StyreneDestinations Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Just got this build up on rubber. If you haven't purchased this kit you owe it to yourself to give it a whirl. I'm crazy about the huge rear rubber, which is Mickey Thompson logo with very good tread detail. I'm commited to this stance, which may require some surgery on the firewall and/or inner fenders. Just peeking around the corner is the Hemi mill with the kit tunnel ram, but after a ton of surgery on the manifold. The kit supplied part is molded solid between the legs, and looks dreadful. I took my time with a pin vise and micro drills to open it up, and it made a world of difference. I've decided to go ahead with the sexy DOHC heads and dual drive pulleys that are supplied in this kit. I can't imagine a better spot for it than in a retro-mod pro street car. I've built a lot of stock block and head Hemi mills, so I'm looking forward to building a DOHC motor. Plus, since that motor never actually made it into 1:1 production, I can paint and detail it to my liking without running afoul of the purists. I'm going with Plum Crazy (maybe not totally correct, but's it s pro-street, not a strictly stock build) and the white "C" stripe for the body. The kit Recaro seats will have the center panel done in Plum Crazy with black fabric around the outside. This Dirty Donny kit comes with a ton of extra parts; the aforementioned DOHC parts, a dual cross ram manifold, a heavily detailed single 4 bbl manifold, some super sweet cast iron Hemi manifolds, a stock rear end and springs, and a chrome Dana diff cover. And I'm sure there's more, that's just what I've discovered so far. A real bonanza for the parts bin to say the least! The rims look immensely better after having the too-brite chrome knocked down with Dull Cote. They'll get valve stems yet, and a detail wash, but so far so good. Stay tuned, I'll post more pics after the body is in color and the motor is detailed out. As always, I appreciate any comments pro and con. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louie Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Nice, looking real good. That stance is perfect. I've always loved this kit, stock or pro street. But I definitely lean towards the pro street version. I really liked how you explained the kit, very informative to me. Thanks and please let us know your progress with more info and pictures. Keep up the good work. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMCMAN52 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 your off to a great start. and yes those rear tires sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebi Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 That's it.. The second Super Bee I've seen in the last couple of days.. Now I really have to get this kit hahah! You're off to a great start, perfect stance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Very nice.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StyreneDestinations Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 (edited) As predicted, it's going to take some serious surgery to hold to that stance I mocked up. The first thing I threw back in the parts box was the interior tub. I'm building up off the floor pan I decided. I'll smooth and sand a suitable floor to mount the Recaros to, and then either make sheet metal or sheet styrene door panels. A tasteful roll cage with struts running back to the wheel tubs should look nice through the glass. Moving forward, now the firewall sits nicely on the sub frame without the tub. The inner fenders are going to get about 3/16" off the bottom, same with the core suport. The radiator itself is like a church organ, it's getting almost 1/4' trimmed out of it's midsection, and the tank will be put back on the bottom. I don't like the dual fan/cam belt arrangement on the DOHC motor. I think the pulley mounted fan looks dumb on a Pro-street car, and it blocks the view of those beautiful dual cam-drive pulleys. So I'm turning the fan blade around and making an electric fan ouf of it and the shroud. I'm only going to cut this much this time, because the lower the body drops over the frame, the more of that Elephant motor sticks out the top of the engine bay. if I go too far the hood will be worthless and we don't want that. That's a view of that crazy DOHC motor coming together also. Can't believe I waited so long to get this kit. I'd go back for another one just to get the tires, tubbed floor pan and that motor to poke under another Mopar. I'm thinking about that 68 Road Runner kit . . . . . . Edited October 24, 2015 by StyreneDestinations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StyreneDestinations Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 Finally got this beast painted and have the bulk of the assembly completed. I did run into hood interference problems with the distributor because I had lowered the car so much, but for now I like the looks of the DOHC Hemi anyhow. Still have some chassis wiring to do, and hope to have it completed soon. Thanks and happy building to all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slotto Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Nice build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Appetite Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 I have one of the older original AMT kits. Holding off on building it because I want to completely build that engine up, as well as maybe open up the trunk and add a fuel tank and optima battery. Never did that before but thats how I see this kit when I look at the build on the box! Sublime Green or Go Mango...not sure yet. Leaning towards Go Mango though.\m/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARTSMARTY Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 your off to a great start. and yes those rear tires sweetx2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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