Why do some people prefer vanilla rather than chocolate, modern art over impressionist, blondes over brunettes? Why does one guy think a particular woman is deliriously goregous while most others can't be bothered to look at her twice? Why for some people is a hot rod a travesty while to others a full restoration a waste of money? Personal taste.
Some people would say its a crime to take a restorable 32 Ford Victoria and put a big block and auto tranny in it and paint it anything but the original color and type of paint, while others would think thats the only thing worth doing with the Vicky.
The reason I've got to paint my truck and can't leave it alone is that I've sandblasted every surface of it down to bare metal, have welded in some patch panels and have painted it with etching primer. If the body were straight and had faded paint I might not have touched it.
I like the look of aged paint on these trucks, I think it'll add characther and depth a shiny paint job lacks. I'm posting what I can find out about how to produce an aged paint look so anyone else interested in doing it will have some ideas!
Sure, most adults looking at the truck will figure out it has been repainted to look the way it does rather than shiny. But that isn't the point. The point for me is that I like the way old faded trucks look and enjoy the way a hopped up engine, five speed and a/c make the ride.
This is one of the beautiful things about hotrodding- What you think is cool I may not, but I can appreciate the effort and artistry that went into what you did to your ride.
