Matchbox Series No 22 Pontiac G.P Sports Coupe - Restoration Video

[@MatchboxGarage]

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[@NandiCollector]

This was an amazing restoration.

[@timosdinkydetailing]

That was a serious basket case. Amazing you were able to restore it at all. You never think about how delicate some of these toys are, and yet they can survive plenty of play...normally. Cheers, Timo.

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

Just incredible! An absolute miracle restoration. To think that probably got raked and battered in a "3 for 50p, spares only" box for decades!

[@MatchboxGarage]

Id take the whole box!

[@Twelvegage511]

An absolute beauty of a vehicle. The fact that you were able to work through so many issues through the restoration and end up with a car that looks like it just came out of its box is incredible. Well done.

[@inthelionsden6335]

When I was in high school (late 70s), my friend Izzy drove this car. The real one. Fun car. Good times.

[@SidewaysKing75]

Incredible.... You breathed fresh life into a proper knackered old one. Fantastic resto Rob 👍🏻

[@MatchboxGarage]

Thanks mate

[@CraigCaldwell-ln5zf]

What is "knackered?"

[@SidewaysKing75]

@@CraigCaldwell-ln5zf wrecked, broken etc.

[@therealderjett]

That was the first time I thought you wouldn't be able to restore a car without turning it into a full custom. You did a superb job with this car. It really did look beyond repair. Great work!

[@turbolivesinmyheart6328]

Pulled off a real miracle on that one. Turned out very nice. I'm really amazed how shiny the pain is without having a clear coat on it. Thumbs up. --Dave

[@lt7automotive931]

Good work. I was really surprised how good the metal looked after you stripped the paint and cleaned it up. Great job on fixing the broken parts.

[@robw5088]

I must say this has got to be your best work to date. That car was destined for the scrap bin but in the end you'd have never known it was in multiple pieces at one time

[@DEmma1972]

Has to be 1 of the biggest transformations I have seen. Good job

[@markdandridge9497]

Well done Rob! Once I saw the car split in half, I panicked! However, you undoubtedly pulled it off! Way to go mate!

[@MatchboxGarage]

I nearly cried mate

[@Charles010]

Very relaxing and enjoyable to watch the repairs. Amazing something so small can be restored to such a great level. I'd have liked to have seen the complete roof restoration, mindful it was so badly damaged, but understand your mention of getting the work done and fixing the camera also. I'll be looking at other restorations shortly. Thank you.

[@MartysWhiteSuit]

Wow. You really brought this back. Great to see the video as this was one of my very favourite Matchbox cars when I was a boy. Fantastic to know that someone has the knowledge and interest to bring it back to life. Thank you.

[@gunlokman]

I'm not sure exactly why . . . but I found this video enthralling from start to glorious finish! Pure restoration poetry. Thank you for posting.

[@davidmoore33]

Finally, another UNPRETENTIOUS Matchbox restoration channel! Subscribed in minutes, time to binge-watch! Thanks.

[@MatchboxGarage]

Thanks David. I wonder who you think is pretentious 🤔

[@davidmoore33]

@@MatchboxGarage : Not going to hang myself answering this one... I'm sure you understand the concept of recrimination? LOL

[@paulmorris1690]

It's alive - you brought that car back from the dead - great job!

[@ModMokkaMatti]

That is some powerful caustic soda! At 6:20, not only does the paint slough off of the car pieces, but the entire bottle vaporized, only to reappear.

[@petten33]

Thank-you, Sir for sharing the resto. Great job and it really brought me back to better times. Simpler times. 🥋

[@MatchboxGarage]

Thanks for watching Sensei

[@andrewolson5471]

Saw the initial state of the car, and I thought, "that poor thing is toast." Then I saw the end result and it turned out fantastic! Great job!

[@dougnapoltes1036]

Very well done! This Grand Prix Coupe gave you quite a few challenges! I can't see where the car split in half, and I wouldn't have known that had I not watched the entire video! I'm gobsmacked!

[@skodakatie7341]

What an awesome result, a miraculous transformation from the original condition, well done!!!.

[@chriscarroll3204]

Wow. Unbelievable results. In my opinion it's your best restoration to date.

