SwedishMark
Well-Known LVC Member
Since the engine in my T-bird started knocking I've had some time to spend on my Lincoln at last. And she really needs it.
I have barely even washed the car since I bought it, only when it's gotten really bad. Litterally speaking, I haven't taken care of her. The paint was like sandpaper and in rough shape.
So something had to be done and now with the T-bird this bad and I don't know really what to do with it atm I atleast got some time to spare. I'm sick of seeing the Lincoln in the shape she was.
Before pics:
Might need to clean it up inside...
In the garage!
Phone couldn't capture the scratches well but it was worse than this, all over the car. With deep scratches here and there
T-bird had to take nest outside
Moar scratches!
From a jackass who reversed into my car this winter
Start the polishing! Going hard at her to begin with, really needed.
After some of the white cap bottle it's time for light blue cap
Hm.. Result of plastic hoods?
Masking for more polishing
Went too hard here, damnit! Must've been really thin paint at this spot. Probably been repainted. Most parts of the car has already been repainted a few times over.
Very sad looking front end. This has to be repainted but until then, some polishing.
Masked off
My "chrome" on the car. Yes, very chome-ish
After one round of quick polishing
More sad looking "chrome"
You can see which one is polished and which isn't...
More white chrome! Everything looked like this
These weren't really chrome-ish either. But after some polishing they looked like new! Forgot to take pic of that, will do soon
Enough of the chrome, that wasn't all I did on the car... Ofcourse the paint was also polished
The back end during the polishing
Huge difference from before
Sound system has had quite a rebuild also. More on that soon
Tube amp... *drool*
I don't have any outside pictures of the car yet, it's not finished! But so far it's looking good!
The sound system then, it's best to show it with two videos.
First a video of it playing bass, loudly.
[video=youtube;R4HlX-yYK_U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4HlX-yYK_U&feature=c4-overview&list=UUDcQjqteZwP4Uf3qNSWH-SA[/video]
Next is some SQ in it. Sounds absolutley fantastic and even to Dire Straits you can play so loud it literally shakes everything apart. Which I did yesterday. I broke a lamp tube in the ceiling
[video=youtube;8dY049kVa4w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dY049kVa4w&feature=c4-overview&list=UUDcQjqteZwP4Uf3qNSWH-SA[/video]
Bonus video of the T-bird before I broke her, again
[video=youtube;mtIcP-XD6BU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtIcP-XD6BU&feature=c4-overview&list=UUDcQjqteZwP4Uf3qNSWH-SA[/video]
I have barely even washed the car since I bought it, only when it's gotten really bad. Litterally speaking, I haven't taken care of her. The paint was like sandpaper and in rough shape.
So something had to be done and now with the T-bird this bad and I don't know really what to do with it atm I atleast got some time to spare. I'm sick of seeing the Lincoln in the shape she was.
Before pics:
Might need to clean it up inside...
In the garage!
Phone couldn't capture the scratches well but it was worse than this, all over the car. With deep scratches here and there
T-bird had to take nest outside
Moar scratches!
From a jackass who reversed into my car this winter
Start the polishing! Going hard at her to begin with, really needed.
After some of the white cap bottle it's time for light blue cap
Hm.. Result of plastic hoods?
Masking for more polishing
Went too hard here, damnit! Must've been really thin paint at this spot. Probably been repainted. Most parts of the car has already been repainted a few times over.
Very sad looking front end. This has to be repainted but until then, some polishing.
Masked off
My "chrome" on the car. Yes, very chome-ish
After one round of quick polishing
More sad looking "chrome"
You can see which one is polished and which isn't...
More white chrome! Everything looked like this
These weren't really chrome-ish either. But after some polishing they looked like new! Forgot to take pic of that, will do soon
Enough of the chrome, that wasn't all I did on the car... Ofcourse the paint was also polished
The back end during the polishing
Huge difference from before
Sound system has had quite a rebuild also. More on that soon
Tube amp... *drool*
I don't have any outside pictures of the car yet, it's not finished! But so far it's looking good!
The sound system then, it's best to show it with two videos.
First a video of it playing bass, loudly.
[video=youtube;R4HlX-yYK_U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4HlX-yYK_U&feature=c4-overview&list=UUDcQjqteZwP4Uf3qNSWH-SA[/video]
Next is some SQ in it. Sounds absolutley fantastic and even to Dire Straits you can play so loud it literally shakes everything apart. Which I did yesterday. I broke a lamp tube in the ceiling
[video=youtube;8dY049kVa4w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dY049kVa4w&feature=c4-overview&list=UUDcQjqteZwP4Uf3qNSWH-SA[/video]
Bonus video of the T-bird before I broke her, again
[video=youtube;mtIcP-XD6BU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtIcP-XD6BU&feature=c4-overview&list=UUDcQjqteZwP4Uf3qNSWH-SA[/video]