mc2hill Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 My client has been building this car for many years and it is finally ready to attend its first show! I have posted before & after shots when I polished the hood top and hood sides, but now he has moved the car from the shop to his house. He called me this week to let me know it will be in a Concours show in a few weeks (in a prime location), and I went over today to get a detailing plan together. He has asked that I not post any photos of the whole car until it is unvieled to the public at this show. But I can say that the workmanship and attention to detail on this 'tribute' car is incredible. And pictures do not do the car justice, it is best seen in person to experience what you do see and what you do not see. After the unvieling at the show I will create a new thread with full pictures, but for now here are a few teaser shots: LFairbanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWolf Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Wow! Can't wait to see more of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Nice........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzle Chest Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) Very interesting... What show Mike? Edited October 19, 2014 by Sizzle Chest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) Very interesting... What show Mike? Winter Park Concours d'Elegance on Sunday November 16th. Y'all come on up! http://www.winterparkconcours.com/event-info.html Edited October 19, 2014 by mc2hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Yesterday was the 2nd day of prepping this car for the Concours on 16 NOV, and we have 2 more sessions planned. I have to say detaling an 'open' frame car is a lot of work! I ended up spending most of the day on the wheels and tires, but first I had to get my Lug Nut Brush and qtips to get into the nooks and crannies of the inside of the front frame. Thinking about little spots there had been bugging me all week! The tires are 24" tall on 12 spoke wooden wheels. Each spoke is 4 sides of work, and the tires took some scrubbing to remove some 'gunk' so the they took about an hour each! If we had not jacked up the car it would have been much longer on each one. Scrubbed the tires with APC & Tire Brush and rinsed with Rinseless Wash at wash strength in a pump-up sprayer. Then sprayed the wheels with the Rinseless from the bottom as I slowly rotated the tire, getting all four sides of the spoke, but trying not to get anything else wet. Cleaned the wheel with a Lug Nut Brush and medium Wheel Woolie, and wiped with a Adam's Utility Towel. Spent about 10 minutes making sure no water spots remained. Then applied BG to the wheels and spent about 15 mintues removing it from all the spokes and crevases. Finally applied SVRT to both sides of the tires. The BG made these wheels look amazing! And the owner was beyond happy. Thankfully Jae loaned me his Tail Bone Creeper seat. It was the perfect height for working on the wheels. To finish the day I polished the access panel on the spare tire carrier, then climbed under the car and polsihed the bottom of that compartment and applied LPS under there. The owner spent the day polishing the brass fittings on his bench polisher and working on the copper gas tank. Last week I cleaned the whole car (minus the area around the sprockets & chains), applied BG to the powdercoated frame, and polished the painted spare tire holder. They are applying clear bra film where the tires touch to reduce marring. Next week is polishing the cowl, and repolishing the hoop top and sides. The thing that has amazed me the most about this project is that it needed to be clayed! Not sure were it picked up the contamination, but it is on the body and exposed frame. LFairbanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 The show was yesterday and the car was a huge hit! The first thing I heard most people say was 'Wow!'. I have not had time to upload the pictures yet, but just to keep this teaser thread going here are a couple of short videos I shot on Saturday after we finished the final preparations. Enjoy! http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/uu291/mc2hill/1912%20American%20Race%20Car/th_MVI_1194_zpsekvpfeth.mp4 http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/uu291/mc2hill/1912%20American%20Race%20Car/th_MVI_1192_zpsf6ymw69a.mp4 LFairbanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceofWill Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 The show was yesterday and the car was a huge hit! The first thing I heard most people say was 'Wow!'. I have not had time to upload the pictures yet, but just to keep this teaser thread going here are a couple of short videos I shot on Saturday after we finished the final preparations. Enjoy! http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/uu291/mc2hill/1912%20American%20Race%20Car/th_MVI_1194_zpsekvpfeth.mp4 http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/uu291/mc2hill/1912%20American%20Race%20Car/th_MVI_1192_zpsf6ymw69a.mp4 Ya, we're gonna need those pics. mc2hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 What a cool project! When you get more photos of the beautiful car be sure to post them! ` Ben mc2hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzle Chest Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Too bad we couldn't make it up there Mike...Looking forward to seeing the pics!!! mc2hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I have to say what everyone else said.......WOW! That is a great ride! If you didn't receive any trophies for that there's something wrong somewhere. Post up the pics soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 A few pictures in the Show thread - http://www.adamsforums.com/topic/27432-winter-park-concours-show-2014-pic/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZGTO Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 So was Patriot Wax applied to this I hope? mc2hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 So was Patriot Wax applied to this I hope? No, just lowly Americana! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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