[@donaldswink6259]

Beautiful restoration, I like the way you painted the headlights and grill.

[@raymonde4272]

That was an awesome job, and I love that despite all the work you had to do to save the body, and this model was saved rather than restored, the base was untouched to maintain a degree of originality.

[@chiimumango3979]

Who would dislike something so satisfying

[@bilbobaggins4710]

Me

[@donmoore7785]

An amazing job straightening to body, and putting it back in one piece. Very nice work.

[@SoMoDiecast]

You certainly take on some thoroughly thrashed projects but manage to bring them back to fine condition. Great work!

[@skunklepew6469]

When I turned 16 in 1975. My Uncle gave me my grandmother's 64 Pontiac Grand Prix. It was in his back yard with tall grass around it. He said if you can get to crank up. It's yours. Replaced battery and starting fluid. I was a car owner. 👍😎

[@MatchboxGarage]

Awesome mate

[@martindaredare]

Well rob that went from junk to a gem. Well done All the best.

[@BigBadBoy19]

Very solid work on a not so solid car. The end result is amazing.

[@MoreAverageThanMost]

I love old Pontiacs. Bonneville, Grand Prix, Catalina.....some of the best looking cars ever made

[@Tsukamaki]

Now that was a full-on proper restoration. Awesome!!

[@thedieiscast9729]

This must be one of your best Rob, a great job well done and thanks for sharing this with us

[@TisBestinDiecast66]

Great resto Rob, makes an awesome display car, one of the most popular models in all its guises. It's a transition model running from 1965 to 1971 in its superfast guise of purple at the end.

[@manofthehour6856]

This was a "Holy Grail" Matchbox car that I did not actually see until the early 1980s, although a 1977 or so catalog listed it by name as the previous occupant of spot 22, and a grade school friend had described the model that he had seen at a garage sale.....I would have LOVED this car as a little kid, but was older than play age when I first bought it.....Great to see that this "write off" by the insurance company has been given an appropriately new lease on life! The 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix is a true classic!

[@TONYSDIECASTRESTOS]

Robs chop shop!, a great restoration. It looked like some kid tried to jam it under a door and failed. Look forward to your next one but I need to check back through your list I think I missed one.

[@jamesfreeman2980]

Enjoy your KZbin channel. Great job on the restore. I have a lot of cars from my childhood including my first one a Maserati

[@dansketch]

What a great restoration well done Rob

[@snoopu2601]

It has a tow hitch yea you did brought that tiny car back from how you got it. Thank you for sharing your video I enjoyed watching IT 👍

[@Fourwheeljive]

You are the miracle worker! Came out great! Love the color!

[@jaydsdiecastgarage]

Awesome job my friend. that was some great craftsman'ship

[@captainkaos754]

Enjoyed watching that mate, I’ve got a box of dinky and corgi toys stored in the roof of my house that have been there since I was 14 yo. They were given to me by my sisters boyfriend at the time who was in a motorcycle gang here in Australia 🇦🇺 🇬🇧✊

[@darkstar861]

nice resto of a 1964 pontiac gran prix. one of the first of what would later be called personal luxury cars.

[@potrzebieneuman4702]

I find that sometimes when I'm having airbrush issues such as yours that if I cover the output end of the airbrush with a finger and then push the button down and back at the same time what happens is air bubbles back through the paint pot and this often clears the problem. Brilliant refurb too.

[@fiatunonewsletter6782]

If I would have even tried such a restoration... the car would be more flat as I don't have that dedication! Marty fixed a "flat" car... so did you! I can't imagine you can ever get mad at something or someone! Such calmness... Well done! I wish youtube would do away with the dislike button!

[@MatchboxGarage]

Yeah I am a laid back person

[@revzillo]

From what you had to where it is now . I think you've done a perfect restoration on that Pontiac GP. Really nice job 👍

[@facekidnoise]

Hands down! You really brought that car back to life! Posca markers ! The best!👍👍👍

[@ketoking9435]

Just watched the vid,,really nice to see this car resurrected,,,great inspiration,,I owned a later pontiac GTO 1970 that raced at Santa Pod it was white with red n blue Judge stripes and known as the Widow maker,, the engine was built by a company called Mainly Mopar,,was the only American car I owned but for that summer of 1990 was my dream,,,keep the vid's coming,,Thanx for a great vid,have an Awesome week,

[@stevenjones19-m8i]

What a transformation,to how it was,im amazed how it turned out, needed a bit of work,and the marker made it more detailed,a very tidy model car.

