Typically, the horizontal surfaces see more patina than the vertical surfaces. Generally, you can tell how or where a truck had been sitting based on where the rust and patina is concentrated. As those pieces age the coating and metal from those start to bleed off into the paint leaving marks on the already exposed paint. Another way we help the process is by installing after market lights, bedrails, antenna’s, mirrors. In addition to mother nature us humans help when we scratch, dent, or ding the vehicle and expose the metal to the elements thus expediting the patina process. These rusty reds and browns then mix in with the faded original color to get what you call “Patina”. Once that happens you expose the sheet metal below which then begins to oxide and create those rusty reds and browns. The clear coat begins to fade and paint chips or wears off. The truck uses several layers of paints to get the desired effect while the Buick Special uses a lack of paint. Typically, when sitting out in the elements and with the wind, snow, rain, etc. Patina has enjoyed quite a following and interestingly, there are differing views of what constitutes patina. Mother nature is the most responsible for how patina takes shape and is born. Most often from sitting in field or by a barn for years in the elements. The actual patina creation comes from a plethora of different things. For people that like to be different and stand apart from the crowd, a Patina car or truck is perfect. So, your truck is unique to you and no one else on the planet will have the same identical truck. Also, every truck is going to rust and fade differently. The more original the body with tons of faded paint, oxidized sheet metal, and even battle wounds like bullet holes and dents and dings the better! The appeal for most is they love the nostalgic look of something that is 60 or 70 years old. A typical Patina truck will wear the same original body but be completely transformed into a modern riding and driving vehicle underneath. The patina trend was born from that and naturally like anything has progressed to what you see today. As time progressed the rat rod craze took hold with people that didn’t have the money to spend on body and paintjobs but preferred to just build something on their own and focus on function over form. Rat rods have been around since the 50’s when GI’s came back from war, they wanted to build a hot rod inexpensively and focus on going fast not necessarily worried about the looks of the vehicle. Rat rods where cars or trucks pieced together with whatever spare parts you had laying around the garage or stuff you could purchase cheaply in a junkyard. What is this craze of people leaving their truck or cars rusty and crusty looking? Is it a fad or is it something hear to stay? I am certain the patina trend started with the “rat rod” folks.
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