Trophy Hunting - Detailing Your Classic

A great designer once said "Beauty is in the details". Concours car show winners know what he meant. Detailing makes the difference between winning and losing. Here are some secrets:

Get under it
Detailing is done from the bottom up. You begin at the chassis and finish with the paintwork and upholstery. The idea is to do the dirtiest work first. Cleaning a chassis that has been on the road for years is a filthy, time consuming job, but competition at shows is keen. You can bet the other guy's running gear will be sanitary enough to eat off of.

So put on your grubby attire, eye protection and rubberized work gloves and let's clean it up.

Ready to get to work? Let's get started...

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