MOPAR Barn Find! 1970 Plymouth Cuda 440-6

[Mike Phillips]

MOPAR Barn Find! 1970 Plymouth Cuda 440-6


It's hard to believe, even impossible to believe, but YES it's TRUE - there is still hidden treasure tucked away in barns or storage garages across the United States just waiting to be discovered.


My friend Ken shared this with me today.










Pretty cool huh?

[Mike Phillips]

More...

This car is not presently located in Florida. I am working on "hopefully" being the guy that gets to restore the original paint for the owner using the infamous #7 Rub Down Technique.






And of course, we would cosmetically restore every square millimeter of the car inside and out as a part of our Thursday LIVE Detailing Classes.

[Mike Phillips]

Same process we shared in this past LIVE Detailing Class

LIVE Detailing Class - Restoring original paint with Meguiar's #7 Show Car Glaze






Before





After

[Mike Phillips]

And same process I used when I hand-rubbed the original paint on this 1953 Hudson...


Before







Dull, oxidized paint...






Same shot from above only I cropped out a 800 pixel section from the full size shot.






Here's a thin spot where you can see black primer showing through. When paint is this old it's very BRITTLE. You cannot simply COMPOUND paint like this or you're ruin it.





Here it is moved into the bay...














Heavy Saturation of the #7 oils
The car is literally soaking in a heavy saturation application of the #7 while we go off to buff out a Ferrari and a Corvette.









Here's results...






And this my friends is one of the most rewarding pictures I've ever taken. This shot was taken after we finished polishing every square inch of paint and then applying a coat of Souveran Paste Wax.











I don't have enough time to share pictures of all the cars I restored the original paint on using the #7 Rub Down Technique or share pictures from all the cars that have had the paint restored by others using this technique but - it's a LOT.

[TMQ]

Fingers crossed for you Mike!

By far, my Favorite thing to do!!! Love restoring old paint!

Tom

[Bobby B.]

That's awesome!

[57Rambler]

Cool car, hope you get to work on it.

But you need to come up with a better name for the Meg's #7 process ... # 7 Rub Down Technique sounds like something Bob Kraft would pick up at a "spa".

[PaulMys]

WOW!!

I think I just pitched a tent.

[firecorgi]

Hoping it all works out! What’s in the can in the front left fender?

Steve

[Sizzle Chest]

Incredible find Mike! And Plum Crazy too! 4 speed or auto?