It has been a little while since I posted a Show and Shine and I though this car would be a good one for you to feast your eyes on.
The Subject: 1969 Camaro SS Pro-Touring w/ a 383 Stroker
The customer contacted me shortly after picking up his new toy because he was somewhat disappointed with the state she was in. He tried describing the issues he was having over the phone but it was clear that we had a little "lingo" barrier, so we made arrangements for him to drop her off. He described to me that when he purchased the car, he made arrangements with the builder/previous owner to get white strips painted on it. She had seen a full resto-mod and was fairly recently painted but they had elected to keep the stripes off.
At the time he dropped off his car he did not want to talk about prices he just wanted the scratches gone..... This is my kind of customer! By the way, the sound of that engine and exhaust made the hair on the back of my neck stand on attention. I did attempt to describe the process but it was obvious that he did not care. He told me to keep the car as long as needed to make it right. Upon inspection this is what I found......
Can someone see that the painter/builder went crazy with the rotary? The back 2 c-pillars and rear quarters were full of holograms.... and the rest of the car showed typical scratches and swirls. A few RIDS were discovered in front of the driver side rear quarter (as shown above) and on the roof (not shown). I definitely had a lot of questions but the owner was adamant that I just take care of it.
A few test spots were done and the best combination was selected. The car underwent a 2 step polishing. The rims were hand polished and sealed, the tires cleaned and dressed and a basic interior was done. The engine bay was clean and no time or money was needed to be thrown at it (since he had no intention of bringing it to a car show).
Process
Exterior
- Wheels: Iron X with various brushes
- Tire: Cleaned with Meguiar D101
- Wash: ONR QD dilution with MF towel
- Decontamination: Nanoskin fine with ONR lube dilution
- Dry: Waffle Weave Towels
- RIDS: Wet sanded to 3000 grit
- Compounding/Polish: PF2500 on 5.5" Orange LC Light Cutting Pad via Rupes LHR21ES (speed 5.5 x 6 passes) and 3" hydrotech Pads via GG6 (speed 6); This was followed by SF4000 on 5" LC white pad (Speed 5 x 5 passes)
- IPA Wipedown
- Eraser Wipedown (CarPro Eraser)
- Protection: CG Blacklight machine applied topped with PW54x
- Tires Dressing: Pinnacle Black Onyx
- Glass: Pinnacle Crystal clear
Interior
- Vacuum
- Dash, trim, and vinyl Protected with Blackfire interior protectant
As you can imagine, the owner could not be anything less than thrilled to get rid of all that mess. It took me a few minutes to kinda make sense of the lingo he was using in describing what he was seeing, but it was plain as the nose on my face what he wanted. Well, he did come and pick it up 2 days later and was ASTONISHED! He had some expectation but did not anticipate what he finally saw. One of his employee came to drop him off and had his 2 boys with him and he corralled them in a hurry when he saw them lunging for the car with hands outstretched. The expression on the customer's face was priceless. His last parting comment was that he was bringing her home and he may not want to drive it now, LOL!
Hope you enjoyed! As usual, feel free to comment and/or ask questions....
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