So you want to remove the most paint from those parts like the hood, roof, and fenders. The sun does the most damage to the paint work. A good rule of thumb is that what ever surface points up will have the most removed from it. My tip is to go online and look at some real patina to guide your work. It sounds that simple because it really is! You need to sand everything away that shouldn’t be there. How To Fake A Patina? Remove Everything That’s Not Patina! So at that moment I know I would be giving the truck a fake patina to try and save myself the time and headache of a respray paint job. Score! White and blue are perfect together. Hiding under the deep blue single stage paint was white! One of the first things I did after getting the truck home was sanding down the paint to see what was hiding underneath. But none the less the paint needs to be fixed and body work and fresh paint are out of the question. The paint jobs I did in high school would look the same if not worse. That was 10 years before I got the truck so I can’t blame him. The previous owner of the truck painted it in high school. But the doors and fenders are a bit nicer, maybe 220 grit. The best way I can describe the paint quality is sand paper. It would look perfect if only it hadn’t been painted this awful deep blue. There are dents, dings, and scratches all over. If we decided to give the truck a good paint job we would be better off finding a new cab then fixing the one we have. So what do we do with our 1966 F100 project truck? It has a awful respray and a bed that doesn’t even match the truck. But to me a 40+ years of hard living looks just right!Įven people who don’t prefer the raw look of a patinad truck will admit its a much easier option then a fresh coat of paint. A paint job with 100 hours of time looks pretty good. You won’t hear me complain though! Patina is is a much easier and better look in my opinion. Times have changed from the days of bright solid color paint jobs and billet everything. Twenty years ago you probably would have been asked to leave if you showed up to a car show with a coat of rust instead of paint. Patina is in! So what do you do when you project truck doesn’t have a nice patina? Well fake it until you make it. I’d be tempted to just make this my weekend and work truck as-is and not make any serious mods, at least not immediately.1966 F100 Project Truck Gets A Fake Patina We don’t get to see the truck up on a lift, but there are a few pictures showing different parts of the underside, including this one, and from what we do get to view it appears to be reasonably solid down below. At one time, the heater leaked and there is said to be a fiberglass patch on the floor below it, but other than that, the rest of the floor area is stated to be like new. Not a whole lot is specifically addressed regarding the interior, but we do get some photos from inside and overall things are appearing decent in there. There’s also some corrosion near the front of the bed panel and the wood is showing some wear, but the latter is claimed to be the original piece and it would kind of make me sad to change it out! The seller believes the original color was red, and also thinks there’s been one or two resprays. The body isn’t perfect, but judging from the photos it actually looks pretty good overall, with some rust in the rear quarters and an eraser-size hole in the lower cab on the driver’s side. A few items have been replaced over the years, including the carburetor, fuel lines, and brakes noted as examples. The owner of this pickup says it’s running and driving the way it did 73 years ago, with 98 percent of the factory drivetrain, wiring, and components still remaining. The 3100 was considered a light-to-medium duty worker and featured a 216 cubic-inch inline 6 cylinder engine for most of its life, although for its final two years buyers got to choose from either a 235 or 261 CI displacement for 19, both also of the I6 design. Known as the Chevy Advance Design, these trucks first went on sale in 1947 and replaced the aging AK model. The truck is residing in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, and can be seen here on eBay, where bidding has gotten to $8,100 already with the reserve not yet reached. Regardless of the next owner’s intentions, it’s either not bad just like it is, or a good candidate to take to the next level, so it’s a win-win situation no matter which direction things go. But the more I look, there’s just something really inspiring about a nearly 75-year-old vehicle that is said to still be operating with an estimated 98% of its original drivetrain, plus it takes awhile for a finish to establish a patina as cool and laid back as this one is wearing. Upon first seeing this 1950 Chevrolet 3100 Pickup, my first thought was I’m guessing there’s probably going to be some sort of a resto-mod in its future.
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