1964 Mattel Vrroom X-15 Pedal Trike. Restoration. Test drive by my Grandson!
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
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For your consideration this week, I have a vintage pedal trike that was made by the Mattel Toy Company in 1964. They named it the "Vrroom X-15". It's rear wheel steer that's controlled by one control stick. The name "Vrroom" comes from a feature that you can select to add a "motor" type sound that comes from the front wheel. This restoration took 6 days, with 7 hours of editing.
My Grandson "little Gene" got to test drive it for me to be sure all the functions worked. He's excited to see how many people are going to see him ride the X-15! This build was a lot of work. I hope you all like the final product. If you had one of these as a child, please leave a comment about it below! Thanks for watching!
Best Regards
RS
I love that this is filmed like it came straight out of a Haynes manual. Well done.
Got one of these for x-mas 1965 Caldwell NJ. I still have pictures of it sitting under
the family X-mas tree
Had one as a kid, 67ish. Nice work.
Your absolute best....a true labor of love. Best wishes to all...stay healthy....and as always, give Stryker a big hug for me!
Dr. Skip Kazarian Thanks Doc! Stryker seems to sneak into every video! ❤️🐺
Had one as a Kid best toy ever Nice Job
Got one new for Christmas in 1965, I was 6 years old. Mine was light blue and it was the envy of my friends for sure. Great restoration, thanks for the video. Cheers
My brother loved his. It could turn on a dime. He'd do 180s all the time. Those back wheels and the Vrrooom! sound, made it magic.
Thank you for sharing your restoration! I am just starting the restoration of the X15 that I got for Christmas in 1964. My decals on the front side and at the VRROOM control are in pretty good shape, so I am going to clear over them. Other than that, your reassembly will be invaluable when that time comes for me.
Awesome! Have fun restoring those great childhood memories!
Good job! There are a lot of sideways comments in here but i think you were really, very resourceful. Your grandson was a good sport!
Man... does this thing take me back in time!!! I never saw one in person as a kid, just the cool Mattel ads on TV!!!
I got one on 1968, it was awesome, only one other person that I have ever talked to had one.
I had this trike and thought it was the best. Later I grew into the Schwinn Orange Krate and the Sears Screamer 2 bikes. Thanks for the memories, Mike
Awesome job done..... good to see old toys lasting the distance... when they say it will last a lifetime.... this one will do so.
Granson earned his payement for working and test riding it... :-)
Well done!!!
I wish the control arms, ball joints and tie rods that i mess with were that easy. That thing is 5 years older than me and holding up much better. Great job.
Great job and the pilot even got paid.
Superb awesome excellent and I won’t forget outstanding job you did on that cycle.well done
I had one of these when I was growing up.
Excellent work👍👍👍 . Thanks for sharing
The original blue paint is such a great color silver seems boring in comparison. Enjoyed the video!
That fought you every step of the way......but it was worth it . Really well done !
Fiona Much appreciated!
Awesome project...love the colors
1964? I have rusted crap from last year that looks worst!
They sure made these things tough!
True, but the cotter pins alone would probably make it fail modern toy safety standards. :-(
My dad bought me one if those for christmas about 1969?
It was the year the Big Wheel tricycle cam out. He thought they were "plastic pieces of crap." So he bought me an X-15.
The 69 mode (?) of mine had solid steel wheels with hard rubber tires. I remember because we literally road that thing so much the tires fell apart. Did looked everywhere but could not find replacement tires.
I remember coming home from school, watching Batman on TV at 3:30, then going outsixe and riding my X-15 "batmobile."
I want to say that mine was black with red wheels. Of course, dad might have well bought a used one and painted it.
It had a noise-maker "motor" that 'broke.' Probably a combination of dead batteries and parents who were sick of listening to it. lol
Nicely done, sir. Enjoyed watching you work out the cleaning and painting. Good thing for the stickers, monocolor silver. Liked your work.
Good job...
That opening was almost as awesome as the restoration. I remember seeing one of those at a garage sale years ago as a child. My mother wouldn't buy it because one of the wheels was a bit bent, and no one in my family was skilled at repairing things.
