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Originally Posted by JOJABOY
Looks great. It's my truck's brother of another color. Some clown (PO) painted my truck red. It was originally light green with green interior. When the PO did the paint, he used body filler over the factory mirror bracket holes and antenna hole. No welding or patch shaving. Just Bondo. So now I have an antenna mast mounted under my dash and cracks in paint where factory mirrors would be. I have no intentions of restoring or trying to achieve any kind of factory orignallity with my truck. I just want it to be what it is (a man's truck) for years to come. Kinda jealous of what you have. Love the patina and the untouched proof that Chevy Runs Deep.
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Thank you! I appreciate that. I had no idea what I had when I bought this, as far as the patina goes. I just saw it as needing a paint job. I didn't know what this "patina" word meant, until others on the forum clued me in. I have no intentions of painting it now. With what a paint job would cost, I could easily buy a couple more trucks of this vintage. Besides, It'll only be original once, so I'll just leave it for the cool factor of seeing the battle wounds over the years. When the truck came out, Nixon was president, and Led Zeppelin's "Good Times Bad Times" made its debut. Pretty cool
I like your truck too, by the way. Very clean looking.
Here's a pic I took earlier this week at the car wash, prior to installing the antenna, that turned out pretty good
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