1968 F500 Patina Juice!

[dolinick]

I had taken my truck to the car wash over a year ago but the other day i just mixed up some "juice" and put it in a a spray bottle and sprayed it all over the beast. one quart of boiled linseed oil and one quart of mineral spirits. almost enough to cover the entire truck and also mess up the windshield. if i do this again in the future i may mask off the windows and stuff i don't want to get sticky . yes it is still sticky after a week or so. not real bad but sticky feel to the touch.

this is an extreme example i think of keeping the original patina. . my goal is to build a "carport" and keep it out of the rain for the rest of her life. or someday an actually garage and she can live inside out of the weather alltogether. she is beautiful just the way she is imho. i mean she can get new window glass and gasket and stuff and maybe pop the dents out a little bit if possible. well there might be some rust that has to be cut out and welded on the box. but i digress...

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IMG_20230826_194043610_HDR by Daniel Olinick, on Flickr

[dolinick]

I forgot the original photos. Here she is where i found her. Parked here under a tree for years with a Pit Bull chained in front who lived underneath the engine.

1968 F500 by Daniel Olinick, on Flickr

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[dolinick]

i kind of miss the original patina:

1968 F500 by Daniel Olinick, on Flickr

i took this photo years before i knew i would buy this truck:

'69 F500 HDR by Daniel Olinick, on Flickr

the truck broke down and the owner fell ill and passed away before they could get her running again.

[dolinick]

the running light on the passenger fender was broke but i found one at a truck stop in the discount bin.

[dolinick]

my daughter and i got the chrome plastic emblems on the hood. it says "F" "5" "0" "0".

[dolinick]

they say you need to reapply patina juice about every six months or so but i might have put it on pretty heavy. i hope it fades and thins out over time.
we will see. it's an experiment. boiled linseed oil mixed with mineral spirits. i did a 50/50 mix. which is thinner than Vice Grip Garage did his car. However he put it on thin with rag.

Here she is original patina. Maybe before i got her running. I had done nothing to the body and she saw for several years under a tree.

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DSC09496 by Daniel Olinick, on Flickr

This is the first time i drove here to get air in the tyres. i fixed the roll pin in the distributor. that was what broke and she lost timing. that's why she was parked.

DSC09462 by Daniel Olinick, on Flickr