If someone gets drab to fab with nothing but mustard please pin it.

I have thoroughly enjoyed all your project videos. You have a great sense of humor and your passion comes through in the results. Keep up the great work. Keep the wheels, straighten the base, purple looks great with the vinyl top imo.

I actually think you made all the right calls with this one! I love the darkness of the purple, and the original wheels! At first I thought no vinyl top! But I like it. I have about 10 different 68 Cougar hot wheels, and one real one. 😉

You need an entire rainbow of Cougars! Just a few more colors to do and you're there. :D

I say leave the original wheels on it, but please fix the wobble.

Honestly, You do the best redline restorations I’ve seen on KZfaq. No disrespect to the other guys

I think the original wheels are fine. And the purple is gorgeous! I was unsure about the vinyl roof but it really suited it! Top job! Unfortunately I'm no longer in the bloom of youth and my encounters with Cougars are but memories. However you, Sir, handled her gallantly! 😉

Keep the original wheels. So glad you did the vinyl top. Original olive is a neat color in itself, especially with the black top. Super job!

Certain colours suit certain shapes and that purple just looks so good on a cougar ! Shame it was originally spoiled with that acid spill , but that was a blessing in disguise because gave it chance to now look epic !

6:00 is why your channel continues to grow subscribers. Zinc plating is a mystery to a large % of folks who watch. The VW explanation nailed it.

New paint, new wheels! Do something fancy...non red line, since it’s a custom. Also, a white vinyl top would have been awesome.

Excellent color, I like how it looks both purple and blue at the same time.

That purple is gorgeous.

I really like how it turned out. Looks good with factory wheels, i say leave it as it is right now.

Turned out nice looking. Now I'm looking forward to the VW Bus. Bring us along with you for that one.

Love the Homestar Runner reference!

Cool cougar dude, leave the wheels as they are babe, looks fine, thanks as always from South Africa 🇿🇦

For all I love the end result, somehow the flaw gave it character and history. It wasn’t perfect but to have such a beautiful paint after 50+ years...I think it was worth it to keep it original.

Purple is the best.... Thnx for Sharing..

Great job, keep the wheels, a white vinyl top would’ve really popped.......

That paint job looks superb.

You deserve the minty of mints. Awesome job. My son and I love your channel.

Dr. Diecast, what I do is paint my wheels silver and it makes them look great. I just restored a redline AMX-2 in lime green and had to make a new post, I painted it lime green and it turned out sweet.!

Purple is sweet! If that is battery corrosion, it would be alkaline not an acid. Treating it would require an acid like vinegar or acidic toilet cleaner to naturalize it so it doesn't continue to corrode. I see this on circuit boards quite often. Great work as always!

Looks great, no complaints here.

A spearmint green would look pretty rad for a car. Indigo would be awesome too.

Another beauty to add to the Sweet 16, great job👍😊

I kinda like the cougar with bare metal look. Lends itself to a mad max esthetic.

Great job, nice to have one with stock wheels when they look that good! Great color✌

Another excellent job. I need to get my zinc plating setup up and running. Been dragging my feet on buying that expensive power source from Amazon. Lol. My very first spectraflame color I shot was purple on a custom barracuda and mine too got a little too dark as well.I put Deep dish redlines on all my builds. They should have been factory on all hot wheels of that era in my opinion.

youtube makes you a star in youre own home, a "Homestar"

Fantastic colour

Have you considered using solder to fill in the pock mark holes in the body, prior to a good sanding and the zinc plating? Either that or a metal body filler that comes out of a tube? I’ve seen Marty of Marty’s Matchbox Makeovers use it on MB castings, but I don’t know if it’d be successful prior to zinc plating...The paint turned out a little dark, but it still is in the purple spectrum. The vinyl roof line in the trunk area doesn’t look original, but it can always be smoothed out to match the vintage painted trunk line...overall, a nice resto. I think original wheels (despite a bit of wear) are always better than reproductions. They show the car’s been loved and played with. Great job as usual...

