Wow!!! Just Wow! I'm 65 years old - and my FAVORITE toy car of all time was my bright red Corgi Ferrari Berlinetta. In school we boys played at lunchtime - pushing our Corgi/Dinky cars as fast as possible across the width of the school playground. My Berlinetts was UNASSAILABLE - it rolled faster and further than any other car that I - or anyone else ever had. Never knew why until today. Now you reveal that the way the wheels were mounted onto the body was unique! Surely this must explain it's prowess in the speed trials! You'd really never guess that a mystery like that would ever be solved! I can't thank you enough for letting me know. (And I'm very jealous of your restored car!). Many thanks.
Thank you very much for such a wonderful comment. I am only approaching my sixties, but I know exactly the atmosphere of those years. I believe they were irreplaceable. I cordially greet and wish you good health
Paul, this Ferrari Berlinetta was the very first Corgi Car I ever had. I am certain my youngest brother got it and destroyed it, or my Mom threw it away. I looked for it years ago, but no soap. Playing with this toy, I was struck by the spring suspension! I did what you always do...let it drop from 1/4" up and watch the suspension take the weight. It rolled along the floor effortlessly, much better than any previous die cast car I owned. (Probably early rudimentary Lesney old-timers.) Watching your wonderful restoration here, it drove me crazy to get one! I remembered a childhood friend gave me his die cast cars many years ago. I miraculously found the box they were in! One was this Berlinetta. Most all the guys had this Ferrari for some reason. Onto my desk it went! It showed it's years, but not too bad. I then, because of your restoration videos, sourced several vintage, original near mint in their original boxes Corgi Cars from a seller in the UK. I am thrilled to get them! Thank you for rekindling my love of die cast cars!
I absolutely agree. As if the restoration of the car wasn't amazing by itself, you've finished the job with the box that it came in. Unbelievable!! Patience, passion, persistence. Just awesome.
What a fantastic restoration of such a beautiful iconic cute little car, Paulie!! You really have the knowledge and kindness restoring all your wonderful projects back to being brand new and giving them new lives!! It’s always a pleasure to come back to your neat channel and see all your awesome work!! You’re truly a gift to the world, my friend!!
Watching videos like these are great stress relievers. The patience and craftsmanship that goes into restoration of any 'has seen better days' items is just amazing. Great job!
I don't know why this showed up in my feed, I have no interest in model cars, but I watched almost all of this. You had a clever solution to each problem you encountered, and demonstrated each technique. Thank you for making this video.
Stumbled upon this and so glad I did. I kept all my Corgi toys up until 6 years ago as something to hand down. When I had to move overseas they got lost somewhere. Now I feel really gutted to see just how wonderfully they could have been restored. My pride and joy were the You Only Live Twice Toyota with the rocket firing out of boot, and the Green Hornet Black Beauty (so much fun packed into one small toy), and for me the pinnacle was the metalic green Corvette Stingray with the yellow glass sunroof and pull down wheel jacks with removable wheels, and a lift up bonnet and yes they still had their original boxes. Thank you for a great video. And well done, a lovely restoration.
Absolutely fantastic and very therapeutic to watch. Nice to see a great British product getting a new lease of life, that will no doubt now, outlive us all. Thanks for sharing.
🎉🥂Muchas felicidades 🎉🥂 Disfruto y aprendo mucho con tus videos, descuida no restaurante algo. Por favor no desperdicies tanta agua cuando les quitas la pintura a los coches.
I remember this model. It was particularly well made and you have beautifully restored it to perfection. However, when Corgi chose to make a mid-1960s Ferrari, I have never understood why they didn't make a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO, an absolutely iconic race car. They would have sold a million. I don't believe they ever made a Mercedes 300 SL gullwing, either. Pity. A work of art, Paul.
They did make a mercedes 300 gullwing , it was realised in 1/36th scale in 1982 in red in the black , orange and yellow window box for a short time , then both red and a silver version appeared in 1983 in the cars of the 50s series in a brown double sided window box , just before corgi went into receivership in july 83 .
