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Old 06-06-08, 07:29   #49 (permalink)
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Re: La Bella Firma by Bella Macchina (100+ pics/video)

Fantastic Work on another beautiful machine!!!
Kudos to you an the gang. I see you got Angelo in there too??!!

I hope to stop by and see you work one of these days.
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Old 06-06-08, 07:37   #50 (permalink)
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Re: La Bella Firma by Bella Macchina (100+ pics/video)

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No surprise there.

To be honest, I don't know that it would be needed, as you seemed to cover pretty much everything there is to cover in this one!

Truly a Hall of Fame write up.
LOL thanks Rob!

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The time and perfection you guys put into your details is amazing. Your write up just puts it over the top. Brilliant!
Thank you salty. Many times when I was typing this I was about to pull my hair out

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Excited 'bout coming down? You have absolutely no idea haha. You and brian are going to be so annoyed with my constant chant of, "dude yall are amazing". I am dreaming about it... no joke lol.
Yeah Dainel, that would be annoying and I have instructed Brian to buy a muzzle just in case :P

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WOW!

Simply, perfection!

Thank you for the videos to Todd.

You are very welcome Petrucci and thank you for the compliment. Any more CnB's comming down the pipeline from you?

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Todd, you sir are truly a master of your craft and I believe your dedication and attention to the most minute detail, sets you apart.
Insane documentation( thx for pausing mid detail and taking the time to snap those pics! and capturing the video)
was nice to hear you speak in the video

Great work by Angelo and Eric and of course Brian.

the blend line fix on the bumpers was amazing as well.

congrats on a stunning detail, the owner must be over the moon!
Thanks Ken, but I feel like I should apologize for the video's and myself babbeling on and on and on (as anybody on his forum who has spoken with me can tell you its only worse in person).

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With every one of your C&B's, I am more and more amazed at your level of knowledge, expertise, and quality. Fantastic work. Thanks for posting such informative threads along with great videos.
Thank you for taking the time to read it! I really appericate the compliments.

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I showed this thread to Bella and she approved.

So it takes you longer to do the writeup then the time some detailers spend on a car.

I miss the days of detailing a car with the guys. It was always a blast and nice to learn something from everyone.
It was nice to have other people sweat inside a 100 degree garage, lol. These guys really came through and I owe them one.

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Beautiful Work. Why mix Power Clean/Safe Degreaser/APC during the detail? Do they all clean in different means?
Thanks Bimma. We are always playing with different dillutions of certain products.

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Fantastic Work on another beautiful machine!!!
Kudos to you an the gang. I see you got Angelo in there too??!!

I hope to stop by and see you work one of these days.
Tampa was representing very strong. Thanks for the compliments, we need to have another get together.
 
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Old 06-06-08, 08:22   #51 (permalink)
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Re: La Bella Firma by Bella Macchina (100+ pics/video)

Todd,
This is easily one of the most informative posts I've ever read on this board. As a new guy starting out, you can believe that I'll be bookmarking this one. Truly remarkable!!!

Kudos to you and the team...The results are second to none!!!
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Old 06-06-08, 08:42   #52 (permalink)
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Re: La Bella Firma by Bella Macchina (100+ pics/video)

Todd, not much to say that hasn't been said. You guys aren't detailers, you're artists!



Seriously, a great detail and a very educational thread, thanks!
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Old 06-06-08, 08:52   #53 (permalink)
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Lost for words!
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Old 06-06-08, 01:10   #54 (permalink)
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Everything you did was amazing, but the engine detail takes the cake. Stuff like disassembly and bolt and nut polishing really puts it over the top.

For about the 40th time, wow Todd...just wow.

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Old 06-06-08, 03:32   #55 (permalink)
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Todd, not much to say that hasn't been said. You guys aren't detailers, you're artists!



Seriously, a great detail and a very educational thread, thanks!

I have showed my wife other posts of Todd's, and told her the exact same thing...he's an artist!

Unbelievable work, and a great opportunity for the rest of us to learn (much) more about true detailing. Thank you!!
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Old 06-06-08, 05:11   #56 (permalink)
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Todd,
This is easily one of the most informative posts I've ever read on this board. As a new guy starting out, you can believe that I'll be bookmarking this one. Truly remarkable!!!

Kudos to you and the team...The results are second to none!!!
Thanks Eisen, I really appericate compliments such as yours. They make spending way too much time on write ups worth it! Thanks you.

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Todd, not much to say that hasn't been said. You guys aren't detailers, you're artists!



Seriously, a great detail and a very educational thread, thanks!
Thanks Eliot (or was it Elliot?) We truely put our heart and soul into our work so that is a very high compliment

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Lost for words!
Thank you.

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Everything you did was amazing, but the engine detail takes the cake. Stuff like disassembly and bolt and nut polishing really puts it over the top.

For about the 40th time, wow Todd...just wow.

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Thank you very much. The paint was hammered on this one and I should have documented the correction more (this was the most finicky paint I have worked on in a long time and a stark contrast to the other original paint Ferraris I have done from this era. Its just hard to snap pictures when you know you have at least 10 hours (or in this case a lot more) of polishing to do.

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I have showed my wife other posts of Todd's, and told her the exact same thing...he's an artist!



Unbelievable work, and a great opportunity for the rest of us to learn (much) more about true detailing. Thank you!!
Seriously thank you very much TSC17. MY wife would disagree and same I'm just a PITA but its all good I have had other pro detailers ask me to give off less information because I am giving away "secrets", but I learn on this board everyday and I am glad if I can help out.
 
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Old 06-06-08, 06:44   #57 (permalink)
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Just to reiterate,... phenomenal detail and spectacular writeup!!
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Old 06-07-08, 06:46   #58 (permalink)
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Unfrigginbelievable work Todd. You've already raised the bar with the level of detail you focus on and now you've raised it even further with this Click N Brag you created. You're efforts are truly are unsurpassable.

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Old 06-07-08, 07:13   #59 (permalink)
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Absolutely impeccable.


I'm waiting for the thread that you guys take the entire car apart and detail from scratch . This took me about 20 mins to read, completely worth it.


Cheers!
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This took me about 20 mins to read, completely worth it.


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Couldn't agree more...

Excellent Todd, just excellent!
 
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