Cool. That purple is tricky. It needs to be reduced or it looks blue. Leave the OG wheels.

Sand away the lumpy bits. I wish I could do that to myself 😂

Fabulous job, and I love the color. Congratulations for such great work.

I love these old HotWheels muscle cars. I grew up with a much different Cougar in the driveway. Still fast as heck though. You could be cruising down the highway at 55 one minute and look down at the needle pointing to 80 the next and not notice. (That's translated to mph for you Americans.) Wish KZfaq would let me post a picture. Anyway, look up the 1978 Mercury Cougar Coupe with vinyl roof to get the idea.

Great work! I love the color.

Then all of a sudden, nothing happened! Nice vid, thanks.

Now you got me hanging for that Volkswagen!

That colour came out lovely! Defiantly keep the factory wheels too! High Fives!!! :D

Gotta say man that purple was a realllly sweet choice for that Cougar. The shade to me looks wonderful and very spot on...leave those tires on unless you want it perfect perfect. Look at you bro all the way up 9k in subs...and more cares completed, you are quickly becoming the fav among redline restoration peeps. Keep up the great work!!!

Beautiful! Kinda looks blue sometimes with purple that pops out in the light when you was turning it. But was a beauty.

I'm just now at the part where you're back from washing after stripping the original paint. I saw you hesitating to put the brush to it. I winced the instant the brush touched the roof. It was for the best though. Ok back to the show... ...And I'm back lol I know I'm way late getting to this one, but I would have voted for changing the wheels out, but putting the old ones in a little Ziploc baggie and marking them as purple custom cougar. I was originally thinking the the acid had ruined the LF wheel, but then when you spun it around, the RF wheel looked the same. I wonder why the red stripes wore off of the fronts but not the rears. Anyway, as usual a great job. I almost wish you had returned it to it's original color, but either way it's still a pretty kitty. That Transporter body is a very nice casting. Too bad about the plating. Patience is what that's going to take. That and a lot of sandpaper lol I'd love to have a real one, but they're way out of any budget I'll ever ba able to afford so I'll have to settle for a diecast instead. I forget the name of company, I think it's AW or something like that, but anyway they make a very nice looking orange and white 23? window HO slot car for around $25 that I've had my eye on for quite a while now. One day maybe I'll talk myself into buying one lol. Every now and then I check eBay for a diecast, but usually they're poor quality brands, way more than I'm willing to pay for a 1:64 car, or it's that stupid looking Hot Wheels one with the extra short wheelbase.

Nice, I like the Redline shop vinyl top, this one looks a bit smoother than the last one. Leave the wheels, the original ones have something different about them, haven't quite figured it out.

I've got my selection of high end whiskys, ready to watch the matchbox car restoration videos over Christmas!!....Very impressive video!!.....(The Orange is also very nice Color!!).......

Sweet custo. I like how you restored it, as long as you have lights in your display cabinet. Otherwise I would have gone a bit lighter on the purple.

I love that he post videos everyday

I say leave the original wheels on they look great. awesome restore. I enjoy watching all your videos.

Love the new colour

I'd say change the wheels. You basically have a brand-new car, so it should have new wheels. I wonder if a strategy to deal with the pitting might've been to give the car a base coat of silver after sanding to mute the pits, while providing something shiny for the spectraflame. Silver is kind of a pain in the ass to work with (takes longer to dry, tends to be soft), but I might've given that a shot. I wonder what spectraflame looks like over silver paint? Another alternative could have been to fill the defects with a little putty, and then go with primer + enamel. But, I applaud your decision to proceed straight with Spectraflame, and hope you are happy with the paint job over the long term.

if you can get the wheels off without cutting them then do it...if you have to cut them...leave them be...great job as usual

Looks great can't wait for the VW van.

This kitty looks purrrfect. 🐱

Great job my brother.. its not the first time i see a pritty cougar getting her butt drilled.. lol... awesome work bud purple is such a cool color.. big thumbs up.. ;) =) :D :)

Looks great as it us Ace ... I'd just leave it .... that purple looks more like a deep blue , but I still love it 👍

On your next project i think id be cool to see you work a two tone paint job on a car. Like a matte black on the bottom and something funky on the top

I like the factory wheels.

