Redline Restoration: Hot Wheels 1968 J-Car

To all my subscribers that celebrate Christmas I want to wish a very happy and safe holiday... and a very very Merry Christmas!
In this video I will be restoring a Hot Wheels 1968 J-Car I bought for about 2$ at a local diecast show.

[@Mystery_Meat]

Love your videos! Got into them when i found my father's old matchbox collection and set out to find and replace them all with new ones, and your tutorials on restoring methods has really helped me make a sizeable dent!

[@MINROKS]

Love the videos and love to see how passionate a collector you are and the work that goes into restoring these gems

[@gir0055]

I will never learn to polish and recover an old hot wheels car but yet I still watched the full length of this video

[@77PacerStudios]

Really gorgeous looking Ford J-Car! Looks exactly the way it did when it was first packed into the box 50 years ago! Now it's ready to race down the track once again!!

[@JDProject]

Great video 👍

[@Shrike58]

You mentioned that you really didn't know the history of this car in real life but this would have been the machine done up in the classic blue-and-orange Gulf Oil livery. I'm old enough to remember these cars AND the "Hot Wheels" cartoon real time. Keep up the good work.

[@kenknife111]

The baby blue and orange were gt 40s raced in 68 and 69. The j car was never raced. Ken Miles was killed testing the j car when the rear body came off. The car was repaired to ford mk4 specs and raced that way.

[@MarcoPollo77]

Merry Christmas. Your videos are always a treat to watch.

[@itsMrNoble]

You’re always a treat to watch, mate, if anyone is…

[@williambartholomew5680]

I bet the hoods don't have very good continuity when you pid them in your electro-polisher as they aren't part of the rest of the body that you always fully "ground", try and see if attaching an additional alligator clip to the hoods' under sides take care of the issue.

[@plaws0]

Beat me by **checks timestamp** 16 hours. That was my first thought, too - electrical connection.

[@icenesiswayons9962]

I think you're right. I'm going to try it myself to see.

[@D.G24]

Can I send you a car to restore

[@tom117323]

DomTheBom theman which one? I may be of a help for you, let me know:)

[@lamarjohnson1705]

Marry Christmas Eve god bless you and your family I love the videos keep up the good work 😊

[@JDGooch-wp1yk]

Great work, though I'm not a big of orange, this actually impressed me. Great color, it made the stickers stand out. Can't wait to see what you got in store next.

[@og7189]

You've inspired me to start practicing restoring old toy cars so that one day, I'll feel confident enough to restore the old ones from my childhood that really deserve to look new again

[@johnkelley9877]

It looks brand new! I am amazed out how nice it looks. Thanks for sharing this and have a Merry Christmas.

[@bigthd2044]

You inspired me to start restoring old models as well. Trail and error, that is how I learn. My first car had to be painted 3 times before it came out ok.

[@bytemegga]

Truly the best gift for Christmas. Merry Christmas BaremetalHW!

[@karldunne5595]

Excellent job!!... Well done!!... That orange is almost perfect colour match for my high class whisky, which i use for this Channel!!.. Happy Christmas!!... Cheers!!.

[@kosmokat111]

holy crap that colour came out absolutely gorgeous

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

That orange spectraflame looks great. Like a brand new penny.

[@scarecrow456]

Great job. Thanks again for sharing. Love all your videos.

[@Boomtendo4tw]

Sweet looking color! The zink plating looks good. Sounds like a good way to make sure the car last. :)

[@doodbro931]

You can see in the before shots, the back seems to have already been discolored, so that might explain why it looked like it after electropolishing it

[@Road_Rash]

Yet another excellent resto! Awesome job!

[@bonnie8441]

Wow! Now that's what you call a restoration.

[@broms316]

Oh my god!!!! That orange looks amaaaaazing!!!!

[@goodgollywally]

Fantastic as always. I wish I could do this. I have restored furniture, so I understand how bringing something back to it's original form is so awesome.

[@semiCph]

That's a great result! I think the step where you polished it before painting made a big difference - usually I see scratch marks from the steel wool on the roof, but it looks like you polished those away here.

