Stopped by an old hangar at KADS last week and found a 1950s DC-3 still wearing its original paint

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And you know what I’ve learned from finding old stuff like that? If the paint’s original and still holding up, leave it alone. I had a buddy who tried to “freshen up” an old work truck with a rattle can and ruined the whole patina for everyone who liked it. Sometimes the best thing you can do is just let history sit there and be itself.

the_evan25d ago

Did you catch that thing on r/oldschoolcool about the barn find with the original factory paint? @grantadams is right, once that stuff's gone it's gone forever. My neighbor's dad had a '66 F100, paint was faded but solid, then his nephew "restored" it and now it's just another shiny truck.