Extreme make-over -1941 Plymouth now with a Superior Shine

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A Superior Shine Blast from the Past!



Some of you will remember this one.



I came across these pics recently while going through some old files and thought I'd share it with Autopia.



Here is a 1941 Plymouth I did in June 2005. I did a write up of it on another forum (which Scottwax was kind enough to link back to) but I never did an official write up of it on Autopia.



When I first saw the car I thought nothing short of a complete repaint could save her. Following a test spot I did I changed my mind and thought maybe she could give me a shine if I treated her just right.





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After I "bonded" with the car a bit I decided this was going to be an old school rub-out. The paint wasn't original. I guess it was repainted in the 50s or 60s.



My collection of "clear coat safe" 80-series Meguiars products probably wasn't going to cut it with this vehicle. I would need to get very aggressive to remove the thick coat of dead paint from the surface and hopefully I would find paint underneath that I could pamper and persuade to give me a brilliant shine.



Again my working conditions were less than ideal.



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I decided that I needed to go at this like they used to back in the day when Meguiars put out their #1 and #4 paint cleaners.



I have a product in my arsenal that reminds me of old #4 and I used it on this old 41, Meguiars marine line #49 Heavy Duty Oxidation Remover. Yes thats right I used heavy duty fiberglass compound on this old girl.
 
We had to take it inch by inch. If I skipped a spot it would stick out like a sore thumb.



Here you can see the difference between the rear fender that is already rubbed out with #49 and the adjacent panel.



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Here is a pretty neat 50/50 shot of the hood.



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We had to stop often and clean our buffing pads. They loaded up quick with compound and dead paint.



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We followed #49 with diamond cut then #21.



We had 11 hard hours into polihing the paint (no tires, windows, chrome etc..) but they were all worth it.



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That thing is way cool. Great job!!! I like the army jeep as well.To bad you can't wax o.d. green. Is the the owner's fire truck, or did you make that much heat to correct that paint?
 
That should be the defination of a detail. I am very impressed with your work and feel like you need a big pat on the back!



Again, very nice job restoring a classic.
 
Joe,



Nice job man. I must admit that I did not read a thing. I just looked at the first pic and then scrolled down to the last. Amazing work. I am now going to read it :)
 
Joe, very nice job bringing that paint back from the dead! The owner must be thrilled. I hope that garage it and kep your fine work waxed.
 
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