Corgi toys 314 ferrari, had a long production run, 1965 to 1972 , some also found their way into gift set 41 instead of the rover 2000 . Only 2 variations these are found on the baseplate early ones had 2 parallel straight lines cast , later ones also had 2 parallel lines cast but canted out at opposite angles at the rear , they all sported their spoked wheels and rubber tyres to the end of production, from 1970 they appeared in the slim jim yellow and blue window box. A really lovely restoration paul .
I liked matchbox, but loved Corgi & Dinky . As a boy I remember going into a big city store with my mum to choose my one and only Dinky toy, a Captain Scarlet Security Vehicle. Paul I hope you do more Corgi & Dinky models. Love the result on this one.
Looks fantastic! My favorite part was the fact that I could tell this model is vintage, and not a matchbox car that you buried in your garden a week ago to "restore" for the sake of views. You put a lot of effort into this, clearly. On behalf of those of us who can easily tell the difference between "model restorations" and a true model car restoration, I'd like to say thanks, and you're awesome 👍
Followed this refurbishment one with particular interest having the model myself with box. Nice job and for all that matters the near perfect self made box. A word of advise: introduce captions with each individual built process this will help understand what is applied. Keep up the entertaining clips.
I got to ride in one of these a few years ago on fathers day. They pulled up just as I get to the store frontdoor and I thought I'm going to ask, he said hop in. I started getting goosebumps as his wife went in the store we headed to the nice concrete strip behind Kroger. 110 mph in about 4-5 seconds, coolest shit ever.
thx .....It took me back to my childhood days ..when playing was in the sand and outside in the nature ....gravel roads and tunnels ......when ants had respect crossing a road ....... and mothers had less stress about safety of their kids //God Bless your hands for bringing back the past to see ....
It's such a shame ,that the children of today wouldn't appreciate the amount of passion & skill and dedication that goes into painstakingly restoring these beautiful toys ...you are a dying breed my friend excellent restoration
Le coût de cette restauration est ,a coup sûr, supérieur a 60€ Mais ce qui est essentiel c'est l'amour du travail parfait Quelque soit le modèle Ici c'est une CORGI TOYS Chapeau bas a ce MONSIEUR
This is next-level stuff right here. Wow, Paul you are extremely thoughtful and creative.i would have never thought to do this, great work..the tires look great.
Amazing,I had one.You are very talented .I was astonished when you recreated a diacast that I had and played with.You even put on new decals,cast your own tires and crafted a box.And what a beautiful reveal.Thank you so much.
Addendum to previous comment lots of clickbait on RUclips so I have expected you know paintbrush put some rubber tires on it and call it good but you are disassembling it so I'm very interested I had no idea it was actually that complicated inside so awesome
Crickey Paul , that's pretty impressive stuff. I really enjoy Bob Willis, l'm sure you know we're all going to have a good giggle when he makes a video. I think your the creative one , so l enjoy seeing you making parts. Thank you. ( Oh, l 've subscribed by the way. Well, can't let Bob steal all the limelight!)
This is a fantastic restoration, you even did a new box for it too. Great Job I wish I kept all my old Corgi cars. I had 100's of them during my childhood and had no idea then that they would become valuable.
Il s'agit d'un travail de très haute technicité C'est une restauration qui nécessite le savoir faire d'un modéliste professionnel ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐pour le remarquable travail de ce MAÎTRE MODELISTE
Paul I saw this link and am amazed at how you are not hindered with missing tyres as you just make your own!!!!!amazing skill set you have sir.more racing cars please..exotics🙏🏻greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
This was a fun video to watch! Super impressed by the tire making process! I'm sure the Ferrari red paint wasn't cheap😃. Nothing with that name on it is inexpensive.
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1 000 000 ! 1 000 000 ! 1 000 000 ! 1 000 000 ! Dziękuiję! Thank you!
Hallo Paul, tolle Arbeit!
Wie kommt man an die Druckvorlagen für die Repro-Boxen? Gibt es da eine Seite im Internet?
