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Pictures + Video of 1932 Ford Highboy Extreme Makeover
Pictures + Video of 1932 Ford Highboy Extreme Makeover
Autogeek's Car of the Week!
Rick arrived around 8:30am in his hot rod 1932 Ford Highboy with a blown 502 Big Block Chevy Engine and it sounds great!
The sun was still low in the sky but I was able to get a few pictures that show the overall dull, hazy appearance the clear coat finish has plus the zig-zag pattern of swirls inflicted by a rotary buffer usually called Rotary Buffer Swirls, Holograms or Buffer Trails.
This is the "Finger Focus Trick" for helping your camera to focus on and capture the swirls in the paint by placing your finger onto the surface close to the area you want to photograph and by doing this you'll give your camera something to focus on and as a result you'll capture the swirls too and they'll be in focus. You can also place a quarter, or a piece of tape, or piece of detailing clay on the paint and accomplish the same thing.
How-To capture swirls, scratches, etchings and other surface defects with your camera
The lines you see are the tale-tale sign that a rotary buffer has been improperly used.
Same thing, the vertical lines you see here is the trail or swirl pattern, or hologram that is left in the paint and it reflects the direction the buffer was being moved during the last passes.
Backing the 1932 Ford Highboy into Autogeek's Show Car Garage!
Pretty much every square inch of paint was thrashed, that is it had Tracers, Water Spots, Overspray, Buffer Swirls and Arc Scratches.
Tracers Tracers - RIDS - Pigtails - Cobweb Swirls - Rotary Buffer Swirls - Holograms - Water Spots - Bird Drooping Etchings - Micro-Marring
The trunk lid was the worst area so I dampsanded it using a Meguiar's #3000 Unigrit Foam Finishing Disc.
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Re: Pictures + Video of 1932 Ford Highboy Extreme Makeover
After buffing out Rick's 1932 Ford Highboy showed us what happens when you push down on the throttle...
Rick's 1932 Ford Highboy
Thanks Rick, Cory and Jeff for doing and excellent job restoring a finish worthy of Rick's hot rod...
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Video has been added...
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THAT'S power!! What products do you use to get rid of the tire marks on the road now? LOL
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Wow that thing is quick.... impressive!
I still haven't figured out how you aren't burning your hand grabbing the head of the polisher like you do. I know the 3403 doesn't get as hot as a 3401, but it still gets quite warm!
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Awe man I'd love to help out on that.
'Cause there's just something women like about a pickup man.
Rich
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Re: Pictures + Video of 1932 Ford Highboy Extreme Makeover
Originally Posted by Shiny Lil Detlr
I still haven't figured out how you aren't burning your hand grabbing the head of the polisher like you do. I know the 3403 doesn't get as hot as a 3401, but it still gets quite warm!
The head and the body of the 3403 will get quite warm under extended use with a larger pad, but on this project I used it with 3" pads and 5.5" pads. When using the 3" pads all the areas I used it on were small components or thin or small areas to be buffed, so it wasn't like I was running the tool like a person would buff out a major panels like a hood or door.
If you look at the Makita picture you'll see I also removed the Hoop Handle off of it for this project. It's just a personal preference but for most tools I don't use a handle as I prefer to hold the head of the polisher, plus the handle is always out of the way.
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Rick is a very talented machinist, fabricator and welder, he's one of those guys that has more talent in the tip of his pinkie that most people have in their entire person.
That said, he doesn't get on the Internet much and anyone reading this thread right now knows that one of the best ways to stay informed of new products, new pads, new tools is to be a member of a detailing discussion forum.
Suffice to say... I don't think he knew what to expect when he first arrived but like most car guys that go through our classes, after the class the are equipped with head knowledge and hands-on skills for creating a show car finish.
Rick's going to be getting a PC 7424XP, some foam pads and the Wolfgang Twins for some of his other car projects and to maintain the finish on his Highboy.
Just to note, I met Rick while he was displaying his Model A at a local Jupiter Car show just a few weeks ago. He didn't know me from Adam but after a few minutes of "Shop Talk", I invited him to bring his car to our facilities and that's how this Extreme Makeover started out and now has resulted in a happy hotrodder...
Virtual Car Show - South East Rods & Customs in Jupiter, Florida!
From the above thread...
All original 1929 Ford Model A
The gentleman that owns this also just built a 1932 Ford Highboy with a 502 Big Block Chevy engine, look for his 32 Highboy in a future Show Car Garage event.
And that's the rest of the story....
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