72 Ranchero - Exterior Only

[mose]

Did this one for a friend of mine. I did his work truck a while ago and saw this in his shop. I did a test spot for him to show him what it could look like and we finally matched our schedules up so I could do it for him. This is a car that was repainted a while back and has sat in a couple different shops since. Lots of oxidization, dust...etc. I didn`t touch the interior cuz he had replaced it all, the engine didn`t need anything nor did the tire and wheels cuz he will be replacing them soon.



Process:

Wash w/ONR (no hose available at his shop)

Clay

SIP w/yellow CCS

106FF w/orange CCS

KAIO w/white CCS

(Had to wash pads three times due to the SS red paint gumming them up)

Topped w/#16



http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero1.jpg

Half and Half

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero2.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero3.jpg

FUll hood

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero4.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero9.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero10.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero11.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero12.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero13.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero14.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero15.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero16.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero20.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero21.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q162/mose1117/FordRanchero22.jpg

[qballjr13]

That is an amazing tranformation! How did you do the bed??

[White lexus 23]

Damn man i know how long that must have taken you cus i did a toyota truck with a topper the same color in teh same kinda condition and it was not the funnest thing. but your red turned out much darker then the one i did. Tottaly awesome job! what did the owner say?

[mose]

The bed was interesting. I had to put down pads and get on all fours to do it. I went over the bulk of it with the PC. I used Megs Cleaner Wax cuz I wasn`t about to do a three step polish and then "top it" with #16. That would have taken another three hours! Between the high spots in the ridges and I did it by hand. All in all it took just over an hour to do the bed.



The customer was very happy. He had been excited since I did the test spot. But the first word out of his mouth when he walked into the shop was "WOW". So that made me happy!

[White lexus 23]

very awesome man!

[gmblack3]

Are you sure that is not a new paint job? ;)



Excellent work!!!!

[BLKSWAN]

nice transformation...looks great

[imported_Dave1]

Very nice work......:up



These are the details I like to see.....

[mr.ikon]

thats some nice work mose. thats some transformation. i would feel the same way if that was my vehicle.

[imported_Sludge]

Who would have thought it was possible? Remarkable restoration, looks better than new. Outstanding work.

[mose]

Thank you for all the kind words guys. It means a lot to me!!:goodjob

[medic159]

Beutiful job but it looks to me like the paint, or should I say the re-paint, was in good shape already except that it was very dirty and very oxidized.

[Scottwax]

http://www.scottwax.com/rice/videos/smilies/eek3dance.gif Absolutely stunning transformation!