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mommabear
 Post subject: This here is Daisy (warning.. it's long with lot's of pics!)
PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:28 pm 

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Hi guys. I don't know why it's taken me forever to get on this forum but here I am and here's the story of Daisy (I don't mind if you skip all this jabber and move onto the pictures :P)

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mommabear
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:28 pm 

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I received this rusty heap in 2006. It was my boyfriends token of love to me. He bought it from the original owner in the South Bay. She was a little old lady who had it sitting in the back yard. The wheel well had nests in it! I'd never seen anything like it. She is a 1970 Honda AN600.
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In the spring of 2007 we decided to do something with it. We started to strip it.
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Since there was SOOOOOOOOOOOO much rust, Tommy felt it needed a bath in some acid.
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Here she is getting set to go
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He's really strong :wink:
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OMG.. after it had it's bath, we found out that the acid may have compromised the glue that was used to attach certain pieces of the car together. :shock:
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Off to get 6 point cage. And while she's at it... stitch her up!
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He's awesome and I love what he did to my girl!
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I had been eyeballing paint colors for awhile and wanted a color that popped. But, it had to be cute! Baby Pink with flakes did not go over well with Tommy :cry: Mellow Yellow was it...
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Some Cosmics for my little lady..
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Had the seats reupholstered...
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Put it all back together...
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and that, my friends, is how Daisy came to be.

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mommabear
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:07 pm 

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Her first show was JCCS 2007. She was not totally completed; just needed the badges and vents to be refurbished/cleaned/etc.

We got to meet J Leno.
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I was interviewed for Car Crazy and was featured too!
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Daisy earned the Merciless Mings Award!
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It was great for being our first show!
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Thanks for coming along for the ride... see you on the streets!
Don't forget to wave :)

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Cycletech
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Outstanding! :tu:

Is there a toddler in the back and a baby up front? :shock: :tu:

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john
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mommabear wrote:
I was interviewed for Car Crazy and was featured too!


I saw that! :P

Welcome to JNC! :tu: :mrgreen: Are you bringing her to JCCS again this year?
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mommabear
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Cycletech wrote:
Outstanding! :tu:

Is there a toddler in the back and a baby up front? :shock: :tu:


Yes there is! Good eye! Mommabear... it's how I roll.. :mrgreen:
actually, it was just for JCCS.. Tommy had another kid in the roadster.

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datsunfreak wrote:
mommabear wrote:
I was interviewed for Car Crazy and was featured too!


I saw that! :P

Welcome to JNC! :tu: :mrgreen: Are you bringing her to JCCS again this year?


Oh.. lord.. you saw that! I was hoping that nobody saw that! :oops:
Thanks for the welcome and yes.. we will be at JCCS!

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Welcome to JNC. I'm glad you went with the light yellow instead of pink!

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SIMPLEST FULL RESTO EVER? (-minus the metalwork) awesome car! :tu:

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Wow, sweet car. See you at JCCS!

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82maxtx wrote:
SIMPLEST FULL RESTO EVER? (-minus the metalwork) awesome car! :tu:


To be honest, I didn't want the cage at all. I wanted to keep it original. But for safety reasons and the acid dip, I didn't have a choice. Mikey, (the guy who did the metalwork) did such an AWESOME job using smaller tubes for the cage... most people don't notice or realize I have a cage. And it's painted yellow as well, so it blends nicely :) compromise... it's not always easy :roll:

Ethereal_510, ben, datsunfreak, Cycletech, 82maxtx
Thanks for the warm welcome! Look forward to meeting ya'll at JCCS!

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Pfff !
That's a beautiful restore ! 8)
Fantastic !
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I love it, mommabear!

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Fantastic, great work 8)
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Sick car :D. The cream yellow fits perfect! What did Leno have to say about it? :D

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mommabear
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shane_lxi wrote:
Sick car :D. The cream yellow fits perfect! What did Leno have to say about it? :D


Thanks Shane! Leno said, "This your car? It's nice!" and that was about it :roll:

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Cool post - love the car. :tu:

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Love it !! :tu:
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john
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The car looked even better in person. 8)
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mommabear wrote:
82maxtx wrote:
SIMPLEST FULL RESTO EVER? (-minus the metalwork) awesome car! :tu:


To be honest, I didn't want the cage at all. I wanted to keep it original. But for safety reasons and the acid dip, I didn't have a choice. Mikey, (the guy who did the metalwork) did such an AWESOME job using smaller tubes for the cage... most people don't notice or realize I have a cage. And it's painted yellow as well, so it blends nicely :) compromise... it's not always easy :roll:

Ethereal_510, ben, datsunfreak, Cycletech, 82maxtx
Thanks for the warm welcome! Look forward to meeting ya'll at JCCS!


Saw you and your car at JCCS, you were deep in conversation about acid dipping your car haha so i just passed by. looked awesome! great work.

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