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Old 10-29-2019, 07:46 AM   #41
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What you are looking at is the bottom of the seat panel over the gas tank that is in the open position. There is no primer of any kind anywhere on that car. It is all genuine Ford rust.

Okay. There too much "patina" there for me but I'll take those apple green Model A wheels in the background.
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Old 10-29-2019, 12:27 PM   #42
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Okay. There too much "patina" there for me but I'll take those apple green Model A wheels in the background.
Make me an offer I can't refuse.
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Old 10-29-2019, 08:30 PM   #43
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Mine started out just like that. I completely went through it and made it mechanically sound. Replaced the roof, windows and put a good interior in it. I buffed the rust with a fine grade wire wheel(s) on an electric hand held drill and finished it with Johnson's Paste wax.
I have a lot of fun driving it.
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Old 10-29-2019, 09:57 PM   #44
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Have you had sex in it yet?
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Old 10-29-2019, 11:58 PM   #45
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Good lookin truck crosscut!!
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Old 10-30-2019, 05:11 PM   #46
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Seem's mother nature is wanting that truck back, ... one iron molecule at a time it's being put back into the earth. Heck I'd be afraid I'd get tetanus just getting in it.

Nice find but it's just not my cup of Tea. One good thing about living up here in the So-Cal High Desert, ... No Rust. Right now the Humidity is at 7%.

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Old 10-30-2019, 07:48 PM   #47
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Do what's right and stop the rust, if nothing else. I think it cries out for restoration myself.
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Old 10-31-2019, 02:19 AM   #48
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Put it on display next to a high points restoration and I think I know which one will receive the most attention.
Preserve it like it is and drive and enjoy it. You won't have to freak out when some kid drips ice cream over the Fenders.
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Old 11-06-2019, 10:27 PM   #49
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Watching "Grapes of Wrath" tonight - and there it is ! Actually it is a 1926 Hudson modified to look like a truck.

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