[@johnnybtheshooter1457]

I have a whole bunch of old hot wheels and matchbox cars from the 60s and 70s from when my dad was young. A lot of them look like these restoration projects. I wish I had the time to work on them like you’ve done! Great stuff!

[@a_better_name1330]

That zinc plating is awesome!

[@TalkingGIJoe]

J-Car... one of my favorites! Nice job on it.

[@iambiggus]

I think the extra polishing added a nice touch to the finish. Makes the orange pop, and adds just that little extra to the shine. Great job, the extra work pays off imho. Happy and safe holidays to you and yours.

[@tfhackett]

I've been watching a lot of these restoration videos lately. My favorites are the ones (like this one!) of cars that I had myself when I was a kid. This one turned out beautifully! I'm thinking of taking up this hobby myself. As nice as the paint looks, I'd love to do a couple shiny, unpainted ones. Thanks for sharing your work!

[@bakedbeanas1031]

Yes I love Jcars. They were my first redlines

[@revzillo]

Great restoration custom , l love that orange colour 👍

[@RemedyRooty]

That's an amazing colour. Nice job overall.

[@thomasbrown7420]

What a treat! Thank you for the holiday update

[@valborchardt3596]

Turned out really great, thanks again from South Africa

[@rulisa1131]

That "play in the bearings" is my favorite part of these things.

[@earllubold2505]

Excellent job. Two thumbs up!

[@jerryvr]

Nice Job! The zinc plating you do gives a great finish..

[@k.n.o.3558]

This turned out very cool! Love the orange color. 😎

[@jamesb7299]

This was my favorite car as a kid, after watching your videos, I'm hoping I can find my old collection somewhere in storage, if I do, I'm going to go through the old backpack full of cars I had and start restoring them.

[@jeffhreid]

Sweet!! That’s one I’d want as a kid. So cool

[@sometoastxd]

Gorgeous look, I'm sure you have your own ranking but from what I've seen this is some of your finest work.

[@robertbounday9846]

Great work. Very good restoration

[@BrentDewhurst]

Fantastic resto, well done!

[@turbolivesinmyheart6328]

I love that orange spectraflame color.

[@k1u9r6t8]

Looks factory to me, perfection.

[@lilchuksdiecast9689]

That window thou!👌👌✌

[@canuckyank82]

Excellent restoration!

[@georgeshelton6281]

I can tell that this educational video is a 2019 release; when I tune into these educational videos, I sure don't miss much. It's how to make anything old fashion; as good as new again.👍📹😂🤣😭😅💀📹

[@dmelzinga]

Very nice results. I never have any luck polishing the scratches out of windows. Something I still have difficulty with. 👍

[@SweeneyDunston]

Another nice restoration. Im woth you on that passion for stickers vs water-slides. Merry Christmas!

[@THE_HW_MASTERS]

We found this one in blue on a Flea Market! It's a very nice car!

[@redskool8498]

always did and always will love these small cars and trucks and more ... thanks and have a good x-mas .. †

[@HaakonAnderson]

Seriously one of the best KZbin channels going today. Congratulations on hitting 250k!

[@arbitterm]

I'm certain I used to have a blue one of these when I was a kid except on mine the rear hood opened up and there was a metal engine inside. Your restoration looks amazing by the way. If I find any old redlines in a box in my attic, I'm sending them your way.

[@00asaenz]

Awesome video. My new year's resolution is to watch every BHW video. 😁😎

[@Spacecowboy61975]

Cool job and colour combo

[@72polara]

Nice work once again. Car looks great.

[@hwcmdls7905]

Nice work!! I love the Grand Prix cars in orange! I have an original ford j in orange that is in excellent shape. Mine has a little wedge like most ford j cars but the engine lid has no post to catch the block, like the early ones with no block and a full transmission.

[@natr0n]

I like this cars design. Very nice restoration. Merry Christmas.

[@paularmstrong4546]

Merry Christmas, luv the spectra flame orange.

