#57 Chevrolet Impala Elcamino

[mrmoko]

Time for a sneak peek. Another 20 hour custom. Soon as the rain stops it will be painted

[GHOSTHUNTER]

That's a 2 door open rear deck pick up, looking forward to seeing that finished.

GHOSTHUNTER.

[Malibu]

That's a 2 door open rear deck pick up, looking forward to seeing that finished.

Me too!

Stephan

[Tinman]

Looks pretty cool.

[mrmoko]

Here are some before shots showing the parts that i have used . The front of the #38 Vauxhalls roof is used backwards to get those sloping rear pillars . I then had to do some serious reshaping of the now , front section above the windscreen . . The #60 Morris was the donar for the rear bed . I opted for clear glass in this one . Using a #33 Zephyr front windscreen i joined it to the centre section of the #38 Vauxhall window unit and used the original Vauxhall front window for the back windscreen . The window unit in this took 4 hours to get right (after the first 4 hours on the green unit i made ).
The morris body had a lot of material removed so it would fit into the now ute bed section of the Impala also making sure a snug fit was achieved under the rear window . I had to use a small amount of epoxy to build up the top of the tailgate section .

The next post will be the finished model . Rain delays

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Now this is my sort of scratch building and this will get me keen to do some more myself.

GHOSTHUNTER.

[mrmoko]

Finished at last . Another one of the Impala family done. Windowless van /wagon next ,then four door sedan.

[mrmoko]

Hanging out with mates

[GHOSTHUNTER]

That has worked out really well and in the picture, easily mistaken for a Lesney factory product.

GHOSTHUNTER.

[Ecclesley]

That is an ace conversion.