Mike Phillips
Oct 14th, 2004, 12:57 PM
1964 Bentley - Swirl Removal and Concours Preparation
In order to prepare this 1964 Bentley S3 for display at this years 2004 Irvine Concours d'Elegance (http://www.atscconcours.com/), we will be removing the swirls from the paint and restoring a deep, wet, show car shine.
This is one of approximately 175 Bentley S3's built for the year 1964. The car features right hand drive, Scarlet Connelly Hides, and a 6.2 liter V8 with twin Carburetors. The paint color is called Black Pearl and is a clear coat finish that is approximately 25 years old. As such, we will be proceeding with extreme caution as we carefully massage out the surface imperfection and restore a show car finish worthy of the Bentley marque.
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/21964SilverCoud.jpg
While in the above pictures, it would appear as though this car is immaculate in every dimension, (and it is compared to 95% of the cars on the road), however, closer inspection of the finish reveals that the paint is in need of a little polishing work in order to remove the swirls and take it to the finish to its maximum potential.
Here's a shot of the finish on the driver’s side front fender under direct sunlight,
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloudSwirls1.jpg
Here's a close-up of this same area,
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloudSwirls2.jpg
Mike
In order to prepare this 1964 Bentley S3 for display at this years 2004 Irvine Concours d'Elegance (http://www.atscconcours.com/), we will be removing the swirls from the paint and restoring a deep, wet, show car shine.
This is one of approximately 175 Bentley S3's built for the year 1964. The car features right hand drive, Scarlet Connelly Hides, and a 6.2 liter V8 with twin Carburetors. The paint color is called Black Pearl and is a clear coat finish that is approximately 25 years old. As such, we will be proceeding with extreme caution as we carefully massage out the surface imperfection and restore a show car finish worthy of the Bentley marque.
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/21964SilverCoud.jpg
While in the above pictures, it would appear as though this car is immaculate in every dimension, (and it is compared to 95% of the cars on the road), however, closer inspection of the finish reveals that the paint is in need of a little polishing work in order to remove the swirls and take it to the finish to its maximum potential.
Here's a shot of the finish on the driver’s side front fender under direct sunlight,
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloudSwirls1.jpg
Here's a close-up of this same area,
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloudSwirls2.jpg
Mike