[@johnblackburn7673]

Well thats what restoration is all about, brilliantly done and the final result looks great.

[@padraigmcconnell7015]

Great repair Rob, and your favourite so far. Thanks for uploading

[@westonward735]

A beautiful Pontiac Grand Prix. These cars were loaded with luxury and power for the middle-aged guy who refused to grow up.

[@westonward735]

@ I once had a 1965 Potiac 2+2 convertible. It had a 421cubic inch engine with a 4spd manual transmission. I wish I could post a pic. Have a great day.

[@mackenzieshaffer3709]

i am amazed the quality of your work and car.

[@gallup6140]

My first car was a ‘64 GP; quite a blast to drive. Excellent work!

[@tarestorations]

Wow that was a challenge,and you mastered it, im very impressed!!

[@diecastRR]

You saved this diecast model. You achieved a great effect. Regards 🙂

[@NomadMakes]

I love that you stuck with it and made it work. Great job!

[@9786EVL]

Amazing Rob! One of the best restorations. Keep up the great work dude 😁

[@PeteBeardsley]

Seriously impressive bit of work there Rob. You da man!

[@DannysDiecastDisasters]

Great job mate, the fix looks awesome. Well done. From personal experience when your airbrush hasn't got a good flow stop and clean it before painting the car because it can sometimes splurge out and ruin the paintjob and you have to strip it all again!

[@mikes.4136]

Way to go mate - that looked like quite an undertaking. Absolutely wonderful!

[@alemannischsuebisch5154]

You did a real awesome Job !!! The Pontiac Looks like brand nèw and nobody will would ever believe that,that car was so broken when you startet with 👍 ...

[@richardyoung4616]

That was quite a project Rob, it turned out great!

[@oldhick9047]

This casting as well as the "Hot dog trailer" were my very first. I believe around 1963 or 64'. Many good times had selling dogs at the H.O. carnival. Very nice rehab as well as nice memory's, thank you sir.

[@lrg3834]

Excellent work, Rob! Think few of us would ever consider resurrecting something that far gone.

[@darrinlawton2748]

Brilliant restoration

[@dannybracken6982]

It may not be perfect, but its perfect to you . that all that matters . I love it ! Nice job .

[@WebbsFoxDen]

You should of showed fixing the windscreen posts instead of skipping over that. I was the most interest in seeing that repair.

[@HansjeVdTillaert]

Brian Webb: Your completely right. He left us with the boring parts.

[@creed8196]

Yep I was skimming the video to find that part because I thought I missed it

[@ramham24]

I was looking for this comment. I was really looking forward to see how he would rebend the roof and fix the pins. A beautiful restoration and it's his channel but I feel like they would be so much more interesting if he showed us all the details including reassembly. Oh well.

[@argruber]

I absolutely agree. He always cuts the most important and interesting steps of restoration. I suggest everyone interested on these kind of methoda to watch “Paul restorer” channel.

[@patanvalle9379]

Great job. I suscribed. I´m matchbox collector. Greetings from Buenos Aires

[@baconemore]

Wheeler dealer you!!!! Awsome resto job!!!!!

[@chassegallerie2910]

Quite the heavy resto. Pretty neat. Congratz.

[@hodgeshotwheelsanddiecast5192]

Dude,you nailed it perfectly! Pontiac fans (like me) all over the USA would say Excellent job! I cringe every Time you throw heat to that diecast. I just carefully work mine with punches and a small hammer on a small block of wood. That should be a 1966 or 67 Pontiac Grand Prix hence GP. They were bigger than a Lemans, yet Smaller than a Catalina . Usually like a 326 big block v8 I think I'm a little rusty on my pre 1970 Pontiac info.Again, Great job.

[@hodgeshotwheelsanddiecast5192]

@pinche pendejo Thanks for the correction. I'm a little rusty on my pre 1970 Pontiac info. Haha

[@jayhimes5016]

The Grand Prix would have had the 389, with the 421 as an option.

