KRUPTOR 929 Posted November 10, 2013 Hey guys.Im after the oxidise/rust look. I have a HJ panel van sitting in my backyard which has been sitting there for 6yrs now.I am rolling it into my shed in the next couple of weeks.I want to repair the main rust holes by cutting out the old sections and welding in new metal.But I would like to keep the rough rat look,i will only fix the major bits of rust and leave and treat the rest,im going to redo the interior back to its era but the outside will look ratty.As for the running gear nothing too special it has a 3spd manual 253 and Salisbury diff. My idea here is to just bomb up the 253,nothing over the top just 4bbl intake 600dp,high comp,big cam and big stall and just run a trimatic and run a vn diff under the rear with 4.11's.The suspension will be going airbag and maybe some 17's -19's. Just going to be a cool oldy cruiser. So if anyone has gotten the look im after without leaving the car out in the weather for many years,let us know.Post up pics too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FAT245 53 Posted November 10, 2013 there is a chemical process with a few guys in the us have been using to buld their rat rods out of fresh sheet metal, http://www.ratroduniverseblog.com/?p=164 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy2287 1,886 Posted November 10, 2013 take it to bear metal and rub/hose a mix of salt and water onto it. Leave it a couple days and it will get surface corrosion all over it. Wash it down and clear coat it. ...? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noddy 451 Posted November 10, 2013 There is a better way where the paint is the only thing that's rusts very clever local Bloke did it I'll put some pics up tomorrow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KRUPTOR 929 Posted November 10, 2013 Thanks for the reply guys,ill post up some pics of the van and I will show you the weathering on it. I still want to have paint there but just weathered aswell.If you guys know what I mean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Armstrong 92 Posted November 11, 2013 take it to bear metal and rub/hose a mix of salt and water onto it. Leave it a couple days and it will get surface corrosion all over it. Wash it down and clear coat it. ...? rub a couple tinnys of vb over it, sounds dumb but it actually works really fucking well, better then satly water. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Armstrong 92 Posted November 11, 2013 see if you can try grow some moss on the bonnet always wanted to do that... haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noddy 451 Posted November 11, 2013 The paint is mixed with iron oxide and washed down in a acid with proper prep an undercoating the only thing that rusts is the paint local paint and panel shop owner did this to his own car as something different a lot of work in it but looks amazing close up 2 Crazy2287 and slydog reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chops89 4 Posted January 5, 2014 i have seen something similar to what noody said. you can get paint that does that from some specialist garden center, mixednwith iron oxide like previously stated, and if you seal the panels eith epoxy primer after youve done what ever metal work the paint will be the only thing that rusts. this paint can be seen on cheap, new signs that imitate old rusty ones Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KRUPTOR 929 Posted January 5, 2014 Hey guys,i've been slowly pieceing back together the HJ this is how it looks.I'm happy with the look so will just tidy up some of the panels and it will be dropped a couple of inches and sitting on a set of VY SS wheels painted Black.How it is weathered took 6 yrs of sitting in my back yard out in the elements.^ yrs ago i started to bare metal strip and removed all front panels,then let it sit as i had other projects.Was running and driveable back then lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MNTL.XD 3,831 Posted January 6, 2014 I've always wanted to get an entire car airbrushed to look like it has big rust holes in the the bottom corners of door and along roof rails etc etc, some thing in excellent condition made to look as sad as possible, similar to what you have there (the pano) or similar to rat rods, but no actual rust, purely done with airbrush. But then again i've always wanted to get a car in primer, get a professional graffiti artist to cover it in his work, un-mask it and clear coat it as is. Maybe i'm just sad? lol. 1 KRUPTOR reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PH351 314 Posted January 6, 2014 I love rat rods. This should come out pretty good. Interested to see how the wheels will look. There were some rat rods in the Nats pics that had shiny chrome wheels, definite no no. The black will be much better. 1 KRUPTOR reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hendrixhc 10,921 Posted January 6, 2014 Not much of a sleeper with that turbo intake for a drivers side headlight! 2 Neil Armstrong and KRUPTOR reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KRUPTOR 929 Posted January 6, 2014 Not much of a sleeper with that turbo intake for a drivers side headlight! Nah hahahahaaa,when i bought it a many years ago it didnt have a RH headlight,no upper tailgate,no rear shocks.So im on the hunt for a headlight.I'm going to make a upper tailgate out of rhs and plywood. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil Armstrong 92 Posted January 7, 2014 I might have some parts lying around if you need anything give me a buzz, my HQ is about 90% complete. 1 KRUPTOR reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites