Surprise Car for this weekend's Competition Ready Detail Class!

[Mike Phillips]

Surprise Car for this weekend's Competition Ready Detail Class!


Besides all of the other show cars and daily drivers the class will be training with this weekend I have a few surprises! Here's just one of them.

1964 Corvette!
Here's the car, please don't be fooled by its appearance to think it looks good. In the pictures it looks good but I always document the true condition for all our class project cars.




Now I'll shine a little light on the paint so you can see this car is going to be a real challenge for my class.













The goal for my class will be to use the RUPES paint polishing system to get this Corvette Competition Ready!

[FUNX650]

The goal for my class will be to use the RUPES paint polishing system to get this Corvette Competition Ready!

Hi Mike,

Cool classroom car, as always!

Just wondering:
Does this vehicle have a SS,
or BC/CC, paint system?


Bob

[Mike Phillips]

Hi Bob,

This Corvette has a basecoat/clearcoat finish.

The Baggie test shows the paint to be as rough as sandpaper too.

The car looks great when not in the sun or without a Swirl Finder Light on it. Besides the swirls and contamination this car was just shipped to Stuart in an enclosed car hauler with a car cover on it and despite being in a car hauler the car cover rubbed against the paint and scuffed and scratched it.

The owner tried rubbing some rubbing compound to the paint by hand and that just added to the swirls and scratches.

[Setec Astronomy]

Are you going to have the IBrid there to try and get around those emblems, Mike?

[softweav]

Mike:
Just made my day , I was hoping to get opportunity to work on a vett.

Charlie

[FUNX650]

Hi Bob,

This Corvette has a basecoat/clearcoat finish.

The Baggie test shows the paint to be as rough as sandpaper too.

The car looks great when not in the sun or without a Swirl Finder Light on it. Besides the swirls and contamination this car was just shipped to Stuart in an enclosed car hauler with a car cover on it and despite being in a car hauler the car cover rubbed against the paint and scuffed and scratched it.

The owner tried rubbing some rubbing compound to the paint by hand and that just added to the swirls and scratches.

Thanks for the information Mike.
Can't wait to see the final results.


Bob

[Mike Honcho]

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Wow, what a treat!

[axel06]

what a special car to work on there is nobody out there that i know of that has this type of training car, mike and autogeek are just the rock stars when it comes to pulling off this type off real estate just unbeleaveable

[Mike Phillips]

More surprises at this class!