MfG aus D
What do you use for the rubber to make the tires. Thanks
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Wow!!! Just Wow! I'm 65 years old - and my FAVORITE toy car of all time was my bright red Corgi Ferrari Berlinetta. In school we boys played at lunchtime - pushing our Corgi/Dinky cars as fast as possible across the width of the school playground. My Berlinetts was UNASSAILABLE - it rolled faster and further than any other car that I - or anyone else ever had. Never knew why until today. Now you reveal that the way the wheels were mounted onto the body was unique! Surely this must explain it's prowess in the speed trials! You'd really never guess that a mystery like that would ever be solved! I can't thank you enough for letting me know. (And I'm very jealous of your restored car!). Many thanks.
Thank you very much for such a wonderful comment. I am only approaching my sixties, but I know exactly the atmosphere of those years. I believe they were irreplaceable. I cordially greet and wish you good health
@@PaulRestorer Well, thanks for solving a 50-some year mystery! Lots of these cars on eBay - I'll go bid on one!
This is so wholesome I hope you got that car 🤘🤘
Paul, this Ferrari Berlinetta was the very first Corgi Car I ever had. I am certain my youngest brother got it and destroyed it, or my Mom threw it away. I looked for it years ago, but no soap. Playing with this toy, I was struck by the spring suspension! I did what you always do...let it drop from 1/4" up and watch the suspension take the weight. It rolled along the floor effortlessly, much better than any previous die cast car I owned. (Probably early rudimentary Lesney old-timers.) Watching your wonderful restoration here, it drove me crazy to get one! I remembered a childhood friend gave me his die cast cars many years ago. I miraculously found the box they were in! One was this Berlinetta. Most all the guys had this Ferrari for some reason. Onto my desk it went! It showed it's years, but not too bad. I then, because of your restoration videos, sourced several vintage, original near mint in their original boxes Corgi Cars from a seller in the UK. I am thrilled to get them! Thank you for rekindling my love of die cast cars!
it's very nice what you write memories are very important I'm glad that Ferrari is on your desk and not in a box. kind regards
I absolutely agree. As if the restoration of the car wasn't amazing by itself, you've finished the job with the box that it came in. Unbelievable!! Patience, passion, persistence. Just awesome.
Thank you very much
The box was the crowning jewel!
Thank you very much
What a fantastic restoration of such a beautiful iconic cute little car, Paulie!! You really have the knowledge and kindness restoring all your wonderful projects back to being brand new and giving them new lives!! It’s always a pleasure to come back to your neat channel and see all your awesome work!! You’re truly a gift to the world, my friend!!
Thank you very much Michael
Watching videos like these are great stress relievers. The patience and craftsmanship that goes into restoration of any 'has seen better days' items is just amazing. Great job!
Thank you very much
I don't know why this showed up in my feed, I have no interest in model cars, but I watched almost all of this. You had a clever solution to each problem you encountered, and demonstrated each technique. Thank you for making this video.
I am very pleased about that. Thank you and best regards
That’s such a nice model, and a smashing restoration. Corgi cars are my favourite brand of die cast model.
Thank you very much
Stumbled upon this and so glad I did. I kept all my Corgi toys up until 6 years ago as something to hand down. When I had to move overseas they got lost somewhere. Now I feel really gutted to see just how wonderfully they could have been restored. My pride and joy were the You Only Live Twice Toyota with the rocket firing out of boot, and the Green Hornet Black Beauty (so much fun packed into one small toy), and for me the pinnacle was the metalic green Corvette Stingray with the yellow glass sunroof and pull down wheel jacks with removable wheels, and a lift up bonnet and yes they still had their original boxes. Thank you for a great video. And well done, a lovely restoration.
Thank you very much
First class restoration,as always. Great work paul.
Thank you very much
Thank you Paul another informative and enlightening tutorial. Yours and other channels have encouraged me to get back into restoring these old models.
Thank you very much
I always assume your last step after boxing it, is to put it back on a store shelf somewhere.
But seriously, excellent work. Thanks for posting.
