Never seen a hood rust like this
 

This was at the Concours De Lemons show in Seaside, Ca and I thought it was cool as hell it lived its whole life on the California and Oregon coasts a few blocks off the ocean and I am guessing the hood at least was under a tree for a long time.

The rest of the truck was immaculate and I think the owners said it had around 50,000 original miles. It ran and drove great as well and even passes California smog tests

https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...24&oe=5C330A5D

Re: Never seen a hood rust like this
 

patina level 10 !!

close enough to the beach, sea spray is brutal..

Re: Never seen a hood rust like this
 

It is. I made the mistake of buying a Jimmy from Monterey once.

It was rusty from all the salt air

Re: Never seen a hood rust like this
 

That is the special high perf hood for performance engines.

Re: Never seen a hood rust like this
 

Air cooled.

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I would not have changed one thing on that truck, exactly like the owner has kept it. 50k truck runs and drives fine, Keeps the predators off it.

Re: Never seen a hood rust like this
 

Me either it’s awesome and the owners love it

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I had an 88 Mazda B2200 once that had a hood and front bumper that looked nearly as bad while the rest of the truck was in decent shape, with over 400k mi. It had spent life being toted behind a truck as a wide-load chase vehicle.

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Here's mine that I've been driving for 15 + years now.

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/a...ket/001_29.jpg

And,here it is with a new hood---

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/a...ket/002_29.jpg

The old hood had so much rust it was loose in front,and I couldn't drive it on the interstate.Now I can.
Mike.:chevy: