Matchbox Restoration:

[@unciclistaenbuenosaires8287]

I would love to see the failed proyect. From that people can learn too

[@bigmikeh5827]

I remember as a kid(circa1970) there was a store that had hundreds of these in their toy Dept in the box. Were cheap but as a kid I was impressed with the dog! Lol. Thank for the memories

[@DrWhom]

The interior calls out for a detailed paint job...

[@Dracologist]

hire someone who does Warhammer figures

[@t-murdock]

Missed you man! I’m glad you’re back!

[@Outlier68]

Lovely. I owned a slightly later model with the 1500 engine. And my Sister owned an Austin 1800 which was the big brother of these. I love these cars so much. Thank you.

[@Georgeolddrones]

Lovely little car i pass my driving test in 1972 in one. Excellent job thanks .George in England uk 👍

[@lancerevell5979]

First time I've seen a driver and a dog in a tiny diecast car. Bravo to Lesney! Nice restoration.

[@B_Skizzle]

He's back, folks! I’ve been binge watching your older videos waiting for a new one.

[@tombarker3608]

Another rescued car. Thanks for your work. The silver metallic looked pretty good as well. Could do that as a second.

[@johnkelley9877]

It looks great! I am just glad to see another restoration from you. Thanks for sharing this neat tutorial.

[@markkenyon4855]

The paint is brilliant. As usual the best available video on hotwheels on KZbin. Thanks for your great work

[@twotoesshort1696]

Really liked this one. Also appreciate the tip of polishing the wheels. I've been polishing the bases, grills and bumpers as I'm not a fan of painting them silver but hadn't thought to polish the wheels. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing your hobby.

[@miketeeveedub5779]

Wasn't sure I liked your choice of color until the final finished shot. Outstanding! The candy-lemon color brings out all the tones and curves of the body that the previous white paint hid. Wouldn't change a thing!

[@easyontheeyes78]

Such a cute little wee car. I 💕 it!!!

[@f12mnb]

Great video! Beautiful result. Also appreciate how you tell about the fiddly and tedious parts!

[@wereedbooks]

I love the lil pup in the back seat! Cool restoration.

[@raverboyloki]

Great restoration and awesome color choice for the finished product! Another great restoration!

[@JD-te9tj]

So many comments say u should do this and that.I love what you did to that MG. It turned out fantastic.I love that resto.Keep rockin.U R THE MAN

[@GiotheGhreat]

Your work on the windshields are amazing! nice job!

[@EcoDARK1855]

I missed you a lot, I love your voice, very relaxing. Awesome restoration

[@amd6570]

Turned out perfect!!! I have a couple of these in need of restoration. Just need a airbrush now. These simple videos are what keeps me going with restoring my own cars 🍻

[@MadMathMike]

Fantastic job on this restoration! Looks great! Thanks for posting! 🙂

[@dragbusdave]

I like that the grill and headlamps were cast with the base and man they look great in front of that shiny new paint

[@BRK-B-all-the-way]

Awesome job! This is one hobby I would like to pick up when I retire.

[@robgsouth2293]

Welcome back! Very nice restoration. Slick tip on polishing the wheels. Thank you.

[@UnprofessionalFlip]

It looks great. I love the yellow color you have. I am biased though. Yellow is my favorite color. I think painting up the interior of this car would be a fun challenge. Especially the little dog in the back.

[@CarlJones14]

Great job, very impressed with the quality of the plastic glass, 50 plus years old.👍

[@samuelpierce2.088]

I really like the yellow paint job. It gives the car an almost Vegas gold-like appearance to it. :)

[@canuckyank82]

Great work! Boyhood days all over again!

[@mavos1211]

Great to see you back! Loved this restoration I didn’t think the colour would work but seeing it finished it looks great!

[@turbolivesinmyheart6328]

That paint job came out very nice for not having clear coat on it. Nice not to have to take off the tires and wheels.

[@josephbobbitt7759]

Looks great! Love the yellow paintjob!

[@williamaviles2647]

This came out really good. Glass and tires look New.

[@jamessturrock6802]

Very nice restore/custom, I will agree with some of the other commenters that a video showing the fail would be highly instructive. A bloopers video of sorts. Give it a thought, I'm sure your followers would like to see what can lead to fails as much as the success you have. Great video, look forward to the next. Thank you!

[@PhantomDragonEternal]

That custom restoration was a breath of fresh air after seeing so many bad restorations lately. The big name customizers have been taking long breaks (hint, hint...) so I've been forced to settle for mediocrity. This one was simple, yet the result was above and beyond. Keep up the great work!

[@MatchboxGarage]

Wow, gorgeous finish mate 😎👍🏼💪🏼

[@_texan306]

What a beautiful model, and an even more beautiful restoration.

[@sparky694]

Beautiful restoration, looks showroom fresh

[@kjamison5951]

I like the way it has turned out. That’s a particularly nice hue! Great job!

[@MCDJACDC]

Great work! Awesome color choice

[@HOTA_CHATON]

Many more videos please. We have been missing them so much. I agree with Un, show us the failed project that melted too. Nothing wrong with that.

[@notold37]

The yellow looks awesome, very nice finish 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘🦘

[@laxr5rs]

When I saw the final car right side up finished the first time I was taken aback a little. Like, "whoa, that looks great." Fun video. Thanks.

[@pauljackson8354]

My Parents had a real Morris 1100 and I had an MG 1100 like yours which is one of my favourite Matchbox models.

[@tristanmahler4471]

Welcome back, love the taxi style finished looked!

[@raydoyonful]

Awesome job! Thats a beautiful color.

[@seeenrulez3450]

Awesome as always. Love the color!

[@andyc3856]

One of my favourite castings. Love the colour. Two tone paint works well on this one too.

