47-55.1 Getting ready for a car (truck) show

[mr48chev]

I'd say that part of the patina thing is that too many guys want instant gratification and want to throw their project together fast and get it on the road.

I'd bet even money that TX3100guy and Hogfarm both have more time in small parts of the build in their trucks than some of the S-10 swap patina truck guys have in the whole truck from haul the AD into the yard to drive down the road time. The extra attention to the most minute detail as apposed to slap it together as fast as you can and get it running.

Personally these days I would rather see someone put their early effort in to having a solid and very safe chassis that is done right when it comes to building a modified truck. The nice paint and fancy interior can come later but it has to be safe to drive first and not shiny and unsafe to drive as we used to see a lot of back when I got into this seriously. The chassis on some of those rods back then rival some of the crudest rat rods that aren't even licensed or street driven as far as sketchy. Impact universal sockets butt welded into the steering shaft as Ujoints on a car that was then driven on Texas highways at 80 mph. I know he was doing 80 as he was following me.
With that I'd rather see a person build a safe solid truck that they can safely enjoy and then decide if they want to take it to the next level rather than get burned out shooting for perfection and never getting to drive it on the first build they do.
Both the two guys who I would like to have paint my truck have health issues that may not allow for it but in the town where I live we have a couple of rebuild shops that turn out late model rebuilds from totals that look better than new when they roll them out for sale and I am thinking about hitting one up to have them paint my 48 when I am able to trailer the truck to them in pieces. It won't be cheap but it won't be 10K either.