Even the guys at Count’s Kustoms would be impressed.

Beautiful car..awesome job..wheels look good as they are👍👌👏

Those wheels are in good shape, and they're factory. I'd leave them on for sure.

Og wheels for sure great vid.

Every one loves a cougar.

"Yeah that guys a freak it doesn't smell good" lol love your videos man keep it up!

As always your work is impeccable, personally I'd leave the wheels because they are original to the model, but that's me, but she looks great, love the purple and black. I'm collecting a bunch of projects and will be launching my own restoration channel I'll be doing a bit of everything from RC, Hot Wheels and slot cars. I owe you and Bare Metal for my inspiration in trying out doing the smaller die cast models.

Love your channel! Your commentary is at least half the reason I tune in. I have a question/idea, is there any reason you couldn't use a silver solder as a filler for badly pitted areas? I've never seen anyone who makes these videos do it, so I was just curious.

Thanks for Sharing.

Look's Great! The Vinyl top in my opinion should be more textured and a little less shiny but it still looks great! I love the Cougars and yet out of the hundreds of Hotwheels I own, I only have one Cougar and it's the 1968 gold 50th anniversary Cougar with Collectors button still in cart unstamped where it will stay for eternity LOL!

One Cool Cat, Purrrfect Purple!!

Perfect as it is!

Leave the wheels... You should try a 50/50 mix mix of your black paint and Rustoleum crinkle paint. That stuff is great fror some antiques typeowriters, AV, and electroicals. I don't do the matchbox... But you might want to test it out some tim... Go Cougs! Nice

Leave the factory wheels on...love that purple 👍

I'm diggin' the deep purple. It looks sweet, but not as sweet as the copper cougar. I think it needs new wheels. Looking forward to the pop-top camper.

Nicely done

Andy's hobby store on KZfaq raves about tamiyas sticker solvent. He quit using microsol. However I get the feeling Tamiya sponsors him. They send him paints and models. But give him a watch he's a pretty good model builder. He has good tips for painting and weathering if you ever want to do a custom car.

Love that crazy cougar.

My first Hot Wheel! Came with a speed shop set 1968!

it looks great. i would leave the original rims. they look amazing for being 50 years old. the vinyl top is ok. it is a little dark with that dark paint job.

Great colour and roof! Six of one half dozen of the other on the wheels. If you're giving it to me, I happy either way.

Love the cougars. Leave the orig wheels on. 👍🏻

Awesome job on the car

leave it.... looks good! nice work!

Killer purple people eater man! I agree with you factory wheels adds character, plus I'd feel guilty cutting up that mint base and tires

And the stray black paint on the trunk... May the OCD gods smite thee!

Real nice job on the purple cougar and I hope you change those Wheels out

Luv the car,,,,I worked in an American spares shop here in England,,,was amazed at how much space was around the engine on these cars,,,,I only owned one American car a 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge,,though owned Rover P5Bs which were Buick 215ci powered,,,,Luv your channel,,,I'm restoring a Matchbox mini this weekend,,,,Thanx for a great vid,,,,have a great weekend,,,,

I probably still would of put that cougar on my shelf even with that big spot.

Keep them!

Leave as is, it's beautiful!

LOVE LOVE LOVE tbis color:)

Resurrect that cougar! Merry Christmas! ⛄️🇺🇸👍🏻

Well done sir. I actually prefer the darker tone purple.

Nice Restoration Man.

can't wait to see the bus

I think personally that change the weels Is a good idea...😁

that's one sweet paint job.

Nice car i'm still looking one of them, about corrosion in the fender i faced same issue with my el dorado, to much time sanding, change the wheels, regards

another great build despite the spot on it its still better then I can do right now

Cool restoration man waiting for the Ford Mark iv restoration

Nice purple! I think that the base must stay factory.