Redline Restoration: Hot Wheels 1968 Custom Mustang

Another Redline Restoration... This time a 1968 Custom Mustang.

[lmopamp]

Fascinating, I never even considered restoring 64th scale cars. Now here I am binge watching.

[DerBingle]

As always, utterly hypnotic and fascinating! A big part of it is your calm narration and no music, these videos are perfect.

[thave.diecast]

I like your approach on how you restore cars. You look at it with solid perspective and don’t go over the top with your expectations. This hobby is supposed to be fun and relive stress. I learned so much from this video. Thanks.

[Everythingisgoingtobealright]

I had hundreds of cars in the 70s, I smashed them all. (I had no adult supervision). I'll bet some would be valuable today.

[kellen]

I still have a massive box full of cars from when I was little and I'm almost certain I have this mustang in good condition.

[KOSMOSA]

this is gorgeous, love the color you chose.

[dougstorhoff]

looks great !
you saved another one and made it worthy of being proudly displayed.

[lilyh]

Super, super nice!! I'm into restores also because of the high prices and rarity of the high end castings. I purchase them for my own collection, with no intent of selling them, so, value means nothing to be. I really enjoy your tutorials/videos!! Please keep them coming...

[dram]

god, what is it about a 68 fastback, that looks so damn good

[williamlee]

It never ceases to amaze me that something that was probably made back then that sold for a dollar or so could be worth so much today. $30 seems like a lot to me, but not up against what you're telling me that one in Nice condition would cost. And I like the fact that you brought it back from the grave. Nice job!

[RochelleWilliamsreads]

I love how the light plays off of this color. Great shine!

[limelight]

May 1968 i walked around the corner in Woolworths toy aisle and saw one of the highlights of my life, the new hot wheels were finally here in NB Canada after the commercial being on tv for months. My friend had had gotten two in Bangor Maine a month earlier and I don't know any one who still has theirs but me. My 48 early redlines are in pretty good shape, my red Mustang is identical but with a rod runner crack in the back window. Beautiful resto job on yours.

[danielmahoney]

That Mustang looks amazing.
Still have my copper one from my childhood. windshield is scratched and one of the hood pins are broken but everything is there. The paint, however, is gone. It was bad enough that I sanded it off long ago. Love to give this a try.
Thank you for the videos

[macfisher]

I don't know how I got here....but wow, that was nice. I did not know people restored Hot Wheels.

[phoket]

my customs are not the same after watching your channel. thanks for sharing your tips and knowledge for us rookie customizers. 👍👍👍✌

[josephlowry]

Watching these redline restorations are satisfying and brilliant, seeing that Red Ford Mustang looks really magnificent.

[neilreeder]

More Redline Restoration Please! (ps, maybe add a before and after picture next to each other at the end, so we can truly enjoy your hard work! Keep it up man!)

[catjudo]

My own Hot Wheels project is something I always wanted to make but have never been rich enough to fund: an Automotive Museum! I plan on making mine out of boxes that I have painted up as the interior spaces of a large museum and using Velcro to stick the cars to the floor where they will be displayed (so the viewer can still pick them up and look at the details). I bought numerous new cars over the past few years, but figured my own childhood collection was far too beat up for much of the exhibit; now the techniques you describe may help a few of them come back to glory and find a place in the Collection. And now I won't feel I have to buy a pristine late 70's/early 80's Hot Bird (Pontiac Trans Am) like I had when I was a kid. I can fix one instead! Great job!

[Yonatan]

Beautiful results from the polishing and carefully layered paint job. What you did probably is better than what came with the original toy car.

[LPdeLP]

Among furniture stores and automated car washes, this is another thing that I can only describe as magic.