Post your patina trucks!!!!!! Real or fake post your weathered beauties!

[Dm1pfoy1]

Originally Posted by Rusbuilt

I am very familiar with the mob steel wheels, I even spoke with those guys about building a set of dually wheels for me. The GM transport wheels only come in 22" and 6 lug.

Thats sad i got lil ol' 5 lugs. :-(
Going to search see if gm did them on any 5 lugs. I can hope.
You said you spoke with em' how were they. What was pricing if you dont mind me asking? I drool all over their lincolns wanna do a caddy with their stuff. Always wanted to do a car up like they had i love my land yacht.

[Rusbuilt]

I had to play a bit of phone tag to get in touch with them but once I did they were very helpful and their prices are great for what they build in my opinion. Several guys on here are running their wheels! As far as what I was looking for it wasn't possible as they didn't have the tooling for them. You should give them a call, you'll have better luck with them then trying to find GM transport wheels in a 5 lug! lol

[Dm1pfoy1]

Originally Posted by Rusbuilt

I had to play a bit of phone tag to get in touch with them but once I did they were very helpful and their prices are great for what they build in my opinion. Several guys on here are running their wheels! As far as what I was looking for it wasn't possible as they didn't have the tooling for them. You should give them a call, you'll have better luck with them then trying to find GM transport wheels in a 5 lug! lol

Yeah will do thanks. I really never thought about doing that up plus i only want like a 18 max. Out of curiosity to fit a 22" u you use a spacer or any other mods? Sorry to get on tangent.

[Rusbuilt]

I only had to run a spacer with these because the center bore on the wheel was smaller than the hubs on the truck. Plus the spacers allowed me to get the exact backspacing I wanted also.

[Dm1pfoy1]

Originally Posted by Rusbuilt

I only had to run a spacer with these because the center bore on the wheel was smaller than the hubs on the truck. Plus the spacers allowed me to get the exact backspacing I wanted also.

Thanks again. Also thank you for posting so much on here and helping thread move.

[Rusbuilt]

Originally Posted by Dm1pfoy1

Thanks again. Also thank you for posting so much on here and helping thread move.

No problem

[Dm1pfoy1]

Anymore trucks out there? Working on mine recently will have new pics soon.

[Unionwelder]

New to the site, she's not a beauty yet but she's in process

[Dm1pfoy1]

Originally Posted by Unionwelder

New to the site, she's not a beauty yet but she's in process

From a patina stand point looks good.Good looking truck Welcome to forum.

[BigCountryx]

Not a new truck but a new pic

[CST10]

Originally Posted by BigCountryx

Not a new truck but a new pic

Like that truck BigCountryx

[use2bnlp]

[Dm1pfoy1]

Originally Posted by use2bnlp

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Wow. That has got one seriously sweet look.

[Oldtruckfanatic]

The patina is real on the cab and most of the bed. It was a longbed so I shortened the frame and the bed and then kinda faked the patina on the bed where it was cut and welded.

[Dm1pfoy1]

Here are a few of my own. First two are from October others are from ad when I bought truck

[Oldtruckfanatic]

It has evolved. Its hard to tell in person from more than a few feet away except that I didn't grind the welds inside the bed and there is no filler on the bedsides at all so if you look close you can see the weld seams where I ground them down and the small amount of shrinkage from the welding. I didn't do any finish work at all besides grinding the outside welds smooth.

[Dm1pfoy1]

Originally Posted by Oldtruckfanatic

It has evolved. Its hard to tell in person from more than a few feet away except that I didn't grind the welds inside the bed and there is no filler on the bedsides at all so if you look close you can see the weld seams where I ground them down and the small amount of shrinkage from the welding. I didn't do any finish work at all besides grinding the outside welds smooth.

Thats a bit of talent if its that had to tell and you did no prep. That speaks worlds of how well you finished it. I need to do some similar work on mine on rockers he welded but never smoothed them out bugs me to death but how did you go about blending for the patina?

[Oldtruckfanatic]

I found spray paint that was very close in color and fogged the entire bedsides and then fogged gray primer over that and let it dry then used a fine Scotch brite pad to scuff the entire bedside.

[Dm1pfoy1]

Originally Posted by Oldtruckfanatic

I found spray paint that was very close in color and fogged the entire bedsides and then fogged gray primer over that and let it dry then used a fine Scotch brite pad to scuff the entire bedside.

Thanks ill use that when i do mine. Great truck again good job on it.

[Slammed66]

My 72


A 68 I built for a customer


Both of em lounging for the winter


My old 66 built out of a grain truck


And my 64 is still wearing its original coat.. In most of he spots.

[Dm1pfoy1]

Originally Posted by Slammed66

My 72


A 68 I built for a customer


Both of em lounging for the winter


My old 66 built out of a grain truck


And my 64 is still wearing its original coat.. In most of he spots.

I really like color on 72. Is it factory ? mine was that green and white combo they made but i like the green on yours a bit more.

[Dm1pfoy1]

Any more?

[Slammed66]

Originally Posted by Dm1pfoy1

I really like color on 72. Is it factory ? mine was that green and white combo they made but i like the green on yours a bit more.

Yes the top two are all original paint, with minor touch ups some time in history.

[Oldtruckfanatic]

I used the same method on the bed strips when I installed the new wood. They were black.

[Oldtruckfanatic]

Thanks I appreciate that!