Patina...

[66cayne]

is the whole 'patina' thing getting played out a little? I'm not talking about unrestored cars like those displayed at MCACN, but cars that are fully built but sporting a hagard body or paint. Like this;
https://www.motortrend.com/events/19...ema-show-2023/

[L_e_e]

Actually that is a pretty nice car, the "Patina" thing that makes me cringe is when they airbrush rust spots...UGH.

[jer]

Lots of great engineering on this build, and money spent. It'd take a 50k paint job to due it justice, so I do get it. This one you could wring out on a power tour and have a blast.

[TimG]

I kind of like the patina thing. Lynn Park is a Cobra collector that built "Son of Dirtbag" a 289 Kirkham Cobra built with old parts he took off of real Cobras. I think it's cool.
It's probably the only one of his Cobras I could afford.

https://www.motortrend.com/features/...of-a-dirt-bag/

[SupremeDeluxe]

I was talking to a friend yesterday who does a lot of the final detail for RS's cars. He was commenting how the skyrocketing cost of paint and body, and the constant maintenance and repair a perfect paint job needs on a car that is built to be driven extensively, is driving this trend. Built cars maintaining patina are more interesting than ever to customers.

[Unreal]

The patina you get when you maintain originality, is highly attractive to me. Fully restored cars (even over restored ones) are highly attractive to me. Restored or restomods with applied patina, are very unattractive to me.
That's just me, your results may vary.

[Pro Stock John]

People always enjoy checking out my friend Andrew's Cougar. I think the story is his father in law shaved the door handles and painted the car in the 70s.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 66cayne

is the whole 'patina' thing getting played out a little? I'm not talking about unrestored cars like those displayed at MCACN, but cars that are fully built but sporting a hagard body or paint. Like this;
https://www.motortrend.com/events/19...ema-show-2023/

I guarantee those Nittos are not gonna hook.

K

[Pro Stock John]

Nittos will go 1.5s not sure about 1.4s.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Pro Stock John

Nittos will go 1.5s not sure about 1.4s.

I'd have to say not.

Nitto pays $1000 bounty to win in my NMCA True Street class, so I was desperate to make them work. I gave up and went back to my Hoosiers, which WILL hook even when worn down to the cords.

I think the True Street guys that run these ease into the throttle and nail it when they quit smoking. I can't do that; in order to hit the number I have to dead hook right from the start.

I was reviewing the data after the Indy event and thought it was telling. The "fast" guys are running Mickeys or Hoosiers and you don't see the Nitto usage come in until high 11's/low 12's.

K