1970's Tonka T9 Bulldozer (Restoration)
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
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Hi everyone! This is my first restore of anything significant, and the first time editing anything. I picked the Dozer up at a yard sale. I thought it would be fun to restore it for my 8 Y/O Grandson. This is NOT a "perfect" restoration by any means, just restored to the point it won't give my Grandson Tetanus! I have limited equipment and experience restoring things, and this was a great learning experience for me. It was more work then i expected! LOL!
If you would like to follow my progress, please Subscribe, as i have other projects in the works.
At least swing by from time to time and see if i have lost a finger, or set myself on fire!
Any advice on the restoring or the editing would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.
I watched mesmerised as I had this exact T9 dozer in 1974 as a kid in Boston. I had to leave it there when my family moved to the UK in 1975. To this day it’s my favourite toy ever and I have a photo of me with it that I treasure. ThNk you for the video. Took me back to happy times 🙏😊
There's only one thing better than finding an old Tonka at a yard sale, rummage sale, thrift store, etc... and that's watching a kid who has never owned such a well built toy, drive it in the dirt for the first time! What a great way to get your grandson outdoors to get some dirt under his nails! Good job and thanks for sharing.
Great job!!! It's nice to see a man getting a little assistance from his Dad. Don't pay any attention to people that have to spew negative criticism. Those type of people can't appreciate doing something for the enjoyment of doing it.
Before i clicked on your video I popped a popcorn bag in the microwave grabbed a can of soda sat down prepared everything and before I hit play my wife walks by looks at my set up then shook her head and walked away I hit play...watching your videos is the best entertainment I can have since my teen days...what amazes me is how do you remember what pieces go where...I lost track after you took off the tires but it was fun til the end. I got some popcorn left so I’m watching your next videos....
Ahhh...love the smell of freshly popped popcorn, with butter!
That Tonka metal is thicker than what's on new cars. Great job!
Years ago a friend of mine Bill did this to an older Tonka dumptruck.He was so proud of the job he did...…..gave it to his nephew for a gift of some sort.The kid left it out in the driveway and it got smooshed at night by his mom.Boy you talk about mad and frustrated Bill was......Great job sir...!!
I had two of those myself. Lost one when it got backed over by a semi. Took me a lot of years to finally exceed its load capacity.
I had one of those when I was a kid I can still remember waking up on Christmas morning, best day ever! Nice work looks great
Thanks for sharing. Nice job. Every kid should get a chance to play with a Tonka, especially the metal ones. It is a right of passage.
You really did an amazing job and a fabulous gift for your grandson. Keep making videos because you really show how to be able to do awsome work with house tools. Thank you for your dedicated work. Simply awsome!!!
That turned out nice, ready for many new sandbox and dirt pile construction jobs. I still remember my Tonka road grader I received for Christmas one year back in the 60's. We lived in a really rural area with all dirt and gravel roads so it was always fun to see a real road grader drive by.
Took me back to my childhood. I had that one and the big truck, and the loader that the truck had to drive through. Nice work and patients to finish it and bring it back.
This was one bad azz bulldozer to a kid in the 70s. Loved mine! Thank you for the memories
Unsettling watching all this work done the long and hard way. Sandblast & powdercoat will make life much easier
Very cool. I got that bulldozer when I was about 8 (more than 4 decades ago). My dad still has it, and all of my other Tonka Toys, in his shed.
That is brilliant. Important we start giving old toys new life.
Awesome Job your grandson should love it. 100% better than the plastic junk they make today.
I love these tonka restorations. I remember having a whole set of these construction toys and they were well played with. I wish my parents would have kept them all so I could restore them.
don't be scared of the task at hand enjoy the restore and don't listen to any negative feed back. I started and i am hooked
Yes Sir!
You are a one good artist sir...Lucky grand children's to have a loving grandpa like you..Your patience is really appreciated sir
This brought back memories. I had the exact one as a kid...
Hands-down the most durable Tonka dozer ever made absolutely taking incredible abuse and still look good
I have this dozer, my grandfather kept it in his garage over 40 years, he gave it back to me on my 49th birthday last year. It has not been restored but oh the memories of playing with in his garden when I was a kid.
