Restoring a Hot Wheels toy car: Warpath

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Original condition. Found metal detecting in a park in the Thornton area.

My friends daughter had dug it up, and I acquired it thinking I would clean it up and give it back to her right away… well 7 or 8 years later… I am finally getting around to cleaning it up and doing a quick restoration on it.

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After taking it all apart a through cleaning and inspection.IMG_1429 copy

I had to epoxy the wind shield pillar.

Some metal paint and armor-alled the plastic bits… I used epoxy to put it all back together, after fixing the axles with new ones… original wheels, they just got cleaned up.

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Only item I wish i would have replaced was the blue tint windshield… but I couldn’t find the exact one on line.IMG_1681IMG_1682

This November I am headed back to Colorado and plan on giving it back to her.  She is turning 16 soon and I hope she will still put it with her collection of Hot Wheels and appreciate the restoration.

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