2020 Corvette Stingray Convertible Reveal — Mid-Engine C8 Corvette Convertible!
Edmunds:
MARK TAKAHASI: Mom,
apple pie, baseball.
These are things
we traditionally
think of as American, right?
Personally, I think
of our accomplishments
to describe the uniquely
American experience.
We're here at the
Kennedy Space Center
in Florida, where 50 years ago,
three brave astronauts strapped
into a Saturn 5 rocket,
blasted off to the moon,
forever changing
humanity's story arc.
16 years before that, though,
America's sports car was born.
And it's closely tied
to the space program.
We're here to check out the
latest version of that sports
car in the 2020 Chevrolet
Corvette convertible.
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In 1953, Chevrolet
introduced the Corvette,
a small convertible
sports car, to compete
against those little
roasters GIs were
falling in love with overseas.
America's first
astronaut, Alan Shepard,
had a '57 'vette
just like my mom's.
A decade later, the
edgier, second generation
was introduced, along with
the iconic Stingray name.
And this one, in particular,
used to be Neil Armstrong's.
Come on, how cool is that?
We just happen to have a
'66 this same color rotating
above the Edmunds
reception desks too.
The third generation,
C3m three showed up
just as the Apollo program
hit its stride in 1968.
There's a famous
photo of the Apollo 12
astronauts posing with their
custom gold 427 Stingrays.
Starting in 1984, the C4 ensured
the 80s and 90s were rad.
The C5 'vette ran
from '97 to 2004,
and we had a wonderful Z06
from 2002, our long-term fleet.
The true 21st century Corvette
started with the C6 and C7s,
which dramatically increased
the technology and performance
quotient.
That brings us to the
all-new 8th generation,
which represents the biggest
change in the Corvette's
history.
We showed you the Stingray
coupe over the summer,
and for the most
part, this convertible
is mechanically identical.
Under this deck lid is the same
6.2 liter, naturally aspirated,
push rod V8 that puts out 495
horsepower and 470-pound feet
of torque.
Attached to that is an
8-speed automated dual clutch
transmission.
Sadly, it doesn't
sound like we're
going to get a manual
this time around.
There are some design challenges
that go along with a mid engine
sports car like this.
And if you look at
something like, let's say,
the Lamborghini
Diablo Spyder, where
the deck looks really huge and
heavy and the seating position
is way too far forward.
That is not the case with
a Corvette convertible.
They styled it impeccably, so
it looks almost like the coupe.
These nacelles here that
run from the headrest all
the way to the tail really
break up some of that space.
And these intersecting
lines and decreases
lighten that visual weight.
Also helping to break up
some of that visual weight
is this black fascia
down here, which kind of
helps it not look as heavy and
chunky as it normally would.
One thing that I
was really concerned
with the design of
this new C8 Corvette
was this really,
really big center thing
with all the buttons on it.
They're all climate controls,
so it sort of makes sense,
but I have to say this.
In photos, it looks
really awkward.
In practice, sitting here,
it's actually pretty good.
I mean, you have
everything at your command.
Maybe they could have slimmed
it down with fewer buttons,
but I'm sorry.
It kind of works.
You also have this nice
little hand rest here
for the dial controller.
And this squared off
steering wheel actually
feels pretty good.
I have to say, it might be
fulfilling some like Formula 1
driver aspirations.
Overall, the interior
has a nice snug
feel without
feeling too cramped.
There are obviously
a lot of challenges
when it comes to converting
the coupe to a convertible,
so I'm here with Ed
Piatek, chief engineer
for the Corvette.
Ed, what kind of
challenges did you
run into with this
mid engine Corvette?
ED PIATEK: Well,
typically you have
a lot of challenges from
a structure standpoint
if you're removing the
roof from a coupe that
uses the roof as a load path.
But in the case of all
the Corvettes going back
to the 6th generation car,
they've all effectively
been convertibles.
They all have
removable roof panels.
So we can't count on the roof.
So when we do a
car like this, we
use a tunnel-dominant structure.
If you took a look at
the underbody of the car
you'll see we've got a
really big tunnel section.
And that gives it
sort of the backbone
that gives you great bending
and torsional stiffness.
So for us to do a convertible,
it's not as big a challenge,
as far as having to remediate
that and put band-aids
on the car to get
the structure back.
MARK TAKAHASI: So that's
all really impressive,
but something I heard earlier
is even more impressive.
How much more does
this convertible
weigh than the coupe?
ED PIATEK: We're still in
the final validation phase,
so I don't have an exact number.
But it's going to be less
than 100 pounds difference
from coupe to
convertible, which is
why we think the acceleration
performance that everyone's
excited about for the
coupe will carry right
over into the convertible.
MARK TAKAHASI: That's
amazing considering
that a lot of convertibles
weigh several pounds more
than their coupe counterparts.
Thanks a lot, Ed.
ED PIATEK: Hey, thank you.
MARK TAKAHASI: It's
been a pleasure.
I can't wait to drive it.
ED PIATEK: It's great.
I'm here with Kirk Bennion,
chief designer of the Corvette.
What were your main
challenges with the C8?
KIRK BENNION: Well,
I would tell you
in developing this
convertible top,
the mechanization was something
that we started on very early.
There were certain
things that we wanted
to maintain in the design.
We want to maintain the
shoulders and the quarters.
But also we wanted to
maintain some surfacing that
led up to those nacelles.
So we started with a
small patch of surface,
and we continued to develop
that fiber link system
to give us his tapered upper.
But to work around
that early surface--
we didn't even know
what the car was
going to look like
as a whole, but we
knew we wanted these particular
elements in the design.
MARK TAKAHASI: But a lot of
the challenges for mid engine
is the back end
looks really heavy,
and the passenger
compartment looks like it's
squished too far forward.
How did you solve that?
KIRK BENNION: A lot of that
depends on just where you
place that windshield.
And, you know, kind of like
with the windshield assembly,
and your wiper assembly,
call panel and that,
we like that to be
over center of axle--
center of the front wheel.
We feel it-- for this car that
gives us the best proportion.
It's that right
amount to reach, where
it doesn't look
like it's crammed,
with it's reaching forward.
And then it gives
us just enough room
in the back to kind of stretch
things out and still get
that for-- you know, what we
call a cockpit forward accent.
But in doing so, that allows us
to lean out the car, basically.
MARK TAKAHASI: Well,
it's a pleasure
to see it in the flesh.
Thanks for taking the time.
KIRK BENNION: Thank you.
MARK TAKAHASI: If you ask
me, the Corvette convertible
is just as sharp as the coupe.
And it's also as relatively
affordable costing,
$7,500 more.
Expect a starting
price of around $67,000
when it goes on sale
in March of 2020.
I'm not completely convinced
it's worth shelling out
the extra money for
the convertible,
since the coupe already
has a removable roof.
Whether you choose the
coupe or the convertible
you're pretty much
guaranteed you're
going to be driving the new
hotness for at least a couple
months.
