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The POWER of BLACKFIRE One Step - American Graffiti - 1931 Ford 5-Window Coupe - Extreme Paint Correction
The POWER of BLACKFIRE One Step - American Graffiti - 1931 Ford 5-Window Coupe - Extreme Paint Correction
BLACKFIRE One Step - Used to correct the paint on Ken White's 1931 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Here's an American Graffiti Movie Poster
This is the real American Graffiti movie car - John Milner's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Ken White's tribute car - 1931 Ford 5-Window Coupe
The backstory...
For the 2021 season of My Classic Car, we shot all our TV segments in-house. Because this TV show caters to classic cars, muscle cars and streetrods, we try to bring in and use cars that fit this theme. My friend Ken custom built his car from scratch and it's incredibly close to the real movie car. For those that might not know, there's not a lot of difference between a 1931 model and a 1932 model, pretty much the same car. Also - whereas a lot of cars like this that you see today at car shows are fiberglass, not Ken's car. This is the real-deal, this is a real steel 1931 Ford Model A.
The car looks GREAT in this picture....
While Ken did a great job of building the car, the finish needs a little touch-up....
The paint had a lot of swirls and scratches and in some places it was simply dull and hazy in appearance.
My take...
I've always loved the look of the 1931/1932 5-window and even 3-window coupes. I've detailed a number of these over the years but never a John Milner tribute car, so this was a real pleasure to work on. I appreciated that Ken trusted me and Autogeek with his streetrod, I know he has a lot of time and money invested in building it over the years. While it was here I told him I would do a little polishing and waxing as a thank you for letting us use his car for our TV commercials.
Process
- Waterless wash using SONAX Glass Cleaner
- Used Pinnacle Ultra Poly Detailing Clay with SONAX Glass Cleaner to clay the paint
- Machine corrected the paint using the FLEX Supa BEAST, Lake Country 6.5" Orange foam cutting pads with BLACKFIRE One Step
- Polished the paint using the FLEX Supa BEAST, First Generation RUPES yellow foam polishing pads with BLACKFIRE One Step
- Knocked out the tight areas like the firewall and the sides of the radiator shell using the FLEX PXE080
Here's final results...
This is one really nice example of a traditional Americana streetrod....
Thanks Ken for trusting us with your super cool Model A!
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Re: The POWER of BLACKFIRE One Step - American Graffiti - 1931 Ford 5-Window Coupe - Extreme Paint Correction
You had me at American Graffiti...Beautiful!
What at FUN, COOL project!
Lots of cool cars in that movie. Milner's Coupe just makes an old guy smile.
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Re: The POWER of BLACKFIRE One Step - American Graffiti - 1931 Ford 5-Window Coupe - Extreme Paint Correction
Originally Posted by
Burger
You had me at American Graffiti...Beautiful!
Yeah that was a fun movie in its time and still endure the test of time.
Originally Posted by
Burger
What at FUN, COOL project!
It was a genuine pleasure and also rewarding to fix the paint for Ken on his Model A. We put out the word we were looking for some cars for our TV commercials on "My Classic Car" and Ken answered the call. He didn't know me from Adam but probably was aware of Autogeek as a part of the car culture here in South Florida, to what extent I don't know.
But for someone to bring for the most part strangers their car and trust us to take care of it is more than appreciated.
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