1981 Plymouth Reliant K

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1981 Plymouth Reliant K painted in Burnished Silver Metallic ...a 1/24 scale die cast by MotorMax. All the chrome trim that Motomax painted with silver paint were covered with Bare Metal Foil. The floor, engine bay, and interior were originally unpainted black plastic. Many Motormax model cars & trucks have engine bay, floor & subframe(or chassis in some other cars), and the interiors are always unpainted black plastic. The Aries & Reliant K cars never came with a black interior from the factory so I painted them to make them more like what they are in real life. I painted the interior with one of those shades available for the K car in 1981 which were Red, Blue, Green, or Cashmere. These cars are front wheel drive and have no driveshaft, but Motormax molded in a driveshaft on the floor. I painted the driveshaft silver so attention is not drawn to it. Any other people attempting to enhance these replicas of important cars that saved Chrysler, you might as well use a Dremel and grind away the driveshaft before painting the floor. 1981 model K cars also didn't have rear window crank so you can grind those out. The window crank returned for '82 and later years. No windshield tint applied on this particular car as this car is a base model with few options(windshield tint however was available as option) and for the tranny it has four speed manual gear shifter lever on the floor with a boot. No floor consoles for these in 1981.

The dash had the instrument cluster decal and the radio & HVAC decal, the latter applied on the wrong spot by Motormax. I cut the radio & HVAC decal to size and put it in the middle of the dash where it's supposed to be. I added carpeting, seat belts, dome lamp, and visors. For the floors I dismantled everything and painted them body paint after which they got detailed. Brake lines are made of thin metal wires. The oil pans are end of empty Crazy glue tubes cut, painted flat black and glued to the floor. A few hoses & stuff added for realism. The rear window crank was deleted because 1981 model Aries K & Reliant K had fixed rear window. Only the little vent window popped out if you wanted fresh air or if you wished to light a cigar and keep the smoke out of the car. The engine bay and floor were detailed as best as I could. I'm happy to park this historic car next to my other cars on the shelf because it is one of the cars that saved Chrysler from near bankruptcy.

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My 1981 Plymouth Reliant K and the 1981 Dodge Aries K while I was working on both the cars. With a little bit of work both these can be turned into more realistic presentation models.

[Jim B]

Nice job. Very well done. 

[PappyD340]

Great looking K car!

[RACINE ISHRAQUR RAZA]

Thanks for the compliment! Much appreciated!

[slusher]

Very very nice, have not seen one these in a long time!

[VanGoGo]

Nice build! In the '80s I got a job at a window tinting place who had a contract with the local Air Force base, every morning they would bring is four green K Cars, and take the four cars we tinted the day before. It was like a K-Car groundhog day.