That's it from the
Corvette convertible unveil
at the Kennedy Space
Center in Florida.
If you thought we'd come here
and not check out the astronaut
experience, you're wrong.
For sticking around this
long, here's a bonus.
Some snippets from
astronaut camp.
Woohoo!
Come on, Doug.
Let's go steal a rocket.
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That's where I belong.
Rare glimpse inside Blake's Auto Salvage | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 57
Hagerty:
(upbeat music)
- Right now we're heading back to
a junkyard that we have been told about
by a number of people.
But they also told us,
you'll never get in there.
The guy doesn't allow
anybody to go in there.
Well I went there and they were closed,
but there was a phone number
and I called it.
And I left a nice message and
he called me back last night.
He said, "Why don't you
guys meet me us over there
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
and I'll show you around".
Wow, so that's what, that's
where we're headin' right now.
Hello.
He's walkin' the other way,
I don't know if he needs his keys or what.
Let's go.
Come on, come on, come
on, come on, come on!
Hello sir.
Are you Red?
We're in Southern Utah,
near the border of Arizona.
And we've been allowed
into a really special
junkyard, for lack of a better word.
It's been closed to
the public for decades.
And Jim McEwin doesn't own the place,
but he is gonna be our spokesperson
to walk us around and
tell us about these cars,
how they wind up here.
So Jim, thanks so much for...
- No problem.
Yeah, I'll do my best
- allowing us
and spending your day with us.
- I'll do my best.
Good, so it's so hard to kind of grasp
how large this place is
And we're gonna shrink you down
and put you on a drone and take you
for a little ride around this junkyard.
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We're just gonna follow Jim
and he's gonna tell us
how these cars got here,
where they're going.
Are they available for sale, whatever.
So, I'm interested in
that big block Impala
you talked about.
I didn't see it.
- Okay, well lets,
we'll check out this,
this is the Northwest
side of the yard.
- [Tom] Now how long have
you been coming here?
- [Jim] I've known Red for many years
and we kinda partnered up about,
almost three years ago.
- [Tom] So you're the sales arm?
- [Jim] You know, yeah, keep
Red's phone from ringing.
- [Tom] Now we're walkin' past cars
and people are gonna freak
out when they see this.
"Oh my God, how could you
walk past that Camaro".
- Yeah so, you know, one
of the cars I really like
in this yard.
And I've actually been in contact with
a family member.
And this is a 1940 Hudson Business Coupe.
I've been in contact with Mr. Hudson
out of somewhere in Oregon.
And he's the great-nephew
of Hudson Automobile Manufacturing.
- I've never seen a license
plate like that in my life.
- This car is, is just so cool.
And so I've been in contact with him
and it's probably gonna go
back to the Hudson family.
And so, in fact I gotta call
him today, as a matter of fact.
- Still got a hubcap on it, wow.
- Yeah there's engine
transit, it's a fairly,
it's a pretty complete car, for sure.
- [Tom] And there's really
no rush down here, is there?
There's no big cancerous
rust in the floors.
- Yeah, no but, you know when
cars do sit on the ground,
if they do they, you know you get
some moisture up in 'em.
But yeah, for the most part, you know,
you come to the Southwest for metal
and go to the North for interiors.
Cause there's no interiors
here that made it
through these hot summers here.
- Wow.
- [Jim] This is an
interesting car, '68 GTO.
- [Tom] It looks like
something from "Mad Max".
- [Jim] Yeah, and you know it's funny,
I've been trying to sell this car.
Actually got ahold of the owner that
had this car in the '80s,
it was his high school car.
And he came in and he
thought about buying it,
but he thought it was too far gone.
And he told me some history of the car,
this car had the hideaway
headlights in it.
- [Tom] Oh really?
- Yeah, but they, his
brother wrecked the car,
and they ended up putting a
different GTO front end on it.
Yeah, when he came out and looked at it,
he came in the gate
and I showed it to him.
And he, "Oh there's my, there's my wheels
and tires I bought" when he was,
you know, 17 or 18 years old, or whatever.
- [Tom] Is he interested in buying it?
- [Jim] You know he
thought about it and he had
another Mustang he was buildin'
and I think it was just
too much to take on.
- Yeah, yeah.
Now is Red a car guy?
Is he a hot rodder, does he restore cars?
- Yeah he's restored a lot of cars.
He was a paint and body guy for years.
And he's been, yeah he's
done a lot a custom stuff,
won a lot of awards for his lacquer paint
that he used to do.
You know, he's been there done that.
- How bout you, you a car guy?
You restore things?
- I'm a car guy myself, yeah.
- What's your thing?
- So my thing right now is
2nd generation early Camaros.
And I'm putting one together
and Red's helped out with that.
So I just found out, in
a Firebird yesterday,
Red let me take it.
Brand new PPG side windows.
Tinted window.
- Brand new?
New stuff?
- New old stock, but it was inside a car.
- Oh man.
- Yeah.
- Is this the Impala?
- Yeah this is a '66
Impala, this is a 396.
Red just picked this one up yesterday
and I got some pictures up underneath it.
- Yesterday?
- No, no, no.
He picked it up from over there.
- Oh okay
- Yeah on his lift.
- And, no this car's
probably been here for
35 years.
- No kidding.
- You know, it still has
the Utah '73 plates on it.
The big block is, the
big block is in place
and I don't have any reason to doubt
that that's not the original engine.
So it's funny, it's a big
block air conditioning
manual brake car.
- No kidding.
- [Jim] With power steering.
I imagine this was a lot of
fun to stop back in the day.
- What an odd combination.
It's drum brakes too probably, right?
- Oh I'm sure.
Yeah I'm sure.
- So to you, is that a
restoration candidate?
- Oh I think so.
- Yeah.
- Yeah I think so.
So the last time this car was registered,
it looks like it was about '82.
- [Tom] So it's probably been
here since around that time.
- [Jim] Yeah, it could have
been here even the year before.
And so this car, Red did tell me
that a police officer owned this car.
And how he knows that, I don't know.
But he knows the history
on almost all these cars.
It's amazing.
- So, all right, what do you a value
with something like that?
Have you, do you have
a price sheet or something?
- You know, that,
no I don't have a price sheet.
And so, you know, and Red doesn't have a
value on 'em either.
And we like to put 'em out there
and then see what the interest is on it.
As of right now, we don't
have set prices on anything.
Like I say, Red's really
never sold anything
out of the yard.
It's just a private collection of cars.
(rock music)
An old pace car.
- Yeah.
- [Jim] An '82 Camaro pace car.
(rock music)
And then some cars, like this car,
was probably one that was at
the body shop at one time,
and was gonna be fixed.
And that's a '76 Formula
400 four speed car.
And I believe that's a
'73 455 engine in it.
It doesn't have the original engine in it.
- [Tom] Got it.
- [Jim] And it was carousel
red with a white interior.
