Under the hood is a powerful 350 V8 mated to an automatic transmission it runs and shifts great. This truck is sure to be the center of attention wherever you go, with a brand new patina paint job this truck is fully custom. I'm into doin' more than havin'.This auction is for a 1950 Ford F-1 pick up truck. I'm glad someone does it so there can be a show. It ain't me and if it's you that's just fine with me. I like to go to shows, park in the parking area, look around, then go drive the rest of the day while others sit there all day. I've won trophies and had my stuff in magazines, but I'm past that now. Now we see patina rides in shows and even fake jobs. If it does then you just don't get it.yet. It's that DILLIGAF vibe reflected to the highest degree. Once you've built enough cars/trucks/bikes to show condition only to find you don't want anything to get messed up, you begin to appreciate one that just runs good, you can leave parked anywhere and, and leave the folding chair, Hawaiian shirt, straw hats to the rest and just drive your chit.

The old addages, 'Chrome won't get you home', and ,'Runs good, needs paint', both apply here. The right way to build is get it together, run it to work the bugs out, then blow it apart to paint (or cut-in first and paint after the shakedown). It wasn't till magazines followed the hot rod trend that most were introduced to hot rods through pretty cars. The original hot rods were built to run, with looks coming along later. Nothing has changed in all these years, to me that is how you do it and a patina ride is just that. I bent a shifting fork jamming gears and people asked, 'Why are you fixing that old thing?'. I'd see them broke down and think,'Those mags didn't make it run any better'. Other guys were buying shiny 5 year old '60s cars and doing the Hijacker,Cragars/L60s, and Thrush mufflers with exhaust in front of rear tires thing (incl. I never had my car (same one) good enough for paint till after HS when I was 20. I went after the mechanics and performance first. I started off in HS fixing up '50s cars to drive. Sort of like the home make-over shows but for classic cars that seems to now be dated in their restoration.īring on the creative stuff guys.and have at 'er. It would be really interesting to take that type of super high paint/resto/chrome vehicle and turn it over to a bunch of young car guys to see what they would do with it. When I see a high quality paint older rod I often guess that its a guy who's 60 (retired?) or more and I'm often right.not that there anything wrong with that. I think you can almost (.not exactly.but almost) guess the age of the car/truck owner now by how their vehicle looks.

That last thing I want to do on a nice summer night is go to a show'n shine with near identically finished vehicles.thats a yawn fest.and I can see that through the day at the local grocery store with new cars. Now more than ever given the silver potato phenomena that is new vehicle design. That makes it us some of the detailing that the same line of thinking creates is really interesting and I'm a fan of any creative expression in the vehicle hobby. I like see the variety myself.and if some trucks or cars go the patina eat. Seems silly to gripe about it on the ol' interweb. If it's not your thing, move on to the next truck.

69 gmc truck with patina paint job