Hemmings Classic Car Magazine - Autogeek makes the cover!

[Mike Phillips]

Hemmings Classic Car Magazine - Autogeek makes the cover! (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-expert-featuring-mike-phillips/79123-hemmings-classic-car-magazine-autogeek-makes-cover.html)


Well Autogeek didn't actually make the cover but one of the cars from our Detailing Boot Camp Class and Thursday Night Projects made the cover.


Jim's 1971 New York Police Patrol Car
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/722/Hemmings_Classic_Car_001.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/722/Hemmings_Classic_Car_002.jpg


I always have cool cars for my class to work on at our Detailing Boot Camp Classes. We hold these classes only 3 times a year and they always fill up.

Jim's 1971 Plymouth Fury New York Police Patrol Car was one of the project cars for the May 2013 class. For this project, my class re sanded the entire car and then did two steps using rotary buffers and one step using a dual action polisher and for must about everyone in this class it was the first time they wet sanded and used rotary buffers.


Pictures: Detailing Boot Camp Class - May 4th & 5th, 2013 (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/pictures-saturday-detailing-101/64255-pictures-detailing-boot-camp-class-may-4th-5th-2013-a.html)

From the above thread....





Here's how the Patrol Car looked when it arrived...

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1815/May_2013_Detailing_Class_018.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1815/May_2013_Detailing_Class_019.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1815/May_2013_Detailing_Class_020.jpg


My class completely re-sanded the entire car twice, then compounded and machine polished using only rotary buffers and it sits out front of Autogeek right now with a hologram-free finish...

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1815/May_2013_Detailing_Class_012.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1815/May_2013_Detailing_Class_013.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1815/May_2013_Detailing_Class_014.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1815/May_2013_Detailing_Class_015.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1815/May_2013_Detailing_Class_016.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1815/May_2013_Detailing_Class_017.jpg




The students in the detailing boot camp class did about 95% of the car. The guys that cam to the Thursday night class helped to do the finishing touches to the lower panels and then apply a second coat of wax to the entire police car.

Here's that thread....


Pictures: Wetsand, Cut & Buff 1971 Fury Police Car! (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/pictures-autogeek-s-car-week/64453-pictures-wetsand-cut-buff-1971-fury-police-car.html)

Huge thank you to all the guys that showed up to pick up where my class left off and take the paint all the way to completion... great job guys!

From left to right...

Me, Matt, Jim, (the owner), Paul, Tim, Robert, Den, Chris, Dan, Rob, Craig, John, Mike and Jeff...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1876/1971_Plymouth_Fury_Police_001.jpg


http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1876/1971_Plymouth_Fury_Police_004.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1876/1971_Plymouth_Fury_Police_005.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1876/1971_Plymouth_Fury_Police_006.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1876/1971_Plymouth_Fury_Police_009.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1876/1971_Plymouth_Fury_Police_010.jpg



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[Mike Phillips]

Congratulations Jim for getting your car on the cover of Hemmings Classic Car!


For anyone wanting more information about the three detailing boot camp classes we hold here at Autogeek, click the link below....


Class Dates for 2014 – Same Time Each Year (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/sign-up-detailing-bootcamp-class-2-day-class/74960-class-dates-2014-same-time-each-year.html)



All three classes always fill up and the September class always fills up the fastest.


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[feslope]

Well Deserved-:autowash: + :buffing: = :applause:

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Congrats!!!!!

[Ray@Autogeek]

Too cool!

[Mike Phillips]

Well Deserved




Fixing the brand new paint job on this Police car was a make or break situation. If my class didn't fix it, or worse, made it worse, the car would have had to have been repainted.

Again... the guys that machine sanded this car TWICE and then buffed it out, for most of these people it was their first time ever sanding or using a rotary buffer so yeah... pretty cool the car they learned to sand and buff on is on the cover of a magazine.

This is also the class Marco D'Inca from Rupes attended....

VIP Guest Marco D'Inca from Rupes at Autogeek's Detailing Boot Camp Class (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-expert-featuring-mike-phillips/69635-vip-guest-marco-d-inca-rupes-autogeek-s-detailing-boot-camp-class.html)
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/715/Andrea_Marco_Mike_02.jpg





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[Pats300zx]

Very nice :dblthumb2:

[57BORNTORUN]

Jim showed me the article at "Cars and Coffee" last Saturday.Jim spent most of his career as a NY city cop and his Son is Matt S on the forum and worked at autogeek for years.

Matt is now a Martin Co. Sheriff.(Apple does`nt fall far from the tree).

Jim also owns a red 57 Bel-Air convertible with two four barrel carburetors. Matt polished the 57 in the autogeek garage when he worked there.

Both cars look great to this day.

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[57BORNTORUN]

Here is Jim`s 57 polished by his multi-talented son.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/48624-1957-chevrolet-bel-air-convt-full-detail-trip-back-time.html

[WAXOFF]

Also, the 65 Grand Prix in there is owned by a friend of mine.