Upon arrival, it was fairly obvious that it had not been cared for properly (two other owners). oxidation, road rash, scratches, swirl marks galore, and some clearing in a few areas brought down the appearance standards of the car! With it being original paint, I only wanted to go so far and leave some of the deeper defects. I put the car at about 90-95% based on the starting condition of the paint! 25K miles on the car only, but time has taken its toll as well!!!

Here are some sun shots on the starting day...there was ZERO sun when I finished the car, so I will have to go back to get some after sun shots at a later date.

 

This is one point where I stopped in the middle to take some direct before and afters of the same spot...I get in a groove and dont like to stop.
before:


Afters:




under the side mirror:
before:

afters:



Rear panel behind the door:



Here are the afters with halogens/LED in the garage:

 

"the car was kind of hard to drive with all the gloss coming off the hood" - owner said after we drove it to the afters picture location.

Afters outside under cloudy conditions:

First pull out from the garage:













Thanks for looking, comments welcomed!

Eric

 

Incredible work. I've owned a couple of those, and mine never looked like that!

 

Gotta love the looks of the old school 308's. Great Work Eric, thanks for sharing.

 

I keep hearing the Magnum PI theme when looking at those pictures. Great work!

 

haha someone posted a picture of that guy on another board...LOL

 

May I ask which products you used and in which order?

Looks absolutely breathtaking. What a car!!

 

You know, considering the age of the car if I saw it in the original condition I would have never thought it'd get any better without a full repaint...

You guys perform miracles!!

 

Magnum MF'n PI baby! Nice work on an icon!