PATINA

My budget tells me that I really really like patina on my Dart. It’s a decent 20 footer. Would I like a new paint job? Sure… if and when it happens, it would be after the laundry list of stuff I want and/or need gets done first. It’s good from afar but far from good lol. My car has been repainted at some point in the past. It’s probably been decades ago and that shows patina.. LL1 looks really nice when it’s fresh and this isn’t it. It’s sadly a little darker than it should be. I’ve gotten a lot of comments on the shade of green that it is though.

I think original wear and tear looks good on those cars… the intentional patina, especially when they bury it in clear… hard pass. Reminds me of the Murphy Lab Gibson guitars… they intentionally dent, scratch, and weather check the finish… and charge a heafty premium on an already stupidly expensive guitar for it. The reality of it, someone that heavily gigged the guitar for 40 years probably wouldn’t have that much wear on them.. unless it was intentional