Yes, that's what we did here in the east. Primer was not wanted, and rust was something you would never be seen driving. Basic paint is what everyone wanted, even if you had to wait for chrome wheels. Many of us were forced to learn body sanding and painting with a borrowed compressor & spraygun from someones Dad. We had pride in our cars, even if a new 64 GTO was so much cooler.
i think the car looks great the way it is. when and if you decide to paint it don't put rustoleum or a cheap grade paint on it, just to get by. if you decide later that you have the cash for a nice paint job, you will end up stripping that cheap **** off. now your doing the job twice! **** that! do it once, and do it right, or don't do it at all! real patina is cool, fake patina is ********!
Chopperman Very few people are lucky enough to have a chance to make the decision you have. Keep the patina. Show every one your ride is real steel. Primer it and you will not be able to tell it from a plastic kit car.
well, it really isn't patina, but atleast it isn't "peetina". It is just unfinished. Patina is like DRD32's roadster. Paint it and move onto the next stage.
Paint is just as easy to shoot as primer. Back in the day, primer spots were for poor boys, like Phil and myself. Todays body shops try to make out like painting a car is some sort of voodoo magic, and try to charge max prices for said voodoo. I say, "pick a color and paint it". If you screw it up, paint stripper and your own labor are cheap, just do it over. pigpen
Wow, I love the you will only have Patina once and if you paint it you won't drive it! Funny ****! Yeah, most projects have patina once and if done right, never again! Trust me, folks will know its a steel car even if you paint it! As for not driving a finished car, that is ********! Then you should be collecting stamps! The whole idea is to get your ride done and drive it! This is not a numbers correct car situation, this is a building a nice ride deal. Bottom line, its your ride and you decide, but, you did ask!
what? are you kidding me? maybe if you are using rattle can, and i agree that some paint systems out there are pretty easy to spray, but i can tell you that their nothing like spraying primer. you make it sound like any joe blow off the street can just order up some paint and say, jeez it can't that hard, some guy said to spray it just like primer, only to waste his hard earned cash on a wasted paint set up! it takes practice and the right conditions to lay out a good paint job. maybe that's why we painters like to get paid for what we do, cause most of us are good at it. as far as max prices, do you know how much it cost's to run a body shop these days? have you ever met a rich, "honest" body shop owner? probably not. most body shop owners, like myself, are car guys and have friends with hot rods and customs, and are always willing to help anybody out that they can, i know i do. and as far as doing it over if you mess it up, who the **** want's to do that? would you put used oil in a freshly rebuilt motor, and say **** it, if she blows we'll just tear it down and do it over, i don't think so. common sense here, i said it before and i'll say it again, do it once do it right, or don't do it at all.
BE a man ... Grow a pair ... PAINT IT ... A decent home done paint job is not that much money ... FACT ... shiny paint protects better ... and LOOKS better. Drive it ... repaint if needed ... just my nickel ...
Ditto.....That's some silly stuff ! ......rust is car cancer, and driving a rusty car makes the owner look like a hack even if the car is well built.....paint it shiny, and drive a nice car....It's a hot rod tradition.... That being said....there's always the exception.....Say a guy gets a rough looking barn find, and gets it running, and drives it to the local hangout to show it off to his friends.....Well that's always fun, like a "before" picture....but then go home and tear it down, do it right, and make yourself proud.....................IMHO
Shoot it single stage silver,no metalflake.Or you can check with your paint supplier for mis-tints,we do that at work sometimes for mixing with the paint we already have
When I was a kid, a car with "patina" was called a pile o' ****. I havent changed my opinion. My cars patina is going the way of the media blaster too....
Interesting answer. " you make it sound like any joe blow off the street can just order up some paint and say, jeez it can't that hard, some guy said to spray it just like primer, only to waste his hard earned cash..." Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying. Read about it some, get out in the driveway and try, start with a spray can, learn as you go. pigpen
I think you should patina the rest of the car by spraying it down with salt water every night. Did you just recoil in horror at the thought? Guess what, you're a shiny paint guy.
Do whay YOU want to do.....who cares what other people think. It is your car. I say leave it like it is and drive it............Some would pay more for "THAT LOOK".
Well I won't use the P word anymore.. LOL I've decided to leave it as is for another season. Next year i will pull it apart, blast it and send it out for a "nice" flake paint job and interior. One more year isn't going to hurt.. thanks for the feedback boys...
My 31 5W model A w/ traceable history, I knew the owner in childhood, and saw the A on a regular basis when I was from 5 to 8 years old from 1959 to 1963. In my case, the patina means something. Gray Patina w/red oxide showing through, originally put on approx 1949-1950.
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