Detailed: 1934 Austin Healey 3000

[skitelluride531]

I recently had one of my next door neighbors contact me about my detailing services. He is quite wealthy, and an older gentleman. He has quite a collection of cars.





Up first is his 1966 Austin Healey 3000. I just finished working on it.



He personally has owned the vehicle for 36 years, and restored it some time ago. The car had a very thin layer of single stage paint, so I was VERY cautious when polishing this vehicle. In fact, I was not able to remove all of the swirls because I feared going all the way through the paint. The owner was more concerned with the depth and the look and feel of the paint, so I opted to spend more time on the LSP, rather than on the polishing.



Process:



Wipe Down with ONR

Claybar with Meguiars Blue and ONR Claybar Solution

Polish with PRIMA Amigo and Blue and Green Edge Pad

Meguiars G100 DA Polisher Speed 4 and 5

1 Coat of Meguiars Showcar Glaze

3 Coats P21s Carnauba Wax

2 Coats Zymol Carbon Wax (This wax, according to zymol is "specially" formulated for Porsche paints, but I really liked the way it looked on this car, so I went ahead and used it).



Chrome Polished with P21s All Metal Polish

Windows Cleaned with Prima Clarity

Final Wipedown: Prima Slick

Interior Vacuumed and leather dressed with Meguiars Leather Cleaner/Conditioner





VOILA!



Pictures:



Before:

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/before1.jpg

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/before2.jpg



Prima Amigo:

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/before3.jpg



Definitely Single Stage:

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/singlestage.jpg



After Amigo:

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/afteramigo.jpg





I also did a quick cleanup of the engine bay:



Before:



http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/enginebefore.jpg



After:



http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/engineafter.jpg

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/engineafter2.jpg







Interior Cleaned Up:

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/interior1.jpg

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/interior2.jpg





After 5 Tedious Coats of Wax, and Final Wipedown (All Finished):



http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/after1.jpg

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/after2.jpg

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/after3.jpg

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/after4.jpg

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/after5.jpg

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/after6.jpg

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/after7.jpg

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/after8.jpg

http://www.windsorautodetail.com/austinhealey/after9.jpg





It was a fun little car to work on. On Monday he is bringing another one over from his collection, perhaps a Packard. Or, maybe the Continental GT. More from me on Monday!

[imported_Sludge]

Terrific job on a classic beauty. Good depth for a light colored car. I would love to detail something like that someday. :2thumbs:

[93AccordLXwhite]

Looks good! Couple questions, do you know how many miles were on it? And did you get a paint depth reading? Thats a great result from such an old car(not saying that old can`t shine like new:grinno:)