Instead I received a riding toy that you sat in the middle of and turned the large wheels on either side to make it go. I can't remember the name of it, it was either made by Mattel or Ideal. Not likely to ever find one since it was almost all plastic. I got two summers out of mine before I literally wore the wheels out.
This appears to be your biggest project to date, but it was well worth the effort.
Denise Boldea I’ll bet you had a Krazy Kar! I had one too. You could really get that thing spinning if you turned the wheels in opposite directions.
@@buzzynono7413 That sounds like it thank you. Your right, I would spin myself silly at times.🙃
Great
Sweet Ride 👍😎👍🎨👍😎👍
Love it!!! 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Work!!! Another fantastic restoration!!!👍🏻And that Grandson is the most adorable!!! He also enjoyed riding it!!! He said it was SO Awesome & Cool!!! He also said 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ work Pa-Pa & he's a tough Critic lol
Hey
Gene Wilson Hey Lil Gene Bean!!❤️
Awesome resto.
Super cool toy. Great job. I am fairly new to welding also, but I have received my booger welder certification :) .
That looks great
Just an amazing job on this restoration! Such a cool toy from year I was born. Much cooler stuff was made way back then. Try rebuilding a toy from now 55 years from now. Not gonna happen.
Excellent restoration! Now start repairing the cracks in the road, I thought it was bad over here but then again we've probably got more potholes.
Nice refurbish effort. Looks neat, as we used to say. One idea for future projects, any time you use Rustoleum or any Acrylic Enamel based paint similar to that, add some Magic Catalyst Hardener and the shine will be very much improved, but it also hardens the finish to be more scratch and mar resistant. And solvents (oils, gas and lacquer thinners and such) won't effect the finish either. Some really good stuff. Nice project, you should be proud if it. Thumbs Up!
I remember these. Seemed a lot larger when I was six or seven years old.
It was probably thickly power coated. The TV show American Restorations had to deal with the same problem but on a wagon mounted 300+ gallon water tank. You actually pulled through and stripped your trike and it ended up great. What made you pick Aluminum as the color instead of the original metallic Teal? I hoped you at least kept the original seatbelt buckle... maybe turn it into an actual belt buckle.
I thought that an aircraft themed color would fit it well. I did save the belt buckle, I made it the license plate. Thanks for all your opinions, it helps steer me in different directions. RS
Good work man. It looks nice. I think it's sort of like "The Green Machine" except much better built.
I had the Batmobile version.
I had one of these as a kid. Went through me, my brother and sister. Got passed on to my cousin's who also passed it on. It was tough. I remember all the scrapes from flipping it!!
1964 that was a great year brother when the 1964 Impala came out my father bought one and I still have it but this bike right here the X-15 was a smash 2023 now and this is very hard to fight although I found one on OfferUp for 250 bucks a little rusty but still
A really lovely job, But why did it have 6 holes left open?.
After a lot of research, that’s how they were originally. I wondered why something didn’t go there also. RS
Good job Rusty. Been waiting for you next video and this was a good one. thank you.
Nice build - Where were you able to find replacements for the rear solid rubber tires? Thanks!
That thing is wild. I’d ride one myself if they came in adult size. Haha
Man. I want to ride it.
Great job and video! You went to the extra effort to have decals re-made, I liked that. One note. You could have had an auto body shop paint the parts. They could have matched that multi-depth silver/blue paint and might have even baked on the enamel. But your paint job was great. Are you sure those big back wheels were not original (for easy steering)? I have a photo of me on mine when I was 7 years old - somewhere. I remember I stuck a Lincoln Log piece in the tail pipe.
The back wheels were definitely not original. I researched what the correct one were. Having a body shop paint it, would have taken the enjoyment out of restoring. It also would have been costly. Thanks for watching and commenting on the video!