You know something like this
would be a really neat car
if it wasn't in the
condition that it's in.
- [Tom] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [Jim] Corvair vans.
- [Tom] Yeah.
- [Jim] Now this is a rare vehicle here.
I, no, no, I've heard different rumors
about these things here.
- The Corvair Rampside.
When I was a kid these came out
and they advertised on
TV, had a baby elephant
walk up the ramp and go
in the back of the car.
- [Jim] Oh is that right?
Yeah, so there's rumor
that there's handfuls
of these left in the country.
Now I don't know if that's true or not.
I don't see any for sale
on Ebay or anything else.
- [Tom] Yeah.
- [Jim] So this is something
that I would like to,
we'd like to move.
You know, I've seen these
restored and they're pretty nice.
- [Tom] Yeah they are.
- [Jim] You know, and they're unique.
- You know anything about that Scout?
- That's one of about 10.
(laughing)
You know there's just various
stuff all over the place.
You know, Corvair's, and
more Camaro's, and an Apollo.
- Have you ever had like a group,
a camera crew come in here
and do anything like this?
- No, no I've been the
only guy with a camera
in here pretty much.
- I'm lookin', is that
a Hudson over there?
- [Jim] That's a Nash.
- I gotta take a look at that thing.
I mean it looks complete.
Look at all the trims on
there, the bumper, grill.
Ambassador Classic.
- And its got the continental kit.
- No kidding.
What car in its day?
That was the cat's meow.
- Talk about a shoe box, huh?
- Oh V8, so this has been hot rodded.
- Yeah it's been hot rodded.
This looks like it's got
a small block Chevy in it.
Or what does it have,
yeah I think it's got a small block in it.
- It's a Chevy.
That's a cool car.
(rock music)
Is that a jet drive boat?
- [Jim] Yeah.
- [Tom] With a big block Ford?
- I think that is a big block Ford.
- [Tom] Yeah, that's probably a 428, 429
something like that, wow.
(rock music)
- [Jim] We're passin' up cars
and people are gonna say,
"Why didn't you take a look at that one?".
- They always do.
- And I got people that want
to come in all the time,
but it's, it's like I tell 'em,
I don't have five hours
to show you the yard.
- Right.
- [Jim] You know what's interesting,
with some of these cars,
is a lot of these cars were
towed here from off the highway
with peoples', all their belongings in it.
All their stuff in it.
- [Tom] Oh like they broke down?
- [Jim] Yeah, like they broke down
and all their belongings.
And I found a suitcase, a round suitcase,
I opened it up and it
was full of pictures.
And I thought, oh man,
it was, vintage pictures
from, you know, from the '50s and '60s.
And then some newer stuff in there.
But we actually found the
person by name on Facebook.
- And you were able to return them?
- And we got ahold of them,
and they were really
sketchy to talk to us,
because I guess she was
in an abusive relationship
or something and she's got a
man that wants to find her.
- Oh man.
- And so we finally had
to show 'em a picture
and say, "Look, is this you guys?".
And then they started talking to us.
And they said, "Oh that's my mother's
and that's all of my stuff
and I really really want it back".
And Red told me, I said,
"Hey Red, do you mind
if I contact these people?".
And he says, "Go ahead and do it".
He says, "But Jim I want to tell ya,
they're not gonna do nothin' with them.
They're gonna say they want 'em a
and then say they're
gonna come pick 'em up".
And he says, "They'll never do it".
And sure as heck, they never,
they wouldn't give me and
address to send it to.
And then they were gonna send
a UPS package to pick it up,
which was fine with me.
And they never did it.
And he, and so Red's
been around this stuff
for so many years.
That he knows, he says
everybody has these intentions,
"I need this one thing out of the car",
and they never come get it.
- I love this line-up of Suburbans,
just like the history of
the Chevy Suburban, wow.
And another Scout.
I don't think this hood ornament
was originally on there.
I like it.
(laughing)
Okay we're walking around, you know,
literally hundreds maybe
thousands of cars here.
Why are we stopping and looking
at this International Scout?
Well, because I want to.
It's complete, we open the hood
and, wow, look it's even clean.
If you wipe the dust off,
I can still see paint
from the valve cover.
It's a sled four.
Is that International Motor,
or was that an AMC motor V8 cut in half?
I don't know.
We think it's probably a '64,
although somebody watching this
is gonna tell me I'm wrong,
but so what.
So if this is a '64 and it
was in concourse condition,
it would be valued at 25,400 bucks.
In fair condition, which
is all the way down
to level four, 6,700 bucks.
So, I mean I would
imagine this is, you know,
maybe a 5,000 dollar car.
That would be a pretty
good family project.
Because it's solid, it's complete,
you could bring this home,
pressure wash it in your driveway.
Little by little work your way back.
Work on components, the
hydraulics, we do the brakes.
The engines complete.
And make, lastly work on the body,
if you even want to do that.
So that's a nice car and you know,
maybe you could buy this one
for somethin' like 5,000
dollars, I'm not sure.
So you got a Marty car here.
- I think so.
I think so.
You can tell me, since you're a Ford guy.
- Tarino '69.
- I believe it's '69.
- '68-'69.
- It's got tow hooks on the front.
- [Tom] Well it could've
been a drag car I guess.
- [Jim] It's an R Code.
- [Tom] It's an R Code.
It's a 428.
- [Jim] Bramair.
Four speed.
- Really?
- [Jim] Yeah.
- [Tom] I see headers in there,
yeah this was a hot rod.
- [Jim] And so I'd like to, you know,
I think this was a project that someone
had in their garage and
then they got tired of it.
And Red ended up picking it up.
- [Tom] Yup.
- [Jim] But the, the tag is on
the, there's the aluminum tag
and it's an R Code.
- Really?
And so this was probably
a 428 Cobra Jet car.
- [Jim] Yeah.
- And...
- [Jim] Yeah.
- This is a Hurst shifter.
- [Jim] Yeah.
- Wow.
- [Jim] Yeah.
- That would be worth,
if that bodies good,
that would be worth reviving for sure.
- [Jim] I think the body's pretty good.
- Yeah somebody did a little
dance on the hood here.
- [Jim] Yeah.
- So when then this kind of
rust, when you sand blast that,
does it clean up pretty well?
- [Jim] Oh yeah, yeah it's still
pretty good metal for sure.
- So we're walkin'
through the yard with Jim
and he said, "Oh I got a Ford over here
I want to show you".
So this is the Ford
and it's intriguing looking because well,
okay there's a hood pin, we
see headers inside there,
there's a Hurst shifter in the trunk.
Jim said, "I think this
was a Cobra Jet car".
So we came over and
look at the VIN number,
and ran it through Hagerty's
evaluation guide here.
Okay so this is a '69 Tarino
Cobra, two door sports roof,
eight cylinder, 428 cubic inch,
360 horsepower four barrel,
and it was a super Cobra Jet.
