Original Patina At Pebble Beach, Ca.

[pflaming]

Seems I'm not the only one who appreciates the beauty of the aging process.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/wear-tear-gains-favor-u-vintage-car-market-221821286.html

[ssnowden]

I like patina too. This guy uses linseed oil to give it a bit of a shine. I'd never heard of doing that, but I like the look. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=711515

[wdoland]

The linseed oil look is nice but you have to be careful in the sun. It could blow up like popcorn.....

[Scruffy49]

Read all 11 pages of the thread. I prefer my stuff painted where it is metal, linseed oiled or spar varnished where wooden. Honest wear I have no problems with, my 49 has over 330K miles on it, trust me, it's showing its age. And getting slowly but surely repaired and painted as time/funds/ambition allow. May leave a couple divots that one of Grandpa's cows put in the truck, may pound them out. Any serious damage, like the pushed under nose piece corner, are getting pulled straight. Even going to straighten the bumpers.

 

Deviations from stock? Lowered a couple inches, wide whites (I like the look on lowered vehicles), bucket seats, stereo, 12 volt wiring, maybe electric windows because my regulators are scrap metal, heart poplar bed floor, wooden strip headliner and other cab trim, gauges (factory mini set is ugly)... and a Spring Special style paint job, simply because I find it more visually interesting than a solic color or the factory black running board/fender/bed package.

 

Won't be the prettiest Pilot House in the history of bringing them back from the dead, but it will be finished. Exactly how its original owner and I planned to do it when I was still single digits in age and it was parked in his barn for my brother, my cousins and I to play in every holiday. One family truck, title is still in his name, and he's been gone since 1984...

[GlennCraven]

I'm surprised that guy got so much grief on the H.A.M.B. for trying to preserve his truck's original patina. I thought that would be a place full of folks just like him.

 

If that were my truck, I'd preserve it, too, because of the original logo on the door, vintage pinstripes, etc. If it were just a truck with most of its paint gone and a few rusty spots, I'd be inclined to restore and repaint, but then you're soon deciding the interior isn't as nice as the exterior. And when that's done, the detail under the hood doesn't match the quality of the paint and seats. ... And we all know where that goes.

 

I'm having a similar internal debate on the '49 Chrysler Windsor in my profile pic. My girlfriend in particular wants to keep some of its unique elements -- like what appears to be a bullet hole in the right rear fender. But while most of the rust (and there isn't a lot) is superficial, the car does have some legit rot low in the rear, in both fenders and the area under the trunk.

 

I don't want that or any of the rust getting away from me and that's the only part of the car that doesn't strike me as fairly presentable as-is. ... It isn't "patina." It's damage, in one place it's an amateurish repair, and it's ugly. Not in an endearing way.

[Scruffy49]

That site has become full of "authenticity Nazis", didn't start out that way. It used to be a fun place. Now I'll only go there when somebody links something interesting in it.

 

If i want to get in a "why your idea sucks" contest, I'll tell the Sweptliners I'm melting down a 318/727 and putting in a 390/C6 combo... days of entertainment... bad back so I see small block and poly Mopars through the same jaded eye as a Y block (272-312) Ford or GM engine.

[ssnowden]

I don't get the haters either. These things are pretty much like rolling art projects. I've seen both patina and paint on cars that I didn't think looked too good and I've seen patina and paint on others that makes the car much more interesting.

[Dodgeb4ya]

Patina is nice. I have been letting it happen to my 53 Savoy wagon..... Another 10 years and it ought to be just right and ready for picture art.

[GlennCraven]

A guest appearance by Hernando!

[Dodgeb4ya]

He lights up too!

[GlennCraven]

A DeSoto with lighted Hernando is on my wish list, someday. I've also considered a light-up Hernando purchased separately and added to a DeSoto street rod of virtually any year. If I find a disheveled DeSoto that could be more easily put back on the road that way than in its original trim. ... I'm just a big "light-up Hernando" fan.

[DJ194950]

Patina is nice. I have been letting it happen to my 53 Savoy wagon..... Another 10 years and it ought to be just right and ready for picture art.

 

I think it actually might be ready for that flat clear coat to preserve the patina, don't clean it any more that absolutely necessary!

 

Then PM Paul F. Arrange shipping- Done! ??

 

Doug, go back in the house and leave Paul alone to think about it.

 

Time to get some of Andy's meds. Hello Doc?

 

Later, Doug

[pflaming]

Dodge: Take one 48" square area: wash it, clean it with lacquer thinner, then wet sand it with 800 grit. Take a before and after picture. The original paint is hiding, just waiting to be cleaned up. That car would be a LOOKER NOW if you did that. I guarantee it. Show us the results.

[55 Fargo]

Paul, even if you don't have the skills or tools to paint your truck, you could always try Rustoleum, thinned and brushed on with a soft brush, that could work if you want to get your truck all in 1 color......