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Well im unpatinaing (is that even a word? ) my 68 .

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And it's most likely getting a 5.3 . Took my mom (85) to buy a new car today to tow behind the motor home. Seems the Yukon she has with 64k on it has a rotted out frame . So I got a freebie.

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:lol: Looking good , You know 9/10 hot chicks choose glossy paint , Your gas mileage will go up , The truck will run better , Your girl will WANT to go cruising , Your et will drop 1.5 Seconds in the quarter mile ,Your tires will last longer , you'll look better driving it and your hair will grow back . :lol:

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I want to live in Grumpy's world!

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Actually my girl wants the 72. Never lost the hair though :metal::lol:

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Patina ain't nothin' but paint with the letters moved around... and an extra 'a' to give a feminine Latin touch.

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Paint job looks great, I had to go out and look to see if mine was still here, It's the same color as mine that I just got back last week. I like the idea of painting the black in the wheel wells.

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Just trying to do it the way it was . Seems they painted it assembled so at best there was a little overspray in there. I just did it a little better than thay did. Also the paint is too damn expensive to do the inner parts. I'm going to drive it so it will be much easier to touch up stone chips in black

At first I didnt think I would like the color but after I sprayed the first part of grew on me. If it hadn't it would be 503 green .

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Well everything still lines up.😎

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Nice Paint job.
I like the looks on a long step-side.







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Nice work. Looks great!

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I like the look of a long stepper. Just seems more proportioned to me.

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Nobody noticed the spare tire fender is a 67 my uncle always said dazzle them with the shine :lol:

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Was that a 67 only fender? I know the fleetsides had no side marker but don't know about the step sides....

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67 only no side marker . The 68 and up had reflectors/ lights in them.

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Did the paint under an ezup . No access to a booth anymore

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Looks great!

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Bed looks really good. Grumpy needs to get his eyes checked, you can see your nice head of hair in the reflection :)

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I noticed that it did not have the hole in it. :lol:
I just didn't know how to (type) say that in
a positive way.
Do you have the spare tire bracket?
And (If So) what color will you paint it ???







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:lol: I saw that , it was a poke to the patina boys that they'll get their hair back ( Or not lose it ) if they repaint , It's only a joke . :lol:

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Ok, I feel better knowing you caught that- always considered you to be really sharp (bet your kids had a tough time fooling you as they were growing up)

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Now that's funny , if you ask me I'll say I always knew what they were up to . But if you ask them they would say " Yeah , Right ! " :lol:

Back to this thread . I'm not sure how I became the anti patina flag waving guy . Maybe it's because I see guys drop $$$ into a rusty truck with a junk yard LS and then bolt $$$$ of suspension to a rusty frame ? Hey , it's your truck do it any way you want , I spent most of my life making things look new so that's my thing . Do whatever you want to yours , I just have fun poking the bear ....:lol:

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I've been speaking out on going out of the way for patina since the fad started. Yet, "runs good needs paint" has been my preference forever, out of natural economic necessity and common sense. But that's only until everything else is done mechanically and until there's money for cosmetics. What always bugged me since I've been driving were the guys who went right at the cosmetics ahead of mechanics. You know, "chrome won't get you home", and neither will shiny paint. Most just had old paint. I like faded paint like I love faded jeans and t-shirts. In HS I drove a '56 bug I dragged out of the woods. While others ran out and put scoops, flared fenders, and Cragars with adapters I restored mine and ran red oxide. I built a strong engine/later wider full-synchro transaxle using bus nose cone to clear body, Koni shocks and swap bars, Pirelli radials slightly wider, full gauges (except fuel). It was a poor man's Porche but to everyone else it was an old bug. When I tore the transmission up and was doing the upgraded one, everyone was asking "Why are you fixing it?". Then once I got out of HS I painted it Mercedes Blue and it was, "Hey, that's a nice bug. When did you get it?". Some people have no vision. I went through this with my vehicles for years. Now we have people ruining good paint to have a bad paint job. Go figure.

Here's one for ya Grumpy :cool: My buddy Mark Wenner

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I do have one thanks to fellow member projectking. Not sure maybe body color would seem correct that it would have been on the truck prior to paint

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Had an issue with bolt kits I purchased for the bed. Actually the fender bolts I ordered them unpolished they came polished as did all the floor hardware . Not a big deal but there were no fender washers included. Had to run around looking for them in stainless. Found them at an ACE hardware wasnt cheap as there are 24 of them. I have an inquiry with who I ordered them from so we'll have to wait and see if they make good .

On a good note,
I ordered the bed strips from Eklers during their 30 off sale. They came very quickly and they have made in USA all over them .