Rare 1954 Traveloader Restoration- Nylint (Adams)
I bought this antique (1954?) Nylint #1800 Traveloader along with several other toys from a yard sale for $30, and I thought it would make a neat restoration video. This seems to be a kind of rare toy. There were 3 different models made, and this one appears to be the 2nd version.
As you could see in the video, it was very rusted and pitted. After dismantling, sandblasting, and cleaning up the parts, I used JB Weld for a filler because it can withstand high heat for the powder coating process. After removing the gear cover, I found that one of the spindles was broken, and the parts were in disarray, and also one gear was missing some teeth. I was able to get a new gear made at a local machine shop. One of the problems I ran into was finding tubular rivets long enough to rebuild the metal conveyor. I ended up making some out of some 1/8” steel rods and then bluing them for a black finish and a rust protector. The two piece rim was put back together using a 5/16” brake line to clinch them together plus it had a hole for the axle to slide through. The new rubber conveyor was purchased on eBay along with the decals. I was able to find a new rear pulley online as well.
I hope you enjoyed this restoration video and if you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comment section. (I do try to read comments)
Have a blessed day,
Kev.
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Thanks so much for watching! I bought this toy with several others for $30. Have you ever seen one of these before? If you haven’t seen Snap-on Jack video here is a link kzhead.info/sun/hJV8l7FloomjZa8/bejne.htmlsi=tRusys86Le0bzoKE Have a great day! 👍
Yes
Where do you find stuff like this?
This was bought at a yard sale.
Fantastic job!! I worked for the DOT so, I've seen plenty of these bad boys. Just subbed.
I was trying to figure out what that was but I'm glad you made the road work sign now I know that it's an older road stripper but with tires not like today's machines they use tracks nice restoration, you should do a older rig with a dump trailer & back it up to this it would look cool 😎
A determined effort with stellar results!
Thanks much!
Not only was this a beautiful restoration of a toy but having seen the real thing in action made it even better.
Thank you very much! Glad to show it working again! 👍
The amount of care in this restoration is incredible!
Thank you very much! Have a great week!
Toys back in the day just hit different
Agreed!
with tetanus...
what an amazing job. People don't realize just how time consuming it is to restore a toy like this. again great job
Thank you very much! I should have kept track of the time I spent. It was a decent amount! Thanks for watching and have a great Easter!
I wish they still made construction toys to this quality now. Instead of the plastic garbage we have today.
Agreed! Thanks for watching
why are you saying that
Awesome restoration. This thing is closer to a miniature of the actual machine than a toy. Toys like this helped kids understand how.machines actually worked. You'll never see something like this made again. It probably needs to be in a museum to remind everbody you can have a toy that isn't just blow molded plastic.
It is definitely a neat toy. It is crazy how much of the toys today are made of cheap plastic. It is disappointing. I see what you are saying about the museum however, I plan to let kids play with this. It will be a fun one 👍 thanks for the comment! Have a great week!
I love this one, saw so many when I was a kid then ended up helping rebuild roads and highways, loved it! Miss the smell of the fresh pavement
That is awesome! Thanks for the comment!
Very impressive! But, the custom made tripod for the sign was even cooler! 💪🏻
Thanks! 👍 thanks for the feedback! Have a great week!
The road sign is a nice touch to an excellent restoration.
Thank you very much! Have a great day!
What the hell.... How much love can you put into a restoration?! This is beautiful!!!! Extremely well done, sir, and a really nice video. Thanks for this!
Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it! Have a great week!
Спасибо мастеру за отличную работу. Все сделано с душой. Благодарю за труд. Удачи вам на канале.📹🛠️🚜👍🔥
Thank you very much! Have a great day!
Beautiful workmanship! Thanks for sharing this with all of us here!🙂
Thank you very much! I appreciate it!
A complicated and lengthy restoration but a beautiful result, you would never know it was 70 years old .
