1963 Corvette Coupe Restoration - Anthony's Auto Detailing NJ

[Anthony Onorato]

I was contacted by someone I met on another forum, turns out he is the partner of a company that stores and restores exotic and classic vehicles. When we first started talking, he was telling me of a 1963 Corvette Coupe in Daytona Blue, which was very exciting for me since I happened to do a 1963 Coupe in Daytona Blue over a year ago...what are the chances?! http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/62473-1963-corvette-anthony-s-auto-detailing.html

Daytona Blue is absolutely one of the coolest colors I have ever seen or dealt with on a vehicle, there are so many different hues to it under different temperatures of light. It can appear bright blue, dark blue, a deep purple, or even a lighter purple/blue mix.

Anyway, the car was getting ready to be delivered to the customer almost two hours away from where the work was performed, so once the vehicle was finished, it was loaded directly onto the enclosed trailer and off it went to it's new owner!

...now, onto the detail



Products Used:
Optimum No Rinse
Meguiar's Gold Class Shampoo
MTM Hydro Foam Cannon
Meguiar's APC+
Adam's Glass Cleaner
M205 on Meg's Cutting MF
M205 on Rupes White Foam
Rupes 15
Meguiar's G110v2 for 3 inch duty
Optimum Tire Shine
Meguiar's fine grade clay
Sealed with Opti-Seal




Initial inspection:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0002_zps624877eb.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0002_zps624877eb.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0003_zpsa628690f.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0003_zpsa628690f.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0004_zpsf4a0da71.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0004_zpsf4a0da71.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0005_zps39804805.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0005_zps39804805.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0006_zpsb82b482a.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0006_zpsb82b482a.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0007_zpsb6410df7.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0007_zpsb6410df7.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0016_zpsca40c5ba.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0016_zpsca40c5ba.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0027_zps5c520c1d.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0027_zps5c520c1d.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0028_zps3a146e18.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0028_zps3a146e18.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0030_zpsef265a3e.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0030_zpsef265a3e.jpg.html)


Before:(Straight from the camera, no editing at all)
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0042_zps6f0b32e0.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0042_zps6f0b32e0.jpg.html)


After:(Again, straight out of my Canon T3i)
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0043_zps3090c9ca.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0043_zps3090c9ca.jpg.html)


A 50/50 shot showing how drastic of a transformation was happening, even under fairly standard lighting that isn't meant for showing defects:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0048_zpsd57f090c.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0048_zpsd57f090c.jpg.html)


Then the true difference can be seen with my Brinkmann Dual Xenon:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0049_zps94637d90.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0049_zps94637d90.jpg.html)


Inspecting the finish:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0057_zpsfccd9c5b.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0057_zpsfccd9c5b.jpg.html)


The engine bay needed nothing more than a light wipedown with ONR, as it was mainly just some dust build-up:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0061_zpsde5e2590.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0061_zpsde5e2590.jpg.html)


All finished:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0070_zpsdf5a3a89.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0070_zpsdf5a3a89.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0074_zps147c78c5.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0074_zps147c78c5.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0098_zps89618569.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0098_zps89618569.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0101_zpscc47c719.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0101_zpscc47c719.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0102_zpsb37f390e.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0102_zpsb37f390e.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0124_zps9c6bb662.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0124_zps9c6bb662.jpg.html)



While it looks great inside, sunlight is the true test, especially with a color that changes as much as Daytona Blue:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0153_zpscfd5ecc9.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0153_zpscfd5ecc9.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0155_zps7dbda386.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0155_zps7dbda386.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0157_zps0d82d87c.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0157_zps0d82d87c.jpg.html)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0159_zps63d5dbd9.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0159_zps63d5dbd9.jpg.html)



30 minutes after final touches, the vehicle was loaded up and headed to it's owner!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/amark/1963%20NY/IMG_0166_zpsca7dae59.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/amark/media/1963%20NY/IMG_0166_zpsca7dae59.jpg.html)

Thanks for looking!

Anthony Onorato
anthony@anthonysautodetailing.com
ANTHONYS AUTO DETAILING, South Jerseys Premier Auto Detailing Serivce (http://www.anthonysautodetailing.com)
609-206-4571
Clementon, NJ 08021

[Deep18]

Very nice and very rare split rear window model. Really cool car.

Looked great, nice job!

[jamesboyy]

A rare blue beauty she is amazing work

[kevincwelch]

Stunning. One of my favorite 60s era cars!

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Beautiful work on that classic split window Anthony.

That blue explodes with vibrancy in the sunlight!

[davey g-force]

Wow, just beautiful! :xyxthumbs:

[57BORNTORUN]

Nice work and car.25 years ago no one wanted the slit window.Now they cross the block close to 100 grand or more.If that engine is original it looks like the higher HP model.The licence plate should say GARDEN STATE!!!

[Mike Phillips]

Beautiful work Anthony!

It never ceases to amaze me how such cool cars like this get so trashed? Luckily there's guys like you to undo the damage and restore a finish worthy of a car like this.

Nice.


I will say I always cringe when I see great before and after pictures like these hosted on Photobucket because history shows they tend to disappear sooner or later.

p.s.

I edited your post and hit the [ENTER] key after each picture to put a little white space in-between each picture so they don't all run together. Creates a more defined picture this way.


:dblthumb2:

[zmcgovern45]

Stunning! What an honor it must have been to be able to work on such a classic!

[BuckeyeR/T]

Incredible!
Jay Leno just featured his on his youtube channel. He did not do a good job of explaining the "vents" on the hood. He talked about why they were put there initially and said they actual ones installed a fake(not his words). My question is, are they a blank of aluminum with a decal or what are they? Beautiful work by you as well!

[96z28]

you just made an awesome car even better! good work!

[Dr_Pain]

Awesome work Anthony! Thanks for sharing