I would love to see the failed proyect. From that people can learn too

The interior calls out for a detailed paint job...

I remember as a kid(circa1970) there was a store that had hundreds of these in their toy Dept in the box. Were cheap but as a kid I was impressed with the dog! Lol. Thank for the memories

Lovely. I owned a slightly later model with the 1500 engine. And my Sister owned an Austin 1800 which was the big brother of these. I love these cars so much. Thank you.

Missed you man! I’m glad you’re back!

Lovely little car i pass my driving test in 1972 in one. Excellent job thanks .George in England uk 👍

It looks great! I am just glad to see another restoration from you. Thanks for sharing this neat tutorial.

Really liked this one. Also appreciate the tip of polishing the wheels. I've been polishing the bases, grills and bumpers as I'm not a fan of painting them silver but hadn't thought to polish the wheels. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing your hobby.

Another rescued car. Thanks for your work. The silver metallic looked pretty good as well. Could do that as a second.

He's back, folks! I’ve been binge watching your older videos waiting for a new one.

I love the lil pup in the back seat! Cool restoration.

Wasn't sure I liked your choice of color until the final finished shot. Outstanding! The candy-lemon color brings out all the tones and curves of the body that the previous white paint hid. Wouldn't change a thing!

Such a cute little wee car. I 💕 it!!!

The paint is brilliant. As usual the best available video on hotwheels on KZfaq. Thanks for your great work

I like that the grill and headlamps were cast with the base and man they look great in front of that shiny new paint

Great video! Beautiful result. Also appreciate how you tell about the fiddly and tedious parts!

Turned out perfect!!! I have a couple of these in need of restoration. Just need a airbrush now. These simple videos are what keeps me going with restoring my own cars 🍻

Your work on the windshields are amazing! nice job!

That paint job came out very nice for not having clear coat on it. Nice not to have to take off the tires and wheels.

Fantastic job on this restoration! Looks great! Thanks for posting! 🙂

Awesome job! This is one hobby I would like to pick up when I retire.

Wow, gorgeous finish mate 😎👍🏼💪🏼

I’m glad you’re not dead

Great work! Boyhood days all over again!

I really like the yellow paint job. It gives the car an almost Vegas gold-like appearance to it. :)

First time I've seen a driver and a dog in a tiny diecast car. Bravo to Lesney! Nice restoration.

So many comments say u should do this and that.I love what you did to that MG. It turned out fantastic.I love that resto.Keep rockin.U R THE MAN

I missed you a lot, I love your voice, very relaxing. Awesome restoration

Great job, very impressed with the quality of the plastic glass, 50 plus years old.👍

Awesome as always. Love the color!

It looks great. I love the yellow color you have. I am biased though. Yellow is my favorite color. I think painting up the interior of this car would be a fun challenge. Especially the little dog in the back.

Looks great! Love the yellow paintjob!

This came out really good. Glass and tires look New.

When I saw the final car right side up finished the first time I was taken aback a little. Like, "whoa, that looks great." Fun video. Thanks.

Great work! Awesome color choice

What a beautiful model, and an even more beautiful restoration.

Welcome back! Very nice restoration. Slick tip on polishing the wheels. Thank you.

Great to see you back! Loved this restoration I didn’t think the colour would work but seeing it finished it looks great!

Welcome back, love the taxi style finished looked!

That custom restoration was a breath of fresh air after seeing so many bad restorations lately. The big name customizers have been taking long breaks (hint, hint...) so I've been forced to settle for mediocrity. This one was simple, yet the result was above and beyond. Keep up the great work!

I like the way it has turned out. That’s a particularly nice hue! Great job!

Beautiful restoration, looks showroom fresh

Many more videos please. We have been missing them so much. I agree with Un, show us the failed project that melted too. Nothing wrong with that.

The yellow looks awesome, very nice finish 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘🦘

Very nice restore/custom, I will agree with some of the other commenters that a video showing the fail would be highly instructive. A bloopers video of sorts. Give it a thought, I'm sure your followers would like to see what can lead to fails as much as the success you have. Great video, look forward to the next. Thank you!

Love the color I didn't get notified of this video glad I was looking. Thanks for the new video

My sister had one of these but the Austin 1300 automatic version. Two main problems were the automatic transmission used the engine oil as fluid. They also had a side mounted radiator and a distributor on the side of the block, exposed directly to rain. When you drove in a storm you had to be careful of other cars throwing up moisture as the car would often stall when the ignition very commonly got wet. Used to carry a can of water dispersant and some rags and we would usually be back up and running in a couple of minutes.

Dang Bo! you got that windshield looking GOOOOD!

I think it looks great. I would be very happy to watch a video like this every week, or even every couple of days, as I really enjoy your work. Have a good weekend.

