If this car were a DnD character, you'd have to pull off some serious high level magic to do what you just did. You brought it back to life and restored it to near perfect condition. Hats off sir.

@burnoutteam6449

4 жыл бұрын

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@duaneayers6117

4 жыл бұрын

Did you ever think to turning it in to a convertible or could you of. Love watching your videos it takes me back to that time playing with my Hotwheels under the tree going over the roots 👍🇺🇸

A blind man would be happy to see that! You did a smashing job on it.

I HAVE a bunch of Match Box car from when I was a youngster in the 1970s ,and FOUND YOUR U TUBE VIDEO EXTREMELY HELPFUL YOU HELD MY INTEREST AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE OF YOUR TECHNICAL SKILLS, THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS, NEW YORK STATE GIVES YOU 5 STARS GREAT SHOW

I've got two left hands and zero patience. However, in some strange way, I find your videos fascinating. I much admire your tenacity, skill and patience AND I love the finished article. You are a KZread star!

Oh boy!!! One of the holy grail cars when I grew up in the 1970s as it was out of production, but older kids had some in their collection....actually my cousin's model was a write-off as the top was missing and gone (it must have gone under a truck....). THIS garage repair is classic. I love your techniques in rebuilding the roof, and the masking tape to hold the roof in place is something I never thought of and will be EXTREMELY useful for me moving forward. THANKS!!!!!!

As an art history teacher, I can only tell you that a work of this excellent standard - at a time when people take for granted a cultural legacy that everyone seems not so keen to preserve - this work renews my faith in artists and artists. technicians willing to preserve things simple, beautiful and historic. Thank you very much.

Matchbox were my favorites as a kid, but I am now 64, but still have my old matchbox cars. My son was hard on my old toys but was into hot wheels and these were boxed away, this was in the early 2000s. Loved the outcome, you did a great job on it

@daviddonaghy7568

4 жыл бұрын

I'm the same age as you and my son was the same way except he got into computers. I still have my Matchbox cars in the case and I also still have my Matchbox Build A Road kit.

@califdad4

4 жыл бұрын

@@daviddonaghy7568 imagine my surprise when unboxed these last month. The Lincoln Continental a as missing in Rd trunk lid had since the 60s, ( and the part is long gone) but I thought to myself, I thought I had bought a 2nd one because of that, and sure enough, I found it. I have a bunch of them.

@burnoutteam6449

4 жыл бұрын

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I'm doing some work on a mates old racing bike and watched your video on restoring rusty old bolts. Then saw this , had to watch it, remember bashing these cars up as a kid in the 80s. Fascinating skill you've got. Thanks for the rusty bolts tip.

Wow, from a wreck to a very beautiful model. My respect. Greetings from Flanders, Belgium

What amazing patience and precision you use to astound us with your work. IF ONLY you could do the same with people; the world would be an amazing place. As it is, your little world with these cars is a powerfully relaxing and satisfying place to hang out! Cheers!

Your level of skill, creativity and passion about what you do is awesome... I grew up with these and had a friend with the same taxi. Thank you for sharing your artistry!!

me and my brother destroyed so many of these things in a no grow grass zone in our back yard. good job!

@wibo3218

4 жыл бұрын

Lol i probably got trough like 50 diecast cars, i used to place them on some concrete and dropped some rocks on em or smash it with hammers.. pretty sad, but hey, ot was fun lol

Amazing that you even tackled it. Most would have trashed it. Awesome job!

@kennybacchus3378

5 жыл бұрын

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@kennybacchus3378

5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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@carlkwasnjuk4596

5 жыл бұрын

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I caught myself smiling throughout the transformation. I remember taking permanent markers and giving my Matchbox and Hot Wheels touch ups wherever they got scratched. I would even wash the cars and Armor-All the tires.

Amazing work with one of the most damaged vehicles possible! Repairs to the roof are amazing. I had serious concerns over how this would turn out, but my worries were unnecessary. Great work!🤹‍♂️

Wow! I enjoyed watching you work. I thought that taxi was beyond repair, and you brought her back. I’ll enjoy watching more of your channel.

