks a lot for the good time, cheers and best regards for you & your family! 😉👍

[@BryanTorok]

I enjoy watching you try different techniques. I very much enjoy watching the failures, not that I wish ill upon you, so we can learn form them and see how you overcome the problems. If never tried anything new and everything worked perfectly the first time, the videos would eventually become boring.

[@brianstrawser5695]

It's not boring at all Marty. Awesome.

[@Shadetreejr1967]

Love the restore! Brought that Pony back to life! Hilarious videos as well! Keep em' coming!

[@glinnphillips4884]

I can remember when they first came out on the market. A very nice rebuild. Great save. Always good to watch the videos. Thanks.

[@robby062]

Marty, Great save on the suspension with the plastic. I think it’s better than new too! Also, a heat gun is a little safer than a torch if you’re trying to bend or straighten plastic. I use one for fixing warped walls when I’m building structures.

[@cablebox64]

First time I've left a comment on one of your vids, but I never get tired of your stuff. Keep up the great work!

[@krazy4baja]

Beautiful resto marty!. I saw another fellow do a custom job with different wheels and painted in the rear tail lights as well. It was another cool mustang custom done nice and not over the top. He mentioned you too. A fellow from matchbox garage if I remember right. Love your vids Marty!

[@rosemarymagrino772]

Love having my Saturday morning coffee with Marty☕️!

[@petelittlewood6039]

Thanks Marty.. I had this model when I was a kid.. White, with red interior.. The little lever on the side of mine was broken, so had to make do with the underneath slider.. A bully at school stole it from me 😔 I knew he had it.. But I never saw it again 😢

[@thevictorianworkshop8660]

Your videos are very relaxing. A Joy to watch

[@bobbrienza1760]

I enjoy you skills for repairing and replacing broken parts

[@johnkelley9877]

I had this Mustang as a kid and it was one of my favorites. I can understand having to strip and repaint a model as I have done this more than once and it is never fun. You really did an excellent job of the restoration and you saved the model after the paint melted the suspension tab. Great sheet plastic work too! Thanks for sharing this.

[@PerAnkh418]

Brill Job Marty. Lv reading the newspapers 👍 😁

[@michaelrzeszuto777]

Love it. I hope you feel better soon and thanks for sharing.

[@lancerevell5979]

Another excellent restore job! I think I'd be introducing Kevin to the barby. Do Koalas taste of eucalyptus? Evergreen Styrene sheet is very useful stuff. I keep a variety on hand for my model work. 👍😎

[@SuperBadVideos]

Lol the headline on the news paper, nice clean work on that casting 🔥🤘🏻

[@hestheMaster]

Great video on a straight restoration. Problems occurred that others may face and Marty solves them quite well! Now about that damn Koala! Don't forget to see how Rob from Matchbox Garage does his 8e Mustang!!!😀

[@bjrnedvardsen6331]

Thats my No 1 Top Matchbox of all. I had one when I was a kid, and when I started to collect, this was the first I purchased. Lovely resto from you. :)

[@bergydermeister5616]

An excellent job on the restoration of the matchbox diecast Mustang and also a fabulous presentation with your video m8👍

[@cambo1200]

I would love an uncensored Marty’s Makeover episode.

[@stimpy_thecat]

Great idea!

[@Bazza.baz224]

An 'out-takes'special please

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

Only on Vimeo.

[@Yaruzaru]

You poor poor man. Was that why the expression ‘you suk’ was used to display your frustration? However, it all came out alright in the end? Well done Marty.

[@1jugglethis]

Kevin needs a Time Out! Love the vid, Marty. Well done.

[@hugoferriz8191]

I don't agree it's a bored casting, personally I think is one of the best Matchbox little cars. Excellent job, as always 👍

[@doublenickelbob]

Nice to see Kevin back to his old tricks. Glad your feeling better this episode. Great job on the restoration and video.

