How would you detail this car? ----> Barn Find - 1961 Plymouth Fury

[Audios S6]

Wash
Pre-sray with Uber RW and waterless wash dilution
Rinseless Wash with Uber

Wheels, Wells & Tires
APC via Tornador and brushes
Rinseless wash to neutralize APC on metal
Tires with Blackfire All-in-one
Mask Wheels & Tires

Paint
Mechanical decon, no chemical decon
Remove all decals that are easily accessible
Meguiars #7 application
Tape, Tape, Tape
Paint thickness readings taken, assuming plenty of paint left:
Wool pad on rotary with swirl remover, Also hit all the chrome at this time with same pad
foam pad on DA with polish
LSP with DA

Glass
Wolfgang Uber Glass Polish by machine

Interior
Vacuum
Interior dilution APC with Tornador & by hand

[Dadillac]

This

Don

[FocusSTguy]

Waterless wash
Clay
M7
Clean & dress tires
Polish the metal trim including hubcaps
More M7
Clean interior including glass
Polish
Seal Paint

[Craig Parker]

Wash: Pinnacle liquid Crystal Waterless Wash with Carnauba/microfiber towels
Glass: Pinnacle Glasswork Water Spot Remover
Pinnacle Glasswork Window Sealant with Rain Repellent

Baggie Test:
Clay/Nanoskin Autoscrub

Chrome/Metal Trim: P21S Polishing Soap
Chrome bumpers: after completing the polishing of all the panels, use the advanced finishing polish/white hybrid pad on the bumpers

Correction: Meguiar's #7 with terry washcloth

Flex XC 3401 VRG

Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover -
Lake Country Hybrid Orange Heavy Cutting Pad

Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish -
Lake Country Hybrid White Polishing Pad

LSP: Pinnacle Liquid Souveran Car Wax

Tires: Blackfire All- In- One Trim & Tire Protectant

Interior: 303 Aerospace Cleaner
303 Aerospace Protectant

[RTexasF]

I would hire Mike Phillips to do the restoration.........nothing to it.

[Mantilgh]

Wheels/tires with below

AIO tire treatment

Pretreat rinseless/rinseless.

Clay alternative

AIO

Clean glass inside and out

Slap a bow on it and call it done till January.

[Rmd]

I won't propose steps, but offer support for the decision to correct and detail it. If it was a barn find 65 Shelby GT350, I would send it to Mecum with dirt and hay on it. For this one, as cool as it is, I don't see the true barn find (dirt included) as enhancing value. This is a driver.

[FinishingTouchA]

I'm not listing steps but rather answers to your problems in BOLD trying to think outside the box like you said

I'm not firm on all of my steps yet and I am thinking outside the box as to my approach.

The inside is all vinyl and dirty.
Maybe try some Marine 31 vinyl cleaner & conditioner

The engine compartment is a wreck.
Lay cardboard on top of the Race Deck floor then go to town with a steamer.

The paint is shiny under the layer of dirt but I'm pretty sure the paint is in dire need of decontamination and correction.
Rinseless Wash, steamer around trim, design an iron remover that can be used with rinseless wash and use that, then Nanoskin clay towel to decontaminate the whole car.

All the metal work is dull, oxidized and stained.
Rupes iBrid, oh wait it's not out yet Hmm, Flex PE8 and your favorite metal polish.

The tires are ugly and the hubcaps need shining.
OHHH, I know what Mike's gonna use on this! His trusty PC with a cyclo brush and DP Tire Cleaner! Remove the hubcaps and polish them by hand in the good ol' Florida sun.

The glass is filthy inside and out.
Flex PE14-2 with a rayon glass polishing pad on the exterior and Wolfgang glass cleaner on the inside with the Glass Master tool.

[theory816]

1. Pressure wash it with water.
2. Do a rinse less wash.
3. Clay with a DA
4. Iron X(I use ferrex)
5. Pressure wash again.
6. Use a light finishing polish. Use stronger compound if needed.
7. IPA wipedown.
8. Put a coating of Optimum gloss coat.

Bam, that thing will look shiny for the next 2 years.

For the engine Mike, I would hit it with a degreaser and then use a steamer with a MF to catch all the runoff and residue.

For the interior I would use a heated extractor if there's a lot of carpet and for the vinyls I would use a soap/citrus based cleaner since the dirt inside would consist mostly of grease. If there's any stains I missed on the vinyl, I use a black light and it will show up

[BillE]

I'm just surprised as a kid on Christmas morning that that puppy isn't partially rusted out, being from Minnesota...even if it is a barn find.

The original owner musta taken pretty good care of it.

I know you said no brakes, hence no outside water. But, couldn't you just push it out to at least hose it off. I'm thinking that 'it' having lived in a barn for all those years...I'd be looking for some hidden living critter(s) or at least some 'critter damage.'

Bill