[@davidmetcalf951]

Yes the real MG 1100 often had two tone paint jobs

[@NitrousDiecast]

I think it looks great. I would be very happy to watch a video like this every week, or even every couple of days, as I really enjoy your work. Have a good weekend.

[@dannylalumiere6538]

Finally the best customiser is back!! Can't wait to see the results of your 18 mustangs project. Great video as always, cheers from Montreal!

[@horaciodiecast]

Great job. It looks wonderfully new. 👍👍👍

[@newcomerjason7791]

Love the color. It's very fitting!!!

[@jesseasher7520]

The paint turned out real nice on this one! Looks great! :)

[@SmurfPerfect]

Missed your videos, and so pleased to see this pop up!

[@themichaelvortex4784]

Hard not to be a HotWheels fan and a Matchbox fan, at least, a little. Nice work bHW! Thank you.👍🏼🤘🏼😎

[@andrewturnbull5897]

A really lovely little project! All diecasts should be done with Spectra flame! Just beautiful!

[@racnc1]

Any videos from you long or shorts fine with me. Always amazed by your restoration projects and thanks for all tips and knowledge.

[@PlowBenderStudios]

Didn't get a Marty's Matchbox Makeover for Saturday so I guess a Zac's Matchbox Makeover will have to suffice. Quite enjoyed this restoration/custom and really have to admire the fine details Lesney put into this casting right down to the number plates. For some reason the overall look of this car reminds me of Mr. Bean's Mini, minus the black hood.

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

An excellent looking restoration!!.. I'll be anxious to see what you do with other one of these you have..

[@bryansleva2789]

Turned out really nice! Well done.

[@Jsellers1965]

Dang Bo! you got that windshield looking GOOOOD!

[@72polara]

I like the color on that body style. Looks good!

[@randynovick7972]

Looks great! Love the color.

[@nicholaslittle2312]

Beautiful job. I love the colour!

[@fynbo1007]

Very beautiful restoration, thank you for sharing your amazing story. God bless you and your family.

[@abbush2921]

Close to its original lustre . That's a understatement .

[@daddajen76]

Great work and the restoration love matchbox

[@cvr4FT]

I understand that they took some time but the windows look fantastic. Great work yet again.

[@timburnette5914]

Great job. I restored one just like that but I painted it blue.

[@interzoneboy]

Very nice and warm color! I like that you go far beyond. Really, obsession only in Red Green Blue colors are kind of limited.

[@stom5292]

Supreme result, one of your best in my opinion.

[@Smurphenstein]

My sister had one of these but the Austin 1300 automatic version. Two main problems were the automatic transmission used the engine oil as fluid. They also had a side mounted radiator and a distributor on the side of the block, exposed directly to rain. When you drove in a storm you had to be careful of other cars throwing up moisture as the car would often stall when the ignition very commonly got wet. Used to carry a can of water dispersant and some rags and we would usually be back up and running in a couple of minutes.

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Looks great!

[@Tboy-y6q]

Always enjoy your vids mate.

[@Thunder_Gunnar]

Nice to have you back! Good job as always. 👍

[@jg24diecast41]

Looks awesome! Since you did custom paint would love to see the driver and doggie detailed, too!

[@ZodZulu]

That color looks great!

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

Glad to see you back , cool work as always. Mike Espo .

[@cody_d3628]

Nice restoration it looks 100% better😊

[@weaponxwing6437]

....beautiful work meng thankx for sharing...

[@redskool8498]

kool ... thanks for your time .. awesome vid like always .. †

[@joeholloway1386]

Nice restoration and paint!

[@adrianaustralia9135]

Fantastic job! Very inspiring. I like to think that colour would have been right at home on the superfast version.

[@jamesgoddin8880]

Beautiful job. I learned to drive in one of those.

[@brianartillery]

Very nice colour indeed. A lot of British cars started sporting unpleasant colours towards the end of the 1960's. Shades of brown, beige, earthy tones of dun, and unfortunate shades of 'baby's first crap' were often seen, as well as travel-sickness agitating bright greens and purples. Your colour is beautiful, though. Nice one.

[@davidbeeson1178]

Is it good to see a video from you sir, you are the first person that I started watching that restored diecast. This one turned out beautiful, you are awesome at what you do.

[@samuelvasquez8170]

The first car I bought (the real one) was this one in the green. It was a fun car to drive.

[@GiotheGhreat]

A few weeks ago I found this model on Craigslist (with other vintage die cast's) and it was in mint condition.

[@TheLoxxxton]

Very nice paint. Of course now we need a video of what melted and why it melted. 😀

[@davidarnold2778]

Love this restoration...the colour really suits it 😍

[@mortenhenningsen940]

Turned out great. Nice to see å restoration that is not to advanced. Good collour choose

[@davidneilson3508]

Awesome restoration, it turned out perfect 👍👍😊

[@GraniteValleyDave]

You say at the start of the video that you never see painted rivets, then soon after you show the green "base donor" car and it has a painted rivet. Is it another customized car?

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Awesome restoration !!!!!!!!!!!

[@zamoragera13]

Awesome job as always. 👍👍👍👍

[@n2awa]

The new color looks great. It also came in metallic blue w/ Superfast wheels. Your yellow seems like a close cousin of that metallic blue.

[@jp2246]

Love the color, very nice results!

[@cradleofphill]

Your videos are always brilliant,

[@gazza2933]

Very good job! Well done. The MG 1100 was of course the sports version of the Austin 1100 and as with all MGs had got quite a bit of 'poke' to it.

[@h8ncars]

For the yellowed interior. Try saloncare40 is like $5 for 20oz or more and you brush it on like paint stripper. Wrap it up is clear good wrap and let it sit in the sun. It will come up white and won’t destroy the plastic.