1964 GTO, 93 Porsche 964 RS America.....enjoy

[imported_JoshVette]

I did this car just last week, it took two of us 10 hours 20 man hours total to get it satisfactory...



This was in Houston, so I only had 1 day to get it all completed.... no pressure.:nervous2:



The uniqueness of the 964 RS America is pretty cool, it`s basically what we know today as the GT3, which is a lightened, more race ready version of the 911. The door handles on this car on the inside were just simple straps made of fabric and very little leather as well, it`s neat to see one this age and what they considered the "latest" technologies for that day in the early 90`s.



The interior was dusted, vacuumed, wiped down and such, Anson cleaned it nicely knowing the focus and priority was on the exterior according to the owner, but I still wanted the interior to look nice.



We washed, clayed and dried the car then pulled it in to the garage to start the correction.



Here is the paint upon inspection with a 500W halogen.

the usual, nothing new....

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Porsche is typically designed with a lot of rubber moldings and trim so extra taping is required to ensure their safety.



All taped up.

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Yes, I plan on polishing each little slat across the "whale" tale.

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After polishing a test spot on the hood, I came to the conclusion that either the paint is very hard or the damage is very deep. I believe the damage is very deep as I could only remove it about 85% on the hood even after 2-3 passes with M105 and a PFW pad. Needless to say I was very frustrated with this correction and was not getting the results I typically get from Porsche paint. This took extra time as well and what should have been an easy 12-13 hour job ended up being 20 hours.



Here`s some pics of the car after 2 passes with 105, PFW at 1700 rpms with the rotary. You can see the buffer trails all over and even some damage still left behind. I believe the car was sanding hard and compounded very poorly previously.



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50/50 shot after the first step, not nearly done yet

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This is Anson getting in all the little area`s to make them perfect while I focus on the big parts.:2thumbs:



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The hood required 2 passes with M105, PFW pads at 1700rpms and a bit of down force, then another pass with a white pad, SIP at 1500rpms, then a black pad, FPII at 1100 to finish it down.



The rest of the car got M105 with PFW at 1500-1700rpms, then the PC with an orange pad, SIP at 6000 opms, then the black pad and FPII to finish it. The results were satisfactory, but not up to my standards for such a long process, I think we got 90-95% on most of the car and about 85% on the hood.

I was not happy with it, but the owner was happy so that`s all that matters.



here are some after pics before we rewashed it.



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In this pic I believe you can still see some of the sanding scratches we were forced to leave behind due to time limits.

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Some final full body pics too come.

[imported_JoshVette]

So after the rewash, we Qtipped to get any dust out of the cracks then I applied Blackfire Wet Diamond as a topper.



Here are the completed afters.



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Big thanks to Anson for helping me with this car, I could not have finished it without him.:2thumbs:



Josh

[DaGonz]

Okay.. great pics of the Porsche... :2thumbs:



Where`s the Goat? :werd:

[imported_JoshVette]

This next car is a $100K fully restored 1964 GTO that has been in the family now for 2 or 3 generations.



The paint you`re about to see was resprayed about a year ago and has never been washed or waxed since it`s rebirth. The owner thought it only needed to be waxed but upon inspection I showed him the true condition with my 500W halogen and he was very surprised to say the least that the paint shop would let the car go in such condition. We agreed it needed a full correction.



I spent about 17 hours on this car and it was basically a 2 step process with the rotary.



Here`s the paint after I washed it. The car was not in need of claying after I did a test spot with the clay and it came out squeeky clean.



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This is after 1 pass with SIP, white pad at about 1500rpms.

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Here is the car all taped up. I took extra precaution with taping as you can see.



This was done at a car storage facility, if you look you can see some cool cars covered up all around, even a MC12 but can`t see it in these pics....:hifive:



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So after the SIP, I finished it down with a black pad, FPII and jeweled it to perfection. I was very happy with the results.



A few sunlight pics.

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Thought this was a cool picture.

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A few more final pics to come.

[imported_JoshVette]

BTW, if my memory is correct this is the first year they made the GTO, 1964.



BTW, all the chrome was polished with Zaino ZAIO, it`s great on chrome imo.



Some cool reflections pics

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Hope you enjoyed, thanks for looking.



Josh

[imported_JoshVette]

Okay.. great pics of the Porsche... :2thumbs:



Where`s the Goat? :werd:



Patience my friend, I`m still doing the write up, it takes time to do a write up, but they`re up now. enjoy.



Josh

[Pats300zx]

Stunning work as always Josh...

[ntwrkguy1]

Sweet job on the Porsche....



Love to see the Hurst wheels on a GTO -- that one is really a sharp `64. I`m hoping it`s a tri-power 4-speed. Outstanding job on both!

[Barry Theal]

Very nice work Josh. Both look stunning!

[imported_d00t]

Outstanding job on both, Josh! I`m not too much of a fan of older cars (per typical young[er] american!). But I`d rock any of those after the work you did!

[rcrobbins]

Nice job on both of those cars. Was the Porsche repainted or something? I noticed it`s missing both the RS badge in front of the rear tires and the RSA logo on the deck lid. Anyways, the car came out great, I love the shots of the rear quarters melting like butter,

[dmw2692004]

thats a sweet GTO! Nice job with the Porsche, the paint is REALLY weird on some of the later models. It’s really good at making really deep defects look like simple light marring. Frustrating to the max.



Great job, none-the-less.

[imported_JoshVette]

Stunning work as always Josh...



Thanks Pat




Sweet job on the Porsche....



Love to see the Hurst wheels on a GTO -- that one is really a sharp `64. I`m hoping it`s a tri-power 4-speed. Outstanding job on both!



Yes, I believe it is a tri power. I should have taken a few engine bay shots but I didn`t detail the engine so....




Very nice work Josh. Both look stunning!



Thanks Barry.

[imported_JoshVette]

Outstanding job on both, Josh! I`m not too much of a fan of older cars (per typical young[er] american!). But I`d rock any of those after the work you did!



Thanks, I love me some good classics, I really like the GTO model with the over under lights but this one will have to do.




Nice job on both of those cars. Was the Porsche repainted or something? I noticed it`s missing both the RS badge in front of the rear tires and the RSA logo on the deck lid. Anyways, the car came out great, I love the shots of the rear quarters melting like butter,



Thanks, yes pretty sure it was repainted, the front badges are missing but we took off the rear wheel RS badges to do the correction, the owner has more and said we could remove them.




thats a sweet GTO! Nice job with the Porsche, the paint is REALLY weird on some of the later models. It’s really good at making really deep defects look like simple light marring. Frustrating to the max.



Great job, none-the-less.



Thanks

[DaGonz]

Patience my friend, I`m still doing the write up, it takes time to do a write up, but they`re up now. enjoy.



Josh



Awesome work on an American classic! :2thumbs: