03 50th Anniversary Corvette receives a makeover (pic heavy)

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Justins00ss

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I met the owner of this 50th anniversary Corvette about 2 months ago at the local cruise night. We chatted with each other for a good bit and he was very interested in getting the car back looking like it should. Fast forward to last week and the owner called me wanting to get the car ready for a show. Needless to say I had my work cut out for me. After 2 full days of work this car was looking amazing. This color is stunning in the sun and in low light it takes on a different shade.

Exterior Prep

Foamed presoaked with general carwash soap and LATA using Tornador foam gun. 2 bucket wash. Nanoskin medium pad on 3401 with Uber Rinseless wash as lube.

Engine foamed with LATA. cleaned up with various brushes and dressed with Hyper dressing

Wheels removed and cleaned with iron-x and D140. Wheels coated with Gtechniq Crystal Lacquer. Tires cleaned with LATA. Wells cleaned up with LATA and dressed with Hyper dressing.

Interior

Plastics and leather cleaned with McKee`s total interior cleaner. Carpets vacuumed and foamed with Tornador foam gun mixed with McKee`s carpet and upholstery cleaner. Windows cleaned with Stoners invisible glass.


Paint

Machine polished with fast correcting cream, BOSS G21, BOSS microfiber cutting pad. Finished polished with Essence and LC pro thin pad on G21. PC with 3in pads was used for tight areas.

Paint and exterior glass were wipped with Wolfgang Perfekt finish paint prep. Paint was coated with Gtechniq Crystal Serum Light and topped with TAC Systems Quartz Max. Glass was coated with PBL glass coating. Exhaust tips were polished with steel wool and M205.

Walk around video after completion

https://youtu.be/VX6e4ucKe8U


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Great job! It looks as if he had kept it in storage for a few years. Many people buy the anniversary editions hoping they will increase in value. Unfortunately it rarely happens.
 
Cameronswmp9 said:
That looks really good, you did have your work cut out for you!
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Thank you.

Ronkh said:
Beautiful work

Dunno how I missed this first time around
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Thanks Ron. Probably the age kicking in lol

mjlinane said:
Awesome job!
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Thanks.

GearHead_1 said:
Thinking your new friend must be pretty happy with that. Nice work, what a turn around.
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Yes he definitely was happy. Even messaged me wanting to come by to grab some more business cards from me to hand out.
 
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