Wow! Your restoration skill is LEVEL INCREDIBLE! That car was a throw away and you saved it. One of my favorite castings btw. Love the old Chevys.

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT SALVAGE!!!! I appreciate the sped up repair video as I found the methods used to repair the roof (superglue and baking powder) extremely useful. The results are nearly perfect! Thanks, Rob!!!! It gives hope for all those well-loved toys out there that they may be beautiful once again!

Stumbled across your channel... what great work in giving these little vehicles a second chance! Such impressive work. Wish I could do something like this, as I frequent flea markets and often see old toys/Matchbox cars that could find new life with some paint and work. Thanks for sharing your work!

You are a genius restoring the English made Matchbox collection fleet from the 60's and 70's...we had lots of fun pushing these vehicles around when we were lads....you've got such an amazing skill...Congratulations for that! Made in England was a sign of authentic hand -made quality products ...I really enjoy watching you how you bring these one of a kind treasures back to life again! Cheers!

OUTSTANDING job on those drivers side vent windows!!

For me , you more like an artist who is sculpting a new masterpiece.

Fantastic piece of work and very informative commentary, thank you. As an aside possibly the most difficult charades task is the Chevrolet Impala Drivers Handbook.

I like what you do. A different approach to Marty, but you're both eminently watchable. Very relaxing...

That is a beautiful restoration. Absolutely stunning. I had this particular Matchbox Chevy Impala is a child in the early "70's, and I'm very happy to see it again. Well done!

Amazing restoration! I have neither the skill nor the patience to tackle something like this and am amazed at people who can actually pull it off.

Rare car 1964 chevrolet impala taxi 4 doors and model unique and view final work with new paint buttocks good work rob my greetings from mexico city👋👍👍

That’s what I call a great restoration. Keep well regards Glyn

Considering the sad state it was in, you did a great restoration. Looks a treat.

Hello, nicely done, for your adhesive on Matchbox projects, I've used JB Weld for years, this is a 2K Epoxy which when blended creates a grey colored, fast cure however, not as fast as Super Glue (cyanoacrylate). It may not be available in the UK but guessing it actually is. Super Glue somewhat thick both before and after blending equal portions but has a more intense strength and for broken, cracked, and thin metal pieces and parts, it enables one to sand with special Dremel diamond bits. It takes paints beautifully, currently, I only solvent based Krylon paints, which, I spray into containers and add various other colors, as needed, to get both unique and colors dead on. In my previous job, I formulated aftermarket automotive colors for Sherwin Williams. Regardless, when my son's were younger, 10-12 years ago, a gentleman came over to our home with a box of VERY old Matchbox cars, a couple Dump Trucks, Bulldozers, etc., 34 in total. I remembered my uncles playing with these cars when I was young, they came in paper boxes and they were very particular with them and would occasionally let me hold one, kind of funny. Some of the cars he gave my sons were decent, others were trash can ready but surprisingly my sons wanted the worse cars. Over the next 2 years and as time allowed, I restored all of the cars that needed work, others, I took them apart, stripped down to the metal, fabricated plastic, when CNC came about and available, that made replicating parts miraculous, then, repainting using an airbrush. All the best,

I don't collect toy cars.. Have very little Interest but iam a avid restorer even tho lately I don't restore anything.. But I watched this beg to end. Enjoyed watching this guy's technique. Nice end finish. Time well spent. Experience is everything. Lovely little bit of work there.

Thanks Rob, this is a great restoration. An absolute wreck before you started, a beaut when you had finished. Thanks for sharing.

I'm blown away by how good it turned out. Makes me want to get my scrap yard ones out of storage. My ex never understood why I wouldn't throw them or any of our boys cars no matter how badly they were trashed. As someone who is a third generation taxi driver, I have a great love for this casting. Keep up the stellar work and as always looking forward to the next.