[@ChrisWEarly]

Love the redline-orange combo, looks great. Cool car body too! Merry Christmas!!

[@daverage4729]

Stunning job!

[@vanthdreadstar8039]

Merry Christmas! That is a stunning result! Loved the shine from the additional polish before paint. That windshield turned out looking brand new.

[@jimbryant2157]

Love the orange - very cool color. Your videos bring back lots of memories. My brother and I probably destroyed half of the cars you have restored (hey - maybe we have contributed some of the cars you have been working on - always glad to be of service... :). Thanks for the videos and the detailed voiceovers!

[@hobbymanproductions4553]

Awesome job great job on the stickers

[@stom5292]

Windshield came out looking really good. Nice car!

[@roberthaydon6387]

Very happy I found your videos this year. Thanks - and Merry Christmas!

[@dannyb5745]

Gorgeous work !!

[@dontcheckmychanel]

Congratulations on the sponsorship, and merry Christmas.

[@andrewmaxfield6658]

Can't wait to see your complete orange Sweet Sixteen collection. 😉

[@jimmytvfclassic]

I love this restoration, very very neat one! Merry Christmas!!

[@126185thst]

another great restoration !! Merry Christmas !!!

[@thomashadleigh2575]

wow, looks like new and the color is so beautiful. and also merry cristmas everyone.

[@thomashadleigh2575]

christmas sorry

[@larryoquinn8708]

Beautiful job as usual.

[@SC-mq1eh]

that orange is sooo nice! and that was a windshield resto 101! great work and happy holidays, hopefully you get a stocking full of banged up matchbox and hot wheels!!

[@udorechner6846]

That little car looks great! A very nice restauration. Merry Christmas and a happy newyYear to you, your family and all the subscribers here, where ever they live. Greetings from Germany

[@andrewlarson6805]

Great job that looks really nice

[@mr.mantis6439]

What a great christmas present...

[@RedLineRaceDay]

Stunning resto. Can’t wait to see more. Merry Christmas RLRD

[@speedqueenluxie]

Late night restoration vid on Christmas Eve can't get better than this. Merry Christmas Zac

[@tuxpowerpc]

Wow, I can't believe it's the same car. What a great job and Merry Christmas!

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

MERRY CHRISTMAS . Great video's . Great work , Mike Espo...

[@antrobinson4448]

Nice colour, happy Christmas

[@birdie399]

From where I’m sitting that looks like a brilliant piece of restoration. Thanks for sharing your skills.

[@joepyle7345]

Windshield looks amazing. More videos please ?

[@matthewludivico1714]

Nice restoration

[@flutterdrive4286]

You missed a spot to paint black, its right above the other black part on the back.

[@greensun5998]

Yeah it's the section on the back of the hood, not sure if that was intentionally left out.

[@fusioncoregaming3252]

Flutterdrive ocd is kicking in

[@garymays920]

AWESOME LOOKING

[@mysterj1]

I loved this car; the J-Car was one of the very first Hot Wheels I collected. I think the Hot Heap and the 32 were the others.

[@NewEnglandViews]

That’s a nice finish!

[@MrPappysCobra]

Awesome! I am a Ford guy!

[@TheRealColBosch]

That is an absolutely gorgeous Ford GT40. Thank you so much for sharing, and have an amazing Christmas!

[@beaverdamraceproductions6857]

Nice build. I'm actually going to start doing a few Redlines myself that I picked up on eBay.

[@tempestfury8324]

Not sure why but this was one of my favorite Hot Wheels as a kid. Maybe it was because it so cool (or boss, as we used to say) how awesome Ford was in the '60's

[@josephlowry4320]

That was fantastic dude, you just the J-car even more awesome and cool like ever before, have an great day.

[@jimmyfizzy]

This one seem to turn out really nice

[@t-murdock]

Your videos are like asmr to me. I love it. Merry Christmas to you and your family!!

[@blacknwhitecookie8967]

Love the color! Looking forward to seeing your Sweet 16 set!!

[@David-wn9qo]

Excellent work as usual. Merry Christmas.