datzenmike Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Someone should Photoshop the hood black. My was and looks way better. It balances the roof and stripe. The '71 Dodges had a "340 WEDGE" decal diagonally on the hood. A buddy had the panther pink, it was more of a purple pink like Thrills ... does anyone remember the gum like Chiclets, but were purple /pink:Like this Yeah it was a bit gay (but we didn't call it gay in the '70s) but it was a fast Demon 340 4 gear with 391 posi. Quote Link to comment
denveratsun Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Hey there...you got any updated pics of the truck? I imagine that you might still have a bunch of snow layin around. Those brake brackets are lookin sweet man!:D Happy New Year! Quote Link to comment
LAYEDOUTB2K Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 nice color combo. those are the exact same colors i used on the whole interior in my old mazda but mine was a little more of an extreme material. actually those were the colors on the whole truck. Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Mike I found the picture I have that is identical to the '70 Dart 340 I had new. Mine had the flat black hood and it's the only difference. The color is Sublime a 'performance color option' and was an extra $29 back then. :D Love those cars! and the color :) Are you going to paint it up like one of the old dodges? It would look pretty sweet, especially with a matching interior. Does your daughter not like the panther pink? Its kind of funny, those old high impact colors are always so bad that I cant help but like them. She doesn't want it "shiny" so the plans are for the green to be accents against the satin black. Black roof and hood, sublime green body, black rally/bee strip in the back with the ratsun logo in the center, only one of the scoops over the carb or just run a flat hood with L16 painted at an angle, if you drill the hubs to 5x4.5 the old rallys and caps should fit, drop it a bit, get a roadrunner horn for it and call it good... Meep Meep!... Then tell the daughter that she can have your old one:lol: Ive got an old hurst shifter that someone modified to fit a datto trans, it would be sweet(although a bit spendy) to make a pistolgrip for it. That is a pretty cool idea! ......especially the last part!! :) Hey there...you got any updated pics of the truck? I imagine that you might still have a bunch of snow layin around. Those brake brackets are lookin sweet man!:D Happy New Year! Thanks. Nope...nothing of the truck yet. Been fighting with the DD van. Hoping to get back on track here soon! nice color combo. those are the exact same colors i used on the whole interior in my old mazda but mine was a little more of an extreme material. actually those were the colors on the whole truck. Extreme material?? Okay....just got the PC in today :) Powder By The Pound is an awesome place to order powder from!!!! Got 2lbs of mirror black free with it. I then ordered 3lbs of primer. They sent 2-1lbs samples of different colors with each order.....I got 4lbs of free powder! :) At least two of the colors are pretty cool. ....actually 3 of them...one that would go over well here is called "Rust Leatherette" :) Anyway.....the jar of liquid is so that I can mix the powder with it and paint it onto items that are not conductive. For example.....I could paint that onto the valve cover cap and bake it....assuming the cap could handle the 400degs. It's also good for doing lettering on valve covers :) 1 Quote Link to comment
LAYEDOUTB2K Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Extreme material?? long hairy shag. it looked pretty wild 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 I think I remember seeing a pic of that somewhere. :) Quote Link to comment
LAYEDOUTB2K Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 i found the pic. heres a little bit of motivation for the color scheme. Quote Link to comment
SHADY280 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 you got a powder gun and oven too? jeez what dont you have mike Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 layed.....that's sweet! Kinda like clothes from the '80's ......sometimes you look back and go what the heck was I thinking?! My best friend in high school did his '58 chev wgn dash in funny fur....I sure thought it was cool back then! I still like to see it on other guy's cars....probably not on mine. Ooooohhh........lime green funny fur headliner!!!!! Now that might just find it's way to Mend!! :) Amanda can't guard the truck 24/7!! :) Shady......it's just a cheap HF gun and the old kitchen oven.....but I gues it does the trick :) It just depends who you compare me to.....compared to some guys, I have a ton of stuff........compared to Datrod and BobMX3....not so much :) What's actually funny is how much stuff I have NIB(new in box) sitting in the shop. It drives my bro and buddy nuts.....almost everytime they're over doing a project, we get to a point where we need a tool or supply that they don't expect me to have.....they always laugh when I pull out just what we need.....still NIB!!! :) I needed to measure a piece for a100addicts tubing bender we just put together and it was too long for my calipers. I needed it accurate. I pulled down the digital height thingy and opened it for the first time ever. I've only owned it about a year :) Anyway....... Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 (edited) How about a mend update, Please? LOL Charlie69 Edited January 28, 2009 by Charlie69 bad spelling Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Maybe soon.....haven't touched it since it started snowing :( Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 Was just checking up on the project status. That shot of all your bags of powder looks like a crime scene from C.S.I. Sesame Street :eek:, 1 Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 That shot of all your bags of powder looks like a crime scene from C.S.I. Sesame Street :eek:, :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted February 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Was just checking up on the project status. That shot of all your bags of powder looks like a crime scene from C.S.I. Sesame Street :eek:, lol.....it's a crime none of it's been used so far!! :) Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 So is this the crime scene? Quote Link to comment
tyson Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 ^^^looks like a muppet massacre!!! lol, did that truck have tandem axles as well???? Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Sorry Mike, didn't mean to hyjack. :blush: Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 (edited) So I've been working on rebuilding the heater box for MEND. Got side tracked on one of those, fun, but complete wastes of time. :) I say complete waste of time because I already have a plastic lever......oh well. It's not even close to perfect, but it's metal....I can PC it lime green now if I want :) ....oh....the mill got it roughed in, the rest was done on the belt sander and by hand with a file....then wire wheeled and glass beaded. Maybe I'll spend the rest of the day actually doing something productive!! Edited February 9, 2009 by mklotz70 1 Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 super cool. Powdercoat everything orange! :) 1 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 ....if by orange, you mean lime green...will do! I actually have Nissan orange in that box of powder :) ....sure would have been a lot faster to just glass bead the plastic one and paint it! 1 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 I think you should polish it up. :cool: 1 Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Holy crap Mike!!! That is a nice handle!! You should make them and sell them on ebay :D Thats the stuff I like, little detail work (the stuff I never get to) is the coolest!. Quote Link to comment
Phlebmaster Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Looks like you got a handle on things. lol Nice work Mike, I bet your daughter is excited. :D Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Let me just start by saying "Damn you Redeye!!!" LOL That option made the most sense. If I was going to hide it under PC, I might as well have saved the time and painted the plastic one!!! :) It's not extremely smooth, but it will be a shiny bobble in the cab. Can you make out the reflection? Quote Link to comment
Bob3 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Mike - I wish I had your skills! & tools too :lol: That is too cool! 1 Quote Link to comment
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