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C. Charles Hahn
Guest
Continued from Part 1 and Part 2
SURPRISE!! Just when you thought 50 years of performance and refinement was the end of the story, there's a third Sting Ray in the mix... but they say three's company too, right?
This 1966 coupe originally belonged to my client's brother, who sadly passed away before truly getting to enjoy the car. After his passing, it found its way into his brother's collection. This car is in a bit rougher condition than its two siblings, and much less work would be done to it for the time being. I completed this one in the client's garage, around an hour and a half away in Metro Detroit.
As you can see, this car was quite dull and swirled, with lots of bonded contamination requiring a thorough treatment with a clay bar to smooth the finish:
Following a thorough decontamination, the car was given a quick polish with Meguiar's D151 Paint Reconditioning Cream. The goal was simply to deep clean the paint, restore a bit of gloss, and add some protection; all things D151 would be perfect for.
After I completed the curved upper sections of the car and it was raised to a comfortable working height, my client decided he wanted to try his hand at polishing, so I set him up with the new Meguiar's MT300 DA and a foam cutting disc:
He also gave the pneumatic Rupes LHR75 a try, with a 4" Meguiar's foam polishing pad:
The result of all this hard work was a very presentable example of a "mid-year" coupe:
As if three Stingrays weren't enough, we heard a loud rumble coming up the driveway as we were finishing up, only to find this beauty, belonging to one of the client's friends (a '66 convertible, this one packing a 427 -- this is starting to feel like a mid-year convention!):
Up next? Who knows... there's a lot of potential here!
SURPRISE!! Just when you thought 50 years of performance and refinement was the end of the story, there's a third Sting Ray in the mix... but they say three's company too, right?
This 1966 coupe originally belonged to my client's brother, who sadly passed away before truly getting to enjoy the car. After his passing, it found its way into his brother's collection. This car is in a bit rougher condition than its two siblings, and much less work would be done to it for the time being. I completed this one in the client's garage, around an hour and a half away in Metro Detroit.
As you can see, this car was quite dull and swirled, with lots of bonded contamination requiring a thorough treatment with a clay bar to smooth the finish:
Following a thorough decontamination, the car was given a quick polish with Meguiar's D151 Paint Reconditioning Cream. The goal was simply to deep clean the paint, restore a bit of gloss, and add some protection; all things D151 would be perfect for.
After I completed the curved upper sections of the car and it was raised to a comfortable working height, my client decided he wanted to try his hand at polishing, so I set him up with the new Meguiar's MT300 DA and a foam cutting disc:
He also gave the pneumatic Rupes LHR75 a try, with a 4" Meguiar's foam polishing pad:
The result of all this hard work was a very presentable example of a "mid-year" coupe:
As if three Stingrays weren't enough, we heard a loud rumble coming up the driveway as we were finishing up, only to find this beauty, belonging to one of the client's friends (a '66 convertible, this one packing a 427 -- this is starting to feel like a mid-year convention!):
Up next? Who knows... there's a lot of potential here!