Thank you very much
Absolutely fantastic and very therapeutic to watch. Nice to see a great British product getting a new lease of life, that will no doubt now, outlive us all.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much
🎉🥂Muchas felicidades 🎉🥂 Disfruto y aprendo mucho con tus videos, descuida no restaurante algo. Por favor no desperdicies tanta agua cuando les quitas la pintura a los coches.
Muchas gracjas
What an incredible wonderful restoration done by a brilliant, awesome master restorer!! These cars are so cute and adorable
Thank you very much Michael
Wow Paul, always outstanding restoration. Love it 😍
Thank you very much Ray
I remember this model. It was particularly well made and you have beautifully restored it to perfection.
However, when Corgi chose to make a mid-1960s Ferrari, I have never understood why they didn't make a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO, an absolutely iconic race car. They would have sold a million. I don't believe they ever made a Mercedes 300 SL gullwing, either. Pity.
A work of art, Paul.
Thank you very much Randy
They did make a mercedes 300 gullwing , it was realised in 1/36th scale in 1982 in red in the black , orange and yellow window box for a short time , then both red and a silver version appeared in 1983 in the cars of the 50s series in a brown double sided window box , just before corgi went into receivership in july 83 .
You are the man. That is really nice work Paul
Thank you very much
Corgi toys 314 ferrari, had a long production run, 1965 to 1972 , some also found their way into gift set 41 instead of the rover 2000 . Only 2 variations these are found on the baseplate early ones had 2 parallel straight lines cast , later ones also had 2 parallel lines cast but canted out at opposite angles at the rear , they all sported their spoked wheels and rubber tyres to the end of production, from 1970 they appeared in the slim jim yellow and blue window box. A really lovely restoration paul .
Cool, Thank you very much
Amazing work and attention to detail, I was particularly impressed by the fact you were able to recreate the box, well done.
hank you very much
That’s what real restoration of model cars looks like!
Thank you very much
Great. its hypnotic watching, and the silence is golden.
i thought i have a problem with the pc audio...
Thank you very much
I liked matchbox, but loved Corgi & Dinky . As a boy I remember going into a big city store with my mum to choose my one and only Dinky toy, a Captain Scarlet Security Vehicle. Paul I hope you do more Corgi & Dinky models. Love the result on this one.
Thank yuo very much
Looks fantastic! My favorite part was the fact that I could tell this model is vintage, and not a matchbox car that you buried in your garden a week ago to "restore" for the sake of views. You put a lot of effort into this, clearly. On behalf of those of us who can easily tell the difference between "model restorations" and a true model car restoration, I'd like to say thanks, and you're awesome 👍
Thank you very much
Always loved this car , you have done it proud, fine work
Thank you very much
Followed this refurbishment one with particular interest having the model myself with box. Nice job and for all that matters the near perfect self made box. A word of advise: introduce captions with each individual built process this will help understand what is applied. Keep up the entertaining clips.
Thank you very much
I got to ride in one of these a few years ago on fathers day. They pulled up just as I get to the store frontdoor and I thought I'm going to ask, he said hop in. I started getting goosebumps as his wife went in the store we headed to the nice concrete strip behind Kroger. 110 mph in about 4-5 seconds, coolest shit ever.
Cool. Best wishes
it's really cool what good people can do nowadays (best part is to build the box for the FERRARI).
Greetings
Marcel/ Switzerland👋😉❤🇨🇭
Thank you very much Marcel
@@PaulRestorer please be welcome.
the truth can always be told 🙂👍
It's always top quality restoration when Paul restores it :) Thanks for the great vid as always! Also loved how you made those plastic/rubber wheels.
Thank yuo very much
thx .....It took me back to my childhood days ..when playing was in the sand and outside in the nature ....gravel roads and tunnels ......when ants had respect crossing a road ....... and mothers had less stress about safety of their kids //God Bless your hands for bringing back the past to see ....
Thank you very much
Love the 'Elephant Snot' paint remover ... last I saw that was in the Air Force ... still works pretty good!
