Matchbox Series No 4 Pontiac Firebird - Custom Video

[@youngtimeroldtimer72]

This car is a masterpiece. Perfect colour combination ,perfect interior and perfect wheels :-). This one i want to have real car.

[@Lahire-s7l]

Super cool😊

[@jimmycline4778]

You should have painted it the original color! I had one of these when I was a kid! It was a classic! Especially with original color!

[@five1seven]

When my brother and I would play "cars", this casting was always my number one pick. There was something about the weight of it... and that it tended to hold up well in the crash-up derbys

[@timburnette5914]

Beautiful paint! I love the black and gold together. It looks amazing. Great job bro!

[@jeffcwiklinski5873]

Great job. Excellent color choices

[@billhowe3867]

I keep discovering more of these! Another fantastic car!

[@tuxpowerpc]

Super job. I love the color combo!

[@MatchboxResurrection]

Very cool. The gold stripe over black looks great.

[@davidreintjens283]

A friend of mine used to soak his Bass guitar strings in caustic soda. Cleaned out the gunk like crazy and made the Tone sound great. Never bought a set of strings in his life. Didn't make him play any better though. Nice resto.

[@robthompson1399]

Looks great, I'm not a fan of a colour screen either. I would have been tempted to cut off the side windows to show off your work with the interior. But it really looks great. These videos are so satisfying, each one I'm thinking, just a strip and paint, but each time I'm astounded with the process and outcome ! In the absence of an airbrush, I bought grey primer, gloss black, and a hot wheels from the poundshop. Gonna get to work ! Me and my son (he loves your builds too) went hunting in the charity shops for a shabby car. We only found one, a 1978 matchbox porsche turbo 911. But unfortunately, he likes it how it is, so to a new hot wheels !

[@chrisharrison6532]

Propper 70's Yankee muscle car portrayed in colours and style perfectly

[@DannysDiecastDisasters]

Looks great mate. The racing stripe came out nice and clean well done.

[@MatchboxGarage]

Thank you sir. 🦘

[@tarestorations]

This bird is on fire,and i like it.

[@leecarswell9656]

Great custom!!!! I had that exact car as a child that brought back some nice memories. Thanks!

[@dansketch]

Mate that looks bloody lovely

[@railroadaddict1884]

Fantastic! Extra sharp!

[@retrorestore]

Classic Pontiac, the best shape in my opinion. well done.

[@mercoid]

Looks super cool.

[@solitairesmith3553]

When i was in High School we calked this car the flaming chicken. Interesting paint job. Nice:)

[@SidewaysKing75]

Superb finish .... Looks ready for another Fast and the Furious outing :)

[@busterj3209]

Done to perfection!

[@thomaslong8548]

Looks terrific

[@stevenjones19-m8i]

Nice choice of colour,a black Pontiac with a gold stripe,i do like it,a perfect job on painting it Rob,looks smart.

[@johnjustice9897]

Brilliant resto mate! Thanks for your video and tips.

[@italianjobb]

I had the same car when i was young ..it was my fauvorite!!! thanks

[@Tim-57]

My favourite one to date.🙂

[@stevecook7984]

Looks stunning, well done.

[@skodakatie7341]

What a great result it looks amazing!!, it reminds me of the type car the bandit would drive in the Smoky and the Bandit movies!!.

[@scuzzjumper]

Cool wheel color!

[@richardyoung4616]

Looks nice Rob!

[@CUSTOMGUATEMALA]

Excellent work bro.

[@darrinlawton2748]

Nice work on the paint job.

[@nicolasmaheux]

Nic paint job!

[@Tiger351]

Great job Rob! Perfect colour combo on this one, the black wheels really suit the car better than the stock Matchbox style wheels.

[@mr.sideburns2031]

This may be my favorite yet.

[@martinsmith8417]

Nice, looks great, well done.

[@bigcharliesmodelgarage296]

Nice looking car

[@ericverpeten4249]

Great job

[@byrontaylor9235]

Really nice liked how it turned out

[@edition_sixscalediecastmod6084]

The car turned out ACE!

[@mrjape71]

I think the rims could have deserved a "liquid chrome treatment" but other than that no complaints. I think your camera was a bit shocked when it spotted the side of the finished toy car for the first time. :) Cheers, Jarkko / MyVinylBar

[@Razgriz259]

Black and Gold, Bandit Colors very nice man.

[@strange-universe]

That looks great! Hey Matchbox, you forgot the hitch! and a big thank you for that.

[@Hoonozit]

Looking good,

[@manusinghbaidwan2112]

This is the best one so far.....

[@MatchboxGarage]

Thanks mate

[@scottgm321]

Good job.

[@charlesbennett959]

We know. Love it man.

[@wreckerjonny6144]

I have one that has about 50 coats of paint. I have to locate the tap for the screws and screws . I think plastics are ok

[@SteveTV5150]

I have this one as well as the gold one with the screaming chicken on the hood. Both in mint condition; no restoration required.

[@Rollormotor]

great looking car, Gold wheels would look sweet on that car. the black ones kind of disappear

[@gerryhealy1832]

Cool mate nice job as usual 👍👍👍👍👍

[@ActionM]

Well done!!

[@RBCUSTOMS]

Congratulations, it's very good.

[@aliffitisham129]

Car looks awesome, would love to see a mafia cars coming in

[@GMO--ge4ir]

Wooooow❗ Just wondering,how many cars can you get done with the TAMIYA SURFACE PRIMER? (It's quite a smaller can than the Pound Store rattle can sprays).

