Thread: Project Special K

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Memory is visual.
I have found, that by deliberately visualizing the thing I need, THEN heading off to get it, I (usually) don't find myself wondering why I just walked into a room.

Driving to work yesterday saw a car that looked to be a 1970 Dodge super bee. The front end was very distinct but different from the image posted below, wondering on variations or if someone cloned a slightly different model . I only got a quick glance passing it on an intersection, but rear banded stripe looked to have a roadrunner, and not a bee , but front was more like the coronet? Any ideas?Anyway what a beautiful beast! Just had this tough stance , with a meaty slanted eye brow grill in dodge orange with the black striping. Don't often get to see one on the streets going to work.

Could have been a 440 super bee r/t clone with a custom rear banded stripe.

Front end more like this?

Originally Posted by rspears

Front end more like this?

Hey Roger, thanks for chiming in, it was definately more like the coronet with two more triangular sides to the grill, but seemed either nit chromed or more recessed? just got a quick glannce from the front as we passed it, but there was a circular spot on the rear banded stripe like what a roadrunner had where it raised up past the black stripe. Front had to be coronet or something very similat. Very distinctive. Baffl;ing me, wish I had time to get cell picture of it. Sometimes the memory isn't what the eye actually saw!

here is the closest picture I could find, but grill seems off somehow. But probably was this!

That split front was unique to 1970, as I recall. Not sure about the inner treatment variations, but the earlier and later models did not have the body color split, forming two triangle grill sections, ala Charger style.

Pretty cool car. I imagine they go for a premium now

Funny this thread has been a great history review to go back over. I miss some of the folks that were here when this project started! I'm finally getting time to get back to the truck, only to be stimmied by torential rainfall for the last three weeks. I think we got close to 15 inches of rain in that time. My problem is needing space to get to stuff in garage that I need to work on truck, so no rain means I can drive truck out of garage to get to the tools I use to work on it. This winter I have been trying to organize so that finding stuff is easier. Putting in new LED shop lights from Cosco also has drastically improved garage time as now I can see! Spent an hour scanning this build thread to see about why I got the American Auto wire harness anfter talking with a ton of people way back then(never found any info, guessing it was a different thread. But still happy with the ease of this system! Moving forward will need to wire lights, signals, gauges panel and sensors. After that a bit of body touchups and a fresh coat of epoxy primer. Maybe paint the inside of the cab with body colors and around glass channels so I can install the glass. That will probably keep me more than busy for whatever budget and time I can swing this spring and summer. Goal is to have is water resistant so rolling out in the rain, won't be a big issue. Any thoughts on just priming and not color painting before glass goes in. I already think it will be stupid not too but just checking ?

Now Stephen, what are you thinking of, priming before windows etc. would be a complete waste of time and money as you would find that you wouldn't be happy with a masked each around window rubbers etc. and the second hand look of the finish. So to answer your question that you have already answered, is spray the final colour then fit glass etc.


Now son, don't take offence, just pulling your leg.

If i am not mistaken, primer does not keep out moisture, at least that's what I have been told. Judging from all the primed things I've seen with surface rust bleeding through, I think it may be true.

Epoxy primer does.

Ditto. Epoxy.

I didn't know that. All the stuff I seen was probably rattle can primer.

You could paint it with a paint like hotrod flatz until you actually decide to paint it. It doesn't get any good reviews on this site, but I've painted a couple cars and a truck with it a while back. They all set outside in Iowa, and none of them have any surface rust issues or anything. That stuff worked and fit their budget. Just a thought.