PATINA
Some assholes say they don't understand the point of having patina. They say just restore the body and put new shiny paint. That argument would make sense for those who do 20-30K fake patina paint jobs, but for us with original patina it's different. I like just the right amount of original patina, it is like a badge of honor for the car that was not garaged at 68 degrees and babied. It shows, most of the time, that the car is a survivor of its environment with its own unique scars to show-off.
Of course the other and completely understandable reasons for leaving "patina" on the car is the cost and labor of a new paint job. It's a ton of work sometimes to do body work and repaint an entire car, and that might take a long time to get done properly. We have seen and heard the problems with classic car projects that never get done or even half way. People bite more than they can chew by dismantling their car and it becomes so much work that it takes years to restore or just never goes back together again. If the body is solid, why not just enjoy the car and fix some little things here and there once in awhile, fixing the paint can wait, sometimes forever. Enjoy the character of the aged paint and not have to stress about keeping the car shiny, embrace the patina, because life is short.
Here is my car with patina, but I do plan on repainting just the out side some day. It would be cool to keep the patina, but the paint rubs off to easily. At least I can enjoy it anytime I want too for now.
Some assholes say they don't understand the point of having patina. They say just restore the body and put new shiny paint. That argument would make sense for those who do 20-30K fake patina paint jobs, but for us with original patina it's different. I like just the right amount of original patina, it is like a badge of honor for the car that was not garaged at 68 degrees and babied. It shows, most of the time, that the car is a survivor of its environment with its own unique scars to show-off.
Of course the other and completely understandable reasons for leaving "patina" on the car is the cost and labor of a new paint job. It's a ton of work sometimes to do body work and repaint an entire car, and that might take a long time to get done properly. We have seen and heard the problems with classic car projects that never get done or even half way. People bite more than they can chew by dismantling their car and it becomes so much work that it takes years to restore or just never goes back together again. If the body is solid, why not just enjoy the car and fix some little things here and there once in awhile, fixing the paint can wait, sometimes forever. Enjoy the character of the aged paint and not have to stress about keeping the car shiny, embrace the patina, because life is short.
Here is my car with patina, but I do plan on repainting just the out side some day. It would be cool to keep the patina, but the paint rubs off to easily. At least I can enjoy it anytime I want too for now.