I'm still on the fence about patina. I guess it doesn't look too bad on an all original survivor, but then you see the rat-rods with $20K in driveline and the rused body, it just screams "unfinished" to me I guess. But nonetheless, awesome score!!!!
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I like the rat look to a point but with the parts in that good of a condition I would treat the rust so it does nto spread. you can always leave the surface rust on the exterior but I would make sure it didn;t get too much cancer.
Mike (Needs Boost) wrote:I like the rat look to a point but with the parts in that good of a condition I would treat the rust so it does nto spread. you can always leave the surface rust on the exterior but I would make sure it didn;t get too much cancer.
This pretty much sums up what I was going to say. Fix what you can, then slam the hell out of that thing to make a bitchin' patina-covered hot rod.
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The patina look would really only work if you had the rest of the body parts off of the car and the patina all matched. I say at least put it in black or tinted primer at least....
We bought the doors, rear fenders and trunk off of this exact car 6 months ago, haha.
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Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
Looks badass Tim. On an unrelated note I thought I saw you at a concert in Maryland the other day. Haha
Haha, yeah wasn't me.
Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
