1963 Impala and 1964 Chevy Delivery Truck - Show Car Makeover Pictures

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

1963 Impala and 1964 Chevy Delivery Truck - Show Car Makeover Pictures


I used these two cars as training cars for my last detailing bootcamp class here,


Pictures and Comments - January 26th & 27th 2013 Detailing Boot Camp Class


We didn't work on the roof of the truck for a number of reasons and when it comes to teaching a class how to do everything that is involved with cleaning, removing contaminants, machine sanding, compounds, wool pads, rotary buffers, etc. well there's not enough time in this class to do the entire car, especially with mostly newbies to machine sanding and rotary buffers and also with a car this size.


So we finished these two cars out tonight and even had the owners here to learn how to work on their own cars using state-of-the-art pads, products and tools.

Of course I have lots of before and process pictures but I'm off tomorrow and before I shut down the garage tonight I wanted to post some of the after pictures.

You can see the process used for everything below the roof line on the truck and tonight for doing the entire roof we used the Speedy Prep Surface Towel followed by XMT 360 Cleaner/Wax with a new prototype foam polishing pad on the Flex 3401. We topped the Poli-Coat Paint Sealant we applied last Saturday to the lower half with the Nanoskin Hydrophobic Nano Paste Wax.


Nanoskin Hydrophobic Nano Paste Wax

To finish out just the sides of the Impala we used M101 with Orange Hybrid Foam Cutting pads on the Flex 3401 and then re-polished using the new Gtechniq P2 Jewelling Polish with some prototype gold jewelling pads on the Flex PE14 Rotary Buffer. Then we waxed the Impala with Max Wax Paste by machine.

Thank You!
Thank you to Robert, Jeff, Tim, Carlos, Al, Bob and Chris for all your hard work and dedication to excellence, the finish on these two cars glistens now and the owners are are very impressed.


Beauty Shots
Without further ado, here are the beauty shots... keep in mind both of these streetrods were incorrectly buffed out by someone using a rotary buffer and were filled with holograms and and random scratches throughout the finish. The truck had oxidation and both were contaminated and rough to the feel before we started.


1964 Chevy Delivery Truck Streetrod

1963 Chevy Impala SS Streetrod

Thank you Carlos and Bob for trusting Autogeek with your streetrods...

 

[Craig Parker]

Mike, both cars look amazing, and the Impala turned out awesome, it may be a 2 door, but that's still a lot of sheet metal to work with. The red on the delivery van really sets if off too. Excellent work to all that worked on these classic vehicles

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Mike, both cars look amazing, and the Impala turned out awesome, it may be a 2 door, but that's still a lot of sheet metal to work with. The red on the delivery van really sets if off too. Excellent work to all that worked on these classic vehicles

Thanks Craig.

I have some great action shots to post next week too show the product we used to get these results. Carlos, the owner of the 1964 was so impressed with the results and the professional organization we run here at Autogeek he texted me the next day and offered us a 1959 Impala that needs a beauty makeover.

Stay tuned...


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[RTexasF]

Enjoy that rare day off......you damn sure earned it. Both rides are nothing short of perfection.

 

[vet]

:urtheman:Stellar job, as always Mike!

 

[Bunky]

The vehicles look great!

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Enjoy that rare day off......you damn sure earned it.

January was a very busy month for everyone here at Autogeek following MTE with a full-on bootcamp work means a lot of work behind the scenes from everyone here at work. As it was, I worked harder for Stacy on Friday than I've ever worked for Max. (Sorry Max, she's a tough boss).

Both rides are nothing short of perfection.

The Impala still has a lot of orange peel but the paint measures very thin for a custom paint job so we did the best we could while also staying safe. Bob the owner is planning on taking this on the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour with his grandson, if he does I'll update this thread with some pictures of the trip.

Stellar job, as always Mike!

Thanks Mike, it's always fun having cool cars here for local forum members to work on...

The vehicles look great!

Thanks Al... if Carlos ever wants to sell the Delivery Truck I'd like to have it. It's in incredible shape for as old as it is and someone really did a nice build when they restored and rodded this truck. Driving it reminds me of driving my 1966 hotrodded Milk Truck.

It's ready to go to work for another 49 years. It would look great with Autogeek's Ivan painted on the white panel.

 

[corvettesonntag]

As usual both vehicles turned out looking spectacular! AutoGeek continues to amaze me. Awesome job Mike!

 

[Johny B]

As usual both vehicles turned out looking spectacular! AutoGeek continues to amaze me. Awesome job Mike!

+10

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

As soon as I can get a chance I'll add the process pictures. Both Jeff and I took pics this night but I have not had time to go through them and then get them added to the thread.

Some really fun pictures though plus we had a special guest...



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[57BORNTORUN]

As soon as I can get a chance I'll add the process pictures. Both Jeff and I took pics this night but I have not had time to go through them and then get them added to the thread.

Some really fun pictures though plus we had a special guest...



:xyxthumbs:

You got me now, who was the special guest as I know it`s not me (although the jury is still out on me not being "SPECIAL").

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

You got me now, who was the special guest as I know it`s not me (although the jury is still out on me not being "SPECIAL").

I'll try to get the pictures to show who it was...



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[rmagnus]

1963 Impala and 1964 Chevy Delivery Truck - Show Car Makeover Pictures



To finish out just the sides of the Impala we used M101 with Orange Hybrid Foam Cutting pads on the Flex 3401 and then re-polished using the new Gtechniq P2 Jewelling Polish with some prototype gold jewelling pads on the Flex PE14 Rotary Buffer. Then we waxed the Impala with Max Wax Paste by machine.

1963 Chevy Impala SS Streetrod

Mike
Sorry for the late post. I've never used those products but the results speak for themself. That is about the finest finish on a white car I've ever seen. I'm courious in your opinion how much the jeweling affected the final result? And did you run the RB's at about 1000rpm?

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Mike

Sorry for the late post.

It's never to late to post to any thread on this forum and there's never a time limit. :xyxthumbs:

I've never used those products but the results speak for themselves. That is about the finest finish on a white car I've ever seen.

It really came out nice. I'm not a fan of working on white cars because about the most you can get out of white is a lot of gloss but in the gloss category, this thing excels.

Of course I always thought this project was glossy too and this was all done using simple DA Polishers.

I'm curious in your opinion how much the jeweling affected the final result? And did you run the RB's at about 1000rpm?

I think on this paint job the jeweling really helped to max out the gloss. As for RPM I know we started by following the manufacturer's directions and then just did everything between 600 and 900 RPM, which is the 1 and 2 setting on the Flex PE14

In the new second edition of my how-to book I talk about,

• Jewelling
• Gloss panels
• Gloss points

And this car received the point of these three topics in the book...

 

[sproketser]

Great duo Mike , great jobs again .