Fire Truck Pedal Car Restoration

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Күн бұрын

This children’s pedal car was made in the 1960’s.
It was made by Murray and was called a flat face Fire Truck. The body shape was modeled after the Ford Fairlane (my first car handed down by Grandma).
It’s missing its wooden ladders, the ignition key, the hood light, and padded seat.
This car has had some good usage and now it’s time to bring it back to its original condition, for a new generation of kids to enjoy.
This car weighs over 35 pounds - it’s a sturdy metal machine. There's even a back step for kids to ride on and push off from.
Key Moments:
00:00 A 1960's Murray Flat Face Pedal Car
01:02 Disasssembly
02:56 Wheel removal
05:07 Sandblasting parts
06:12 Powder coating
09:00 Re-mounting tires
09:34 Attempted metal plating
10:14 Angle grinding car body
11:25 Pounding out dents
11:41 Applying body filler (Bondo)
12:10 Automotive spray paint and clear coat
13:45 Buffing metal grille
14:34 Cricut cutting vinyl decals; transfer tape
16:37 Reassembly of body
20:14 Design, 3D printing and assembly of hood lamp
22:54 Final product - before and after views, road test
Techniques shown in this video:
Soldering
Powder coating
Spray gun painting
Angle grinding / Paint removal
Bead blasting
Metal body work and filler
CAD (computer aided design) (Autodesk Fusion 360)
3D printing
Decal creation and transfer (Cricut die cutting)
Buffing and polishing metal

Пікірлер: 33

@MrAndyBearJr 28 күн бұрын

I had a Ford Fairlane pedal car my parents bought for me at a Western Auto Hardware Store when I was about four or five years old. Same design as this, minus the fire engine accoutrements. It was a mint green color. They had eight mm home movies of me pedaling around in that car. I was one happy camper! 😃 Rode around in it so much my dad had to replace the tires. He mounted the new ones by heating them in near boiling water to make them pliable enough to mount. We ended up donating it to our church nursery when I outgrew it. I am sixty-two now.

@jackwood8307 3 ай бұрын

Great job!👍

@ronwolff5973 4 ай бұрын

I had that very same car , it also had ladders and a bell on the hood I’m 63 years old now

@billclement2660 4 ай бұрын

Ditto, still have bugs Bunny but no firetruck, wore the pintle bearings out

@BOMReviews 4 ай бұрын

Awesome, did you have a light too? If so, do you recall what it looked like?

@shawnataylor7998 27 күн бұрын

Beautiful job!

@wazzazone 4 ай бұрын

Great effort well done.

@jfrankcarr 4 ай бұрын

I had one of those when I was a kid. I got it on Christmas when I was about 3 years old. (Yes, I'm ancient.)

@BOMReviews 4 ай бұрын

Lol, we used to have a whole parkway chalked out - fun times.

@lunagutierrez 4 ай бұрын

Increíble restauración buen trabajo😍

@MASI_forging 4 ай бұрын

Nice restoration 😍😍

@BOMReviews 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@greggabel7238 4 ай бұрын

It looks like a Plymouth!

@pofrof4910 4 ай бұрын

I don't know. There are a couple of suspicious things. 🔎

@zoraidaarguinzoni3366 4 ай бұрын

Saludos, hermoso. Dios le bendiga

@BOMReviews 4 ай бұрын

Agradezco que te hayas tomado el tiempo de dejar vibraciones positivas.

@zoraidaarguinzoni3366 4 ай бұрын

Hola, siempre, soy cristiana. Dios le continué bendiciendo

@larryvandewege4458 4 ай бұрын

He should have made the headlights to work, as he made a flashing red light.

@BOMReviews 4 ай бұрын

I definitely thought about it. But this restoration had already stretched on for almost 2 years due to some "life interruptions."

@georgemartinezjr 2 ай бұрын

What did you use to luberciate all moving parts with

@joelcazares4852 2 ай бұрын

Where do you buy the replacement tires

@bigmoneylove_27 4 ай бұрын

First love ur videos ❤

@BOMReviews 4 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@gingerfox5605 4 ай бұрын

Почему именно пудра? Это самый удобный способ окрашивания?

@BOMReviews 4 ай бұрын

Порошковая окраска была нанесена на нижнюю часть механики, колпаки, рули и держатели лестниц, потому что порошок более долговечен, чем краска, а эта игрушка предназначена для использования. Спасибо!

@gingerfox5605 4 ай бұрын

@@BOMReviews Спасибо за ответ♥️

@donovan543 3 ай бұрын

"promosm" 💦

@dankamosna2870 4 ай бұрын

Kopa kvalitnej renovatorskej prace, az na tu pripravu karoserie pod lak a tym padom nekvalitna konecna povrchova uprava ...

@rickreeve1246 9 күн бұрын

bad body clean up show when putting on decal should have bead blasted left many grinder marks

@waynethacker7145 10 күн бұрын

Bad paint job

@webtoedman 7 күн бұрын

Not easy to do a good job on panels that were made as cheaply as possible. Full size vehicle panels back in the '50s/'60s needed a lot of massaging before painting.