bare steel ?

im looking to unpaint my 54 chevy the bare steel look , wondering what are folks doing to keeping their rides from rusting ?

 

clear coat? how about a bare steel looking paint?

 

Gibbs, it works. We use it on the race car.

 

Paint keeps it from rusting. The bare metal look is beyond played out , don't bother.

 

I like the raw metal look but that's from a speedster prospective. If I have another one in me after my current project is complete I would like to do one all raw metal. Frame, block, head, radiator starter, the works.
Current project is 29 A speedster and I've left a lot of the pieces raw and used clear coat. No rust so far but then what kinda rust can form when the chassis hasn't made it out of the garage yet.
Let me know how it turns out if you go bare, the best to you.

 

Gibbs. And invest in scotchbrite.