Missed your videos, and so pleased to see this pop up!

The paint turned out real nice on this one! Looks great! :)

For the yellowed interior. Try saloncare40 is like $5 for 20oz or more and you brush it on like paint stripper. Wrap it up is clear good wrap and let it sit in the sun. It will come up white and won’t destroy the plastic.

Awesome job! Thats a beautiful color.

An excellent looking restoration!!.. I'll be anxious to see what you do with other one of these you have..

My Parents had a real Morris 1100 and I had an MG 1100 like yours which is one of my favourite Matchbox models.

Turned out really nice! Well done.

Love the color. It's very fitting!!!

Didn't get a Marty's Matchbox Makeover for Saturday so I guess a Zac's Matchbox Makeover will have to suffice. Quite enjoyed this restoration/custom and really have to admire the fine details Lesney put into this casting right down to the number plates. For some reason the overall look of this car reminds me of Mr. Bean's Mini, minus the black hood.

I like the color on that body style. Looks good!

Great restoration and awesome color choice for the finished product! Another great restoration!

One of my favourite castings. Love the colour. Two tone paint works well on this one too.

Great job. It looks wonderfully new. 👍👍👍

Always enjoy your vids mate.

Looks great!

Great job. I restored one just like that but I painted it blue.

Looks awesome! Since you did custom paint would love to see the driver and doggie detailed, too!

Close to its original lustre . That's a understatement .

A few weeks ago I found this model on Craigslist (with other vintage die cast's) and it was in mint condition.

Beautiful job. I love the colour!

The new color looks great. It also came in metallic blue w/ Superfast wheels. Your yellow seems like a close cousin of that metallic blue.

Very nice and warm color! I like that you go far beyond. Really, obsession only in Red Green Blue colors are kind of limited.

Looks great! Love the color.

Very nice colour indeed. A lot of British cars started sporting unpleasant colours towards the end of the 1960's. Shades of brown, beige, earthy tones of dun, and unfortunate shades of 'baby's first crap' were often seen, as well as travel-sickness agitating bright greens and purples. Your colour is beautiful, though. Nice one.

Gorgeous. Would love to have seen this one in brown. Some detailing of the headlights and taillights might be nice to experiment with too.

The first car I bought (the real one) was this one in the green. It was a fun car to drive.

That color looks great!

I understand that they took some time but the windows look fantastic. Great work yet again.

A really lovely little project! All diecasts should be done with Spectra flame! Just beautiful!

Hard not to be a HotWheels fan and a Matchbox fan, at least, a little. Nice work bHW! Thank you.👍🏼🤘🏼😎

Great work and the restoration love matchbox

Very good job! Well done. The MG 1100 was of course the sports version of the Austin 1100 and as with all MGs had got quite a bit of 'poke' to it.

You say at the start of the video that you never see painted rivets, then soon after you show the green "base donor" car and it has a painted rivet. Is it another customized car?

Love the dog in the back. 🐶

Hey hey old friend! Welcome back. Happy new decade!

Nice restoration and paint!

kool ... thanks for your time .. awesome vid like always .. †

Very nice paint. Of course now we need a video of what melted and why it melted. 😀

Turned out great. Nice to see å restoration that is not to advanced. Good collour choose

Any videos from you long or shorts fine with me. Always amazed by your restoration projects and thanks for all tips and knowledge.

Wow that turned out so nice!

Finally the best customiser is back!! Can't wait to see the results of your 18 mustangs project. Great video as always, cheers from Montreal!

Awesome restoration !!!!!!!!!!!

Is it good to see a video from you sir, you are the first person that I started watching that restored diecast. This one turned out beautiful, you are awesome at what you do.

Nice restoration it looks 100% better😊

Nice one!

Talking about and showing mistakes and failed projects is just as important as showing successes, if not more so, i would welcome a bit of that. Please don't worry, we know how it is, sometimes sacrifices are necessary in order to achieve progress.

Nice job my man! The real car was the best selling car in the UK for several years, under six different badges, yes six! Austin, Morris, Riley, Wolsley, MG and Vanden Plas . My mum had the Morris version in Old English White. It's an odd little car though. It's a saloon with a small boot (trunk), even though it looks like a hatchback. Austin and Morris had different style grilles, and the others, being more expensive, had different shape grilles, different number plate shrouds, maybe different body trim and definitely better interiors probably with more gadgets.

Supreme result, one of your best in my opinion.

Glad to see you back , cool work as always. Mike Espo .

i have one and i am living in the Netherlands. its green but the white version looks quite good. yours is more pretty. majorette did a fiat 127 which had a dog outside the back window. but that two door car didnt have a window to open at the back. guess it was inspired by this lovely old matchbox...