1969 Dodge Super Bee

[ZMSC Modell Works]

Next on the block of my heavily modified MOPARs is this 1969 Dodge Super Bee

 

Ill start on the exterior and move down and in. First off and most notable is the large tail fin out the back. The profile was shaped off of the Dodge Coronet Super Bee's stripe that runs from the back of the rear quarter up to midway on the door. Besides that I wanted to keep the rest of the body lines yet make those more aggressive.

 

 

0.5mm Rod was laid along some of these sharper lines to extend them out from the body, the 2 part autobody filler was put in and sanded to blend everything together. 1x2mm rectangular styrene was used around the wheel arches and got the same treatment. The body was finished off with Splash Paints-Lemon Twist, a factory matched MOPAR color before being given 3 layers of Zero Paints Pearl Effect top coat. Decals were applied and then sealed in with Splash Paints 2K Clear.

 

As I couldn't find any mirror STLs that suited the build, I went diving into the spares box and came across a bunch of parts I didn't use on an old Concept Camaro. These were left chrome to keep with a bit of the factory flair. I did however decide to not rechrome the front and rear bumpers as they sat out too wide from the body and required shortening. These were simply painted Steel from Splash Paints. 

 

 

 

With the huge wing out back, this prevented the trunk from opening and closing normally. The idea then was to do side opening trunks with a nitrous bottle and fuel cell on each side but erring on the side of not completing the build from being too complex, I opted to just re-scribe the panel lines to show two halves.

 

The exhaust was initially going to run down the side of the rocker panels but mocking it up I felt like it was going to add too much visual weight si I ran the 3in exhaust all the way to the back like normal but entering the trunk spack from the back of the wheel arches. This was then "run" through to the outermost taillight housings and exits through there.

 

 

The front grille was opened up to give some space in the nose for the radiator and supercharger heat exchanger while the headlight buckets themselves were removed and replaced with rounded lead wire to represent HALO lights. More airflow was gained by cutting out sections of the front bumper. Of course I had to add the yellow fog lamps.

 

 

Originally the plan was going to use the Charger hood scoop from the 2 in 1 '68 kit but then while building my 07 Super Bee and Super Bee Wagons, I noticed that the black HEMI logo looked like a really good shape for a window so I made a template, rotated it 90 degrees and made that the top down window into the engine bay. The extra space up front was measured and cut for air extraction.

 

Some 6.1L HEMI decals were sourced from the newer Revell Charger Super Bee with the scissor doors which was the donor kit to the Charger Super Bee XL. 

 

 

Wheels and Tires I could not remember what they were or where they came from but they were in the spares box and tickled my fancy at the time so they got body colored and blacked out as well, fairly certain that they scale measured at 22x13. The tires were painted with Splash Paints Rubber Black. 3D printed Brembo 6 Pots were body matched and paired to 18" drilled rotors.

 

The front end was caged to make a custom subframe to mount the Hellcrate in. This allowed me to pretty much do whatever I wanted suspension wise on the front so I opted to do double wishbones and coilovers to modernize the ride height.

 

The engine is the Hellcrate design from Motabas on Cults 3D, minus the exhaust manifolds. These were custom made, 4 to 1, equal length headers made scratch from 2.0mm lead wire leading into the dual 3in exhaust out back. With the dropped engine and custom subframe, over and down was required to get proper ground clearance The engine was plumbed, wired and belted to keep a clean look. Had this not been done in 2 months for a group build I probably would have not gone for a "tucked look" and made everything look more or less an OEm styled harness. The tube front end and the cylinder heads were body colored as well.

 

Moving inside, nothing too crazy was done. While the back seat was "retained", its not much good now with the intricate, body matched roll cage installed. The dash was refaced with a flat sheet, riveted in with some custom '70s era NASCAR gauges with chrome bezels. Along with the mirrors and rear diff, the steering wheel + column also came from the Concept Camaro kit. The sequential shifter was a scratch made piece, the grip being made from clear styrene rod and dipped in Tamiya Clear Yellow. I usually keep the longest and thickest pieces in the spares box for instances like this.

 

 

In keeping with the racecar theme, I made a digital light rev counter. Just a rectangular styrene piece with 0.25mm rod ends glued along and painted with clears gives a good effect on what exactly it may be.

 

 

A simple set of factory MOPAR buckles finished off the interior.

 

 

Hope You enjoy this one, let me know if you'd like to see more like this.

[iamsuperdan]

That is pretty unique, and pretty cool.

I dig it.

 

[Zen]

Yeah, pretty radical design, love it!

[Street Rod]

Super cool custom! I like how you added the body line mods, you can tell they’ve been added, but they are subtle enough to appear stock. 
 

Hope you’ll share more builds with us!

[catpack68]

Very cool! I definitely like it?

[Koellefornia Kid]

Wow! Very nice!

[karbuildr]

That is so very cool, and radical, and simply awesome.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Beautiful work. You put a lot into this build. Outrageous stance and detail. Looks super! p.s. (don't care for the fin).

[michelle]

awesome work 

[Zippi]

I'm liking it.  Not a big fan of yellow but that is looking pretty sharp with the black.

[louis Carabott]

Lovely work Sir ?

[ncbuckeye67]

That is absolutely amazing! You totally reengineered that car from the ground up.

[Keef]

I’m……absolutely speechless.

This build is stunningly beautiful!!

[Mopar2]

Mission accomplished...She looks like she means business...The detail and work you put into her is beyond excellent...Sweet build...

[espo]

Beautiful looking body work and paint. At first glance from the front, it almost looks like the body has been sectioned. The wheel opening arches look like they have been raised. A lot of design Q's without looking busy. The chassis and engine designs go perfect with the body styling. 

[ea0863]

Spectacular Zack! Your builds are out of this world  

[ChrisR]

Looking great!

[XYHARRY]

Incredible amount of imagination in this one Zack and executed with a high level of  detail. Really well done and am looking forward to your next build. 

Cheers, 

David. ??

[KWT]

Very nicely done.

While not a fan of the fin... This whole build, yes fin included, is very well executed. You knocked it out.

[Mattilacken]

Wow wow wow!! Just found this and WOW that’s such a great look, super execution and nice details!! Right up my alley! I like every detail of this build! And I am not a guy that like yellow but dang that pops and look so good!! Great work there!! 

[Lobo2me]

Outstanding!  Wheels/tires are really cool, fit/finish and all details are great, and the photography excellent!

[Jay Whittaker]

Great scratch-building and modifications on this! This is definitely one that would grab your attention at a contest. AWESOME work!!

[Scott Colmer]

That is impressive! Nice work, Zack!