First car this weekend's boot camp class has arrived!

Mike Phillips · Jan 21, 2015

First car this weekend's boot camp class has arrived!

1963 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible

Might look good in the picture but here's what she really looks like...

Plus we're going to steam clean the interior and treat the top to some 303 Vinyl Cleaner and 303 Aerospace Protectant. We'll also be coating the tires.

:xyxthumbs:

mamut · Jan 21, 2015

That's a big boy.

The trunk is as long as my Mini Cooper lol

tommygee · Jan 21, 2015

Awesome! My first car was a '64 Bonnie Convertible! This just brought a tear to my eye.

axel06 · Jan 21, 2015

Wish i could be there, depressed

Aaryn NZ · Jan 21, 2015

Oh yeah! :dblthumb2:

That sure is a beast. Kinda pleased I'm not doin' that alone though - thats a whole lot of paint to polish & it doesn't even have a roof!!! :buffing:

Awesome! :dblthumb2:

Aaryn NZ

Tato · Jan 21, 2015

Very good to know!

I'll be detailing a lot this weekend but I'll do my best to follow bootcamp news.

In advance, wish you all a very good and enjoyable experience, sweet as can be.

Kind Regards.

JHL88 · Jan 21, 2015

Good god, how many bodies could one stash back there? A mobster's dream ride.

tommygee · Jan 21, 2015

JHL88 said:
Good god, how many bodies could one stash back there? A mobster's dream ride.

Had a '64. But my '95 Buick Roadmaster could probably hold a lot more!

Mike Phillips · Jan 22, 2015

Aaryn NZ said:
That sure is a beast. Kinda pleased I'm not doin' that alone though - thats a whole lot of paint to polish & it doesn't even have a roof!!!

The vinyl top looks brand new. In fact, when the owner dropped this beauty off I asked him if he had the top replaced? He said, "no, that's the original top".

While it does look brand new we're going to clean it and then waterproof and protect it for the session on convertible top care.

The paint is trashed and we'll be using this car to go over the Porter Cable type DA polishers plus the Flex PE8 for the thin panels.

:xyxthumbs:

VISITOR · Jan 22, 2015

the nice thing about having cars that are a good candidate (marred/scratched badly) for machine polishing is during/after the correction you can go over the process and explain to the owner what was done and hopefully they can grasp some of the info and take care of it from that point on with a variety of different products...

guess23959 · Jan 22, 2015

8 lug, 389 tri power. the gp had that set up too.

Mike Phillips · Jan 23, 2015

2 more cars for the January Detailing Boot Camp Class have arrived!

2 more cars for the January Detailing Boot Camp Class have arrived!

The first car is a 1963 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible that arrived yesterday.

the next two vehicles are a 2005 Mercedes-Benz SL500 and a 1971 Chevy Long Bed Truck.