But the say the average
value was 38,700 dollars.
I don't have it broken
down by different levels.
But yeah, this is certainly
not worth 38,000 dollars.
But it's a good starting point
for somebody that wanted a rare car.
Which you know, it's all spelled out
on this little VIN number right here.
You could go to the MODY report
or the Hagerty Price Guide
see where this car was made.
It happened to be made in Kansas City
and it was all loaded
up with all the options
for high performance.
I don't think it had a drag pack.
At least the VIN number doesn't show that.
This would be a neat car to kind of
bring back from the dead.
Here it is sittin' here
for probably two decades.
But it hasn't gotten' much worse.
It's a solid car.
And all the ID numbers point
to this is a pretty rare
factory sports car.
So amazing what you can find back here.
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♪ For a love like yours I'd ♪
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- [Tom] Oh there's a school bus.
- [Jim] That's not a school bus.
See there's no doors on this side here.
And then you've got four
doors down this side.
- [Tom] So what brand is that?
- [Jim] Don't know, it's
got a flat head in it.
- [Tom] Oh it's a Ford then.
Probably a '35 Ford.
So this was, tell me again,
this was a Grand Canyon...
- [Jim] No this was Yellowstone.
- [Tom] Yellowstone tour vehicle.
- Yeah.
And so it had this top that was removable.
And then the doors just on this side here.
This is where it would
have said Yellowstone,
right through here.
- Isn't that somethin'.
Wonder if you could
find any like liveries,
any notes on there, marks
that said Yellowstone.
- [Jim] Vintage Yellowstone tour bus.
- So that wall, I guess
that was where people
put their luggage in the back.
- Here check this out.
- Oh you found a picture of it.
- Oh yeah.
- [Tom] Oh look at that.
- [Jim] See it's got the step.
- [Tom] Oh yeah.
- [Jim] Okay other step.
It's got, this is for sure
a Yellowstone vintage bus.
I've contacted 'em, I've tried to.
I don't know if they got my email or not.
And asked if they wanted to preserve this.
- [Tom] Yeah.
- [Jim] 'Cause they do
have some vintage stuff
up there in Yellowstone,
they still run these things.
But how it ended up here, I have no idea.
- [Tom] Well we met this
guy is Midland, Texas,
who would hot rod this thing.
- [Jim] Oh yeah.
- He'd leave the paint just the way it is.
So this is where they'd put the
luggage in the back I guess.
- [Jim] Well I think they
were just for day tours.
Or for a couple a, you know,
go drive around Yellowstone, or whatever.
- There's a wall here.
- [Jim] Oh okay.
- There's a wall here,
probably held luggage back.
Look at this style right here.
It's almost like it had landour roof.
- [Jim] Yeah, then the
top, it was a fabric top.
- [Tom] Man I wonder what
body company made that.
- [Jim] There's some
information online on it.
- See these hooks up here?
There's a vinyl top or a gray canvas top,
it fastens on to there.
So you could take it off in nice weather
and just have a open convertible.
- [Jim] Let's go this way.
Let's go look over here.
- Oh here's an old drag '55 Chevy.
- This car's really cool.
- Look at the way the
fender's are cut out.
Massive wheels.
- [Jim] It's kinda like a..
"Two-Lane Blacktop" car.
- Oh yeah, the worst movie of all time,
that we can't see enough of.
- [Jim] It's a terrible
show, I agree with that.
But the cars are cool.
- So it's got all the decals
they used to put on the windows.
Hurst, it's got Cragar Mags.
You know what, pretty damn solid car.
The floors are good.
- [Jim] Yeah.
- Man, it doesn't have
a Strayfor axle does it?
I dig those Strayfor axles.
- [Jim] Oh yeah, gassers.
- Yup, nope.
We've walked around this yard now for
a couple of hours, 20 acres,
and couple thousand cars.
Lots of Ranchero's, Volkswagen
Beetles, you name it.
But I've decided this is the car
that I enjoy the most of this yard.
If the owner Red says,
"Take any car you want",
it would be this one.
It's impressive first of all,
not because it's sitting on a dumpster,
but here's a car that's 61 years old.
It's a 1958.
It's still got three of
the original hubcaps on it.
For all we know the fourth
hubcap could be in the trunk.
The body seems to be solid as a rock.
It's got green leather interior.
And it's the interiors not ripped.
I think, you know a few
hours with a soapy sponge
and leather treatment, that
interior could look beautiful.
It's got a 430 cubic inch,
big V8 engine, 375 horsepower.
This is called a Continental Mark III,
which is interesting because,
Lincoln used the name Mark III
in the '60s again.
So they used Continental Mark
III twice, that I can tell.
It's a two door which is just
highly unusual for a Lincoln.
It's got this slant back window back here,
I don't know if you can see it.
And the window has an electric
motor and it rolls down.
So you know, my friend's
mother had a Lincoln,
a Mercury like this and we used to put
our surfboards in the back.
We surfed on Long Island as a kid.
And best guess is that this cars probably
10,000 dollars to own.
I'm guessing, you could get this thing
running in your driveway, cleaned up,
and in a couple of weeks
have a really cool cruiser.
We looked up in Hagerty how
much a car like this is worth.
If this was in concourse condition,
which certainly it's not,
it would probably cost
$100,000 to get this
in concourse condition.
It'd be worth 41,300 dollars.
So if you were gonna do that,
this is the wrong car to do it with.
If it was excellent condition,
it would be $28,900.
In good condition $17,200
and in fair $11,900.
So this I probably, you know, fair price
and it would be a fair deal if
you can get it for that much.
So this is the car I
would drive home for sure.
And we're standing, well walkin' around
for the last several hours
in this yard, 20 acre yard,
loaded with cars.
People said all over town,
"You'll never get in there,
you'll never get in there".
You know what, I made a nice phone call
and the man that owned the place,
said you can come in.
And Jim has been touring us around.
He knows all the cars in this place.
I want to thank you so much.
Because nobody gave us any
encouragement to come in here
that we'd ever get inside the gate.
- That's how we like it.
- Thanks so much and you know,
like hopefully if you
want to sell these cars,
somebody who's watching this show
will get ahold of us
- Great, awesome.
- And we'll turn 'em on to you.
Thank you man, thank you.
- Thank you guys for coming out.
Pleasure to have you.
- Thank you.
- Now this car probably would have come
from up at, Red's father's place
Okay.
And you can tell because the
hoods have been welded shut.
And they, they didn't have a fortress,
like this has built around it.
And so people were able
to get access to 'em.
And the best way to keep
people out of the cars
and stealin' all the parts
was to come in and lay a
bead and weld the hood shut.
So as we get back into
the older part of the yard
you'll see hoods that have been
welded shut on these things.
