The single stage paint varied across the car from 90s on the bonnet to up over 160 microns on the tailgate. At one point or another in Sarah's life, every panel bar most likely the front driver's door and tailgate had been repainted (those two panels were the only ones that looked original and suffered from reasonable paint cracking resembling crows feet.

Pre-wash

Some very bad paint failure on the roof unfortunately

The bonnet, like the rest of the car suffering the ravages of around 40 years. The owner clayed it around four months ago however years or swirling were in dire need of correction

Chromework actually in reasonable shape for the most part. Some of it was in fact excellent. Again there was the odd blemish and ding here and there which gave Sarah an honest working car feel

Careful foam wash, followed by a hose off with the pressure washer set low so as to avoid water getting into spots where it shouldn't. Then a two bucket wash and prep towel decon

Under the lights we see the decades of swirling and scratching.

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Here's a 50/50 of the bonnet. Corrected/not corrected

In keeping with the "honest" look of the car with its dings, chips, etc and taking into account the depth of the paint, I had made the call to not push too hard on the paint and only look to remove the years of wash-induced marring and light scratches. When I chatted with the owner during the original assessment he made it clear that he wasn't looking for a concours queen (he already had another fully repainted and restored TS16 to fill that role). What he wanted was something that looked neat but still looked original. Something glossy but still looking like a 40 year old car.

There was also a fair bit of tar build up on the rear of the car which was carefully removed with mineral turpentine

Hand polishing under the door handles

Final Pics