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Thanks Patrick! Have not been able to get in much modeleing time in the past couple weeks, I did start looking at slanting the B pillar forward, I think that will help alot! I will try and get something moving shortly. I appreciate you showing interest, that will give me some motivation!!!!

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That was sitting there the whole time and I never saw it!!! Thanks for the help with this! Yes the Salvinos would need a lot of work but I thought about using the front grille area and the hood and front bumper only. The chrome on their bumpers is unreal, it would not strip at all! I actually had to sand it off as I was trying to reshape the rear bumper. Anyway, I was thinking of filling and shaping the side of the 75 to look more like the shape on the 77 and possibly use the Monte Carlo rear bumper as a starting point for the Olds!

It does look like it should be more slanted, I think I might try and shape that a bit better. Thanks for the tip!

When I leaned it forward I tried to keep the rear window the same, it didnt work out well! Do you think I should shorten up the rear window by adding plastic at the bottom of the window? That was my first thought. I havent looked much at the doors cause I was more focused on the rear roof portion but I will round the door corner out, that would look way better. What do you think about the shape of the opera windows? I dont want to overshoot these! A lot of this is learning for me, I would like to do a couple of other cars from the late 70's. The red Cutlass in the background I would like to make or at least attempt a 77 Olds 442 using some of the Salvino nascar body parts.

Looking at the photos the Cutlass certainly looks as if it has a more leaned back rear window with different shaped opera windows. I cut a pie shape out of the back and leaned it forward as was suggested here and stared to reshape the opera windows. I think it looks much cleaner and more like a Cutlass roof line! What do you guys think?

The 67 was pretty easy compared to a 66. I ended up scratchbuilding them out of bits of stock. I should have put more time into the taillights as they are not that great. I may redo them someday. The only idea I can think of for 66 taillights would be to obviously smooth/fill in the GTO taillights and see if you could find a round part or round stock that you could match up to the radius in the outside end of the taillight panel then cut a pie shape out of the circle and sand to shape. It would be really nice if you could find a "ribbed" air cleaner or something that had concentric ribs/rings on it. A custom taillight lens might also work!

This is the hood i was talking about, has two small holes that need filled and the peak in the center might need extended. Also it might need a little modification to fit the Revell body. Also here is a pic of a 67 Lemans I did, I also want to do a 66 as I had one when I was a lot younger!!!!

For the hood I'm not sure if there is a resin one but one of the last AMT/ MPC 67 GTO's (I think red on the box)has a flat hood with a couple holes in it that might be able to fit with a little work. I'll try and post pics when I get home.

Patrick that looks awesome! I owned a 74 back in the day! The roof looks way better than mine I think I will try and lean the back window forward. Please post some more pics, I really like it!

Good tips guys, thanks! Patrick please post the pics you’re not hijacking the thread, would love to see them. I grew up with these body styles! While my brother and I had many muscle cars, Mach 1’s, several GTO,s , 2+2,s and 57 Chevys my daily driver was a 76 Grand Prix SJ, that was a great car! Would love to see some of those in plastic!

Thanks guys! I never noticed the roof difference until you pointed it out, I always assumed they were the same. I might look into changing the angle a bit, any suggestions on what would be the easiest?

Thanks! It didnt look to bad to me, all the ones that I looked at had full roofs so i thought I would go that way. I will look and see if I find any half roofs that were part of the landau trim, it would be a lot easier than doing a complete roof! I am trying this to learn some new stuff, everyone here on the forum does fantastic conversions so I tried this for some practice, I need to work on my finishing and think more about mu cut lines.

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I am looking for some input on a project I recently started. I took a Revell 77 Monte Carlo roof and put it on a Jo-Han 73 Cutlass promo that was in very bad shape. This was mostly for practice but I don’t think it looks to bad! I wanted to see what you guys thought about proportions and general overall shape and look. I probably will remove the half vinyl roof and go with a full vinyl top as all the pics I have seen were full tops. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks!

Very nice build! You did a great job on a kit that is seldom seen built!

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Is the roof on the 70 Wildcat the same? They were recently re issued, maybe a roof swap onto the convertible.

Thanks! I really need to finish this!

That’s looking great! Can’t wait to see it finished!

Boy looking at the picture this looks really bad! I need a lot of improvement in scratch building, body work and vinyl tops. Honestly it looks better in person but I guess thats cause my eyes must be bad! That would also explain why the work is bad!

The tailights are not perfect, but what I started with is the ends of the side pipes in the GTO kit. I added some plastic angled blocks to get the general shape and then sanded and filed them. I think if did it again I would start with flat plastic and build on that. Mine are a little small and I could have done better, they look good from 5 feet! I want to try a 66 lemans next as I had a black 2 door HT!

Sounds good and thank you, let me know if you need any parts, I got a bunch of stuff!

Great looking, love the black on black!

Yes I could use some! What are you asking for a set?