Been a bit over a month since my last update and I think my mojo is coming back! Last time I had crawled under the ole girl right after New Years to better evaluate what I was facing to get her back to looking like she did when she rolled out to the first "shop" that totally screwed up the work and detailing I had done to the underside of the car.
Well I got the ole girl back down on the ground so she's drivable. Purchased an undercarriage washer attachment as well as a foam cannon to attach to my pressure washer to try and knock off the majority of the crud off the underside and the engine/firewall area in an attempt to get her back to the state she was three years ago when I sent her off to the first "shop". Thought I could modify the foam cannon a bit so it would attach to the undercarriage washer and foam up the underside and let it soak for a bit before hitting it with clean water but was going to be more work that I wanted to put into a device to use once... but I may still modify it so I can foam and clean the underside of my daily driver.
One of my high points every weekend is lighting off the engine and enjoying the sound of the 460 rumbling thru the open headers....
So I loaded up all the sheetmetal I had at the house along with my pressure washer and attachments and took it all to the dealership to try it all out on those bits. I filled the foam cannon with a 10:1 mix of Super Clean and went to work. After letting the Super Clean soak a few minutes then hitting the parts with the washer, the majority of the crud accumulated during it's abandonment for over a year in Salt Rock covered in sanding dust and other crap washed away. Now I'm hopeful the undercarriage, engine and front suspension will clean up as nicely! A few of the parts will need to be redone, but all in all I'm very happy with the results!
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Now if the city or whomever will get the alley behind the dealership wrapped up so I can bring the Tomato down and have a go at cleaner her up!!
Until next installment.....
ZEBRA 3 OUT