[@OutlawSpeedShop2001]

Really love this casting. One of my favorite MB castings because of the steering...and ky 1st car was a 65 Mustang.

[@Twelvegage511]

Spectacular restoration to kickstart my morning. Had to get up at 5:00 a.m. to head to a rugby match 3 hours away so this was much needed. Keep up the good work, Marty.

[@CarloPagan]

Thanks Marty for giving us this new video of yours. Great restoration again this time. You are always the best.

[@stephcrank]

Beautiful model! Well worth the effort put into it! By far my favorite you've done so far. Those wheels are amazing! Nice work Marty.

[@themichaelvortex4784]

Nice work. Thanks Marty.👍🏼🤘🏼😎

[@scapmans1079]

For paint stripping, consider a rock tumbler using fine polishing powder. No chemicals, no buffing with the wheel. Over night should do the trick. Good luck!

[@joshuuaaaa440]

Looks great Marty ! The steering thing that pops out the side of the car would’ve had a circular end on it the same as the circle on the bottom of the piece

[@losingmyfavoritegame8752]

Looks better than new, Marty! The fit and finish has that tight look.

[@kevinritchie9227]

Its all I can do to NOT go straight to the last minutes of your videos...lol. Funny! And yet another nice makeover!

[@greg7656]

Despite that last comment from your cameraman, that was one fine double-take Marty!

[@infantryveteran2636]

Just received my crane and it's beautiful!!!! The box was an awesome touch!! Thank you Marty!!

[@Outlier68]

Beautiful! Better than new. I love it.

[@jamesooten3659]

I know you hit quite a few snags with this resto, but you brought back such childhood memories. This was one of my favorite toy cars as a child (the other was a HW red spectraflame '67 Camaro). I had this exact model, the white w/ red interior. Your ingenuity over adversity really shown thru in this build. It's amazing how a child can paint over the whole car twice, once with red, then yellow enamel paint & nothing happens. But you try to restore the car & the paint shrivels up the suspension piece. I guess the innocence of child creativity can suspend such things as chemical reactions and the laws of thermodynamics. lol. Enjoy your videos, as always Marty. Keep up the fun!

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Awesome restoration Marty !!!!!!!!!!

[@davidsalinas7280]

Nice restoration, funny conclusion; what more can we ask for?! LOL! 👍😁✌ Thanks Marty!!

[@42.0fmthefever5]

Who’s been here since day 1? Yet another awesome video my the Matchbox God himself!😍😀 From Chatham, Ontario Canada 🇨🇦❤️

[@davidbentley1114]

Very nice vid. Love the problem solving.

[@pbrady187]

A rough build for you but very entertaining. Kevin the rebel!!! In the end it turned out very nice.

[@MartysWhiteSuit]

I think this was quite a purchase back in the day. Great little car. You were right to avoid painting in the rear lights etc. Doing something like that on this scale can make the model look over-done.

[@aldo4908]

Beautiful model my friend. I would love to see another one just customized.

[@ripr2369]

I loved this video. That car is one of the few I have left from my youth. It’s been a favorite since the day I got it

[@camhedmr_5593]

l remember baremetalHW customized one of these and he said that this is the only one with such mechanism as lesney steered into autosteering pretty soon.

[@davidneilson3508]

Turned out nice, great job fixing the suspension and steering and the outtakes had me laughing 😂

[@ilovedogs7224]

Beings how it’s not in original condition now that it’s been opened up, I wish you would have painted all the details . You do great work and to me it just completes the look of the car. That casting has a lot of detail that could be brought out.

[@barryshackson4005]

Excellent job matey, love your videos 🙂🙂

[@marty01957]

Great video, Marty! Very funny ending!

[@kenwinston2245]

Excellent resto!

[@robertarmstrong905]

Marty just saved Saturday!

