Super easy! Barely an inconvenience... Things that are super easy, barely an inconvenience are tight!

After this restoration, I think you've earned the title of Baremetal Alchemist.

Talk about a transformation, that was a great job. You really brought that truck back to life. Looking forward to your next video.

I don't own any toy cars but I'll be damned if I don't watch every one of these videos lol.

I have to say that I really like the way it looks in the opening sequence. Sitting on that circular platform with its worn look gives it a lot of charm. I wouldn't change a thing.

You're the only channel that I don't feel the need to speed up the videos to 1.5x. Yours don't drag on, I'm always genuinely engaged and entertained by your work. Truly amazing stuff, great job.

I’m laying in bed at 3:30 in the morning watching a guy restore a toy truck. Now begins the streak of watching toy car restoration videos

Being a Hot Wheels guy (kid), I wasn't very happy when you started working on Matchbox cars. Well, between you and Marty, you have won me over and I am now enjoying this quite a bit. This was an amazing restoration considering what you started with. Keep up the good work!

Wow the truck looks so good and thank you for mentioning how many coats of paint you used and it’s incredible the amount of new techniques that you use and experiment with have a great day.

Beautiful result, love you show the car on your diorama. Thank you for sharing your amazing story. God bless you and your family.

Always impressive to see you restore these things, but this one kinda blew me away. The clever use of plating in multiple stages, and to get something that looks that good from what you started with; Deeply deeply impressive, sir. Thanks for sharing the techniques also!

Thank you for all the tips and ideas! Another fine restore.

That trunk takes me back. Great job.

The transformation here is phenomenal!

Awesome job as usual. I am new to the restoration part and you are a real inspiration. Keep up the great work!!

Quite happy with your restoration. Now that you have branched out into more vintage Lesneys I have you, Marty and Time Rider to thank for keeping my old memories alive and shiny. Thank you!

Another amazing video 😉

Looks good. I enjoy these restoration videos of childhood past times.

Ridiculously awesome restoration.

Great video. I am looking very much forward to the"soldering" video! Thanks so much for sharing your skills.

What a difference. That truck will go for another 50 years. Fab video.

Truly an awesome job. This car had every issue a toy car could have. You dealt with all of them. 👍

I usually mod PCs and don't care about smaller things like toy cars but I learned a lot about them and learned a lot of techniques watching your videos. I was also able to restore one of my childhood toy cars so it will be loved for several more years. love ya m8 !!

The fact that it has the spreading feature is so cool. I love these old matchboxes with working features

My dad has one of these that's in almost mint condition. As a teen, it's very cool to see something from such a foreign time be resurrected to it's former glory. Thank you for doing such awesome work. It is very inspiring.

I had one of these when I was a kid! Great memories!

Super easy, barely an inconvenience. Nice 👍👍

I had one of these as a boy. I had a friend with leukemia who I let play with it whenever I got to see him. It was his favorite of my cars. When he died I couldn’t look at it. This gave me a fond memory of Mathew Tucker. Thank you.

This truck was one of my favorites as a kid. It looks great, well done.

Very cool, the dirt road rotating display is such a great detail.

Excellent restoration. Love the metal slider part. Looks like a rear bumper

The circular display stand with the grass and shrubs is outstanding! The truck is great too!

Your videos are like therapy. One of the main reason why i subs to your channel is probably because of your voice, beside the awesome restoration work of course.

Man, that was a very very good job. Thank you.

Absolute fantastic job. 10/10 as always!

Looks great bud! You did an amazing job! This is like one of those veterinary videos where the animal comes in all raggedy and leaves happy and healthy! Night and day difference

I love watching these restorations.

Always amazed. I should go look in my childhood sandbox and see what trucks I can uncover. Thanks again for bringing these vehicles back to life.

Awesome job! Looks really good and you were the perfect guy for the job.

This was the first Matchbox I had as a kid. There's something therapeutic about watching one being restored to it's original glory with such detail. Kudos.

Lol, I grew up with this toy truck. What a flashback.

I thought it looked like a lost cause from the beginning but the master of matchbox restorations came in and made it look brand new

Beautiful!!! I love this restoration!!

Possibly the best restoration on KZfaq, thanks for help and tips on restoration

I gotta tell you, Im a retired plumber, and an amateur furniture maker. For a chemist, you are a heck of a craftsman!

Always love the solutions you come up with.

Loved the Screen Rant reference "Super easy! Barely an inconvenience"

Fabulous job with great attention to detail.

Wonderful job restoring the truck, great video.