That's it, we now know how everything started!
Beautiful passion that all great children admire ...
nice job i'am sure your grandson will have lots of fun with his new tractor
A toy is intended to be played with ! As long as you can make a kid happy with it, you have done a good job and not wasted your time and effort. Once you see a child using a toy that you have restored, I am certain that that will be a great reward for you, having done something that makes sense and gives joy to someone. If you keep this up, you will be getting addicted to see a kid smiling from your work and it will be the best incentive for you and do more. There are so many children in this godforsaken world whohave to be happy with just some garbage finds to play with, so many parents that just do not care or are too poor. Sir, you are a good Samaritan ! May the Gods be with you.
Don't be nervous, nervous Rusty Shepherd! You're doing the right thing. Not make Sharp motions and everything works out.
One ingredient you added that money can't buy - LOVE!!! Please don't lose any fingers now or in the distant future! Hope to see of your videos!!
Maggie Sue My Grandson sure loves it! I still have all ten fingers...for now. Lol
Rusty..i know your grandson was happy, but i bet you were just as happy and proud of what you did, and learned..good stuff..
Wow, without a sand blaster, powder painter or a 3D printer, this is an amazing restoration. Thank you so much. Gives me hope. All I have are screwdrivers, pliers and determination.
Armando Cantu All u need is a few hand tools and a lot of will and determination. Go for it!
That was a very nice thing you did for your grandson. I could pick this apart BUT your heart is in the right place and you will learn lots from doing more of these projects. Keep em coming and thanks for sharing. Hope your grandson appreciates the time and effort you put into this project.
Good resto but I think the best part is the bit you may not have considered, the fact that one day your grandson will appreciate having a video of his grandfather and great grandfather working together to restore a toy for him. That’s truely priceless. Well done. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
I hadn’t thought of that! Thank you for enlightening me Sir.
great result , you`ll get better and better the more you do , if you want to make life a lot easier , get a sand blaster , best thing I ever bought !!
Gotta say, that has some real play time on it! Geesh! Built like an actual dozer...
Yep she's been pushed through the dirt a few times that ol girl.
Same toys and time from my childhood.
This little tractor is fantastic, good job!!!
Wow u really made my day seeing this video, I had every truck that came out! Got one every x-mas and B-Day.... this is the one I like the best!😀 thank u for this great video it really took me back in time when I use to have the whole yard dug up! God bless u and and keep up the nice work.👍👏👍
So long as a toy can be played with as intended, it's a good restoration.I don't restore them to sit on a shelf.Once I'm done, I find kids to give them to.
Good job! And finally, someone that actually knows how to use a rattle can properly.
I think you did a great job considering the limited of tools to do this project and you've done it because you wanted to please your grandson and I could probably see the gleam on his face when he got it from you,great job.
Your grandson is so lucky! What a great restore and a great gift! Wow......just......Wow!!
I had one of these in the 80's and it was in that same rusty state even back then. They took a beating the old Tonka toys.
Granddad & great Granddad fixing a toy as a present. And a video to remember it later. What a wonderful gift.
Nice job looks great brings back memories playing in sloppy mud and rocks. with the good old tonka toys not made like that anymore.
Great that you got your pops in the video too... a very original way for restoration videos.
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For future projects invest in a media blaster and powder coating system. They're really not all that expensive and you can use a household oven to cook the powder.
I had this one too. Man of all my Tonka equipment? This thing was dang near indestructible.
Great job!
Great video. What a blessing to have Pops there to help and the pup to supervise. I wasn't laughing at you trying to get those caps off, just commiserating. Next toy to get is a Dremmel with some cutting discs to gently cut them off and not damage the axles.
You and your dad working on the truck for your grandson is so wholesome.
that’s awesome, my grandson is 3 and loves “playing in the dirt” he would love it. perfect or not it’s pretty darn cool!!
Very good job, well done. I am glad Tonka equipment end up in the right hands. Remember have them for many years up my attic good decision selling it to you
Dude! With that limited equipment you managed to do better than some other guys with much better equipment!
Great job!
