Spirit of Ecstasy - 1922 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost

[Dave KG]

Bryan then first hoovered the carpets and then used the extractor to thoroughly clean them. The front carpet before:



and the front carpet just after, still looking damp but came up well once dried:



The chrome was then polished with Brilliant Chrome and Hot Area polish, and the aluminium with Brilliant #2. The glass was polished with Autoglym Glass polish. This wind deflector was stored in the car cupbaord, and was put up for cleaning as described above:



The carpets were then refitted, leather given a wipe with a damp cloth and will be conditioned as a demonstration of proper care techniques on Friday with the owner. We did not want to take any chemicals to the leather as it was original and 84 years old, so not colour fast. The owner had tried Cillit Bang on it... And bleached a section, so we decided to just give it a gentle wipe and will condition it to preserve the leather. In order to resotre the colour to the Cillit Banged area, it will need professionally dyed, so we though we would leave this well alone.

The afters:

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Not part of the detail here, but though I'd show this for fun... lift up the floor and you get easy access to the gearbox!!!



This was the day when you were meant to work with your car rather than simply drive it. :thumb:

[Dave KG]

Wheels & Tyres

As they were aluminium, I did the wheels and tyres (including the two spares) as part of the aluminium body, same techniques as described above. Before shor of the wheels, and of the swilrs in the alu:





Tyres were trated with AG Tyre Dressing. The afters, full wheel and close up:






Et Voila!!!

And there we have it... completed! So, the car was given a final dust down using Meguiars Last Touch. Then, our continued reseacr hrevealed a nice easy method of protecting the car for the owner, that the owner could easily update regularly, and going ontop of a durable wax protection the alu would have plenty protection - 303 Aerospace Protectant. Demonstrated to owner, spray on and wipe with damp towel and then buff with dry towel. Who car protected in ten minutes and this is a big car!! :

So now, the final completed shots of the car: Spirit of Ecstasy (solid silver) cleaned and fitted, and here we go:

[Dave KG]

And the products used:

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And, just to show the size of this car, we parked Bryan's Signum (a big car itself) along side:



And finally, to round our story off... the beautiful Spirit of Ecstasy.




I would like to thank the following people:

Bryan Lockhart - my detailing partner in crime;

Mike at The Polishing Company for his help and advice in choosing suitable products;

The owner for: a) offering us this fantastic detailing opportunity, and b) for allowing me to
display the photographs of the car to a wide via the web forum.

[Dave KG]

And there we have it ladies and gentlemen... the detail complete.

Thank you for your patience in allowing me to load up all the pics, it did take a while.

Enjoy!

[TexasTB]

Wow.......I myself do not know what to say.
One of the best threads. Awesome write up and pictures!

What did you get for detailing that beauty???

[SpoiledMan]

Stunning work! I too am speechless. This has to be the coolest detail to ever make the pages of Autopia!!!

[mgm121499]

Speechless. (jaw dropped).

Absolutely stunning detail and write up.

[mikebai1990]

I am speechless... I've never seen a detail like yours. Your transformation is unparelleled!! I don't even know how to compliment you. GOOD JOB!!!

[Bigpoppa3346]

Simply amazing! This has got to be one of the best details ever on this site, period. Truely stunning work on a fine piece of art!

[ZaneO]

WOW! That is an absolutely incredible detail (and write-up and pictures).

I'm really blown away!