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Mortimer452

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  1. Clay bar, a little work with Adam's swirl remover and Harbor Freight DA polisher got me where I wanted to be. A few pics below. Roof stain before & after. Not gone, but really only shows up if you're looking for it, and I can't feel it at all now R fender after swirl remover & finishing polish. It's not flawless, but definitely took care of the chalky finish and brought back excellent sheen:
  2. It actually runs pretty well, starts up really easy. Like I said, been sitting for 20+ years, all I did was change fluids, new fuel pump, new plugs, cap & rotor, new clean gas and it fired right up. Needs a little tuning, maybe a carb rebuild, probably running too lean. Doesn't want to stay running unless the choke is partially closed.
  3. Thanks for the suggestions so far. I like the cracks in the old lacquer honestly, I think it gives the car some character. Mainly hoping to just diminish (or remove) the spots and stains. Used a clay bar and swirl remover, then polish on one fender this evening, this got me pretty much where I wanted to be. I don't want to get too aggressive on this lacquer since it's so soft and I know it's easy to take off too much.
  4. This is a 1947 Plymouth "barn find" I picked up about two months ago, it's been sitting for the past 20+ years. Mechanically speaking, finally got it into road-worthy condition over the weekend and gave this car it's first wash in two decades. The paint is lacquer with no clear coat. Pretty sure at least portions have been repainted at some point years ago, but some of it may be the original paint (note the cracking on the trunk lid) I have some experience with paint correction but never on old lacquer like this, and nothing this severe. Looking for advice on a good plan of attack to get this finish looking great again. It looked amazing wet but dried a bit chalky, and there's a lot of weird spots/stains/scratches everywhere from sitting in a barn for so long. Clay bar and hand polish seems to be doing a fairly good job of pulling up some of the spots & stains, but others (see pictures) are much more stubborn. Not looking for absolute perfection, mostly just hoping to get rid of these stains and bring back some depth to the black color. I have a cheap random orbit single-speed buffer, might finally pull the trigger on something nicer like the Porter Cable 7424 (always wanted one) if it would make a big difference on a project like this.
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