Video and Pictures - 1967 AC Cobra and 1949 Packard Show Car Makeovers!

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Video and Pictures - 1967 AC Cobra and 1949 Packard Show Car Makeovers!

David's 1949 Packard and Pete's 1967 A.C. Cobra

1967 A.C. Cobra and 1949 Packard Show Car Makeovers!

Autogeek's Thursday Night Car Makeover 5-24-12 -...

Here's the team for this project from left to right...

Al, Pete, Mike, David, Gene, Adam, Jay, Jeff, Terry, Les and Steve



Beauty Shots!

Pete's 1967 A.C. Cobra


















Thank you Pete for trusting Autogeek with your beautiful Cobra!



David's 1949 Packard Super 8


















Thank you David for trusting Autogeek with your beautiful Packard!




Parting shots as the owners take their glistening cars home...










Products Used

1967 A.C. Cobra

Products
Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay and Pinnacle Clay Lube

BLACKFIRE Scratch Resistant Clear Compound

BLACKFIRE Scratch Resistant Clear Finishing Polish

BLACKFIRE Midnight Sun Ivory Carnauba Paste Wax


Pads
Lake Country Hydro-Tech Foam Pads


Tools
Flex 3401

Porter Cable 7424XP

Griot's Garage DA Polisher

Meguiar's G110v2



1949 Packard

Products
Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay and Pinnacle Clay Lube

Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover

Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish

Pinnacle Souveran Paste Wax


Pads
Lake Country Hydro-Tech Foam Pads


Tools
Flex 3401

Porter Cable 7424XP

Griot's Garage DA Polisher

Meguiar's G110v2


Microfiber Towels for final wipe on both cars
Super Soft Deluxe Green Microfiber Towels with Rolled Edges


Misc Tools
Microfiber Gloves

Brinkmann Maxfire Dual Xenon Rechargeable Swirl Finder Spotlight


I'd like to personally thank,

• Max for providing the resources to make the magic happen in Autogeek's Show Car Garage Studio.

• Yancy for staying after work and running the camera and moderating the discussion on our forum and then uploading the video to YouTube for others to enjoy.

• Everyone that attended and helped take the paint on both of these cars to their maximum potential! Great job guys!

[jpegs13]

Yes please, one of each

[Tundra_10]

The Packard will always have a special place in my heart as the company originated and first started producing cars in a city about 15 min away from where I grew up (Warren,OH)

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[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Adam aka HarleyGuy is always our Metal Man, he gravitates towards making dull metal shiny, here he tested some Flitz metal polish out on the rear passenger side wheel...





After polishing a portion of the oxidized aluminum...



The upper portion of the rim is still dull and oxidized...




We'll let Pete get the wheels...

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Networking the Autogeek way
My buddy Lew brought his truck to Autogeek a few weeks ago and we removed the swirls out of the paint on his truck and created a show car finish to really put his customer 1947 Chevy Roadster Pickup over the top...

Live Video Broadcast - 1947 Chevy & 1986 Porsche 928 - Extreme Makeovers






Lew shared what we do here at Autogeek with his buddy Don and Don came down last night to check us out. Don also brought this automobile... a 1970 Mustang in very good condition but he's bringing this Mustang back and we're going to take it to Show Car Quality.

Here's Don's Mustang, looks pretty good to the average person...










When you know how to truly inspect the finish on a Special Interest Car then you know there's a little room for improvement and if you think this car looks good in the above pictures wait till we warm it over by MACHINE!



This is a full size section cropped out of the original above, no resizing.



Oxidized Single Stage Paint
The below is a reflection shot of the overhead florescent tube lights, what I want you to see is the dull, opaque look the paint has at the bottom of the reflection of the lights. This is light oxidation and even though the car looks beautiful in the pictures above, in person the paint has a dull sheen to it caused by oxidation. This is a single stage paint by the way.




Watch the bottom of the forum homepage for the sign-up announcement to be part of the team of people that take the paint on this Mustang to its maximum potential!

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Originally Posted by jpegs13

Yes please, one of each

The Cobra sounds as good as it looks, it has a 302 SBF and a 6-Speed transmission. We went out to dinner with Pete after I shut down the studio and we could see the car from where we sat and the entire time we were there anyone walking out or walking in stopped and gawked at it. One lady ran her hand over the paint in a couple of places.

David was thrilled with the way the Packard came out, he brought his detailer Terry along and Terry tried out the Flex 3401 for the first time and love it.

Both cars look as good in person as they do in the pictures.

Originally Posted by Tundra_10

The Packard will always have a special place in my heart as the company originated and first started producing cars in a city about 15 min away from where I grew up (Warren,OH)

Cool. Packards have a very strong following in the collector car world. This one runs super smooth with the 425 Cubic Inch Caddy engine in it. I'm confident with the Cadillac frame, suspension and brakes it rides smooth too...


I see David at Gweed's all the time as he's always there showing his Packard, I think there's at least half a dozen cars there now that have been detailed here at Autogeek and another 30+ of the local guys have their car on our TV show...

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Over the weekend I received an e-mail from David, the owner of the Packard and he talked to Blinky the owner of the 1948 Cadillac that was on Episode #4 of our TV show and Blinky says he would love to bring in his Cadillac for a Show Car Makeover.





The paint in the picture above and even on the TV show looks like it's in excellent condition but in person it's filled with lots of swirls and light oxidation, kind of like the above 1970 Mustang.

So look for a sign-up thread to be part of the team that does the makeover on this beautiful Cadillac.

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

This is a real 1967 A.C. Cobra I buffed out a few years ago...