Thank you very much! Thankfully I was able to get it back together lol
Wow! Beautiful!!! Love seeing a Bible verse on your wall!! Rio de Janeiro - 🇧🇷
Thank you so much! 👍
75-100 years from now when someone else finds this in a yard sale box they too will be able to appreciate the American heritage! Nicely done! Wow!
Thanks much!! 100 years from now it may need restored again! 👍
Thanks for showing so many new tools and methods for restoring these cool toys. I've seen a lot of these kinds of videos and you're the first to show the cool flaring(?) tool when making the part that held the rims together. Blessings to you and yours!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment! Have a blessed day!
I _love_ the restoration of complex mechanical devices -- including, but not only, toys. Thank-you for this video!
Thanks much! Glad you enjoyed
awsome work sir.so very pretty.a job well done.
Thank you very much!
Simply another beautiful restoration.
Many thanks!
I’m gonna say fantastic! Enjoyed it from beginning to end. Nice to see another old toy restored!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks much Fella!!
First: what marvelously complex mechanisms were found in these vintage metal toys! Decades of rationalized design, optimized for ease and economy of manufacture, makes it startling how simplified modern toy vehicles are in comparison. Second: that's a lot of rivet removal and reinstallation, straightening of metal and filling in of corrosion! The amount of patience and work and talent you pour into these restorations is remarkable And I can only imagine how much additional effort was required to so beautifully record each step - with all the positioning, lighting and camera work. With so many fake "restoration" videos on KZhead, quality content like yours really stands out. Thank you for sharing with us your passion and talent!
Thank you very much for the comment! A lot of stuff today is made so cheaply and it is neat to bring a well built toy back to life. And yes, there was a lot of work that went into this but it was well worth it. Glad you enjoyed and thank you for the feedback! Have a great rest of your week!
Outstanding job! Loved the road work sign!
Thank you very much! I appreciate it! Have a great Easter weekend!
R&R, very nice work.. I was amazed at how many parts made up that toy.. I was trying to imagine what that would look like if I had restored it 😂.. it definitely wouldn't look like that.. Again, very nice work, thx for bringing us along... Take care brother and God Bless...
Thank you very much! I appreciate it! God Bless!
That thing is really cool. And now it's all cleaned up!
Thanks much!
That toy must have been the coolest in 1954😍
Agree!
Pure and simply top quality work and attention to the finest detail!
Wow, thank you! You guys are the real deal!
Man that's amazing restoration and amazing toy. Well done
Thank you! Have a great weekend!
Your patience and skills to restore this Ny-Lint are extraordinary. Good call on powder coating the pitted metal parts. They came out great with the JB Weld bondo work. There is so much detail in this piece. Can you imagine the time it must have taken to form, bend, paint, and assemble this? I wonder what this toy cost back in 1954?
Thank you very much! And yes I should try to research the original price. That would be interesting. Thanks for watching! Have a great week!
The mouse at 3:48 admittedly startled me.
Lol oops 😬
Immediately subbed before watching! Love these kind of restos
Thanks much! I appreciate that!
It looks great and you did a wonderful job restoring it as well!!!! And great job making the road sign!! I enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thank you very much! I appreciate the support! Have a great day!
Amazing job my friend congratulations
Thank you!
You are a great craftsman
Thanks much!
This has to be 100 hours on just the filler. I'd love to do this but that's a lot of work. Outstanding as usual.
Thank you very much! It took some time! 👍 have a great week!
Thank you for this video and your effort to make it. Good job🙏🙏👍👍👍
Thank you!! Have a great day!
Top notch work as always!
Thanks @TheLawnist! You guys do amazing work yourselves! Keep up the grind!
U could say it was in a realistic condition to began with, i mean that's how any 70years old heavy machinery would look. Also there's a surprising amount of thought went in to this toy, that u rarely see today.
You literally went ABOVE And BEYOND. Great job sir.🤔🤠👍⭐🇺🇲
Wow, thanks! I appreciate it! Have a good week!
