1960 Tonka Tow Truck Restoration
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- I purchased this 1960 Tonka Tow Truck off eBay March 7, 2020. When i received the truck it was in pretty great shape for being 60 years old. The grille and bumper were both rusted badly, some of the paint was flaking off, it was missing a dumbell light had all polished parts were dull. I was extremely excited! This is my favorite of all the Tonka Toys that I have purchased thus far.
During disassembly, I found that the white walls were extremely brittle, and I was unable to save them. After inspection of the disassembled unit, I determined that I would need to replace, the whitewalls, hub caps, boom spool lock nuts, boom crank lock nut, the missing dumbell, and the roof light. I saved and plated everything that I could. I actually will be replacing the grille in this truck (only because it is my favorite and I wanted a higher quality grille) however I will plate and save the grille to be used in another truck I have coming up. While reassembling the boom rack, one of the dumbell retainers was too brittle to bend back, it snapped off and will need to be replaced (For the video to continue I cut a piece of electrical tape and taped the dumbell into place) I love the final outcome of this truck and it will definitely be hard to beat as my favorite Tonka truck.
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Total Cost
Tonka Truck $108.58 (eBay)
Dumbell Bracket $15.00 (GasolineAlleytoys.com TKP-018)
White Walls $14.00 (GasolineAlleytoys.com TKP-040)
Axle Nuts $.67 (GasolineAlleytoys.com TOP-3/16)
Rivets $1.28 (GasolineAlleytoys.com RIV-1/8)
Tonka Decal $5.00 (GasolineAlleytoys.com TK-001C)
AA Decal $7.00 (GasolineAlleytoys.com TK-017)
Rubber Handle $.60 (GasolineAlleytoys.com TKP-148B)
Dumbells $8.00 (GasolineAlleytoys.com TKP-007P-2)
Grille $16.00 (GasolineAlleytoys.com TKP-016A)
Boom Hardware $12.00 (GasolineAlleytoys.com TKP-063)
Rooftop Light $9.00 (GasolineAlleytoys.com TKP-032)
Hub Caps $13.00 (GasolineAlleytoys.com TKP-002)
White Powder Coat $13.62 (Powderbuythepound.com RAL90001 Cream)
Black Powder Coat $16.66 (Powderbuythepound.com Wet Black)
Total Restoration Cost: $240.41
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Nice job tow truck
The old truck had character, and looked like it was played with and loved.
Thank you for watching!
Andre Foy Love seeing it shiny and looking new!
very nice work dear friend
I watched the other guy who does the Tonka Restorations and I would much rather have you restore one for my. The Love that you Exabit and your Attention to Detail and the Accurate way that you Restore them is more Important to me than his Butchery. You use the right Rivets and he uses Pop Rivets, You use correct restoration Parts and Decals next time I find one in a Garage Sale or Thrift Store I will be buying it and sending it to you for Restoration. But if I find a 1960 Pickup I'll want it to be like the one My Father gave me on my 7th Birthday. Love your Collection.
Thank you soo much for your support! I truely enjoy working on these little trucks.
I agree. I'm like...Wait do it the way chip does it. Lol.
Another great job! I like the way you attached the roof top light! Right rivets and all! Excellent!
Thank you very much!
Very good looking truck!
Watching 2nd time around.
Alweer, de liefde en zorg die u besteed, leidt onvermijdelijk tot een prachtig kunstwerkje, om niet te zeggen, een juweeltje. Ik zoek nog meer van uw video's, want deze zijn een lust voor het oog.
My favorite one also got one for Christmas in 1960 , thanks for sharing your talents 😎Doug
You continue to amaze with the restoration you do to these old toys. You saved the hubcaps this time and Ido think that the nickel plating is always better than the chrome powder coat. Original techniques are the best.
I enjoy the nickel plating, I just ordered a full caswell plating setup, should give me better quality than my homemade setup. Thanks again for watching!
Still one of my favorites. ♥
Good job. (Forgot about red blinkers ;-) )
I love this tow truck exactly the way you did it.
awesome it looks very good
Thank you soo much!
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Fantastic job mate looks great
Thank you!!!
I discovered your channel yesterday and I've been watching the videos. I'd like to attempt one.
I drive tow trucks and while watching this video I had the idea to do one, but leave it with some battle damage and maybe do a diorama.
OoOoOOOooh 😁😁😁😁
I hate when my mind gets carried away.
I love this! If it pleases you to go whole-hog, than go for it! Don't see too many white rigs of this type on the road.
Thank you soo much for your support!
Super sweet restoration job.
Good job buddy.
Thank you!
Lower that bad boy, and paint some flames on it! LOL! Nice work.
I just got another one of these, I think the second one will have some custom colors.
Cool!!!👍😁
You should paint the frame boack
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I'd like to see a candy red on a restoration.
Thank you! Stay tuned, once I get through this batch of restorations I will do some custom colors. There are soo many awesome powder coat colors that I want to try!
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Keep up the good work.
Beautiful. 😺❤
That's my tow truck... I've been looking for it for 60 years........... Can I have it back now........?
HA, Finders keepers! Thank you soo much for watching!
@@ChipChannelRestorations LOL... seriously.. i'm coming to get it..
Very Very nice video. I stand corrected =]
Thank you for checking out another video. Trying to improve them each time. Eventually I will go back and re-edit the first videos to be shorter. I agree, they are longer than what my attention span is for sure.
I wonder what these toys feel when they're being taken apart.
Great restoration. I would have liked to see you repair that tab that broke off? It would have been interesting to see how you were able to do that. Is there a reason that you didn't paint the lenses red on the top of the hoisting framework as was done originally? Was that not an original painted part?
Gliberto
I'd like to see you paint not powder coat a Tonka, not many of us has a powder coating set up. Very nice and one of my favorites too.
Thank you soo much for watching! I'll keep that in mind, I'll need to do some additional practice to get the same quality.
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Great Job. I have 2 of these AAA wrecker in great condition. If you would like to sell if you would like to sell if let me know.
Thank you!
Front bumper wasn’t painted black was it? Looks great though.
Thank you! Great attention to detail! The front bumper was actually originally black. However, the paint had flaked off, you can see a very little bit of the original black on the top of the bumper and the back side.
Greetings sir from Colombia
sir, do you sell those toys?
How long do you bake the parts
Нello! tell me please, what is the price of a restored car?
This is in the case of, make sure you've done your homework.
I;m gonna be controversial and say I wouldn't have gone the whole hog with this one. Polish up the light surround and bumper and add the missing parts, that's all it needed. I think you may have decreased the value by going too far on something that didn't really need it. Nice job if you want them pristine.
Thank you soo much for watching! Its tough to want to restore many of these, I like them just the way they are most of the time. However This is really a hobby for my own stress relief, therefore I really don't mind loosing value on them. I try to find toys that are definitely in need of restoration. This one was the 5th tow truck that I bid on in an attempt to buy, so it wasn't exactly what I wanted. However I really wanted one for the video intro. So I made do with it. Thank you for watching. You are soo right with your comment, I agree with you!
Чому не можна було зробити наповнення кабіни: виштампувати сидіння, кермо тощо? Порожнеча в кабіні виглядає не логічно.
Hello, I have a Toy truck I would like restoring.Are you in the UK? and how do I get in touch with you?
1:11 you must put wheels in benzol dibil bl'yat
Та й днище прикрити не завадило би. А так виглядає як шкаралупа, а не справжній автомобіль.