Well said Agent Diego!
I had the same dozer when I was a kid and someone stole it wow I can't believe someone still has one that Christmas that was all I wanted I wish I could find one again
Darn good job, it will live on for years.
Excellent work. Get yourself a sandblasting box,it will make this much easier. Also a hobby air brush. They make one that works off aerosol cans if you don't have a compressor. Makes the detailing a lot easier.
Me and my siblings had Tonka dumptruvks as a kid and have it a way to our cousin because we grew out of it. Brings back memories.
Beautiful restoration. Next time you want to take rust off, get yourself a bucket and fill half with water and half with vinegar drop your rusty pieces into that solution and check on it every couple of days.I restored a very rusty nylint double hopper and let the cab and first trailer in that solution for 1 week and you would of never of known that truck had rust on it.
Good advice! I used electrolysis on the Dual boom wrecker in the other vid. Worked great!
Had one of these back when I was kid.dad bought it for my birthday and I was using it to push snow around in the driveway and had left it there.was told to come in to warm up and it got covered by snow.then dad came home and ran it over with the 81 Datsun king cab 4x4 pickup.up till then it took everything I put it through but just couldn't handle the wrath of the Datsun lol. Tonkas were built to last back then, not so much today
I just found this exact model on the border of the street, waiting to go to the dump yard. Luckily, I took it home and will restore it like you did, to give it to my son! These toys are timeless. Thanks for the video man!
M-A The Vine Sweet! Any needed parts can be found on eBay. Record the resto and post it Man! RS
First restoration? This is a superb piece of work. Incidentally, I still have my Tonka fire truck from my 8th birthday, 62 years ago May 11th. Keep up the fine work.
Great job! In twenty years your son can refurbish it again for his grandson.
Nice job, considering the available tools I think you did very well. No kid could notice the difference between new and restored. 😎
Thank you! Yeah, only us “big” kids could probably tell :)
Thats pride like what you did that is going to love it
Good job. So nice to see what love really looks like! Things in life are so much more important then what they think of real life!
Don't know what a sand blaster costs, but if you had one it would have saved you heaps of time and elbow grease! What a great job!👍👍
bugsychipr I have one now, and a powder coat system.
@@RustyShepherd Awesome! Hated when Tonka trucks stopped making metal ones. Your work is so fine!
bugsychipr Much appreciated! Check out my Motor Grader restoration. I got to use the blaster and powder coat system. Let me know what you think. RS.
Another awesome job! God has richly blessed you with a gift like no other. I enjoy the work you do.
Victor, Thank you for the compliment! This was my first resto. I’m on my fourth now. Please check out my other two that are posted. Cheers!
Il fascino di certi marchi (Tonka) è unico e irripetibile. Complimenti per il lavoro. Bravo!
orro zeta Grazie!
This video was a pleasure to see. You did a great job. Thanks for sharing this video.
This gonna worth so much more when r done! Priceless gift to your grandson. Knowing grandpa and Pop helped. Oh boy :-) with video to show him later on
Great job! It goes to show your never to old for your dads help! Keep it up.
I had one of those as a kid and the dump truck too. Really brought back some good memories seeing you restore this.
Great work Grandpa! I've restored several toys for my kids - no grandchildren yet, but I hope to follow your lead at the whole grandpa thing! One thing I can strongly recommend if you aim to do some more of this work - spend some money on a good blasting cabinet. They are really worth having and would have made your metal prep tons easier. That said - great work - great result - happy 8 year old!
Tonka doesn't make toys like they use to. They were the toughest toys going. I can remember my Dad taking them apart and repainting them we all thought he bought us new trucks as a kid.
Mr. Restorer,
I really admire u.
Your passion for givin' ol' things a new life It's amazing and it amazes me.
Wish u'll never stop this lovely activity.
Thanks a lot for u to preserve every good old things givin' 'em a brand new aspect and a great new life.
Form Italy, Pietro.
Really nice job! Nice to see the old toys still kickin
"Tonka Tough" used to be very true! I never knew one to break when I was a kid in the 60's!
