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Paul Hanley
Member ID: blue64
Member Status: Gold Member  Maryland's Eastern Shore, USA 
Last Login: 2012-02-08 02:41:26
Last Forum Activity: 2012-02-08 09:18:17 Forum Posts: 3,072 |
2 Vehicles --
Total mileage: 260,000 mi (418,429 km) --
Average age: 1962
There are 3 total entries in this Journal.
Showing summary of the most recent Journal entries:
Posted on: Monday December 24, 2007
With all the stockings hung and house trimmed, I get to dirty my hands today. The car is now on jacks, wheels removed. In preparing for Amelia or any Concours show, for that matter, the wheel wells and suspension must be clean, clean, clean. I use Turtle Wax Bug & Tar remover for the heavy cleaning. Lots and lots of cotton towels. Also handy were blast of compressed air. A word of caution: use safety glasses and air blast before you do too much cleaning with the Turtle Wax. Later in ...
Posted on: Monday December 3, 2007
I forgot to mention an important step of erecting the soft top. The area of paint that will be covered by the top, and now inside the cockpit needs to be cleaned, clayed, polished and waxed. Rather than get the polishing machine out for a little area--and the machine would not faire well around the lift-the-dot studs--I hand polish this area. I cleaned the area with Griot's Speedshine, dried it with 100% cotton towels again from Griot's, and used their Fine Hand Polish. Granted, I used towel...
Posted on: Sunday December 2, 2007
Yes, I'm going to The Show. I know how I got the nod--sorta. Some was luck and fate I suppose, but mostly its a method--a technique of restoring and detailing an early MGB to enough of a level to be invited to the Concours de Elegance at Amelia Island, Florida for the 2008 gathering. see: http://www.ameliaconcours.org/ For those unfamiliar, Amelia Island, although only in its 13th year, is considered the "Pebble Beach" of the East Coast. Very prestigious indeed! (this is where you should f...
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