It’s a recent trend in instruments, as well as classic cars, to style the finish on insignificant guitars and other instruments to appear as weathered and worn finishes. Vintage instruments have long been collected and revered for their patina and condition. Our job as artists and technicians is to slow the process of time as we restore cars and give tribute to mother nature by recreating the original appearance of patina. This early 1950s truck is all but reclaimed by nature, but it is a beautiful example of how nature will eventually take back its resources. Patina, as it relates to the automotive hobby, is another word for realism, and it brings with it authenticity. After all, patina is much more than the faded and dull bronze look of a Tiffany lamp base sitting in a museum. Because of the restorations, much of the history, heritage, and provenance of these vehicles has been lost when it wasn’t really necessary. I’ve spoken with several experts in the collector car world, and many of them mentioned that not very long ago there were many vehicles that underwent a complete restoration when they were in good enough condition to be preserved as survivor vehicles. The Survivor is now the high-water mark of automotive collectors, and finding and showcasing the original condition of a vehicle is much more important than restoring one to pristine condition. During the past several years, an entire category of classic car, called the Survivor, has arisen as part of a preservation movement that carries the goal of saving the original and unrestored status of vehicles. In the classic car world, patina is the new buzzword used to describe original wear and unmolested aging on factory parts. I just want to build bikes that have the vintage feel and that you could just jump on and go racing.”įinal Results: When the winners were called up to the podium, Anthony had to make the trip twice since both First and Second Place wins in the European Class went to La Mosca and the Root Beer Barrel bike.The word patina means many things to many people. The “La Mosca” bike is also a real kick in the pants to ride and actually has great suspension with the girder front and posting seat. It took me two years, but that’s how I did it. Since I own a garage door company, I took the old ones we replaced and recycled them, using the money to build the Root Beer Barrel bike. Says Anthony, “She made a deal with me that I could build anything I want as long as I didn’t use any business money or personal money. The other is tagged “La Mosca” which translates to fly, thanks to the fly eye-like tank graphics, the observation made by his wife.
He calls the #69 bike “The Root Beer Barrel” because of its wood/steel band motifs. The other is a ’61 standard single carb model. The white bike with #69 gas tank seen further below is based around a Triumph Daytona, thus is dual carbed. Now Anthony builds his bikes in Palmdale, CA, but via his company A-C Garage Door Company earns his keep installing heavy-duty garage doors all over California for the likes of Edwards Air Force Base, all the Home Depots, and others.īoth bikes are of the 500cc variety. The attention to detail and novel innovations made both Trumpets a stand-out and, fortunately, the builder Anthony Robinson happened to show up while I was salivating over the two Britsters. In this case, we’re looking at a pair of bikes created by the same builder and the only Triumphs appearing at the GNRS. the Oakland Roadster Show, this go-around was the 14th year the GNRS was held at the Pomona Fairgrounds Fairplex.Īlong with some 500 show vehicles, a section was set aside for motorcycles as seen here. First staged in Oakland, California, a.k.a. So, to stretch the rules a bit, motorcycles, in that they are very “open” and often offer seating for two, have found their way into the Grand National Roadster Show, including this year’s 68th running of the event. It’s noteworthy that “roadster” is an American creation, the Brits calling such cars a “two-seater tourer.”
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Sportiness was the operative word no matter the size of the chassis, so “roadster” could include the full spectrum of cars from an everyman’s Model T to a celebrity’s 16-cylinder Caddy. Tracing the nomenclature further, “roadster” initially was the label attached to a horse well-equipped for traveling, and later applied to bicycles and tricycles of the late 1800s.
As the event’s name implies, this show, first launched in 1949, focuses on four-wheeled vehicles albeit not all technically qualifying as “roadsters” which back in the day meant an open two-seater minus doors and even windshields.
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