68 GTO prepped and corrected for Salem Roadster Show by Immaculate Reflections

[gofast908z]

The owner of this beauty and I had been talking about getting his GTO prepped and ready for an upcoming car show. This car show was by invitation only, the Salem Roadster Show. More info here: Home | salemroadster.com

Owner had the car repainted a little while ago and had it done "RIGHT". This was a very good quality paint job and was not cheap. The result was a lack of issues that most repaints have with excessive overspray, fisheyes, solvent pop, and thin spots. It was a pleasure working on such a quality paint job.

What was originally going to be a basic cleanup, became a 2 stage paint correction and engine/frame detail. A solid 2 days on the GTO had it looking "ship shape" again and ready for the show without pesky swirls and scratches. Leaving behind only a nice glossy finish. So the GTO was rinsed, foamed, washed, clayed, 2 stages of correction were performed, all chrome polished, engine cleaned, powdercoated frame cleaned, IPA wipedown, and sealant applied.


After rinsing off getting ready for the first wash








Swirls, swirls, and more swirls...












Fender (on right) corrected, Hood (on left) uncorrected. This is a very tricky color to capture defects with a camera. There were more defects than it looks like, but it all cleaned up very well.







Hood corrected and looking ship-shape again





More juicy correctness







Rear quarter swirls






Corrected and in good order









The only thing the bodyshop missed, some DA sanding marks. This was sorted out, and put back in good order.








Showing "good order" restored

[gofast908z]

Finished pics after sealant










Chrome having the mirror finish that it should





Glass needed restoring, but wasn't part of this detail.


























Powdercoated frame looking like a mirror of black oil. Mmmm























Thanks for looking! Hope you enjoyed the writeup!

[Shane731]

That is one bad ass ride! Great job!

[C. Charles Hahn]

Very nice! I thought you said the engine got detailed too... where's the pics?

[Kristopher1129]

Nice GTO, and nice work! Good combination!

[crovello]

That is quite the transformation. How long does a job like that take?

[GaDetailDoc]

Looks great. Love a detailed vintage car. Awesome work.

[gofast908z]

Thanks guys

Very nice! I thought you said the engine got detailed too... where's the pics?

Alas, the owner showed up about 30 min early to take the car to the show and I didn't have time. Its a pretty standard engine bay though.

That is quite the transformation. How long does a job like that take?

Well in the 2 days that I did it, there was about 18 hours into it.

[pwcheenie]

I always liked that color green with a black vinyl top. The shine is very impressive too. .

[STI4Life06]

omfg my favorite year and color GTO. Looks gorgeous