know i already have thread of some of my work but this project deserved its own.
About a week ago, I received a call from the owner, first owner, of this beautiful car that she had looked everywhere online and all about restoring the paint on her car.
She was thinking of getting the car repainted since so many people had told her that she needed to have the car repainted and yet she held off on that.
The following day I arrived early at her house to see a true legend...
1976 BMW 2002
I was so excited to see the car, it's a such nice feeling. The owner loves her car, she has owned all these years and the coolest thing was this, less then 45k miles. Wow.
On to business I went, I explained the procedures that I would have to take and so on, she had never heard of that before and she was honest and forward with me, she didn't want a car show, she wanted to maximize the paint and that's what I was aiming for.
Here are complete before pictures. Now please forgive me, unfortunately I couldn't move the car, the reason why this was even more special. This car was to be given to her eldest son which he just graduated from high school not only he was able to receive a 4 years scholarship to FIU. on this same day, she had shipped the keys of the car to her son, so I was running against time since he didn't know and he would be receiving the present of a lifetime.
The paint before......
Trunk shot and this time I had my good camera to document the car.
Once again time was a factor plus I couldn't move a lot since the space was so tight as you can see, I did my best.
One thing I can't never forget and thank this guy, Mike Philips. The day I went to restore the paint of the 1955 Firedome Desoto Firedome was not only a great day to meet the man himself but it was a day to learn a lot and trust me, I learned a lot.
The power of an unchanged formula....
Meguiar's #7 was rubbed all of the car and I let it cure for at least 3 hours.
Front hood....
I wish I would have more time, the night prior I was doing a paint correction on a Nissan GTR so unfortunately I couldn't leave to apply #7 the night before but I had a good feeling that this would be enough.
Test spot. Note, this was just removing #7, no polishing was done yet.
Half of the rear trunk wiped off
Stay tuned for more.........
About a week ago, I received a call from the owner, first owner, of this beautiful car that she had looked everywhere online and all about restoring the paint on her car.
She was thinking of getting the car repainted since so many people had told her that she needed to have the car repainted and yet she held off on that.
The following day I arrived early at her house to see a true legend...
1976 BMW 2002
I was so excited to see the car, it's a such nice feeling. The owner loves her car, she has owned all these years and the coolest thing was this, less then 45k miles. Wow.
On to business I went, I explained the procedures that I would have to take and so on, she had never heard of that before and she was honest and forward with me, she didn't want a car show, she wanted to maximize the paint and that's what I was aiming for.
Here are complete before pictures. Now please forgive me, unfortunately I couldn't move the car, the reason why this was even more special. This car was to be given to her eldest son which he just graduated from high school not only he was able to receive a 4 years scholarship to FIU. on this same day, she had shipped the keys of the car to her son, so I was running against time since he didn't know and he would be receiving the present of a lifetime.
The paint before......
Trunk shot and this time I had my good camera to document the car.
Once again time was a factor plus I couldn't move a lot since the space was so tight as you can see, I did my best.
One thing I can't never forget and thank this guy, Mike Philips. The day I went to restore the paint of the 1955 Firedome Desoto Firedome was not only a great day to meet the man himself but it was a day to learn a lot and trust me, I learned a lot.
The power of an unchanged formula....
Meguiar's #7 was rubbed all of the car and I let it cure for at least 3 hours.
Front hood....
I wish I would have more time, the night prior I was doing a paint correction on a Nissan GTR so unfortunately I couldn't leave to apply #7 the night before but I had a good feeling that this would be enough.
Test spot. Note, this was just removing #7, no polishing was done yet.
Half of the rear trunk wiped off
Stay tuned for more.........
