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Today was day one of three for the Barrett-Jackson Auctions in West Palm Beach, FL and we're sure a lot of you have been watching this on Speed Channel (if you aren't, you should!).
Once again Meguiar's is front and center, right at the pre-staging area where we're wiping down all the cars before they enter the auction pavilion. As always there are plenty of cool cars from all aspects of the collector hobby.
This is where we hang out all day, talking to customers and helping them with paint issues.
And the cars really do run the gamut.
Classics:
Muscle Cars:
Resto-Mods:
Dirt track racers (look at the chassis offset on this thing!)
Fins!!! Always fins!!
Boats:
Street Rods:
Amphicars (the world record price for an Amphicar was at a Barrett-Jackson event a few years ago):
Limited production stainless steel gullwings:
Gullwings that look like the real deal but aren't (yes, this is a recreation, not a real Mercedes 300SL):
Classic British Sports Cars:
4 seater station wagon dragsters (OK, there was only 1 car like this, not multiples!)
Seriously, how would you like to be a passenger in the back of this thing??!!
Classic American Luxury:
And full customs - and this truck was stunning all around:
Look at this close up of the paint on that truck - it's incredible!
Of course, if you've got cool cars you need some cool stuff in your garage to go along with them, and the folks at Barrett-Jackson can hook you up with that, too.
OK, back to work wiping down every single car that crosses the block!!
And when yours truly isn't out taking pictures for your enjoyment, I'm doing DA buffer demos for the attendees of the event.
Drawing a nice crowd for each of 4 demos each day.
Incidentally, the demo car we're using is a non metallic black 2011 Roush Stage 2 Mustang 5.0 convertible. But since the paint was in fairly good shape, and you need pretty messed up paint to do a proper demo on, we took some old school rubbing compound to the hood in order to, um, detract from the appearance. And to correct it, we used Ultimate Compound/W8207, Ultimate Polish/W9207, Ultimate Liquid Wax/W9207. The results are pretty impressive, don't you think?
By the way, that before/after image was shot on my Blackberry, not the Canon DSLR, which explains the smaller size. And the pattern in the "after" side is the reflection of the tent supports overhead, plus a bit of flare off the bright sun on the "before" side.
OK, that's it for today, we'll have more from the event tomorrow, so check back in (roughly) 24 hours.
Once again Meguiar's is front and center, right at the pre-staging area where we're wiping down all the cars before they enter the auction pavilion. As always there are plenty of cool cars from all aspects of the collector hobby.
This is where we hang out all day, talking to customers and helping them with paint issues.
And the cars really do run the gamut.
Classics:
Muscle Cars:
Resto-Mods:
Dirt track racers (look at the chassis offset on this thing!)
Fins!!! Always fins!!
Boats:
Street Rods:
Amphicars (the world record price for an Amphicar was at a Barrett-Jackson event a few years ago):
Limited production stainless steel gullwings:
Gullwings that look like the real deal but aren't (yes, this is a recreation, not a real Mercedes 300SL):
Classic British Sports Cars:
4 seater station wagon dragsters (OK, there was only 1 car like this, not multiples!)
Seriously, how would you like to be a passenger in the back of this thing??!!
Classic American Luxury:
And full customs - and this truck was stunning all around:
Look at this close up of the paint on that truck - it's incredible!
Of course, if you've got cool cars you need some cool stuff in your garage to go along with them, and the folks at Barrett-Jackson can hook you up with that, too.
OK, back to work wiping down every single car that crosses the block!!
And when yours truly isn't out taking pictures for your enjoyment, I'm doing DA buffer demos for the attendees of the event.
Drawing a nice crowd for each of 4 demos each day.
Incidentally, the demo car we're using is a non metallic black 2011 Roush Stage 2 Mustang 5.0 convertible. But since the paint was in fairly good shape, and you need pretty messed up paint to do a proper demo on, we took some old school rubbing compound to the hood in order to, um, detract from the appearance. And to correct it, we used Ultimate Compound/W8207, Ultimate Polish/W9207, Ultimate Liquid Wax/W9207. The results are pretty impressive, don't you think?
By the way, that before/after image was shot on my Blackberry, not the Canon DSLR, which explains the smaller size. And the pattern in the "after" side is the reflection of the tent supports overhead, plus a bit of flare off the bright sun on the "before" side.
OK, that's it for today, we'll have more from the event tomorrow, so check back in (roughly) 24 hours.
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