59 Impala

My next drag Chevy. Don Nicholson's 63 Impala. I just received this model in the mail today and it is in the purple pond now. It is an original kit and in perfect condition. This will be easier than some of the other builds because of the condition that it's in at the beginning. Lots of work to be done.

Thanks David. I like the Starliner much better than the Galaxie and wish AMT would release the Starliner again.

Thanks Carl.

? Thanks Mike. Yeah, I'm a Chevy man but there are a few Fords that I do like a lot.

Thanks Mark. I'm not a big fan of Fords but there are a lot of them that I do like and the 61 Starliner is one of them. I really enjoyed modifying this car cause I've always wanted a 61 Starliner and now I have one.

Thanks guys.

Thanks guys for all the kind words. Here are the only pics I have of the engine compartment.

I posted the finished pics in the Under Glass section. Thanks Chris Jr the third for your help.

Here are the finished pics of the 61 Starliner I converted from a Galaxie. Thanks to Chris Jr. the third and a couple other guys for the parts that I needed to complete this build. It's great to have friends who are willing to help when needed.

Nice one Charlie. I too like the color.

More pics as of this morning. She's almost done.

Thanks guys. Charlie, it's harder than it looks fer sure. I hope you have a lot of patience. Good luck if you go ahead with the conversion.

Thanks guys. Here are a couple pics that I took this morning. A mock up fer now.

Thanks guys. I also think that the 40 Ford and Willy's are great looking cars. I'm glad that I was able to save this one.

Thanks guys. I almost tossed this car out, but, because I built it way back in the early 60's, I wanted to see if I could do something with it and keep it. I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

Thanks Trevor, I've always liked the 61 Starliner. I thought that it is a real good looking car.

I'm trying to convert a Galaxie to a Starliner. I'm using all the parts needed from a 60 Starliner to build it. Here are some pics of what I've done so far. I forgot to take a pic of the Galaxies roof before I removed it but you can see the difference in how it looks. I've also opened the hood for the engine. I mixed Silver Blue with Safire Blue for the color.

I like it. Nice job on building this kit. You're right about it being a good kit. I built one as a replica of one that I drove while stationed on Okinawa in 67 to 70. Mine was a 63 but they look the same. I also converted mine to left hand drive cause before Okinawa reverted back to Japan they drove on the right side of the road like us.

Thanks Glenn and I don't remember which kit it came from.

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Thanks for the kind words Roger.

Thanks Gareth. This was a challenge and I was hoping that I could fix it.

Thanks guys. This was one that I almost tossed out from the days that I built it but thought I might as well try and do something with it.

Thanks David. I really enjoyed restoring this kit.

Before and after pictures of the 40.