[@stehaughton5074]

One of your best,,,Great job,👍

[@robertsnare1411]

Number 17, I’m getting better! Great restoration, as always 👍

[@luisvirgiliopenafiestas7454]

Make me laugh the last part of this video!!!, funny koala...😁😁😁🐨🐨🐨

[@robertgrodzki2707]

I love this model of matchbox cars.

[@mikewhipps]

Mostly I find Kevin's antics quite amusing, but the mindless vandalism grated today. Other then that, great video. Love the results you get. Keep it up!

[@ronaldflint4569]

I love that bit with Kevin...He's bloody Hiliarious... Good Goin Marty....

[@nigelbranthwaite8471]

Hi Marty, another bloody fantastic job keep up the great work and don't worry about the acting, the Matchbox models you refurbish make for the acting. I am working a model in 1/76 scale Christchurch Transport Board (New Zealand) AEC Reliance bus model so do understand how at sometimes frustrating model building can be .

[@veritasreigns]

It's not Saturday without Marty!

[@ernestpaul2484]

The car actually has some very nice detail to it which couldn't be seen by the red paint that was on it. The stripping, wire wheeling and the primer brought out some fairly crisp features.

[@micregil]

Hi there Marty, I really enjoy your videos, the only thing I don't like is that you don't ever do full customs, you always restore them, even going back with the original color, do us a full custom job, maybe on one that's been damaged pretty bad, that would be fun to watch.

[@michaelball513]

Great video Marty always enjoy them . When are you going to do a video of your collection to date , I would really love to see it . Cheers Mick 👍🏻👍🏻

[@louiserobinson410]

Great work Marty, despite the frustrations and set backs, your inventive ideas created an improvement to the original. Finding solutions to problems is the exciting part of doing any kind of creative hobby. I'm sure you were "Happy with that". Now you will have to find a creative solution for Kevin.

[@danrussell3439]

Turned out great.👍👍👍😀👍👍

[@MrAndyBearJr]

This would have been a perfect candidate for the custom paint job of the Mustang Steve McQueen drove in the movie Bullitt.🙂

[@greg7656]

As a kid I was a stickler for details so I would have hated that little switch on the side (since real Mustangs didn't have it, of course). Matchbox cars were always able to make their turns without any help, thank you. But great makeover Marty, as always

[@stephendeluca4479]

It's always good to have "a nice, clean rear end," isn't it? Excellent job- especially the suspension improvisation.

[@armstronggeorge1533]

Are you talking about the mustang or the young lady on the cover of The Daily Star?

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Another beautiful job in spite of that blasted KEVIN!🐨

[@tiredoldwhiteman]

"Shortcut." The longest distance between two points. Grand work. Thanks.

[@Tiger351]

Top job after all the shenanigans Marty! It would seem to be the week for challenging projects this week, a number of other restorers have had cars fight them all the way over the last week as well so you're in good company.

[@TheMadTatter]

Look at all that metal in the end of that grinding bit! It looks like it sees more action than your PO Box 😂

[@tectonicD]

Another great use for chore-boy!🤪🤫

[@GOMINABISASUBOSS]

정말 마음에 들어요! 진심으로 갖고싶을 정도에요! 제가 머스탱을 좋아하거든요!

[@raydoyonful]

Nice job on the suspension!

[@hotwheelsbob2000]

One of my favorite Matchbox cars. The 38 Mustang was the only one to use the protruding peg to steer the wheels. Auto-steer replaced it. With Auto-steer you push down on the right Fender and the wheels would turn right, push on the left fender it would steer the other way. Auto-steer went out the door when Superfast came along.

[@railtrolley]

I have a Superfast #6 the red Ford F100 pick up. The regular wheels version had the Auto Steer. Gone on the Superfast.

[@hotwheelsbob2000]

I meant to put #8, not 38. I think my shift key is gummed up!

[@railtrolley]

@@hotwheelsbob2000 Keeping an eye and regular backups on my PC too. 9 years old. The Mercury Cougar had Auto Steer? Tying to remember which ones had it.

[@earlharman2040]

Very nice restoration, Marty.