Mike Phillips

Video: Live Broadcast - 1967 A.C. Cobra & 1949 Packard - Show Car Makeovers!


We're doing another "Live Broadcast" where you can watch and learn how to machine polish paint to perfection!

Click this link starting at 5:00pm this Thursday night to watch the live feed from Autogeek.net




At 5:00pm this thread will be opened for comments and questions while we're buffing out the below two cars.

1967 A.C. Cobra



1949 Packard Super Eight



The link to bookmark and share is this one,

Video: Live Broadcast - 1967 A.C. Cobra & 1949 Packard - Show Car Makeovers!


Please share the above link with all your friends, family and car buddies as we'll be going over a lot of tips and techniques for removing swirls and creating a show car finish.


For Thursday night's project cars we'll be using the following polishers...


Porter Cable 7424XP



Meguiar's G110v2



Griot's Garage 6" ROP



Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher



Cyclo Polisher



Makita BO6040



Flex 3401



Flex PE14



DeWALT 849X



Makita 9227c

Mike Phillips

Video and Pictures - 1967 AC Cobra and 1949 Packard Show Car Makeovers!





Here's the team for this project from left to right...

Al, Pete, Mike, David, Gene, Adam, Jay, Jeff, Terry, Les and Steve



Beauty Shots!

Pete's 1967 A.C. Cobra


















Thank you Pete for trusting Autogeek with your beautiful Cobra!



David's 1949 Packard Super 8


















Thank you David for trusting Autogeek with your beautiful Packard!




Parting shots as the owners take their glistening cars home...










Products Used

1967 A.C. Cobra

Products
Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay and Pinnacle Clay Lube

BLACKFIRE Scratch Resistant Clear Compound

BLACKFIRE Scratch Resistant Clear Finishing Polish

BLACKFIRE Midnight Sun Ivory Carnauba Paste Wax


Pads
Lake Country Hydro-Tech Foam Pads


Tools
Flex 3401

Porter Cable 7424XP

Griot's Garage DA Polisher

Meguiar's G110v2



1949 Packard

Products
Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay and Pinnacle Clay Lube

Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover

Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish

Pinnacle Souveran Paste Wax


Pads
Lake Country Hydro-Tech Foam Pads


Tools
Flex 3401

Porter Cable 7424XP

Griot's Garage DA Polisher

Meguiar's G110v2


Microfiber Towels for final wipe on both cars
Super Soft Deluxe Green Microfiber Towels with Rolled Edges


Misc Tools
Microfiber Gloves

Brinkmann Maxfire Dual Xenon Rechargeable Swirl Finder Spotlight


I'd like to personally thank,

• Max for providing the resources to make the magic happen in Autogeek's Show Car Garage Studio.

• Yancy for staying after work and running the camera and moderating the discussion on our forum and then uploading the video to YouTube for others to enjoy.

• Everyone that attended and helped take the paint on both of these cars to their maximum potential! Great job guys!