![]() The original hot rods were built to run, with looks coming along later. Nothing has changed in all these years, to me that is how you do it and a patina ride is just that. I bent a shifting fork jamming gears and people asked, "Why are you fixing that old thing?". I'd see them broke down and think,"Those mags didn't make it run any better". Other guys were buying shiny 5 year old '60s cars and doing the Hijacker,Cragars/L60s, and Thrush mufflers with exhaust in front of rear tires thing (incl. I never had my car (same one) good enough for paint till after HS when I was 20. I went after the mechanics and performance first. I started off in HS fixing up '50s cars to drive. Sort of like the home make-over shows but for classic cars that seems to now be dated in their restoration.īring on the creative stuff guys.and have at 'er. ![]() It would be really interesting to take that type of super high paint/resto/chrome vehicle and turn it over to a bunch of young car guys to see what they would do with it. When I see a high quality paint older rod I often guess that its a guy who's 60 (retired?) or more and I'm often right.not that there anything wrong with that. I think you can almost (.not exactly.but almost) guess the age of the car/truck owner now by how their vehicle looks. That last thing I want to do on a nice summer night is go to a show'n shine with near identically finished vehicles.thats a yawn fest.and I can see that through the day at the local grocery store with new cars. Now more than ever given the silver potato phenomena that is new vehicle design. That makes it us some of the detailing that the same line of thinking creates is really interesting and I'm a fan of any creative expression in the vehicle hobby. I like see the variety myself.and if some trucks or cars go the patina eat. Seems silly to gripe about it on the ol' interweb. If it's not your thing, move on to the next truck. So wanting to have something unique, being able to spend your money on the drivetrain and suspension and the carefree notion of driving something that you aren’t worried about dents or dings (the more you give it the more character it has) are the main reasons why the Patina trend is here to stay.This hobby isn't "paint by numbers". Typically, the horizontal surfaces see more patina than the vertical surfaces. ![]() Generally, you can tell how or where a truck had been sitting based on where the rust and patina is concentrated. As those pieces age the coating and metal from those start to bleed off into the paint leaving marks on the already exposed paint. Another way we help the process is by installing after market lights, bedrails, antenna’s, mirrors. In addition to mother nature us humans help when we scratch, dent, or ding the vehicle and expose the metal to the elements thus expediting the patina process. These rusty reds and browns then mix in with the faded original color to get what you call “Patina”. Once that happens you expose the sheet metal below which then begins to oxide and create those rusty reds and browns. The clear coat begins to fade and paint chips or wears off. Typically, when sitting out in the elements and with the wind, snow, rain, etc. Mother nature is the most responsible for how patina takes shape and is born. Most often from sitting in field or by a barn for years in the elements. The actual patina creation comes from a plethora of different things. ![]() For people that like to be different and stand apart from the crowd, a Patina car or truck is perfect. So, your truck is unique to you and no one else on the planet will have the same identical truck. Also, every truck is going to rust and fade differently. The more original the body with tons of faded paint, oxidized sheet metal, and even battle wounds like bullet holes and dents and dings the better! The appeal for most is they love the nostalgic look of something that is 60 or 70 years old. A typical Patina truck will wear the same original body but be completely transformed into a modern riding and driving vehicle underneath. The patina trend was born from that and naturally like anything has progressed to what you see today. As time progressed the rat rod craze took hold with people that didn’t have the money to spend on body and paintjobs but preferred to just build something on their own and focus on function over form. Rat rods have been around since the 50’s when GI’s came back from war, they wanted to build a hot rod inexpensively and focus on going fast not necessarily worried about the looks of the vehicle. Rat rods where cars or trucks pieced together with whatever spare parts you had laying around the garage or stuff you could purchase cheaply in a junkyard. What is this craze of people leaving their truck or cars rusty and crusty looking? Is it a fad or is it something hear to stay? I am certain the patina trend started with the “rat rod” folks. ![]()
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