@@RustyShepherd Yes, I see too now the smaller wheels were stock. I am sure it was fun restoring it yourself. If I had a son, I would have restored one, I am 59 and no kids... so not in my cards. If we did have kids, they would be taught to take care of things. I had good parents and a lot of love in the home, but they never seemed to care if I tore apart my toys after a year or so. If I still had that X-15 when I was a child, I would be handing down to my grandchildren by now - stressing how certain things are family heirlooms. I am an engineer, I am sure my children would know how to protect and restore our heirlooms - and be taught to be handy. When I was 3, I got my first tricycle. The first thing I did was flip it over, turn the wheels and study that magnificent machine that was mine. It was an hour before I began to ride it...my parents just looked in amazement. It is one of my earliest memories... I can still recall that time in great detail - it was bright candyapple red with white spokes, white seat, red handles, red and white streamers, chrome handle bar, pedal cranks, and front wheel fender. I remember seeing the square adjusting bolt on the seat shaft and asking my dad to adjust it for me.
Rusty the x15 petal trike color means everything dark blue199.00 silver 440.00 and light blue 625.00 so I thought I would mention it
I appreciate the information. I paid $40 for it. Sold it for $225 to a fella that had one as a child. He said it brought back lots of memories from his childhood.
@@RustyShepherd, I do a lot of what you do, I research it so Ican get it back to what it was when it was made
David Farley I’d love to see some of your work.
Very cool bro. Looks like you need to scale it up and build one for you to ride too. Nice job
Where can I get new rubber for the wheels? Thank you
Pedalcar.com has parts for most pedal vehicles. I got wheels and rubber from there.
Your welding is not as bad as the machine. Those cheap Harbor Freight machines use flux-cored welding wire which spits and spatters. A real restoration project! It's probably worth a pretty penny now!
This video really helped me with my restoration. The one thing I am struggling with is how it makes sound. I have the switch but not the part that rubs the wheel. Not sure what it looks like.
You should be able to see all parts of that mechanism in this video. I had to make a few parts that were missing.
Thank you for posting this video! Really helped with my restoration. I am not a professional, but I am happy with how it is turning out.
i had this and have missed it for 55 years! why didn't you do the awesome metallic blue original color though?
first watched two of your restore vides and it's really zen even when you had the grinder going.
second I think this thing is meant for kids half the sizes of yours.
third.. I don't think he spent that ten wisely hahaha was it candy? I bet he spent it on candy
Hahahaha! Bingo! Candy and a pizza 🍕! He’s a great kid. ❤️
What's with the bold paint?How 5 paint removing agents not working?This restoration was a hassle with capital H pretty much.The only thing that worked as intended was WD-40 on the disassembling part.Was the metallic finish rust prevention paint?
Question: Where did you find a source for the front wheel bearings. Do you have the specs?
I measured the diameter of the bearings seat. Found the bearings at the local hardware store.
Take the bearings holder with you to the hardware store. Easy peazy
You should check out the cotter pin straightening tool I bought and use, saves tons of time.
As a professional welder, best advice I can give to improve your welding is to get some scrap metal of different thicknesses and go to town. As they say, practice makes perfect.
Thanks for the advice! I’m currently ruining a lot of welding wire in an effort to lay a stack of dimes. So for it’s just spare change of all sizes! Lol
What did you do with the og belt buckle? Was it just to far gone or what? I love this thing tho, nice job.
Haha disregard that comment, I guess I should finish the video first. Still love it.
Darren Jensen Jump the gun much? 😂. I thought it would look good as a license plate.
A decent casting with good bones....
You need a shorter grandson. Nice restoration job cous.
Im the grand son
tbh id repace the rear wheels with electric built in and store batteries in the body, give a modern touch to an old design 👍
You said this is from the sixties? It sure looks like the original X-15 plane inspired it. Good grief, all the decals! They made paint to last through several children playing with it, namely because it was probably expensive. That joy stick seemed rather long. I know you didn't adjust it. Glad you were able to repair the sound box. Don't be surprised if some collectors with money come-a-nockin!
I'll wager that paint was industrial enamel. It can be extremely difficult to remove, but that's what they want when they made it. I don't think you can get the same stuff now.
Is that the same stuff used on old appliances?
