Hi Folks,
Someone on here who is also a member of garagejournal.com directed me to the site very enthusiastically a few weeks ago. I have been planning on getting my father's '96 Impala SS looking better for him, but between a baby and a bunch of house and yard projects, it hasn't happened yet. But, my summer vacation is winding down, so I need to get moving. My dad mentioned that he was going to wash and wax his car this weekend, so now I have to intervene and make sure that doesn't happen. He does a pretty poor job.
I don't have pictures yet, but when I take the car from my dad I will snap some. He loves the car, which he bought new, but he is not so good (ok, he's terrible) about taking care of it. Therefore, despite having only 50k miles, it is looking pretty worn out.
I need to watch money a little bit, but am looking at grabbing the orange and white pads from here for my Porter Cable, a bottle of the swirl and haze remover as well as the fine polish, and maybe a bottle of the salt-based carpet cleaner. I don't expect nor do I have the time or skill to work a miracle on the car, but I know I can get it looking pretty nice for my pops.
One thing I'm not sure about are the wheels. They are sad. The clear is damaged in places, from neglect I assume. I want to get them as clean as possible and shine them up a bit so they are least don't look so bad.
Enough rambling for now. I will be back with some pics as soon as I get the car in my possession.
Dave