keviiin86

Made it in the mag! Just want to thank whoever decided to feature my build, a friend sent me these pics. Going to have to get a copy of this issue for myself!

just built the 65 el camino, but I combined the revell 65 chevelle chassis and swapped the whole front clip of the revell body to the amt el camino (looks better to me)

Yeah I considered opening up the tailgate for more realism but would have been alot of work to make it look right. And thank you!..based on all the pics I have of it and the magazine articles, I tried to use the parts it said the car had.

Thanks man! I did my homework with all the available pictures of this car to try to get it just right.

Done. Posted in Drag Racing under glass section.

Thanks!

I took a 30 year old memory and a handful of old grainy photos and decided to build a replica of Chuck Samuel's 65 El Camino. This car was legendary in the Chicagoland area in the early to mid 90s and is still talked about to this day. He street raced it and also ran in the NMCA fastest streetcar shootout in the 90s which made its way into popular hot rodding and hot rod magazine. I saw it a few times around the local cruise nights and it left a lasting impression on me. Take a look at my build thread under the WIP drag racing section if you want to see all that I did to build this, but as a quick recap it's an AMT 65 El Camino body with the front clip swapped from the Revell 65 Chevelle. I used the interior tub, chassis and big block from the Revell kit as well. Also a bunch of resin, kit bashed and scratch built parts here and there.

Saw this over on the luka cee FB page the other day..but awesome lookin camaro!

Very nice!

Thanks!

Close to finishing this one. Engine compartment is almost done, just have to put on the throttle linkage, then foil the last remaining bits on the bed rails and attach door handles, mirror and bumper. Should be done in the next few days when I get some more time to work on it.

Stripped the chrome on the rear bumper, shot with revell chrome and installed the turn signal and back up lenses in both bumpers as well as giving the grille a coat of tamiya smoke and gluing in headlights. Had to grind the core support a little to get the lower grille valance to sit flush. Also foiled the belt line trim. Last bit left to foil is around the top sides of the bed but ill wait till the body is on the chassis to avoid having the foil ripped off with the body upside down on the towel.

One last test fit of the body, interior and chassis before it goes together for good. Still need to add some firewall parts and fuel lines, strip the chrome on rear bumper and spray with revell chrome and a few other odds and ends and it should be done.

Still have to mount the shocks and drive shaft but otherwise the chassis is mostly done.

Thanks!