@@jailbird1133 Not usually. They generally had a baked on porcelain finish back in the day. they're more likely .....well what do you mean by old... I'm 77 your idea of old and mine may differ. I don't happen to know when they went from the baked on porcelain to powder coating and the like on appliances. I've never heard of industrial enamel being used on appliances, but I suppose it could be. Mostly it's a powder coating somewhat like the baked on porcelain, but not porcelain. I don't know what it is. some kind of polyester and urethane I think..however the process is much the same as doing a porcelain coating, but porcelain takes higher heat to melt than powder coating. That's actually one reason back in the day most appliances were white, it was the cheapest porcelain to use. You could also get blue and red and sometimes other colors, but the white was the cheapest.
@@tootall5559 Thankyou for the information.
@@tootall5559 I had always wondered about that.
I haven't seen since 1964. With 4 boys, mom couldn't afford one let alone 4.
That is amazing! Well done. What attention to detail!! How long does it take to do something like this, start to finish? In real time, not including video and editing. Also, I've looked everywhere for restorations of the old Kick-n-Go. They must be hard to come by. I used to have a two-wheeled yellow one. Fun times.
You need a bigger washtub. Lol
scooter. Also the black bicycle tricycle we also pedal cars and we had metal stops you could play with with real with metal pots now they have all plastic they don’t have as much fun as I did in the 60s we had better stuff we even had Etch-a-Sketch oh and Lincoln logs can you do a great job with your restorations
Its gotta be led based paint....
I had red Scooter. Also the black bicycle tricycle we also pedal cars and we had metal stops you could play with with real with metal pots now they’re all plastic they don’t have as much fun as I did in the 60s we have better stuff we even had Etch-a-Sketch oh and Lincoln logs
Que bagulho muito lico
I thought he'd try out! That young man was to big for it!
Yeah I had one and did not realize how small they were compared to the Big Wheels .
A great video? Yes! ASMR? No 🧐
Great restoration but please.....you need to wear a mask and gloves when doing any kind of spray painting..even outdoors. Gotta protect your health.
Kids a lil to big for that toy but great work
this is a great toy, cant do that with all the plastic crap they make now. soon you cant restore anything, it will just get brittle and break up.
Please improve your camera work it made it hard to watch.
I’ve gotten a new camera mount. Working on that. Thanks for watching! 🙏🏻
SAY SOMETHING ANYTHING JUST GRUNT
Howard Swing Hahahaha! Watch the Nylint Dozer tow vehicle I did recently. You will hear me. RS
Ну кто так варит полуавтоматической сваркой? Ты держишь сопло слишком далеко. Нужно надавливать соплом на деталь что есть силы
Nani?
He dont watch anime
Doesn't seem to know the correct way to remove cotter pins.
Coloca esse gordinho pra pedalar mais, rsrsrs.
Parabéns, ficou lindo.
10:08 Brush made in China.
I washed the Covid off before using it! 😂
Why silver color 👎.that blue metallic was nice
My Grandson asked if I could make it more “plane” like. He was the test pilot, so I did as he asked. RS
la presentacion es muy pasada de moda! cambiela es horrible
This was more of an amateur refurb attempt. It does look better than when he started, but the work wasn’t detailed enough to call it a restoration. Wrong wheels, color change, did not remove road rash, or dents. The decals were not in alignment with the seams..... not a lot to praise on this work except it looks better than it did when he started.
It is an amateur restoration. I’m not a professional. I get better as I go from project to project. RS
The wheels are correct. The spoked wheels were wrong.
@@RustyShepherd You absolutely put on the correct wheels.
I knoe, I HAD one!
WHAT A LET DOWN I WAS EXPECTING THE GREEN MACHINE
Howard Swing hahahahaha! The Green machine is all plastic. RS
You really should get someone else to do the bodywork and spraying! You are clearly no good at it! You are happy with a poor finish so really shouldn't be doing this.
Geez. I’m still learning as I go. I’m not a professional paint and body tech. Rome wasn’t built in a day. It takes time to get good at anything. RS
@@RustyShepherd You go to all that trouble to prepare it, and let the poor finish go by. If it don't look perfect, make it so! You have the skills, just don't be happy with a poor finish!