Black '62 Vette

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Lemonxxs

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I went to a industry trade show yesterday and MOBIL was there showing off Rusty Wallace race car. I arrived early and I notice he was doing a quick QD.



I was shocked he was using FI and it looked like a Nicsand MF. We talked for a bit and of course I got some free stuff. It was pretty neat to see amoungst all these large diesel engines and boat stuff but a guy QDing a race car.



BTW many booths gave away free beer!
 
i know you chastised him about his choice in towels....:).....BTW....good tip you gave there....work the room...dont want to stay at the same free beer stand too long...they start giving smaller and smaller cups...and give u dirty looks...at least thats what i heard:D
 
The husband of one of my coworkers is a Zaino user! haha



Recall that I live in the middle of nowhere ;) but I asked her what her husband uses on the vette. She said it was some special wax and has a lot of little bottles that look cheap. I was like, did they have Z's on all of them? She's like that's it! haha she told me that he gets e-mail from Sal and he's on the vette board constantly. She's happy that he surfs that instead of porn :D



The car looks okay ;) :D
 
Today I began work on a black 1962 Vette, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

I accepted this detail as a favor for a family friend, before today I had only seen the car once. At night. Where it was still 90% under a cover. The owner assured me that the paint "wasn't that bad" as it had been repainted only a few years ago, and garaged ever since. I'll let the pictures tell the story...

I arrived shortly before 8 a.m. and rolled the car out of the garage. The bugs that were baked onto the front of the car were from, as I'm told, "last night while I was getting some gas". Right. If I've learned anything so far, is that I shouldn't take the client's word for the condition of the car.

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Doesn't look so bad, right? Wrong.

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The finish was a grab bag of various paint defects. Serious swirling, deep RIDS, holograms, rough wetsanding marks, fish eyes, drips, orange peel and runs over the ENTIRE vehicle. I found out later that the previous owner did the paint job in his garage, and did a terrible job of it!

What the car really needs is a 2-3 step wetsanding before being buffed out, but the owner didn't want to spend the money on it, and I wasn't all that thrilled to do it.

After getting the car inside I brought out the swirl finder.

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Then I taped off the hood to begin correction and take a 50/50 shot.

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Another 50/50 of the fender.

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A sun shot of the hood.

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Tomorrow I'll continue working on it, but I doubt I'll have it done until sometime next week, it's towards the bottom of my priorities.
 
Now that's my kinda car! Nice job on the 50/50. It looks like it will polish up pretty nice. But you're right. NEVER take a car-owner's word for the car's condition!!!:out:

Looks good so far!:Dancing Dot:
 
Wow, pretty impressive correction so far CH. Keep pluggin my man but I agree with Bill (and your original post) NEVER take what the customer says as true paint condition.

That's a beautiful vintage Vette.
 
Looks grteat so far Connor. You are doing a great job restoring that classic to it's full glory.

I can't wait to see the finished product.:clap:
 
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