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What he said. ?

I love it ! ?

Watch where you put your finger Ismael, the coil boxes on these really pack a punch. ? When my dad was younger he used one as a theft deterrent on his. ?

That color looks awesome. ?

I plan on trying my hand at the same thing, only with the '41 Plymouth.

Thanks to Michael and his 65/6 Chevy pickup build, I was reminded of a project I had at the age of 19. I wasn't able to finish it due to a move. It can be called a phantom as well. Why is it a phantom you ask? Because in 1961, from what I have been told, and researched myself, is that the panel was only produced as a 2wd. In 1960 GM went in house for 4x4 production, and while I found the pickup and Suburban mentioned being produced as a 4x4, I have yet to find any information that specifically mentions either the 1960 or 1961 panel being available as a 4x4. Mine was a 1961 Chevrolet Panel truck sitting on a 1964 4x4 chassis with a 1965 hood and grill. It had a 327 in it, and a turbo 400. Also a set of low back bucket seats of unknown origin. Due to the divorced transfer case I could put just about any transmission in it I wanted. Plans were to keep it silver and add mid 70's GM rally wheels. Replacing the front bumper with a different tube style that had provision for a winch, with a matching tube rear bumper with receiver hitch. At the time, keeping it simple would have given me a budget friendly build. I dug these out of my stash and did a quick mockup. I am going to see if a boondocker blazer will give me a chassis. Sorry it is not a finished build(I just mocked it up today), but I could not find a build thread for panels and s sedan deliveries.

Good to know, thanks.

Never did get it running, but I have a couple pics of it still and know what the power train was. I already pulled out my box of '60-'66 stuff. You are bad association. ?

Are those the kit dual antennas or did you modify them.

Love this. Now you have me wanting to do the same with a 1961 panel project I used to have when I was 19.

Oh man, soooooooo sweet, and minty fresh.

First, the stance is dead on. Second, now that you have the foil work down, I'll send you mine. ?

That turned out gorgeous. Do you have a pic side by side with the Impala?

Thanks everyone.

Thanks everyone!

Uh oh....should I say "great minds " or maybe "that's scary". ? Thanks for all the kind comments everyone.

That looks sweet.

Now that the 41 Panel is in the showcase, it's time to move onto the next stalled project. I have been on and off with this one for about three years. I stalled out with the bmf. My sheet was too old and it was getting frustrating. I now have a new sheet and things are getting better. The added touches on this one are the 1959 Cadillac wheels, engine, and steering column. It seems that all of my El Camino kits are partial or complete rebuilders. Why is it that everyone must cut the blower hole out of the hood? So I looked around and saw I had a 61 Impala hood. So I sliced and diced...and ended up with this. Here are the components and the direction I am heading with it.

Looking good. What bike are you planning on using?

Love these last two C.O.E's

I really like this one.

That looks awesome.

Looks perfect.

My wife brought this kit home for me. It keeps calling me. Yours sure looks good in silver.

I can hear that starter already.