Re: PATINA Opinions
You didn't ruin it yet. It's aged paint and time did whatever has happened to the paint. I just can't see creating an issue on good paint and that paint looks awesome. My ochre and white Custom Camper had paint thinning on the hood ridge but it looked perfect till you put your eyes right on it looking for flaws. That Paint that went on these trucks was better than anything made today, if you ask me. I stopped doing clear coat and only do single stage urethane now. Clear is over rated and serves to introduce more problems than the paint itself. Good paint doesn't need clear coat for it to hold up.
Rule number 1 with flipping vehicles, do little as possible. Peple get caught up in "if I do this I can get more". But after your time and money, how much more do you really get? And you may be limiting your buyers to people who would do what you did, and scare off the rest. If you get stuck selling for less at least you didn't spend more money to make less. It isnt perfect. These trucks are bought to fix up. Let the buyer do that. You just do what little it takes to make it more presentable, such as cleaned up. Nice hubcaps would be a great upgrade, but these days they cost so much I'd let the next person do the searching and spending. I wouldn't walk away from a truck like that or dicker the price down because the hubcaps are crappy. I'd be glad to see it still had them all. That truck screams unmolested, let that sell it
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