Media Patina Appreciation: Show Us Your Rusty Land Cruiser!

[S.CarolinaFZJ80]

Have you guys seen Proffitt’s resto-patina project? Pretty baddazz.

Here is the link to the rig: “The Red Menace” 1962 Stage 3 Patina Restoration - Proffitt's Resurrection Land Cruisers

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I love that bumper. I have been planning on modifying my stock bumper like yours.
Edit -like Proffitt’s bumper

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

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

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

How about some 45SWB RT patina

 

[megolfer]

Got her out for the first drive in over 10 years

 

[Demon061]

Nice!

 

[kiley7483]

Yes

Here's mine!

mid-1964 FJ40 FST was an Ohio duck hunting truck. Now running in Los Angeles!

-Seth

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[Ocho77]

I want a 45 so badly...

 

[Rigger]

Oh, but these trucks are SWEET!!

Never paint them. Never. Never.

 

[65swb45]

Nine days in the backcountry

The patina blends in here nicely.

 

[wngrog]

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

Removing a body is the fastest way to
Get in way over your head.

 

[wngrog]

 

[wngrog]

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

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I had one like that. 1962 model

What year is your Mutt?

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

1962 as well!

 

[JohnnyC]

Nine days in the backcountry View attachment 1639634 The patina blends in here nicely.

Blends so well ... I can hardly make out your 45 with all that urban camping chic camouflage going on around it

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

 

[Demon061]

Removing a body is the fastest way to
Get in way over your head.

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

 

[65swb45]

Blends so well ... I can hardly make out your 45 with all that urban camping chic camouflage going on around it

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

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.

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.

 

[TimeIsMoney]

Taken the other day.

 

[65swb45]

Can’t wait for nicer weather here ... snow (and salt) is helping the patina ... but it also sucks

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.

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.

 

[andwarreng]

 

[Demon061]

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Yes one is rustier than mine!