'63 Electra convertible "Patina-ed"

I'm just blown away that this is considered cool. What a shame..............https://www.ebay.com/itm/1963-Buick-Electra-225/153226166624?hash=item23acfdc160:g:4UkAAOSw5jhbvhla

 

I almost choked on my Pepsi when I got to the 3rd from the last picture

 

Disgusting is what it is...Who in the right mind puts a edelbrock on a nice classic like that...

 

I like original and restored cars but I really like the look of that car and admire someone's artistic talent on the patina. I would buy and happily drive that. Hey it can always be repainted.

 

So the shop that painted this is Street machinery in Ohio --- Patina Plantation
The owner is well respected in what he does and is quite successful from what I can tell, he has a amazing painter to pull off what he does realistically.
I watch their work and have seen a car or two of theirs that were shiny paint.
He has taken the rat rod style to a whole different high dollar level and cashed in
He does builds shiny cars ,fake patina (yes just paint) and takes real surface rust patina cars and builds amazing hot rods with state of the art drive trains.
None of the stuff he builds is cheap

So this particular car not my style,But if I had the bank Id not shy away from his shop to build me a one of a kind

 

I looked at that car and wondered why; but, like stated above, it's only paint and once this trend has shot it's wad the car can be quickly returned to it's former glory. It's not my cup of tea but one has to admire the quality of work, it must have taken a lot of studying rustbuckets to figure out how to lay down a convincing "patina". I'm wondering if I should just leave my Olds alone and drive it, it has the real thing, does anyone think this will be a trend that'll last?

 

YES . As long as there is rock 'n roll and beautiful pin up girls. : )

 

I can appreciate the artistry but I don't like the chosen "canvas". The car seemingly didn't need to be repainted before Picasso got a hold of it. Why anyone would want this done to a nice clean car is beyond my imagination. But....... Y.M.M.V.

 

I am a live and let live guy. If you want to drive Patina have at it.

 

She looks kinda like Sigourney Weaver!
The painter did an incredible job on the paint, but the $21k asking price and no bids leads me to think the value has gone down from what the car was worth with the 'nice' original-style paint.

 

That car has some nice options and I would rather have had it before the patina, but it is some really nice work. I would drop the top on it and not look back...… In some pictures it does look like a poster car..

 

I have seen the same thing done on small boats around here -- wrapped to make them look really beat up and dirty.

Seems like a good theft deterrent if nothing else.

 

I had a 63 Wildcat with a 425 dual 4bbl that I picked up in Alabama back in 2008. The cars baked paint looked exactly like the convertible above. One I shoulda kept............