[Daves54Chevy]

Here's my mostly original 54 3100.
I picked it up in Wisconsin a couple of years ago.
Someone had painted it an awful gold color.
I could see from the engine bay that the original color of the truck was Juniper Green. I started sanding the gold paint and red primer lightly and was surprised to see that if I finessed it with 320 to 1000 grit wet sandpaper that I could get down to the last two layers of green on the truck.
It took me about 3 weeks.
Surprisingly the old paint had held up and there wasn't any rust or rot under all the gold...no body filler either.
Not sure why someone painted it that color.
The chrome grill was painted gold.
I have it running and stopping and looking pretty good for now.
Enjoying the Hell out of it.
3 on the tree and still has the original engine and drive-train.
I think the green is much more period correct.
Here's some before and after shots.
I'm not trying to fake patina...just bringing the patina out from under 3 layers of paint and primer.