(Photos from the BangShift photo archive) – With the continuing ground swell of love for barn finds, traditional hot rods, and neat old junk in the car hobby, “patina” is going nowhere fast. Cars like the two below are perfect example of how it can be an awesome way to expose the true character of a car and make it stand out in a crowd. Like any trend or movement in the hobby, there are charlatans that want to get involved and lack imagination so fake patina has been becoming more popular. Fake patina is the worst and we snuck a couple example of it into this gallery, see if you can spot them.
The other weird thing about patina is the fact that a little seems to go a long way. A rotted out, disaster of a car isn’t really what we’re into, but something that it weather worn, clearly still solid, and showing its age is what we dig. This gallery comes from the expansive BangShift archive that now has hundreds of thousands of images in it.
Click here to see a gallery of classic cars and trucks with patina
A gallery of photos that show why great real patina is a rare thing.
How many vehicles can you see that have clearly been ” patina’d”.