1966 Chevy NOVA wagon - 30 pics

Envious Eric

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Alright, here is the deal with this awesome '66 NOVA WAGON:

lack of gloss, HEAVY scratches and swirling all over, slight oxidation, heavy bonded contaminants, oxidized chrome, etc...you name it, this car had it!



I knew I ONLY had two days with this car, so I had to figure out a game plan to accomplish the best results in the time window (I could have taken the car to 99% with about 4-5 days of work); that took over an hour to figure some sort of process out! I tried numerous combos on different sections of the car to test. I ended up with a combo that is somewhat backwards, but produced the best results!



Products:

megs 105

megs 83

megs 80

megs last touch

megs blue clay

megs glass cleaner

megs 34 final inspection

ONR

exceldetail WW towels

costco MF towels

one grand chrome polish

LC pads - PFW, orange, white, black

Danase Wet Glaze

wolfgang FUZION - darn good wax IMO!

PC

hitachi rotary



Process:

I had to find some combo that would leave the paint smooth to the touch, remove the massive amounts of defects the fastest while cleaning up the paint at the same time, leaving me the chance to obtain the most gloss possible...in TWO DAYS!



I ended up with a process that was a little backwards so to speak!

ONR

clay

megs 34 wipe down

pfw/83/1200

5.5" orange/105/PC 6

5.5" white/80/pc 6

blue/DWG/pc 5

Fuzion by hand via foam applicator

chrome cleaned by hand with a cut up megs polishing pad and one grand chrome polish



Here are the befores (aka the damage)




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AND HERE ARE THE AFTERS (16 hours later - 95% cleaned up)


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AND THE BEST COMMENT i HAVE RECEIVED YET...."MY TWO OLDER CARS WITH WORSE PAINT JOBS LOOK BETTER THAN THE REST OF THE LAMBOS, BENTLEY'S AND THE REST OF THE CARS!"



Look for this car to be in DUB magazine in the near future!!!
 
Very nice work :hifive:! I'll bet that compliment he gave you about the Lambos made you feel like a million bucks, huh :)? The car looks great, but he needs to get some nice rims for that thing... those "spare tires" look hideous.
 
eric,

in my honest oponion the car don't do much for me! but the quality and craftmanship you put in this was is superb. i love the before and afters of that mirror! the finish looks flawless!!! that my friend is a detail to be proud of!!! outstanding!!!

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toyotaguy- OMG, only two days for *that* transformation?!? :bow



I kept moving back and forth between the "before" and "after" pics, that was just a great job.



That "backwards" combo makes sense once you think of it, great idea you had there :xyxthumbs



Really cool vehicle too...my dogs would simply *love* it (OK, I'll admit I'd lose a lot of the window tint).
 
You could also buy hosting and putting your pictures there. It's a bit more tedious because you have to write the code for each picture. I usually just copy and paste the code for a picture, and just change the file name. Once you get started it's not so bad. For the cost of photobucket, along with the fact that the quality of your pictures goes down, it doesn't seem worthit at all.



Looking forward to seeing the pics though!
 
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