Carter
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Mar 21, 2007 19:32:19 GMT
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Real patina is obviously better, but fake can work as long as youre not kidding yourself and not trying to kid others thats its genuine. Seems to be 'fashionable' in some circles to have patina on vehicles, much like the age old trends in matt-black and ratted motors. Fake patina that looks good IMO (took pic at Whitenoise '06- I'm sure there are folks on here that know this bus):
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'77 Chevy G20
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Mar 21, 2007 19:41:20 GMT
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althought it looks a bit like a prop fora film (the set behind doesnt help) i do like the car so that must mean i don't have a problem with fake rust.
on a side not i much prefer the term "prime evil" to rat rod as used in the article
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Mar 21, 2007 20:41:26 GMT
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Jay's Bug is a combination of genuine and 'fake' patina - the main shell is metal and the paint is pretty much unmolested. The fibreglass panels (front/rear end) are painted to match the original paint on the shell. Part of me thinks that if it was all 'glass (like the original subject of this thread) then that'd be even cleverer. Adding to Darren's music analogy and agreeing with a point made earlier I have to say that sampling is as good as the sounds it produces, unless someone is trying to pass it off as all their own work. In short: False/fake patina = cool (maybe cooler than genuine patina in my eyes), lying about it = very, very, very uncool.
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B-8-D
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down to one car!!
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Mar 21, 2007 23:23:57 GMT
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personnally i like it if it looks orig' i love the orig/patina look but buying a surface rusty car from a dry state and running it over here and its going to turn to rusty "brush up " dust in a few months.... what a waste...! i saw a fibre glass ford truck once that was used on a film set and even close up it looked genuinely rotten but it was all just a paint effect..! fair play to the person who painted it, very real! i just love cars that look fek'd but are fine and are fast, i don't want to spend weeks welding it every mot.... si
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Mar 23, 2007 14:42:35 GMT
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althought it looks a bit like a prop fora film (the set behind doesnt help) I do like the car so that must mean I don't have a problem with fake rust. on a side not I much prefer the term "prime evil" to rat rod as used in the article lol "Prime Evil"....anyone remember that 80's movie named that? god that was funny. Strangely enough i had considerd it as a name for a car once!.....
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Your car is not 'epic', this thread is not 'epic'....the OCEAN is epic, the UNIVERSE is epic.... please stop misusing this word!! It would appear Hotrods are the new VWs - aint fashion funny! '69 BUICK LESABRE 350
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Faux patina - cool or fool...Robinxr4i
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Mar 23, 2007 15:41:25 GMT
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It's a marmite car, you either like it or hate it. Personally I like it, looks like something out of Dick Tracy I agree with darrenw completely....... I don't mind if someone wants to make their car look old or worn artificially
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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tigran
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In rust we trust. Amen.
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Faux patina - cool or fool...tigran
@tigran
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Mar 23, 2007 15:42:44 GMT
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Spending cash to make your car look misused = dumb Not having any cash to spend on straight panels and paint because you blew it all on a crazy engine = cool Amen to that!
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1964 Rover P5 i6 1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak 1992 Micra K10 2001 BMW E46 316i 2002 BMW E46 330Ci 2013 BMW F31 320d 2018 BMW G31 530d
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