When you see how well constructed & how exact these toys were to the real thing, now these toys that I grew up with, were really strong, not like those plastic ones, that do not last long, the good thing is that there are people restoring these awesome toys, where back in the day you could get real cheap, but the quality of construction, attention to detail is what made them what they are today, 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
Beauty ! I like the over-heated dog at the start too.
huskyjerk I was just throwing the ball for them. They love chasing the tennis 🎾
Superb! Tonka Tough.....even with that amount of tinworm, it turned out lovely !! 👍👍👍
Very nice for your first. Mine was a Tonka dump truck from 70's. Two things ... I have also done the T9 and I painted the front plastic "grill" yellow. I have seen them black, too. I paint the rivets by spraying a bit of color on cardboard and use a small detail brush.
Update...I got a sandblasting setup from Harbor Freight! 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
I was just watching this for the first time and thought, this guy is doing this so he can convince his wife that he needs a sandblaster. LOL It worked. I need one too.
Powder coat system next! 😎
Just and fyi for future if u superglue ur parts just after sprinkle baking powder soda onto it, it drys instant with 9x strength!! Im an aircraft engineer we use it to fill gaps on prop blades. Good vid
Goes to show, Tonka were built to last, i had a dump truck, that i remember sitting on, and go down bloody great hills, good job
I love the old style water transfers. Beautiful job.
Aww..I had that toy.. thanks for the memory 😀
Thanks for showing this video. It turned out great!
I inherited a lot of these 70's Tonka toys. They were so much stronger and better than the plastic toys I had, but had one Achilles heel. Rust. So, next time use the paint stripper first, then rust removers or skip it and just use a cheap harbor freight sandblaster.
Hardest grandpa ever :))
Congratulations sir.
I used to have one of those long time ago I have lots of fun playing with that one and my other was a dump truck front loader it nice to see someone bring them back to new again great job.👍
Richard M Thanks Richard! I have other videos involving a front loader and dump truck among other construction Tonka’s. Please check them out. RS
Thank you Sir, great job!! You got a new subscriber.
Great resto bro. Not a dust collector but a toy that will bring both yourself and your grandson hours of enjoyment and memories. You have another subscriber. Greetings from Woomera, South Australia. 👍👍🇦🇺
For this being your first time, you did a very good job.
When I was in the Seabees as a heavy equipment operator I came home on leave and bought my little brother one of these . But he wasn't into heavy equipment like I was.
I remember the steel Tonka's well. My friend had a complete Tonka construction company ! during the mid 60's ! (rich parents). Anyway, HE WOULDN'T LET ME PLAY WITH ANY OF THEM !! I'd go over his house and he'd say "lets go over to the sand pile"..Okay !! Then he would let me watch him play with them !!! ( the little shit) lol.But I remember they were tough ! I don't think a kid could break one ! ( unless said kid, sat on the dump truck and rode it down the drive way several times) ! lol...bet even then they didn't break or bend ! Good memories !
Beautiful I had as a kid. Thank you for the memories
Wow, really great job on the restoration AND editing the video. You did right by your grandson and that toy, giving him something more valuable than a store bought toy. I love seeing classic items given a new lease on life.
And again, GREAT job on the video, too. IMHO you captured the process and paced the video well.
One piece very beatiful. Is a toy very special.
One congratulation from Peru.
Very impressed by the work...Santa would happy too..
I had one of those, 45 years ago! was one of my favorite toys
Hi please could u chat me on face book which is "younis alshrefy " I need ask u about this toy . Thanx appreciate mate
Great job ! Congratulations ! 👍😊
Very nice job. I got the exact same toy for Christmas one year., it was one of my favorites
My dad was eastern Ontario salesman for bray rivet and suppled Tonka Canada with Rivets up to they closed the Factory. us kids would get Tonka every Christmas fresh from the factory . I remember having this Bulldozer out in our Sandlot
Now that was a good toy back in the day. That Tonka favorite the old John Deere 750 or 850 dozer . Looking at it from the back. They really fun toys to play with. Great job 😀👍.
I remember using similar toys to dam up the side of the dirt road where we lived, and i jus about managed to flood the street with my Tonka stuff, they we re great days.