[@MatchboxGarage]

10-15 I guess

[@gerryduffy6700]

Nice job Rob. Looks really good, perhaps the only change I would have made is gold rims to coincide with the gold stripe? Only an opinion, look great as said.

[@MatchboxGarage]

Good idea

[@barrybakewell9616]

nice job

[@carlkwasnjuk9518]

The date on the bottom of Hot Wheels and Matchbox is not always the date that car was made. It is mainly the date of when the original mold was made.

[@ronedge7784]

I would have liked the wheels to be more gold than black. Nice job.

[@shaneellasdaicastrestorati3675]

Turned out nice, what are the screws you use? Looks like they have a nice big flat head on them. Thanks for sharing

[@MatchboxGarage]

I have a selection SCREWS 24 off M2 x 3mm long HEAD Diameter 4mm 24 off M2 x 4mm long HEAD Diameter 4mm 24 off M2 x 3mm long HEAD Diameter 4.5mm 24 off M2 x 4mm long HEAD Diameter 5mm 24 off M2 x 4mm long HEAD Diameter 6mm 12 off M2 x 3mm long HEAD Diameter 7mm

[@mawkingjax841]

How long do you let the paint set before being able to safely tape it off ?

[@MatchboxGarage]

Overnight

[@dafalzonAUS]

I own this car as well, from when I was a kid and it’s the same age as me

[@BobPegram]

For roughly that era firebird, you should get one with a complete hood (bonnet). Then you can paint it black and put the famous gold "screaming chicken" decal on the hood.

[@THESONOYTENSE]

How do you clean the windows of your cars?

[@MatchboxGarage]

Water

[@Lahire-s7l]

Top taf ❤😊

[@grahamparr4710]

Sick!

[@andrewlarson6805]

I like the color of the glass well you know what I mean it's plastic with the black interior and it definitely looks better but wow is that a bad casting from Matchbox hahaha I'm happy they make really good castings now

[@revzillo]

That's a really nice job . Maybe you could've had twin gold stripes leaving it black between the rocker covers and up over the roof and deck (trunk, boot) but that's just my opinion. Looks great 👍

[@BarossaMan]

Looks good! Where do you buy the screws?

[@MatchboxGarage]

From eBay but the seller seems to have stopped

[@BarossaMan]

ok! Sad.

[@austinraftery1740]

You can't beat a double dip

[@milksheihk]

Assuming you can find one that'll take the heat of boiling water you might be better off with a plastic container for paint stripping, Caustic & other strong alkalis can attack glass, Polyethylene, polypropalene & Polycarbonate have relatively good chemical resistance.

[@jpc1147]

in America we call the whirly twirly thing a turntable as if it matters.

[@martindaredare]

Like that one rob , I hear the trustee vice didn't get a mention this time.

[@MatchboxGarage]

I know mate. Sometimes I forget to give it a mention

[@othaVada]

18 people have never seen The Rockford Files.

[@MrStabby19812]

Pretty sure those hood scoops were used on the roof of the large scale fire engine.

[@lrg3834]

Just think. A loaded Firebird Trans Am sold for just a little over CAD $10,000* (£5745) in 1978. The ordinary firebird, much less. It was equipped with a 6.6 L V-8 (400 cu in). My best friend’s 18-year-old brother had one. A high school graduation present from his father. *In those days, the CAD was worth almost as much as the USD. Also, US-built automobiles sold for more in Canada as well; in fact, they still do.

[@PatGilliland]

Nice work - very 1970's

[@khossossykhossossy7955]

Outstanding result. Great job, Rob! I have a question for you though, how long did you wait before you masked off the black paint? I wanted to do the same with one of my hotwheels but I was scared the masking tape would damage the base coat. Thanks.

[@MatchboxGarage]

Hi mate around half hour but probably should have left it a little longer. I use Tamiya tape which is made for it. Normal automotive tape might be too aggressive

[@catmatilda]

Wheels need details

[@faisalsattarshergawnker9695]

Dear Sir, it's look amazing... Requesting you to make video for lamborghini countach or Knight Rider

[@Death3336]

Things that sound super strange to an American: "Foot long hotdog jar"

[@Death3336]

btw, love the finished product. This mold is very strange to me, it's the exaggerated wheel arches. I love it though.

[@hodgeshotwheelsanddiecast5192]

I'm gonna have to school you on good ol American muscle. Put some gold, or chrome or painted silver on those wheels.Thats one fad that I Hope goes away fast in the USA. .Washes the whole car out. Love the paint job tamiya paints /clears make it shine flawlessly. But the black wheels take away from a firebirds beauty .

[@CNGP9]

Neat

[@TisBestinDiecast66]

Don't like it, I love it!!!!. Top job Fella ;-)

[@2ahdcat]

This one's 4 years younger than me

[@gregghatfield9946]

Those wheel wells are crying for wide wheels

[@bobfellows5758]

Great car, but oh how horrible is that yellow window colour.

[@kevinrizzo6478]

#HGWB

[@daveweber5334]

Take that ugly chrome interior back out, soak it all in bleach. It will eat that crap away and have a nice black interior. And chrome pen the covers if you want but I’d leave them. You’d also have better results with some wet sanding and polish to knock down that orange peel.. you could also run the pointy end of a thumb tack, or needle, trace from A pillar to B pillar and cut that ugly orange out! Wow they made those thing hideous! It was definitely the 70’s!

[@MatchboxGarage]

Thanks for the advice

[@MiamiMillionaire]

👍

[@THESONOYTENSE]

How do you clean the windows of your cars?