Media Patina Appreciation: Show Us Your Rusty Land Cruiser! (2 Viewers)

[bulldog77]

Just picked up my first 40 this past weekend! (The bezel has been censored because it is indecent at this time)

 

[KFJ45]

And Now:

 

[c2dfj45]

@c2dfj45 has the ultimate Patina truck

Really cool thread!

Patina inside and outside on mine.....

 

[derail]

I've found my people!

 

[wngrog]

I've found my people!

Pimpin the acorns and a chick. Right on.

 

[Jdc1]

Ill post @dlzadl 's 12/68 for him.

 

[Jdc1]

@seth

 

[emac]

Great thread and pictures! Nothing like the look of a worn out 40 with skinny tires. Awesome. Please dont restore them.

 

[wngrog]

Please dont restore them.

Not. A. Chance.

 

[c2dfj45]

One of the patina purchases made this summer. This is 53 years of Montana high desert patina.....

 

[wngrog]

I love those corrugated tops.

@treerootCO cost me about $25,000 after his was on TT cover

 

[c2dfj45]

Corrugated tops are cool but they're really clumsy. The roof vent is the neatest part.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

@wngrog has the best Instagram account ever, it is almost embarrassing to the rest of the Cruiser world. I only recently figured out who you were here on Mud.

 

[wngrog]

@wngrog has the best Instagram account ever, it is almost embarrassing to the rest of the Cruiser world. I only recently figured out who you were here on Mud.

Well that’s awfully nice of you.

I am glad you are enjoying it.

@89nolder is the account. Tag me I’ll share it but it can’t be a gay ass lame picture

 

[65swb45]

Paging @FJ45Dude.

When I finished his extensive resto-mod over a decade ago, it was a bit of a struggle to convince him not to paint his 45. The idea of patina was just starting to take hold. He has told me since I then that he’s glad I convinced him to leave it alone.

My 45, circa 2007

And 10 years later:

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

Do these fit the bill

 

[65swb45]

@landcrusher909 has got a couple of very worthy patina rigs that belong here too.

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

@65swb45 is that the original color of your 45? Kind looks like Toyota Royal Blue I have on my paint chip sheet.

 

[65swb45]

@65swb45 is that the original color of your 45? Kind looks like Toyota Royal Blue I have on my paint chip sheet.

I can’t say for sure. It was a faded respray when I got it. Probably a 1980s Toyota blue. There’s a pic from last year when I had the driver’s fender off that shows the original blue. Quite a bit lighter.

The inside of my windshield frame is a different blue, kind of slate, but very factory looking. I’m virtually certain that a tree fell on it at some point. In 2001 I cut out the partially crushed driver’s corner of the cab, straightened it out and welded it back in. Then I cut the roof open, straightened and rewelded it. Like @seth said, these trucks have stories.

The underside of my bed is red.

 

[liko]

90 % humidity plus salt spray in the air