2016 Ford Mustang GT V8 Review - AutoNation
AutoNation:
Today we have the 2016 Ford Mustang GT. Now
this isn’t just any GT, this is in fact
the California Special. Now you might say,
“Didn’t you just test one of these last
year?” Well, yes, we did. But that was a
different car. You see, that one was orange,
this is one is Blue. But there’s more than
just color between the 2015 and 2016 models,
you see, for 2016 Ford has included Sync 3,
that’s the newest of their infotainment
system that’ll later this year be upgraded
this year with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
So does this Mustang still have what it takes
to be a top pick? Let’s take a look. Under
the gorgeous is Ford’s 5.0-liter V8. It’s
good for 435 horsepower and 400 pound feet
of torque. Now it is connected through a six-speed
manual transmission, in this particular car,
and it powers the rear wheels through a limited
slip differential. But the most miraculous
thing about this engine isn’t the horsepower
or the torque, it’s the fact that is still
gets 15 miles to the gallon in the city, 25
on the freeway. Now the most direct competition
to the Ford Mustang is of course the Chevy
Camaro, one thing that the Camaro does have
over this Mustang, is in the rear. Now I can
physically fit inside the Camaro’s trunk.
Yeah… there’s no way I’m going to try
it in this one. It’s a nice looking back
though. Oh yeah, here comes my favorite part.
Ooo ooo ooo! Wooo! Oh yeah. Love the way this
car sounds. Okay, first off, interior. It
has a really nice melding of modern and classic.
Because of course, the Mustang has been around
for more than 50 years now. So there’s a
lot of heritage that they want to bring into
this brand. And they do a really good job
with these somewhat retro style accents, says
Mustang California Special right there. The
steering wheel is a traditional Mustang deep
dish design. It has a lot of little extras
of course because this is 2016, so we have
like stereo settings and voice prompt and
navigation for the computer system up here.
I can go to trip, fuel economy, fuel history,
all the stuff. One of the biggest differences
in this new version of the Mustang is what
we have right here. This is Ford’s Sync
3. Now I have to say, never been a huge fan
of Sync, it’s always seemed a little awkward
to use. Well this one is a complete revamp
of Sync and so far what I see, I really like.
When I use the volume I get this really cool
visual popup that shows me my volume. Climate
control, yes there are traditional climate
controls down here, with the addition of both
heated and cooled seats. Yes. The screen is
very responsive, it’s super clear, it also
is a matte finish so it reduces glare, which
is really nice. Phone, I can add a phone,
it has navigation, which is really a cool
looking navigation, they’ve just done such
a great job bringing Sync into the future.
Finally! That’s really nice, let’s go
ahead and find a location. Let’s search
for a point of interest. Star… Boy it works
really quickly, gives me my suggestions, boom,
right there! Starbucks... with a logo even.
Nice. These are a beautiful California Edition
leather seats. They have regular leather on
the outside and they have like an Alcantara
inset so you don’t move around very much,
which is really great. And then, I’ve been
saving the best for last, but yes, this car
has track apps. Track apps are amazing. So
let me go ahead and give you a quick tour.
Go to the track apps menu. Under here we have
an accelerometer, acceleration timer, that’s
right you can do your own 0-60 runs. Brake
performance, line lock… line lock is the
best thing ever. In fact, we did it with last
year’s car, and I might as well just show
you that clip. Let’s show that now. Yes,
that’s right, it lets you warm up your tires
before you do your drag race. It is so cool
because it just puts out so much smoke. I
can believe it comes standard on a GT. This
one has it. There are some more practical
things as well. This has a lot of driver assistance
features, such as blind spot warning, and
cross traffic alert with the rear view camera.
Okay have I gotten through all the interior
bits quick enough? Because I’m really eager
to take this car out for a drive. You might
think that a rear wheel drive muscle car with
400 foot pounds of torque and 435 ponies would
be a challenge to drive in wet weather like
this. Thanks to a very good traction control
system, it’s not only possible, it’s actually
quite fun. That’s because the system gives
you just enough wheel slip to be entertaining.
But never so much to be completely crazy.
Want total control? Simply put the Mustang
GT into race mode, and all the electric assists
are put on hold. This mode is suggested for
track only use for obvious reasons. When it’s
not providing endless entertainment, the Mustang
GT is actually quite practical. It has room
for four, well, two adults and two kids if
we’re gunna be honest, and is perfectly
comfortable to drive, even for long distances.
When you put it all together, the 2016 Ford
Mustang GT really is an affordable race car
you can drive every day. For on the 2016 Ford
lineup, visit AutoNation.com today. I’m
your host Ryan Douthit, thanks for watching.
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VW Polo Hatch TSi | Auto Pedigree Car Review
Auto Pedigree:
Roy Woods - Go Go Go (Official Video)
Roy Woods:
woah woah woah
woah woah woah woah
woah woah woah woah
woah woah woah woah
I see how you change at night
nothing like your basement lies (yeah)
Chevrolet trip half an hour ride (yeah)
take a nigga back to the southside
I'm giving it all to you, naked and raw baby, raw as my heart feel the pain as it thumps
I feel used on my chest, it ain't nothing at all
cause' I'm here for you
I'm making love to you
you're letting it all go go go go
I'm here for you, I'm making love to you
you're letting it all go go go go
let your pain go go go go
I let my pain go go go go
let your pain go go go go
I let my pain go go go go
let your pain go go go go
I let my pain go go go go
let your pain go go go go
I need what I never had
you had, thought you had a spot
so show me what it is right now girl (yeah)
cause' I've been in the lost and found
and you are the only thing inside
brand new heart is why I'm at the bonfire
pick and choose what you need who you want girl, I'm there you can call on me when you know there's no one else
you got away, bet I'm down for the moment, shit you the real shit, hold me down for a fucking spliff whenever I'm stressed (w-w-whenever I'm stressed)
you hold me down the best
Now I see how you change at night
nothing like your basement lies
Chevrolet trip half an hour ride
take an nigga back to the southside (ooohhh)
you're letting it all go go go go
let your pain go go go go
I let my pain go go go go
let your pain go go go go
I let my pain go go go go
let your pain go go go go
I let my pain go go go go
let your pain go go go go
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VW Beetle - Everything You Need to Know | Up to Speed
Donut Media:
Ladies and gentlemen...The Beatles!
It began its life as a Dictator***s dream
but became a symbol of peace and love
around the world.
It***s a pop culture Icon that shared the
screen with such legends as Kevin Bacon,
Optimus Prime and Lindsay friggin' Lohan.
And at one point, it was the best selling car
of all time.
This is everything you need to know to get
Up to Speed on the Volkswagen Beetle.
It***s 1934 and Germany***s not doing so great.
That summer a failed artist named Adolf Hitler
Seized power after Germany's president
Hindenburg died in his home at the age of 87.
Hitler mandated that Germany have a state car.
Something the average family could afford.
To bring the Volkswagen concept to life, the
German government brought in a race car engineer
named Ferdinand Porsche.
Porsche***s job was to make a vehicle that
was small, yet big enough to fit a whole family,
simple enough to use and maintain anywhere,
and dependable enough that people could drive
it practically forever.
