Displaying at a car show

It will take me more than 30 minutes, guaranteed (everything takes me longer than it is supposed to). I have to work around all the vinyl graphics by hand, or mask them off before using the polisher.

One of the virtures of a white car, is it does not require as much (nor does it respond to) polishing, etc. Opposite end from black which takes a lot of work to get right, but can get incredible depth to the shine.

But I am gonna do it. Real Soon Now.

 

I have posted a full report of last weekend's adventure, mentioned above on my website.

 

After a year of learning everything on my own, I found the guide I was looking for from Palmieri Concepts. They have an E-book which covers pretty much everything I have put together by observing others and flying by the seat of my pants. There are also a number of articles on the site that cover most of what is in the book if you do not want to lay out the 12 bucks to get it in an accessible and complete package.

In case anyone stumbles on this thread in pursuit of this knowledge, this is where I would point them, in addition to the Detailing Forums by Autopia or Mother's. Even with a year's experience, I picked up a few ideas from this book.

 

Drove to Stamford NY to a Rotary Club Antique car show. They had some nice oldies there that I had not seen before. I entered the "Special Interest" category. The folks next to me were commenting that they had never seen somebody spend so much time and work setting up at a car show. (They just parked their car pulled out their folding chairs and sat down.) The display continues to improve, but still needs some refinement.



I took home second place, again.





First place this time went to VW bug. I did not get a close look at it or its documentation to find out why it was so special.



But it was better than coming in second to a police car. The trophy case is starting to get crowded.

On to HybridFest !!

 

Done it again

Envy Frenzy is the Kingston NY car show that was my first car show last year. I returned this year, and they had a new category: 4 door Toyotas. Since I was the only one in the class, I once again win a trophy for showing up.

Details will appear in Commander's log eventually.

 

The Showboard

At a car show, a show board is a significant part of the display and is one element that will differentiate your vehicle from the others, and attract more attention to yours.

Here's mine.

 

I botched the URL. It is fixed now. Try again.

 

It'll be 2 feet by 3 feet.

 

The display has been deployed. The results warranted a pre-emptive log entry.