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***Update***

This project has been moved to Friday during the day, starting around 10:00am and going to about 2:00pm


Sign-up - 1939 Lincoln Zephyr - Show Car Makeover

Friday, December 16th... starting at 10:00am we're doing a Show Car Makeover on my friend Frank's 1939 Lincoln Zephyr built by Superior Custom Classics in Hudson, Florida. The paint color is House of Colors Sunset Orange.

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Iif you want to join in the fun then reply to this thread...

Autogeek's Garage
7744 SW Jack James Drive
Stuart, FL 34997
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The door to the right of the garage door is the entrance to our TV Studio where we conduct these events.

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And here's a little story about this car...

Scrape, Terry Cook, Chip Foose, Christoper Titus and the Titanic
 
He's offered to let us use the Zeypher on our TV show too...

I have not seen the paint condition yet but like about 99.999999% of every car that rolls into the studio there's at a minimum some level of room for improvement.

The large, smooth panels and lack of any plastic trim like new cars have will make machine polishing this rolling work of art a pure joy to work on...


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but who's going to be the swirl girl?!

they're like candy

hmmm, imagine if AG found a swirl girl named Candy...
 
Wow! what a sweet car, and plenty of real estate for polishing!!
 
The running boards are molded into the body so there's very few seams and zero plastic trim. The body panels are large, flat and smooth. Some people think I only like to to buff out muscle cars and classics because I like muscle cars and classics but that's not entirely true... I love buffing out muscle cars and classics because they're so easy to buff out as compared to modern cars or even exotic cars, (which are modern or new).

Yeah... this is going to be a walk in the park and very enjoyable as far as buffing out "cars" goes...


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I do know the brother to that Zephyr Mike, it's park at the Dupont Registry in Clearwater, Hudson is about 20 miles north of me.
 
I've been waiting for this one . If it's nice out I'm taking the scooter
 
Thanks for the link to the Scrape story Mike. Somehow, I missed it when it was first posted. I remember Terry Cook from his days at Petersen and never knew he was such a Lead Sled fanatic until after he left. He really hit the mark with Scrape. It may be a caricature, but it's the absolute consummate fat fender custom.

Bill
 
BillyJack said:
Thanks for the link to the Scrape story Mike. Somehow, I missed it when it was first posted. I remember Terry Cook from his days at Petersen and never knew he was such a Lead Sled fanatic until after he left. He really hit the mark with Scrape. It may be a caricature, but it's the absolute consummate fat fender custom.

Bill
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I agree with all of the above.

I worked with Terry for about a year at a dozen car shows, mostly taking care of Scrape and promoting the Absorber.

When I flew down to Monterey to sand and buff out the Titanic that was a blast, even more fun was driving the Titanic around and then hanging out with Chip, Titus and Terry Cook.


Like I posted earlier, I have not seen the quality of the finish on Frank's Zephyr but the first thing we're going to do is give the paint a very thorough inspection and I'll do my best to document the true and accurate condition of the paint.

We're doing the Zephyr on Saturday and I'm trying to reach Jim, the owner of the Studebaker to make sure he can have it here next Thursday night.

1951 Studebaker & 1956 Chevy Bel Air

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Two very distinctive looking cars for next week...


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***Update***

Due to scheduling conflicts, this project has been moved to this Friday starting around 10:00am and going to around 2:00pm to 3:00pm

I know some of you have been looking forward to this project for some time and won't be able to attend during a weekday and I apologize for this but it's my responsibility to first cater to the schedule of the owners of our project cars.


Thanks for understanding....


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23 hours and counting... Im the MAN

Just a few weeks ago we had this very cool 1934 Ford in our studio for a "Show Car Makeover"

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And now this incredibly cool 1939 Lincoln Zeypher....

I'm in heaven!

Can't wait to share pictures of the finished work...

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Any minute now... this 1939 Lincoln Zephyr will be arriving at Autogeek's Show Car Garage Studio!

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The sun is hiding behind clouds today so we'll have to use the Brinkmann Swirl Finder Light to inspect the paint. So often true show cars like this one look great from a short distance or to the untrained eye but car detailing enthusiasts like our forum members tend to have higher standards and more critical eyes.

One thing for sure though, nothing looks better than a freshly waxed car. If the paint is in excellent condition then we're still going to do a light polishing and then waxing. The light polishing will remove any previously applied waxes or glossing agents from spray detailers as well as remove any light scratches or marring from being repeatedly wiped down.

Then we're going to machine apply a coat of Pinnacle Souveran Paste Wax.

After we're done, the lovely Nicole from the below project will be here to inspect our work...

1972 Corvette Stingray - Extreme Makeover - Process and Products Used

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