JimmyCutlass
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[quote name='Calais']This 1964 'Vette is combination of classic styling and raw hotrod power. The interior is mostly original with mint condition seats and dash with functional meters and and tinted windows. He's got some fancy looking racing wheels and some big meaty racing tires. The engine is a 350 small block with big blower. The car is putting about 650hp and took well over $100k to build. This 'Vette has been sitting under a cheapo car cover in storage in the back of a mechanic's shop, it certainly needed some love and care.
I started by wiping down the vehicle with a few Shamrock ultra-plush towels and some Last Touch. I clayed every surface with blue clay. I polished the front wheels with NXT Metal Polysh and the rear wheels with Nevr-Dull. I then began the tedious task of polishing every square inch of the (un)polished aluminum blower, valve covers, block and other various engine pieces to a mirror finish with NXT Metal Polysh. I then cleaned all the other engine surface was Safe D-Greaser (without running water) and dressed with M40. I cleaned the tires with Westley's Bleche-Wite and also dressed with M40. So concluded day one, total time 5 hours.
Day two began with some final touching up on the engine, a dusting of the interior with QID and thorough vacuuming. I dressed all the interior leather with Gold Class Aloe Conditioner. Doorjambs were cleaned with APC and side pipes polished with Nevr-Dull. And so the paint polishing began. The paint was in pretty decent shape with regard to correctable defects, I found that the paint responded best to some M205 on a 4" polishing on the G110. Every part of the paint polished until swirl-free, I continually checked with my swirlfinder to make sure I was getting the level of correction I wanted. I waxed the paint with Pinnacle Souveran wax on a 4" finishing pad on my G110. I then topped the wax up with a light coat of a 3M final glaze product he had for a bit more slickness by hand(no more gloss or depth could be achieved after the Souveran). I used UQW on the windows and Invisible Glass on the inside of the windows. I polished the bumpers, immaculate original chrome, with Nevr-Dull. I sprayed half a can of clearcoat on some rough paint in the edge of the hood's hinge. Another 7 hours.
12 hours total and we were ready for Autofest in Hicksville, LI the next morning. About 200 cars were present yet we took "Best in Show" and First in KK class. This being the first show he's entered it in and the first time I'm working on one of his vehicles, we were both thrilled. On with the pictures!
I started by wiping down the vehicle with a few Shamrock ultra-plush towels and some Last Touch. I clayed every surface with blue clay. I polished the front wheels with NXT Metal Polysh and the rear wheels with Nevr-Dull. I then began the tedious task of polishing every square inch of the (un)polished aluminum blower, valve covers, block and other various engine pieces to a mirror finish with NXT Metal Polysh. I then cleaned all the other engine surface was Safe D-Greaser (without running water) and dressed with M40. I cleaned the tires with Westley's Bleche-Wite and also dressed with M40. So concluded day one, total time 5 hours.
Day two began with some final touching up on the engine, a dusting of the interior with QID and thorough vacuuming. I dressed all the interior leather with Gold Class Aloe Conditioner. Doorjambs were cleaned with APC and side pipes polished with Nevr-Dull. And so the paint polishing began. The paint was in pretty decent shape with regard to correctable defects, I found that the paint responded best to some M205 on a 4" polishing on the G110. Every part of the paint polished until swirl-free, I continually checked with my swirlfinder to make sure I was getting the level of correction I wanted. I waxed the paint with Pinnacle Souveran wax on a 4" finishing pad on my G110. I then topped the wax up with a light coat of a 3M final glaze product he had for a bit more slickness by hand(no more gloss or depth could be achieved after the Souveran). I used UQW on the windows and Invisible Glass on the inside of the windows. I polished the bumpers, immaculate original chrome, with Nevr-Dull. I sprayed half a can of clearcoat on some rough paint in the edge of the hood's hinge. Another 7 hours.
12 hours total and we were ready for Autofest in Hicksville, LI the next morning. About 200 cars were present yet we took "Best in Show" and First in KK class. This being the first show he's entered it in and the first time I'm working on one of his vehicles, we were both thrilled. On with the pictures!
