1983 Ford Tempo Make Over!

[CrownKote]

Ok so the first job to come into my new shop was a 1983 Ford Tempo that had been sitting in a barn for about 5 years... The car had some major miles (aprox 400k) and the guy just wanted the interior done as the paint and exterior was beyond a detailing job... He plans on having a cheap paint job slapped on it...
This car has been given to his daughter for graduation after the detail...

The products used were:
DP Total Interior Cleaner (3oz) and 303 Fabric and Vinyl Cleaner (3oz) mixed then 10:1 water
DP Kristal Vision Glass Cleaner
Scotch Guard with OXY Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner
Duramaid 1600 Extractor with water
Megs Natural Finish Dressing
A lot of elbow grease and patience

Here are the pics before and after:

 

[s1tl]

wao might turnover, its so red now

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Nice work!

Gotta say though, that interior was in remarkably good shape for having sat in a barn for 5 years and with 400K miles on it. Especially considering it's straight from Ford's poor build quality years.

 

[Crazy Amos]

It actually turned out to be a nice little car once all if the dirt and grime was removed.

Awesome work!

 

[CrownKote]

Thanks guys!

Nice work!

Gotta say though, that interior was in remarkably good shape for having sat in a barn for 5 years and with 400K miles on it. Especially considering it's straight from Ford's poor build quality years.

All the cloth was gone over at least 4 times with the extractor untill the water coming out was clearish... lol...

 

[windnsea00]

Nice job, though if I was the daughter I would save up a few grand for a better car haha.

 

[CrownKote]

I feel the same way but from what I can tell the car was her grandfathers and she for some strange reason loves that car (I know I wouldn't) but to each their own

 

[detailguy71]

That is a awesome turnaround. It looked horrible before and now its almost better that factory. Great Job!

 

[Elite Pro]

Wow Awesome Job!:dblthumb2:

 

[bevans]

great job man

 

[dad07]

Man I thought all those cars where scrapped! Great Job!

 

[thewraith1971]

ok where did you find a NOS red 83 tempo interior, seriously great job

 

[jonn127]

wow. Nasty. Whatever towels/rags you used should probably just be burned and buried.

 

[thewraith1971]

jonn127 I have a feel that thing was so nasty most the towels he used are probably disintegrating as we speak from that gunk

 

[Kristopher1129]

This is my kinda detail!! Nice job! :dblthumb2:

 

[CrownKote]

ok where did you find a NOS red 83 tempo interior, seriously great job

I didn't find it IT FOUND ME! AHHHHHHHH! lol...

wow. Nasty. Whatever towels/rags you used should probably just be burned and buried.

Naw, They clean right up and go to their next step in life; wheel, tire, and wheel well duty! lol...

jonn127 I have a feel that thing was so nasty most the towels he used are probably disintegrating as we speak from that gunk

One of them did kinda tear through... lol...

This is my kinda detail!! Nice job! :dblthumb2:

Honestly this one was not that "pain staking" and I knew what it was before I got into it... so I was able to quote it correctly...

Thanks for all of the complements guys/gals!

 

[cutter]

Great job!!! I was expecting worse too after that long in a barn.rops:

 

[Y2KSVT]

Some of those 'after' pictures could be mistaken for pictures used by Ford back in '83 as advertisements for this car. Awesome job!

Mark

 

[CrownKote]

Some of those 'after' pictures could be mistaken for pictures used by Ford back in '83 as advertisements for this car. Awesome job!

Mark

Lol... probably true there... lol...

 

[ScubaCougr]

All the cloth was gone over at least 4 times untill the water was clearish... lol...

clearish....lol is right.rops: Very nice turn around. I'm a sucker for a nice clean cockpit and that is now one clean, very very red cockpit. Well done.