AWESOME VIDEO! Thanks for posting....good time!

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thoroughly enjoyed this! 👍

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

I remember visiting my grandparents on the farm in the early sixties when I was a little tyke. Grandpa had a half dozen promotional cars from the dealers he had patronized over the years. They were the only “toys” in the house and quite sturdy. I loved those cars! Great video- brought back a lot of fond memories. 👍👍👍

@modelrestorations

2 ай бұрын

Great story, Mark. Thank you so much for sharing! I used to search goodwill for hotwheels and came across a tbird that looked old. I paid 3.50 for it and sold it later at a toy show for $60. I happened to overhear the guy who bought it bragging to his buddy about how cheap he had gotten it for..hmmm Apparently, it was one of the rare ones. I had a hard time letting it go because it was so cool. All the writing on the bottom fascinated me.

@modelrestorations

2 ай бұрын

Here is another video we're I go into annual kits which were models made from the molds of dealer promos. kzread.info/dash/bejne/opaXqtKyg83glbg.htmlsi=fqOIEVHhEADAbE_6

Pretty cool overview of the hobby. Fun stuff!

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Rick.

Very interesting. Do cool 😎. In 1960 the model kit blew up and went nuts . Great video .

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, man! I actually learned allot putting it together.

👍👍

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Awesome history! Thanks for showing!

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching.

@1968fordman

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Great video and awesome history. Wood metal plastic, we've come a ling way. And survived the 70s. I had no idea about the Amazon rain forest either. Incredible

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

I didn't either until I started researching it. Apparently, it was a hidden for a long time....but thats another video...😅

Cool Stuff love the history man!! great job!

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Much appreciated! Thanks for watching.

Enjoy the video and I’m a die-cast collector since childhood

@modelrestorations

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate that. I'm a semi diecast nut too. I swing back and forth. Still have a large collection of redlines and older BW.

@bruneydamekanic6151

Ай бұрын

Nice

Great informative video. Thanks.

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Nice little history on model cars. Didnt know the "Used Car" kits were part of a movie promotional giveaway😊

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching David. Yea that was a surprise one for me to. The writing on the box is hilarious 😂

Love that begining! The history was pretty interesting. Did you read that last kits box? Its friken hilarious. Thanks for posting!

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

I did!

so many kits i like in there :D

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

The more I dig through the history the more I keep finding that are really cool. Thanks for watching!

Awesome video. I built a lot of those kits in the early 60's. Ron

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Ron.Still have them?

Nice video.👍

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

I've never heard of those promotional "Used Car" kits shown at 5:15. I'm going to need to do a bit more research on this; hoping that it doesn't take me - as kids say these days - down a "rabbit hole." But I do remember the model car satire in the October 1974, Volume 1, No. 55, issue of "The National Lampoon" by P.J. O'Rourke titled, "First Model Car," featuring the AMT 1957 Ford. The box said it could be built either, "Abused, Dented or Wrecked," and included painting tips by none other than Earl Scheib. If memory serves, 'accessory' parts included a lawn mower, extra oil cans, oil puddles to put under the car, (that appeared to be adapted from figure bases included with military kits,) and other 'beater' details. Ironically, the "customizing" tips given in jest really were becoming standard 'weathering' techniques for modelers around the same time this satire first came out. Thanks for sharing this. 33rd Like.

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Great info Mark. Thanks so much for sharing. And amazing memory! I'll have to look that up and go down a rabbit hole myself. I find all the different kits fascinating. Especially the 70s kits.

Cool 😎

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching charles.

Interesting.

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching mike.

Cool video ❤😊

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

I have the Used Cars kit, unbuilt. My kit has the Camaro inside. How about the Barris ZZR?

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

I didn't know about the Barris one, Glenn. I'll have to look that up. Thank you!

since you showed 2 ove my kits.its a George Barris.super van.a testers model.1977 is the year it was made.un finished model.not built kit.😮

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Right on Ken. That's a really cool kit!

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@modelrestorations

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

RAH/VELL

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Hahahah😅

Nice video, but I really hate AI voiceovers, they have terrible cadence and no idea how to pronounce half the words. Ray-Veil… Rown-Taa…? Rarest kit is probably the AMT 1911 Chevrolet, something like 25-50 produced. I’d heard 500 of the Used Cars kits were issued, since it was only the box art that differed who knows. Until we find concrete evidence of production numbers for the 1911 Chevys and the Used Cars kits it’s impossible to be sure which is rarer.

@modelrestorations

3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks so much for the info. I just checked it out and I believe you are very right. I was going off of an old forum post on modelers magazine for the amount produced so it could definitely be wrong. I actually agree with you on AI voices but is something I wanted to try. I'm working on a new video now that is similar but with my own voice. That way people can actually understand AMT, Round 2 and of course Revell....LOL.

The robot voice is not good. Otherwise information is great

@modelrestorations

Ай бұрын

Thank you for the feedback Jason. I very much agree! I dont normally use AI voice but at the time i had a bad cold so I went with it.

Narration makes this video unwatchable. Rayvale?

@modelrestorations

3 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and Commenting Rick.