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If you will allow me a little Throwback Thursday.

Since I've been in a sort of MoPar mood lately I thought I'd break out this Dodge Demon that I built a number of years ago.

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The body is an original MPC item from back when it was new. I had originally built it as a Pro Stock Demon some time in the late '70s so the first job was to remove the hood scoop and fill the hole.

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The entire chassis and interior was from the newer AMT '71 Duster 340 kit. I was actually amazed that, considering these parts were molded by two different companies at different times, it all fit together surprisingly well.The graphic decals and all the tags and labels under the hood came from "The Last Detail". The color is a correct yellow shade (forgot the name) that I got from MCW.

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Anyway, I hope I didn't break any rules by posting an older model here rather than something I just finished, but I thought some of you might enjoy seeing it.

 

 

 

 

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A 340 Demon in GY4... what's not to love?

Very nice!

I assume that "GY4" is the paint code for that shade of yellow. What's it called?

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I assume that "GY4" is the paint code for that shade of yellow. What's it called?

According to paint charts I've seen, the code for this bright yellow was "Y-1", also known as "Top Banana".

The only other yellow in '72 was a pale yellow, "Y-2", called "Yellow". :)

 

Steve

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According to paint charts I've seen, the code for this bright yellow was "Y-1", also known as "Top Banana".

The only other yellow in '72 was a pale yellow, "Y-2", called "Yellow". :)

 

Steve

Yup, my mistake. Top Banana it is. What an awesome name for a colour!

Y4 is a gold colour... don't know what I was thinking of.

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Yup, my mistake. Top Banana it is. What an awesome name for a colour!

Y4 is a gold colour... don't know what I was thinking of.

I love those Mopar "High Impact" color names!

Dodge had "Sublime", "Go-Mango", & of course, "Plum Crazy".

Plymouth used names like "Vitamin C" & "Lemon Twist", & the purple was "In Violet".

I read something once where Chrysler had toyed with the name "Statutory Grape" for the purple, but as you could guess, better judgement prevailed. :D

 

Steve

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Super nice Demon 340 !

The two preeminent yellow colours offered by Dodge in 1971 were :

FY1 Top Banana (Plymouth called the same colour "Lemon Twist")

GY3 Citron Yella (Plymouth called the same colour "Curious Yellow")

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