[@hodgeshotwheelsanddiecast5192]

@@jayhimes5016 Thank you ,I'm a little rusty on my pre 1970 Pontiac info

[@jo7192]

You did an amazing job on it I love it 🤩🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍👍

[@markdos1538]

Mi auto! Así era el matchbox que más quería cuando niño. Que bueno es volver a ver uno de estos restaurado. 👍👍🇨🇱 My car! This was the matchbox that I loved the most as a child. It's good to see one of these restored again.

[@Astro1derboy]

Really enjoying the extra work that has to be done for these. You’re doing a great job!!

[@youngtimeroldtimer72]

Wow ,is it realy the broken car? You are realy the Edd China of the toy cars :-). Best restoration job ever ,because it must be difficult to restore a broken car. Perfect paint job. The colour is awesome. This one i want have as a real car ;-).

[@ccrowder2155]

that is far from a perfect paint job. lmfao

[@slowmotionbetterthannomotion.]

C C i agree, but the car restoration was impressive. It looks like a new car

[@Mike-0201]

Your videos are great! You need your own show on The History Channel!!! Thanks for posting!

[@easyontheeyes78]

That came out incredible

[@davidsalinas7280]

Salvaged from demolition! Great job! 🚗💖👍😁

[@nigelcharlton-wright1747]

Glad you kept going with the restoration, rather than giving up, well done. P.S. what I thought was a Pyrex beaker was from Ikea and it fell apart alas I had a door from a Mercury away from a broken shell, don't ask me why and now I have lost it. Must find a better beaker. Caustic soda all over the work bench, extra spare wheel for my Humber and wet clothing and boots.

[@MatchboxGarage]

I hope you didn't burn yourself mate. I use a hot dog jar it's around a foot long

[@hestheMaster]

This car was a challenge but you pulled it off.😁

[@wwkdiecastmore5647]

Really nice restoration, from what it was to that, outstanding!....Bill

[@diecastgarageisgone...9531]

Good job. I like working on the damaged ones too. More of a challenge. I have a few that were in a "fiery crash" on my HO train table when I was kid. One is restored. A Jaguar E-type. It was fun to do.

[@justinprizant1980]

those new a pillars fit in perfectly! most amazing job!!!

[@joefrazee537]

One of my favorites too. Beautiful work!

[@chickapey]

amazing! I can't believe you did the impossible!

[@tonycocacola5555]

Nice job. Red is perfect.

[@ianpawson-vanlife-mcr]

Brilliant restoration.....10/10

[@seansullivan4709]

My father had a '64 Catalina Ventura. Those had the regular convertible style hardtop roof. Maroon, black interior, 389 4 barrel. He got rid of it when I was 2 1/2 but I remember that car well. He bought a '68 Catalina Executive 4 door hardtop, nowhere near as great a car as the '64. So many fond memories of those old cars which had real style and distinctiveness.

[@sarkar0000]

It was really awsome 😎 to watch the complete video🎥, which turned out to be a perfect car.

[@timburnette5914]

Great job man! Looks awesome! Looking forward to seeing what you do next

[@bryanc23]

I had to watch this video once I saw the hood crushed in. Most of my matchbox cars when I was younger ended up crushed like this. I brother and I loved watching the Dukes of Hazzard and he loved the car crusher scenes in the series so he used Bed posts to crush our cars. Not cool or fun. Was curious how one might fix this type of damage. Now i know with a ton of skills it can be done, but not a simple restoration. Thanks again for such a great video.

[@Skipper.]

I could tell you were going to bring it alive again, most people would have kept the bottom and seating, just in case the rest would have been binned. Wonderful job and patience.

[@andrewmoffatt7046]

Excellent restoration looks great

[@BREN70S]

Great work , well done .

[@Tiger351]

Great job Rob! The car came out brilliant considering what you started with. On another note, cheap pure bees wax candles might be the easiest source of bees wax.

[@mr.sideburns2031]

Great job, you'd never know how crushed it was to start when you see the end result.

[@yoyodu6921]

From junk to brand-new! Congrates!!!!! 👍👍👍👍

[@anthonybollini3699]

Give a new meaning to chop cut and rebuild well done very well done