What car inspired you.

Concours.John

Concours.John

Auto Detail & Restoration
I was just curious about the people who picked this profession by passion what car really inspired you?
Mine was a 66 Ferrari 275 GTB 6C Alloy body.
This is not for bragging just more for saying what made you stick with it. It doesn't matter the car it's all about what you like.
 
I would have to say it was my first ride, a 86 Bronco that my Dad had bought wrecked when I was 13. We (mostly him) put a new front end on it with a Billet grill, new paint job, 460/C6 combo that was mildly built, and a 4 inch suspension lift, 2 inch body lift, and 33's. I saw how much time and passion we put into that truck and how much fun it was to build. My Dad taught me everything he knew during those years about caring for a vehicle properly and when I turned 16 he gave it to me. Every weekend I would clean it like it was a showcar, and from then on I knew where my true passion was. After falling in with a bad crowd and letting my grades slip, a guidance counselor in school asked me what I wanted to do when I graduated and I couldn't answer him. He gave me the best advise I've ever been given. "Find something that you love to do so much that you would do it for free, then find a way to make money at it".
 
Hmm... well if by that you mean what would I most enjoy getting the chance to work on, it would have to be a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air 2-door coupe. That's always been my favorite classic design and would be my hands-down pick were I only to be allowed one collector car to own.

That said, the first vehicle I detailed and what got me started in this industry was, embarrassingly enough, a 1994 GMC Safari minivan that I inherited when I turned 16. It was the cleanest van in the high school parking lot :lol:
 
MrClean & Shiny that's exactly what I was asking. Thanks, hopefully everyone gets that too. Why are we doing what we do. Hope everyone chimes in.
 
My love fro cleaning and detailing comes souly from my Dad (RIP) he would not leave the house in the family car unless it was clean...He also painted cars in the winter (farmer in the summer no time) even his ranch pickup was washed on the weekends (mainly me when I got older)

From that I've never met a car I didn't want to clean or felt I could make it look better
 
My Dad started me out. He has (bought it new) a 1969 Corvette, 427/435HP, with a close ration 4sp and 4:11gears. The car to this day has 33,000 original miles. He bought the car with money that he earned while he served as a Hospital Corspman in Vietnam. He taught me how important vehicles were and how to take care of them.
 
I was practicing two way prayer (praying and then listening for the answers) to overcome some obstacles in my life. I found that I was hearing the answers the best when I was cleaning and waxing my just acquired 2000 Chevy Impala. 3 weeks later this happened.

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tuscarora dave said:
I was practicing two way prayer (praying and then listening for the answers) to overcome some obstacles in my life. I found that I was hearing the answers the best when I was cleaning and waxing my just acquired 2000 Chevy Impala. 3 weeks later this happened.

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Ouch :wall
 
My brand new GMC Canyon. I bought it on my own credit right after I graduated high school. With only 48 miles on it, I took it to a local detailing center to get a good coat of wax on it. I was so horribly dissatisfied that I swore never again; swirls everywhere in my black paint. From then on it was a learning curve that turned into a full time company doing it for others too.

Oh the joy of earning the first car in your name
 
tuscarora dave said:
I was practicing two way prayer (praying and then listening for the answers) to overcome some obstacles in my life. I found that I was hearing the answers the best when I was cleaning and waxing my just acquired 2000 Chevy Impala. 3 weeks later this happened.

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What happened? Is this what inspired you in the past?
 
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