Nice work -- I always appreciate your innovations!

By reading the title wrong, I thought you were restoring a Matchbox with 70-grit sand paper. You did a immaculate job with the Truck. Thanks for making all these relaxing videos for years, and for teaching me about he art of restoring cars such as this one.

Beautiful job. Amazing how good they look with a bit of effort

This turned out amazing! I'm sure the customer will appreciate it!

at first glance, it looks like a customized truck for a diorama.

Still my favorite diecast channel. Thanks for another great video!

I have 12 of these matchbox 70s and never knew that the slide was there until I watched your video. Naturally I checked mine and was delighted 😉

I think it looks great. I used to collect when I was a kid. All gone now though. I think its awsome that someone is willing to save these little toys that brought us all hours of imagination and fun. Good work. That's a rather rare talent.

Reason for watching this channel..1.Love diecast/metal small cars. 2.Love watching the process. So Relaxing

Beautiful restoration!

Nice resto, the windows are impressive.

Wizardry for sure, fantastic and many thanks for all the experimentation.

Stunning restoration , looks great from a truck that was buried 30-40 years ago

Another one back to near mint condition. Looks great! Those new techniques really paid off.

Gorgeous !

Looks fantastic - good job as always.

Well done. love the new bases

Looks great. As does everything you restore.

Nice restoration, looks perfect. I enjoy the upload, thanks 👍

Awesome restoration ! The truck looks great !

One of my favourite restorations yet. Good too see the soldering method to fix the metal. Pleased how well just an extra layer of paint worked at covering the pitting. Great job.

I gotta say, for a car that was buried for 35 years you did a great job restoring it.

I remember this Ford from my youth. It was known as a Thames Trader. Great restore, well done.

Excellent. Thank you, I have learned so much. This was a great restoration.

great outcome. took a lot of work, but IMO, worth it.

Perfection. Love it!

Beautiful result!

I’m lost for words. Incredible transformation! I know from message boards that some restorers ask about soldering and why it doesn’t work. Your method to first plate the part in copper solves that issue. Then zinc plating it and polishing restores the shiny silvery finish. I have quite a few of these models to restore and while some have intact sliding panels, several are damaged. I considered resin casting (my current method in making replacement parts) but sheet brass, plated, is something I will be looking into. It is a superb transfigurement of a model ravaged by time and oxidation.

that soldering trick worked so well! great stuff!

Absolutely awesome. Thanks for the video.

Now this one is awesome! Great job

I had a couple of these as a kid and this one looks like it just came out of the box. Great job on restoring it!

You put a lot of love and care into this truck and it shows

Great video to wake up to, it came out great job well done.🙂🙂

If you can salvage that poor thing, I guess it’s fair to say that you’ve mastered the craft of diecast restoration. Congratulations!

I had one of these, the dull yellow body.....i miss it. I think about it and where it went every once in a while. Cool to see this being restored to such nice shape.

Wow! I'm sure the owner will be happy to see it going from what it was to what it now is!

The professor does it again. What an improvement.

I'm just fascinated by these restorations. Really nice the way it came out.

Beautiful restoration I love these crazy back stories some of the cars have then watching them get restored beautifully is amazing

What a fantastic job! One of your best ones yet.

This wasn't the roughest looking diecast I have see you restore. However, I didnt think it was going to look as great as it did with all that pitting. Your level of workmanship always amazes me!!

Should call that truck Lazarus, you brought it back from the dead! Amazing

Holy moley!!! That is an incredible restore. Nice job!! Brilliant work-around to plate in copper for soldering 👍👍 Thanks for sharing, happy day!

I love the before and after shots on this one. Boy was it a disaster before hand. I remember having this truck as a kid,

Great job! I had two of these trucks (thanks to my grandmother).

You are an artist when it comes to diecast restoration, sir. Very nice! I'm glad you found a way to solder the bodies! That's gonna come in handy for customs & soldering in replacement door pillars & such! I'm almost ready to fix my mancave so I can start setting up for doing some of my own cars. Thank you for all of the awesome tech you share! And I'm loving the added diorama on the display table!

Totally like the idea of copper plating then first prior to soldering the axle pad then zinc plating to conform to the original colour base. Learned something new today. Thank you.

Awesome job. You hit this one out of the park. I cant wait to see the new metal axle video.

All I can say is Fascinating! To be honest, it looks like a hell of a lot of work for a little truck. I think it was worth it. Thanks.

One of your best. Your Filmography, timming, lights, lenses, focus, etc., slaughters the others. Well it is what it is!