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    Detail Fest 2016



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    Detail Fest 2016 Celebrities!
    http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...lebrities.html



    The Munster Mobile and Eddie Munster at Detail Fest!
    http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...tail-fest.html




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    Anyone in the south Florida area going?

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    Here are the builders that will be competing in the Detail Fest Custom Car Builders Challenge.





    Kyle Tucker
    (Detroit Speed) ’69 Charger


    Brian Finch
    (Finch Performance) ’63 Split Window Corvette


    Jason & Lonny Childress
    (Gateway Classic Mustang) ’71 Mustang


    Kevin King
    (Ghostworks Garage) ’73 Trans Am


    Bobby Alloway
    (Alloway Hot Rod Shop) ’37 Chevy


    Andy Leach
    (Cal Automotive Creations) ’40 Ford (RIDLER Winner)


    Quote Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek View Post

    I'm going to be putting together teams to detail these 6 cars on Friday and this is also going to be filmed for our Competition Ready TV show.
    I'm honored to have been chosen to be on one of the teams.


    Detail Fest 2016
    http://www.autogeek.net/detail-fest.html



    Celebrities at Detail Fest:

    Barry Meguiar - A lot of you know him from Meguiars Car Care and from Car Crazy on Velocity. Barry will be walking the show and meeting the attendees!
    Dennis Gage - Host of My Classic Car will be at Detail Fest! Get a chance to meet car-guy legend Dennis Gage and to get his autograph!
    Bruno Massel - 2x NHRA World Champion, host of Garage Squad and Co-host of TruckU, will be at Detail Fest along with the Autogeek.net Copo Camaro Dragster.
    Matt Steele - Co-host of TruckU, will be on hand to hang out with customers, and will have autograph sessions during the event!
    Wayne Carini - Host of Chasing Classic Cars on Velocity, will have autograph sessions during the event!
    Chris Jacobs - Host of Overhaulin' on Discovery Channel. He now also works for NFL Network, and recently hosted the interactive portion of Chopper Live and Gold Rush Live both on Discovery Channel.
    Adrienne "AJ" Janic formerly of Velocity's TV show Overhaulin' and new co-host of Velocity's Competition Ready with Mike Phillips.
    Ray Evernham, former auto racing crew chief for Bill Davis Racing and Hendricks Motorsports and current host of AmeriCARna on Velocity.
    Ed Carpenter - Everette Edward Carpenter, Jr. is an American IndyCar driver. He is the stepson of Indy Racing League founder Tony George and is currently competing in the Verizon IndyCar Series, driving for CFH Racing.
    Von Hot Rod - Von Hot Rod is Hot Rodding's pre-emminant pinstriper and Personality. He has been featured in numerous magazines, As well as books. At the Annual Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous Von was the Honored guess, He was the inductee for the 2007 Cruisin’ Hall of Fame representing Pinstriping.
    Cristy Lee - Currently co-hosts All Girls Garage and Barrett-Jackson Live both on Velocity Channel. She has also been seen as a pit-reporter, covering everything in Motorsports Racing from Superbikes to Off-Road Trucks, even the X-Games on ESPN
    Mike Phillips - Autogeek's Director of Training and host of Velocity's Competition Ready will be teaching classes and have autograph sessions on Saturday and Sunday.

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    Merlin...tell the truth.

    You're really only going to see Adrienne and Cristy right!?

    I see you at the 7 second mark looking for them!
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    I have no idea what you're talking about...

    Adrienne "AJ" Janic


    Cristy Lee

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    LOL....well I can' say dirty old man because you and your truck are always cleaner than clean!

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    Quote Originally Posted by cayman150 View Post
    LOL....well I can' say dirty old man because you and your truck are always cleaner than clean!
    Yes, although tempted I refrained from posting their bikini shots (but there's always google images)

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    From Wikipedia - The Munster Koach



    Butch Patrick aka Eddie Munster!







    The Munsters!



    Butch Patrick in the Munster Koach!



