56 Chevy Bel Air, Show Car Quality, 32+ Hours

Quite possibly one of the most detailed post's ever. If there is ever ANYONE that wants to learn "the process", we should invite him to this thread. 32 hrs to detail the car and 14 hrs to post about the detail :)
 
JoshVette- Thanks for taking the extra time to document this job, I really enjoyed checking it out. Your attention to detail is just great :xyxthumbs



I'm pretty impressed that the interior only took 3 hours!





Nice to hear I'm not the only guy finding mud dauber nests, but I was sure surprised to hear they were there on *that* car...makes me wonder about where he's been storing it :eek:
 
Awesome post and writeup Josh. It must have been wonderful to work on a true classic like that. Take a bow....
 
themightytimmah said:
That's beyond belief Josh. You musta wrecked your knuckles doing the engine, though.
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Thanks, that's why I've started where those little white surgical gloves, they really help keep most of the skin on my knuckles.



I'm thinking of wearing a surgical mask as well, breathing all that compounding dust with closed garage doors has to have some kind of long term effects right?:scared:
 
Ramtough and GMBlack, thanks, it really was a lot of work and I highly document these types of details for my website as well as for the client if there's every any question about anything, I have documented photo's to show for.:woot2:
 
RickRack said:
Josh, this is definitely one of the best details I've seen in quite a while. You did an amazing job on the restoration and on the write up as well. It doesn't get much better than this!



Old cars take so much more time to detail, but I think the feeling you get when you have the finished product in front of you makes it all worth it.



So how did this customer find/contact you? Was he referred to you from the shop that you do work for? He is lucky to have found such a perfectionist to detail his pride and joy!



Great work Josh! I'm looking forward to seeing the next click and brag from you....



I can't wait til' spring so I can get busy detailing again!
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Thanks Rick, this may be the best in a while, but only cause Todd hasn't posted much lately....:chuckle:



Vintage and classics are always a special treat, even though they seem to be twice the work, you know you're working on a lot of people fond memories and a true legendary classic car makes you take more pride in your work IMO. I even had a lady stop by and tell me her story about how her former (passed away) husband proposed to her in a 56 Bel Air......I was like dang!!!:cool:



I spoke at a Classic Car seminar last year and it's turned out a few clients for me.



Thanks, Josh
 
jfelbab said:
I always got a kick out of people trying to find the gas cap. Chevy hid it in the taillight assembly. Back then the gas stations were all full of attendants. Drive up and three guys would run out to wash your windows, check your oil and tire pressure and gas it up. Gas was about 22 cents a gallon and they would give you a bunch of crystal glasses for stopping there. LOL, really a good time to be driving a cool car. I seem to remember using a lot of Blue Coral at the time but I also recall using Simonize and Meguiar's stuff too. Blue Coral was a real chore to use and streaked like crazy. If you thought the 57 had a lot of chrome you should have seen my 58 Impalla SS. That was covered with chrome from one end to the other. Again, thanks for bringing back all those long forgotten memories. You did some excellent work.
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That's nothing, you should have seen where he had the trunk lever placed? under the driver side rear seats....:chuckle:
 
sQuashed said:
Quite possibly one of the most detailed post's ever. If there is ever ANYONE that wants to learn "the process", we should invite him to this thread. 32 hrs to detail the car and 14 hrs to post about the detail :)
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Thanks, that's no joke, 32 hour to detail and about 2 hours just to post it all up.....:grinno:
 
Accumulator said:
JoshVette- Thanks for taking the extra time to document this job, I really enjoyed checking it out. Your attention to detail is just great :xyxthumbs



I'm pretty impressed that the interior only took 3 hours!





Nice to hear I'm not the only guy finding mud dauber nests, but I was sure surprised to hear they were there on *that* car...makes me wonder about where he's been storing it :eek:
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I had it at 3-4 hours, can't remember exactly, plus I went back afterwards and repolished all the painted parts and chrome. The seats were the worst part, the rest wasn't too bad. I think once you get in a grove you can work very efficiently.
 
JonP said:
Nice work. What did you charge this guy to do all this?
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Actually set up the whole deal with him back in early December so it was still on my old pricing, so it would have been substancially more if we talked a month or two later.......oh well.



It was by the hour, so let's just say I charged what it was worth.;)



I will not discuss pricing on a public forum like this, I don't feel that is professional at all......thanks for asking though.:tumblewee
 
JoshVette said:
Thanks, that's why I've started where those little white surgical gloves, they really help keep most of the skin on my knuckles.



I'm thinking of wearing a surgical mask as well, breathing all that compounding dust with closed garage doors has to have some kind of long term effects right?:scared:
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You would be wise to wear at the least a dust mask. Silicosis is a very serious health hazard when detailing. Primarily with polishing compounds that use silica as the abrasive media. This was an awesome thread til the 56 turned into red-x's. My computer must've gotten tired of the awesome work.
 
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