SeanFlynn

Nice. I have a '68 as well. Can't get enough of these Pontiacs. 
 

Nice. I have a '68 as well. Can't get enough of these Pontiacs. 
 

Nice. I have a '68 as well. Can't get enough of these Pontiacs. 
 

Nice. I have a '68 as well. Can't get enough of these Pontiacs. 
 

Nice. I have a '68 as well. Can't get enough of these Pontiacs. 
 

Welcome to the family Sean!!
That's my '68
 

Nice. I have a '68 as well. Can't get enough of these Pontiacs. 
 

Nice. I have a '68 as well. Can't get enough of these Pontiacs. 
 

Nice. I have a '68 as well. Can't get enough of these Pontiacs. 
 

The white one beside it is mine and is a long term project. This pic is from my temporary shop. I also have an '81 white Daytona Pace Car that is at paint right now. I may have an addiction to these early 80's Turbo TA's. 
 

***  12/23/2019 Update
 
Spent a few minutes with a buddy's 15mm SK (blue pad) and some Adam's Compound. This was just one pass on a few areas. I WILL absolutely be buying the SK soon and already have my email on notify for the Nano Polisher. 
 
Test area on hood, before:
 

 
Same spot, after:
 

 

 
Roof before:

 
Roof after:

 
Front fender, before:

 
Front fender, after
 
Rear quarter, only have after shots but can compare to trunk:

***  12/23/2019 Update
 
Spent a few minutes with a buddy's 15mm SK (blue pad) and some Adam's Compound. This was just one pass on a few areas. I WILL absolutely be buying the SK soon and already have my email on notify for the Nano Polisher. 
 
Test area on hood, before:
 

 
Same spot, after:
 

 

 
Roof before:

 
Roof after:

 
Front fender, before:

 
Front fender, after
 
Rear quarter, only have after shots but can compare to trunk:

Soooo satisfying!! Looks great

The first pass sure is looking good.  I replaced a very old piece of equipment with a SK 15 a couple of months ago and couldn't believe the difference that it made.  I am more than happy with my purchase and I suspect you will be also.  The one to thing to keep in mind is to change the pads on regular basis to a clean pad.  The worse the condition of the vehicle the more often I change pads and they are easy enough to clean so whether I'm cleaning 2 pads or 6 pads, it really doesn't make a difference in time.

I purchased an '81 Turbo Trans Am SE last week that had been sitting for 13 years in a barn. I'm part way through the clean up phase and I thought I would make a thread to post updates. This is what it looked like when I picked it up last week. I carefully sprayed off the loose stuff on low pressure at the car wash. 
 

 
This is what was left after spraying it off:
 

 
I soaked the car down with Adam's blue car shampoo in my new foam cannon. I don't have a pic of the car soaking as I was having trouble with my phone and the black car sitting in the sun was starting to dry. So, after wash shots....
 

 
Next up is compound and possibly polish with the swirl killer. I'm hoping it can take out these flaws:
 

 
I'll post more updates as I work on it but will probably be after the holidays. 
 
Thanks for following. 
 

That is owned by a buddy of mine I rent space from. He has quite a few antique tractors and equipment. 

Looks better already! Enjoy the holiday.......then get back to work!! 

I'm not the only one who noticed the classic tractor behind the classic TA.    I have offered to do a friends 1953 Ford 8N before the State Fair next summer
 
For the TA, the swirl marks look like they will be some work, but should come out.  The real concern would be what look like Barn Swallow droppings and hopefully they aren't etched in.   Specific to the graphics, I have found that Revive Hand Polish does a good job of cleaning them and bringing them back to life.  
 
I'm looking forward to seeing your progress on the car.

That is owned by a buddy of mine I rent space from. He has quite a few antique tractors and equipment. 

Looking forward to seeing end results.
BTW I would tape off all of the graphics edges to be safe.

I purchased an '81 Turbo Trans Am SE last week that had been sitting for 13 years in a barn. I'm part way through the clean up phase and I thought I would make a thread to post updates. This is what it looked like when I picked it up last week. I carefully sprayed off the loose stuff on low pressure at the car wash. 
 

 
This is what was left after spraying it off:
 

 
I soaked the car down with Adam's blue car shampoo in my new foam cannon. I don't have a pic of the car soaking as I was having trouble with my phone and the black car sitting in the sun was starting to dry. So, after wash shots....
 

 
Next up is compound and possibly polish with the swirl killer. I'm hoping it can take out these flaws:
 

 
I'll post more updates as I work on it but will probably be after the holidays. 
 
Thanks for following. 
 

I purchased an '81 Turbo Trans Am SE last week that had been sitting for 13 years in a barn. I'm part way through the clean up phase and I thought I would make a thread to post updates. This is what it looked like when I picked it up last week. I carefully sprayed off the loose stuff on low pressure at the car wash. 
 

 
This is what was left after spraying it off:
 

 
I soaked the car down with Adam's blue car shampoo in my new foam cannon. I don't have a pic of the car soaking as I was having trouble with my phone and the black car sitting in the sun was starting to dry. So, after wash shots....
 

 
Next up is compound and possibly polish with the swirl killer. I'm hoping it can take out these flaws:
 

 
I'll post more updates as I work on it but will probably be after the holidays. 
 
Thanks for following. 
 

I purchased an '81 Turbo Trans Am SE last week that had been sitting for 13 years in a barn. I'm part way through the clean up phase and I thought I would make a thread to post updates. This is what it looked like when I picked it up last week. I carefully sprayed off the loose stuff on low pressure at the car wash. 
 

 
This is what was left after spraying it off:
 

 
I soaked the car down with Adam's blue car shampoo in my new foam cannon. I don't have a pic of the car soaking as I was having trouble with my phone and the black car sitting in the sun was starting to dry. So, after wash shots....
 

 
Next up is compound and possibly polish with the swirl killer. I'm hoping it can take out these flaws:
 

 
I'll post more updates as I work on it but will probably be after the holidays. 
 
Thanks for following. 
 

The white one beside it is mine and is a long term project. This pic is from my temporary shop. I also have an '81 white Daytona Pace Car that is at paint right now. I may have an addiction to these early 80's Turbo TA's. 
 

Hello from Central IL. New member with a hell of a project on my hands. I have been wanting to make the leap to a better quality product for a while and had a few Adam's products from when I was on the LS1GTO page many years ago. 
 
I recently purchased this 1981 Turbo Trans Am SE that had been sitting in a barn for 13 years untouched. Yes, I know the first pic is at a commercial car wash but I only used it (at very low pressure mind you) to get the majority of the loose stuff off. As you can see from the last two pictures I still have quite a bit of work to do. It appears that the paint is pretty good and the car only has about 55,000 miles on it and was very well taken car of. 
 
I have a foam cannon and an assortment of products coming sometime in the next week and will do what I can when the weather allows. For now I am focusing on mechanical stuff but the weather is supposed to be near 50* later in the week and the weekend so hopefully I will have time to give it a good soaking and cleaning and we'll see what we have. 
 
First daylight in 13 years... 

 
After a mild rinse...