Hi folks,

I recently had a call from a regular customer of mine to machine polish his 1991 Fiat Tipo.

The car was bought from new and has covered only 32000 miles, not that you'd know by looking at it. The paintwork was in a dire condition with chalking and swirlling, so much so that he was going to have the whole car re-sprayed.

This was the car when I turned up:




And at the end of a nine hour day:










If anyone would like further information regarding machine polishing please feel free to post a question.

Kindest Regards,

Kieran

wow! that looks stunning! sadly too many tipos end up looking like how that one originally was.

Mk1's much better looking than mk2's too!
any tips for tipo owners?

The old urethane paints are pretty resiliant but they will fade and discolour if they are not given some sort of protection. A polish once or twice a year and good quality wax will go a long way in preserving the finish.

Make sure it doesn't rust from the arches out - or no amount of wax or polishing will do any good!

Excellent results M8. Good to see a Tipo again. Saw a poor old Sedicivalvole the other day that needs this kind of TLC.

I'm impressed that someone would spend that amount of money on a Tipo!

Not sure it's worth it but good on him for doing it.

No I shouldn't think it is. The guy has owned the car from new and never uses it, he say's he can't bare to part with it so I suppose it must carry sentimental value.

How much did a 9hr day set him back?

Dogspods said:

How much did a 9hr day set him back?

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I charged £150 for a day's work

auto_detail said:

I charged £150 for a day's work

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OOOO! Areas you cover??

Awesome work. Did you just compound/polish or did you use wet n dry 1st ?

auto_detail said:

I charged £150 for a day's work

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Sounds a fair price for a top job

Dogspods said:

OOOO! Areas you cover??

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Bracknell is no problem, drop me a PM if you want further info.

Autodetailer said:

Sounds a fair price for a top job

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Thank you sir, much appreciated.

Bridges, 2000 wet 'n' dry was used for a couple of scratches but the majority of the car just required 3M's Extra Fine Material Polish followed by the Ultrafina which wasn't really needed in this case but it makes for good practice.

Thats impressive. Am a big fan of 3M I usually use their grit papers/discs and masking tape.

Hi I am seriously interested in this car if the owner would consider selling it. Do you know if it had any dents or car park dings? Also do you have any contact details for the owner?

spikey said:

Hi I am seriously interested in this car if the owner would consider selling it. Do you know if it had any dents or car park dings? Also do you have any contact details for the owner?

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The car was clean, every panel was straight as a die.

I'm pretty sure he wouldn't sell, he bought the car from new and loves it to pieces, plus it's not worth anything to anyone else but himself.

Any chance of having a word with him or passing on my interest?

I would be prepared to pay a good price for it.

spikey said:

Any chance of having a word with him or passing on my interest?

I would be prepared to pay a good price for it.

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I'll drop him a line but be prepared for dissapointment.

Thats great. Much appreciated.