    And for Chuck... Marilyn Munster. Pat Priest, the eternal babe!

    and there's always Yvonne De Carlo in “Munster” lingerie
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    I spent two days at Detail Fest 2016. I had a blast until the rain came pouring down. 50% Sat and 90% Sun.

    Friday
    Starting at 7am I spent all day detailing/polishing this 71 Mustang for the Custom Car Builders Challenge.
    This was for the TV show "Competition Ready" that begins airing the end of April on the Velocity channel.

    This was a long day and I didn't get home until around 9pm. Polish, stop, interview, polish, stop & retake.

    Here's the team I was on with the orange shirts

    Here's AJ (pretending to polish paint for the camera)

    Here's the finish on the 71 Mustang. Look at that shine.

    Look at that refection on the car door.

    Here's the engine bay (after)

    A Happy ending




    Yes, I know who the winner is/was...but I'm not going to tell. This was the final episode of the new show..

    I did get a little face time with Butch Patrick...he's still working hard trucking the Munster vehicles to shows.

    Here's Butch with Bob McKee





    Wait what is that I see...Could it be ny buisness card on his seat?

    By golly I think it is.



    Saturday
    This is the big day of Detail Fest 2016. Again, I arrived at 7am and there was a line of for the show vehicles already.
    This car show was sold out way in advance and there was a waiting list for folks wanting to enter the 2016 car show.

    I did a quick wipe down of the truck and talked to the vendors, fellow detailers and attend a few product seminars.
    There were a few new products unveiled & demonstrations of anything & everything related to auto/boat detailing.

    Here's the 1949 Buick Roadmaster convertible from the film 'Rain Man' starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffmann


    Shamu - Before the rain.


    Everything was going along fine at the car show then it decided to to pour from the sky. Folks were scrambling for cover.

    It would stop for a few moments then it would start up again.

    Although the judging had been completed when the rain came most of the cars left.


    Here's some pics from the Detail Fest 2016 Facebook page. These were all taken before the sky poured.

    Thanks for looking...
    Last edited by Merlin; 07-14-2017 at 02:00 PM.

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    Looks like a fun event. That's for sharing the pictures.

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    Same here Merlin. Thanks for sharing the event photos.

    Seems like you're always working! Do you ever really get a chance to enjoy these events with the amount of labor you put into them?
    JBA Coffee & Cars 06/12/2016


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    Quote Originally Posted by 5.4 F150 View Post
    Same here Merlin. Thanks for sharing the event photos.

    Seems like you're always working!
    Do you ever really get a chance to enjoy these events with the amount of labor you put into them?
    Not like a spectator. I can't just lay back and look at chrome and carburetors.
    I now look at paint. It's a curse. It could be the coolest car in the show field...
    When I get closer and see the paint (swirls, holograms etc.) it's ruined for me.

    Friday was a little rough. I started at 5am and finished around 10pm.
    Saturday I started at 5am and got to enjoy and hang a bit...until it rained.

    I picked up a bunch of new products. I'll review a few here coming up soon.
    NHTOC is my home. Whether it's a good or bad review, I like to share here (with my family) first.

    Here's a review I hope to do real soon...
    With the introduction of long throw polishers, there are now a lot of clones, wanna bees and chinese knock offs.

    Friday - I used the new Flex Tool XFE 7 - 15mm Long Stroke Free Spinning Orbital Polisher all day on the 71 Mustang.
    Saturday - I used the new Rupes BigFoot LHR15 MarkII Random Orbital Polisher on a test hood, fender and front grill.

    I purchased one of them!

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    I can only imagine. Once you got the detail bug (mixed w/OCD), I can fully understand how it would ruin things for you when you get up close to hat you thought was a rare and beautiful vehicle.

    Looking forward to your review on the new polisher. I've only used mine once before my house flooded last year. It's been unusually busy at work too. The two combined, I've had zero time to spend on an endeavor like I started last summer. Only finished the front end and didn't get any farther and that was an all weekend event!

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