Well this car takes the cake for most valuable car I have ever detailed!!
The car is a 1951 Ferrari 212 Export. From what I understand only 25 were made between 1951 and 1953. This one is very rare considering it was owned by Michael Hawthorn (Famous driver for the Ferrari Race Team in the 50’s). The car was brought over from England about 5 years ago and completely restored. At that time it scored a 97.5/100 at 2003 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The car is estimated to be worth anywhere from $1.1 – $1.5 million and increasing!
I arrived and washed the car. It was cloudy all day so the paint looked really good. Then after washing, the car was pulled in the garage and my lights were turned on. Ouch…the car was riddled with light scratches, swirls, hazing, and horrible buffer swirls. Looks like the last detailer used a wool pad with sand as polish. The pics don’t really do the actual swirls justice. The swirls and even the buffer swirls seemed to be DEEP!
The owner wanted a good clean-up and deferred to my judgment on the detailing. I knew perfection was out of the question especially with the time allotted. The car will be driven here and there with no real plans to “show� it. So I decided to play it safe and not go for perfection. I go back in 2 days to finish the roof and trunk, inside and outside. I purposely didn’t take any pics of the car in its entirety to tease you all lol.
The car is SINGLE STAGE paint. Even though it was painted 5 years ago, they apparently went with single stage. The owner who has it now bought it after it was restored. Keep in mind that this car is a real bright light blue (aqua blue) and swirls don’t show too well on camera.
Process:
Wash and Clay
Hi-Temp EC/Orange Cut Pad/1500rpms x2 I did light passes instead of pressured ones to reduce amount of paint reduction.
Menz IP and Menz 106ff (50/50)/white polish pad/1500rpms
Menz 106FF/blue finesse pad/1500->1000rpms
No wax yet, and other stuff since I’m not finish.
Here are the some before and afters:
Driver Side Lower Fender – BEFORE
Driver Side Lower Fender – AFTER
Hood – BEFORE
Hood Driver Side – After
Hood Pass Side – After
Hood Driver Side – After
Lower Fender Passenger Side – Before
Lower Fender Passenger Side – After
Passenger Door – Before
Passenger Door – After
Passenger Fender – Before
Passenger Fender – After
Passenger Fender after another angle to show not all defects were removed
Passenger Fender after another angle
Passenger Lower Door – Before
Passenger Lower Door – After
Another After
Passenger quarter panel – Before (Sorry its blurry)
Passenger quarter panel – After
Another After
The car is a 1951 Ferrari 212 Export. From what I understand only 25 were made between 1951 and 1953. This one is very rare considering it was owned by Michael Hawthorn (Famous driver for the Ferrari Race Team in the 50’s). The car was brought over from England about 5 years ago and completely restored. At that time it scored a 97.5/100 at 2003 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The car is estimated to be worth anywhere from $1.1 – $1.5 million and increasing!
I arrived and washed the car. It was cloudy all day so the paint looked really good. Then after washing, the car was pulled in the garage and my lights were turned on. Ouch…the car was riddled with light scratches, swirls, hazing, and horrible buffer swirls. Looks like the last detailer used a wool pad with sand as polish. The pics don’t really do the actual swirls justice. The swirls and even the buffer swirls seemed to be DEEP!
The owner wanted a good clean-up and deferred to my judgment on the detailing. I knew perfection was out of the question especially with the time allotted. The car will be driven here and there with no real plans to “show� it. So I decided to play it safe and not go for perfection. I go back in 2 days to finish the roof and trunk, inside and outside. I purposely didn’t take any pics of the car in its entirety to tease you all lol.
The car is SINGLE STAGE paint. Even though it was painted 5 years ago, they apparently went with single stage. The owner who has it now bought it after it was restored. Keep in mind that this car is a real bright light blue (aqua blue) and swirls don’t show too well on camera.
Process:
Wash and Clay
Hi-Temp EC/Orange Cut Pad/1500rpms x2 I did light passes instead of pressured ones to reduce amount of paint reduction.
Menz IP and Menz 106ff (50/50)/white polish pad/1500rpms
Menz 106FF/blue finesse pad/1500->1000rpms
No wax yet, and other stuff since I’m not finish.
Here are the some before and afters:
Driver Side Lower Fender – BEFORE
Driver Side Lower Fender – AFTER
Hood – BEFORE
Hood Driver Side – After
Hood Pass Side – After
Hood Driver Side – After
Lower Fender Passenger Side – Before
Lower Fender Passenger Side – After
Passenger Door – Before
Passenger Door – After
Passenger Fender – Before
Passenger Fender – After
Passenger Fender after another angle to show not all defects were removed
Passenger Fender after another angle
Passenger Lower Door – Before
Passenger Lower Door – After
Another After
Passenger quarter panel – Before (Sorry its blurry)
Passenger quarter panel – After
Another After
car, I've detailed about 12 of them. 
