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Justins00ss
05-11-2015, 11:11 AM
Had the pleasure of polishing out this killer Buick T-Type over the weekend. Car has a fully built motor, champion heads, champion intake, E85 fuel, Built trans etc etc...


Surprisingly the car is pretty well kept. And for his budget a nice one step polish with a wax was perfect.


1. Washed with Meguiars Gold class shampoo. 2BM
2. Light decon with Nanoskin fine grade wash mitt.
3. Polished with PF2500, 3401 speed 5.5, Orange CCS pad.
4. Topped with Pinnacle Black Label Synergy
5. Wheels were kind of rough so I did a light polish with Mothers Mag Aluminum polish.
6. Tires cleaned with Tuff Shine Tire Cleaner, dressed with UTTG
7. Burnt Rubber removed with Mothers R3 rubber remover
8. Chrome polished with Turtle wax chrome polish.
9. Glass cleaned with Griots Speed Shine.


http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_20150510_163346910_zpstydwnsdb.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_20150510_163334575_HDR_zpsjiing1xh.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_20150510_163618164_zps8w1jmo1t.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_20150510_163422131_HDR_zpswxgxestp.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_20150510_163403543_HDR_zpsrz4clhn4.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_20150510_163432060_HDR_zps9r6djaav.jpg
4u2nvinmtl
05-11-2015, 11:21 AM
Any idea how fast it runs 1320 feet (quarter mile (https://www.google.ca/search?es_sm=122&qscrl=1&q=quarter+mile&spell=1&sa=X&ei=AddQVbfNBYieyQSvzoHICA&ved=0CBoQvwUoAA))?
Justins00ss
05-11-2015, 11:24 AM
Any idea how fast it runs 1320 feet (quarter mile (https://www.google.ca/search?es_sm=122&qscrl=1&q=quarter+mile&spell=1&sa=X&ei=AddQVbfNBYieyQSvzoHICA&ved=0CBoQvwUoAA))?


Mid to high 9s.
Ronkh
05-11-2015, 12:55 PM
Beautiful !
Pats300zx
05-11-2015, 01:00 PM
Very nice !!!!
Mp0wer
05-11-2015, 01:00 PM
What a cool car to work on, you don`t see those around anymore..
GearHead_1
05-11-2015, 01:16 PM
What, you post a 9 second car and no underhood pic? ;)

Nice review.
Justins00ss
05-11-2015, 01:19 PM
Thanks guys!! Here is a little bling!!!
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g173/camaro00/Mobile%20Uploads/FB_IMG_1431368332593_zpssg8riteg.jpg (http://s56.photobucket.com/user/camaro00/media/Mobile%20Uploads/FB_IMG_1431368332593_zpssg8riteg.jpg.html)
House of Wax
05-11-2015, 03:29 PM
Awesome awesome awesome! Absolutely love those and the grand nationals
tropicsteve
05-11-2015, 03:40 PM
nice finish Justin. love the sleeper looks of that ride.
Justins00ss
05-11-2015, 04:52 PM
Awesome awesome awesome! Absolutely love those and the grand nationals


Thanks!! He has 3 more cars, all GNs that I hope to work on at some point!


nice finish Justin. love the sleeper looks of that ride.

Thanks bro!! This was a fun one. Forgot how much real estate there is to polish! Also got a nice fried chicken meal out of it!!!
Stokdgs
05-12-2015, 11:43 AM
I had a new one in 1984 !!
A Black Beauty like this one !!!
Extremely fast, and great mileage on the highway..
The Turbo was positioned high up and in the back of the engine by the firewall, so when the turbo spooled up (and it did really quick), it sounded like a siren going off until you got used to it..
Incredible highway car, made for long trips..
Thanks for sharing,
Dan F
Justins00ss
05-13-2015, 05:56 AM
I had a new one in 1984 !!
A Black Beauty like this one !!!
Extremely fast, and great mileage on the highway..
The Turbo was positioned high up and in the back of the engine by the firewall, so when the turbo spooled up (and it did really quick), it sounded like a siren going off until you got used to it..
Incredible highway car, made for long trips..
Thanks for sharing,
Dan F


Cool! There really great cars when there not beat to hell!
RaysWay
05-14-2015, 08:39 AM
Wow! Great job! Seeing a perfectly polished Buick T-Type is rare. I usually see them in black with the option DISO and Hologram package.
Justins00ss
05-14-2015, 10:11 AM
Wow! Great job! Seeing a perfectly polished Buick T-Type is rare. I usually see them in black with the option DISO and Hologram package.

Thanks Ray!! Your right about seeing them swirled out usually. Luckily this one wasn`t too bad and had a pretty good respray done about 10yrs ago. I will say that the clear on this thing was pretty hard. Cool part is that its a cool brandie wine color and not black.