Leaving the patina

you can't buy real patina, it has to be earned. To me, a sunburned patina'd car tells me the owner spends his money on his own priorities. Sealing over the patina is just to protect it. I can appreciate most styles of cars, but being from North Texas and spending plenty of time in the panhandle, I happen to be very fond of the Texas two-tone on street cars, and Texas pinstripes on trucks..

I'm 48, and have been living here in Texas the last 23 years of my life, i still cannot get used to the Texas 2 tone. The hood on my pickup is starting to be affected by it, but its also beat to **** with hail damage. I got a nice grey primered steel cowl induction hood ready to go on as soon as i paint the underside. Then i got to fix the roof too.