Thank you very much
It's such a shame ,that the children of today wouldn't appreciate the amount of passion & skill and dedication that goes into painstakingly restoring these beautiful toys ...you are a dying breed my friend excellent restoration
Thank you very much
F A N T A S T I C!
I learn a lot from your videos.
You are very talent.
Congratulations!
Thank you very much
From México City, Víctor Ramos
Le coût de cette restauration est ,a coup sûr, supérieur a 60€
Mais ce qui est essentiel c'est l'amour du travail parfait
Quelque soit le modèle
Ici c'est une CORGI TOYS
Chapeau bas a ce MONSIEUR
Absolut klasse Arbeit!!! Daumen hoch!!!
Vielen Dank Thomas
This is next-level stuff right here. Wow, Paul you are extremely thoughtful and creative.i would have never thought to do this, great work..the tires look great.
Thank yuo very much
That is so Zen and so incredibly satisfying... I can't describe exactly why.
Thank you
I was floored when I realized you were making your own replacement tires! Beautiful work!
Thank you very much
I owned this model as a kid, but sadly no longer. Brought back fond memories.
But memories are most important. Best wishes
Amazing,I had one.You are very talented .I was astonished when you recreated a diacast that I had and played with.You even put on new decals,cast your own tires and crafted a box.And what a beautiful reveal.Thank you so much.
it's very nice. Best wishes
Hallo Paul
Das ist ein tolles Modell 😀👍👍
Lg Michael
Vielen Dank Michael
You sir, are one of the very few, true die cast cars restorer! Keep up the good work and have a nice day :)
Thank you very much
Beautiful! I had this casting in similar condition. 😂
Thank you very much
Congratulations. Beautiful work. You made me travel in time. About 50 years ago I painted all my cars red.
Thank you very much
HOLA , EXCELENTE TRABAJO , Tengo el mismo modelo comprado por mi padre en los 60S , y espero poder restaurarlo algun dia
Hola. Muchas gracias, buena suerte renovando un Ferrari tan encantador
It's past midnight here in UK.......and i'm watching a bloke renovate a battered old toy most would have thrown in the bin.......but it IS a Ferrari!!
Thank you very much
q buen trabajo, quedó perfecto!
Saludos al Arni.
Muchas gracjas
Totally brilliant! I was rapt for 20 minutes. Wish I hadn't thrown away a suitcase full of my cars years ago.
Thank you very much
Geil! Und Glückwunsch zu dem Meiterwerk/den Meisterwerken!
Vielen Dank
Nie no poprostu czysty odrestaurowany klejnot czystego motosportu LeMans z roku 1987 tej wyścigiwej Ferarki chyba Naprawdę świetna robota!!! 😎👌.
Dziękuję serdecznie
SUPER!! Bravo Paul!!!
Thank you very much
An ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS restoration job!!.. Looks better than it did when it left the Corgi Factory!!.. Keep up the great work Bud!!
Thank you very much
Great restoration Paul my talented friend . .You attention to detail is amazing my friend . .#144
Thank yuo very much Alan
"Paul Restorer" is a man for our times... brilliant craftsmanship and lets the success speak for itself. :).
Thank you very much
Addendum to previous comment lots of clickbait on RUclips so I have expected you know paintbrush put some rubber tires on it and call it good but you are disassembling it so I'm very interested I had no idea it was actually that complicated inside so awesome
Thank you very much
Stunning Ferrari Berlietta restoration Paul , back to its former glory 👍 👍 👍
Thank you very much
It would be nice to see splitscreen rotation from the start and the finished product! Great work anyway with this one!
Thank you very much
Crickey Paul , that's pretty impressive stuff. I really enjoy Bob Willis, l'm sure you know we're all going to have a good giggle when he makes a video. I think your the creative one , so l enjoy seeing you making parts. Thank you. ( Oh, l 've subscribed by the way. Well, can't let Bob steal all the limelight!)
