VroomVroom
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- May 21, 2008
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Caught a really nice lecture at the Blackhawk Museum today, put on by the guys @ Diamond Car Care. Lots of great validation, and Cullen even offered a take on the detailer's cliche. My take...90% process, 10% product. His take: "It's not in the brands, it's in the hands." His demo car was a 60's Ferrari that will require a lot of love.
In all honesty, I was a little disappointed in the museum. The lighting is absolutely abysmal, and the paint condition of most of the vehicles on display was quite bad. Nonetheless, if you have $10 in your pocket and a few hours to kill, I'd encourage a visit.
Here's what greets you when you walk in:
Both were absolutely stunning, although for whatever reason I really fell in love with that Aston Martin. Perhaps those cars set me up for my later disappointment, but wow...the finish on both vehicles was flawless.
Here's Cullen from Diamond Car Care, working with a PC and 3M Perfect It Machine Polish, on that Ferrari. He mentioned that the paint was far softer than he expected, and on the test/demo spot, he had things looking terrific.
After the lecture, I walked around both the lower and upper galleries. This first shot, of a '50's BMW, shows what seemed to be about the average paint condition for vehicles of that vintage. (There was a 70's Ferrari 308 that was just hammered. Sad, really.
Because of the lighting, my focus switched to just trying to capture shots of things that really caught my eye. Here are a few more pics... (FYI/FWIW... Nikon D90 w/ 18-200mm; ISO 3200, aperture mode.)
Parting shot... Outside the museum, they offer what seems to be a rotating display. When I got there, a Thunderbird club was showing off their cars (they were all in various states of poor paint condition). When I left, it was Firebirds and Trans-Ams. Bird day, maybe? Anyway, those were all hacked, except for this one. Lots of work remaining - nearly all rubber & weatherstripping, and quite a bit of the interior was absent, but the guy sure got the paint right.
In all honesty, I was a little disappointed in the museum. The lighting is absolutely abysmal, and the paint condition of most of the vehicles on display was quite bad. Nonetheless, if you have $10 in your pocket and a few hours to kill, I'd encourage a visit.
Here's what greets you when you walk in:
Both were absolutely stunning, although for whatever reason I really fell in love with that Aston Martin. Perhaps those cars set me up for my later disappointment, but wow...the finish on both vehicles was flawless.
Here's Cullen from Diamond Car Care, working with a PC and 3M Perfect It Machine Polish, on that Ferrari. He mentioned that the paint was far softer than he expected, and on the test/demo spot, he had things looking terrific.
After the lecture, I walked around both the lower and upper galleries. This first shot, of a '50's BMW, shows what seemed to be about the average paint condition for vehicles of that vintage. (There was a 70's Ferrari 308 that was just hammered. Sad, really.
Because of the lighting, my focus switched to just trying to capture shots of things that really caught my eye. Here are a few more pics... (FYI/FWIW... Nikon D90 w/ 18-200mm; ISO 3200, aperture mode.)
Parting shot... Outside the museum, they offer what seems to be a rotating display. When I got there, a Thunderbird club was showing off their cars (they were all in various states of poor paint condition). When I left, it was Firebirds and Trans-Ams. Bird day, maybe? Anyway, those were all hacked, except for this one. Lots of work remaining - nearly all rubber & weatherstripping, and quite a bit of the interior was absent, but the guy sure got the paint right.
