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Actually for a '68 Impala made from the '67 you'd need a complete new interior too. "a promo style chassis would not work for lowrider builds which would be a natural for this car." ,,, I beg to differ,, These were built on the "promo chassis" they came with. Same chassis was used with minor exhaust changes by MPC for all their Impala and Caprices from '68 to '76. I have the complete run with my '69 and '70 being AMT, the rest are MPC. I did use the AMT '70 chassis under this '69 but I could have used the MPC chassis under it as easily. , , and gratuitous pic of my '68. My was a convertible but had a missing windshield frame so I grafted on the roof from the newer '67 kit. Same chassis with minor exhaust differences as the '76.

Looks fantastic. I do remember the car and think I still have a copy of "hot Rod" in the garage with it on the cover.👍👍👍

Oh, yea. I do wish we could post private pickups, vans and suvs in the regular car section though as opposed to "commercial" vehicle section. Won't be nothing "commercial" about this one.😉

Hey, cool, I had a 1/1 '69 too back in the '80s. Mine was originally that pastel blue with white top but I painted it Mopar Plum Crazy purple with the top in grey. Wish I could have kept that one. [along with the '72 boat tail and '76 Caprice Classic Landau 😥]

Ya know, Jim, Spotlight Hobbies now offers a plating service. They'll do a 6X8 frame for the same price as a can of Revell chrome. ,,Just say'n. Digg'n that new back bumper BTW.

OK, so I've settled on my next project. It's in Easy Off right now and I'll get seriously into it after the Plymouth wagon is finished. Just hope those fender flares come off the front fenders without too much drama. 🙄

A couple shots of the interior before it's closed up,, ,,, and a mockup under the hood,,

I don't know who made them but they sure were popular. Even my father's '67 Meteor Rideau had them.

In no particular order,,, . . .. .. ..

I was at the local hobby shop one day about 20 years ago and seen a guy buy and open a new, unopened AMT Garlits dragster kit at the counter. Missing all the unplaited trees, which was most of the kit, of course. The plated tree, tires and all the paperwork was in the box.

Revell '65 Chevelle does too and maybe easier to find.

Beautiful work on all of them, Claude. I don't know how you can be so productive and still do such clean builds.

Merry Christmas to you too, Ken. Hope you didn't get blasted too bad by today's storm. We just caught the tail here in Fredericton, less then 4 inches on the ground and pretty well done right now just after 3PM. Lovely illustration, looks like it just came off a post card. 👍

"Custom" is ALWAYS an option, just depends on how creative you can get. 😉

Floor's done and flocked. Now I can finish up the interior.

It's a legitimate GM concept car from 1963, the Pontiac XP-765, not AI generated.

Not to mention, those wheels look right at home on other things. 😉

No worries. After the comment you left on my Plymouth wagon build, I figured we were just good natured ribbing each other back and forth. No harm, no foul.😉🙂

It's just nice to be noticed, Michael. 😁 Sorry, I thought you had thicker skin.😟 I apologize if I offended you.

Well, ya already know I like it Marty.😉

Oh, and BTW, everything I've found on this unit dates back to '84/'85 not exactly "modern" being from 40 years ago. 🙂

OK, so I did some digging and found that the unit is a B&M "Superjection" unit and an article on it, which Ill add a link to below. Although I've seen many throttle body injection units, this seems to be unique with it's air cleaner assembly which seems to have an air meter added to it? But, yea, You would be a lot closer to the hot spots of rodding then I am, here up in N.B. nowhere so you'd see a lot more stuff then I would but I really don't remember seeing any more then that one ad in any magazine. Seems to me the hot setup back then would have been the Holley Pro-jection TBI units or a RamJet style setups , , and of course the factory style TPI units. But, it certainly is different and id more interesting to look at then another 4BBL carb. Still, how cool would a nice RamJet 502 be in scale? 😉 https://www.hotrod.com/features/superjection-may-1985-982-1230-56-1/

I like the kit, mostly. I do not share the others enthusiasm for the wood bed floor. Not really a realistic choice for an Elcamino And while the fuel injection unit is based on a real aftermarket unit, I disagree with that particular setup being "popular". I've only ever seen it in one ad in the back of a magazine once and never on a car in a magazine, let alone real life. The "Heartbeat of America" billet valve covers really date the engine but they can easily be filled or sanded smooth. But it does have a neat little B&M style blower. BUT, the rest of the kit is really nice and sits right with the lowered suspension. I have one that I started when it was originally released but never finished, it's about 80% there. Black with an L-88 hood and the bed floor from the stock kit cut down to fit with the slightly tubbed rear wheel wells. I really should try to finish it up before the kit is re-released. One last thing ,, how come at least 1/2 of the hopped up engines in the AMT kits from this era, while very nice, almost never have headers? Blown, fuel injected big block with stock exhaust manifolds?? 🤨

Electric car fires have been an ongoing problem for a while now.

The Monogram kit is 1/24 and the Revell is 1/25. Might work though.