Trophy Winning 1964 Buick Skylark!!

[Calais]

I got a call from my friend Frank a week ago alerting me to a car show at Belmont Raceway in Long Island, New York. We're both friends from our local car show and I had detailed his 1971 Buick Skylark in the past (I made a thread about it, its also on my webpage). He said all our friends are going and asked me if I would detail his new 1964 Buick Skylark for the show. I told him I would be happy to and got to work a few days later. Two days of washing, polishing, cleaning and waxing certainly paid off as the car looked amazing (the judges thought so too) and we took home 3rd place in his class.

Wash: Gold Class
Polish: M105/205 on 7" 2.0 pads on my rotary and G110
Interior: QID, APC, UP and Odor Elminator.
Tires, wheelwells and engine: Hyperdressing
Wax: Gold Class+ via G110 on 4" finishing pad the day before and a final coat of Pinnacle Souveran by hand that morning.
QD: Last Touch 1:1
Windows: Stoner's glass cleaner and UQW
Metal: Nevr Dull


Without further ado:






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[Michael Stoops]

Re: Trophy Winning 1964 Buick Skylark!!

Very nice, James! So does this make you an award winning detailer now??

[Calais]

Re: Trophy Winning 1964 Buick Skylark!!

Very nice, James! So does this make you an award winning detailer now??

Thank you very much Mr. Stoops. I guess it does. I hope to have a lot more show cars to detail this summer, I gave out about 150 cards at the show and had some very interested potential customers. A 2009 Challenger SRT and 1970 Camaro SS look very likely.

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Trophy Winning 1964 Buick Skylark!!

Congratulations, James. The Skylark looks great. Hope you get a lot of business from this.

[Calais]

Re: Trophy Winning 1964 Buick Skylark!!

Congratulations, James. The Skylark looks great. Hope you get a lot of business from this.

Thank you. If nothing else I can expect a lot more business from Frank. He has a 1977 AMC Pacer, 1971 Buick Skylark, 1967 Plymouth Fury III and a 1976 Chrysler Cordoba and he says he wants me to work on each one before he enters them in a show. I've only gotten to work on the Skylarks so far though (got to drive the '71 and the Pacer too).

[Ryan_Bihun89]

Re: Trophy Winning 1964 Buick Skylark!!

Great job brother Keep up that hard work. Make keep our Detailers name up high. Hope all the cars you detail gets not the 3rd but the 1st prize in Exterior :P

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Trophy Winning 1964 Buick Skylark!!

Thank you. If nothing else I can expect a lot more business from Frank. He has a 1977 AMC Pacer, 1971 Buick Skylark, 1967 Plymouth Fury III and a 1976 Chrysler Cordoba and he says he wants me to work on each one before he enters them in a show. I've only gotten to work on the Skylarks so far though (got to drive the '71 and the Pacer too).

If they all are in the condition of the Skylark. That is a pretty cool collection he has. Good luck with them.

[Sudz On The Run]

Re: Trophy Winning 1964 Buick Skylark!!

Great work and i hope those people are smart and call you to detail there rides.

[Calais]

Re: Trophy Winning 1964 Buick Skylark!!

If they all are in the condition of the Skylark. That is a pretty cool collection he has. Good luck with them.

Well, unlike this Sklyark the others are all original with original paint and interiors. They have normal wear and tear of 30-40 year old cars, but they are in amazing shape (with low miles to-boot).

Here's the 1971 Skylark:

[Calais]

Re: Trophy Winning 1964 Buick Skylark!!

Great work and i hope those people are smart and call you to detail there rides.

Thanks for the kind words Joe. I was kinding of hoping that you would be at the show, I really should've called you. There was a ton of Mustangs new and old, but none with the flare of yours. Is it out of storage yet?

[Calais]

Re: Trophy Winning 1964 Buick Skylark!!