The final body design reflected a trend at
the time for sleek, round vehicles.
That look didn***t leave much room for a trunk which didn***t matter
because Porsche did that Porsche does.
He designed an air-cooled boxer engine and shoved it in the butt.
But it turned out Old Ferdinand and Kormenda
might have taken a little inspiration from
somewhere else: Czechoslovakia.
More specifically from the small Czech Automaker,
Tatra.
They saw the Volkswagen and noticed it looked a little...familiar.
so they sued ***em!
And what do you do when your a megalomaniacal
dictator who gets sued over cars?
That***s right*** you invade the country and
take over the factory!
As the totally original design came together,
it was time to start building it.
Technically, this was a government project,
under a division called:
Strength Through Joy.
Or in German, Kraftdurch Freude!
Kraftdurch Freude!
They built a brand new factory near Fallersleben.
And would ya guess what they called the town
they built around the new factory?
The City of the Strength Through Joy at Fallersleben.
Nazis are so creative
In 1938, the factory began rolling the
first production cars off the line.
The first units were all given to high-ranking
military personnel, and the first convertible
was given to Hitler himself.
Thing is, though, this was 1938, and Hitler
needed every vehicle factory in Germany to
start exclusively producing military vehicles.
So with only 210 of the original KdF-Wagens
built, the factory shut down production to
focus on the military effort, an effort that
would go poorly for the factory, Germany,
Europe, and the entire world.
Cut to 1945!
When the Second World War ended, Germany was
a pile of rubble.
The Fallersleben factory had been bombed.
The occupying British forces in charge of
the area found the original production line
parts for the KdF-Wagen.
British car makers were invited to bid on
the production line parts, so they could mass-produce
the vehicle back in the UK.
But nobody wanted it!
"Ok mates, ok chaps"
"I have production parts of a shitty little Nazi car"
"Going for one million pounds"
"One million pounds, can I get one million pounds?"
"I don't know about you mate,
I think that car is ugly and slow"
"I agree entirely mate"
"Would you like to go get some tea and custards?"
"Ooh I love tea and custards"
"Let's go to the Buckingham's"
"Buckingham's is my favorite tea and custard shop"
"So should we take your carriage?"
"Right right"
"Right right"
In 1946, the factory was rebuilt, after the
city was renamed "Wolfsburg".
Since the British didn***t want to take it,
the production line was reassembled and cars
started rolling.
No more Strength Through Joy: the car was
now simply the Volkswagen Type 1.
Once again, the first models were all given
to military personnel,
this time for the occupying forces.
In 1949, the British handed off control of
the factory to an ex-Opel executive named
Heinz Nordhoff.
With the factory rebuilt, and Germany as a
whole slowly coming back,
the new company, called Volkswagen, was ready to live harmoniously with the rest of the world.
The Volkswagen Type 1 started selling around
Western Europe, including its native Germany,
where it first garnered the nickname ***the
Beetle.***
But Europe in the late ***40s was still recovering
from those f*** heads Nazis.
If you wanted to sell to a market with a big population,
lots of money, and roads that weren***t all blown up,
you had to go to America.
But at first, no dealership in the US wanted
to touch the little car.
The Beetle only had 24hp, it looked weird and
when you pressed the horn,
you would hear Hitler screaming ***Nein Nein Nein!***
Volkswagen***s first few efforts to sell in
America went nowhere.
VW managed to get a few dealerships to take
on their cars in 1950.
And against all expectations, the little Bug
started to sell.
The car WAS cheap, much more affordable than
most other cars on the market.
Second, it was a rugged and reliable machine,
even on unpaved roads.
Third, if it did break, repair was relatively
simple and inexpensive.
The people***s car became the people***s choice.
By 1955, eight years after going to market,
Volkswagen had sold one million Beetles.
Meanwhile, its simple construction made it
easy to custom re-engineer at home.
In particular, outdoorsy types stripped the
Bug way down to make a tough, light vehicle
for crossing sandy areas like deserts or beaches.
What did they call a Bug that drives on dunes?
A dune buggy.
Dune buggies became a pop sensation in their
own right,
especially in California surfer culture dude.
They would cut off the whole body of the car,
put a new fiberglass body on it,
and rip up the beaches, pulling tail
"Hey guys, wanna hit up old man's, I heard it's got pretty good swells right now"
"Who was that?"
"That's Jason, he's like one of the best surfers on the whole beach"
"He's really cute"
"I know, real dreamboat"
"Yeah"
"But you know what I heard?"
"What?"
"He has herpes..."
Suddenly, Beetles were cool.
In 1972 Volkswagen produced its 15,007,034th Beetle.
They threw a big ol' party for it at the factory.
Why did anybody care about this random number?
Because that was exactly how many Ford Model
Ts were ever produced.
And that made the Beetle, the best-selling car of all time!
Honestly, I bet it wasn't much of a party
"Congratulations on the big number!"
"Thank you. Back to work?"
"Back to work"
Even though sales were good.
its days were numbered.
Volkswagen saw the need for a modernized replacement,
and released the Golf in 1974.
The Golf was a small, cheap, and reliable
people***s car, but made nearly double
the horsepower and you know,
wasn't designed by the most notorious mass murderer in the history of the planet.
Buyers around the world shifted from the Beetle
to the Golf pretty quickly.
And by ***around the world,*** I mean ***Everywhere
except Mexico and Brazil,***
where apparently the people loved the Beetle so much
that they refused to stop buying it.
The Beetle was produced in Mexico until 2003!
In the end, the Volkswagen Type 1 sold 21
million units worldwide.
And its core tenets of simplicity, dependability,
and affordability inspired a whole new category
of cars from makers around the world.
In 1998, Volkswagen decided to bring the icon
back to life, in the first major refresh and
update in the Beetle***s history.
The New Beetle, as it was called, was a more
modern machine with 115hp and a nicer interior.
Underneath, it was basically a Golf.
The New Beetle captured interest the world
over, and pretty soon, a shiny Beetle
was a common sight once again.
In 2001, Volkswagen decided to really push
the car and made the limited edition RSi,
which got 221hp.
This lead to a full production run of the
Turbo S, which featured *** you guessed it
*** a turbocharged engine capable of 180hp.
1 point 80! Never lose!
And Volkswagen still produces the New Beetle today.
The Volkswagen Beetle is the little car that
could, the pipe dream of a tyrant that went
on to charm the whole world
and became a symbol of love.
Whether riding around on roads or sand dunes,
it could be found in nearly every country on earth.
It was a sales sensation; it***s still a pop
culture icon.
No matter how far it***s gone, it has never
forgotten its roots.
Well, I mean, most of them.
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This is everything you need to know on the Volkswagen Beetle
Bug, love bug
Oh there goes a beetle!
Why is that a thing?
Why does the beetle come on the flower on the dashboard?
Do they still? it's stupid.
