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They Were Beasts Back Then ~ Some 39 Years Ago
These are images from a 1976 movie entitled Car Wash.
Anybody care to venture the actual polisher used here?
I'm sure the case was made of cast iron steel which meant this monster weighed a ton (and made in the good 'ole U.S.A)
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Re: They Were Beasts Back Then ~ Some 39 Years Ago
I'm using a Black & Decker right now on a truck I'm detailing. I bought it in 1977 and it still works like a dream. 2300 Rpm so you have to know what you are doing as it only has one speed. Buffed may cars over the years with it until i got a PC and a Flex 3401. This is a work truck so perfection is not an issue. Come to think of it I have never even changed the brushes. It is a heavy sucker though.
2011 Compass Latitude Bright Silver/ 2017 Nissan Rogue SV AWD Premium Glacier White
REFLECTIVE IMAGE DETAILING
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Re: They Were Beasts Back Then ~ Some 39 Years Ago
Originally Posted by WAXOFF
I'm using a Black & Decker right now on a truck I'm detailing. I bought it in 1977 and it still works like a dream. 2300 Rpm so you have to know what you are doing as it only has one speed. Buffed may cars over the years with it until i got a PC and a Flex 3401. This is a work truck so perfection is not an issue. Come to think of it I have never even changed the brushes. It is a heavy sucker though.
You ever tried one of these to govern the speed?
Router Speed Control
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Re: They Were Beasts Back Then ~ Some 39 Years Ago
Thanks, I'll have to check that out. There is a Harbor Freight near my house.
2011 Compass Latitude Bright Silver/ 2017 Nissan Rogue SV AWD Premium Glacier White
REFLECTIVE IMAGE DETAILING
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Re: They Were Beasts Back Then ~ Some 39 Years Ago
My dad had an OLD two-speed rotary that I tried on my first car. I burned right through a body line the second I touched it to the car. It took me 6 years before I touched another buffer and it was a heavy tank too a GEM orbital, awkward, unwieldy, but we got some good results with it. My PC is infinitely better though, multiple speeds, dozens of pad options LIGHT weight.
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Re: They Were Beasts Back Then ~ Some 39 Years Ago
Originally Posted by jrock645
I'm afraid of these old school polishers
With good reason, they are dinosaurs, extinct.
I watched a video by Renny D. earlier tonight, his insight is always spot on. It was a little bit older one comparing the Flex vs. the Rupes. The interesting thing is he said how it would be cool if he could go back 20-25 years and see some of the work he did with rotaries and if he'd think it was good work and be proud of it today and he was being facetious, how about that.
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2015 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 2016 Pearl White Nissan Altima SR
2019 Nissan Rogue SL
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Re: They Were Beasts Back Then ~ Some 39 Years Ago
Come on, you take one of these polishers, use some compound that you can feel the grit using your fingers and you can do a whole car in less than 30 minutes
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Re: They Were Beasts Back Then ~ Some 39 Years Ago
Then all you have to do is repaint
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Re: They Were Beasts Back Then ~ Some 39 Years Ago
Originally Posted by Calendyr
Then all you have to do is repaint
Oh man, that's classic, LOL!!
2013 Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track Edition
2015 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 2016 Pearl White Nissan Altima SR
2019 Nissan Rogue SL
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Re: They Were Beasts Back Then ~ Some 39 Years Ago
The disco theme song and soundtrack were pretty bad too.
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