My first ever vehicle custom. Artic Assualt Stinger.

Blood Brigade · **Joined:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:07 am

This is the first vehicle I ever customized. It's old really old just like me now. I used to reuse decals as you can see they've gone a little yellow
And the headlight stickers dried up and fell off.
The question is should I restore it? Originally it had a roof and doors as well as the ram bar and gas cans. I could also fix the paint and decals.

indrox1 · **Joined:** Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:57 am

Wouldn't have guessed this was your first custom. Looks killer man!

2DARK2C · **Joined:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:59 pm **Location:** MS

I would preserve it for history! and I agree it is killer ,you were great from the beginning !

it reminds me of van halen and i'm not sure why!

Dusty79 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:34 pm

Yeah preserve it. Adding the armor and gas cans back would be fine, but don't change the paint or decals.

Serpentor II · **Joined:** Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:33 am

agree 100% with Dusty! Preserve it, but don't re"vamp" it.

it looks great as is, and shows that you had a great gift, for this stuff, right out of the gate! my first customs were done before the internet was big... and with enamel paints. Nuff said! LOL They are long since dead and buried at the landfill!

bucky · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am **Location:** IA

I'd restore it. The original will always be in pictures, but it's a fun thing to fix up something and see how far you've come.

Dusty79 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:20 pm

bucky wrote:

I'd restore it. The original will always be in pictures, but it's a fun thing to fix up something and see how far you've come.

DREMEL · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

The paint and stickers look fine. I say make a new roof, doors and accessories and add them to bring it back to the way you originally made it.
I think we all made an Arctic Stinger at some point. My first vehicle custom was a desert Stinger which has fell apart since then.

My arctic Stinger was not my first vehicle custom but was in the first 5. I do not remember exactly what number it was since it was roughly 18 years ago, but I do still have it in original 1999 condition.

Blood Brigade · **Joined:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:07 am

indrox1 wrote:

Wouldn't have guessed this was your first custom. Looks killer man!

Thanks Bud, I'd thought of using the Snow Cat missile rack on several Vamps over the years.

Blood Brigade · **Joined:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:07 am

2DARK2C wrote:

I would preserve it for history! and I agree it is killer ,you were great from the beginning !

it reminds me of van halen and i'm not sure why!

Diamond Dave or Sam Halen? Lol

Blood Brigade · **Joined:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:07 am

bucky wrote:

I'd restore it. The original will always be in pictures, but it's a fun thing to fix up something and see how far you've come.

This is my normal thought process too. But I've got an idea.

Blood Brigade · **Joined:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:07 am

Dusty79 wrote:

Yeah preserve it. Adding the armor and gas cans back would be fine, but don't change the paint or decals.

Thanks Dusty. I think I have an idea.

Blood Brigade · **Joined:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:07 am

So what I've decided to do is leave this one, I will find a roof and doors for it. But what I'm going to do is a then and Now. So basically build an all new version of this same vehicle with a few more mods.

2DARK2C · **Joined:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:59 pm **Location:** MS

that will be cool

diamond dave lol

DREMEL · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Blood Brigade wrote:

So what I've decided to do is leave this one, I will find a roof and doors for it. But what I'm going to do is a then and Now. So basically build an all new version of this same vehicle with a few more mods.

You should make the new one a halftrack so it is better equipped for the arctic

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