Patina Appreciation: Show Us Your Rusty Land Cruiser! (5 Viewers)

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My newest patina project.... haven't even got her off the trailer yet :D She is an early 40/25 mutt.

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Oh, but these trucks are SWEET!!

Never paint them. Never. Never.
 
Nine days in the backcountry
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The patina blends in here nicely.
 
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Demon061 said:
Would rust converter be preferable to blasting the frame and powder coating it? I'm really not sure what the structural issues created by ablation versus converted rust would be
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Removing a body is the fastest way to
Get in way over your head.
 
65swb45 said:
Nine days in the backcountry View attachment 1639634 The patina blends in here nicely.
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Blends so well ... I can hardly make out your 45 :) with all that urban camping chic camouflage going on around it :hillbilly:

I that a poptop cruiser in the direction your cruiser is pointing it’s nose to?

Can’t wait for nicer weather here ... snow (and salt) is helping the patina ... but it also sucks :meh:
 
wngrog said:
Removing a body is the fastest way to
Get in way over your head.
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I haven't seen any structural damage on the frame yet but it is thoroughly rusty. I can blast it and have it powder coated in just not sure if the rust converter would do the job
 
JohnnyC said:
Blends so well ... I can hardly make out your 45 :) with all that urban camping chic camouflage going on around it :hillbilly:

I that a poptop cruiser in the direction your cruiser is pointing it’s nose to?

Can’t wait for nicer weather here ... snow (and salt) is helping the patina ... but it also sucks :meh:
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If you’ve ever been to an expedition forum (and I’m not recommending you do) you would know my camping gear is anything but chic. $6 Sterlite under-bed storage boxes wouldn’t hit the bottom rung on any expo rags review of acceptable kit, but they’ve passed the 10 year mark in hard trail use for me. :p

I save my money for extra guitar strings.

Don’t know what that other rig was/is. Being camped in the vicinity of a hot springs near a holiday weekend, I had zero expectations of total solitude. I spent my days hiking, mountain biking and reading. Nights around a campfire playing music with friends.
 
JohnnyC said:
Can’t wait for nicer weather here ... snow (and salt) is helping the patina ... but it also sucks :meh:
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And just in case you think it’s all s***s and giggles camping in DV in the wintertime, we had a two day high wind advisory while I was out there. Gusts up to 50mph. Anything over 25 usually triggers a sandstorm. This is what the inside of my tent looked like after the first of several waves came through.
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When it’s time to go to sleep, you shake off as much as you can from your immediate surroundings and wrap a blanket around your head.

The sandstorm made a new contribution to the Landcruiser's patina.
 
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