Black `62 Vette

[Lemonxxs]

I went to a industry trade show yesterday and MOBIL was there showing off Rusty Wallace race car. I arrived early and I notice he was doing a quick QD.



I was shocked he was using FI and it looked like a Nicsand MF. We talked for a bit and of course I got some free stuff. It was pretty neat to see amoungst all these large diesel engines and boat stuff but a guy QDing a race car.



BTW many booths gave away free beer!

[Langley Interior Car Kare]

i know you chastised him about his choice in towels....:).....BTW....good tip you gave there....work the room...dont want to stay at the same free beer stand too long...they start giving smaller and smaller cups...and give u dirty looks...at least thats what i heard:D

[YoSteve]

The husband of one of my coworkers is a Zaino user! haha



Recall that I live in the middle of nowhere ;) but I asked her what her husband uses on the vette. She said it was some special wax and has a lot of little bottles that look cheap. I was like, did they have Z`s on all of them? She`s like that`s it! haha she told me that he gets e-mail from Sal and he`s on the vette board constantly. She`s happy that he surfs that instead of porn :D



The car looks okay ;) :D

[SuperBee364]

MMMMMM Free Beer.....

Those are the best tasting!

LOL

:p

[imported_CH.Detailing]

Today I began work on a black 1962 Vette, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

I accepted this detail as a favor for a family friend, before today I had only seen the car once. At night. Where it was still 90% under a cover. The owner assured me that the paint "wasn`t that bad" as it had been repainted only a few years ago, and garaged ever since. I`ll let the pictures tell the story...

I arrived shortly before 8 a.m. and rolled the car out of the garage. The bugs that were baked onto the front of the car were from, as I`m told, "last night while I was getting some gas". Right. If I`ve learned anything so far, is that I shouldn`t take the client`s word for the condition of the car.

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Doesn`t look so bad, right? Wrong.

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The finish was a grab bag of various paint defects. Serious swirling, deep RIDS, holograms, rough wetsanding marks, fish eyes, drips, orange peel and runs over the ENTIRE vehicle. I found out later that the previous owner did the paint job in his garage, and did a terrible job of it!

What the car really needs is a 2-3 step wetsanding before being buffed out, but the owner didn`t want to spend the money on it, and I wasn`t all that thrilled to do it.

After getting the car inside I brought out the swirl finder.

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Then I taped off the hood to begin correction and take a 50/50 shot.

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Another 50/50 of the fender.

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A sun shot of the hood.

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Tomorrow I`ll continue working on it, but I doubt I`ll have it done until sometime next week, it`s towards the bottom of my priorities.

[imported_Luster]

Now that`s my kinda car! Nice job on the 50/50. It looks like it will polish up pretty nice. But you`re right. NEVER take a car-owner`s word for the car`s condition!!!:out:

Looks good so far!:Dancing Dot:

[Puckman]

Wow, pretty impressive correction so far CH. Keep pluggin my man but I agree with Bill (and your original post) NEVER take what the customer says as true paint condition.

That`s a beautiful vintage Vette.

[bmw5541]

Looks grteat so far Connor. You are doing a great job restoring that classic to it`s full glory.

I can`t wait to see the finished product.:clap:

[imported_Flash Gordon]

Sweet Baby Jesus. Thats a sweet Vette and a spectacular job you have preformed. I would safely bet you will have this client locked down :Car smiley:

[imported_CH.Detailing]

Got it done today! Now I`m off to my other job, expect finished pictures later tonight.

[imported_Flash Gordon]

Got it done today! Now I`m off to my other job, expect finished pictures later tonight.

^^^^^^^^^^^ :toetap05:

[Old Pirate]

Keep us posted!:wizard:

[imported_CH.Detailing]

Keep your pants on Flash, I said I`d post `em tonight and I`m going to do just that!

Finished!

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