![]() If you look on my flicker files you will see many original and some restored farleytrading, 2 years ago Do I enjoy restoring them and displaying, yes I do. I see restored Hot Wheels selling at shows and online for $10 to $50, would I pay that, no I would not. There are large groups of collectors that enjoy restored Hot Wheels because they are much cheaper than original and the original style paint is available. So for me as my real cars its fun to make them look new again. I have restored many original dealer promos just by taking them apart and cleaning them. I like the bargain bin of old worn out toys that I can bring back to life for my own collection. ![]() Personally I would not pay more than $10.oo for an original Hot Wheels unless I really felt I needed it, let alone a restored one. When my collector friends saw my restored cars they asked where I got the parts, because they have some needing restoring also. I have many collector friends of Hot Wheels and many other scale model cars of all types. My 67 Mustang even needed body work before repainting. I have a couple of Spoilers that are 1968 Firebird convertibles.Īs for me restoring my Hot Wheels for my own satistaction of course that is why I did it, and they were nothing but junk before that. what you have is the Hot Wheels T-N-T Bird known as the Spoilers series, which were some of the original sets made into a wilder custom models such as yours. BTW, I have a '68 version of that tbird w/out a hood, molded motor w/blower, small spoiler on the rear. ![]() As long as your just doing it for your own satisfaction, enjoy. I'm sure your aware that a restored hot wheels/matchbox car renders the car worthless in a collectors eye. I used to try and make realisitic looking scenes with my cars when I was little, never took pics though.
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