My 34'. Old Japan Black Nitrocellulose Lacquer, and many years of "aging". Gonna buff it out, paint the roof semi-gloss after I weld it all back up, and run it like that for awhile. Haters gonna hate, but I still love original patina Rods.
My 54 Plymouth...4 Door, "Patina" / Rust and lot of the time running with no hood...lots of things for people to hate on...
The best! I just brought it home saturday! Maybe someday I can afford to have him build me a whole car. I can't even afford a whole chop right now, lol. He did all the metal shaping and its all tacked, but I have to weld it all up, and fit the wood. Drew
bad ass plymouth. This whole thread is bitchin. Once I get the 65 cleaned up, I plan on sticking with the original paint, or at least most of it.
Thanks!!! Here's one of my yet to be started Unibody...no plans for paint on this thing either...well, except for those god awful wheels!!! And a pic of a couple of my toolboxes for fun...
This made me curious to look up the definition of patina. This is what I found. Just substitute the phrase; 'cool old hot rod' now and again, and I think we've got it... Patina is a tarnish that forms on the surface of bronze and similar metals (produced by oxidation or other chemical processes); a sheen on wooden furniture produced by age, wear, and polishing; or any such acquired change of a surface through age and exposure. On metal, patina is a coating of various chemical compounds such as oxides or carbonates formed on the surface during exposure to the elements (weathering). Patina also refers to accumulated changes in surface texture and colour that result from normal use of an object such as a coin or a piece of furniture over time.<SUP id=cite_ref-0 class=reference>[1]</SUP>
nice boxes and uni. I have an old metal coleman that I am going to turn in to a tool box and emergency kit for my 65. It is plenty weathered. Been in the family since new! Plan to stripe it the best my 1st grade talent can lol
This is one of the coolest threads I have ever seen. The good and the bad, and man does this truck make my yard look bad.
You should post this on the COE thread, It would go well there also. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7717348#post7717348
While you're at it look up the Japanese term "Wabi-Sabi" It's actually kind of hard to translate, but to paraphrase one site; Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic. It is the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is the beauty of things modest and humble. It is the beauty of things unconventional... It is also two separate words, with related but different meanings. "Wabi" is the kind of perfect beauty that is seemingly-paradoxically caused by just the right kind of imperfection, such as an asymmetry in a ceramic bowl which reflects the handmade craftsmanship, as opposed to another bowl which is perfect, but soul-less and machine-made. "Sabi" is the kind of beauty that can come only with age, such as the patina on a very old bronze statue.
Dad's '34 sedan - Memphis 1971 Dad's '34 sedan - Springfield, 2009 The car was painted in the '60's and has it's share of road rash, lacquer crackling and paint popping and some rub through. He keeps talking about wanting to have it repainted, but everyone keeps telling him to leave it well enough alone. It will be back in Springfield, this month, for the NSRA event.
Another buddies truck. Looks like it was mildly customed in the 70's. Frenched antenna, curvy pinstripes and diamond tuck vinyl interior. Cool truck tho.
Larry already sent me a PM slapping my hands for not giving any info! Anyway, it's Dan Webb's tudor. He bought the car from Spadaro last year. It's an original, untouched, 4 cylinder car. Supposedly the only thing ever done to it was a replaced head gasket. Now it's lowered, P-Wood dropped the headlight bar, has a Pines and hydraulic brakes....and there may be a couple more things for it in the near future.
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