1963 Tonka Back Hoe Pickup Truck Restoration Badly Rusted Semi BackHoe Restore

Welcome back and glad you are doing much better after the car accident. Sorry that you suffered so much. AWESOME restoration and thanks for sharing! I got this truck for a birthday present back in the mid-60's when I was around 10 and it still is in mint condition in its original yellow color and I wonder what it is worth. I have it stored in a box in the garage. I don't think I ever played with it outside.

the bug is a beetle

I'm glad your back,hope your doing good, It was worth the wait, excellent job, waiting for your next restoration.

Amazing transformation. 👍👍

Should buy or make like a lil car lift for when your removing the wheels 😂

the hub cap mold was so satisfying to watch

WATCHING FROM GUYANA!! VERY TALENTED INDEED

Love his work!

Welcome back. Missed your videos. Hope you recovered well.

Hi, would you please make a video showing all the Tonka toys you've restored? I would love to see them. Do you have them displayed?

It fills me with joy to see him rescue these fantastic toys. I always wanted Tonka trucks but never received one. Lots of barbies but no trucks. My Florida cousin had lots of them and i loved playing with them.

Awesome show my friend. I just started my collection of Tonka Trucks.

Miss you!! So glad that you're back and love all of your videos. You're truly dedicated to your work so be proud of it.

Got into watching your videos not to long ago. I have questions.. where do the newly restored go do you have a shelf with all of them on it. And the waiting to be restored at the beginning is that all the ones you have? What happens when you get down to the last one in the pile? I wonder if anyone from “tonka” watches these?. Good work all around.

Very impressive restoration

Ok, time to restore the needle nose pliers already!! Lol, great work, really enjoy the channel 👍

Your skills are incredible nicely done

Subbed. This was really cool to watch!

Your work is always first rate, but I enjoy your videos because you don't take yourself too seriously.

Отличную коллекцию кот собрал! 🎉😊😂

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That black what truck?

Just some reasons this is my favorite restoration channel

1. The items have natural rust and not fake or painted on rust

2. It’s a clean and silent restoration

3. No interrupting music

4. Genuine craftsmanship

good job, might i suggest that the rivet heads should be the same color as the surround color, like you did with the Big Mike snow plow, can't wait for your next posting

А че наклейку то криво наклеял?

Your vids got me through some worrisome and stressful times during the very restrictive COVID lockdown in Michigan. I always appreciated the escape provided by your vids. Very glad to see you posting new content

Great work, I hope to be this good, I enjoy restoring toys from my childhood. I do have a question - Why powder coat vs paint, no judgment , just curious, i could see pros/cons to both from finish, cost, labor , suplies. Thanks again great vid

Fascinada como quedan los vehículos. Sos un genio..

❤❤❤ woa, interesting

Why not take the yellow out of the headlights?

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Great job as always but I’m surprised you didn’t acknowledge that you must have bought a replacement seat and windshield.

I don’t have the patience to ever do the work you do, but I definitely appreciate it and enjoy seeing your work. Amazing attention to detail!!

Nice to have you back but can we have less of the cat in the way of the finished article...Cheers

Amazing job my friend congratulations 👏👏👏👏

I used to plead with my Dad to go look at these beauties in the toy section of the store we frequented for clothing and groceries……. I knew better than to ask for one, with 7 of us the money went for clothing and groceries …….. I remember what they looked like though 😃❤️

Why is there a car in the video???

Sticker very crooked

I know Yeat is proud🥹

The vibrations of the drill made the paint chips look like bugs crawling on the truck body.

Cómo siempre excelente, buen trabajo, bienvenido de regreso, ya se te extrañaba mucho, saludos desde México

That's what we call in the south a Stink Bug. Love the channel

never mind. my curiosity overtook me as I was distracted and missed the pitting evident after primer. that was more like what I was expecting.

welcome back! this one struck me as strange. for such a rusty piece the metal seems pristine. no pitting at all. I don't see that very often. can anyone explain what conditions cause that? excellent video though. beautiful job, as always. hope all is well.

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51 years old and it looks brand new.
Excellent work!

One of my favorite smells as a kid in the 70S was the smell of a the baked-on enamel on a new Tonka truck.🙂