Thank you very much
Love it! Beautifully done! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻😍😎
Thank you very much
This is a fantastic restoration, you even did a new box for it too. Great Job
I wish I kept all my old Corgi cars. I had 100's of them during my childhood and had no idea then that they would become valuable.
Thank you very much
Congratulations , great job , you are a master .
Thank you very much Pedro
Il s'agit d'un travail de très haute technicité
C'est une restauration qui nécessite le savoir faire d'un modéliste professionnel
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐pour le remarquable travail de ce MAÎTRE MODELISTE
Super pozdrawiam serdecznie łapka w górę 👍
Dziękuję serdecznie
Amazing work, as always! Love your attention to detail
Thank you very much
That is amazing. Excellent work. Subscribed!
Thank you very much
Paul I saw this link and am amazed at how you are not hindered with missing tyres as you just make your own!!!!!amazing skill set you have sir.more racing cars please..exotics🙏🏻greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
Thank you very much. Greetings from Poland
you had me at the new box
Thank you
Absolutely crazy... I had that same, exact Corgi diecast. My dad got it for me while on a business trip to England. That was late 1960s. I loved it.
Thank you very much
Perfect job 💪
Thank you very much
You are a MAGICIAN Paul!! - Best 1:43 restoration ever seen on RUclips!!
Thank yuo very much
Great job!! Fantastic!!!💥💥👍👍👍
Thank you
Eres un Mago!!! Felicitaciones
Wow really really really nice car 🚗 and video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you
Such a beautiful job on this casting, well done, looks fantastic. Take good care and be well.
Thank yuo very much
Replacement tyres in white, grey or black can be bought on eBay for around 10p each....
Your work is amazing, Paul! Thanks, really thanks for all your videos, they're so relaxing and joyable for me. Greetings from Mexico City 👍
Thank yuo very much
The best part was the making of the box
Thank you very much
Nice job molding your own tires.. They look Just like the originals!!
My goodness, amazing!!
Thank you very much
Fantastic Paul! The larger scale cars can really show off your talents.
Thank you very much Nathan
God I had one of those when I was a kid. Now I remember it! @_@
Me too. This one will never be played again.
Cool. Best wishes
Awesome. The larger models deserve your craftsmanship.
Thank you very much
素晴らしい！Perfect!!!
どうもありがとうございました
looks straight out of the factory paul well done
Thank yuo very much
Amazing job 🎉
Thank you very much
Great Job as usual, nice to see a larger casting this time.
Thank you Tony
this is great
Thank you very much
This was a fun video to watch! Super impressed by the tire making process! I'm sure the Ferrari red paint wasn't cheap😃. Nothing with that name on it is inexpensive.
Thank you very much
Have to get yourself some decal soft and micro sol for your decals for models so they don't flake off
Thank you very much
Twoja ręka jest jak ręka maga.
Zazdroszczę twoich umiejętności.
Możliwość stworzenia tak pięknego Corgi Ferrari Berlinetta Le Mans
Dziękuję bardzo
Own the same unfortunately broke one exhaust off,any solution for that?
it is best to drill the hole with a small drill and install a copy of the exhaust on the wire. Best wishes
Superb job! I used to have this model myself.
Thank you! Cheers!
You gotta love the irony that this car still had a spare tire in the back while it was missing all four of them on its wheels.
It's the only one that still had air in it!
Lol 😂
And it was she who saved me this renovation, because I could make a mold for copying other tires thanks to it. Best wishes
And it was thanks to this tire that I was able to make a mold and cast the rest. In a word, she saved my life. Best wishes
Super renowacja. Podziwiam Ciebie za Twoją pracę. Dziękuję za możliwość podziwiania.
Pozdrawiam serdecznie
Dziękuję bardzo
Nice work🤙🏼 but the amount of water ...
Thank you very much
Fantastic again Paul , I’m going to have a go at making my own tyres now . Thanks again
Thank yuo very much
Hey! I had that model!!! :))
Cool. Best wishes
That is a beautifully restored Ferrari Berlinetta Paul , stunning 👍
Thank you very much Jerry
It's more commonly known as a 250LM