That is incredible! You have a serious talent!

Add a drop of Vaseline with a Q-tip to the threads/inside the super glue cap, you'll never have to throw out unused glue or battle taking off the cap again.

@jamesfranczak4831

4 жыл бұрын

Did a great job

@jokerrabit

4 жыл бұрын

this is a great tip ty

@kevinking5406

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip

Just watched this video again for. the fifth time. Great save. One of your best videos this one. I always enjoy revisiting here.

@MatchboxGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith

Nicely done! That was one of my favorite castings when I was small. (still have it too!) Keep up the good work!

I don’t know why, but I truly enjoy watching these posts. It is relaxing and above all, I respect and admire your gift of fixing these. You’re preserving history. A history that I enjoyed as a kid. Thank you sir

Never seen a taxi with a hitch.....Amazing work !!

Nice job man, love seeing things being restored instead of going to waste.

I was born in 1965, so I was stuck with the 70's Hot Wheels, we loved Matchbox cars but they were always beat up bad, one of the most infamous was the Greyhound Bus, when you found one it either had a bent-in frame, missing tires, and of course the green glass was always broken or missing. I am 54 now and I finally got to see one restored and in mint condition, kool!

Rob, a lot of sweat equity you put into the restoration, which ended up outstanding, considering it's initial broken appearance. My compliments to you from your American, So. Cal follower.

That's an impressive result. You're a brave man!

Great job restoring that old banger. Greetings,, Kitty.

Nice piece friend, i love the chevy impala, i love the driver you left like the factory, i loved the final result, excellent work rob as always, grettings

You sure have a lot of patience! You do awesome work! You have a new subscriber! Thank you for a great video. The things you find at 2:30 in the morning to watch! Matchbox restoration. Went from demolition derbies to Matchbox restoration!

I'm such a fan of you. I mean, most people would have trashed that vimpala or used it for parts, but you made it from zero. I really wanna learn to repair cars because I also have some diecast disasters in my house

Given the state of damage, I am quite surprised that the tow hitch was completely intact! Well done on that adventurous restoration. Cheers.

A labor of love. Simply beautiful!

Super job! I have a box of matchbox cars somewhere that hasn't been opened in 45 years.

Tip for extending the tip life of a super glue tip nozzle. After I use some, I take a piece of clear tape a small bit, place it atop the nozzle then fold down and twist it onto the nozzle, this way it both keeps the glue inside and instead of glueing the top onto the bottle you can just remove the tape and if there is dried glue you can puncture it with a tack or needle, then redo this process a lot until the glue is empty or just unusable.

OMG! I remember the day when I was with my father in the auto parts store and I picked one of these from a vast box of cars. That was 1970, I was 4 years old, several people around had these Chevys in all body styles. Great job! Brings back great memories. I had so many British cars as well as American cars. I remember the Ford Zodiac which was classy looking in it's green/blue paint. Rolls Royce, Rover, Austin America, just so many I don't remember. I preferred the elegance of the Matchbox cars to Hot Wheels.

@paxhumana2015

4 жыл бұрын

Though I grew up in the USA, and that the only car that ever got the Zephyr name was a Mercury badge swap of a Ford Fairmont (both of which are highly underrated muscle car material, given the right upgrades), the Ford (UK/EU) Zephyr is honestly just begging for a big ass Cleveland 351 or 402 cu in engine, a 427 cu in Super Cobra Jet engine, or a 355 cu in, Keene Bell supercharger, with optional additional turbocharger, equipped Shelby 1000 engine under the hood.

You British restoration artists have the patience of a SAINT! Even in the middle of the vid, I was astonished with the repair job!

Great job, you took something that was totally rubbish and brought it back to life. It boggles my mind how the trailer hitch on rear of car survived through all the rough life that car had.

I admire your patience mate...I had a great collection of cars as a kid...passed them down to my first born son...and he trashed the lot...I have a VW Beetle left...I could cry...

