1988 Tiffany Classic

[Eldorado2k]

[Note, I had the beginning of a large post saved as a draft, but for whatever reason it got erased. So this attempt may turn out to be picture heavy and more straight to the point. Hope you enjoy the pics]


1988 Tiffany Classic, as it arrived. Dusty, dirty, and TBO not exactly a task I was looking forward to. My thoughts as it backed into my driveway were somewhere along the lines of “why did they have to bring me this”? Lol.





Test spot revealed no color change as far as iron deposits, so I went straight into wash & claymitt. Lots of embedded contaminants in the paint.

Once the claying was taken care of this is what the paint was looking like. Swirls, marring, heavy oxidation, a bit of everything to go around.

I started off the hood with Griots Boss FCC w/Meguiars foam cutting pad. This approach got the exact results I was planning on for the horizontal panels. I wanted to make it look great without cutting to far into this 30+ yr. original paint.

Before.



After.



Close up view. Before.




After.



The rest of the car was yearning for Megs M205 and the results were phenomenal in every way. I had to be extra careful with the fiberglass panels on the front end of the car, so I wound up using my 8mm polisher with 3” & 4” pads to handle it.

I couldn’t help but take alot of pics of this car. It’s just not something you get to see everyday... Plus I accomplished my goal which was to make this car worthy of looking as good as the many pictures I saw online of these cars, which at 1st seemed like a tall order. But in the end I’m proud to say it’s now car show ready.














Interior.








When’s the last time you saw a car with opera lights and 2 full size fender mounted spare wheels & tires?




I told you it was picture heavy.. Thx for checking it out.

[98CayenneTA]

Looks really good bud

Definitely a way cool car !

I would love to ride around town in the back seat of that with a little hottie

[Sizzle Chest]

Well done on a unique vehicle! It was hammered!!! Looks great now!

[Klasse Act]

Ric, that close up of the hammered paint... Great job on the Mercury Cougar, I'm sure the owner will be happy and ready to get it back and do whatever it is do with something like that

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[Bill D]

That car is pimpin! Glad to see you got it into the shape it ought to be in. Is this a daily driver?

[Rsurfer]

Nice job Ric. At first I thought it was a kit car, but as it turned out, it is a factory built car by Classic Motor Carriages. Thought it was really expensive, but under 30K.

[Eldorado2k]

That car is pimpin! Glad to see you got it into the shape it ought to be in. Is this a daily driver?

The owner of this car is a 5’6” Mexican who doesn’t speak any English. I kid you not, you would never in a million years guess he’d have a thirst for exotic vehicles just by looking at him. Lol.
I told him he needs to dress up in a white suit and drive this car down to Beverly Hills, pull up on Rodeo Drive like a boss just to see what kind of reactions he gets.lol.

[Bill D]

Now that the car is all detailed, he should make that happen!

[Eldorado2k]

Nice job Ric. At first I thought it was a kit car, but as it turned out, it is a factory built car by Classic Motor Carriages. Thought it was really expensive, but under 30K.

Some of these cars are selling for up to $40,000 grand today. That’s pretty impressive all things considered.

And thanks guys, I put some work into this 1... Alot of PITA hand polishing. I even detailed the freakin keyholes on that thing. Lol.

[fly07sti]

Whew! I think I may have phoned a friend on that land Yacht. While you got that paint to shine again, I must say the wheels and especially the tires look Perfect!!!!