1970 Deville, 69 Chevelle, 80 Seville, 93 E500 - Pinnacle Auto Detail - CT

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I`ve had a recent influx of classic cars that I figured the forums would appreciate, so here`s a few of them (hopefully with more to come). The 1970 Cadillac had all original paint and an original interior, the owner cleaned the interior himself so I stuck to just improving the paint. This one obviously hadn`t been detailed in quite some time, and the last polishing it received left it heavily swirled. To start the car was wiped down with ONR and Meguiar`s #7 was used to restore oils to the paint, in the process bringing back a little color. After this HD Speed and LC white pads on the Rupes 21 & 75E were used to gently remove the top layer of oxidized paint. I stuck to this relatively mild combo because of how soft the paint was, its age and probable lack of thickness. Even with this mild approach I was still able to bring back a lot of color and shine to this paint and remove the rotary swirls and some marring.

Before:
DSC09753 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09754 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09757 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09761 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
Moderate rotary swirls:
DSC09762 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09763 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09783 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09764 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
The trunk showed heavy marring and swirling:
DSC09770 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
During the #7 application process:

DSC09789 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09790 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09795 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09796 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
50/50 of the hood, both sides had received #7 while the passenger side was polished once with HD Speed on LC white pads:
DSC09801 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
Here the fender was polished while the door was untouched (besides #7):
DSC09806 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09808 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

After:
DSC09811 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09812 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09817 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09819 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09821 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09826 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09828 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09829 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09838 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
Some marring would still remain, but for 40+ year old paint it was looking vastly improved:
DSC09855 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09863 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09870 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09879 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09884 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

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Next up is the 1969 Chevelle. I’m not too sure of what this car was originally, I do know that it had serious suspension work done, HUGE headers, a 496 stroker and carbon fiber interior pieces. According to the owner it puts out over 700hp. The car had been painted a few years ago and was sanded and polished, we decided on a one-step correction to eliminate the light-moderate swirls. The hood was also lightly leveled with CarPro denim (2000grit) orange peeling pads, which created sharper reflections and and less distortion without a lot of time and effort invested.
Before:
DSC00096 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00097 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00102 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00105 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00111 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

DSC00112 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00113 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00130 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00133 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00134 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

After:
DSC00156 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00163 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00173 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00178 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00186 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

This 1980 Seville was owned by a friend of the owner of the ’70 Deville posted above. He had the car painted, sanded and polished earlier in the summer, however, the bodyshop left plenty of swirls and D/A hazing in the surface. In addition, the owner had taken it through an automatic car wash, so there was some marring and moderate water spots to contend with. We decided on a one-step correction using HD Speed, the Rupes 21 & 75E and LC black pads to get this Caddy in good shape before a wedding the following weekend.
Before:
DSC09919 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09918 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09921 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09929 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09930 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
Here you can see the rotary-swirled finish speckled with water spots:
DSC09948 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09958 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09950 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
Dual action sanding marks left behind by the bodyshop can be seen here:
DSC09952 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
After:
(the wheels, windows and tires hadn’t been done yet)

DSC09971 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09977 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09982 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09992 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09993 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC09966 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

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Last up is the ’93 E500. This one had about 125k on the clock and was in good shape inside (just received a basic full cleaning). It’s kind of an interesting car given that it was an absolute rocket (322hp) of a family sedan in the early 1990s. The customer requested a basic interior/exterior package to start as the car hadn’t been polished in a couple years, the single stage black responded well to a combo of HD Speed and LC black pads on the Rupes. Sometime in the future this one may be receiving a full correction, as an AIO job just couldn’t provide full correction.

Before:
DSC00023 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00024 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00025 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
Heavy marring:
DSC00028 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00029 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00031 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00033 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
After:
DSC00072 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00077 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00080 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00081 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00082 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00085 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00087 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr
DSC00091 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr


Thanks for looking, comments and questions are welcome!

[Ronkh]

Beautiful work !!!!!

Just in time for the rain.

[House of Wax]

That Chevelle.......