I have a 1960 f100 with mostly origianl paint. There is a fair amount of surface rust and I am on the fence relative to painting it. If I did paint it I would keep it the stock color with the thought of going two tone. Any thoughts?
I would try to bring it back to life before painting it. I know guys that are wizards with wet sanding and buffing. Being able to brag that your truck has vintage paint on it is a pretty cool!
Kinda like that hint of patina. might just ad a few custom touches to set it apart from others driving a stock 60. wheels, setc. show some thought was put into it.
fix the bed and what ever little dings or dents you have, get the driveline right and drive it like it is. it has just enough patina to be very cool driver.
Paint it... Put a nice simple two tone on there and it'll look sweet. Did you look at the picture? You're gonna wetsand and buff that rust? LMAO... you're funny...those guys must be real wizards...
A little far gone to make the rust shine. Nice truck. But it's YOUR ride. MAKE it your ride! Do YOUR thing to it. These look nice two-tone with the right colors and lines. Here's the deal... Do you want it shiney and pretty or are you trying to keep it in it's "as-is" state for a museum piece, rust, dents and all? Is there value in keeping it rusty for you? Since you asked... Personally, I'll be glad when this "patina" phase dies. A rusty car was called a rusty old beater in the OLD traditional world. Rust was a sign of being too poor to be able to fix it and paint it. Even a brush paint job was preferred. But for some reason a worn-out, battle-scared body has been the in thing to do for a while. Traditional never used to be rusty. It's like making a new table look like an old one. Those of us who HAD "old" stuff wanted it to look nice. One man's p***ion is another man's poison, I guess.
I wouldn't paint it, i think its cool as is. you might fix that dent behind the rear wheel and just spot it in a little bit, keep it under the body line and just blend it out over the top of the rear wheel. If your good you can really hide the repair and just make it look like it never happened. i love the look of it now though,,,
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If it were mine I would probably just wax the **** out of it (even where its rusty) and drive it. Unless I was going to do some body work to it anyway then i would consider prepping and painting.
How about doing some body work and using a catalized primer so it won't rust through. Driving with primer spots is "cool" remember. Then when you've had it for awhile you can decide what direction you'd like it to be for the long haul. Frank
i would paint it. i have a 60 f100 flareside out in the woods. someday i hope to have one on the road. one of the best looking custom trucks.
If you paint it, the chrome will look like ****. If you do the chrome, the interior will look like ****. Where does it stop? About $20,000. Drive it and enjoy it. A 1960 truck with original paint as good as that deserves to keep it. Opinions may vary.
Scub it good, have some subtle pinstripe's and cruise fer now. Photochop it w/ some of your idea's. Time is on your side. It's only original patina once. Enjoy.
nice truck, personally I'd leave it be. If someone hadn't already painted the bed of mine (and a VW destroyed my front end) I wouldn't have painted it. It was in similar shape. I gotta say I'm a bit fan of the patina. Compound it up a little bit and leave it if you ask me.
I have this thing about cars with original paint. my 61 Dodge Dart has original paint. I just think it's cool even if it is a little threadbare. I am not one those who has jumped on the patina bandwagon so I can be cool like all the other patina people, I've liked old original cars for a long long time. I tell you one thing.. if you are going to paint it, do it up right and have a quality job done. a friend had a 57 chevy longbed truck with original turquiose paint. this was back in the 80's. it was rubbed through in a few spots and a few minor dings. he took it to earl scheib and had a cheap red paint job put on. it went from a cool old truck with original paint to a much less cool old truck with a ****ty paint job. I don't know what he was thiking.
..oh.. driving with primer spots is not cool. do it all up at once. don't do body work and shoot primer and paint it 3 years later after moisture has penetrated your primer and ruined the bodywork.
LEAVE IT Any POS bondo-mobile can take a weekend trip to MAACO to hide it's frankenstein origins, but it can only be original once. It took 50 years to get like that. Respect it for what it is. Disclaimer: I might have a bias
Leave it, pin stripe it or something, save your money to use else where... Plus, you wont be worrying about some kid with a big belt buckle leaning in to see the interior at a show...
>>>>>>>>>>>PAINT IT!!!!!!!!!!! make it straight & shiny! ----- i have a truck sittin here with patina and its cooool as hell but i know it would be much coooler to me painted nice. hey Section 8 thats my line i usually say: it took 40-50 years to look like it does and you wanna F it up in 1 weekend. BUT if you are putting a 'real' paint job on it thats c000000000l!!!
Nice truck ! Rub it out & wax it ... a GOOD bodyman could take the rear quarter dent out without disturbing the paint any worse that the hood rubthru. They only have the factory finish once.
New Paint is for some Honda driver's insurance.......the more time you spend on the road, the sooner it'll be til he finds you!
i'd say paint it... IF the engine, drive train, and suspension are up to snuff. i don't think all of us are going for a "look", we just prefer to focus on the drive train first, so we can still drive it while we are finishing it. i'd rather drive it as is, then sit in it with a nice paint job... a two tone paint job would look good on that truck.
Leave it be, but hammer out that dent. Whatever you do, DON'T add any fake shop logos or lettering on the doors.
cool truck, leave the paint, put a nasty small block in it with loud exhaust, some wide whites with the same rims and poverty caps , and beat the livin hell out of it!! just my .02
Get the rust spots down to bare metal, primer them with an epoxy primer that will keep the water out, drive it for a while. Primer spots back in the day were common. Showed you were on your way to a paint job. Fully primered cars were somewhat rare and usually they didn't stay in full primer very long.
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