Mike Phillips
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Meguiar not Meguiar's - Car Detailing History
Here's some unique products from days-gone-by in the car wax industry. I don't know a lot about these products except they were products sold by Barry Meguiar's brother Floyd Meguiar back in the late 1960's I believe, could be the early 1970's. I have some marketing info somewhere on them but not sure where it is at this moment.
For whatever reasons, Floyd Meguiar left the Meguiar's company and started his own company called Finish Kare. Autogeek carries some of the Finish Kare products here.
From the Finish Kare website on the About Us webpage
Finish Kare was founded in 1964 by Floyd Meguiar, after he left the family business. Preceded by an already-rich history in car care, Meguiar set out to develop car care products that were the best of their kind. He accomplished just that and over the last five decades Finish Kare’s premier car care products have been used to protect and restore millions of vehicles by auto professionals & auto enthusiasts alike.
For your viewing pleasure....
Although the words on the label say it's a polish, because it leaves the surface also protected this is technically a one-step cleaner/wax or AIO
Fairly bold claim --> lower's E.T.'s
(E.T. is a racing term for Elapsed Time that means the start to finish clocking of the vehicle's elapsed time or E.T.)
Here's some unique products from days-gone-by in the car wax industry. I don't know a lot about these products except they were products sold by Barry Meguiar's brother Floyd Meguiar back in the late 1960's I believe, could be the early 1970's. I have some marketing info somewhere on them but not sure where it is at this moment.
For whatever reasons, Floyd Meguiar left the Meguiar's company and started his own company called Finish Kare. Autogeek carries some of the Finish Kare products here.
From the Finish Kare website on the About Us webpage
Finish Kare was founded in 1964 by Floyd Meguiar, after he left the family business. Preceded by an already-rich history in car care, Meguiar set out to develop car care products that were the best of their kind. He accomplished just that and over the last five decades Finish Kare’s premier car care products have been used to protect and restore millions of vehicles by auto professionals & auto enthusiasts alike.
For your viewing pleasure....
Although the words on the label say it's a polish, because it leaves the surface also protected this is technically a one-step cleaner/wax or AIO
Fairly bold claim --> lower's E.T.'s
(E.T. is a racing term for Elapsed Time that means the start to finish clocking of the vehicle's elapsed time or E.T.)
