Check out these car options for our TV Show

jpegs13 said:
Mike all of the vehicles are awesome! Having to choose is like asking "would you like a date with Miss America or Miss Universe".
Any choice is a good choice.
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:iagree:Took the words right outa my mouth! Actually I'm pretty much speechless.

Bill
 
Meghan said:
My picks....1958 Edsel,
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The Edsel has a unique story behind it, I spoke with the owner, Christina briefly about it and it belonged to someone at Pratt & Whitney, and this person owned it since it was new. So Christina is the second owner.

It's in absolutely immaculate condition and 100% all original, just like out of a Time Capsule with only 67,000 miles on the odometer.

The thing it REALLY needs..... and you can probably already guess.... it needs a show car finish!

The paint is all dull, hazy, filled with swirls and has 1/10 the gloss it could have. So often the owners of cars like this won't let anyone touch them because they don't know if the person is qualified to "touch" their baby. I'm hoping Christine will see the transformation we do to the 1959 El Camino and the bring her almost beautiful Edsel to Autogeek's Show Car Garage for a Show Car Makeover!

We'll see... I also invited her to attend tonights "Extreme Makeover".


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[email protected] said:
I have that lens...if you want to try it out let me know. It does take awesome pictures and you can find it for $60-70 used if you shop around.
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Definitely. I have a car show to go to Saturday night... cool finding out on the forum you have this lens considering you're just down the office a ways... :D


TS656577 said:
You wont do it, Mike. You're scared
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I fear nothing. Death had it's chance and missed...


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BillyJack said:
I'm not much of a Ford fan. If I were to choose my personal favorites, the black Buick GS would be high on the list.
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These are two more cars that I didn't get a chance to talk to the owners that night, I'm going to try to find them next Tuesday night or at the car show this Saturday.


BillyJack said:
However, I'm understanding that the show is to be instructional in nature and that points me right to the powder-blue Mustang.
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Yes. Here's the skinny...

A half hour TV show is 20 minutes of content and 10 minutes of Network time, things like commercials, anything the network wants to promote, etc.

Out of the 20 minutes we have for content we will divide this up into four 5-minute segments.

Within this 5 minutes myself and my celebrity guest will welcome the owner of the featured car and ask him to share the story behind the car. Then we'll share a detailing tip using their car. That's not a lot of time to get real in-depth but that's the format we're going with.


BillyJack said:
Applying your single-stage paint restoration process from the Auto Trader Classics article was a serious turnaround in the paint of my El Camino. I'd really enjoy watching a similar process being applied to that 45 year old Mustang paint.
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My article on how to restore antique and original single stage paint is one of my most favorite article as my favorite thing to do is restore antique and original paint and/or show others how to do it.


How to correctly restore antique paint
As of today, Meguiar's has not signed-up to be a sponsor at any capacity for the show. So while I would LOVE to show the car world how to correctly restore antique and original paint on a cool car like Eddy's 1964 1/2 Mustang LIVE on TV.

This is an all original 1964 1/2 Mustang including the original interior and paint...
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I know there's hundreds and even thousands of people out there with cool cars like this Mustang in their garage with the original paint that needs to be restored and they would love to know how to avoid screwing it up by starting out with a Caveman Compound, but top priority on ANY TV show goes to showcasing your sponsor's products. I hope Meguiar's will sign up at some level to be a sponsor on the show as I've invested a huge part of my life into Meguiar's to help them be successful as well as all the people that use their products. But hey... everything works out for the best in the end...



BillyJack said:
Prevailing wisdom says you need aggressive compounds and pads to restore old SS paint. You showed me otherwise and I'm still in awe.

Bill
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And your El Camino looks fabulous... here it is with your First Place Trophy after putting it through the #7 Treatment...

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And for anyone reading this into the future that wants to know how to properly restore antique and/or original paint while avoiding the Caveman techniques that will destroy the paint, you can check out my article here,

Check out Mike on AutoTraderClassics.com


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AutoTraderClassics.com - Restoring Single Stage Paint: Part 1

AutoTraderClassics.com - Restoring Single Stage Paint: Part 2

AutoTraderClassics.com - Restoring Single Stage Paint: Part 3

AutoTraderClassics.com - Restoring Single Stage Paint: Part 4

AutoTraderClassics.com - Restoring Single Stage Paint: Part 5

AutoTraderClassics.com - Restoring Single Stage Paint: Part 6

AutoTraderClassics.com - Restoring Single Stage Paint: Part 7



Or on our forum here,

The Secret to Removing Oxidation and Restoring a Show Car Finish to Antique Single Stage Paints

12,143 Words
91 Photos

Here's just a brief excerpt from the article, which is one of the most in-depth articles I've ever written outside of my new how-to book and my article on Dampsanding.

Mike Phillips said:
#7 Sealer Reseal Glaze = Show Car Glaze
Here’s a photo of a few bottles of #7 from my car wax collection. I have some older bottles from before WWII, but this picture shows the transition from when the name changed from Sealer and Reseal Glaze to Show Car Glaze.

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(Click here for a larger picture)
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Just talked to Ted aka "The Caddy King" and he's open to the idea of letting us use the 4-door Pink Cadillac in this picture on the show...

The Caddy King's Hidden Collection of 1959 Cadillacs!


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The Pink Cadillac above has the factory original paint on it and is a 62 Series 4-Door Sedan de Ville, I've owned 2 of these in my life. The car in front of it is a 1959 Flattop, it has the same style roof only longer as the 1959 El Camino we're buffing out tonight.


1959 Chevrolet El Camino - Extreme Makeover - Modeled by Christina



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These are my votes -

1st 1934 Ford Pick Up "Blown"
2nd 1970 1/2 Camaro
3rd 1957 Chevrolet with 502 RamJet engine
4th 1973 Corvette
5th 1949 Chevy Carryall Suburban
6th 1967 Chevelle SS 396
7th 1970 Dodge Challenger
8th 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air
9th 1962 Ford Thunderbird
10th 1964 1/2 Mustang
 
Cool! My fondness for El Caminos is a matter of record.

Bill
 
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