Anthony Torlish with his finer clientele
Former career Firefighter and Flemington detailer, Anthony Torlish of Distinctive Detailing has been handpicked to be one of 32 high-end detailers nationwide for the 2013 Supreme Team traveling to Seattle’s Museum of Flight August 5- 10 to detail a paragon in American aviation history — the original presidential jet plane known as Air Force One. Torlish and the team led by Master detailing connoisseur, Renny Doyle of Detailing Success & Attention to Details, will restore the shine on the AFO Boeing 707-120, as well as the sleek Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber that guards the south entrance to the Museum.
The AFO SAM (Special Air Missions) 970 was a flying Oval Office for U.S. Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, but now sits on the tarmac at the Museum of Flight, exposed to Seattle’s infamous climate and torrential rains. It has not been cleaned in over two years.
Torlish, a Medal of Valor recipient before being forced into retirement after a firefighting accident in 2008, found his footing as a high-end detailer servicing a large area that includes Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, in NJ, as well as the outskirts of Philadelphia, PA. He specializes in car collections, exotics, and rare automobiles. He recently reached out to Doyle after deciding to expand his business and take his skill to a higher level. “My customers expect and deserve the very best detailing has to offer, including multiple levels of paint correction and scratch removal, so I decided to mentor under the best in the business,” he says. “It has made me a better detailer in every aspect of my business from providing superior customer service, to using only the highest quality products, and demanding perfection on every job.”
According to Doyle, who has detailed AFO four times in the past decade, he is proud to share the experience with Torlish. “I have carefully selected my team because there is no room for mistakes in detailing this $100 million airplane,” he says. “I need people who accept nothing short of perfection and Anthony is one of those people.”
“As a former firefighter who always kept our fire engines and emergency vehicles shining like new, this is a special opportunity that has arisen at an important point in my career,” says Torlish. “I am honored to be a member of such an exclusive team and to get the chance to use my skills for such an esteemed job — preserving an important piece of U.S. aviation history.”
For more information on the 2013 Air Force One & B47 Bomber project at the Seattle Museum of Flight, contact Anthony Torlish of Distinctive Detailing at 908-782-5766.
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