So this is to be a long term resto that i have offered to help with for an old work mate. However on friday he asked if i could help him "tart it up" ready for a meet and then a weekend away. As i have builders in and i couldn't do anything at home i offered to help. The car in question is a 1966 Alvis TS21 3 litre straight 6. It is going to be fully restored over the winter mostly by us, interior as well as exterior, dash out the works. So here is the car in question, in all its oxidised glory Anyone who has worked on old cars knows there are always areas of concern and they kind of need to be pampered. So the car was carefully washed, 2 foam baths with bh foam and surfex mix, hand washed then lightly clayed, then re rinsed and put back in the barn I tried to get some pictures to show the true level of oxidisation but i cant really get across just how dry and lifeless the paint was. So chris got to sprucing the interior Whilst i got on with the polishing These should show the rough improvements gained from JUST compounding initially with fibre tex pads and 105 due to the old paint instantly clogging on the rotary, then with 105 on wool using the flex These are the kinds of problems you have to polish around and upto Some outside shots showing a little improvement and reflection lol And finally the kind of work thats left. http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa371 /MattRowe/Correction/Alvis/P1000776.jpg The aim is to get back hopefully for a couple of late nights to carry on compounding the bat droppings out (the dark spots you can see), hopefully do some refining and further tidy up the chrome. Will post some proper afters when its done just thought i would wet peoples whistles should this be your type of thing Thanks for stopping by, stay classy
