The "aged/faux-patina/rat rod" is gaining quite a following of street-rod and old car/truck fans... for the same reasons most of us choose old vehicles as our hobby...personal preference. For what it matters most anyone viewing any vintage vehicle could probably tell whether it has been repainted but that doesn't stop many of us from doing it. These vehicles reflect the individual tastes and artistic statements of the folks who own and restore them and draw crowds around them at car shows and double-takes by folks when they are going down the road.
Typical "shiny-repainted" clunkers are a dime-a-dozen. It takes an artist to build a "resto-rod". I talked by phone to Dan Shaw just last week about his work... I couldn't have been more impressed!! Photos of this work are in Street Rodder Nov03 and Jan04... it looks good enough to encourage me to do my '35 Chevy pickup in a similar fashion...using some of my own ideas of course....
...all that glitters is not gold.....
Bill in VA