Gorgeous very beautiful I love old things very much ❤
Thanks so much 😊
Great restoration, and I love the sign
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! Have a great day!!
Great job love watching your videos 🎉
Thank you!
Magnificent restoration!
Thank you!
I would have Loved to have had this one as a child, this is a first seeing something like this, really neat and Different. Nice job mate. Cheers.
Outstanding work. Nice restoration 👍👍
Thank you very much! I appreciate it!
That was freakin awesome to see such an amazing toy being restored and probably works better than it did new. Great job
Thank you very much!
Great work on a beautiful old toy! Great John 3:16 sign, too! Cheers!😁🔧🤟🛠️
Thanks 👍 have a great week!
Nice job. I didn’t have high hopes when you started but it looks excellent.
I appreciate it! Thanks for sticking with me!
Marvelous! Like night and day!
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Przepięknie jest odrestaurowana ta drabiniarka Tonga Pozdrawiam serdecznie. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks much!
Showed your video to a 9 year old nephew. He was fascinated and asked me "HOW DOES HE REMEBER WHERE WHICH PART HAS TO BE ASSEMBLED?"
Sooo cool! Thanks for sharing. Tell him that is the nice part about filming your process, you can always refer back to your video if you forget where a part goes. I appreciate the view. You and your nephew have a great week! 👍
Obviously it’s an edited version he wouldn’t tell you that he’s using his still camera on bit by bit segments like most of pro hobbyists do! Nevertheless he has made it good for another 75 years! Nice work.
I definitely had to edit the video! Thanks!
The mouse just appeared in thin air
80
Brilliant outcome
Thank you!
Amazing job buddy!!💪 what an awesome restoration! Keep em’ coming 👏
Thanks fella!
Hello mister beautiful restoration beautifully restored good job well done
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the video. I have never seen a toy like this one. I am glad that you took the time and effort to restore it. It sure looks like a lot of work. I have never preheated my parts before painting them....................maybe I should try it out some time.
Thank you very much! I appreciate it. Preheating the parts definitely has helped me with my cheap powder coating set up. Have a great day!
I had one of those. Lots of memories. The front spiral wasn’t bent. That’s the way it was built.
Lol awesome
I can't be the only one to see the mouse at 3:47
Did it scare you!!??? Be honest now! 😁
No, lol! I just figured it was a way for you to learn who really watches your genius at work carefully! 🧐😀@@RebuiltRestored
I used to maintain & repair old heavy equipment like this. (Real equipment, not toys) My favorite was a 1961 Adams A-Frame Road Grader. 100% mechanical, no hydraulics... It was so easy to work on! We kept it alive & running into the early 2000s. Most of the parts were obsolete by then. We gave it a Viking send-off... 😂
Thanks for sharing and very cool!! Working on the real thing, you are at the NEXT level! Thanks for watching.
So, either it ended up on a barge, in a large body of water, or was set ablaze by a fire tipped arrow, or both...I prefer both.
@@BazerrkInsaneAsylum Actually, we blew it up. 😁
@@j.l.emerson592 kinda like my avatar! The cat blew up a tree to get to the squirrel!
Thanks for sharing love this video from junk to stunning hard work paid off
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
this guy is a genius, keep up the good work ....
Thank you! I appreciate the view👍
That was an amazing beautiful job, and cripes that machine is complicated - it must have been an expensive toy at the time. Anyway - beautifully put together video - everything perfectly explained and clear. Many thanks. Tom (from France).
Thank you, I appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed! Have a great day!
Fantastic job, very well done!!
Thank you very much!
What a luxurious toy!😊
PB Blaster! My favorite!
Better than WD40?
Awesome restoration👍 keep up the great work!!
