Patina...
 

is the whole 'patina' thing getting played out a little? I'm not talking about unrestored cars like those displayed at MCACN, but cars that are fully built but sporting a hagard body or paint. Like this;
https://www.motortrend.com/events/19...ema-show-2023/

Actually that is a pretty nice car, the "Patina" thing that makes me cringe is when they airbrush rust spots...UGH.

Lots of great engineering on this build, and money spent. It'd take a 50k paint job to due it justice, so I do get it. This one you could wring out on a power tour and have a blast.

I kind of like the patina thing. Lynn Park is a Cobra collector that built "Son of Dirtbag" a 289 Kirkham Cobra built with old parts he took off of real Cobras. I think it's cool.
It's probably the only one of his Cobras I could afford.

https://www.motortrend.com/features/...of-a-dirt-bag/

I was talking to a friend yesterday who does a lot of the final detail for RS's cars. He was commenting how the skyrocketing cost of paint and body, and the constant maintenance and repair a perfect paint job needs on a car that is built to be driven extensively, is driving this trend. Built cars maintaining patina are more interesting than ever to customers.

The patina you get when you maintain originality, is highly attractive to me. Fully restored cars (even over restored ones) are highly attractive to me. Restored or restomods with applied patina, are very unattractive to me.
That's just me, your results may vary.

People always enjoy checking out my friend Andrew's Cougar. I think the story is his father in law shaved the door handles and painted the car in the 70s.

I guarantee those Nittos are not gonna hook.

K

Nittos will go 1.5s not sure about 1.4s.

My turbo car 69 bird w 468 Pontiac T88 off one of racin Jason’s cars,(big big fan of Jason’s RIP) made 960 Hp and 1150 ft lbs and it hooks on BFG 325 Drag radials. Never had it on a nitto. I don’t leave off the T brake only F brake runs 9.70 at 146. It’s a simple ladder bar w diagonal link that I never mess with thing hooks in gravel. It’s got PLENTY of patina after 160 -180 track passes a year for the first 5 years and then around 100 for the next 5 and a bunch of street driving. I hate the pantina on both my cars. Both were race cars and though I tried to keep them nice stuff happens. I can’t paint anymore and I don’t trust anyone else to paint it. So it is what it is for now . I may vinyl wrap the one that’s not rare this year I can still do that wrapped a few airplanes including my own every one loves them in many ways better than paint in many ways not. ��