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**Dan in Pasadena** · 01-17-2018, 09:38 PM

LOVE your truck. Personally, I would give it a very light color sand with like 2000 grit and polish/wax it. Obviously, avoid removing the door graphics.

If you go through to the factory primer, so much the better. Then it’ll have TRUE “patina” - a word I hate because most guys treat decades of neglect and rust as sacred instead of appreciating an original paint job maintained over decades of time. Which is what I consider real patina.

Great that you had it re-wired and ran new exhaust. Hope you find your heating problem. I assume by now you’ve tried every chemical available at your local NAPA or parts store?

01-17-2018, 09:38 PM	#26
Dan in Pasadena Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora, CA Posts: 6,336	Re: 1955 Chevy Barn Find! LOVE your truck. Personally, I would give it a very light color sand with like 2000 grit and polish/wax it. Obviously, avoid removing the door graphics. If you go through to the factory primer, so much the better. Then it’ll have TRUE “patina” - a word I hate because most guys treat decades of neglect and rust as sacred instead of appreciating an original paint job maintained over decades of time. Which is what I consider real patina. Great that you had it re-wired and ran new exhaust. Hope you find your heating problem. I assume by now you’ve tried every chemical available at your local NAPA or parts store? __________________ '55 Big Window Shortbed, Drive-It-&-Work-On-It slid down the "slippery slope" to a Frame-Off Rodstoration! LQ4/4l85e/C4 IFS/Mustang 8.8 rearend w/3.73's Dan's '55 Big Window "Build" - Well, Kinda!