Two first places at Amelia Island.

Barry

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Brad from Michigan and C&T both won best of class last week at Amelia Island.
I won't say more as these are both customer cars, so hopefully, Brad will give what info he can.
I don't think C&T is on the forum, but their specialty is Brass Cars.
 
Nice to hear. I live about 20 miles from Amelia Island & haven't been to a show yet. Last year & other years I was working at the plantation area just before show & got to see a lot of trailered cars being unloaded in area. Maybe one year I'll spend 50 bucks or so per ticket & go.
 
Thank You Barry.

I couldn't have finished the car without you. I was down to the very last minute and the hood sides were driven to Florida the day after the car was loaded on the transporter because I was still rubbing them. We installed them on Saturday before the show.

I called Barry a couple weeks before deadline with 4 fenders and hood side to finish that were all bare metal. We don't have any sun this time of year to help. Barry came up with 1 oz polar to 32 oz of Universal. It came down to the end it worked perfect. The hoods were painted, rubbed and then wrapped in blankets for the trip. I was pleasantly surprised to find no blanket marks when I unwrapped them. This was hard for me as I don't rush this stuff but I had to on this one.

I was doing 16-18 hours a day for months to complete it. I still thank God that my body held up to the punishment and have decided it's my last deadline. I work by myself but I needed a hand at the end. My cousin assembled and installed the mechanicals will I did the bodywork and kept him fed. Even my wife Kellie was 400 sanding fenders and hoods to help me out even though she has a real job. Somehow the planning, preparation, and SPI products all came together in the end.

I don't have any pics of the event on my computer but here a picture of the car. I'll try to dig up some more.
1908 Packard model 30.
I won the Phil Hill best Restoration award for production vehicles. It's an award for first time shown restorations at this event. I still can't believe it happened.
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Congratulations Brad. I'm really happy for you. 16-18 hours a day for months is not something many can do. This is a real inspiration to me and many others I'm sure.
 
I ramped up the 12 hours days back in September but by early November I knew it wasn't going to get done. Pushed it up to 14 hours a day up until X-mas and then after that it was minimal 16 until from X-mas until early March everyday of the year. I suppose slowly ramping up let me do it. I can say that I'm mid 40's and I've done the 10-12hours all my life but it really puts a hurting on the body running those extra 4 hours. I won't let it happen again. I don't recommend anyone doing this as it has to be hard on long term health. The worst part was missing out on some important family stuff. Now that it's over we had a lot of plans for fun but they are sidelined with the virus.

The interesting aspect for me was the highs and lows of being confident one day and defeated the next. Attitude played more into than any other aspect. I've never experienced that before.

So many what if's that could happen. I've drove the car around the driveway twice before it was loaded. Somehow it did everything it needed and didn't let me down when it counted.

Deceptively simple is what my wife and I kept calling it. They look simple but their are so many pieces. I was part way into my 4th gallon of color before it was over. Still can't believe that. If you ever get a chance to play with cars at this age I recommend it. I've been doing a lot of mechanical on them for about 3 years now and I enjoy the heck out of driving them.

I'm just so fortunate that I have customers that turn me loose on cars like this. That alone is why it needed to be finished.

Victory was short and sweet as Tuesday morning I was back home with a 8" da in my hands sanding down the paint booth for a fresh coat. The glamorous life of a restorer according to Leno or any other TV show.
 
Here are pics from Amelia. The 1902 Grout and 1908 Packard. Both with SPI products. Both our shop and C&T are so thankful for Barry's expertise. It was down to the wire and neither of us would have made it without you!
 

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