"Barn find, running"

[Calb56]

33 minutes ago, customline said:

Used and abused!  But I think it will start.....?....I miss those days.

I wish I'd been old enough during those days...

[customline]

2 hours ago, Calb56 said:

I wish I'd been old enough during those days...

I was too young for that. I just miss the days you could find a 56 Ford pickup for a hundred bucks and, with the help of a buddy, you would flat-tow it with a rope and as long as the brakes worked, you could get it home where you'd spend the rest of the day getting it running. I loved exploring junkyards and the smell of sun-baked upholstery....and the quiet. Good times.

[Slotto]

Super cool. Like everyone else said, that seat...killer. best rust I've ever seen. That 1st picture did it for me. Looks exactly like a rusty frame

[customline]

4 hours ago, Slotto said:

Super cool. Like everyone else said, that seat...killer. best rust I've ever seen. That 1st picture did it for me. Looks exactly like a rusty frame

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ?. Thanks, Steve.  I've got to say this, though; a lot of what you see here is not what I was trying to do. Sure, I was building a "survivor" but the finish of the body and the seat is just the way it turned out. I start out in the direction I want to go in and my limitations of materials and knowledge  and imagination form the result. I don't have solid control of it. It's always a compromise in some way. I plan to do another one, though, either the '53 F-100 or the '41 Chevy pickup. Old pickups are great subjects. I need to study some techniques we associate with military vehicles. THATS where I want to take it. The rust will be there but not the major component. More realistic than this one. More subtle. Rusty with restraint. ?.

 

 

 

[bluestringer]

Cool looking hot rod Jim.

[Ace-Garageguy]

All the above...and I really like the diamond-plate partial floor.

I can't count the number of times I've seen a "repair" like that on a real car.  

[customline]

44 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

All the above...and I really like the diamond-plate partial floor.

I can't count the number of times I've seen a "repair" like that on a real car.  

I was thinking about using some license plates but that's been done a million times and I have quite a scrap pile. ? Glad you like it, thanks Bill.

[customline]

1 hour ago, bluestringer said:

Cool looking hot rod Jim.

Thank you,  James. Sorry about all the rust. ?

[Vic Florie]

you asked me if it worked. It's the most realistic old leather seat I've seen.

[Vic Florie]

21 hours ago, customline said:

Hmm....I recall using some Krylon variety in a gloss burgundy sprayed over flat black and later some black acrylic craft paint rubbed in with my fingers and a soft rag. The idea was to make it look like dirty and greasy old vinyl or leather. Did it work?

Best looking old leather seat I've seen, very realistic.

[customline]

5 hours ago, Vic Florie said:

Best looking old leather seat I've seen, very realistic.

Oh and satin clear over the gloss burgundy. Forgot about the clear. ?

[slusher]

Real nice weathering!

[customline]

13 minutes ago, slusher said:

Real nice weathering!

Thank you Carl!

[1971Hans]

That's a really ugly car ! And for that reason, it is a nice build.?

[customline]

I'm glad somebody is honest about it ?.

[PappyD340]

Cool hot rod!!

[spencer1984]

Fantastic job on the weathering!