It took exactly 45 seconds of watching your video for me subscribe. I've never heard a more dead pan delivery of dirty jokes in my whole life. 10/10

@MatchboxGarage

4 жыл бұрын

😂👍🏼

I had a large Matchbox car collection as a kid. I don't remember ever seeing one with a trailer hitch before. Excellent work!

What an unbelievable job you have done with restoration of an obvious "basket case." I always wondered why Matchbox used the 1964 Impala hardtop for the taxi, as most Chevrolet taxis were four door sedans. The hardtop has no "B" pillar, the small pillar directly behind the windshield pillar was only there for the wing window, and only attached to the door. The red interior was always a mystery. It would have been quite common with a white, black, or red exterior. The dealership and area service managers would have done everything within their power to discourage this combination, as it would greatly limit the resale value of the vehicle. Again, great job!

Good job Rob looks way better than when you started

I think you just got me interested in a new hobby. Not so much to sell, but to bring back to their last glory. Thank you for the inspiration.

You are a miracle worker. Fabulous job.

Beautiful job bringing that one back to life. That was definitely a tough one. I knew you could do it

Wow , great job with that roof 👍🏼

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Holy COW!!! ! Very Impressed! You do such awesome work!! Nice job!

"Remember when removing the flange to lubricate your piece when you tap those holes, you definitely don't want it snapping off in the hole" Anyone else have to fight off those schoolboy thoughts or is it just me? XD

You did your Bloody Best Mate, Totally Different, but you Brought a 64 Impala Taxi, #20 Back to Life! Damn Spot On!

WOW! Awesome restore. That car was absolutely dead. But you resurrected it. Absolute greatness. Thanks for posting.

Oh my, the Matchbox I craved when I saw it in the rotating display at the toy store ca. 1973! I was really into Matchboxes that looked like actual cars I saw in driveways and on the street, and this '64 Chevy was the closest to what I was familiar with at the time. By the early 1970s Matchbox seemed to be selling too many British Fords, Minis, sports cars and other exotica that didn't match what I saw in everyday life in the U.S.

It needs a white with red text taxi sign on the roof. Generally these were lit up when the taxi was in service. You could fake it with some styrene board. The tail lights were distinctive that year too. Three lozenges per side with impossible to replicate chrome on the lens trim. They were right above the chrome bumper. Yes, I probably rode in one of these as a child.

Absolutely fantastic restoration job well done

Rob from Where you started with the Wreck of a car to where the finish up truly B Amazing Thank You

I wouldn't have attempted this as looked to far gone but just shows what can be done, a great job.

no rob you did a very good job again its a teaching experience for you to learn something. im so happy for you its a great job. i watched this guy get him 911 repainted i would imagine the job cost 1/2 a million us dollars. it was just brautiful. they kept painting and sanding then washing all the dust off. i want to send you pics of my two hot rod pickup. 1 is a 1940 ford the other is a 1961 ford f-100. keep up the good work. thanks for reading my whinnying.

Looks really good. Happy I watched it. Thank you!!

1964 Chevrolet Impala sedan. 283 cubic inch small block. 2 speed powerglide transmission or 3 speed standard. Impalas had 3 tail lamps on each side. I owned a 1963.

Great job on this one, man. I enjoy seeing cars some would deem "beyond repair" get brought back to life!

Great job as always my friend, the result is beautiful👌 Peace ✌️

Great job! I enjoyed that. We had one of these Impala's new, it was blue. We were Chevy dealers at the time. UK cars were built in Canada with RHD.

The car turned out wonderful.

That s kickass man! You did an exilient job with that 64 Chevy die cast impala taxi! Nothing's ever ready for the bone yard,anything can be fixed! 😎hope to see more soon!

