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!

Tried to use the AMT front bumper from the el camino kit but it's too narrow for the revell front clip so I took the revell bumper and chopped off the bumperettes, sanded smooth and filled with a little putty, shot with primer and then Revell chrome.

Added a braided fuel line with electric pump and filter to the chassis.

Yeah man I agree..I think Matt Conte (Luka Cee) used to resin cast them..wish someone else would so I don't have to buy a whole kit or a parts tree off ebay for way too much just for headers lol. But thanks, its coming along, should hopefully start falling together soon.

Added a sump to the gas tank and painted and dirtied up the chassis to make it look like a driver.

No problem, maybe its not warped but looks like the roof got a little smashed while in the box? I've seen alot of newer molded AMT/round 2 models that have been deformed from the way they were packed in the box.

Have you test fit the body on the chassis? I dont know if its just a weird angle but that body looks pretty warped. Might want to check that before you go any further.

Roll cage is done and painted and interior bucket is complete..onto the chassis now.

Thanks! I think it was 12 gauge jewelry wire from Michaels.

I added some BMF around the windows and glued in the glass to figure out how much room i have to the headliner for the cage. This roll cage has been kicking my butt, keep needing to tweak and cut and rebend the bars to get it to tuck up close to the headliner. I must have test fit the body chassis and interior together 30 times to get to this point lol. While I was waiting for the glue to dry on the roll cage I added a basic 4 point harness to the bench seat also.

Got my photoetch set in the mail and put the emblems on. Those tiny fender emblems with seperate engine size script really tested my patience lol..but got them on. Then laid on some duplicolor clear coat.