Category: Paint

Sep 10

Patina maintenance day!

The weather was grotty so I took some time to clearcote the truck. I’ve been meaning to do this since we did the build so the rust would hold at bay. Easy job, stepped it up as gloss and it looks fantastic!

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Dec 19

Ford F1 Done and Dusted!

Just took a photo on the farm and did a little grading in Photoshop. Added some clouds and depth of field. Touch of a sepia green grade and it looks pretty aged and authentic. Sort of makes it look a little angry and mean. Will make a great screen background! (Click to download as wallpaper)…

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Sep 11

All Ford Day at Claudlands!

Well, the truck made it to it’s first car show… The Henry Ford Memorial day at Claudlands Arena. Fantastic weather, people, cars etc. Had a great day. More to finish on the truck but it’s nearly there. Check out the mouth on this sucker! The Miss Retro decided our ratty old truck was the best…

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Sep 10

Ford F1 Build Progress!

  Wow, coming together! A piece of art! Everything fixed or rebuilt and kept looking original’ish with a neat patina. We’re 95% done. Will have it at the Ford show at Claudlands in Hamilton tomorrow… Check out the tidy new wiring! You could eat off that engine!  

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Jun 25

Ford F1 Slogfest. More workshop fun!

Today I focused on sanding and clear coating the rear tray to bring out the worlds coolest patina. As I said to Roger “It takes a truckload of effort to make it look this old!”. We also sanded and clear coated the side steps. Peter Dobbs came over and helped with some grinding, sanding and…

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Jun 19

Bringing out the Ford F1’s Character!

I managed to grab a few hours today to finish up the paint on the F1. It had a great patina but through some careful sanding I’ve managed to make it look worse… but in a cool way 😉 It’ll look like an old rough truck but it’ll be on clean, new running gear. If…

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Jun 12

Sanding the old girl…

  I’ve decided this old truck has lived a good life and deserves to show it’s scars with pride. I feel it would be wrong to paint the truck a flat colour so am planning to work with it’s patina and current war wounds. The panels are straight but final paint will be a mix…

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May 28

Another build! Here we go again!

Check out my new Ford F1! Out of interest we are are also currently working on a full rebuild of a 1954 F100 (www.f100truck.com). This one is a cool, very straight and rust free survivor truck. It’s a 1951 Ford F1, 6 cylinder flathead. The fuel lines, brake lines and electrics are shot but it…

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