Mopar Man

Ok so I know that a little while back I publicly stated that I'd fallen in love with the new Mustangs and that they were almost enough to turn the fascinations of a Mopar Man. This would remain so outside of the existence of the Dodge SRT cars and in particular the incredibly fine (coolest car in the world) that I was very privileged to be taken for a spin in yesterday.

As far as I know it's the only legal LHD 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT in the country and it is flippin cool. Riding on 22" American Racing Wheels with a complete Magnaflow exhaust system and coloured in Hemi orange it is just the coolest car I've ever been in (cooler than a Lambo)

Owned by a genuinely nice guy the car has already had an interesting life, it was purchased in the USA and driven down the coast where it was admired by many. I believe it was the first production Challenger to meet the great Mr Foose and it gained with his full approval while the guys were able to enjoy a pre-SEMA viewing of the 'Terracuda 'http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/05/sema-2008-chip-foose-unveils-his-latest-creation-the-terracuda/ which was a rare privilege as was meeting the team from Lanzini's who were pretty keen to give the Hemi a good once over.

Shipped to NZ and taking the slow but careful route through compliance to the owners garage it is now being enjoyed as a weekend driver and I was very lucky to be a weekend passenger in it yesterday. One could go on about the raw power of the Hemi, the sweet notes emanating from the magnaflow or the sheer presence that it exudes even sitting silently in the driveway but it wouldn't do it justice. The most telling thing is that this car makes grown men stop and stare, forgetting themselves and whatever it might be they were doing at the time (including driving), it is completely attention arresting.

It is quite simply the coolest car. I hope to polish it one day although I know the owner will take a lot of pleasure out of doing it himself. More than anything it has increased my resolve to purchase one of the new Dodge's at some point in the future Challenger or Charger... 2 doors or 4...?

Coming Soon

There are some pretty exciting things in the pipeline at Final Touch and while we can't yet reveal what we're up to, we can say that we're adding a new service or two to the mix and we'll be working even more closely with other S.M.A.R.T Repair companies to help make caring for your vehicles even better.
Stay tuned, as soon as we have more information to give we'll let you know. "You'll hear it here first"

Rare as hens teeth,

It's not often that you get asked to work on truly rare cars, Rare Group B rally cars come up even less frequently so we couldn't not put a little post up about the car that Grant and Tiho were asked to work on recently.

Unfortunately the car was in a workshop when we went to see it so we've had to pinch some photo's off the owners own website but our guys were absolutely stoked to work on such a unique vehicle and they assure me that they left it looking top knotch when they's finished.

Thanks a lot to PJ for the opportunity to work on one of the coolest cars anywhere.

Ferrari Stonechips

Everybody (well almost everybody) loves Ferrari's and it's great to get an opportunity for some unique process photos so it was most fortunate that I had my camera on board when we were asked to touch up this beauty.

It was quite heavily chipped for a Ferrari, which means it's been driven and Ferrari's that actually get driven are the best kind.

More chips, (We'd polished it already)

With all the Stonechips sprayed out, you can really see how badly chipped she really was.

Partially wiped.

And again from a different angle.

It came up great.

All finished and ready to hand back to the customer.

Vehicles like this one have got us thinking seriously about adding a Premium Service option to our Business as we realise that there are quite a few people who are genuinely looking for something extra special in looking after their vehicle presentation. If you think you might be interested in this Premium Service please let me know. We'll announce more about the service in the near future.