Helio Rabelo - 00:00 Hi, my name is Helio Rebelo. I live in Canada. I'm originally from Brazil. And I like to play with art. I like to do some stuff. Painting. What kinds of things? My grandfather, he was. He was a carpenter. My mom, she paints. She loves to paint. She's always doing something. I guess it's in the blood, I guess. I don't know. One day I just thought about, I can make a little toy car for my newborn son. Well, actually wasn't even born. And I thought, I want to make his frst toy. And I start with a piece of wood and never done it before. And it come out. I kind of impressed the way it came out. So. And then the frst one came and it was. It was little. You know, I thought it was little too simple. Helio Rabelo - 01:17 And then I started going crazy and make some more detailing and detail stuff. And before I even realized my boy won't be able to play with a car because it's got too much details on it. So. And then later on, I made some. Something more simple that he can play with, right? Because it's no fun for a kid to have a, you know, a little toy car and the shelf he cannot be able to play with. So I made something kind of, you know, rough and simple so he can play with. And the way I was thinking, doing this car so for something for him to remember for the rest of his life. So I did myself and my son beside the car. The theme is like a vintage race car. And they came out pretty good. So he loved the car. Helio Rabelo - 02:28 So you can see his little rough here. So he did play with. It's very special to him. And as you see, my side here has got my nicknames. His frst word, baby. That's why he used to call me. Never call me dad. Never called me Dada. He calls me Baby. That was his frst word. Called me for a long time, Baby. So that's why I put baby. So it's a story for him you'll never forget. And right here I got Fast Eddie. His middle name is Edgar Lucas. Edgar Rebelo short. You know, Eddie's short for Edgar. And I just did a Fast Eddie, loves the name. So whatever stuff he's got, he say, put Fast Eddie on it. So then, you know, stuff got a little out of control and I. I start to make some more complicated. Helio Rabelo - 03:30 So I did this one from, you know, from. It was a blueprint from a real car. As you see, all my cars is based on a 32 Ford. That's the car that I like it. And this Is no different. It's a 32 Ford. And this is solid body. This is a high boy, you know. This one there was a challenge because it was a piece of wood and I wanted to make a hollow like with the interior and everything. So as you can see it's made out of wood and haven't fnished yet. Been working on for a while. Didn't have time to fnish because it's too much detail on it. So. But anyway, so the engine is the most complicated part to. To make it right. So I did bought a die cast car. Helio Rabelo - 04:34 I think it was Thunderbird with a big engine on it. So I just bought for the engine. So I got the engine out of the car, scrapped the car. But I got all the parts that I need to make this car. And I tricked the engine a little bit. Got the exhaust, I got the. The wires all done up and painted in detail so come out pretty good. So and the front here, the grill. And I tried to use pretty much everything I got around me. Like some stuff I can make it, I will make it. For example, the axle. It's a base on A32 the axle. But I made with a belt pin. So it's a metal pen. And I shaped it and I put some holes in to make it look cool. And I make the axle and the grill. Helio Rabelo - 05:39 It's another belt part. It's a mesh belt with its metal. Actually it's. It's copper. Looks really good. And what else? I just grabbed some parts and some stuff that I take care of can use and then start to make. I think that's the fun. The fun part. So this is copper. Looks cool. And like I say the car not quite done. But let's get in there. I'll fnish one day. Too much details and they put it back together and I got some. I still got to make the interior. So I'll make the seats out of aluminum. Because they use aluminum seats in those type of cars for you know, they originated from. From, you know, airplanes, from bombers. So they use a lot of aluminum those cars. So I will make. I will make the seats out of aluminum, probably aluminum cans. Helio Rabelo - 06:51 And it'll be done soon. When I started to make those cars and people ask me man, would you spent so much time making those. For example, this car probably took me over a year just to get where I'm at right now. And of course time, it's. It's key, right? So I get in. I get in a whole different level of. I don't know how to describe. But when I'm doing this. It's. It's so relaxing. It's so I'm in a different world. That'll be fantastic when me and my son and my daughter get all together. We can make stuff. I think for the kids it's something very special they would take with them for their memories for the rest of their lives. Helio Rabelo - 07:45 So something that I go in the store and buy it is not going to be the same that I did with my bare hands for them. That was very special for people. They have something to. They never try. They're afraid to try. My advice is to try it. Try it because like I say, this came from a face of wood. It was nothing. Just lay on the ground and I grabbed it. To me it's beautiful and I guarantee it's beautiful to my son too. It's something very special to him. Go out there, fnd some time and be passionate about it.