That is awesome RC, but please for the love of God, throw some used motor oil on that sweater.
He will thank you 20 years from now.
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He will thank you 20 years from now.
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Thanks for the SMILE Mark !
So awesome..
That looks very nice Mark, and it brings back memories of mine when freshly painted many years ago. Congrats.
Final assembly is a wonderful thing. After all the dirty grunt work is done. Nothing like assembling a freshly painted car with new and reconditioned parts! Watching the envisioned car coming to fruition is the best part of building these cars.
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Right at it & quick too...
Looking good RC
going to be beautiful Charger, quick too
Looking good RC
going to be beautiful Charger, quick too
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Starting in on stripes.
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Awesome.
This car is going to be stunning! The purple and white are really going to pop together. I had a purple and white 70 Charger R/T. The original owner was the brother in law of a guy I knew that had a beautiful B5 blue 70 Charger R/T SE survivor car about 15 years ago. When the purple Charger R/T was new,the guy who bought the blue Charger R/T, had taken his brother in law to go look at new Chargers. He test drove the purple car and drove by the house to show the car to his wife, who upon seeing the car, replied " take that car back to the dealer, it's too gaudy ! " He returned the purple Charger R/T which had a white top,white interior, white tail stripe, white 440 engine callout decals on top of the V24 blackout hood treatment,a J81 go wing,hood pins,15 inch rallye wheels, and G36 painted racing mirrors. It was a loaded car with a sticker price of 5 grand. After returning the purple car to the dealer, he ordered the more subtle B5 blue Charger R/T SE with a more conservative luggage rack on the trunk and the side pinstripes. The brother in law was so smitten by the purple Charger R/T that he was taken on the test drive in that he went back to the dealership and purchased the purple Charger R/T that was now on the showroom floor of Paul Goldman Dodge in South Attleboro Massachusetts. I purchased the car after it had been repainted twice, once in gold,after the factory purple paint peeled off in sheets when the car was about a year and a half old,then later in dark green. It was driven hard and left to rust away in the yard when I bought it. With no aftermarket sheetmetal available to save the rusty Dodge I parted out the car. That's the story of the gaudy purple 70 Charger R/T. RCs project brings back memories of how cool that car would have been restored. The blue 70 Charger R/T SE led a pampered life only racking up 32,000 miles,being lovingly garaged and cared for until the original owners passing about 15 years ago.
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One side’s done.
They look great!
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I've never applied those stripes before. Do they follow the edges of the body lines or are there some sort of factory approved measurements as to where they are to be placed?
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The stripe placement on the scoops determines how the stripes lay on the sides of the car. On my car, it was 5/8” down from the top edge of the door and quarter & about the same amount on the lower body line.
The stripes look great! The car is already starting to pop! I got this plum crazy 1/25 scale 70 Charger R/T die cast from Franklin Mint. It is very detailed. Even the headlight doors open and close. It wouldn't take much modification to make it look like your car!
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your scaring me
The world is not ready for two of them!
Scary is, he will be hunting for a Neon SRT in 20 years on FFWD's only.
The jury is still out on the first one.
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The jury is still out on the first one.
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