You’d think that a high pressure washer would be the best way to go, or high strength De-greasers, but we learned on this car that elbow grease and good old clothes washing detergent was the best way to get it ultra clean, yes it does take a bit longer, but it does a much better job.

The por15 rust killing paint that that we use to paint frames looks better, cleaner, and shinier, the overall outcome was just much better this time around, doing it this way, you can’t rush the work, and this always produces a better outcome, the longer you spend cleaning it, the cleaner it gets.

As you know, well that is if you’ve ever painted a car in your life, the cleaner, the better, in a restoration we always strive for the outcome that is possible, with the car, and the money that we have to work with, the more cash you spend, the better it is.

So now we have this perfectly clean sub frame from our nova, with a little bit of magic, and some slide of hand, we removed the seems in the frame, and she was ready for paint, as we spread the por15 on the frame we noticed how smooth it was going, even with por15 we do our first coat, and then sand and do our last two coats.

The time spent on the cleaning process was well worth it, you just can’t miss a single thing when you scrub the frame by hand, you notice every last detail, and the laundry detergent made things much cheaper then DE-greasing everything.

So there you go, you save money, and get a better outcome, that’s one thing that doesn’t in this business a lot, usually you’d pay more for a better outcome, so it’s truly a bonus, it takes a bit longer, but saves money, and does a better job, give it a try.

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Chevrolet gave me the camaro, the Z/28 with it 302 and available cross-ram and two four barrels, they gave me the Yenko camaro with it’s brutal fire breathing 427 cubic inch big block, it’s thanksgiving and I give thanks to the big three, nobody does more for me.

Dodge gave me the hemi charger, nothing quite like a hemi, it’s brutal horsepower and torque could make a grown man cry, the 426 cubic inch beast, that was modestly rated at 430 horsepower, could easily prove that number wrong, and would make you competitor’s face very long.

Buick gave me the GSX, in 1970 Buick decided that it needed to really compete in the muscle car wars that the big three were having, enter the GSX, an 11 second factory ¼ mile, the GSX could impress the most staunch Buick disbeliever, and usually did.

I give thanks to the big three, for everything they’ve done for me, they built the muscle car, gave it style, gave it power, I love the big three, it used to be just GM for me, but with current events I can’t deny the things they’ve all done for me.

Ford gave me the mustang, with all of it’s accolades, I can’t deny it’s street prowess, and it’s awesome drag presence, I can’t deny the sales numbers, the most sold American muscle car of all times, the power, and the dignity, add Carol Shelby, and look what For did for me.

On this day of giving thanks maybe you should look inside, and possibly you could really see the big three for everything that that they do for you, you say that they have made mistakes, you say their quality suffers, and you buy in to the hype of the imports, take another look at the big three.

Buy American and save our country, they have had one hundred years to build in our country, and they provide you with the things that you need, take another look at the big three, I have seen everything that they’ve done for me, and I love the big three.

I grew up with the big three, and my family drove nothing but GM and Ford, I love the big three, and I know what they did for me, I could never stand on the import soap box with dignity, I love the big three, for all they do for our country.

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If you don’t care about the big three, maybe you never really never loved the camaro either, because if there is no big three, there is no camaro, and it’s up to us to see that it doesn’t happen, it’s up to us to make sure that they get what they need to stay in business.

It’s time to speak out, we cannot let the government turn down the big three, they can help all these banks, and insurance companies, but not a true American institution known as the big three, yeah you may have to eat some higher taxes for a while, but it’s worth it.

Save the big three, and you save the country, you show people that America still matters, and you show them that the big three are a needed part of our country, I love the big three, just like i love baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie, I love everything American, and it doesn’t get more American then the big three.

You may be one of those people who just doesn’t understand why the big three should be helped out here, have you even stopped to look at this, in your community I’ll bet theirs a car dealer that does a lot of things to help your area, I know their is in the city that I live in.

This dealership builds collages, he supports our education system, he builds parks, and a whole lot more things that I won’t name here, if the big three go out of business, there goes all of that, this dealership does a lot to support our community, and our state.

I know, I hear what your about to say, he does it for tax benefits, and you may be right, but that doesn’t make it help the community any less, that doesn’t mean that these things that he does to help our community would even be here without him, yeah he likes to capitalize, but that’s the American way.

What’s wrong with doing things the American way, I ask you what’s wrong with being an American, as I have said earlier, there is nothing more American the Ford, GM, and Chrysler, or do you like the idea of only having Japanese, and German cars sold in the United States, gee what a choice.

Yeah over the years the big three have made a few mistakes, look at it this way, if you made a mistake, and it was held against you for the next twenty, or thirty years, wouldn’t you like to be forgiven for it, that is what’s happened with the big three.

You’d expect for whoever to forgive you for your mistakes, and in a lot less time then thirty years, so why should it be different for them, yeah back in the 1980’s, and 1990’s they had some quality issues with their cars, it’s time to let it go people.

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