Has the "patina" trend caught on here yet?

A friend of mine bought a 58 Chevy panel truck with a very nice, smooth and shiny blue metallic paint job. He paid good money to have some dents and dings applied and a paint job that recreated patina. It wound up looking like faded blue paint had worn away over gray primer and had a fair amount of rust. The final coat was a flat clear. Then he had what looks like the remains of some tire company logo put on the doors. I could not belive that he paid money to get his truck to look like that! And, he paid a lot of money to make it look like an old junker. I'll bet the guy who put the hours into getting it laser straight and shiny would cry real tears if he saw it now.