86 Mercedes turbo diesel 27 hours of polishing Barry Theal Presidential Details

**dschribs** · 07-23-2009, 06:04 AM

WOw. Incredible.

27 hours??? I hope you make $100 an hour....

**ENVYMYZ** · 07-23-2009, 07:58 AM

WTF? How is this even possible?

To use the word `incredible` would be doing you a disservice. WOW!

**superior_detail** · 07-23-2009, 08:01 AM

im at a loss for words, well a loss for typing words, thats totally astonishing!!

**Eisen Hulk** · 07-23-2009, 08:02 AM

I would have turned this job down in a second.

Great work, Barry!

**Woob** · 07-23-2009, 01:06 PM

Awesome work! How do you like Ardex products?

**AndyA6** · 07-23-2009, 02:08 PM

This is only possible to do on these old Mercedes cars, quality! Great job!!

Try this on almost any other car from the `80s.........

**camarodriver23** · 07-23-2009, 02:11 PM

Holy Crap i would not even have thought that was the same car NICE JOB!!

**Barry Theal** · 07-23-2009, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Tweeked SRT4

Amazing just amazing how that car came out. Great work. :clap:

thanks alot man!

Originally Posted by 2TONLT1

Flat Out Amazing!!!!

Flat out thank you

Originally Posted by Thats Fresh

BOWS DOWN

:shocked

thanks man!

Originally Posted by dschribs

WOw. Incredible.

27 hours??? I hope you make $100 an hour....

I wish $100/00 lol I do alright. thanks for the kind words.

Originally Posted by ENVYMYZ

WTF? How is this even possible?

To use the word `incredible` would be doing you a disservice. WOW!

Its possible, but i would have never of thought either. I got lucky on this one.

Originally Posted by superior_detail

im at a loss for words, well a loss for typing words, thats totally astonishing!!

THank you kindly!

Originally Posted by EisenHulk

I would have turned this job down in a second.

Great work, Barry!

Thanks Eisen

Originally Posted by SilvaBimma

Awesome work! How do you like Ardex products?

I like several of there products. I have been using them for years. Im real comfortable with the products that I do use.

Originally Posted by AndyA6

This is only possible to do on these old Mercedes cars, quality! Great job!!

Try this on almost any other car from the `80s.........

Thanks for the kind words but I challenge ya on your statement! I got an 84 porsche 944 thats "well lets say a mess"

Originally Posted by camarodriver23

Holy Crap i would not even have thought that was the same car NICE JOB!!

Thanks that was my goal!

**MrCLRider** · 07-23-2009, 03:39 PM

Holy WOW!!! Amazing save! You are the man.

**alexjn1** · 07-24-2009, 04:59 PM

Barry... I have been lurking here for quite some time in an effort to learn how to care for my own vehicle better and between seeing this car and the soccer mom van that you did I have been left dazed and confused by your skills.

It is truly inspiring

**m.olennick** · 07-24-2009, 05:26 PM

I`m calling BS

I am thoroughly impressed with the results of the correct, truly a fantastic example of skill, knowledge and talent.

**Barry Theal** · 07-24-2009, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by mrclrider

Holy WOW!!! Amazing save! You are the man.

thanks man

Originally Posted by alexjn1

Barry... I have been lurking here for quite some time in an effort to learn how to care for my own vehicle better and between seeing this car and the soccer mom van that you did I have been left dazed and confused by your skills.

It is truly inspiring

Thanks I`m glad your learning to maintain your own car, becarefull it can get addicting.

Originally Posted by m.olennick

I`m calling BS

I am thoroughly impressed with the results of the correct, truly a fantastic example of skill, knowledge and talent.

thanks alot man!

**kaval** · 07-25-2009, 10:21 PM

Barry, an absolute WOW!!!!!!!!

I admire your passion in taking sh1t cars and bringing them back to life. I love doing this myself, but I have yet to be faced with a project like this. You owned this thing from start to finish and...just wow man! Amazing work.

**Rickrack** · 07-28-2009, 10:28 AM

Barry, this has to be one of the best turnarounds I`ve ever seen!!!!

I can`t believe it`s even the same car....

Absolutely amazing!!!

So when are you coming to Boston?

**Less** · 07-28-2009, 11:35 AM

Barry, nice work. Truly impressive.

But I have to ask why you would even take this job. Furthermore, why would someone even want you to do it? Sorry, I don`t mean to sound rude, but I`m just having trouble connecting the business dots here.

Without getting into a specific numbers or anything, i have to believe that 27 hours of work has to amount to more than the car is worth, even if you`re selling your time at a deep discount.

Was it just a personal challenge to see what you could do?

Don`t get me wrong, I`m definitely impressed. Your work is simply amazing, but I just can`t look at those before pictures without wondering "why?".