Coat the wood liberally with a 50/50 mix of linseed oil and turpentine. Let it fully soak in and dry for at least a month.

Then paint the boards with oil based primer and let dry for a week. Apply two coats of the paint of your choice - like porch paint.

1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)

1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)