Thanks @Durkeeoutdoors! 👍
I had one of those when I was a kid. :) I am 78 now
Very cool! Thanks for sharing
I wasn't born yet back in 1954, and my parents never met each other in Osaka, Japan until March 23rd, 1957. My father was at this Osaka, Japan, distant military outpost. My father dropped out of high school on April 9th, 1954, to join the U.S. Army. The recruiting staff members were out to lunch. He decided to join the U.S.A.F. instead. My father should've stayed in school. 🏫 👩🏫 🚸 🎒 👨🏫 👨 👨🍼 🎅 👩🍼 🤶 👨 🪖 🎖 🪖
Did you notice that Richard Baynard was just like my father in this case? Except for one thing, he didn't decide to join any military service branch you name. It was Trevor Penny, who decided to join the U.S. Army back then in 1985.
Beautiful job.
Thanks!
Yes. I have seen one of these toys before. I have a brother that used to have one. I noticed that you have a Bible verse on your sign that means "Pay it Forward." I agree. Great job. A humble Master and Professional Gardener Bernie De Lonay from "It's Not Work, It's Fun."🐦🇺🇲⚘️
Very cool! Thank you and thanks for the comment!! Have a great week!
Geez that’s a great job
Thanks much!
Nice work!
Thank you!
Damn dude you freaking knocked it out of the park that is bad ass! I think you are the one I talked to about a month ago about my old school American Made Solvent tank . I am about 3/4s there on getting it finished its going on my KZhead Channel . I think you said you wanted to watch the video? Its a heavy mo fo American made Steel going to town soon to get more parts for the restoration its a total nuts and bolts electrical new pump frame up restoration . Love your build man I bet this took a long time thanks for posting
Awesome! Yes, I think we talked. Thanks for reaching out! I’ll check out your video! Have a blessed week!
Beautiful job
Thanks much!
Very nice! Wow. Great restoration
Thanks kindly!
Cool, awesome job. 😀👍
Thanks 👍
Wow, very good restoration, it is for my office nice.
Glad you like it!
yes of course, i like it so much
Thanks you really do nice work
Thank you!
Priceless!
Appreciate it!
@@RebuiltRestored appreciate it as well!
That's a dang good job!
Thank you very much!!
Very cool restoration!
My man is real beautiful job I like to much I wish I have one those thanks for excellent job 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊
Thank you very much!
WOW A JOB WELL DONE
Thank you!
Wow...some kid put that toy to good use!!
lol you are right!
Nice job
Thank you! Have a great day!
Nice job !!
Thank you!
Realmente muita dedicação e paciência Parabéns ao profissional
Thank you very much! I appreciate the view!
What an amazing job!! I got one of these for Christmas in 1956 and completely wore it out! I was 4 years old. I got into restoring old farm and construction toys about 20 years ago and have restored 2 of those travel loaders but could never find where to find a belt. Where did you find it? I bought a travel loader on a estate auction in mint condition and it still has the original price tag on it for 9.98 😱. Really enjoy your video and you do awesome work!!! God bless and hope to see more 🙏👍
Very cool! Interesting on the original price. Thank you! I found the belt on eBay for around $30 plus shipping I believe. I appreciate the feed back and comment. Have a blessed day!
You should do the mouse like the hidden little yellow ducks in old Usborne books 😂
Lol he has been in different videos of mine. 👀
Um brinquedo desses realmente merecia ser restaurado... são muitos detalhes... parabéns pelo trabalho.
Thanks much!
Great job.
Thanks much!!
Bravo! My older Brother Had one.
Very cool! Thanks much!
Had one of these when I was a kid.
Very cool!
I’m 74
Looks like you don't post too much. Regardless, I'm subbing. My kind of videos. I'll binge watch for a while.
Thanks much! I appreciate it! I hope to post more!
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Looks great
Thanks! Thanks for watching!
Saw the mouse, definitely an edit, lol that did make me jump tho lol
Lol 💪
That's one sweet toy
Agreed! Thanks for the view and have a great week!
Good Job ✌🏼
Thank you very much @MWRestoration
i love your work keep it up
Thanks, will do!
I had that very same thing when I was about 8yo. I wouldn't be surprised if that was it.
Very cool!