@draculasgrl

5 жыл бұрын

Myself I do a few restorations! I'm working on a few projects myself! A 62 bubble top Chevy impala conversion! That s coming along great,and I was just given a 1973 revel model of a 1955 Chevy Belair Unopened! Also working on that now! So fare so good! Projects round the clock

You say not perfect but this cars life has just been extended another 50 to 100 yrs. Long after ur own lifetime will someone maybe many owners will appreciate this little car and that's surely a good feeling to know u enabled that.

@solcutta3661

5 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the enjoyment u get urself from it.. Strangely after 6 months, a year, looking at the work on it becomes a less painful experience and it can duly be appreciated then wheras right now every imperfection stands out like someone shouting that could be better. After a time as passed it becomes wow did I Really do that, bloody good job I did almost like someone else had done it... Did I Really do lt.. Haha. Is that not the truth!???

You did a real awesome Work on this Impala 👍👍👍 the Car looks like brand new and no one can see the Damaged it had before Lots of respect from me ,because i do a few Models At the Moment they have a lots of damages and i know how difficult it is to bring those pillars at a almost good look again

That car was lucky to find you! Good job

love the video. just as an observation . I think the layers of primer hide some of the detail. specially with a high gloss clear. Im a collision reoair tech / body man and build model cars and found less can be more. specially around the ridges for the door openings. I usually follow them with an exacto knife to keep the crisp line. Anywho im sure you have forgotten more than I know and this is an absolute joy of a video to watch. Keep the amazing work up. The impala taxi turned out amazing.

@andrewclayterman6230

5 жыл бұрын

Yes the over do on the primer has almost completely concealed the words "Impala".. also.. use a cut piece from a plastic bottle to recreate the windows..

That job would have used up all my patience. Turned out very nice, considering what you were working with. Thanks for showing.

You did an amazing restoration on the car!!!

Amazing job again. No one would ever know what it looked like before. I think that B pillar is the frame for the vent window. Can’t believe you got them back in.

Hi Rob, wow what a result given the basic pos you had to work with. You gave yourself quite a challenge with this project and your skill set has once again proved your strength. Kudos for undertaking this challenge.. 👍🏽👍🏻👍😉

Amazing resurrection. Big balls pillar work. Now they look OEM. Lovely paint and decal. Epic restoration.

Excellent, really enjoyed watching this restore, well done rob. 😮

I think you did a brilliant job on what really was a fit for the bin car, as a certain Australian Matchbox restorer would say, 'i'm happy with that'.

You did a great job. Personally, I would put even more detail like painting the interior and driver. Painting the lights and license plate.

@edwardalamo2507

4 жыл бұрын

Here in the U S no taxi would be complete without a lighted roof dome light

Super cool ! it looked in all honesty like a scrap yard car! then you brought it back to life! :D

Outstanding!!! That looks wonderful! I'm always so happy to see a sad/forlorned looking car able to look happy and full of life once again! Keep up the great artistry!!

Nice job repairing the pillars

Amazing restoration turned out well considering the damage nice work well done 👍.

Hey Rob . Today i have bought 19 Siku cars and one matchbox car in a Siku flea market. The matchbox car is the white De Tomaso Panterra ;-).

Wow! Awesome amout of work dedicated to one piece. A little rough around the edges but I would show it on my wall, along with a picture of "before". A little clarification on the whole A-B pillar thing. First, its only a pillar if its a permanent part of the car, meaning, non removable part. If its part of the door then its not considered the pillar. So the other little part next to the pillar was part of the door, those cars had as an option vent windows. Finally I appreciate that you did not add B-pillars. In a casting like that with the roof half pulled off the "post" or B-pillar breaks off easily. But Impalas and several other cars of the area are "postless" or "non-post" models, and for younger folks that were not around back then have never seen this since pretty much all cars made since the 80s have a B-pillar. You have done your homework sir! Hats off!

@rockettcustoms6266

5 жыл бұрын

Vent windows weren't an option, they were standard.

@derekwhidden9730

5 жыл бұрын

@@rockettcustoms6266 I have seen Impalas without them. Custom delete?

Remarkable restoration! Lots of work and patience to get this car to look as good as it does now.