Cambridge Autogleam: Ford Capri 280 and Ferrari 456 detailed

[jk83]

Good evening.

Trying to catch up on photos of recent work. Its been a pretty amazing start to the year and the busiest I can remember.

As usual you can keep up with my work on various social media sites. A follow or a like would be appreciated. There are also over 270 cars in our online portfolio now so have a browse. www.cambridgeautogleam.com

or and now on instgram.

First up this Ferrari 456. It was booked in for a "get it as good as you can get in a day" and I made the mistake of biting off more than I could chew which resulted in pretty much a full correction but also resulted in me working 8am - 12.50am!! and with travel time I was out of the house 6:30am - 2am. Needless to say I was pretty shattered but as you will see... hopefully the time was worth it.

When I arrived the car was pretty grubby having recently been on a trip to France in some pretty bad weather.

The paint wasn't in great condition and this is where I made my mistake of trying to get it too perfect considering the time. This level of correction required multiple polishing hits with 3m Fast Cut Plus XL on a Scholl wool pad followed by Menzerna 106FA on a Lake Country green finishing pad.

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

MUCH later once the whole car was finally corrected the paint was waxed with Dodo Juice Supernatural wax.

Also detailed recently was this Ford Capri 280. Only 24000 miles but it smelt quite musty inside from being stored for a few years. Front seats were removed and the carpets were wet vac'd, leather was cleaned and then a Dakota 'odor bomb' was used and the doors left shut for several hours so the deodorising fog could penetrate every surface.

While the odor bomb was doing its thing I gave the paint a quick polish (even though I was only booked for a Protection Detail) and then waxed the car with Dodo Juice Supernatural again. Plastic trims were treated with Wolfs Trim Coat. Tyres dressed with Car Pro PERL.

There are a few more photos on my facebook and twitter that I took as I was working.

As usual thanks for looking.

Nathan

 

[hurstg01]

:thumbsup2: You did a great job in [nearly a full!] day on the 456, but that Capri.....

 

[TeamRoadShark]

Wow! Forgot how good your work is.

You must post up more often

 

[Hazy]

That Capri is glorious, Ive had three of these back in the day....

 

[Ken]

Nathan did a great job on the Capri, it's looking stunning. I finally managed to get a tax disc for it today so if it's a nice day on Sunday I will bring it over to Silverstone.

interesting that it shares a threat with the 456, I used to have one of those in TDF Blue, the one in the picture is a mk1 the same as mine, a very pretty car.

 

[Stuart]

Capri looks better than it did when it was new!

 

[jk83]

Wow! Forgot how good your work is.

You must post up more often

Thank you. I try to update my website and the forum as much as I can but I've had so much work I havent had as much time to sort out photos etc. I regularly update facebook and twitter as im working so why not follow me there as well

 

[jk83]

Nathan did a great job on the Capri, it's looking stunning. I finally managed to get a tax disc for it today so if it's a nice day on Sunday I will bring it over to Silverstone.

interesting that it shares a threat with the 456, I used to have one of those in TDF Blue, the one in the picture is a mk1 the same as mine, a very pretty car.

Thanks Ken. Has the smell stayed away? It might be worth doing another one of the odor bombs after a while just to make sure it gets its all.

 

[Ken]

Thanks Ken. Has the smell stayed away? It might be worth doing another one of the odor bombs after a while just to make sure it gets its all.

Yes it seems ok, looking forward to driving it this weekend, it's taken ages to get it taxed