Patina

"Slant6" (slant-6) 05/26/2014 at 19:31 • Filed to: None

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I want to keep it. I changed the fender to a less beat up one yesterday and decided to not re install the antenna or the pentastar. I love how the car looks. It just looks right. My dad wants to paint it. He keeps on telling be about this light blue he saw on a Mercedes. I don't want to let this patina go. How can I keep it?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Slant6 05/26/2014 at 19:35

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Clearcoat it

Bandit > Slant6 05/26/2014 at 19:35

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It's mismatched now which IMO looks really strange. I say venture away from light blue. Dark blue or gloss black is the way to go.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Slant6 05/26/2014 at 19:41

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I'm digging it. Put this down as one vote for keeping it!

tromoly > Slant6 05/26/2014 at 19:48

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Step 1: Repaint the car, but do it just nice enough that it covers yet don't put a clear coat or anything on it to protect it, i.e. really light coats.

Step 2: Leave the car outside when it rains, is really sunny, etc. so the paint starts to fade and gets a touch rusty.

Step 3: Clear coat over the patina so it sticks, yet won't degrade further.

Or, do what I did and find an original-paint car that has been daily driven since built, so the paint has turned into 60% Rust and 40% faded paint.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Slant6 05/26/2014 at 19:49

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If you want to keep the patina shoot it with clear coat, Can I ask you some questions?

Slant6 > tromoly 05/26/2014 at 19:53

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That's what I have now.

Slant6 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 05/26/2014 at 19:53

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Sure.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Slant6 05/26/2014 at 19:58

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Well this week I am probably getting an 1967 AMC Rambler with the straight 6 and the 3 on the tree. It will be my first car. Was the Slant 6 your first car? and Any tips on keeping a DD car from the sixty's alive?

E92M3 > tromoly 05/26/2014 at 19:59

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How can you keep it? Don't paint it.

You can clear if you want to keep it exactly as is. If it was me I would just leave it, or promote patina on the rest of the car by leaving it outside, etc.

My personal belief is a car is original only once. I do my best to protect the paint on my modern cars, and probably won't keep them forever. If I did keep them though they would NEVER get repainted. I have an old truck that is on its second paint job. I have no plans to ever paint it, even though its amateur. Its just starting to oxidize, and rust in places. Now I'm not going to park it out in the rain when I have a garage space for it, but I do look forward to it weathering some more.

Slant6 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 05/26/2014 at 20:07

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Technically it's my first. It was my great grandmother's and we kept it in my grandma's garage until 2010 when I brought it to my house in North Carolina. My parents wont let me DD on my 30 mile school commute so I bought a Saab. I take it around whenever I'm not commuting though. I wish I could DD it and plan on doing it as soon as I can (I was going to this week since it's the last week of school but I crashed the Saab drifting so my parent's aren't letting me).

Reliability wise you should change the shocks often as they tend to wear out with the older suspension designs. Valve seats should be changed at some point so you can safely run with unleaded. Also change the points and distributer cap just to be sure you can start when it rains (don't cheap out on these). Other than that an old inline 6 is about as reliable as it gets!

My grandpa has a restored 65 Rambler with a v8 I think. They're interesting cars. Good luck!

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Slant6 05/26/2014 at 20:16

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Thanks, Drifting a Saab is a pretty ballsy move.

Slant6 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 05/26/2014 at 20:18

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I regret it. It's a better first crash story than texting then rear ending someone though. Instead of just doing something stupid I was doing something stupid and looked cool doing it.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Slant6 05/26/2014 at 20:19

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Racing the slant 6 would be a better first crash story though.

Slant6 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 05/26/2014 at 20:22

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Do you plan on keeping the 6? The car definitely looks cool enough that it could handle more displacement. L6s are remarkably smooth though. Perfectly balanced and everything.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Slant6 05/26/2014 at 20:24

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I like the AMC 232 6 I think I will keep it, maybe get a better intake and tune the carb or get a 2bbl carb.

Slant6 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 05/26/2014 at 20:26

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That's what I'm doing. I might go turbo at some point. They're lighter than the V8s so I feel like they'd be good for autocross.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Slant6 05/26/2014 at 20:27

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I was thinking about autocross first I need to replace some lifters.

George McNally > Slant6 05/26/2014 at 20:31

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Ever think about Plastidipping it? For a couple hundred bucks you could shoot it any color you want and it peels off when you get tired of it. Dipyourcar.com has loads of videos on how to do it.

Slant6 > George McNally 05/26/2014 at 20:33

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/has-anyone-eve…

I've thought about it.