I'd put weed in it.
We made a cool video with a cool Beetle,
It's called "Quantum Drift"
You should watch it on Youtubes
How many people have you ever fit in a Volkswagen Beetle?
How many Volkswagen Beetle have you ever fit in a person?
Send me a dollar for my Lambo, I still want one.
Oh, follow me on Instagram: @JamesPumphrey
If I get 10,000 followers, I will pick one at random,
and send them something weird
It probably won't be car related, and it might be perishable,
and it might have been grown on my body
Got a lot of new shows coming out:
Mondays, we got "Wheelhouse",
Tuesdays, we've got "Matt Field's FD corvette build",
Wednesdays, we have "Science Garage" with Bart,
Thursdays, we've got this f***in' show,
and Fridays, we have "Tony's Top 10".
Watch all of them, it's all funny, it's all educational,
it's all Donut.Those guys are all my friends
If those shows are successful, then I'm successful.
Hitler is probably the only guy that I hate more than my dad.
Hmm...I don't hate my dad I just miss him.
I don't miss Hitler at all.
You...Nazi...F***!
Peace, frickin' love, and metal.
How to Repair Rims with Curb Rash or Scratches
ChrisFix:
Hey Guys, ChrisFix here! And today I'm gonna show you how to repair aluminum rims.
So if you have aluminum rims and they have any kind of damage such as this curb or gutter rash, whatever you want to call it
Or even if your rims have the clear coat that's bubbling up
And it just doesn't look good at all,
Or if you even just have simple scratches like this
This video is gonna go through the process that will show you how to fix your rims to make them look really good again.
So let's begin!
With this process we're going to keep the tire on the rim to make it really simple, and we have the rim off the car.
The next thing you want to do is remove the center cap from the rim.
Just gonna want to pop this out.
For most cars, just tap the cap outwards and it will pop out just like that.
OK, so I just really just want to quickly outline the basic steps for fixing an aluminum rim
After you get that center cap out, the first thing you want to do is clean the rim.
After the rim is nice and clean, we're gonna work on all our scratches.
And by work on it, I mean we're gonna sand em' down, and make em' nice and smooth.
After we sand em' down, make em' nice and smooth, we're gonna strip the clear coat from the rim.
After we strip the clear coat from the rim, we're gonna polish the whole rim.
Make it nice and shiny.
After the rim gets polished,
we are gonna clear coat it
which will put that protective barrier on it and after
that clear coat dries we are done.
The first step is we want to clean off the rim
so just soapy water, what ever you wanna use.
In this case I'm just using dish soap and water.
You wanna remove as much dirt as possible so you can have a clean rim to work on.
Now with this rim we have a lot of damage everywhere, we have damage all over the place.
Pretty much the whole entire rim has to be redone.
We are going make it go from looking like this...
to this.
So let's begin.
So there is a couple of ways you can go about removing this scratches in your rim.
My favorite way is using a rotary tool like this dremel with a flat disc.
This is a 120 grit flat disc.
It's a little to coarse, honestly you should use something around 200 grit but it will get the job done.
After the flat disc
we're gonna be using this sandpaper and make sure it's wet and dry sandpaper because we're gonna be wet-sanding.
It's also a good quality sandpaper because the better quality the sandpaper, the better the job's gonna come out, and the better finish you're gonna get.
With the sandpaper we're going to go for for 400 grit, to 600 grit, to 1000 grit, to 2000 grit.
And then we're gonna buff the rim
with some type of metal polish.
You want something that will buff aluminum
and both of these will work so let me show you how to remove the scratches from the rim.
I'm gonna show you how to remove this curb rash right here
and this process will work for any type of scratch on the rim.
Since we're going to be using a rotary tool, make sure you use your safety glasses, and maybe something even to protect your lungs
so you don't breathe this dust in.
With this rotary tool, I'm staying between 10 and 20 thousand RPM's
and the key is you want to move this tool back and forth.
You don't want it to dig into one area too long.
You can see I'm not just focusing on the spot that has damage, I'm focusing on
the whole area because you don't want to just dig into that one little spot it
will create a divot and look really bad.
You want to evenly sand this whole area with a little bit of focus on that
scratched area and you can see that
damage just disappeared, it's not there anymore.
Now you're probably asking why didn't
you remove the clear coat first.
Well the clear coat actually acts as a
protectant so if you go a little bit too far
using your flat disk or using any
sanding method that clear coat's going to
protect the aluminum finish because you
don't need to sand everything and you
can see here that scratch is completely gone.
So now let's get rid of these scratches
right here. Now we're going to use the
same strategy for these scratches keep
that flat wheel moving around a large
area and don't focus on one spot
don't worry over time the scratches will
be sanded away so be patient. If you
focus on one area you'll sand off too
much aluminum and cause waves and that
won't look good.
So spread out the sanding over a large
area. Notice how I sand passed the
scratches.
I'm even sanding areas with no
scratches which are right next to the
deep scratches so it's a smooth
transition.
I'll tell you one thing it's addicting
to watch this curb rash disappear.
Now check this out! We removed all the
scratches.
I need to work on this over here but the
area we focused on and I showed you is
perfectly smooth.
This looks gorgeous. And that's all it
takes, a little bit of flat wheel
keep it moving around to make sure
you're not digging into one area
there's no waves there's no divots this
is one completely smooth piece which is
exactly what you want.
Check out this before and after; here's
the before with the curb rash, and here's
the after. Look at that difference!
That is awesome and we aren't done we're
going to make it look even better than
this.
And once you get all the scratches out
we can move on to the next step which is
stripping the clear coat.
So I'm going to do the rest of the rim
and get everything to the same finish I
just showed you. The whole rim is
covered in curb rash and scratches so
there's plenty for me to remove.
Alright, I am done getting all the
scratches out.
This rim looks awesome there are no
deep grooves or scratches anywhere on
the rim, all that curb rash is gone.
Look at that! Now this is looking great,
the next step is going to be clean all
this aluminum powder off the rim and
then we're going to go and remove all
the clear coat.
Honestly at this point, just get your hose
and hose it down.
So this next step is my least favorite
part, and it's using a chemical stripper
to strip the clear coat off the rim and
the reason why it's my least favorite part
is because the stripper is not something
you want to get on your skin and you
don't want to get it on the tires either.
And it's just that this is the most tedious
part and have to make sure all the clear
coat comes off.
I put the stripper into a spray bottle
and i'll rub it onto the clear coat with
a sponge brush but before any of that
make sure you dry the rim completely so
there's no water which will dilute the
chemical stripper.
Alright so we're just going to spray
some of this on here and work it in.
You'll have to use a lot of that
chemical stripper so don't be afraid to
really cover the rim in a thick coat and
make sure you don't get any on the tire
and if you do clean it off right away
after the whole rim is coated, sit back
and let the stripper do its thing.
