Mike Phillips
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1941 Willys Coupe - The Swoopster
I met Dennis the owner and builder of Swoopster at the John Staluppi Cars of Dreams Hospice Benefit Car & Truck Show show couple of years ago.
It was towards the end of the show and while I was walking around taking pictures of the cars on display I looked at the finish quality of the paint on this beautiful streetrod and noticed swirls.
And while I could have just walked on to the next car, I took a moment to strike up a conversation with Dennis and gently tell him that while his car looked AWESOME there was a little room for improvement in the finish quality.
I had him stand on the side of the hood so that as the sun shone down on the paint it revealed the swirls in the paint.
Dennis tole me he did all his work by hand and in my e-mail reply back to him I said that about 85% of the "Car Guys" I meet in the car show world with show cars say the same thing.
Anyway, I invited him to bring the Swoopster to Autogeek's Show Car Garage for a "Show Car Makeover" and it never fit his schedule. I added him to my e-mail list and every time I send out an e-mail about an upcoming project or an e-mail with the link to the thread with all the before, process and after pictures he gets the e-mail.
Some time between when I met him and our 8th Annual Detail Fest he did something because when the car was here I inspected the paint in the sun and it looked amazing!
Even so... I've invited Dennis to bring his 1941 Willys Roadster to our facilities for a future project. Until then, if you didn't get a chance to attend Detail Fest and see this amazing car, here you go...
Dennis's 1941 Willys Roadster "Swoopster"
While Dennis, Wayne Carini and I were checking out Dennis's Willys we had our picture taken together...
Signed a copy of my new how-to book for Dennis...
End of show... see you Dennis...
Of course, when the project comes up I'll do the normal post something to the bottom of the forum homepage.
Very cool car...
:dblthumb2:
I met Dennis the owner and builder of Swoopster at the John Staluppi Cars of Dreams Hospice Benefit Car & Truck Show show couple of years ago.
It was towards the end of the show and while I was walking around taking pictures of the cars on display I looked at the finish quality of the paint on this beautiful streetrod and noticed swirls.
And while I could have just walked on to the next car, I took a moment to strike up a conversation with Dennis and gently tell him that while his car looked AWESOME there was a little room for improvement in the finish quality.
I had him stand on the side of the hood so that as the sun shone down on the paint it revealed the swirls in the paint.
Dennis tole me he did all his work by hand and in my e-mail reply back to him I said that about 85% of the "Car Guys" I meet in the car show world with show cars say the same thing.
Anyway, I invited him to bring the Swoopster to Autogeek's Show Car Garage for a "Show Car Makeover" and it never fit his schedule. I added him to my e-mail list and every time I send out an e-mail about an upcoming project or an e-mail with the link to the thread with all the before, process and after pictures he gets the e-mail.
Some time between when I met him and our 8th Annual Detail Fest he did something because when the car was here I inspected the paint in the sun and it looked amazing!
Even so... I've invited Dennis to bring his 1941 Willys Roadster to our facilities for a future project. Until then, if you didn't get a chance to attend Detail Fest and see this amazing car, here you go...
Dennis's 1941 Willys Roadster "Swoopster"
While Dennis, Wayne Carini and I were checking out Dennis's Willys we had our picture taken together...
Signed a copy of my new how-to book for Dennis...
End of show... see you Dennis...
Of course, when the project comes up I'll do the normal post something to the bottom of the forum homepage.
Very cool car...
:dblthumb2:
