Sign-up: 1955 Chevy Sedan Delivery - June 20th

[Mike Phillips]

1955 Chevy Sedan Delivery - June 20th


Mike Searle stopped by Autogeek today and while he was here I had him drive his sweet 1955 Chevy Sedan Delivery into out studio so we could inspect the paint. Mike just bought this and has not even washed nor waxed it since bring it home.

The first thing we did was the Baggie Test

The Baggie Test - How to inspect for above surface bonded contaminants


What we found out is the paint is contaminated and in dire need of claying.


Next, I tested the paint to find out if it was single stage or basecoat/clearcoat and we found out it has a basecoat/clearcoat finish.


Next I polished just a small circle on the hood and what we saw in the circle I polished was a clean, bright white color while all around the circle is a dingy looking white paint. This is a sign of dirt staining or embedded dirt. See this article,

How to remove stains and embedded dirt out of paint


Below is the hood of Mike's 1955 Chevy Sedan Delivery...

Embedded Dirt or Dirt Staining
If you look closely, you can see a white circle just to the right of the hood ornament where we polished just a small section of paint. What polishing did was to remove the dirt staining to reveal a much brighter white color hiding under the dirt stained clearcoat.










And so everyone can see what a cool car this is, here's a couple of outside beauty shots... one thing for sure, after we put Mike's Sedan Delivery through our show car paint polishing process the white paint is going to simply glisten...
















Thursday Night Extreme Makeovers and Show Car Makeovers

I told Mike about our Thursday night Extreme Makeovers and Show Car Makeovers. Since the paint doesn't have a lot of swirls, (I inspect the paint in the sun, looks pretty swirl free), we discussed him bringing his car back for a "Show Car Makeover". This will be coming up as soon as I have an open Thursday night date that also fits his schedule.

So stay tuned and when we put a date in concrete I'll post a sign-up thread if you live in the area and want to lend a hand creating a finish that looks more like the finish on the 1964 Chevy Delivery Truck and the 1963 Impala we recently buffed out here,

1963 Impala and 1964 Chevy Delivery Truck - Show Car Makeover Pictures









Sign-up List

1. Mike Phillips - Of course I'll be here!
2. Chris aka Italian Guy
3. Rob aka Haywired
4. Rob aka rms64
5. John aka johnpingol
6. Nick aka NIKIGUNZ
7. Den aka boomer1649
8. marcusporter
9. Richard Perkins
10.




Date: Thursday, June 20th, 2013
Time: 5:00pm to 9:00pm

Autogeek's Garage
7744 SW Jack James Drive
Stuart, FL 34997
Mapquest Driving Directions


The door to the right of the garage door is the entrance to our TV Studio, my
red Chevy Silverado is usually parked right in front of the entrance door.




Or you can always call me or e-mail me...


Mike.Phillips@Autogeek.net

1-800-869-3011 x206



We'll see you here!

[Mike Phillips]

Just confirmed Mike Searle will be here on June 20th with his 1955 Chevy Sedan Delivery.

This will be a very fun project so get signed up!

[Chris@AutoCleanse]

Sign me up please. Might be like 15 minutes late old lady works morning shift that day. I will drive the cooper instead of the van so I can get down there quicker. LOL .....

[sproketser]

Wish I could be there for that Classic !

[Mike Phillips]

Sign me up please. Might be like 15 minutes late old lady works morning shift that day. I will drive the cooper instead of the van so I can get down there quicker. LOL .....

Cool. This will be a fun project.

Since I first looked at Mike's Sedan Delivery he's already taken it to a local detail shop to buff it out for a car show. I've never heard of the shop or the detailers but that don't mean anything except I either haven't met them or possibly don't remember?

Anyway, we're going to go over it again and make 100% sure it's show car worthy for this summer's show car circuit. PLUS Mike is a member of the Classic Chevy's Car Club and he's going to bring some of his car club buddies with him and from my experience in this industry there will be a lot of interest in the pads, products and tools we use, so it's all good...

Wish I could be there for that Classic !

Well ding dang... put us on your Bucket List!

[sproketser]

cool. This will be a fun project.

Since i first looked at mike's sedan delivery he's already taken it to a local detail shop to buff it out for a car show. I've never heard of the shop or the detailers but that don't mean anything except i either haven't met them or possibly don't remember?

Anyway, we're going to go over it again and make 100% sure it's show car worthy for this summer's show car circuit. Plus mike is a member of the classic chevy's car club and he's going to bring some of his car club buddies with him and from my experience in this industry there will be a lot of interest in the pads, products and tools we use, so it's all good...





Well ding dang... Put us on your bucket list!

lol .

[Haywired]

Mike, Please sign me up.
Thanks
Rob

[57BORNTORUN]

I`m no expert by any means but I saw the car the other day after the detailing.It should be an early night.

[Chris@AutoCleanse]

I`m no expert by any means but I saw the car the other day after the detailing.It should be an early night.

We already know that.

[Anthony@zerboautoworks]

I hate that I am 2hrs away from Stuart if I was closer I would go everytime.