You can see how it works to bubble up
the clear coat and you can actually hear
it cracking and popping away. After about
an hour the clear coat is all bubbled up
and now we're going to neutralize the
chemical stripper
so we can hose off the rim. Alright so
let's go neutralize this. As you wipe on
this neutralizing chemical hopefully
your clear coat comes right off.
So now that this is neutralized i'm
going to use an abrasive sponge to
remove any clear coat that hasn't come
off yet.
If your clear coat doesn't come off
easily, you might need to use another
coat of chemical stripper. For my rim
about eighty percent is coming off with
this first coat of stripper. Now hose it
down and let's see where we're at. In
this case after one dose of clear coat
stripper and some rubbing with an
abrasive sponge you can see there's
still some clear coat left on here so
we're going to have to go back with the
abrasive sponge and the chemical
stripper until the clear coat is
completely removed.
This is the most difficult part and it's
super tedious but once you're done with
this, you're almost done.
I'm going to use another coat of
chemical stripper and skip ahead to
where the clear coat is removed.
You don't need to see me do this process
all over again. OK, so after the second
coat of stripper and then using this
abrasive sponge again we have removed
all of the clear coat on this rim.
This is the most difficult part and
realize that this doesn't get all the
clear coat off.
Which is why you have to go back in with
either an abrasive sponge or even with
your flat wheel and get all that clear
coat removed. It's very important to get
the clear coat completely removed. Now
that the clear coat is off
let's move on to the sanding and
polishing step. The flat disk that we
used is a hundred and twenty grit so we
want to make sure we move up in grit
from there. Because we had that on a
rotary tool, it made it pretty smooth
we could start
off with 400 grit sandpaper. We're going
to be doing a wet sand which means that
you want to use water or in this case
soap and water.
The soapy water is going to help the
sandpaper and prevent the aluminum
pieces from sticking to the sand paper
so you get a nice even sand.
Don't be afraid to use too much soapy
water.
So with your 400 grit
if you see any imperfections you wanna
make sure you get those imperfections
out now.
Don't worry about the light scratching
that is caused by the sand paper because
that will slowly get buffed out but any
deeper scratches that you can see you
want to get out now, so don't be afraid
to push hard in the areas that you
really need to get those scratches out.
When you sand you want to sand in random
circular motions
if possible, and just put a medium
pressure on the sand paper.
You don't want to press so hard that you
get exhausted and you don't want to
press too light where the sand paper
isn't smoothing out the surface. So we
just used our 400 grit
now we're going to go to our 600 grit
and with the 600 grit
you should just be smoothing down the
400 grit scratches, the 600 grit won't be
removing any of the deeper scratches.
So if you see any deeper ones go back
with your 400 grit and get them out.
Now we're going to go from our 600 grit
to 1000 grit. Now as you use the thousand
grit you should pretty much be seeing
the scratches disappear and you should
start seeing the surface get a little
shiny. After our 1000 grit
we're going to go to our final grit and
that's 2000. With the 2000 grit the
surface should feel really smooth and
the sand paper should be sliding really
easily.
You'll also notice the room getting
shiny and there should be no visible
scratches. Any scratches that you see now
that you might have missed can easily be
fixed by going back to the 400 grit
sandpaper and working the way back up to
the 2000 grit.
You only have to do that in the area you
missed you don't have to do the whole
rim again.
Alright, the rim has been sanded down
from 400 grit all the way up to 2000
grit and this is looking great.
Now what we want to do is we want to
inspect the rim and what you're looking
for are any scratches that you need to
correct before the final polish and
looking at this rim, well it looks
really good.
No scratches are standing out so I think
it's time to go polish it up and give it
a nice shine. Before you polish the rim
make sure the rim is completely dry. The
rim is dry so let me show you what we're
going to use to polish.
I got this kit that comes with the foam
polisher and it attaches to the drill
and it comes with polish so it makes the
job that much easier.
What you're going to do is you can apply
the polish directly to the cone and then
you're going to rub that polish onto the
rim at a slow speed.
This prevents that polish from slinging
off when you first use it and once you
work it into the rim at a slow speed we
could crank it up and give this baby a
good polish. The cone is great because it
fits into the hard-to-reach places and
trust me when I say it's worth the price
because doing this by hand would take
forever and it wouldn't come out looking
as good.
So take your time use the polish as
needed and buff the entire surface of
the rim.
Once you polish the whole rim take a
microfiber towel and buff the polish off
by hand.
Oh wow look at this shine! After
polishing you can stop here or you
could put a clear coat over the metal to
keep that shine without constantly
having to polish the rim. Next to get
some new gloves on and grab some rubbing
alcohol
so we could degrease the rim and prep it
for paint. Get the towel wet with the
alcohol and clean away.
Make sure you clean the entire rim and
keep track of where you're cleaning so you
don't miss an area, there are a ton of
spokes here.
OK, looking at our towel it's not getting
dirty anymore and we touched every
surface on this rim.
So now we want to let it dry and that
shouldn't take long because we used
alcohol which evaporates quickly. As it
dries i want to show you a neat little
trick that I learned for masking off the
tire because you don't want to get spray
paint on the tire. So the trick i learned
a while back is to use note cards to mask
off the tire. Just slip a note card
between the rim and the tire around the
whole edge of the rim.
This works faster and better than tape. Usually tape won't even stick to a tire
it just peels right off. And boom look at
that, looks kind of cool.
Remember to tape off the valve stem as
well. And that looks good.
You want to follow the instructions on
your paint can. You want to use a clear
gloss that is UV resistant and
non-yellowing. This is the same clear
coat I used in my headlight restoration
video and it works great.
So follow the instructions and let's put
down three even coats. Notice as I spray
I move around the whole wheel to get at
different angles so I get complete
coverage. There are a ton of spokes on this
rim so it's important to do that.
Also notice i start spraying on the
cards and then spray across the rim and
stop spraying when i get to the cards on
the other side.
I never start or stop spraying on the
actual rim which helps keep the coats
even and prevents orange peel.
OK, so that was the first of three coats
and each of the three coats is going to
be a medium thickness coat.
This isn't a light layer but also not a
heavy layer that's going to run. You got
to find that sweet spot.
Now let it dry for about five minutes
and then apply a second coat. Here is
coat two.
Excellent. Coat two is done and in five minutes we're
going to finish with coat three.
And here is coat three. This is looking
great.
Alright we're going to let the rim dry
but before we let it dry
make sure you pull out these cards so
they don't stick to the rim.
After a few hours the rim is dry to the
touch. Let's install that Cadillac center
cap.
I'm also going to remove this tape from
the valve stem. Wow, look at this.
The rim is finally done and it came out
amazing.
The curb rash is gone there are no more
scratches and it looks perfect.
My buddy is going to be real happy that
his rim has been repaired and you could
easily do this at home for real cheap.
Now you know how to fix an aluminum rim
and if you hit the curb or get your rim
scratched up yet stinks but don't worry
you can fix it. Hopefully this video was
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