First Place at Super Chevy Show - Palm Beach International Raceway April 4-6

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First Place at Super Chevy Show - Palm Beach International Raceway April 4-6


On Thursday, March 27th a core group of car guys and a few new guys came together to create a show car finish on a 1966 Chevy Nova Pro Touring. You can see all of the before, during and after pictures and two videos here. The LSP used was Black Label Synergy.

1966 Blown Nova - Extreme Makeover - Pictures & Videos


Then two weekends later, at the April 2014 Super Chevy Show, Harris put his 1966 Nova on display for judging and took first place in his class!


Harris's red 1966 Chevy Nova Pro Touring on display at Super Chevy

This is the 5th or 6th car that I can remember off the top of my head where after being polished out here at Autogeek's Show Car Garage they have gone on to take first place at a major car show.

It's time to start a thread with a list of these cars.


Congratulations Harris on your win at Super Chevy!


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[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Congratulations Harris and all the guys that had a hand in turning your car into a polished gemstone!

 

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Here's how his car looked when it arrived at Autogeek.....

When I first met Harris I told him the finish on his Nova looked very good but there was still a little room for improvement. I took a few pictures of the condition of the paint during the night at a local car show, the below pictures show the parking lot lights overhead reflecting off the paint on the Nova that night.

The below picture is the full size section cropped out of the resized photo above.

Same here, the below picture is a cropped out full size section of the picture above.

I normally like to take my before pictures with the project car outdoors in full sun with sunlight shining directly down on the paint as this will do a great job of show casing and revealing the true condition of the paint.

Well it was cloudy and raining outside as Harris arrived.

Plan B
I took a few pictures using the overhead florescent lights and then the flash from my camera.

Overhead florescent lights....

The below pictures are the full resolution portions cropped out of the above resized picture.

Camera flash

The below picture is the full resolution portion cropped out of the above resized picture.

Here's how it looked when he left.....

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[Ray@Autogeek]

Congrats Harris!

 

[tuscarora dave]

Congrats on the win!! That's an awesome looking Chevy!! I remember as a young teenager on, having multiple stacks of Super Chevy magazines all over the house.

Winning the show is a huge deal, and a great accomplishment!!

 

[MarkD51]

Very hard to argue, that this Nova is truly killer. That lots of time and money were invested into it.

You folks truly put the icing on the cake with the finish resto-refinement.

Had a feeling it was this car, before I even clicked on the thread

 

[Klasse Act]

Nice pair of Dueces there!

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Here's the "walk-around" video....

1966 Blown Nova - Extreme Makeover​

[video=youtube_share;bnG3_Sg1oFs"]1966 Blown Nova - Extreme Makeover[/video]​

Want to hear the engine?

Hear this Blown 1966 Nova detailed at Autogeek
[video=youtube_share;wI_a6nQBgGM"]Hear this Blown 1966 Nova detailed at Autogeek[/video]​

Wild....

 

[57BORNTORUN]

Congrats. to Harris.Good move that he did`nt drive it home after we polished it.Less cleaning and gave Mike the chance to do the videos the next day.:buffing:

 

[Tato]

Holy Shiny!!

'This is what a show car should look like'!

First thing that comes in mind when hearing this is what you (Mike) likes to say a lot, ~it ain't bragging if you can back it up.

And from what I've seen so far, you always back it up much over all expectations.


This is one of (if not the ONE) most beautiful finishes I've ever saw.

Deep, wet, glossy, you name 'em, but the main adjective to call this work don't have a word invented yet.

Very, very beautiful.

Congratulations on that one, so to the proud owner and winner.

Kind Regards.

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

This is one of (if not the ONE) most beautiful finishes I've ever saw.

Deep, wet, glossy, you name 'em, but the main adjective to call this work don't have a word invented yet.

Very, very beautiful.

Congratulations on that one, so to the proud owner and winner.

I have a phone call in to Harris to see if he can bring his car by sometime with his first place plaque so we can take a picture of the car, the plaque and him here in our show car garage.


Just to note for all the people attending the upcoming detailing boot camp class on May 3rd and 4th, we'll be going over the same techniques in the class used to create the show winning finish on this Nova.


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