'70 Grande Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 This is my 2nd completion for 2021, although this build actually started way back in the mid/late-1990's... I decided it was time to drag it to the finish-line. This is the 1/25 AMT/Ertl 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 kit. Back-story is my wife's best friend in high school, Gigi, (in the late-1970's), was given a used, 1:1 1969 SS396/4-speed in Pale Yellow by her parents for her 17th birthday, (wish I had parents like that). Gigi drove her car everywhere, and my wife was her constant-companion. After owning it for nearly a year, Gigi got good enough at driving it well that she occasionally street-raced it against the local high school boys on Friday and Saturday nights, with some success too, as my wife recalls! The local guys said "Gigi" stood for "Guts and Glory" as she displayed both when street racing. My wife told me she really liked Gigi's '69 Chevelle and had a lot of fun in it, but her personal-favorite would've been a 1970 in Blue with a Blue interior; hence this build with my wife's nickname on the license plates. Paintwork is old and rough, but I did add some scratchbuilt details to bring a little life to this build. Comments always welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'70 Grande Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 A few more pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Spaulding Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Nice looking Chevelle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Very nice Chevelle. I had two friends in HS that had SS 396 4-speed Chevelles. Both red with black stripes. One a '69 one a '70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger74 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 NICE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Great looking Chevelle and I like the back story about your wife's friend. The color matched spark plug wires were somewhat in vogue at that time. I like the little touches with the big rear deck speakers and your treatment of the chassis area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT68 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Very neatly built and the under hood detailing adds greatly to the engine compartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldscool Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Very nice indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Real nice Chevelle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Nice job and nice back story! I've always maintained that the 1970 Chevelle is the gold standard of Muscle Cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Quite nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kromolly Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Very nicely detailed. Undercarriage looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLHCAHZ Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Looks great! Really like the color and the undercarriage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Nice build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Great looking Chevelle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeakDoc Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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