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ee a' Front Br Brakes (pad: : ‘pelut  o9 CV joint boot ced,
Meee “Deakes (snes (ine: parts} from $5.00
most Cars es 45.00 Timing belt replaced | 165.00

oe ey Engine Analysis & Tunc-Up
f. oS 3 §, Clutch replaced
ing transiorms beater = Eanen
i a ee I Prices include: Engine sevpe reports, engine Muffler i ed
shampra & spark pleigs from hi 95

nobody's business. Even the most basic econo- maintains, a well-attended caris
Necdless ro say, I thought my car benefits from a good going to last longer. 3 GOLD WRENCH
John might not have time for bathing trom time to time. Like our skin, a car needs
my worn and faded artifact In my case, as is the case UV protection which comes in
from the ’70s, but when ” with many well-used autos the form of wax. On top of
pulicd into his shop with the (John aiso does a considerable that, city-fied rain (as in “acid
beater he saw only a hardy chal- amount of work for used car rain”), road salt and general city
ienge. Having one’s car profes- _deafers), a thorough detailing sludge is nut doing one’s car
sionally detailed generally helps can add to, double, or even any favours, so a thorough
in maintaining the value of triple a car's resale value simply —_ detailing gives one’s auto a
one’s car — and it doesn’t have because presentation is 90% of
. to be luxury car to have value. the pitch. More than that, John See Skilled page $2
SOME things just die
hard. Either that or I’m : ———
a necromancer of cars. eas 5

“Iv’sa long story, but brielly
it goes like this: A friend of
mine had an‘old car that he’d
left for dead in his driveway, a
relic. from a decade leng past. Ir
was scrap looking for pile.

To say this car just needed a
litte TLC is an understatement
but I felt compelled to see if it
could be raised from the dead
just the same. So I ser about
bruising my knuckles and curs-

” ing the car gods and, with the

help of a couple of Jedi master-
mechanics and 2 genuine
German rocket scientist, the ot : :
beast came back to life. YEE ‘ P :

Sort of. It still looked like x ; j : es
death warrned over, faded and
scarred on the outside, mouldy weed | ors
and ron on the inside. bi eaey : Purchase

ust the same, it became ‘ ¢ p : ™ he

what beater lovers like myself at . : financing availabie
call-“serviceable,” a car to. rely : 4, — : : ° c on most vehicies
“on for travel from A to B. : : : ik :

And hey! Tr has a sun-roof.

; The fact that it still looked like »
_ jon bared me ie ALE VEHICLES CLEARLY MARKEO
: it needed a massive bathin :
“and [lacked the gumpuun ang SOPGNTIAC TRANS SPORT SO PONTIASGRANDAMSE 99 GMCSIERRAEXTCAB 99 BUICK ECENTURY
resolve to do it. However, this . v a ear iy os : saa
vehicle still had vo meer the in- . :
- laws so.a good make-over was
in order... Enter John McEwen:
vat Distinctive Detailing in. ~ °
_. North Vancouver, John has

“been masterfully refurbishing fakes sarees” : _—
‘the compiexion of cars for some WAS $26, 128 WAS $23,085 “WAS $30; 984

years staring out in his won'22, 076 oa°238 a0 vow 21 ‘At0 on'228 0 = now 2'8,348 on'she me

- father’s garage, *guickly gaining
renown as one of the best’: * $3,700 0.P., TP. $12,328 STK #9296 - $3,363 D.P,, T.P. $41,931 sykeszos $2,715 D.P. TP. 16,663" STK a0
detailers in town, and opening ~ ——_-_ hat aaery a show $2, mee uP, $1 mt =

a first-class shop at 981: Marine §9 gue SAFANI SLX aC gg CADILLAC STs
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“Drive this past March. Detailing
"4s more than just a car-wash, it’s
car-catharsis where every spec -
- of dirt — and anything that
causes the car t0 look less chan
new.— is expunged with mag-

rebate consdlerable ciencle : ee. -

lohin’s considerable clientele dq i : : : : 4

“> base is a-credit to his craft. His oe . gg - WAS $38,420 . - WAS $70,005 --
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Performance (dit Porsche deal | $8,821 Dp, TP. $13,569 smemses $4,927 D.P,, TP $16,695 srcessm $8,000 0.P., TP. $32,012 steansts

luxury and performance car SUEUR SEE EEEERDIREIENSE EEE _——
-. dealer) and Ran $9 SUNFIRE SILVER EDITION 99 GMC YU YUKON st RK SLT '. 99 CADILLAC DEVILLE .
Canada. John’s aye work can ° :
“also be seen in a in an upcom- - ; ;
ing VW Beetle commercial
where the spunky little ode to

yuppies  glins and glitters like

; q 5 WAS 318, 425, LOADED WAS “43, 355 WAS $33, 305 2 :
Guta aus wat 7,658 02198 me woe*45,995 0n°499 m0 nov'43, 998 on'6tS me owt 9100 0n°369 eo
: _ $2,353 D.P., 7.P. $9,487 $5,900 D.P., T.P. $23,964: stu ss5t0 $2,000 D.P., TP. $30,284 stk e9254 $5,000 D.P., 2p. $18,284 STK #9265
od. | MERGEDES BENZ : : * Alt prices net of rebates, all ieases - 36 months, all payments plus taxe plus taxes oO. A.C. :

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Tune Us Special

4 cyl. = $4939. a5 6 cyl. -° 769, 95 8 cyl. - $489. 95

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