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Old 07-25-2019, 11:46 AM   #9
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Lightbulb Re: Meet “ Stainless “ - the 1936 Ford

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Originally Posted by WABOOM View Post
I wonder what happened that necessitated full polish?
If you click on the link I posted:

After Arizona-based collector car dealer Leo Gephart bought the Ford in 2008 or 2009, he had Scottsdale restorer Lon Kruger perform a full body-off restoration that included a full 1,000-hour polish, rendering the body mirror-clear, unlike the raw finish the rest of the Allegheny Ludlum stainless-steel cars exhibit. The finished car then took a bevy of awards in 2009 before Gephart turned down a $550,000 top bid for it at the Mecum Monterey auction in 2010.

Here are a couple more interesting links:

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2008/1...ss-steel-cars/


https://www.hemmings.com/blog/index....y-of-dearborn/


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