Honey Bee; Stinger

[Mikeystoy]

mostly done;

 

paint froze; but I might leave it, it makes it look 'vintage'

[Sierra]

Awesome!

[datzenmike]

[Mikeystoy]

Lol; I almost went with that, but being a MoPaR man at heart, I couldn't bring myself to

[B210GX]

Looks good.  You have done that before, haven't you? 

 

Painter myself. 25 years and counting painting signs.  Everyone has seen my work  Ever seen a Starbucks sign? 

[datzenmike]

Lol; I almost went with that, but being a MoPaR man at heart, I couldn't bring myself to

. Really? When I was 15 my dad sold our '51 Chev to the neighbor and bought a '64 Dodge (slant six) I was never the same. My first real car was a new '70 Dart 340.

[Mikeystoy]

I was brought up to hate Chrysler, in a chevy family.

I was a gm man until I traded a clean '73 rx3 for a 68 chevelle. That car broke me of ever being a chevy guy again.

I've owned over 400 cars of all kinds. (Mostly) my favorites are repeats; over 10 a series nissans, over 10 pinto/mustang II; over 10 corollas, a body mopars and sweptys.

Look at the car I traded for this one; I men, who hot rods a fif ave?! This guy!

[Mikeystoy]

I still need to paint the strobe on the hood (before FEST) and paint the taillight panel (after I fix the damage) then onto the roof.

Anyone know how to remove the drip rail trim without destroying it?

[MicroMachinery]

mostly done;

This is awesome. Great work!

[B210GX]

I still need to paint the strobe on the hood (before FEST) and paint the taillight panel (after I fix the damage)

 any interest in this panel?  Australian/European panel. The panel is made of steel, replaces the existing stainless trim. Although it also covers the holes for the license plate and lights.

 

[Mikeystoy]

If it's REALLY cheap; I'm REALLY poor! I thought about finding some muffin tins and trying to duplicate the Excellent panel.

[B210GX]

 <<<-----   I have the excellent panel  the lenses are 4 inch

[Mikeystoy]

yes I know, I'd have to build it from scratch

[datsunfreak]

Anyone know how to remove the drip rail trim without destroying it?

 

This. 

 

 

 

Take the round end (NOT the pointy one), wrap two layers of masking tape around it, use the little tang up under the trim to slowly and carefully pry UP on it. Do this slowly every inch or so and eventually it will pop off. 

[Mikeystoy]

from the bottom or the top?

[datsunfreak]

from the bottom or the top?

 

Bottom. Hence the pry UP.   ;)

[Mikeystoy]

I mixed the paint at work; it's a 1980 mb brown, but I substituted the fine metallic for a coarse metallic.

[bullitt210]

 any interest in this panel?  Australian/European panel. The panel is made of steel, replaces the existing stainless trim. Although it also covers the holes for the license plate and lights.

 

 

I'm your huckleberry. 

[bullitt210]

Looks good!! The stripes remind me of the Yenko stripes I put on my old '78 back in the day....

[Mikeystoy]

I've been told that; on the Cricket I painted the stripes like the Avenger GT up over the spoiler and all. This car I just followed the body line.

[datsunfreak]

 

The Cricket; I've had this since I was 5

 

 

 

Its A14/60 series 5 speed powered.

 

Sorry if I'm slow, but your Cricket has an A14/5spd in it??

[Spoona_Jay21]

Sorry if I'm slow, but your Cricket has an A14/5spd in it??

 

I was thinkin the same thing... LOL!

[Mikeystoy]

Back in '97 I bought an '81 210 with an A15/60 series with the intention of swapping it into the Hillman body. The hardest part was converting the cable clutch over to hydraulic.

I blew the A15 up when the oil pressure sender broke off and it ran out of oil.

There was a guy selling a brand new crate A14 for $200 and that's what's in there now.

The 2.3 from the pinto will be finding its way into it at some point

[datsunfreak]

That's awesome. B)

 

Need more pics.   :thumbup:

[ggzilla]

So much win. The stripe looks great and looks in keeping with the period.