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Old 12-29-2003, 10:38 PM
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the following are by no means show quality but for 2 five hour days it came out pretty damn good!





Remember this?


Now


The engine will see more work but it's at the very least presentable.
Old 12-29-2003, 10:45 PM
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:cheers: David. You did an outstanding job on that engine! You can start on mine any day now. :jester :jester :jester

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Buy the tickets and I'll be right out.

:lol: :lol:
Old 12-29-2003, 10:53 PM
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looks great!
you accomplished a lot in that amount of time! :yesnod:
Old 12-29-2003, 11:13 PM
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It looks FANTASTIC!!!!

You're welcome to visit my garage any time and help me with the nastiness that is my engine bay. (Although I shouldn't complain...the ol' girl ain't pretty all over, but she did rocket me 0-60mph today in 4.60seconds.)

Your car is really looking great. I don't want to say that the accident was a good thing, but your new ride is just outstanding.

By the way, what did you use to polish all the different metals?


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Old 12-29-2003, 11:29 PM
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Buffer for the large items followed by Mothers polish for all the aluminum or chrome. Megiars carnuba for the paint.
Old 12-30-2003, 12:11 AM
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That's a freaking beautiful replacement Vette and awesome job on the engine detailing......Wish I could park my butt long enough to polish and buff like that. :cheers:
Old 12-30-2003, 03:02 AM
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Dave, the master of the polish.... :eek: :cool: :thumbs:
Old 12-30-2003, 03:33 AM
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:thumbs: great job. Looks like a have a bit of work to do.
Old 12-30-2003, 06:02 AM
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Looks absolutely fantastic! Your effort has really changed the appearance of the engine bay! :cool: :cheers:
Old 12-30-2003, 09:11 AM
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Looking good David. We knew it wouldn't be long before you had it spotless. I should do a little more work on mine to keep it clean longer. Keep up the good work.
Old 12-30-2003, 09:16 AM
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:cheers: :cheers:
Old 12-30-2003, 09:25 AM
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:party:
Old 12-30-2003, 09:32 AM
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What a difference 10 hours make and a lot of elbow grease. That engine bay looks fantastic keep up the great work.
Old 12-30-2003, 09:41 AM
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You are good.......nice job.......you might want think about opening a detail shop, you obviously have a talent for it. :chevy


Old 12-30-2003, 10:22 AM
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Looks nice :D
Old 12-30-2003, 10:29 AM
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Fantastic. You gave me some great ideas. Maybe sometime when I get the time and patience? :cheers:

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Old 12-30-2003, 10:34 AM
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sweet... it puts a smile on your face doesn't it :thumbs:
after seeing that nice work , what's the underside look like??
just :bs
Old 12-30-2003, 10:57 AM
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sweet... it puts a smile on your face doesn't it :thumbs:
after seeing that nice work , what's the underside look like??
just :bs
When I bought this car I said I would never go to the level of cali-1 so I'm not going to detail the underside that no one will ever see. I already steam blasted it and painted up the oil pan, scrubbed off the grease on the tranny, suspension etc. it actually looks good, no rust the rear is already clean as they had just replaced the rear spring/ fasteners and rear shocks. i do have that busted off flush tranny drain bolt to contend with but I'm taking it to a shop to have that taken care of. Other than that it looks good, well good enough.
Old 12-30-2003, 11:13 AM
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Default Re: Two-day engine detail(pics) (Cali,68,L-79)

if abybody keeps a car clean enough to mess with and just need to wash my
hands i'm happy to polish a car all over then drive all the time is to much for
one person to keep up with, i guess your last one was polished?


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