This baby's got patina!
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This baby's got patina!
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I would love to own a uni, but time and money are of short coming. I believe if ya buy one I would want to see it on site, just for the level of cancer, those uni-body are alittle tougher to recover from cancer.
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its got a little more than patina, i bet its got its fair share of cancer hiding in those panels.
the patinad look is cool but a lot of guys who build the rat rods and such build some of the scariest rides ever as far as actual safety goes.
the patinad look is cool but a lot of guys who build the rat rods and such build some of the scariest rides ever as far as actual safety goes.
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This brought tears to my eyes:
(3)1965-66 Ford pickups
I'm hoping no one makes an offer and they will part out.
(3)1965-66 Ford pickups
I'm hoping no one makes an offer and they will part out.
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I once purchased a 61 uni down in Levittown PA off of e bay for 42 bucks!
I picked it up with the big rollback and by the time i got home to Hazleton it had changed colors from blue to red... Now thats patina.....A PO had used the ol roller and brush paint job and it belw off on the tow home...
Garbz.
Man that was one ugly truck......
I picked it up with the big rollback and by the time i got home to Hazleton it had changed colors from blue to red... Now thats patina.....A PO had used the ol roller and brush paint job and it belw off on the tow home...
Garbz.
Man that was one ugly truck......
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This brought tears to my eyes:
(3)1965-66 Ford pickups
I'm hoping no one makes an offer and they will part out.
(3)1965-66 Ford pickups
I'm hoping no one makes an offer and they will part out.
What should bring tears to your eyes is the GMC grill in the front of that f100.
Any body got a beatin post for that guy?
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Yeah I saw that GMC grill there, my eyes were on the red and white cab in the background. Maybe the 65 ate the GMC?
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I guess sometimes I like the old gnarly junk yard dog or faithful workhorse look. But, around here, rust is vehicular suicide, cause it's salt slushies all winter long.
I saw that grill too. At least they are all currently inside!
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Patina....
Back when I was a lad, we called vehicles like this practical pigs. Restored mechanically, crusty on the outside.
Patina...
Used car dealers called them rats, bagels, terds, clunkers, dogs.Today, I actually prefer the patina look, because most vehicles are waaay over-restored beyond belief today with stuff done that would amaze the stubborn, prejedicial old grouch.
Did you know that most pre-war, and immediate postwar Fords did not come with white wall tires? Very, very few trucks had whitewalls. White side wall tires were an option that very few peeps ordered. During the '30's only a very few cars left the showrooms with whitewalls. This was true for most vehicles in the 1930's. The Great Depression was the reason.
I see Model A's and 1930's Ford's with whitewalls, trucks with white walls rarely seen as original till the mid 1960's. I prefer blackwalls, because that's what 98% of these vechiles had originally. Cleaning those w/w tires after someone hits a curb is a b!tch, and they tend to turn yellow with age.
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at the cruse nights town people bring in these trucks and are trying to pass them off as hot rods or show pieces or something and in talking to them you get the feeling that they've forgot that its a truck. it's ok to have dents and scratchs here and there. but i've never been one to wipe my vehicles with a dust cloth every 20 minutes either.