From the first Hot Wheels car I ever got (a silver C4 Corvette with red interior that is somewhere in my garage) to present-day, I’ve had to have gone through tens of thousands of 1/64th scale cars. There was no secret to any member of my family that I was going to be a gearhead, it was obvious from the start. I had NASCAR collections, I had the cars with the rubber tires, I had cars that, after researching, would be worth thousands if I could ever find the damn things. As it sits, I have a small handful that managed to last through three decades of constant moving in my shop as reminders of how 99¢ starts one of the most money-intensive addictions one can have in life.
They might be toys when you’re a kid, but the years don’t do these tiny cars any favor. But if you’re looking for a minor project over the winter that will only take a weekend of time, maybe restoring one could be something to try out. We found this video of one such restoration, a Studebaker Wagonaire by Matchbox, complete with the sliding roof. The years weren’t kind to the car, with lots of the original blue paint gone and the surfaces needing some love. Trust us, you want to see how this one turns out!
WTF?
It must be a quiet news day at BangShift HQ as you think that we really want to see some friendless wifeless geek “restoring” a toy car – yes a toy car.
So maybe you should get back out into “real car world” and find us something that has a motor in it and that is interesting..
Speak for yourself….most of us grew to love our hobby through matchbox and hot wheels, corgi and the like and I for one restore them with my so so…piss off you limey twat
I’m pretty sure I have one of those in the garage attic.
Hey CHG does the little misses put way too much bleach in the undies wash? Come on not everyone who is a “car” fan have the funds or space to do just what you want them to do. And it just may be a kid looing at this . Look it don’t have an LS in it.So it should be kinda OK for you.I myself got started as a very young kid with a shoebox full of match boxes .Then I went to models ,and then on to cars and trucks. I have a good friend the collects Hotwheels .He has a few worth a few grand apiece .Not everyone was born in a shop ,you have to grow into it .
Hey I had that old Stude back when I was a kid, sure wish I still had it. Nice little resto there, thanks for the post and just ignore “chevy hatin’ mad geordie”, haters gonna hate as the kids say these days.
My boy and I have restored a few 2nd and 3rd gen Redlines and they have turned out pretty good. there is a huge group of folks out there that restore and customize these things…Lots of tips and tricks to be found…This one is of a much higher quality that anything we;ve done but…we have fun doing it…