It's usually done to resemble a paint fade, then covered with clearcoat. What's funny is when they paint the primer layer that should be under the color coat on top of the color. It all looks very authentic until you study it up close. They showed how to do "faux patina" on one of the cable car shows.

Like Kyle says, this one was really a junkyard save. And as an original Florida car and not from a dry Southwestern state, it needed the usual rust areas repaired. But in my mind that makes it more unique because there are not that many Florida survivors left anymore. And when we took it to Plant City, it was the car's homecoming because that's where it spent all its useful life, driven around by a little old lady.

In fact, both cars are lady-driven Florida survivors. Dusty is a numbers matching sunroof car that was sold new in Clearwater and spent its life in Largo. I have every piece of paperwork and service record on it.


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If you build a car exactly as it was originally, it will work just fine. -- Jay Leno
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