Old Dog

[gb387]

If I didn't see the pictures myself not to sure I would have believed it... Looks great, looks like a new paint job.


Do you keep photos to show potential customers your work?

[the other pc]

Joe, you rock!

[mike_svt]

Amazing! Have you done any work on the chrome features yet (NXT metal polish)? They appear quite shinny in the pics.

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by Superior Shine
Again my working conditions were less than ideal.

This actually teaches people they have no excuse for not starting a detailing business. Not every detailer is going to have a beautiful shop to work in. Starting a detailing business with a shop is expensive as you have to detail enough cars each month to not only pay for all your overhead, but to also make a profit so that you can live.

There's an old saying that originated in the race tracks of the South that goes like this...

Run what you brung

Back in the old days, people didn't always trailer their car to a race, often times they drove it there! Contrast to today's day and age where everything is a trailer queen. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I'm just trying to share an analogy in that, sometimes,

All you can do is all you can do,

By this I mean sometimes you have to use what you have to the best of your ability because that's all you have. Some people would rather throw in the towel and blame their circumstances for their inability to succeed. Joe has shown us that he doesn't let his circumstances determine his success, he overcomes problems with whatever means possible to him. In this case, he doesn't have a place out of direct sunlight to work on this car so the next best thing is to create a place, which he does with a one time investment into an E-Z Up Awning.

Thanks for showing others what can be done if you just try.

[Mark McGuire]

Very nice job Joe. When we enjoy our jobs so much sometimes I wonder how we can really call it work.

[Tom Weed]

That could be the most impressive makeover I've ever seen. WOW... nice work!

I am curious about the Fire Trucks as well....

Tom

[Mike Phillips]

Simply Amazing Joe!

Your show car results are a true testimony to you skill as a craftsman in the art of polishing paint. You mentally adopted the car as your own and then treated it with the same care and passion you would your own car, this is a characteristic of a true professional. The hard part can sometimes be letting go and turning your car back over to the rightful owner.

Thank you for sharing this project with our online community. Thank you for taking the time to set your rotary buffer down and take a picture, this takes time and you could have just continued working. Thank you for taking the time to go through your photos, pick the ones that tell the story the best and then uploading them to our gallery and creating a thread that tells the story.

This is the kind of work you just don't see on other forums and brings hundreds of new members and lurkers to our forum to be a part of what they see as great people doing great things.

Thanks Joe!

[RDVT4ME]

Joe, you are Da Man!

I did not think that paint would come back.

I can't wait for my new work schedule to start so I can do a ride along with you!

[g15389]

INCREDIBLE! Awesome job, thank you for sharing. It helps the rest of us know what we need to aspire to (and will never get to).

G-

[g15389]

INCREDIBLE! Awesome job, thank you for sharing. It helps the rest of us know what we need to aspire to (and will never get to).

G-

[superswamper]

Simply amazing!!

[Blue Thunder]

Were the fire trucks and paramedics for you from passing out from all the work or the owner from surprise??

Dean

[HEK]

ONE word...WOW

[Superior Shine]

Going from this -----------



to this, is what I live for!

[Superior Shine]

I topped it with #21.

I lost the sun behind a house by the time I was done but I am happy with the results.

We have over 11 man hours in this car. It was a tough job but the results are very rewarding.